{"id":9971,"date":"2018-09-19T19:28:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T19:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=9971"},"modified":"2018-09-19T19:28:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T19:28:58","slug":"taking-sun-valley-by-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/19\/taking-sun-valley-by-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Sun Valley By Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Storm Large to present comic cabaret <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

BY YANNA LANTZ<\/em><\/p>\n

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Storm Large will perform at the Sun Valley Opera House on Friday, Sept. 28, with shows at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Photo courtesy of Sun Valley Center for the Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sun Valley Center for the Arts will hold two cabaret performances featuring the talents of Storm Large. A singer\/songwriter, actor, playwright and author, Large will perform at the Sun Valley Opera House on Friday, Sept. 28, with shows at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cStorm Large is simply one of the best performers I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d said Kristine Bretall, director of Performing Arts at The Center. \u201cHer joy in performing is mixed with an honesty that takes audiences by surprise. I\u2019ve seen her at least five times in concert, and she carries a crowd with her like a tidal wave. She\u2019s sexy, powerful and takes no prisoners. She will love you, leave you and delight you with a wicked charm and stunning vocals that will have you begging for more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Large weaves together a cabaret show combining love songs and stories. She has sung in a wide variety of settings and with a large array of people, including pianist Kirill Gerstein, punk rocker John Doe, singer\/songwriter Rufus Wainwright, funk legend George Clinton and the BBC Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestras.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot for the faint of heart, Storm Large brings her full six feet of raw energy to the stage and might just make you a little nervous, but you\u2019ll like it,\u201d Bretall said. \u201cWe ourselves thought, \u2018Is Sun Valley ready for Storm?\u2019 We know you are, but just to be sure, The Center will present two shows, both recommended only for those 17 and older, but the earlier one will be tamer and the late show will be Storm unleashed. Find a babysitter now\u2014this is an event for grownups who want to have fun (you might even want to get dressed up), get loose and let their hair down.\u201d<\/p>\n

The performer\u2019s most recent album, \u201cLe Bonheur,\u201d runs the gamut of songwriters and styles. Songs by Cole Porter live alongside those\u00a0by Tom Waits, Black Sabbath, Randy Newman and Jacques Brel, as well as a few originals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are songs that I\u2019ve always loved,\u201d Large said. \u201cThese are songs that are\u2014in my imagination\u2014wonderful love songs, and they\u2019re also love songs that have given me a lot of pleasure in a very lonely life. I became a musician pretty much because I was such a lonely person. And happiness is finding\u00a0the thing that I can do that creates joy, not only for myself, but makes other people happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of Large\u2019s career highlights was being invited to join Pink Martini in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to learn 10 songs in five languages four days before singing at a sold-out Kennedy Center,\u201d she said. \u201cI was told I did a great job, but I don\u2019t remember, because it was literally sheer horror and panic the whole time. But they say I did well, and they kept me in the band, so I guess I did okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Storm Large\u2019s cabaret performances contain adult content and strong language. The 6 p.m. show, deemed the \u201cEarly Show,\u201d is rated PG-13. The \u201cLate Show\u201d at 9 p.m. will hold nothing back and is recommended for ages 17 and up. All seats are reserved, and tickets are available online at sunvalleycenter.org or by phone at (208) 726-9491.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Storm Large to present comic cabaret BY YANNA LANTZ Sun Valley Center for the Arts will hold two cabaret performances featuring the talents of Storm Large. A singer\/songwriter, actor, playwright and author, Large will perform at the Sun Valley Opera House on Friday, Sept. 28, with shows at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. \u201cStorm Large […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}