Henry Clay News

Folger Theatre Artistic Producer Janet Alexander Griffin today announced the 2014/15 season. With six full Shakespeare productions on stage at the Folger to celebrate the Bard's 450th, Folger Theatre will start the upcoming season with two special, limited engagements by London's Shakespeare's Globe. First, the acclaimed staging of Hamlet, seen at the Folger in 2012, returns in late July for just three performances as part of their Globe to Globe Hamlet, the ambitious two-year tour bringing the Danish prince to every country in the world. Then, once again in a September residency, Shakespeare's Globe will perform King Lear for eighteen shows. Joseph Marcell (TV's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Jacques in Folger Theatre's 2007 As You Like It) plays the title role.

The highly celebrated New York troupe Fiasco Theater will make their Washington, DC debut with their production of William Shakespeare's clever comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona at Folger Theatre. Directed by company members Jessie Austrian and Ben Steinfeld, The Two Gentlemen of Verona will play at the Folger from April 17 - May 25, 2014.

Pandora Productions kicks off the spring season with the sexy-cheeky musical comedy The Breakup Notebook: The Lesbian Musical Thursday, March 13, through Sunday, March 23, at The Henry Clay Theater in Downtown Louisville.

The Sleepwalkers have been quietly banging around in the attic for the better part of five years in Wisconsin's Fox Valley region. Writing, rewriting, absorbing, touring and, every now and then, releasing a record.

Your Theatre, a division of The Highwood Theatre presents its debut production, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, featuring a mixed cast of student and professional actors. The rock musical, written by Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers, takes an energetic look at America's first political maverick and rock star, Andrew Jackson.

Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at Centenary College, Stephen Davis, has long been a teacher and advocate of the works of master playwright and poet William Shakespeare. For over five years, Davis has married his love of the bard and his love for education to help foster an appreciation for Shakespeare in the youth of New Jersey through a program sponsored by The Folger Shakespeare Library entitled Shakesperience, which will be hosted by Centenary Stage Company (CSC) for the first time on Tuesday, April 29th on the campus of Centenary College.

Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) and Claude Michel, called Clodion (1738-1814), were two of the foremost sculptors in France during the late eighteenth century. The Frick Collection houses an important group of works by the artists, which was established in 1915 when founder Henry Clay Frick acquired Clodion's terracotta Zephyrus and Flora and, the following year, Houdon's marble bust of the Comtesse du Cayla. Beginning in April, these masterpieces-along with nearly all the examples by the two sculptors that were subsequently added to the Collection-will be shown together for the first time, highlighting the artists' expressive ranges, as well as their defining contributions to the sculpture of Enlightenment-era France.

The quintessential portrait of maniacal ambition and lust for power is on stage in William Shakespeare's epic history play Richard III at Folger Theatre. Robert Richmond

New Year? Not in the theatre world. An advance in the calendar only marks the halfway point for most Louisville theatre seasons. Many local companies are just getting heated up for the remainder of their 2013-2014 schedules.

Pandora Productions will present a special four performance production of This Is My Heart for You by acclaimed Eastern Kentucky author Silas House.

The quintessential portrait of maniacal ambition and lust for power is on stage in William Shakespeare's epic history play Richard III at Folger Theatre. Robert Richmond

Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Hill Collection, Presented Exclusively at the Frick Through Installations, that reflect the Hills' diverse holdings from January 28 through June 15, 2014.

Pandora Productions has announced the arrival of its annual yuletide holiday presentation with a uniquely different take for this year's production, May Your Heart Find Christmas, an all-new original cabaret that begins an exclusive 3-night run at the Henry Clay Grand Ballroom next week.

By all accounts, Jackson was a rebel, so it's not surprising that Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, now playing at San Antonio's Woodlawn Theatre, imagines our 7th President as the rock star of his generation. What is surprising is how fun it is.

By Mo Gaffney, Jordan Harrison, Moises Kaufman, Neil LaBute, Wendy MacLeod, Jose Rivera, Paul Rudnick and Doug Wright; originally conceived by Brian Shnipper. Generously sponsored by PNC Bank Standing on Ceremony will be presented November 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 & 23 @ 7:30 p.m.; November 17 & 24 @ 5:30 p.m.; and Saturday, November 23 @ 2:00 p.m. at The Henry Clay Theatre, 604 S. 3rd St., 3rd Floor, Downtown Louisville. Advance tickets are now on sale for $18 ($20 day of show) online at http://www.PandoraProds.org or via phone at 502.216.5502.

The Frick Collection presents its seventy-fifth anniversary season of classical music concerts in the elegant setting of the museum's Music Room. Debuting in 1938, just three years after The Frick Collection opened to the public; the concert series is one of the most celebrated in New York City and has delighted thousands of visitors over the years with world-class performances ranging from solo recitals to chamber music groups to early music ensembles. The Music Room, built in 1935 as part of the transformation of the private mansion into a museum and the setting for concerts since then, conveys the atmosphere of a private salon, offering performers and attendees a uniquely intimate environment and impressive acoustics.

Pandora Productions opens its 2013-14 season on Thursday, September 12, with Boy Meets Boy, a high spirited musical homage to the romantic screwball comedies of the '30s. This story of love triangles, mistaken identities and fast-moving intrigue is set in London during the abdication of King Edward VIII for the notorious Mrs. Simpson. Reporter Casey O' Brien learns of preening groom Clarence who's been jilted at the altar by the mysterious 'English Rose' and becomes obsessed with finding this charming and good looking stranger but instead ends up with a very big surprise.

The Frick Collection presents its seventy-fifth anniversary season of classical music concerts in the elegant setting of the museum's Music Room. Debuting in 1938, just three years after The Frick Collection opened to the public; the concert series is one of the most celebrated in New York City and has delighted thousands of visitors over the years with world-class performances ranging from solo recitals to chamber music groups to early music ensembles. The Music Room, built in 1935 as part of the transformation of the private mansion into a museum and the setting for concerts since then, conveys the atmosphere of a private salon, offering performers and attendees a uniquely intimate environment and impressive acoustics.

Pandora Productions kicks off its 2013-14 season Thursday night with the hotly anticipatedNaked Boys Singing!, a theatre songfest that's all about celebrating the male body.

National Portrait Gallery Announces Current and Upcoming Exhibitions and Events