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'ello 'ello! We hope you'll enjoy looking through our site and learning about our troupe. Please leave a message, and thanks for visiting! July 13 Mr Joseph BirchakJoining the BMH troupe in 1979 and having had the opportunity to work with this company and with this material o'er these many years continues to be a most remarkable highlight in my life.
I have had the great fortune to have spent a good number of years working in the Theatre, both on stage and off. Little that I have accomplished compares to the shear joy and pleasure it is to work in this show. My hope is that the fellow members of this troupe as well as the many many people who have seen this show over the years have shared that joy.
Thanks for the memories yet to come. June 22 Mr Glen Longenhagen Glen Longenhagen hails from Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. Our "cockneyed" percussionist first got started with AN EVENING AT A BRITISH MUSIC HALL back in 2004, when his ex-bandmate Robert Fahringer (cf. "Chairmen") contacted him about the need to add some "OOMPH!" to the show.
Glen enjoys performing with the ensemble, and even adds a line or two himself when needed.... "Chuck 'em out, Sarah!"
He's also the lead guitarist and keyboard player for the Lehigh Valley-based rock band Common Bond, said to be one of the area's BEST classic rock bands (well, said by the members of the band, anyway!). Visit Glen at his band's website, www.Commonbondband.com
(Webmaster's note: Check out that website! Rippin' rock n roll!!) Mr Chris Simmons Chris has been a performer and musician for over 39
years. As well as producing AN EVENING AT A BRITISH MUSIC HALL for the past 33 years Chris has also played fiddle, mandolin and concertina in several folk bands and ensembles. Chris has also appeared as an actor in plays such as: Threepenny Opera, Playboy of the Western World, Diary of a Madman, A Christmas Carol, The Hostage, and The Rivals. Chris also produced two plays for radio: Agents by Sholem Aleichem and Days of the Turbins by Mikhail Bulgakov. As well as appearing on the stage, Chris has written, researched and published articles on Music
Hall, 19th century Irish-American actor Edward Harrigan and a number of articles on late 19th century Irish-American Vaudevillians. June 18 A recent accolade 13 June 2007
"Hello Chris Simmons, This letter of appreciation is long overdue. Last night I again watched the "double feature" EVENING AT A BRITISH MUSIC HALL tape that you provided the AVM. It was delightful. I have seen other's recreations of Music Hall and
thought them lacking in bite and irreverence. Some were even cloying, like the sentimental and puerile revivals of vaudeville shows. I must say that I found this too true of Music Hall entertainments I saw in London. Too often these evocations look like Disney did them. You have assembled a solid pit band and a cast of genuine talent and diverse personalities. ... I think it is a tribute to your talent, perseverance and the quality of your shows that you have attracted a loyal audience to support your efforts all theses years."
Thank you, Mr Cullen! We all greatly appreciate your very gracious comments. Please come see us perform this autumn in Bethlehem!
May 23 Miss Caroline LelandBeing a part of such lively entertainment as An Evening at a British Music Hall has opened Caroline’s eyes to the huge wealth of material waiting to be worked over. In the past she has performed a range of contralto roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas with the Savoy Company of Philadelphia, Thespis Players of Media, Arden Singers of Delaware and the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Chester County. Mad Margaret, Ruth, Buttercup and the Duchess of Plaza Toro are some of the personages whose psyches she has plumbed. Character roles such as Veta in Harvey, Mamita in Gigi, and Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit for various community productions, have contributed to her enjoyment of treading the boards. The Concert Operetta Theater of Philadelphia provides Caroline with opportunities to portray eccentric royalty from around the world with the role of the Duchess Anastasia in The Student Prince coming up. In the summer of 2007 she will take part in a Gilbert and Sullivan song program for a Pocono community. For Caroline, An Evening at a British Music Hall provides her with an endless parade of rich characters waiting to be explored.
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