Victory Gardens Theater Artistic Director Dennis Zacek, Executive Director Jan Kallish, and Associate Artistic Director and producer of IGNITION Sandy Shinner proudly announce the six new plays selected for the company's 2010 IGNITION Festival.
From September 16, 2010 to January 10, 2011, the Neue Galerie will present exhibition of work by the eighteenth-century artist Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. Organized by Guilhem Scherf, chief curator of sculpture at the Musée du Louvre, the exhibition will be on view ?rst at the Neue Galerie, then travel to the Louvre, where it will be on view beginning in late January 2011. This will be the ?rst major museum Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, The Yawner, 1771-81, pewter exhibition in the United States devoted exclusively to this artist, and it will be the ?rst collaboration between the Neue Galerie and the Louvre. The show will extend the mission of the Neue Galerie, showing the roots of Expressionism and providing for a more complete understanding of the works in the museum collection. It will be accompanied by a full-scale catalogue, to be published by Of?cina Libraria. Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783) ?rst made his mark in Vienna, where he enjoyed a successful career, including several royal commissions. Working in a neoclassical vein, Messerschmidt produced some of the most important sculptures of the eighteenth century. He presented the individual features of his subjects in a way that did not idealize them. No other sculptor in Vienna at the time was similarly uncompromising when Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Afflicted with Constipation, 1771-83, lead-tin alloy producing portraits.
Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 is an ambitious exhibition that investigates a pivotal point in the career of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) through nearly 120 of the artist's paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints from this five-year period, and the immediately preceding years.
Lincoln Center Festival began with the idea of expanding the possibilities presented at Lincoln Center and bringing to audiences something that they could not see elsewhere. This is a challenging goal in a city as culturally rich as New York, and the result has been an eclectic mix of artists and productions representing over 50 countries as of Festival 2009.
Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 is an ambitious exhibition that investigates a pivotal point in the career of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) through nearly 120 of the artist's paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints from this five-year period, and the immediately preceding years.
Deborah Wye, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chief Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books at The Museum of Modern Art, will retire from that position effective September 1, 2010, it was announced today by MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry.
The Consortium of Theatre Programs at Brown University is proud to announce the first ever Writing is Live, a festival of new work featuring eight plays by writers in Brown's graduate programs.
New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), who 'redefined the song recital with daring and dramatic programming' (The New Yorker), presents its fifth annual program with the Department of Vocal Arts at The Juilliard School on Wednesday January 13, 2010 at 8 PM, Killer B's-American Song From Amy Beach to the Beach Boys.
New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), who 'redefined the song recital with daring and dramatic programming' (The New Yorker), presents its fifth annual program with the Department of Vocal Arts at The Juilliard School on Wednesday January 13, 2010 at 8 PM, Killer B's-American Song From Amy Beach to the Beach Boys.
New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), who 'redefined the song recital with daring and dramatic programming' (The New Yorker), presents its fifth annual program with the Department of Vocal Arts at The Juilliard School on Wednesday January 13, 2010 at 8 PM, Killer B's-American Song From Amy Beach to the Beach Boys.
The George Foster Peabody Awards' 69th annual search for excellence in electronic media has begun.
Alan Gilbert will launch the New York Philharmonic's 168th season's subscription concerts in his new role as Music Director, conducting works that reflect his interest in creating programs that feature established repertoire and new and lesser-known music in innovative contexts.
The NYC400 is the first-ever list of New York City's ultimate movers and shakers since the City's founding?from politics, the arts, business, sports, science, and entertainment.
Alan Gilbert will launch the New York Philharmonic's 168th season's subscription concerts in his new role as Music Director, conducting works that reflect his interest in creating programs that feature established repertoire and new and lesser-known music in innovative contexts.
Audience members will get the opportunity to ask questions of the five-member cast of 'Alice on the Edge' on Friday, June 26 immediately after seeing the Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's delightful production of Alice Gerstenberg's one-act plays directed by Karen Case Cook.
'You have a most annoying habit of talking to me when people are present. Sometimes it is all I can do to keep my poise and appear not to be listening to you.'
East Lynne Theater Company, recently voted one of the top two Equity professional theaters in the state in Discover Jersey Arts' 'People's Choice Awards,' offers an exciting season filled with classic gems and world premieres.
Not sure what to give someone? Why not the gift of entertainment with East Lynne Theater Company's 2009 Season Tickets? One size fits all and the recipient can choose what days to attend - and even bring friends! Five tickets cost only $90.00, and may be used in any way. Patrons may see every new production, or bring friends to see one or two shows, or use all five for one performance!
The Cleveland Play House is excited to announce that Mimi Kennedy, best known for playing Dharma's hippie mom Abby on ABC's 'Dharma & Greg,' will star as Ann Landers in The Lady With All the Answers by David Rambo (God's Man In Texas, The Ice-Breaker). Seth Gordon, Associate Artistic Director for The Play House, will direct this hilarious and touching sneak-peek into the inner-life of famed columnist Ann Landers.
The Cleveland Play House is excited to announce that Mimi Kennedy, best known for playing Dharma's hippie mom Abby on ABC's 'Dharma & Greg,' will star as Ann Landers in The Lady With All the Answers by David Rambo (God's Man In Texas, The Ice-Breaker). Seth Gordon, Associate Artistic Director for The Play House, will direct this hilarious and touching sneak-peek into the inner-life of famed columnist Ann Landers.
The USTA today announced that the Opening Night Ceremony of the 2008 US Open on Monday, August 25, will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of tennis' Open Era with a parade of more than twenty-five former US Open singles champions. The on-court ceremony will be hosted by the Oscar-winning actor/director Forest Whitaker and will feature special musical performances by Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Earth, Wind & Fire and the Tony® Award winning Jersey Boys.
The USTA today announced that the Opening Night Ceremony of the 2008 US Open on Monday, August 25, will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of tennis' Open Era with a parade of more than twenty-five former US Open singles champions. The on-court ceremony will be hosted by the Oscar-winning actor/director Forest Whitaker and will feature special musical performances by Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Earth, Wind & Fire and the Tony® Award winning Jersey Boys.
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