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King's Singers & NY Pops In 'A KING'S SINGERS HOLIDAY' 12/20 by BWW News Desk
- December 20, 2008 Counted among the world's elite classical performers, The King's Singers with conductor Rob Fisher will join The New York Pops in the orchestra's 20th annual holiday celebration at Carnegie Hall on Friday, December 19 and Saturday, December 20 at 8:00 PM. Entitled A King's Singers Holiday, the concert will include countless time-honored carols to ring in this sentimental season along with treasured songs by Irving Berlin, Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. Mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne will make a guest appearance on the program.
Photo Flash: HERE Arts Center's 2009 CULTUREMART by Gabrielle Sierra
- December 18, 2008 The OBIE-winning HERE Arts Center's annual CULTUREMART festival is set for January 7 -February 4, 2009, this year featuring 17 works that blur the lines between dance, theatre, music, new media, puppetry and visual art. Reflecting a core philosophy that it's not possible for any one art form alone to convey the flood of images, data and sound bytes that inundate the senses in today's world of information and communication overload, CULTUREMART's cross-disciplinary presentations embrace and illuminate our modern experience by integrating many forms of media and content into exciting new works.
'HAIR' Creator Galt MacDermont Celebrates 80th B-day with SI Event 12/18 by BWW News Desk
- December 18, 2008 Staten Island's Galt MacDermot, best known as the composer of the 1960s rock musical Hair, will celebrate his 80th birthday Thursday, December 18th, Veterans Memorial Hall , Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island.
Photo Flash: Kirov Ballet's The Nutcracker by BWW News Desk
- December 18, 2008 The 2008-2009 season of Dance at the Music Center continues with a special, limited engagement of the Kirov Ballet and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre's The Nutcracker, under the Artistic Direction of Valery Gergiev and Yury Fateev, Interim Director of the Ballet, to celebrate the holiday season for six performances only, December 17-20, 2008 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Sands, Meisle and Quinton Receive Equity Awards by Eddie Varley
- December 16, 2008 Kathryn Meisle, Stark Sands, and Everett Quinton have been picked to receive awards from Actors' Equity Foundation.
NYC Gay Men's Chorus Carol in The Village, Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen 12/16 & 12/17 by Eugene Lovendusky
- December 16, 2008 Come celebrate the season with members of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus as they carol throughout the Village, Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen tonight, December 16 and tomorrow, December 17 in a festive bar-hop - as only a group of merry and gay singers can!
'LES BALLETS TROCKADREO DE MONTE CARLO' At Joyce 12/16 by BWW News Desk
- December 16, 2008 The Joyce Theater is thrilled to welcome back LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO for a special three-week holiday engagement, December 16 - January 4. The season will feature two different programs, each with a Joyce premiere, performed by the primo ballerinas that have made this troupe the world's foremost all-male comic ballet company. To purchase tickets, please call JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800 or via the internet at www.joyce.org. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue (at 19th Street) in Chelsea.
TERRAIN Debuts New Works at Joyce Soho 1/29-1/31 by Eddie Varley
- December 12, 2008 Terrain, choreography by Rebecca Lazier, premieres two dance installations at Joyce SoHo Theater, 155 Mercer Street (between Houston and Prince) January 29th - 31st, 2009. The evening, created in collaboration with composer Gregory Spears, lighting designer Aaron Copp, costume designers Mary Jo Mecca and Heidi Barr, and the performers Jennifer Lafferty, Rommel Salveron, Emily Stone, Storme Sundberg, and Christopher Williams, is conceived as a way to encourage audience reaction and discourse. There will be a reception after each performance. Terrain is presented in association with Joyce SoHo.
Photo Coverage: NYC Gay Men's Chorus Holiday Spectacular at Carnegie Hall by Peter James Zielinski
- December 11, 2008 THE NEW YORK CITY GAY MEN'S CHORUS launched its 29th season with a time-honored New York tradition: under the Artistic Direction of Charles Beale, NYCGMC presented The New York City Gay Men's Chorus Holiday Spectacular 'Celebrate Me Home' at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday December 9th. The special guest stars for the evening were the cast of [title of show], Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell and Heidi Blickenstaff.
Classical Theater of Harlem Celebrates 10th Anniversary 12/8 by BWW News Desk
- December 08, 2008 The Classical Theatre of Harlem, a not-for-profit theatre dedicated to producing theatre that truly reflects the diversity of ideas and racial tapestry that is New York City, will hold a party celebrating their 10th Anniversary Season.
Cristina Fontanelli to Perform CHRISTMAS IN ITALY at Kaufman Center 12/7 by BWW News Desk
- December 07, 2008 International singing sensation Cristina Fontanelli will sing a program of Italy's best-loved songs, arias, Neapolitan and Christmas classics during her fifth-annual 'Christmas in Italy,' concert at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, Sunday, December 7th at 8:00 p.m.
American Wing Theater Honors Grant Recipients At Sardi's 12/5 by BWW News Desk
- December 05, 2008 The American Theatre Wing's Grants Program will honor its 2008 grant recipients, 50 New York City not-for-profit theatres that reflect the range of diversity of New York's theatres, at a luncheon at Sardi's on Friday, December 5th at noon.
Will Power Performs at Bristol Riverside Theatre 12/5 by BWW News Desk
- December 05, 2008 Bristol Riverside Theatre continues its Bridges Informance Series with visionary Hip Hop Theatre artist Will Power on Friday, December 5. Viewed as a pioneer in the genre of Hip Hop Theatre, Power has created his own style of theatrical communication, fusing original music, rhymed language and dynamic choreography to produce compelling evenings of work.
American Theater Honors Grant Recipients At Sardi's 12/5 by Gabrielle Sierra
- December 04, 2008 The American Theatre Wing's Grants Program will honor its 2008 grant recipients, 50 New York City not-for-profit theatres that reflect the range of diversity of New York's theatres, at a luncheon at Sardi's on Friday, December 5th at noon.
Lavigne Makes His US Debut In 'KEN LAVIGNE IN CONCERT' 1/22 by Gabrielle Sierra
- December 04, 2008 Following concert tours across Canada and the US, tenor Ken Lavigne, Canada's acclaimed crossover classical singer will make his New York debut in Ken Lavigne in Concert on Thursday, January 22nd (8PM) at New York's legendary Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage --154 West 57th Street). Presented by Goodnight Gracie Entertainment and accompanied by the acclaimed 51 piece New York Pops Orchestra, Mr. Lavigne's exciting blend of classical tenor sound with modern style will showcase to New York audiences his singular vocal talent, which has been met with ovations across Canada.
Classical Theater of Harlem Holds Anniversary Party On 12/8 by Gabrielle Sierra
- December 04, 2008 The Classical Theatre of Harlem, a not-for-profit theatre dedicated to producing theatre that truly reflects the diversity of ideas and racial tapestry that is New York City, will hold a party celebrating their 10th Anniversary Season.
'HAIR' Creator Galt MacDermont Celebrates 80th B-day with SI Event 12/18 by Gabrielle Sierra
- December 02, 2008 Staten Island's Galt MacDermot, best known as the composer of the 1960s rock musical Hair, will celebrate his 80th birthday Thursday, December 18th, Veterans Memorial Hall , Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island.
Photo Flash: Kirov Ballet's The Nutcracker by Gabrielle Sierra
- December 02, 2008 The 2008-2009 season of Dance at the Music Center continues with a special, limited engagement of the Kirov Ballet and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre's The Nutcracker, under the Artistic Direction of Valery Gergiev and Yury Fateev, Interim Director of the Ballet, to celebrate the holiday season for six performances only, December 17-20, 2008 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Will Power Performs at Bristol Riverside Theatre 12/5 by Gabrielle Sierra
- November 24, 2008 Bristol Riverside Theatre continues its Bridges Informance Series with visionary Hip Hop Theatre artist Will Power on Friday, December 5. Viewed as a pioneer in the genre of Hip Hop Theatre, Power has created his own style of theatrical communication, fusing original music, rhymed language and dynamic choreography to produce compelling evenings of work.
King's Singers & NY Pops In 'A KING'S SINGERS HOLIDAY' 12/20 by Gabrielle Sierra
- November 20, 2008 Counted among the world's elite classical performers, The King's Singers with conductor Rob Fisher will join The New York Pops in the orchestra's 20th annual holiday celebration at Carnegie Hall on Friday, December 19 and Saturday, December 20 at 8:00 PM. Entitled A King's Singers Holiday, the concert will include countless time-honored carols to ring in this sentimental season along with treasured songs by Irving Berlin, Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. Mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne will make a guest appearance on the program.
Christmas Music with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops by Eddie Varley
- November 20, 2008 One would think that the man who conducts the Boston Pops, the Utah Symphony and is the Artistic Advisor of the Summer Institute and Music Festival of the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina to be pretty apathetic about Christmas music by the time fruitcake season rolls along, but that's not true with Keith Lockhart.
Photo Flash:The Acting Company's Commedia Dell'Arte Gala by Eddie Varley
- November 13, 2008 The Houseman Award honors a profound commitment to the development of classical actors and an audience for the theater. The award this year was given to Theatre Development Fund. The Warburg Award is presented for outstanding philanthropic endeavor. The award was presented to William D. Zabel, Chairman of Human Rights First, by its President, Michael Posner.