Jonas Kaufmann will sing the title role in a new staging of Wagner's final opera, Parsifal, conducted by Daniele Gatti and directed by Francois Girard in his Met debut.
Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer will make his Met debut with a new production of Verdi's Rigoletto, in a staging that moves the opera's tragic events from a decadent 16th-century Italian court to the glitzy, depraved setting of the Las Vegas strip circa 1960.
Happy 57th Birthday, Nathan Lane! Lane is best known for his roles as Albert in The Birdcage, Max Bialystock in the musical The Producers, Ernie Smuntz in MouseHunt, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and his voice work in The Lion King and
New York City Opera presents POWDER HER FACE, onducted by Jonathan Stockhammer, directed by Jay Scheib, sets by Marsha Ginsberg, costumes by Alba Clemente, lighting by Thomas Dunn and projections by Josh Higgason.
Luna Stage will present the world premiere of Nikkole Salter's Carnaval - a play that was inspired by the author's discovery of the underground world of sex tourism and man-cations in Brazil.
Melbourne Theatre Company celebrates the opening of its 2013 season with the Australian premiere of The Other Place by Sharr White which opens tonight, 31 January 2013, 8pm at Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse.
Sneak peek at a music rehearsal for the NY Regional Premiere of THE COLOR PURPLE at White Plains Performing Arts Center February 8-10 & 22-24, 2013The White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC) presents THE COLOR PURPLE, February 8 through the 24th, 2013.