When the Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel had his American debut at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 4, 1965, his passionate lyrics and soulful delivery — by turns funny, poetic, heartbreaking, bitter, ...

In the 1970s and ’80s, American productions of “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” proliferated like so many Starbucks. For a long time, it was the small-cast musical revue, ...

The acclaimed off-Broadway revival of the Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris will close after the February 25 performance at the Zipper Theatre. The production opened on March 27, 2006 ...

“I’d heard of Piaf before, and I think I’d heard of Brel, but I didn’t know what it was,” Byron Jones says. The North Carolina native had lived and studied in France and earned degrees in both French ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The problem with an entire evening of Brel is that it starts to feel like ...

The Belgian-born master of the French chanson, who gave his name and his songs to the 1968 musical revue Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, is neither alive, nor especially well, and ...

Unlike the title of the enduring musical revue that just opened at ACT Theatre, Jacques Brel is not alive and well and living in Paris. But the sardonic, wise and intensely emotive songs of this ...

Richard Satterlee knows quite a bit about Jacques Brel, but anyone remotely associated with the Schenectady Light Opera Company can tell you who the expert is: Allan Foster. “Jacques Brel is Alive and ...

Buttressed by Arnold Johnston’s sharp new translations of the songs, this well-wrought tribute to the Belgian cabaret genius feels brighter and more vibrant than the better-known revue Jacques Brel Is ...

In celebration of Sing'Theatre’s revival of the off-Broadway revue, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, we uncover five lesser-known facts about the late chansonnier If you once ...

Jacques Brel’s rise to legendary status in the English speaking world was achieved posthumously and by stealth. Type his name into the UK Official Charts’ search engine for instance, and your total ...