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WHAT THE FUZZ!!! A Live Variety Show
Bridgeport resident James "Fuzz" Sangiovanni (Caravan of Thieves, Deep Banana Blackout) hosts a monthly series of talk/variety shows based on a different theme/topic. Each show promises to be thought-provoking, funny, and with great music!
Watch the show from the stage, the sides or the front row. With can ship you a VR headset so you can experience concerts in a completely new way. We are trying to help the artists by creating a series of concert events that River Spirit Music in association with MUSAE will be offering through a new 360°/VR platform. The live events will include extra features provided by the artist to make the show an unforgettable experience. The VR Headset is included in all ticket purchases $25 and up.
JAMES SANGIOVANNI, better known in the music industry as “Fuzz” has been an international recording artist, professional musician and music educator for over 20 years. Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and producer, Fuzz has performed and toured globally with acts such as the Tom Tom Club, Allman Brothers Band, Emmylou Harris, Phish, John Scofield, James Brown, Deep Banana Blackout, Caravan of Thieves and many of the legendary musicians who live and work in New Orleans including Dr. John, The Neville Brothers, The Meters, The Revivalists, Galactic, The Rebirth Brass Band and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Being a well-traveled and experienced musician, Fuzz learned how to work with many different kinds of people from different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities and countries of origin, and came to realize that though we are all individuals, we have so much more in common than we are lead to believe, especially in music and art. And it’s in the collaboration between people, where the most innovative and valuable ideas come from.
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THE BIJOU THEATRE has a long and colorful history dating back to 1909. Silent films were growing in popularity and Lillian Ashmun commissioned architect Ernest G. Southey to design a movie house with a two-story ballroom above. It was common for the Bijou to offer three or four Vaudeville shows every day. The price per ticket back then? 5 cents for matinees, 10 cents for evening shows!
Aside from movies, the Bijou Theatre was alive with music and dance. Peter Dawe bought the building and Daniel J. Quilty, a master dance instructor, operated his College of Dancing, bringing waltz, polka, tap and ballet lessons to the city of Bridgeport until 1950.
Trends come and go, and in the second half of the 1900s, the Bijou Theatre underwent different identities and was renamed The Rivoli, Downtown Cinema and then Downtown Family Cinema. One hundred years after showing its first movie, the Bijou Theatre regained its original name. Our goal now is to retain the spirit that comes with it.