The Barns at Wolf Trap Presents Melissa Manchester and Catie Curtis, Nov. 17-18November 1, 2011Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, actress, and composer Melissa Manchester returns to The Barns at Wolf Trap to showcase her beloved sound influenced by her heroes Paul Simon, Bette Midler, Barbara Streisand, and Barry Manilow. Boasting almost four decades of experience as an entertainer and master of several different performance genres, Manchester's classic, sultry voice and intimate performance style have been the catalyst for the majority of her widespread success. Her songs have been recorded by Barbra Streisand, Alison Krauss, Roberta Flack, Johnny Mathis, and many others.
Ailey II Announces Dates for 32-City World TourOctober 28, 2011Building on the success of last season's unprecedented world tour to over 45 cities, including performances in France, Germany and the UK, Ailey II is embarking on a 32-city tour including over 20 domestic cities and international stops in Bermuda, Germany and for the first time ever, Greece.
Haunted Theater Presents FALLOUT, October 24-31October 28, 2011Back for its second year, Haunted Theater returns with a new angle: FALLOUT. An old fallout shelter discovered in the theater's basement provides the perfect catalyst for this year's Haunted Theater inspiration, The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
Washington National Opera Presents LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Nov. 10-19October 31, 2011In Donizetti's dark drama, young Lucia is caught in the middle of a feud between her family and the man she loves. Forced by her brother to forsake her love and marry for money, she loses more than her happiness--she loses her mind. After she kills her bridegroom, Lucia plunges headlong into madness to Donizetti's magnificent score in one of opera's most famous, horrifying, and musically gorgeous scenes.
Theater for the New City Presents ANGRY YOUNG WOMEN..., Dec. 1-18October 31, 2011What? You haven't even seen ANGRY YOUNG WOMEN IN LOW RISE JEANS WITH HIGH CLASS ISSUES even once! This will likely be your last chance, at least under the direction of author Matt Morillo, because Theater for the New City is going to present the laugh fest one last time from December 1 to 18, 2011.
Kansas City Actors Theatre Holds Annual Holiday Brouhaha, 11/19October 28, 2011Join the fun as we celebrate the holidays with great food and drink from choice area restaurants and caterers, a terrific selection of auction items and a staged reading of Yasmina Reza's smash hit ART with Dan Barnett, David Fritts and John Rensenhouse reprising their roles from the 2000 Unicorn production.
Dad's Garage Theatre Co. Presents SCANDAL!, 11/11-2/03October 28, 2011There's a little hockey team in Little 5 Points and that hockey team is filled with...SCANDAL! On Friday, November 11th at 10:30pm, the unstoppable Dad's Garage Ensemble is returning with another season of Atlanta's only improvised soap opera...SCANDAL! and this time there's sure to blood on the ice...or at least some hilarious drama. The Little Five Points Panhandlers have been struggling to bring home an NHL championship or even a win a game and this is their last chance to get it together or get shipped out. (Where do we find our inspiration?). Get ready to get hooked on the most side-splittingly shocking improv series of the season...because where ever it ends up, scandal is sure to follow.
Cast Confirmed for LA Philharmonic's PROLOGUE TO ORANGOOctober 29, 2011Los Angeles Philharmonic Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale and soloists in the world premiere of the PROLOGUE TO ORANGO, Shostakovich's unfinished opera, at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Friday and Saturday, December 2 and 3, at 8 p.m., as well as Sunday, December 4, at 2 p.m. The satirical opera about a half-man, half-ape, was sketched in 1932, and discovered in 2006, at Moscow's Glinka Museum by Russian musicologist Olga Digonskaya. At the request of Shostakovich's widow and Digonskaya, British composer Gerard McBurney developed the orchestration of ORANGO in 2009.
IL Volo Announces Christmas EP, Out Nov. 21October 28, 2011IL Volo will release a Christmas EP on November 21, in a repackaged version of the IL Volo album internationally, and as a digital EP in the U.S. Recorded in July with producers Humberto Gatica and Tony Renis, the EP will feature the group's renditions of holiday classics 'Silent Night,' 'Panis Angelicus,' 'The Christmas Song' with 'American Idol' contestant Pia Toscano, and a medley of 'Jingle Bell Rock,' 'Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow' and 'It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.'
Union Square Ice Rink Announces Events for Holiday SeasonOctober 25, 2011Below are the fun-filled events scheduled at the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square, open for the holiday season November 9 - January 16. Nestled among the vibrant lights of the city's most popular shopping destination, the ice rink in Union Square is the premier location for outdoor holiday skating. Throughout the ice rink season a portion of ticket proceeds benefit Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Releases Third Recording on ASO MediaOctober 25, 2011Today, Tuesday, October 25, 2011, the Grammy® Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra released its third recording on its record label, ASO Media, for physical distribution. Distributed by Naxos of America, this all-Rachmaninov release features Music Director Robert Spano leading the Orchestra in Piano Concerto No. 3 with Garrick Ohlsson, a frequent guest and friend of the Orchestra - this release marks Mr. Ohlsson's first-ever recording of the concerto. Also on the recording is Symphonic Dances, a signature Robert Spano/Atlanta Symphony collaboration, as Mr. Spano has led the work on tour, as well as repeatedly in Atlanta with the Orchestra.
Sands Theater Company Presents THE FOREIGNER, Nov. 3-13October 25, 2011The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by 'Froggy' LeSeuer, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base. This time 'Froggy' has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So 'Froggy,' before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone the fun really begins, as Charlie overhears more than he should.