Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures, on view at MoMA from
December 19, 2010, to March 21, 2011, focuses on the artist's cinematic portraits and nonnarrative, silent, and black-and-white films from the mid-1960s.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is pleased to announce the nominees for Rob Pruitt's 2010 Art Awards, the second annual celebration honoring the notable individuals, exhibitions, and projects that have made a significant contribution to the field of contemporary art during the past year.
After 18 years, Actors Theatre will tell Charles Dickens' classic story of hope and redemption, A Christmas Carol, for the final time this season at the Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe, from Dec. 4-24.
For its spring 2011 season, Harlem Stage-one of the country's leading producers and presenters of performances by artists of color-amps up its tradition of honoring Harlem's cultural history with a roster of contemporary artists in dance, music and film, who take inspiration from the past.
Sir Elton John will perform a concert on Wednesday, January 19 at a private home in Beverly Hills to raise funds for the American Foundation for Equal Rights. The Foundation's case, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, is the federal constitutional challenge against Prop. 8. The Foundation was victorious in federal district court earlier this year, and will argue before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on December 6.
Joan Rosenbaum, who has led The Jewish Museum since 1981, creating its innovative identity as a museum of art and culture and doubling the size of its home at Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, has informed the full Board of Trustees of her intention to retire at the end of June 2011 from her position as Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director of the Museum.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson), Producer Mark Russell and The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP President and CEO Sandra Gibson) are happy to announce that tickets are on sale now for UNDER THE RADAR 2011, running January 5-16 at The Public Theater as well as at partner venues around the city.
Andy Warhol superstar Ultra Violet will be making a rare Miami Beach appearance, providing an early Christmas present to all who attend. Adding considerable heat to the excitement being generated by the presence of Art Basel Miami Beach, the KIWI Gallery, located at 1680 Michigan Avenue, will bow Thursday, December 2, with the extraordinary body of work and ground-breaking images of fine art by photographer William John Kennedy of internationally famed artists Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana. Kennedy is a Miami Beach resident.
Dazzling costumes, awe-inspiring sets and incredible choreography make the New Shanghai Circus an amazing experience for the whole family. Sit back and enjoy the super-human displays of power and extraordinary grace when the New Shanghai Circus comes to the beautiful 800-seat Miramar Cultural Center for one performance only on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 3 p.m. *Tickets are $15, $25 and $35; kids 10 and under: $10. There will be an educational morning performance on Monday, March 21, 2011 for local schools.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson), Producer Mark Russell and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP President and CEO Sandra Gibson) announce the line-up for UNDER THE RADAR 2011, running January 5-16 at The Public Theater as well as at partner venues around the city.
For most people the name Roundabout Theatre conjures up Ibsen and Shaw but for many New Yorkers residing in Manhattan in the late 1970s Roundabout might also mean Meredith Monk and Joyce Trisler.
The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying musical instruments and uniforms for a boy's band he vows to organize - despite the fact he doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the town librarian, with chaos ensuing as the townsfolk get wind of his scheme. Filled with classical musical fun, tender romance and show tune favorites, including 'Ya Got Trouble,' 'Seventy-Six Trombones,' 'Goodnight My Someone,' 'Gary, Indiana' and 'Till There Was You,' THE MUSIC MAN is the perfect All-American Musical.
ScoBar Entertainment is proud to present THE PHOEBE LEGERE QUINTET at Iridium, on Tuesday, December 21, for the opening night of her monthly show, with performances at 8 & 10pm. She will be appearing at Iridium on the third Tuesday of each month (January 18, February 15, March 15...)
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is pleased to announce the nominees for Rob Pruitt's 2010 Art Awards, the second annual celebration honoring the notable individuals, exhibitions, and projects that have made a significant contribution to the field of contemporary art during the past year.
Staying true to its roots of bringing provocative, thoughtful and, quite often, conversation-generating plays to Herberger Theatre's Stage West, Actors Theatre opens its 25th anniversary season with Sarah Ruhl's In The Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play), a comedy about marriage, intimacy and electricity, from Oct. 29 through Nov. 14.