Al Cooper News

Hartt student Nelson Ebo, tenor, who studies with Hartt faculty member Wayne Rivera, has been invited by the Office of the United Nations to perform during a special event as part of Human Rights Day 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 10.

There's no doubt about it: Circle Players' Tim Larson is fearless. Perhaps no director in Nashville is more ambitious than Larson who, time after time, takes on the seemingly impossible and reimagines it as something well within the reach of his creative collective of actors, designers, technicians and musicians. Larson's staging of Titanic, a project he's taken on twice to great and justifiable acclaim, proves that even that musical is something which seasoned and capable community theater groups can tackle.

Opening just in time for the Halloween season, Circle Players continues its 2010-11 season with a production of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's rarely performed musical thriller Jekyll and Hyde, running October 15-31 at Donelson's Keeton Theatre. Jekyll and Hyde is described as 'an evocative tale of the epic battle between good and evil,' based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story about a brilliant doctor whose experiments with human personality create a murderous counterpart.

Following critically acclaimed performances of its production of Sarah Kane's devastating drama 4.48 Psychosis at the Barbican in March this year, TR Warszawa under their inspirational director Grzegorz Jarzyna will return this autumn to the Barbican and bite10 to present T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.

Opening just in time for the Halloween season, Circle Players continues its 2010-11 season with a production of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's rarely performed musical thriller Jekyll and Hyde, running October 15-31 at Donelson's Keeton Theatre. Jekyll and Hyde is described as 'an evocative tale of the epic battle between good and evil,' based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story about a brilliant doctor whose experiments with human personality create a murderous counterpart.

Acclaimed Polish theatre company Song of the Goat Theatre begins its first ever UK tour with a new production of Macbeth at the Point, Eastleigh on October 6th, 2010. The production will also tour to Birmingham, Cambridge, Manchester, London and Brighton.

Acclaimed Polish theatre company Song of the Goat Theatre begins its first ever UK tour with a new production of Macbeth at the Point, Eastleigh on October 6th, 2010. The production will also tour to Birmingham, Cambridge, Manchester, London and Brighton.

The Mexican Suitcase, a groundbreaking exhibition revealing the most famous group of recovered negatives of the twentieth century, will be on view at the International Center of Photography (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street) from September 24, 2010 through January 9, 2011. Considered lost since 1939, the so-called Mexican Suitcase is in fact three boxes containing 4,500 negatives documenting the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, Chim (David Seymour), and Gerda Taro. There are also several rolls of portraits of Capa and Taro by Fred Stein. Besides offering new images by these major photographers that provide a comprehensive overview of the war, the cache of negatives also includes previously unknown portraits of Ernest Hemingway, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Dolores Ibarruri (known as 'La Pasionaria').

The Mexican Suitcase, a groundbreaking exhibition revealing the most famous group of recovered negatives of the twentieth century, will be on view at the International Center of Photography (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street) from September 24, 2010 through January 9, 2011. Considered lost since 1939, the so-called Mexican Suitcase is in fact three boxes containing 4,500 negatives documenting the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, Chim (David Seymour), and Gerda Taro. There are also several rolls of portraits of Capa and Taro by Fred Stein. Besides offering new images by these major photographers that provide a comprehensive overview of the war, the cache of negatives also includes previously unknown portraits of Ernest Hemingway, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Dolores Ibarruri (known as 'La Pasionaria').

Following critically acclaimed performances of its production of Sarah Kane's devastating drama 4.48 Psychosis at the Barbican in March this year, TR Warszawa under their inspirational director Grzegorz Jarzyna will return this autumn to the Barbican and bite10 to present T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.

One of Poland's leading theatre companies Teatr Biuro Podró?y returns to the National Theatre with its most celebrated production - an electrifying and startling theatrical experience using fire, stilts and dramatic visual images to depict the terrible nature and impact of war.

One of Poland's leading theatre companies Teatr Biuro Podró?y returns to the National Theatre with its most celebrated production - an electrifying and startling theatrical experience using fire, stilts and dramatic visual images to depict the terrible nature and impact of war.

One of Poland's leading theatre companies Teatr Biuro Podró?y returns to the National Theatre with its most celebrated production - an electrifying and startling theatrical experience using fire, stilts and dramatic visual images to depict the terrible nature and impact of war.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present the fourth exhibition in the National Design Triennial series in spring 2010. 'Why Design Now?' will be on view from May 14, 2010, through Jan. 9, 2011, and will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of design from architecture and product design to fashion, graphics, new media and landscape design. Organized by Cooper-Hewitt curators Ellen Lupton, Cara McCarty, Matilda McQuaid and Cynthia Smith, the Triennial will be global in reach for the first time, reflecting the connectedness of design practices and the need for international cooperation to solve the world's problems.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present the fourth exhibition in the National Design Triennial series in spring 2010. 'Why Design Now?' will be on view from May 14, 2010, through Jan. 9, 2011, and will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of design from architecture and product design to fashion, graphics, new media and landscape design. Organized by Cooper-Hewitt curators Ellen Lupton, Cara McCarty, Matilda McQuaid and Cynthia Smith, the Triennial will be global in reach for the first time, reflecting the connectedness of design practices and the need for international cooperation to solve the world's problems.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present the fourth exhibition in the National Design Triennial series in spring 2010. 'Why Design Now?' will be on view from May 14, 2010, through Jan. 9, 2011, and will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of design from architecture and product design to fashion, graphics, new media and landscape design. Organized by Cooper-Hewitt curators Ellen Lupton, Cara McCarty, Matilda McQuaid and Cynthia Smith, the Triennial will be global in reach for the first time, reflecting the connectedness of design practices and the need for international cooperation to solve the world's problems.

Organized by REDCAT Gallery Director and Curator Clara Kim and Doryun Chong, Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, this exhibition brings together the work of two rigorous visual artists--Seoul-based Korean artist Park Chan-Kyong and Tokyo/Kiev-based American artist Sean Snyder. The two artists first met in Germany in 2002, and their shared interest in North Korea and the politics of the Cold War led to this initial encounter and becomes the impetus for this two-person exhibition titled Brinkmanship. The exhibition will close its run April 18th.

Sarah Kane's final work, 4.48 Psychosis, will play its final show on March 26 at the Barbican

Following critically acclaimed performances as part of the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival the Barbican brings TR Warszawa to bite with a hard-hitting production of Sarah Kane's final work, 4.48 Psychosis.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced the appointment of Spanish actor Antonio Banderas as Goodwill Ambassador for the fight against poverty.