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The Alliance for the Arts today announced a major initiative increasing access to the arts and arts education. The Alliance has launched the new and unique NYC-ARTS.org-a 2009 Webby Award Honoree-and its teacher and family-friendly companion NYCkidsARTS.org that provide an insider's take on the hundreds of gems that make up New York's vibrant cultural life.
America?s preeminent commissioning organization?has revolutionized the practice of music commissioning by reviving the role of the individual patron. An entire body of new musical work has been created, thanks to dozens of private citizens and music lovers across the country, who are often motivated by a desire to mark an occasion or honor a person.
Alison Carey, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival?s director of American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle, and Artistic Director Bill Rauch announced today the second round of theatre artists to be commissioned for the 37-play, 10-year History Cycle, the largest commissioning and production project in the Festival's 74-year history.
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director), in association with Sonia Friedman Productions and Ostar Productions presents Sienna Miller as 'Miss Julie' and Jonny Lee Miller as 'John', both of whom will be making their Broadway debuts, in the American premiere of playwright Patrick Marber's drama After Miss Julie, a version of Strindberg's Miss Julie, directed by Mark Brokaw.
The YALE INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC THEATRE (Mark Brokaw, Artistic Director; Beth Morrison, Producer) announces the full creative teams and casting for the three original music theatre works receiving two-week workshops in New Haven, June 7-21.
The YALE INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC THEATRE (Mark Brokaw, Artistic Director; Beth Morrison, Producer) announces the three original music theatre works to receive two-week workshops in New Haven, June 7-21. The three selected works are: Cancer? the musical Music, Book, and Lyrics by Sam Wessels
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Education and Community Engagement Department is pleased to exhibit the work of artist Lee Renninger in the show 'Threaded Line,' which uses couture to explore concepts of personal and political, as well as ethnic and group, identity.
Planet Connections Theater Festivity will premiere in June 2009 as a new festival designed to promote awareness in the theatrical community about social and cultural issues. Formed by two Spotlight On Festival alums, Glory Bowen and Frank Calo, the festival will explore using theater as a tool for social change while connecting artists with new audiences in fun theatrical environment. The goals of the festival are to inspire people to get involved and fight for world causes.
Lincoln Center begins a year long celebration of its 50th Anniversary season in May 2009, commemorating the 1959 groundbreaking of the world's leading performing arts center. To salute the institution's historic milestone, Lincoln Center at Time Warner Center, a special 50th Anniversary exhibit of approximately thirty rarely-seen works from Lincoln Center's distinguished List Poster and Print Collection, is scheduled to be displayed on the second floor public gallery space at Time Warner Center, June 1 - 21.
Frist Center Announces Their Calendar of Events: June 2009 Thursday, June 4 Gallery Talk: Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, 7 p.m. Projects, Buildings
The 13th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, which will run from September 4 - 19, 2009, will feature fifteen cutting-edge works of dance, theater, and music including 12 World or U.S. Premieres. Acclaimed U.S. artists from Philadelphia and New York, along with internationally renowned artists from Poland, Austria, and Australia will present innovative and highly interdisciplinary performing arts events, offering a snapshot of trends at the forefront of the international performing arts scene.
Today, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts officially launches a yearlong celebration of its 50th Anniversary with a commemorative ceremony in the Starr Theater at Alice Tully Hall. Hosted by renowned journalist and author Tom Brokaw, the program pays tribute to the many achievements and contributions of Lincoln Center, from the milestones of its past half century to the transformation of its campus.
On the morning of May 11, 2009, 50 years after that momentous occasion, Lincoln Center will begin a year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary with a special ceremony in the newly-transformed Alice Tully Hall. New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert, acclaimed violinist Itzhak Perlman with alumni from The Perlman Music Program, Tony Award-winning opera star Paulo Szot, jazz icon Wynton Marsalis with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and The Juilliard Orchestra are among those scheduled to perform in a program that celebrates the past 50 years and looks to the next generation of Lincoln Center's artists and audiences. In the audience of this private event will be elected officials, performing artists, civic and community representatives, and leaders from all 12 Lincoln Center resident organizations.
Wood Street Galleries, a project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, presents ?Machine Improvisations,? with world-premiere performances and installations by Telcosystems of the Netherlands and other international artists. This special exhibition, guest curated by Telcosystems and Martijn van Boven, features three components: live improvisational performances on Friday, April 24, 2009; the world premiere of the installation ?12_Series? by Telcosystems; and video screenings by 10 international artists. The exhibition runs Friday, April 24, 2009, through Saturday, June 20, 2009.
Lincoln Center begins a year long celebration of its 50th Anniversary season in May 2009, commemorating the 1959 groundbreaking of the world's leading performing arts center. To salute the institution's historic milestone, Lincoln Center at Time Warner Center, a special 50th Anniversary exhibit of approximately thirty rarely-seen works from Lincoln Center's distinguished List Poster and Print Collection, is scheduled to be displayed on the second floor public gallery space at Time Warner Center, June 1 - 21.
Wood Street Galleries, a project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, presents ?Machine Improvisations,? with world-premiere performances and installations by Telcosystems of the Netherlands and other international artists. This special exhibition, guest curated by Telcosystems and Martijn van Boven, features three components: live improvisational performances on Friday, April 24, 2009; the world premiere of the installation ?12_Series? by Telcosystems; and video screenings by 10 international artists. The exhibition runs Friday, April 24, 2009, through Saturday, June 20, 2009.
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Millions of arts lovers visit Lincoln Center's 16.3 acre campus each year. On their way to the thousands of opera, dance, music, and theater performances and events annually at the world's leading performing arts center, they also view an extraordinary public collection of modern and contemporary art on its outdoor plazas, within its lobbies, along its hallways, and on display in its galleries.
On the morning of May 11, 2009, 50 years after that momentous occasion, Lincoln Center will begin a year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary with a special ceremony in the newly-transformed Alice Tully Hall. New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert, acclaimed violinist Itzhak Perlman with alumni from The Perlman Music Program, Tony Award-winning opera star Paulo Szot, jazz icon Wynton Marsalis with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and The Juilliard Orchestra are among those scheduled to perform in a program that celebrates the past 50 years and looks to the next generation of Lincoln Center's artists and audiences. In the audience of this private event will be elected officials, performing artists, civic and community representatives, and leaders from all 12 Lincoln Center resident organizations.
Friends In Deed has announced that famed author Fran Lebowitz has joined the upcoming One Night Only staged reading benefit of the infamous Broadway-play-that-wasn't, LEGENDS!. She will take the stage with fellow legends Charles Busch, Whoopi Goldberg and Lypsinka in the first-ever New York presentation of the play by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner James Kirkwood (A Chorus Line), which will be presented on Monday evening, March 23 at 8PM at Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street).
Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company returns to New York City for a special performance on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 8:00 pm at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU, 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South, NYC.
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