Carnival Center Premiere Season on Sale Now!

Carnival Center Presents…

2006-2007 Premiere Season!
A listing of all Center-presented shows announced as of now follows.

Tickets for all shows listed below are NOW ON SALE! To purchase your tickets and for up-to-date information about all Carnival Center shows, visit http://WWW.CARNIVAL CENTER.ORG or call 1(866)949-6722.  The Carnival Center is at 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL. 33132

*Additional shows will be announced throughout the year.

OCTOBER 2006

world music and dance
Tamango's Urban Tap
Bay Mo Dilo (Give Me Water)—World Premiere!
Tamango's Urban Tap brings to Miami a major new work, Bay Mo Dilo, based on the rhythms and culture of Tamango's Kreole heritage in French Guiana.A fusion of international dance and music, psychedelic projections, and poetry, "Urban Tap…is as much a jazz concert, folk festival and party as it is a dance show (Newsday)."
Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation of the Arts, with lead funding from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional funding provided by The Ford Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Oct. 11, 12, 13, 14; 8 p.m.

$40, $15
Studio Theater

world music
Albita, Petrona Martínez, Carmen París are
Fémina—Mujeres con Cajones
Presented in collaboration with Fundación Autor
Cuba's Albita, Colombia's Petrona Martínez, and Spain's Carmen París are three remarkable singers. Through their music—which ranges from traditional Afro-Cuban and Afro-Colombian to contemporary reinventions of the Spanish jota—they tell passionate stories, each one a heartfelt epic, a miniature drama, a musical poem at once biographical and universal. And it's OK to bring the kids! These are women with CAjones. That's plural for cajón, the box-like percussion instrument that flavors the music of all three.
October 13; 8 p.m.

$55, $45, $35, $25, $15
Knight Concert Hall

latin pop
Christian Castro
Recording and television star Christian Castro is the international pop favorite whose many hits include "No Podras," "Nunca Voy A Olvidarte," "Mañana," "Vuelveme A Querer," "Lo Mejor De Mi," "Lloran Las Rosas," and "Volver A Amar."
October 14; 8 p.m.

$60, $55, $47, $37, $32, $15
Knight Concert Hall

world music from Brazil

Badi Assad

Transcending traditional styles of her native Brazilian music with an exotic mixture of ethnic sounds from around the world, this extraordinary singer, guitarist, and percussionist is successfully forging an exhilarating genre of music that quite literally defies categorization.

October 15 ; 7:30 p.m.

$20, $15

Studio Theater

theater for children
The Kennedy Center IMAGINATION CELEBRATION® On Tour presents Alice
by Whoopi Goldberg
Adapted for the stage by Kim Hines
Smart and sassy young Alice wins a mysterious sweepstakes, but she hasn't much time to claim her prize! So with her two best friends—a white rabbit who's kind of invisible and a card-playing geek who has a thing for hats—Alice heads into the topsy-turvy neon wonderland of the Big City in a madcap race against the clock.
October 16; 10:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Adults: $15 Children:$10
Ziff Ballet Opera House

intimate jazz series

THE LIVING ROOM – VOCAL EDITION

Carmen Lundy, Nicole Henry, and Andy Bey

Old and New Standards

Curated and Introduced by Fernando Gonzalez

A Chivas Regal Presentation

We're transforming the Studio Theater into the coziest club in town for THREE delightful evenings in October, November, and December featuring the very cool art of jazz singing.

THE LIVING ROOM – VOCAL EDITION WITH CARMEN LUNDY

A hit at jazz clubs from London to New York, a favorite of music festivals from Asia to South America, this Miami native writes her own music and interprets it with a rich voice that is both ebullient and stylish. Nominated "Vocalist of the Year" by JazzWeek, Lundy's latest release is Jazz and the New Songbook—Live at The Madrid.

October 19; 7:30 & 9 p.m.

$20, $15

Studio Theater

staged theatrical reading
L.A.Theatre Works, Susan Albert Loewenberg Producing Director
presents
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
By Herman Wouk
Directed by Gordon Hunt
Starring David Selby and Eric Stoltz (Cast subject to change)
America's premier radio theater company presents The Caine Mutiny Court- Martial, the brilliant courtroom drama by Herman Wouk, based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A fictitious account of the mutinous acts aboard a ship that is rocked by a typhoon during WWII, the play is a pungent and timely look at the "my country right or wrong" standard of military life. This semi-staged production features stage and screen stars Eric Stoltz and David Selby, among others.
October 23; 8 p.m.

$60, $50, $40, $30, $15
Knight Concert Hall

comedy

Mitch Fatel

Voted "Best Stand Up Comedian" at the 2006 Aspen Comedy Festival as well as having appeared numerous times on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Mitch Fatel is quickly becoming a comedic superstar.

Recommended for mature audiences.

October 27 ; 9 p.m.

$38, $33, $15

Knight Concert Hall

world music rocks

ROCK EN Ñ featuring

Aterciopelados and MaCaCo

Plus special guests!

Presented in Collaboration with Fundación Autor

Time magazine named Colombia's Aterciopelados one of "The 10 Best Bands on Planet Earth," while the urban beat of Barcelona is the pulse of MaCaCo's fusion sound. Roots, rock, techno and more come together in this multicultural, multinational soundfest.

October 28; 9 p.m.

$45, $35, $25, $15

Knight Concert Hall

NOVEMBER 2006

pop

Lalah Hathaway

The daughter of the great Donny Hathaway, Lalah Hathaway broke onto the music scene with her self-titled album in the early `90s for which she won critical accolades. Her ability to sing a wide range of musical genres, including jazz, pop and gospel, has earned her a place as one of today's rising vocalists.

November 2 ; 8 p.m.

$52, $50, $45, $35, $30, $15

Knight Concert Hall

world music from Guinea

BA CISSOKO

A trail-blazing quartet of young Guinean musicians, Ba Cissoko create high-energy contemporary African music, combining the crystalline sound of the kora, a traditional 21-string harp, with deep vocals and killer percussion. The result is an electrifying rock-and-reggae- influenced sound that injects the age-old music of West Africa with a groovy urban edge.

November 4; 8 & 10:30 p.m.

$20, $15

Studio Theater

cabaret
Andrea Marcovicci
Andrea Sings Astaire
By arrangement with Arthur Shafman International, LTD
One of the finest cabaret artists of our time—smart, elegant,
flirtatious and theatrical—has created an enchanting valentine to one of the greatest musical stars of the silver screen, Fred
Astaire. Andrea sings "The Way You Look Tonight," "They Can't Take That Away from Me," "Cheek to Cheek," "'S Wonderful," "One for My Baby," "Change Partners," "Top Hat"/"Stepping Out," "Let's Face the Music and Dance," "Night and Day," "Something's Gotta Give," "A Foggy Day, " and many more famous and lesser-known gems. Andrea Sings Astaire is an A+ journey through the Great American Songbook.
November 7, 8, 9, 10; 8 p.m.
November 11; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
November 12; 3 p.m.

$45, $15
Studio Theater

latin Jazz

The Conga Kings

Featuring Candido Camero, Carlos "Patato" Valdes, & Giovanni Hidalgo.

A Chesky Records Production.

"Between Candido, Hidalgo, and Patato Valdes, the entire history of afro-Cuban music is represented" (All Music Guide). Join us as three of Latin music's most talented and honored percussionists take the stage for a night of rhythmic fun.

November 8 ; 7: 30 p.m.

$55, $45, $35, $25, $15

Knight Concert Hall

kids & family

MAD SCIENCE

Don't Try This at Home II: Newton's Revenge

Watch out for the gravity-powered ping-pong ball launcher! Take cover during the sling-shot challenge!
Get out of the way of the catapult's range! As entertaining as it is educational, Newton's Revenge is a spectacular stage show that explores the zany side of science and while demonstrating that the laws of physics are part of everyday life.

November 9; 10:30 & 12:30 p.m.

$8

Knight Concert Hall

comedy

Paula Poundstone
The first woman to win a Cable ACE Award for Best Stand-Up Comedy Special, Paula Poundstone is one of the nation's most popular comedians, well-known for her numerous appearances on "Late Night with David Letterman," "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," and Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion."
November 11; 8 p.m.

$35, $30, $25, $20, $15
Knight Concert Hall

classical

Christopher O? Riley

Plays Radiohead and Elliott Smith Transcriptions

From his groundbreaking transcriptions of Radiohead to his unforgettable interpretations of classic and new repertoire, pianist Christopher O'Riley has redefined the possibilities of classical music.

December 14 ; 8 p.m.

$55, $45, $35, $25, $15

Knight Concert Hall

theater
The Classical Theatre of Harlem
King Lear
A dynamic and unique theater company dedicated to producing the classics for a new, young, and culturally diverse audience, The Classical Theatre of Harlem makes its Miami debut in Shakespeare's devastating tragedy about filial love and ingratitude, loyalty and betrayal, the downfall of an ancient king, and the moral and social collapse of the kingdom he once ruled.
November 15, 16; 8 p.m.
November 17, 18; 2 and 8 p.m.

$45, $15
Studio Theater

theater for children

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Bon Appétit: Musical Food Fun Songs from the GRAMMY®-winning CD

Bon Appétit! (Best Musical Album for Children, 2004)
This program of good humor songs celebrates healthy eating, healthy kids and the fun of food performed by the GRAMMY® Award-winning duo Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer. The school concert menu includes sing-along songs in musical styles ranging from the Celtic sounds of "Water" to the ukulele jazz of "Five A Day." These songs have become companions to nutrition programs across the country. Cathy & Marcy rock out with "The Food Pyramid," celebrate the magnificent "Potato," and sing about "Breakfast Power." A Hula Hoop contest to Big Band swing music reminds us that exercise is fun both indoors and out. Songs are accompanied on guitar, five-string banjo, ukulele and mandolin.

November 16; 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.

$ 8 (School performances open to general public)

Knight Concert Hall

tango dancers and musicians
Pablo Aslan's AvanTango
Mixing the legendary music of Astor Piazzolla with contemporary jazz, AvanTango is an ensemble of iconoclastic tango dancers and musicians, who honor the rich traditions of this seductive dance, while transforming it into a breathtaking 21st century spectacle.
November 17; 8 p.m.

$45, $15
Knight Concert Hall

jazz
Wayne Shorter Quartet
Featuring Brian Blade, John Patitucci, Danilo Pérez
A Chivas Regal Presentation
"One of the most significant composers and individual saxophonists in jazz (The New York Times)," Grammy Award-winning Wayne Shorter has been acclaimed throughout his four-decade career, fully earning his status as a "living legend" not just for his inspired playing, but also for his compositions, which include such standards as "Speak No Evil," "Infant Eyes," "Witch Hunt," "Penelope," "Adam's Apple," and "Footprints. "
November 18; 8 p.m.

$62, $52, $45, $35, $28, $15
Knight Concert Hall

classical

Once Upon a Time in Miami

The Ennio Morricone Concert

By kind permission of Florida Grand Opera with Florida Classical Orchestra

Stewart Robinson: Conductor

Featuring a selection of scores written by one of the world's
greatest film composers.

The Mission, Love Affair, Casualties of War , Cinema Paradiso, Marco Polo, 1900 , Once Upon A Time in the West , The Untouchables

November 19 ; 7:30 p.m.

$50, $40, $35, $15

Knight Concert Hall

intimate jazz series

THE LIVING ROOM – VOCAL EDITION with NICOLE HENRY

Old and New Standards

Curated and Introduced by Fernando Gonzalez

A Chivas Regal Presentation

Critics describe her voice as "passionate and charismatic, " "genuine and heartfelt," "sensual," "unique and stirring," "lush and sultry."
One of the most popular entertainers in South Florida and chosen "Best New Jazz Artist 2004" by HMV/Japan, her appeal is universal.

November 19; 7:30 p.m.

$20, $15

Studio Theater

DECEMBER 2006

dance
Eva Yerbabuena Ballet Flamenco
Presented in collaboration with Fundación Autor.
Eva Yerbabuena leads her contemporary company in two performances of Eva, a full-evening work that creates richly varied portraits of women through the language of flamenco dance and music. Considered one of the best bailaoras on the stage today and the recipient of every major Spanish award for choreography, Yerbabuena redefines flamenco while remaining true to the art form's pure rhythms and soulful roots.
December 2, 3; 8 p.m.

$65, $55, $45,$35,$25, $15
Ziff Ballet Opera House

intimate jazz series

THE LIVING ROOM – VOCAL EDITION with ANDY BEY

Old and New Standards

Curated and Introduced by Fernando Gonzalez

A Chivas Regal Presentation

Andy Bey possesses a baritone for the ages; his interpretation of classics by Ellington, Mercer, Harburg, and Arlen led People magazine to say, "Without a doubt, these American songs have met an American Master."

December 7 ; 7:30 & 9 p.m.

$20, $15

Studio Theater

theater
Greig Coetzee in
The Actors Co-Operative Production of
White Men with Weapons and The Blue Period of Milton Van der Spuy
The acclaimed South African actor and playwright brings two riveting, utterly different one-person, multicharacter plays. A hit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and critically acclaimed on five continents, White Men with Weapons is a hysterical, historical and sometimes harrowing farce about the South African army just before the end of apartheid. An acting tour de force in which Coetzee performs 13 characters, ranging from a foul-mouthed Corporal from hell to a horny cook who dishes with the boys, White Men is a very funny yet stinging critique of the absurdity of military life. The Blue Period of Milton Van der Spuy is a bittersweet tale of a would-be Renaissance man who hopes his head won't explode before he's able to complete his life's work. The problem: Milton is far more ambitious than he is talented.
White Men with Weapons:

Dec. 13, 15 at 8 p.m.;

Dec. 16, 17 at 6:30 p.m.

$40, $15
The Blue Period of Milton Van der Spuy:

December 14; 8 p.m.

December 16; 9 p.m.

December 17; 3 p.m.

$40, $15
Studio Theater

vocal pop

Take 6 Christmas

This award-winning Christian sextet broke new ground in a cappella in the '80s, paving the way for the popular revival of R&B vocal groups. Their jazz harmonies, original songs and vocal pyrotechnics represent some of the best a cappella ever recorded.

December 15; 8 p.m.

$50, $45, $40, $35, $15

Knight Concert Hall

jazz
Arturo Sandoval
The Trumpet's Journey Through Cuban Rhythms
A Chivas Regal Presentation
A brilliant trumpeter and bandleader, "Arturo Sandoval is the sort of virtuoso artist who comes along only once or twice in a generation (The Guardian)." Sandoval's playing is spectacular, whether in an Afro-Cuban groove or tearing up a bebop tune. This Miami native's explosive mixture of jazz, classical, rock and traditional Cuban music is simply sensational.
December 16; 8 p.m.

$62, $52, $45, $35, $28, $15
Carnival Concert Hall

family

Michel Lauziére – Master of the Unusual

A visual humorist, a fantasy artist, a musician and above all, a creative performer, watch Michel Lauziére as he entrances the audience with feats of extraordinary dexterity and coordination.

December 17; 2 p.m.

$30, $25, $20, $15

Knight Concert Hall

holiday jazz
Dianne Reeves
Christmas Time Is Here
A Chivas Regal Presentation
The Grammy-Award winner, whose sexy and sophisticated singing in Good Night and Good Luck seduced moviegoers everywhere, sings the beloved songs of the holidays from her latest recording triumph, Christmas Time Is Here. Imbuing her unique jazz interpretations with a soulful touch of R&B, "Dianne's the legitimate extension of all of the good things that have gone on before, from Ethel Waters to Ella
Fitzgerald (Down Beat)."
December 22; 8 p.m.

$62, $52, $45, $35, $28, $15
Knight Concert Hall

holiday musical theater for the whole family…en español with English subtitles
Navidad Gitana
Direct from Colombia's beloved Misi Compañía de Teatro Musical comes a holiday musical for kids and their families. With a cast of more than 60 actors, singers and dancers, Navidad Gitana is a colorful fantasy about medieval gypsies, fearless adventurers, ocean storms and sunken treasures, daring rescues, spectacular special effects and Christmas dreams that come true.
December 21, 22, 23; 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Adults: $55, $45, $35, $30, $15

Children: $27.50, $22.50, $20, $15
Ziff Ballet Opera House

jazz
Woody Allen and his
New Orleans Jazz Band
A Chivas Regal Presentation
Because being one of the world's most acclaimed filmmakers just isn't enough, Woody Allen is also a consummate jazz musician who's been thrilling audiences in New York for nearly a quarter-of-a-century with cool clarinet playing and a really hot band.
December 29; 8 p.m.

$95, $87, $77, $67, $55, $15

Knight Concert Hall

multimedia theater
The End Of Cinematics
Conceived, written, and directed by Mikel Rouse
Drawing on the richness of the good old days of cinema with live music and a thoroughly modern, "hyper-real" film experience, The End Of Cinematics examines the 21st-century phenomenon of viewing media content in fragmented form, mixing a hip-hop-flavored electronica soundtrack with multiple video screens, six live musician/actors, and a very cool set.
Commissioning support for Mikel Rouse's The End Of Cinematics has been provided in part by the University of Illinois Swanlund Initiative for the Performing Arts in the College of Fine and Applied Arts with support from the Office of the Provost; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts; Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008; Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts/University of California, Davis; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Florida, Gainesville; Miami Performing Arts Center; UCLA Live; the Brooklyn Academy of Music with funds provided by the Mary Flagler Charitable Trust; and the Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund. Additional support provided by St. Ann's Warehouse.
December 29; 8 p.m.

$78, $65, $55, $35, $15
Ziff Ballet Opera House

theater

CABARET UNKEMPT

World Premiere!

Commissioned by Miami Performing Arts Center and 651 Arts.

Cabaret Unkempt is an irreverent and satirical one-person memory piece mixing video, music, and poetry. Miami-based writer and performer Jennylin Duany explores her Cuban-American background, her body, her self-image and her moving often hilarious experiences as a performer of "size" in a culture where size definitely matters. "In this piece I pay homage to the excess parts of me that have been there for such a long time."
December 29 @ 8 p.m.,
December 30 @ 6 p.m. & 9 p.m.,
December 31 @ 5 p.m.
$30, $15

Studio Theater

JANUARY 2007

contemporary dance
Yin Mei Dance
Nomad: The River
Yin Mei is a dancer and choreographer of luminous and delicate precision. Her own experience during China's Cultural Revolution is at the core of Nomad: The River, an evening-length multimedia dance-theater piece for seven performers. "Yin Mei has a striking visual sense and an authoritative way with social and literary themes (The New York Times)."
Supported by New England Foundation for the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts
January 4, 5, 6; 8 p.m.

$35, $15
Studio Theater

orchestral concert with soloists, chorus and dancers
La Pasión según San Marcos by Osvaldo Golijov
A remarkable musical creation in which the acclaimed Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov employs vocal soloists and orchestra, Afro-Cuban and capoeira dancers, and the famed choir Schola Cantorum de Venezuela to tell the story of the final ordeal and death of Christ according to the Gospel of St. Mark, with additional texts from the Kaddish, the Old Testament and Spanish poetry. "The score is infused with the spirit of Afro-Cuban music, bossa nova, the "new tango" style of Astor Piazzolla, rumba and flamenco….As soon as the concert ended (the audience) instantly leapt to its collective feet and let loose with cheers, deafening applause, foot stamping and ululating that didn't stop for nearly 20 minutes….This is a marvelous new voice for expressing the joy and sorrow of a boisterous multicultural world, and it traverses ethnic walls as if they didn't exist at all."—excerpt from Mark Swed's LATimes review of the world premiere of La Pasión según San Marcos.
January 6; 8 p.m.

$78, $65, $55, $45, $30, $15
Knight Concert Hall

improv sketch comedy
Chicago City Limits
Taking Liberties
Chicago City Limits is New York's longest-running comedy revue, thrilling audiences for more than 25 years with its unique style of comedy. Acclaimed as "the perfect masters of improvisation, " by The New York Times, "these actor-writer- comedian- psychopaths will have you rolling in the aisles," say Newhouse Papers.
January 17, 18; 8 p.m.
January 19, 20; 7:30 & 10 p.m.
January 21; 2 p.m.

$40, $15
Studio Theater

world music
Idan Raichel
Israel's hottest singer, songwriter, and world music artist, platinum recording star Idan Raichel mixes his country's
multicultural pop and ethnic Ethiopian music into an irresistible fusion of raw energy, ambient hymns and touching love songs.
January 28; 8 p.m.

$55, $45, $35, $25, $15
Knight Concert Hall

FEBRUARY 2007

world music from Spain

Paco de Lucía

Co-Presented with The Rhythm Foundation 

Miguel Marin Productions

Paco de Lucía has revolutionized the role of the guitar in flamenco music and today stands as its most revered figure. Having created a fusion style influenced by jazz, Gypsy, Muslim and Jewish roots, his phenomenal technique, sharp with lightening velocity, has astounded audiences for decades.

February 6 ; 8 p.m.

$75, $65, $55, $45, $35, $15

Knight Concert Hall

jazz
IRVIN MAYFIELD and the

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA

A Chivas Regal Presentation

One of the newest stars to come out of the legendary New Orleans jazz scene, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield founded the 16-piece New Orleans Jazz Orchestra in 2002. Together they make beautiful music, whether performing the music of the masters—Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus—or their own hot new pieces.

February 9; 8 p.m.

$62, $52, $45, $35, $28, $15

Knight Concert Hall

a cappella improv
Bobby McFerrin and Voicestra
An ICM Artists, LTD. Production
Bobby McFerrin, 10-time Grammy Award-winning improvisatory vocalist with a four-octave range, performs with his famous vocal group, Voicestra. Nothing is rehearsed. Nothing is planned. From first note to last, it's all created on the spot making each and every performance a unique musical experience.
February 10; 8 p.m.

$57, $50, $45, $40, $28, $15
Knight Concert Hall

latin music

Willy Chirino and Lissette

Juntos en Concierto

Carnival Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present husband-and-wife international recording sensations Willy Chirino and Lissette in a one-night-only Valentine's Day concert. Join this legendary couple as they sing their greatest salsa hits, sensuous ballads and classic duets. Don't miss one of Latin music's hottest couples as they take the stage on the most romantic night of the year.

February 14; 8 p.m.

$95, $75, $60, $50, $40, $15

Knight Concert Hall

pop music
Burt Bacharach in Concert
With singers and orchestra, Burt Bacharach performs many of the legendary songs that have made him one of the most popular and important composers of our era, including "The Look of Love," "Do You Know the Way to San José?," "Walk On By," "I Say a Little Prayer," "There's Always Something There to Remind Me," "What the World Needs Now," "Alfie," and dozens more.
February 18; 7:30 p.m.

$68, $60, $50, $40, $25, $15
Knight Concert Hall

dance

Merce in Miami

World Premiere by Merce Cunningham!

For the centerpiece of the "Merce in Miami" citywide tribute to one of the great artists of our era, MPAC presents three different programs by a troupe whose name is synonymous with ground-breaking American contemporary dance. A world premiere of a new piece especially created for this engagement, in collaboration with Miami visual artist Daniel Arsham, will be performed in the Ziff Ballet Opera House along with several other Cunningham works. In the Carnival Concert Hall, Cunningham's magnificent Ocean will be staged. "Merce in Miami," which in addition to the MPAC performances will include art exhibits, concerts, lectures, and workshops throughout South Florida, will be a significant achievement for the City of Miami and a remarkable event in the world of the arts.

February 23; 8 p.m. – eyeSpace & CRWDSPCR

February 25; 7:30 p.m. Crisis & Split Sides

Ziff Ballet Opera House

$65, $55, $45, $30, $15

March 1, 2, 3; 8 p.m. - Ocean

$60, $50, $40, $30, $15

Knight Concert Hall

MARCH 2006

musical and cabaret

Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway

Journey through Broadway's regal history as a cast of five acclaimed Broadway actors perform highlights from smash-hits such as Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, The Music Man, Jekyll and Hyde, Fiddler on the Roof, Oh Kay, Kiss Me, Kate, Movin' Out, Les Misérables, Show Boat and more!

March 11; 7 p.m.

$60, $50, $40, $30, $15

Knight Concert Hall

world music from India
Anoushka Shankar

Co-Presented with the Rhythm Foundation
An ICM Artists, LTD. Production
If world music has a royal dynasty, then Anoushka Shankar is its reigning princess. Trained by her father Ravi, she is a unique artist, a sitar virtuoso in her own right, and a master interpreter of the great traditional music of India. Shankar will perform music from her Grammy Award-nominated recording Rise.
March 24; 8 p.m.

$55, $45, $35, $25, $15
Knight Concert Hall

musical and cabaret star

Barbara Cook

Barbara Cook's Broadway

"Barbara Cook is the Greatest Theatrical

Singer in concert at the moment." – The London Times

"The greatest singer in the world" – Financial Times

"Musical theater's greatest living singer"- USA Today

March 29; 8 p.m.

$65, $60, $55, $50, $40, $15

Knight Concert Hall

world music from Brazil

GILBERTO GIL

Co-presented with The Rhythm Foundation

One of the most recognizable and important musicians in the world, Gilberto Gil has been at the forefront of Brazilian music for decades, from the psychedelic Tropicalia movement of the late 1960s, the samba-reggae rhythms of Bahia to the universal Brazilian pop of today.

March 30; 8 p.m.

$75, $45, $35, $15

Knight Concert Hall

APRIL 2007

classical piano pops

THE 5 BROWNS

Presented with the generous support of Joyce and M. Anthony Burns

"One family, five pianos and 50 fingers add up to the biggest
classical music sensation in years," (New York Post). A youthful quintet of brothers and sisters, each a virtuoso pianist, The 5 Browns (or the "Fab 5" as People calls them) landed at the top of the weekly Billboard charts with their first album and became one of the Top Classical Artists of the year. They have been seen on "Oprah" and "60 Minutes" thrilling millions with their stunning interpretations of Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Gershwin, and Stravinsky.

April 10; 7:30 p.m.

$45, $40, $35, $25, $15

Knight Concert Hall

comedy
Lily Tomlin
She is an award-winning Broadway actress, an acclaimed film star, TV royalty, and perhaps the funniest woman on earth. "No one, it seems, can think of Tomlin without instantly breaking into a wide, warm grin (The Washington Post)."
April 12; 8 p.m.

$64, $58, $55, $45, $35, $15
Knight Concert Hall

theater for children

Animal Farm (The Puppet Musical)

A Presentation of Synapse Productions

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing, Woodstock, Illinois.

Join the fun as George Orwell's famous story springs to life "With delightful life-size puppets and songs ranging from anthems to music hall ditties, there's not a weak link in the entire barn. It is fun for the whole family" (The New York Times.)

April 13; 8 p.m.

April 14; 2 p.m & 8 p.m.

April 15; 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

$40, $10

Studio Theater

jazz

Pierre DØrge and the New Jungle Orchestra

A Chivas Regal Presentation

New Jungle Orchestra is subsided by The Danish Arts Council

What do cutting-edge jazz, a bit of Bollywood, down-home blues, world music rhythms, and "Cheek to Cheek" have in common?: The unconditional love of Danish guitarist Pierre Dorge and his 10-piece ensemble of musicians gathered from the hippest clubs in Copenhagen. With verve, inspired playing and a healthy sense of the absurd, Dorge and company create their own, very entrancing world of jazz.

"New Jungle Orchestra is subsidized by The Danish Arts Council"

April 14; 8 p.m.

$62, $52, $45, $35, $28, $15

Knight Concert Hall

MAY 2007

pop music and home runs
The Baseball Music Project
A Celebration of our National Pastime through Music and Pictures
Dave Winfield, Narrator and Host
Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfied takes us on a tour of music inspired by America's favorite pastime. A chorus, soloists, and symphony orchestra, conducted by Robert Thompson, perform baseball-themed songs such as "Take me Out to the Ballgame," "You've Gotta Have Heart," "Let's Keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn," "Casey at the Bat," and "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio," while images and video from the Baseball Hall of Fame bring back more than a century of memorable moments from the game all America loves to play.
May 4; 8 p.m.

$60, $50, $45, $35, $25, $15
Knight Concert Hall

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