The Emperor 1963

Opened: April 16, 1963

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The 92nd Street Y at the Kaufmann Concert Hall To Present Violinist Gil Shaham and Pianist Akira Eguchi
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 18, 2023


Gil Shaham, violin with Akira Eguchi, piano, will be performing at the 92nd Street Y in New York on November 17, 2023. The concert will feature a repertoire including Faure's A-Major Sonata and Avner Dorman's 'Nigunim.' Don't miss this must-see concert for violin music lovers.

Find Out What Halloween Horror Is Coming to Peacock This October
by Michael Major - Sep 18, 2023


No tricks, just treats. With over 500 titles to explore, Peacock has something to get everyone in the Halloween spirit. Please see below for new and recently added titles as well as a scary line-up of seasonal content. Check out what TV episodes, movies, documentaries, specials and more you can stream on Peacock this October!

Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection Available For Pre-Order
by Michael Major - Sep 11, 2023


Featuring 100 animated films from Disney, this special collection features a stunning array of Disney Animation and Pixar classics including Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, The Lion King, Toy Story, Frozen and Encanto. Select Pixar titles also includes a bonus disc of extras. Watch a promotional video now!

The 19th Entertainment Expo Hong Kong is Now Running Through April
by Stephi Wild - Mar 13, 2023


The 19th Entertainment Expo Hong Kong is being held from 2 March to 16 April, showcasing the many facets of film, TV, music and digital entertainment. This year's Expo will feature eight exciting industry events during the month-long entertainment extravaganza.

ENTERTIANMENT EXPO HONG KONG Returns 13- 16 March
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 7, 2023


The 19th Entertainment Expo Hong Kong is being held from 2 March to 16 April, showcasing the many facets of film, TV, music and digital entertainment. This year's Expo will feature eight exciting industry events during the month-long entertainment extravaganza.

Exhibition Designed By New York-Based OLI Architecture Now Open In The Forbidden City, China
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2022


Mirroring the Heart of Heaven and Earth: Ideals and Images in the Chinese Study, an exhibition designed by New York-based firm OLI Architecture, has opened in the Palace Museum. Located in the center of the 72-hectare complex in the Forbidden City, built in the fifteenth century, the museum houses one of the world's largest collections of ancient Chinese artifacts, calligraphy, paintings, and porcelain. Working closely with curators at The Palace Museum, OLI Architecture has created a space that brings together art and objects spanning from antiquity to contemporary art within the historical architecture.

Andris Nelsons With The Opening Concert Of The 2022�"23 Season On September 22 At Symphony Hall
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 13, 2022


​​​​​​​Andris Nelsons, marking his ninth season as BSO Music Director, leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the opening concert of the 2022–23 season on September 22 at Symphony Hall. Pianist Awadagin Pratt appears for the first time with the BSO, performing a work written for him by American composer Jessie Montgomery (Rounds, for piano and string orchestra) and J.S. Bach's Concerto in A, BWV 1055.

Invictus Theatre Company Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring THE MOUNTAINTOP, THE CRUCIBLE & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 6, 2022


For its sixth season of production and its second season in residence at its Reginald Vaughn Theater, Invictus Theatre Company will present three plays examining the power of rhetoric to move community opinion and action, whether for good or for bad.

City Lit Theater Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring Two World Premieres
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 22, 2022


City Lit Theater announced its lineup for the 2022-23 season. The season will begin in October with the world premiere of THE MARK OF KANE, by Mark Pracht, and conclude in late spring with the world premiere of Kingsley Day and Philip LaZebnik’s musical AZTEC HUMAN SACRIFICE.

La MaMa to Present World Premiere of CAGE SHUFFLE MARATHON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 8, 2022


CAGE SHUFFLE MARATHON – a full-length evening of dance and spoken word set to John Cage’s 90, one-minute stories from his 1963 score INDETERMINANCY – will be given its world premiere February 15-19 when Paul Lazar and several guest artists  take the stage at La MaMa’s Downstairs theater.

Bay Street Theater's LITERATURE LIVE! Returns With A Virtual Staged Adaptation Of MACBETH
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 14, 2021


Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the return of Literature Live! with the staged virtual premiere of Shakespeare's Macbeth on Tuesday, November 9, at 8 p.m., followed by a talkback between the show's creators and actors. The Literature Live! presentation of Macbeth will be available via on-demand streaming starting Monday, November 8, through Sunday, December 5.

Penfold Theatre Company Announces 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 30, 2021


Penfold Theatre Company (Penfold) has announced the titles and dates for the 2021-22 Season. Season 14 will look at the reimagining of classic stories, bringing two “Great Plays in Great Places” productions, the inclusion of Central Texas Philharmonic, and a world premiere for the first in a new play commission series.

The Robey Theatre Company Publishes Plays, Available Through The Robey's Website
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 30, 2020


For twenty-six years, The Robey Theatre Company has made its mission the telling of the stories of the Black global experience on stage. It is now also doing so in print. The Robey Theatre Company Playwright Series currently has nine play scripts in publication, available in paperback edition and also in Kindle format.

Theater Stories: THE BOOK OF MORMON's Record-Setting Run, Arthur Miller's First Hit & More About the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 26, 2020


Today's Theater Stories features the Eugene O'Neill Theatre! Learn about Neil Simon's special relationship with the theatre, the first Arthur Miller play to become a smash on Broadway, the history of Eugene O'Neill's plays and more.

The Robey Theatre Company Publishes Nine Play Scripts
by Stephi Wild - Sep 20, 2020


For twenty-six years, The Robey Theatre Company has made its mission the telling of the stories of the Black global diaspora on stage. It is now also doing so in print. The Robey Theatre Company Playwriting Series currently has nine play scripts in publication, available in paperback edition and also in Kindle format. These plays, all by Black playwrights, are available through Amazon (See links below).

Elizabeth Taylor Collection Will Be Going up for Auction
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 9, 2019


Profiles in History has announced Allan Trivette's legendary Elizabeth Taylor Collection Will Be Going up for Auction on December 18th in Los Angeles. The collection will be up for sale on day two of Hollywood: A Collector's Random, an auction set for December 17th, 18th and 19th in Los Angeles.

Japan Society Presents TAITEN: NOH & KYOGEN
by Stephi Wild - Oct 21, 2019


As part of Japan Society's 2019-2020 Performing Arts Season, the Society proudly presents an evening of traditional Japanese theater entitled Taiten: Noh & Kyogen. Rarely performed in the last century, Taiten is a modern noh play that was created to celebrate the Taisho Emperor's enthronement in 1912. In recognition of the arrival of the Reiwa era under Emperor Naruhito (the 126th Emperor), Kurouemon Katayama X, a renowned noh actor and scion of the Kyoto Kanze Association, remounts this historic noh play. Per tradition, the noh play is paired with a comedic kyogen piece. Noritoshi Yamamoto from the prestigious Yamamoto Tojiro Family from Tokyo performs Kagyu (The Snail), one of the most popular pieces from the traditional kyogen repertoire. Performances take place at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street) at 7:30pm on Thursday, November 14; Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16.

Works & Process At The Guggenheim Presents Ballet West: Balanchine's Ballets Russes 'Le Chant Du Rossignol' and 'Apollo'
by Stephi Wild - Sep 20, 2019


Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim,presents Ballet West: Balanchine's Ballets Russes Le Chant du Rossignol andApollo on Sunday, September 29, 2019 at 3pm & 7:30pm.

Announcing PETER BROOK/NY, A Citywide Recognition Of A Theater Icon
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 29, 2019


Today a consortium of New York City cultural, educational, and media institutions announce Peter Brook/NY (Karen Brooks Hopkins, Executive Producer), a citywide recognition of Brook's work and his collaborations with Marie-Hélène Estienne from 1953 to the present. In addition to the U.S. Premiere of Brook and Estienne's Why? which Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) presents September 21 a?" October 6 at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Peter Brook/NY features programing from BAM, The Center for Fiction, Columbia University, French Institute Alliance Française's Crossing the Line Festival, Hunter College, The Juilliard School, TFANA, and WNET.  A booklet produced by BAM Hamm Archivesa?"featuring historic photographs, a timeline of Brook's productions and New York presence, an essay by writer Violaine Huisman, and information about Peter Brook/NY eventsa?"will be available to all attendees and online at BAM.org and TFANA.org.

TFANA's 40th Anniversary Season Features Will Eno, Samuel Beckett, and More
by Julie Musbach - Jun 20, 2019


Theatre for a New Audience founding artistic director Jeffrey Horowitz, having just received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 OBIEs, today announces TFANA's 40th anniversary season. The 2019-2020 programming exemplifies what makes TFANA, in the words of the OBIE committee, one of the city's most vital institutions championing adventurous and urgent productions of Shakespeare alongside other writers.

MUSIC OF CONSCIENCE To Conclude New York Philharmonic Season
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 25, 2019


The New York Philharmonic will conclude the 2018-19 subscription season with Music of Conscience, May 22-June 8, 2019,three weeks of concerts and events exploring the ways in which composers have used music to respond to the social and political issues of their times. Music Director Jaap van Zweden will conduct all three orchestral programs: the World Premiere of David Lang's opera prisoner of the state, a retelling of Beethoven's Fidelio; John Corigliano's Symphony No. 1, his 'personal response to the AIDS crisis'; and Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony, about his struggles under Stalin, alongside Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, originally dedicated to Napoleon until the composer angrily redacted the inscription.

TFANA Announces 2018-19 Season; World Premiere Starring Jessica Hecht and More
by Julie Musbach - May 9, 2018


Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA; Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director), an award-winning company presenting Shakespeare alongside other classic and contemporary drama at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Downtown Brooklyn, is pleased to announce its 2018-19 season-the 39th since its founding in 1979.

Carnegie Hall Announces Full Lineup of January And February 2018 Events
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 21, 2017


See the full schedule of January and February events at Carnegie Hall below!

Judy Garland Costumes and More Up for Auction Today in Los Angeles
by Movies News Desk - Nov 17, 2017


Julien's Auctions, the world-record breaking auction house, has announced its highly anticipated event Icons & Idols: Hollywood AND MORE to take place today, November 17, 2017 at their pop up auction gallery 805 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California and live online.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center Announces The Lost Years of German Cinema
by BWW News Desk - Nov 15, 2017


The Film Society of Lincoln Center Announces The Lost Years of German Cinema: 1949 1963, a 13-film series of under-appreciated and rediscovered gems from the postwar era, November 15-23.

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What productions of The Emperor have there been?
The Emperor has had 1 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 1963.

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