BWW Review: CANDIDE at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
by Maria Nockin - Jan 29, 2018
On January 27, 2018, Los Angeles Opera presented the Bernstein work at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with a cast that included Emmy-winning television star Kelsey Grammer. He is best remembered for his two-decade-long portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the situation comedies Cheers, Wings, and Frasier. As Voltaire and Pangloss, Grammer had a huge speaking role that he acquitted with a commanding personality and considerable wit. Surprisingly, he sang quite well, too.
Photo Flash: Kitchen Theatre Company Continues its 2017-2018 Season with IRONBOUND
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 25, 2018
Kitchen Theatre Company continues its 2017-2018 Season with the regional premiere of Ironbound by Martyna Majok, a gritty, honest, and at times humorous look at an immigrant experience in America. Performances of Ironbound begin at the Kitchen Theatre Company in The Percy Browning Performance Space on January 21 and run through February 4.
LA/LA Officially Closes on 1/28 with Nearly a Quarter of the Exhibitions Due to Travel
by Julie Musbach - Jan 24, 2018
Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA will officially close on January 28, 2018, after the presentation throughout Southern California of hundreds of concurrent exhibitions, programs, and events about Latin American and Latino art. With the support of $16.3 million in grants from the Getty Foundation, and five years of research and planning, more than 70 cultural institutions ranging from small community-based centers to the region's largest museums participated in this unprecedented, four-month-long exploration of the rich past and vital present of Latin American and Latino art.
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia presents Second Chamber Music Concert at the Annenberg Center
by Rebecca Russo - Jan 23, 2018
A founding resident company of The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia (COP) presents our second chamber music series concert as Orchestra-in-Residence at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in a concert entitled Beyond Bebop: Jazz, Classical, and the Third Stream. Enjoy a deeper look into the rich, fruitful, multifaceted dialogue between jazz and classical music and a genre-blurring exploration into new worlds of improvisation.
Ad Council Teams with David Schwimmer to Launch '#ThatsHarassment' Campaign
by Caryn Robbins - Jan 22, 2018
The Ad Council has joined with actor and producer David Schwimmer, writer and director Sigal Avin, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) and the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) to launch '#ThatsHarassment,' a national campaign to empower victims and bystanders to speak out and provide tools for employers to create a safe work environment.
Steps Beyond Foundation Provides A Look At Dance In Hollywood's Golden Age
by Stephi Wild - Jan 19, 2018
The Steps Beyond Foundation, Steps on Broadway's non-profit arm which connects artists and community through dialogue, performance, and artistic collaboration, invites author and film historian Max Alvarez to celebrate and share he magic of classic Hollywood musicals. The artist talk, Filming the Dance: Hollywood Musical Masters (Part 1), will take place Sunday, February 11, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. The event will discuss the creation of many of Hollywood's dance and musical masterpieces.
Juan De Marcos And The Afro-Cuban All-Stars Make Debut at The Soraya, Today
by BWW
News Desk - Jan 19, 2018
The electrifying Afro-Cuban All-Stars, under the guidance of legendary Juan de Marcos, pay tribute to Cuba's golden age of music when the band makes its debut at The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) today, January 19. Mixing the joy and melancholy for Cuba's past with the exuberant sounds of contemporary performance, the 17-piece Afro-Cuban All-Stars bring the next generation of Cuban music to life on stage. In addition, the evening will also feature The Soraya debut of the Havana-based Harold L pez-Nussa Trio, which will open the evening.
The BLACKPOOL MAGICIAN'S CONVENTION Announces Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 18, 2018
The Blackpool Magicians Convention is the largest convention of its kind in the world. Taking place every February, it is attended by over 3,500 magicians including regular visits by world famous names such as Dynamo and David Blaine.
David Byrne On Sale This Week at AT&T Performing Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 17, 2018
The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center and AEG Presents announced today that tickets for David Byrne will go on sale Friday, January 19 at 10 a.m. Founding member, principal songwriter and lead singer and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads, David Byrne, will perform for one-night-only at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at the Winspear Opera House in the downtown Dallas Arts District.
Birmingham Hippodrome Opens Thrilling New Season In The Patrick Studio
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2018
Birmingham Hippodrome presents a brand new season of world-class performance in its 200-seat Patrick Studio this Spring. Offering an alternative to large-scale productions on the Main Stage, the Patrick Centre studio programme continues to expand, bringing audiences closer to world-renowned performers from across the globe through its distinctive programme of immersive drama and dance.
Joshua Gersen To Lead NY Philharmonic in All-American Program
by Julie Musbach - Jan 16, 2018
Assistant Conductor Joshua Gersen will conduct the New York Philharmonic in a program of 20th-century American works: Barber's Adagio for Strings, Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, and Copland's Symphony No. 3, Thursday, February 22, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, February 23 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, February 24 at 8:00 p.m.
Discovery to Present Documentary Special ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA'S JOURNEY TO TOMORROW
by Caryn Robbins - Jan 15, 2018
Directed, produced, and narrated by Academy Award(R)-nominated and Emmy(R)-winning Rory Kennedy ('Last Days of Vietnam,') ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA'S JOURNEY TO TOMORROW examines the extraordinary ways NASA has changed not only our vision of the universe, but also our planet, and ourselves. The documentary special will air on Discovery in 2018.
World-Premiere Adaptation Of Garcia Marquez Novel Set For Off-Broadway At Repertorio Espanol
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 10, 2018
EL COLONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA ( No One Writes to the Colonel ), a world premiere play based on the fiction of the Nobel Prize winning Colombian novelist Gabriel Garc a M rquez, will debut this winter at Repertorio Espa ol (138 E. 27 St. in Manhattan) with previews beginning February 23 prior to an official press opening on February 27, it has been announced by Robert Federico, Executive Producer of Repertorio Espa ol, which is now celebrating its 50th season as one of Off-Broadway's longest-running, continuous theatres, and the ONLY company that presents Spanish-language/English translated (simultext) plays in NYC.
Performance Space New York presents THE EAST VILLAGE SERIES
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 9, 2018
Performance Space New York (formerly Performance Space 122) presents the East Village Series, its first semi-annual themed series, and the first program curated by the institution's new Executive Artistic Director, Jenny Schlenzka. This presentation of works from some of today's most radical performers and multidisciplinary artists resituates the institution in newly revamped spaces, designed by Deborah Berke Partners, in 122 Community Center (150 First Avenue, at East 9th Street), where Performance Space 122 was founded, and where it operated until it moved out in 2011 for the building renovation. The series contemplates the past, present, and future of the organization and its neighborhood.
New Civil War History Book, KENTUCKY'S REBEL PRESS, Released this Week
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 9, 2018
Throughout the Civil War, the influence of the popular press and its skillful use of propaganda was extremely significant in Kentucky. Union and Confederate sympathizers were scattered throughout the border slave state, and in 1860, at least twenty-eight of the Commonwealth's approximately sixty newspapers were pro-Confederate, making the secessionist cause seem stronger in Kentucky than it was in reality. In addition, the impact of these rebel presses reached beyond the region to readers throughout the nation.
New York Choral Society to Perform WHERE EVEN THE SEA SINGS at Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall
by Julie Musbach - Jan 9, 2018
The New York Choral Society (NYCHORAL), under the baton of music director David Hayes, will appear at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium (881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019) with Where Even the Sea Sings, Sunday afternoon, February 11, 2018, at 3 pm. This program juxtaposes three composers of very different backgrounds and styles, inspired by a shared commonality in theme: the grandeur of the 'sea.'
Theatre Ad Infinitum's TRANSLUNAR PARADISE Embarks On UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Jan 5, 2018
Theatre Ad Infinitum's wordless tale of life, death and enduring love returns to tour the UK following years of extensive international touring amassing nine awards. Original performers George Mann and Deborah Pugh are joined by Sophie Crawford to retell, with precise gesture and touches of humour, the story of widower William who escapes to a comforting world of fantasy and memories rather than confront his grief. From beyond the grave, his wife Rose returns to help him let go. This poignant, life-affirming tale uses intricate and lifelike hand-held masks created by Madame Tussaud's senior sculptor Victoria Beaton to travel back and forth through William and Rose's relationship, wordlessly conveying a lifetime of memories in 75 minutes.
Kitchen Theatre Company Begins 2018 with A Play About An Immigrant's Experience
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 4, 2018
Kitchen Theatre Company continues its 2017-2018 Season with the regional premiere of Ironbound by Martyna Majok, a gritty, honest, and at times humorous look at an immigrant experience in America. Performances of Ironbound begin at the Kitchen Theatre Company in The Percy Browning Performance Space on January 21 and run through February 4.