Suzanne Vega News

Trainor Dance's fifth anniversary season opened with multi-colored ghosts descending from the sky- silk skirts that featured as heavily as the dancers themselves in this excerpt of Faux Pas. The fabric was manipulated into a variety of shapes and garments, which has led many to draw comparisons with Martha Graham's Lamentation, but a mild similarity in costuming is where the comparison should probably end.

Tonight, September 19, 2015, at 7:30 pm, the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center presents the Vermont debut of New York City's Ballets with a Twist in Mint Julep and Other Spirited Dances.

Grammy and Tony award-winning musician Duncan Sheik just premiered 'Birmingham' from his forthcoming album LEGERDEMAIN. Listen to the track below!

Composer Paola Prestini, the Creative and Executive Director of National Sawdust (NS), today announced programming for the non-profit's inaugural fall season in its new home-a $16 million, 13,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art chamber hall in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The performance and recording venue, designed by Brooklyn-based architecture firm Bureau V in the shell of century-old former sawdust factory, will provide composers and musicians a setting in which they can flourish, and a place where they are given commissioning support, mentoring and other critical resources essential to create, and then share, their work. For audiences-serious fans and casual listeners alike-the venue will be a place to discover genre-spanning music at accessible ticket prices.

NiCori Studios and Productions in association with the Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center announces a new installment of the monthly concert series, Music at the Mansion, on Sunday, August 30, at 3pm.

Grammy and Tony award-winning musician Duncan Sheik's new video for "Photograph," a song off his forthcoming album Legerdemain, is premiering exclusively on Billboard.

On Saturday, September 19, 2015, at 7:30 pm, the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center presents the Vermont debut of New York City's Ballets with a Twist in Mint Julep and Other Spirited Dances.

Grammy and Tony award-winning musician Duncan Sheik is heading out on a full U.S. tour this fall performing selections from his diverse back catalogue which surround the theme "Songs From New York City From Bleeker Street To Broadway." Please see the full list of tour dates below. Tickets for select shows are available now.

Hedgebrook announces the 18th annual Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival (HWPF), a celebration of women writing for the theatre. This May, playwrights Leanna Brodie, Dipika Guha, Karen Hartman, Julie Marie Myatt, Suzanne Vega, and Lauren Yee will join dramaturgs Liz Engelman, Anita Montgomery, and Christine Sumption for a two-week residency at the famed Whidbey Island writers retreat, capped off with public presentations of excerpts from the playwrights' latest works.

“One of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation,” (Biography Magazine) folk-pop singer and guitarist Suzanne Vega performs at The Eccles Center tonight, March 21. Concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 435-655-3114 or online at EcclesCenter.org.

Grammy-Award winning singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin performs in Zankel Hall on Saturday, April 11 at 10:00 p.m. as part of the tenth annual WFUV Live at Zankel series. Colvin is best known for her hit song “Sunny Came Home,” which earned her two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1997.

“One of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation,” (Biography Magazine) folk-pop singer and guitarist Suzanne Vega performs at The Eccles Center on Saturday, March 21. Concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 435-655-3114 or online at EcclesCenter.org.

Tonight, February 26, 2015, at 6:00 pm, costume designer Catherine Zehr will discuss her career with New York City's Ballets with a Twist at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology's Katie Murphy Amphitheatre as part of the museum's Fashion Culture series.

New York Singer/Songwriter Suzanne Vega brings her most memorable songs to the Fred Kavli Theatre tonight, February 20, 2015 at 8:00 pm.

Anderson Davis directs his kick-ass cast of triple-threats like a racing car pro on a NASCAR speedway allowing the audience no time to breathe between all the applauding, the laughing, and the singing along.

Tonight, February 13 at 10:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, singer-songwriter Valerie June performs songs from her critically acclaimed debut album Pushin' Against A Stone (Concord Records) as part of the tenth annual WFUV Live at Zankel series. NPR describes June as a 'force of nature' with a 'voice that's now stopping traffic: a keening soprano that shows off its twang yet sounds totally contemporary.'

New York, New York (January 20, 2015) — On Thursday, February 26, 2015, at 6:00 pm, costume designer Catherine Zehr will discuss her career with New York City's Ballets with a Twist at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology's Katie Murphy Amphitheatre as part of the museum's Fashion Culture series. Featuring performances of excerpts from artistic director and choreographer Marilyn Klaus' Cocktail Hour: The Show, the event will shed light on the process of designing for dance. Klaus will provide additional insight on Zehr's contribution to the production and join her in answering audience questions.

Exiled Angolan guitarist -vocalist Waldemar Bastos makes a rare LA appearance as part of the inaugural ARATANI World series of global music and dance. The series celebrates the songs, sounds and dance of seven ensembles both local and international from Africa, India, Hawaii, Philippines, Japan, Bulgaria, Latin America, Central Java, Brazil, New York and Los Angeles who are carrying forth and transforming their rich cultural traditions.

Tonight, January 30, 2015, at 8:00 pm, El Paso City Ballet welcomes New York City's Ballets with a Twist to the Plaza Theatre for the Texas premiere of Cocktail Hour: The Show.

New York Singer/Songwriter Suzanne Vega brings her most memorable songs to the Fred Kavli Theatre Friday, February 20, 2015 at 8:00 pm.