Conducting with a combination of precise hand signals and smooth sweeping arm gestures, Jader Bignamini went all-out to please and entertain in his guest appearance with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, and he succeeded. The familiar works he selected seemed to form a spectacular five-movement concerto for orchestra.
West Coast psychedelic quartet Wooden Shjips will release V., their fifth album, May 25th on Thrill Jockey.
Amazing Grace opened at the Shubert in New Haven, Connecticut over the weekend, with an emotional performance that brought the audience to tears.
Harvest Rain Theatre Company brings GREASE THE ARENA EXPERIENCE To Sydney to entertain and engage young performers for a short summer season.
French Embassy's Young French Cinema Program Provides the US Access with 20 New French Films
The Snow Queen is based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson and is written by Matt Opatrny. Developed as part of New Victory Labworks at the New Victory Theater in New York, and inspired by the ideas of an ambitious fourth grade class at P.S. 3, this show is now in performances at the New Ohio Theatre under the direction of Jessica Burr. A beautiful story of love, The Snow Queen is the innocence of a child meshed with the trials of adulthood: lives that are affected by the inexplicable, obstacles that need a determined heart to overcome, and a love made stronger by the knowledge that success is somehow knowingly right around the corner. It is a story that teaches its audience that a child's love for her best friend is nothing short of spectacular, and our main character Gerda's pursuit of her best friend after he has been abducted by the Snow Queen gives her the fortitude we all wish to have - the ability to believe in the impossible.
Director Don Toner first directed Mark Harelik's THE IMMIGRANT 28 years ago. Happily for Austin, he and Austin Playhouse have decided to restage this charming, inspiring and touching tale for a new generation. THE IMMIGRANT is based on the true story of Harelik's grandfather, a young Russian-Jewish man who entered America through the port of Galveston. Set in Hamilton, Texas (a tiny town with a population of 1,203, no Jews) Haskell Harelik (Joseph Garlock) begins life in America with only a hand pushed fruit cart and a mere smattering of English words at his disposal. It is his gentle spirit and hard work that touches the heart of the local banker and his wife to win him a helping hand. Milton (Huck Huckaby) and Ima Perry (Cyndi Williams) offer him a place to live and eventually, financial help from Milton. With their help, Haskell finally saves up enough money to open a store and send for his wife, Leah (Estrella Saldana). Since the original World Premiere production, directed here in Austin by Toner, Harelik has also adapted the show into a chamber musical.
'The Elephant of My Heart' kid's musical won 4 five star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2016 and now a smaller, storytelling version is heading to the Adelaide Fringe. This brings the author, Jessica Clements back to Australia where her brain haemorrhage occurred to in part thank those who saved her life!
Make Music Winter, a free, outdoor music-making celebration featuring 12 participatory musical parades across New York City on the winter solstice, returns this year today, Dec. 21.
New Old Friends present Home for Christmas, a mum's Christmas quest provides a festive adventure for younger audiences, written by New Old Friends and directed by Deb Pugh at the Lichfield Garrick. The show opens Today 16th December 2017 and BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below!
Circle Theatre has announced its 32nd Season, which includes a timely world-premiere play and a vibrant, direct-from-New York, Chicago-premiere musical.
Bet Hatikvah, the small town that is the setting for The Band's Visit, is utterly unremarkable. But unremarkable is the last adjective one would use to describe the score for this new musical, about an Egyptian police orchestra who, thanks to a linguistic mix-up, find themselves stranded overnight in a tiny Israeli town. Written by Tony nominee David Yazbek, the music ranges from haunting and ethereal to rousing and comedic, weaving together the structures and storytelling needs of musical theatre with melodies and orchestrations that are undeniably, authentically Middle Eastern. The end result is a score that takes a moment to absorb fully, but once it does, it's hard to stop thinking about.
New Old Friends present Home for Christmas, a mum's Christmas quest provides a festive adventure for younger audiences, written by New Old Friends and directed by Deb Pugh at the Lichfield Garrick. The show opens Saturday 16th December 2017 and BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below!
When a production transfers, changes are inevitable. Different spaces create different possibilities and limitations, for actors, directors and designers alike. For the audience then, the entire experience between watching a show in one theatre and another may be wholly different. Part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Rome MMXVII Season, Antony & Cleopatra is one of four shows to transfer to the Barbican. Rather than lose anything, Iqbal Khan's production gains something in this move. Playing in a proscenium arch theatre, the show and Robert Innes Hopkins' design cry out: 'Here is my space'.
Film Comment's annual end-of-year survey was released today with Josh and Benny Safdie's Good Time, Terence Davies's A Quiet Passion, and Olivier Assayas's Personal Shopper taking the top spots among films released in 2017.
Colter Wall will embark on his largest headline tour to date in 2018 including shows at Knoxville's Bijou Theater, Washington D.C.'s U Street Music Hall, New York's Bowery Ballroom, Dallas' Club Dada, San Francisco's The Independent and Seattle's Neumos among many others. Tickets for the newly announced shows go-on sale thisFriday, December 15 at 10:00am local time. See below for complete tour details.
There will be two performances by the Corinthian Singers of the lovely Lullaby, a concert of Christmas songs and Carols a candlelit performance at 9pm Friday 15 December with a second performance at 7.30pm Wednesday 20 December.
Bergman's protege Liv Ullmann directed the film version of Private Confessions in 1996, and now with the arrival of the centennial of Bergman's birth, Ullmann has returned to the scene of Bergman's heartbreak, with added depth and humanity.
At first blush, 'Disney's Beauty and the Beast' might appear an odd choice for a holiday show. But after seeing Sunset Playhouse's lavish, fun-filled and thoroughly entertaining production there's no doubt it was a wise choice. Plus, the transformation of the Beast is not unlike those in other holiday stories, like 'A Christmas Carol.'
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