Stew's

I'm not sure if I had offhand the 07 Estate or Reserve Jamesport SB, but whichever it was, I dug it (I want to say Estate, since I think it was about $17 at Stew's and the reserve appears to be $30) - it seemed for me personally to be a slight drop-off from the 06, but still tasty.

Jamesport Vineyards 2007 Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2009

Applauded for its originality, emotional resonance, and high-octane score, Stew's creation offers a window into lives we may know about but provide some universal truths.

Brad Balfour: Spike Lee and Stew Go On Camera for Passing Strange The Movie 2010

Yet there is a wry crispness to Stew's musings about a young black man finding his voice (and inflating the scope of the challenges of his bourgeois life), and an infectious appeal to the eclectic palette of songs through which the tale vividly speaks.

'Passing Strange' at Studio 2ndStage: A tasty musical treat, even without Stew 2010

In the scathing second-act number, "The Black One," Reeder expertly details Stew's cynical survey of images of black men in the popular imagination.

'Passing Strange' at Studio 2ndStage: A tasty musical treat, even without Stew 2010

If anything, the casting change affirms that "Passing Strange" can stand without the shimmer of Stew's aura.

'Passing Strange' at Studio 2ndStage: A tasty musical treat, even without Stew 2010

This alters the atmosphere of "Passing Strange" just enough to let us fully enjoy a wider range of Stew's vivacious landscape.

'Passing Strange' at Studio 2ndStage: A tasty musical treat, even without Stew 2010

Stew's years as a leader of rock bands paid off in both driving the performance of the actors and the band where one isn't subordinate to the other.

Brad Balfour: Spike Lee and Stew Go On Camera for Passing Strange The Movie 2010

Now, Studio Theatre's 2ndStage has taken Stew's voluble personality out of the mix, handing over the duties of the evening's touchstone narrator to Jahi A. Kearse.

'Passing Strange' at Studio 2ndStage: A tasty musical treat, even without Stew 2010

The movie will be released, Lee tells me, in late August, at the IFC Center, in Manhattan. full post I learn from Stew's website that it's also been picked up by PBS for a Great Performances airing in 2010, and possibly will have a theatrical run this fall.

Strange may not pass by shunn 2009

The movie will be released, Lee tells me, in late August, at the IFC Center, in Manhattan. full post I learn from Stew's website that it's also been picked up by PBS for a Great Performances airing in 2010, and possibly will have a theatrical run this fall.

Strange may not pass by shunn 2009