Leonard Bernstein News

On January 23 and 30, 2016, Long Beach Opera (LBO) presents composer Leonard Bernstein's satiric romp Candide at the Center Theater in Long Beach, CA.  The eclectic score mixes everything from Viennese waltzes to soaring arias to Latin tangos.  Filled with unforgettable songs such as “Glitter and be Gay, “Oh, Happy We,” “I Am Easily Assimilated” and “Make Your Garden Grow,” Candide was called by Bernstein his “personal love letter to European music.” Adapted from Voltaire's novel, the operetta takes aim at political excess, social traditions and superstitions with an underlying warning against unfettered optimism. While beset by one calamity after another, including an earthquake, exile, war, slavery, robbery and even the Spanish Inquisition, the show's hero Candide and his true love Cunegonde cling to the belief that they live in “the best of all possible worlds.”  Candide's tuneful score and recognizable characters have made it an irresistible draw for audiences around the world. David Schweizer and his creative team will put a unique LBO spin on this all-time favorite.

Signature Theatre's WEST SIDE STORY, directed by Signature Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Signature's Sunday in the Park with George, Cabaret), has just announced a one-week extension through January 31, 2016. 

By popular demand, WEST SIDE STORY has been extended to January 31, 2016.

Signature Theatre's WEST SIDE STORY, directed by Signature Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Signature's Sunday in the Park with George, Cabaret), has just announced a one-week extension through January 31, 2016. 

Signature Theatre's WEST SIDE STORY brings freshness and exuberance to the classic work. The exceptional production in an intimate space allows us to consider anew the songs and scenes that have been part of our lives for half a century.

Jason Tramm, Artistic Director and principal conductor of the Morristown based MidAtlantic Opera will lead the Amore Opera orchestra , chorus and featured soloists in Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme, arguably the world's most beloved opera. Directed by Nathan Hull, Amore Opera's fully staged production, with original sets designed by Richard Cerullo (for lower Manhattan's famed impresario Anthony Amato) opens tonight, December 18th and runs for 8 performances through January 3rd in the intimate 275 seat Loreto Theatre at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in New York City.

The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, will present an evening full of holiday cheer at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with help from Tony award nominees Stephanie J. Block and Brian d'Arcy James, set to make the season bright with a program of holiday favorites tonight and tomorrow, December 18 and 19, 2015 at 8:00PM. The orchestra will also be joined by Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA.

Just in time for the holidays Signature Theatre wil bring a classic to the stage. WEST SIDE STORY, considered by some to be one of the greatest musicals of all time, opened at the MAX Theatre on December 8. Check out a first look at the cast in action below!

Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), currently celebrating its fourth season in its state-of-the-art theatre in Warwick, is pleased to announce its third annual benefit concert presentations - Movie Musicals Live! starring OSTC "kid" alumni on Saturday, January 9 and A Night of Broadway Classics starring Fred Scheff on Saturday, January 16.

Signature Theatre presents WEST SIDE STORY, directed by Signature Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Signature's Sunday in the Park with George, Cabaret). The musical, a collaboration of music, dance and theater giants Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins and Arthur Laurents, is considered by some to be one of the greatest musicals of all time. WEST SIDE STORY runs now through January 24 in Signature Theatre's intimate MAX Theatre. Click below to watch highlights from the show!

Jason Tramm, Artistic Director and principal conductor of the Morristown based MidAtlantic Opera will lead the Amore Opera orchestra , chorus and featured soloists in Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme, arguably the world's most beloved opera. Directed by Nathan Hull, Amore Opera's fully staged production, with original sets designed by Richard Cerullo (for lower Manhattan's famed impresario Anthony Amato) opens December 18th and runs for 8 performances through January 3rd in the intimate 275 seat Loreto Theatre at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in New York City.

Funny, outrageous, emotionally affecting and occasionally angry ... Eve Ensler's wildly popular series of monologues about women and performed by women is back for the fourteenth year with the Roxy Regional Theatre's presentation of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, January 15 - January 30.

In the second year of a four-year partnership between Music Academy of the West and the New York Philharmonic, ten Academy musicians will travel to New York in January 2016 to participate in the New York Philharmonic Global Academy Fellowship Program (Jan 2-12), developing their career skills through what President and CEO of the Music Academy of the West Scott Reed called "an extraordinary opportunity to gain valuable experience alongside the musicians of one of the world's greatest orchestras."

PITTSBURGH – Following a national search, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has named Christian Schörnich as its new Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2016. Schörnich, with more than 15 years of experience in international leadership and management in both for profit and non-profit enterprises, comes to the Pittsburgh Symphony from the United Nations, where he has worked since 2005 in multiple roles. Most recently, he served as Senior Consultant in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Leonard Bernsteins WEST SIDE STORY zahlt zu den Klassikern des Musicalrepertoires. Die Geschichte um zwei Banden in Amerika basiert auf William Shakespeares Drama um Romeo und Julia und ist bis heute zeitlos. Zwischen Spannung und Ruhrung vereint Bernsteins die Perspektiven der unterschiedlichen Kulturen und Generationen in seiner Musik. Regisseurin und Choreographin Melissa King bringt die WEST SIDE STORY unter der Musikalischen Leitung von Chefdirigent Otto Tausk auf die Buhne des Theaters St.Gallen. Die Premiere in St. Gallen, mit Lisa Antoni und Andreas Bongard in den Hauptrollen fand am vergangenen Samstag statt. Weitere Vorstellungen finden noch bis zum 1. Juni statt. Die Kritiker zeigten sich begeistert von dieser explosiven Inszenierung, die gerade heute wieder hochaktuell ist.

This week FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visitwww.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

Signature Theatre just announced they will add an additional performance of WEST SIDE STORY, directed by Signature Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner(Signature's Sunday in the Park with George, Cabaret), on Wednesday, December 23 at 2PM.

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Andrea Burns at 54 Below; Darius de Haas: Come a Little Closer - The Holiday Show; Michael Feinstein at 54 Below; Daniel Reichard's 'Under the Mistletoe'; and Norm Lewis Wishes You a Swingin' Christmas.

An der Oper Wuppertal heißt es seit letzter Woche 'Buhne frei' fur die WEST SIDE STORY von Leonard Bernstein. Dieses mit uber 30 Sangern und Tanzern groß besetzte Musical ist der Broadway Klassiker schlechthin - 1957 in New York uraufgefuhrt hat die WEST SIDE STORY bis heute unzahlige Zuschauer begeistert. Die Geschichte der rivalisierenden Jugendgangs Jets und Sharks verlagert die Thematik von „Romeo und Julia" in das New York der 50er Jahre. Die gefragte Musiktheaterregisseurin Katja Wolff inszeniert die Ereignisse rund um die ungluckliche Liebe von Tony und Maria nun fur die Wuppertaler Buhnen mit aktuellen Bezugen zu sozialen Brennpunkten unserer Zeit.