STG Announces 2017-18 Season of Dance, Jazz, Theater and More
by BWW News Desk
- May 30, 2017
Seattle Theatre Group has announced its 2017-2018 season, featuring exciting performances and engaging performing arts experiences that ensure everyone has access to embrace art that is the best of us. Offering ground-breaking new works, popular national performances, and accessible community-based programs, STG continues its commitment to creating and sustaining a rich cultural environment for the enjoyment of everyone.
Nashville Ballet presents EMERGENCE 6/1-3
by A.A. Cristi
- May 26, 2017
Nashville Ballet will close its 2016-2017 performance season with its popular experimental ballet series Emergence June 1-3, 2017, at Nashville Ballet's Studio A. This season's edition will feature the debut of three all-new Nashville Ballet collaborations only weeks in the making and the opportunity to interact with the artists to learn about the creative process.
BWW Interview: Theatre Life with Natascia Diaz
by Elliot Lanes
- May 23, 2017
Today's subject Natascia Diaz is currently living her theatre life onstage at Signature Theatre playing the whore with a heart Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Joe Calarco. The production runs through July 2nd. Previously she appeared at Signature in West Side Story, The Threepenny Opera (2015 Hayes Award nomination), and Kiss of the Spider Woman.
Rubicon Theatre Company Presents THE OTHER MOZART
by Julie Musbach
- May 20, 2017
The name Nannerl Mozart has been a footnote in classical music history, but Sylvia Milo's award-winning play THE OTHER MOZART reveals the extraordinary talents and rich inner life of Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart's sister, whose artistry was stifled and whose compositions were ultimately lost to the world because of her gender. Previews begin May 31 for Rubicon Theatre Company presentation of the acclaimed Off-Broadway drama the N.Y. Times describes as "strikingly beautiful."
Arch Contemporary Ballet to Present World Premiere at The Davenport Theatre
by BWW News Desk
- May 19, 2017
Arch Contemporary Ballet, in its mission to launch ballet and music to an inclusive 21st century audience, performs a world premiere by Artistic Director Sheena Annalise, presented by The Davenport Theatre with four performances Tuesday, May 30th - Thursday, June 1st at 8:00 pm.
Jacob's Pillow Kicks Off 85th Anniversary with Season Opening Gala
by A.A. Cristi
- May 17, 2017
The Jacob's Pillow 85th Anniversary Season kicks off with the Season Opening Gala, the Pillow's signature fundraising event, Saturday, June 17. The event embodies the start of the summer season in the Berkshires, and features exclusive programming, unique and delicious food and drink, and plenty of dancing and live music.
STG Announces 2017-2018 Dance Season
by A.A. Cristi
- May 15, 2017
L-E-V Mark Morris Dance Group Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre Dorrance Dance Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and The 20th Annual DANCE This (Seattle, WA) - Seattle Theatre Group announces its 2017-2018 Dance Season, highlighting some of the best dance artistry from around the world. Blending the classic with the unconventional, this series of diverse programming features longtime favorites Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Mark Morris Dance Group, innovative contemporary works from Kidd Pivot/Electric Company Theatre and Dorrance Dance, a Seattle premiere of L-E-V, and the 20th Anniversary of DANCE This. Hi-res images for all performances can be downloaded via the 2017-2018 Dance Season Dropbox folder, and a full listing for the 2017-2018 Dance Season is below.
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Adds Two New Opportunities to Experience Trisha Brown Dance Company
by A.A. Cristi
- May 8, 2017
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival has added two more opportunities for audiences to experience Trisha Brown Dance Company. Originally a five-performance run, August 16-19 in the Ted Shawn Theatre, the Pillow has added a Thursday matinee to the company's schedule. Members of Trisha Brown Dance Company will also perform the site-specific work Trisha Brown: In Plain Site at the Clark Art Institute on Sunday, August 13, a co-presentation of Jacob's Pillow Dance and the Clark. An icon of American dance with extensive Jacob's Pillow connections spanning more than 30 years, choreographer Trisha Brown died March 18, 2017. In a New York Times obituary, chief dance critic Alastair Macaulay wrote “Few dance inventors have so combined the cerebral and sensuous sides of dance as Ms. Brown did, and few have been as influential. Her choreography…helped shape generations of modern dance creators into the 21st century.”
Nadine Malouf to Lead U.S. Premiere of OH MY SWEET LAND Across the Boroughs
by BWW News Desk
- May 8, 2017
The Play Company (PlayCo), led by Founding Producer Kate Loewald and Managing Director Robert Bradshaw announce the U.S. premiere of Amir Nizar Zuabi's Oh My Sweet Land (September/October), an intimate solo play that will be staged in private homes and community spaces throughout the five boroughs.
Mercury Presents Mozart's REQUIEM, 5/13
by Christina Mancuso
- Apr 27, 2017
Artistic Director Antoine Plante and Mercury present Mozart's Requiem, on Saturday, May 13 at 8 p.m. at the Wortham Center's Cullen Theater for the 2016-2017 season finale. A must-see for any music lover, Mozart's final composition is a profoundly moving work, brimming with drama, hopefulness and redemption. Audiences will experience this unforgettable masterpiece on period instruments. Joining Mercury are vocalists Yulia Van Doren (soprano), Sarah Mesko (alto), Aaron Sheehan (tenor) and Stephen Hegedus (bass), along with select members of the Houston Symphony Chorus under the direction of Betsy Cook Weber. The evening also includes Henry Purcell's Funeral Music for Queen Mary. Major support for this concert comes from Haynes & Boone, LLP; The Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation; Houston Arts Alliance; Houston First; and the Houston Endowment, Inc. To purchase tickets or for more information visit www.mercuryhouston.org or call 713.533.0080.
BWW Review: Bringing the Issues Front and Center with MJM DANCE in MONOPOLY: THE LANDLORD'S GAME
by Caryn Cooper
- Apr 20, 2017
MJM Dance, under the artistic direction of Megan J. Minturn, presented their first evening-length piece entitled Monopoly: The Landlord's Game April 13-14, 2017 at the Mark Morris Dance Center. Here, Ms. Minturn in collaboration with her dancers- Leah Antonellis, Michelle Applebaum, Kelli Chapman, Cantata Chen Fan, Anna Johannes, Mara Katz, Chie Kurokawa, and Beverly Lopez, came together to tell the little known history of the game of Monopoly while exposing the injustices of our society and economic system.
Washington Ballet Premieres Ethan Steifel's FRONTIER
by Molly Tracy
- Apr 18, 2017
The Washington Ballet (TWB) presents the world premiere of Ethan Stiefel's Frontier next month, a ballet inspired by President Kennedy and his space travel aspirations for America.
American Repertory Ballet's Annual Gala A Resounding Success
by Molly Tracy
- Apr 13, 2017
American Repertory Ballet hosted its annual Gala, themed Pride and Prejudice: An Evening of Timeless Elegance, on Saturday, on March 25, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. at the Heldrich Hotel in downtown New Brunswick, N.J. “Our annual gala was a great success,” says Board Chair Charles Metcalf.
DM Playhouse Counting Down to 100th Anniversary with Song
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 11, 2017
The Des Moines Community Playhouse is approaching its 100th anniversary, and is starting the celebration early with a special fundraising performance to be held each year leading up to the big day.
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