Stewart Gardner News

From late June to early August, Great Barrington Public Theater will bring a diverse six-weeks to the Daniel Arts Center, at Bard College at Simon's Rock, Great Barrington. Keeping with the Public's core mission, the 2021 program spotlights original work and new voices, largely comprised of local area talent.

Put your NCIS, CSI and Law & Order skills to use and walk off the quarantine poundage to solve a real-life master robbery of 13 works of art, valued at half a billion dollars. Based on a true story of the world's biggest art caper, ART HEIST EXPERIENCE is a true crime walking show where socially distanced groups will move through five walkable locations to gather clues.

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts (@browardcenter) and Right Angle Entertainment have announced Art Heist Experience (@artheistexperience), an interactive, socially-distanced theater experience which takes audiences in small groups on a quest in and around the Broward Center's Downtown Fort Lauderdale campus to gather clues to solve a real-life art heist March 16 – April 4. 

The story is based on the biggest art heist in history and took place on March 18, 1990, when two thieves disguised as police officers entered Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the middle of the night, telling guards they were investigating a disturbance.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, Broward Center for the Performing Arts and Right Angle Entertainment have announced Art Heist Experience, an interactive, socially-distanced theater experience which takes audiences in small groups on a quest in and around the Arsht Center's Downtown Miami campus and the Broward Center's Downtown Fort Lauderdale campus to gather clues to solve a real-life art heist March 16 – April 14.

On Friday, February 12, 2021, GRAMMY-winning choir The Crossing, led by Donald Nally, releases its 23rd commercial album, THE TOWER AND THE GARDEN on Navona Records.

Today, GRAMMY-winning new music choir The Crossing released a new film, You can Plan on Me, a reflective new composition based on works from their long history of commissioned world premieres.

Lorelei Ensemble presents a newly recorded, luminous performance of music for the season-journeying from darkness to light, filled with warmth, peace, and hope.

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts and Right Angle Productions have the perfect solution for those feeling 2020 has robbed them of the joys of life with the fun interactive outdoor experience Art Heist from Tuesday, December 22 – Sunday, January 10. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 4. 

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will open a Museum-wide exhibition, Painting in Motion, featuring new and recent work, along with a world premiere film commission, from multidisciplinary Chinese-American artist Shen Wei, beginning Dec. 3.

Put your sleuthing skills to use to solve a ripped-from-the-walls, real-life master robbery of thirteen works of art, valued at half a billion dollars in a new immersive theater experience, running November 18 through December 13 with Blumenthal Performing Arts.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will open a Museum-wide exhibition, Painting in Motion, featuring new and recent work, along with a world premiere film commission, from multidisciplinary Chinese-American artist Shen Wei, beginning Dec. 3.

GRAMMY Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang has written an interactive soundscape, specters of noon, for The Menil Collection's new exhibition Allora & Calzadilla: Specters of Noon, on exhibit through June 2021.

On Friday, December 11, 2020, GRAMMY-winning new-music choir The Crossing releases its 22nd commercial release, Rising w/ The Crossing, on New Focus Recordings. The album features live concert recordings from The Crossing's archives, chosen by conductor Donald Nally.

Following a wildly popular sold out run at the Vancouver Fringe Festival, Art Heist makes its US Premiere in San Antonio! Become a Detective on a downtown San Antonio walking search for a criminal mastermind in the all-new interactive theater show ART HEIST.

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage today announced a major grant of $300,000 to GRAMMY-winning new-music choir The Crossing in support of Farming, a concert-length musical work by frequent Crossing collaborator, composer Ted Hearne, to be premiered in summer 2023.

GRAMMY-winning new-music choir The Crossing has announced the launch of its current project The Crossing Votes: 2020, a series of four new short films, continuing the ensemble's commitment to reporting and responding to the times in which we live. The Crossing Votes: 2020 includes two world premieres, written for the project.

Jacob's Pillow has announced its fall season including commissions, community artist partnerships, and COVID-19-compliant Pillow Lab residencies. With the aim of continuing to support artists and bring powerful, relevant work to audiences while prioritizing health and safety, these virtual events take place from October through December.

On Saturday, October 3, 2020 and Sunday, October 4, 2020 from 4:30-5:30pm, GRAMMY-winning new-music choir The Crossing, led by Donald Nally, presents a unique, socially distant, live performance titled The Forest.

Kaufman Music Center's Ecstatic Music series returns this fall, opening with an exciting pair of online concerts.