BWW Review: A PARIS LOVE STORY: HERSHEY FELDER AS DEBUSSY at Florence, ItalyNovember 30, 2020Over the last two decades, actor, pianist, Hershey Felder, has taken on the guise of many of classical music's greatest and most legendary figures: Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, as well as American icons Gershwin, Berlin and Bernstein.
BWW Previews: HERSHEY FELDER AS DEBUSSY at Florence, ItalyNovember 19, 2020Hershey Felder's latest livestream - one of his most deeply personal - airs this Sunday, November 22nd, 2020 at 5pm Pacific | 7pm Central | 8pm Eastern. As he prepares for the livestream, he took a few moments to talk with BroadwayWorld.com about the show and the state of theater during the pandemic.
BWW Feature: THE SHOW MUST GO ON(LINE)! at Penguin Repertory TheatreNovember 19, 2020STONY POINT, NY - NOVEMBER 16, 2020 - 'As theatres remain dark, Penguin Rep remains committed to making art and to connecting with our community,' says founding artistic director Joe Brancato. 'As we grapple with a way to tell stories given the continued closure of theatres, we are inspired by other challenging periods in history when Americans were distant but connected, and excited by the idea of working with different medium.'
BWW Review: PARLANDO NEW YORK DEBUT at Merkin HallNovember 11, 2019Auspicious debuts seem to be in the air in NYC this fall. Last month the new Athens Philharmonic blew the roof off Carnegie Hall with an extraordinary Mahler 2 in its debut, and this month a new ensemble called Parlando did the same at Merkin Hall - in a vastly different kind of program.
BWW Review: NJ SYMPHONY PERFORMS GRIEG AND BRAHMS at Bergen PACNovember 7, 2019Composer Jean-Féry Rebel was something of a rebel (sorry could not resist) in late 17th and early 18th century France for his use of unusual often dissonant harmony. Les Elémens ('The Elements') which describes the creation of the world was a radical work for its time and still feels surprisingly modern.
BWW Previews: THE PARK AVENUE CHAMBER SYMPHONY LAUNCHES NEW SEASON at The DiMenna CenterNovember 1, 2019Audience to sit amongst the orchestra for Park Avenue Chamber Symphony's 'Sounds Of America' concerts, November 23rd - launching anniversary season
American classics played in the popular, experiential InsideOut Concerts format
Jon Manasse, one of the world's leading clarinettists, returns to PACS for Aaron Copland's engaging and rarely-heard Clarinet Concerto
WQXR's Elliott Forrest creates stunning original visuals to accompany Copland's famous Appalachian Spring suite