{"id":459,"date":"2021-02-25T02:45:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T02:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephenkitsakos.com\/?page_id=459"},"modified":"2023-12-10T18:07:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T18:07:53","slug":"the-pleasing-recollection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stephenkitsakos.com\/opera-librettist\/the-pleasing-recollection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pleasing Recollection"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>In the late 1970&#8217;s a young man landed ashore in Manhattan without a map. Trying to discern a vocation in the arts,&nbsp;<em>The Pleasing Recollection<\/em> chronicles his adventures in and out of New York City as he stumbles into some of the musical and theater giants of the era. Told through the lens of his \u201colder\u201d self, the score is at the intersection of opera and music theater as it amalgamates the vocal richness and emotion of opera to tell a tale that sings in the sensibility of contemporary musical theatre.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Featuring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michael-kelly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Kelly<\/a> and Benedicte Jourdois and directed by Murphy Davis.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Performances to Date:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tskw.org\/the-pleasing-recollection\/\">The Helmerich Theater at The Studios of Key West <\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/54below.com\/events\/michael-kelly-in-the-pleasing-recollection\/\">Feinstein\u2019s 54 Below<\/a> &nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fipap.org\/product\/the-pleasing-recollection-with-michael-kelly\/\">Whyte Hall at Fire Island Pines (FIPAP)<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypalladium.org\/events\/michael-kelly-the-pleasing-recollection\/\">Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg, FL<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Read the review from <span style=\"background-color: var(--bs-body-bg); color: var(--bs-body-color); font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family); font-size: var(--bs-body-font-size); font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);\">New York\u2019s: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefrontrowcenter.com\/2022\/04\/the-pleasing-recollection\/\"><em>The Front Row Center<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>Preview articles:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/2022\/04\/04\/a-pleasing-recollection-of-new-york-in-the-1970s\/\">Cultural Attache<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/instinctmagazine.com\/exclusive-michael-kelly-stars-in-the-pleasing-recollection\/\">Instinct Magazine<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/cabaret\/article\/BWW-Interview-Michael-Kelly-of-THE-PLEASING-RECOLLECTION-at-54-Below-April-5th-6th-20220403\">Broadway World<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/keywest.floridaweekly.com\/articles\/stephen-kitsakos-debuts-a-very-pleasing-recollection\/\">Florida Weekly<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-758\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-758 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenkitsakos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MICHAEL-KELLY-THE-PLEASING-RECOLLECTION-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenkitsakos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MICHAEL-KELLY-THE-PLEASING-RECOLLECTION-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenkitsakos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MICHAEL-KELLY-THE-PLEASING-RECOLLECTION-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephenkitsakos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MICHAEL-KELLY-THE-PLEASING-RECOLLECTION.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Michael Young<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-764\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenkitsakos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/54-Below-Logo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenkitsakos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/54-Below-Logo.jpeg 220w, https:\/\/stephenkitsakos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/54-Below-Logo-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the late 1970&#8217;s a young man landed ashore in Manhattan without a map. Trying to discern a vocation in the arts,&nbsp;The Pleasing Recollection chronicles his adventures in and out of New York City as he stumbles into some of the musical and theater giants of the era. 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