Monte Carlo News

Kenneth Weiss, the internationally renowned harpsichordist and Juilliard415 faculty member closes the fourth season of Salon/Sanctuary Concerts with a performance of the JS Bach masterpiece, The Well-Tempered Clavier.

Utah Symphony Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic brings the Utah Symphony's 2012-13 Masterwork Series to a spectacular close by conducting two master composers' stunning works.

Guerilla Opera will live stream the World Premiere performance of Giver of Light tonight, May 23, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. EST from The Zack Box Theater at The Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA.

4TH WALL THEATRE closes its 16th season with the comedy Lucky Stiff, the first musical by one of Broadway's hottest writing teams, Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music). This musical farce is based on the book The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo by Michael Butterworth. First produced at Playwrights Horizons off-Broadway (Richard Rodgers Award) the show later went on to win Washington's Helen Hayes Award for Best Musical.

Shanghai Ballet Company is to make its highly anticipated UK debut in August at the London Coliseum with performances of JANE EYRE, an original, innovative ballet production based on Charlotte Brontë's famous novel. Performances will run August 14th-18th, choreographed by Patrick de Bana.

Guerilla Opera will live stream the World Premiere performance of Giver of Light on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. EST from The Zack Box Theater at The Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA.

NiCori Studios and Productions in association with Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center announces a new installment of the monthly concert series, 'Music at the Mansion', today, May 19, at 3pm. Performers include Jennie Litt & David Alpher, Ilene Angel and 4th Wall Theatre. The featured performer in the 'Young Musician Moment' will be Kevin Bergen.

Music Director Jacques Lacombe and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra present Tchaikovsky's mighty Fifth Symphony on a concert program that features the East Coast premiere of Steven Mackey's Stumble to Grace Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with pianist Orli Shaham. The Orchestra performs the Princeton University professor's concerto as part of the New Jersey Roots Project, which celebrates the music of composers whose artistic identity has been influenced by their time in the Garden State.

New York City Center is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Fall for Dance Festival with a very special season, beginning with two FREE evenings of dance at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, hosted by The Public Theater, onSeptember 16 and 17 (Rain date, September 18). The Festival will continue at City Center from September 25 ­ October 5 with performances by 20 acclaimed dance companies and artists from around the world, including three new works from today¹s most exciting young choreographers, commissioned by City Center, in celebration of the tenth anniversary, all for the low ticket price of $15. The Festival¹s many free pre-show events will include dance lessons and panels by choreographers, artists and dance educators. Tickets will go on sale Sunday, September 8 at 11 a.m.

NiCori Studios and Productions in association with Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center announces a new installment of the monthly concert series, 'Music at the Mansion', on Sunday, May 19, at 3pm. Performers include Jennie Litt & David Alpher, Ilene Angel and 4th Wall Theatre. The featured performer in the 'Young Musician Moment' will be Kevin Bergen.

Denver Center Attractions announces the 2013 nominees for The Bobby G Awards - the Colorado regional awards program for The National High School Musical Theater Awards. Fifteen public and private high schools in the seven Denver metro counties participated in the inaugural season. The awards ceremony, on May 30 at 7pm in The Seawell Grand Ballroom, includes performances from the shows nominated for outstanding overall production and honors outstanding achievements by students and educators made in the areas of performance, design, direction, choreography, technical production and overall production excellence.

Blue Man Group offers a free Procession, an energetic luminescent parade, daily at 6:15 p.m. (excluding dark days) on the casino floor for guests to experience prior to the show. The Procession features custom made instruments including the Percussipede, a musical centipede of percussion instruments, and a puppet co-created by world-renowned 3-D designer Michael Curry as well as a humanoid robot designed by Show Creators Inc. Each day, a Blue Man groove will weave and shake its way through the casino; a musical celebration that will lure and entice unsuspecting visitors into the magical, imaginative world that is Blue Man Group.

Utah Symphony Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic brings the Utah Symphony's 2012-13 Masterwork Series to a spectacular close by conducting two master composers' stunning works.

Music Theatre of Connecticut School of the Performing Arts presents 'Lucky Stiff' on Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18. Performances areon Friday at 7:30pm and Saturday at 2pm at Theatre Artists Workshop, 5 Gregory Blvd. in Norwalk, CT.

Kenneth Weiss, the internationally renowned harpsichordist and Juilliard415 faculty member closes the fourth season of Salon/Sanctuary Concerts with a performance of the JS Bach masterpiece, The Well-Tempered Clavier.

Teddy Riley & Blackstreet Featuring Dave Hollister bring the hits to the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip tonight, May 4th.

Music Director Jacques Lacombe and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra present Stravinsky's groundbreaking, riot-inducing The Rite of Spring on its 2012-13 classical season finale program, June 7-9 in Newark and Morristown. The NJSO opens the program with the Prelude and 'Liebestod' from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde as part of a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth; the program also features the concert suite from Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande.

Shen Wei Dance Arts will come to Houston for one night only, Saturday, May 18, at 8 p.m. in the Wortham Center's Brown Theater, presented by Society for the Performing Arts (SPA).

LIGHT– the state-of-the-art nightclub by Cirque du Soleil and The Light Group– will open at Mandalay Bay this weekend, beginning April 26 with headliners Nicky Romero and Axwell.

The Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education's Performance Lab students will present LUCKY STIFF May 17-19 in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.