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The Mars Black Box Theater, at the WYO was filled to capacity on Saturday night, Dec. 4, to hear a Broadway cabaret concert by composer and musician Steven Lutvak. Steve Jimenez, Ucross Executive Producer of Public Programs and Outreach introduced Lutvak.
Lutvak, a Ucross Fellow who is based in New York City, composed the music for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2014 and was written in part during Lutvak’s residency at Ucross. He is currently working on two new musicals headed for Broadway and the movie adaptation of A Gentleman’s Guide.
Lutvak played and sang a selection of songs from A Gentleman’s Guide, and some new selections as well. He interspersed the music with stories and antidotes from his life.
“We are thrilled to showcase Steven Lutvak’s amazing talent for composition, performance and education to the greater Sheridan community,” said Jimenez, “And we can’t wait to give our neighbors a special early look at The Ucross Cookbook: Cooking for Artists on a Wyoming Ranch, especially at the start of the holiday season.”
A flyer about the cookbook with a recipe on the back
Preceeding the event was a reception and a kick-off for the upcoming Ucross Cookbook, by Chef Cindy Brooks. The Ucross Cookbook features 76 recipes from long-time chef Cindy Brooks. Published by Ucross, the book is written by author and alumna Cree LeFavour, designed by Radius Books, and includes food and landscape photography by alumna Martirene Alcántara.
Readers can also sample a taste of the cultural experience around the Ucross dinner table with passages by 10 artist-alumni: author Sigrid Nunez; visual artist Munson Hunt; choreographer Ann Carlson; playwright and screenwriter Doug Wright; writer and poet (and former chef) Brendan Basham; writer, multi-disciplinary composer and performer Karma Mayet; operatic baritone Nathan Gunn; investigative journalist and novelist Suki Kim; composer and playwright Michael R. Jackson; and novelist and nonfiction writer Judith Freeman.
Brooks said that she is excited that the book is nearly out, and the advanced copies will be available soon.
The coffee-table book is designed to give the reader the Ucross experience, as well as the recipes. The book sells for $40 and can be per-ordered at Ucross.org, and will be available on Jan. 18.
Artistic snacks from Bleu Olive
The event was catered by the Bleu Olive Charcuterie and Greens of Sheridan, with a wide array of artistically arranged snacks for all.
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Last modified: December 7, 2021