Echo Theater Company's FUGUE to Run 2/14-3/22
by Tyler Peterson
- Jan 7, 2015
How can composers Arnold Schoenberg, Piotr Tchaikovsky and Carlo Gesualdo balance the chaos of their creativity with their need for love? Playwright Tommy Smith and director Chris Fields (the team behind last season's Firemen, named one of the "Best Stage Plays of 2014" by Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty) trace three real-life love triangles in a passionate tale of intrigue, jealousy and music. The Echo Theater Company presents the world premiere of Fugue, opening on Feb. 14 (Valentines Day) at the Echo's Atwater Village Theatre home.
Gotham Chamber Opera to Present THE TEMPEST SONGBOOK, 3/27-29
by Tyler Peterson
- Jan 6, 2015
Gotham Chamber Opera presents the final production of the 2014/2015 season, The Tempest Songbook, comprised of incidental music for The Tempest composed in 1695 and attributed to Henry Purcell and Kaija Saariaho's 2004 Tempest Songbook for soprano, baritone and period instrument ensemble, in its U.S. and World Stage Premieres.A co-production with The Martha Graham Dance Company, The Tempest Songbook will be performed in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with three performances from March 27 - 29, 2015. Performances: Friday and Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 3pm. Tickets range from $30 to $175 and are available at metmuseum.org/tickets.
NYFOS Opens Its Mainstage Series with ART SONG ON THE COUCH Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 11, 2014
In conjunction with the 75th anniversary of Dr. Sigmund Freud's death, New York Festival of Song opens its 2014-15 Mainstage series at Merkin Concert Hall with Art Song on the Couch: Lieder in Freud's Vienna tonight, November 11, 2014 at 8:00 pm.
BWW Reviews: Hilarity and Heartache Vie in SOUVENIR
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
- Nov 10, 2014
Portland Stage's second production of the season, Stephen Temperley's witty and poignant memoire about Florence Foster Jenkins, Souvenir, whisks the audience back and forth between hilarity and heartache. The two-character drama told from the perspective of Mme. Jenkins' longsuffering accompanist, Cosme McMoon, traces the collaboration between the pianist and New York socialite and would-be opera diva, Florence Foster Jenkins, who delighted audiences -for all the wrong reasons - with her colorful recitals from 1932-1944.
The Firm's Final 2014 Concert to Feature Langbein String Quartet, Marianna Grynchuk, 11/3
by Tyler Peterson
- Oct 24, 2014
Four of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's finest string players, performing as The Langbein String Quartet, will join forces with young piano virtuoso, Marianna Grynchuk, and local accordion legend, Gareth Chin, to present the final concert in The Firm's 2014 season on November 3, 8pm, in Elder Hall.
NYFOS Opens Its Mainstage Series with ART SONG ON THE COUCH, 11/11
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 6, 2014
In conjunction with the 75th anniversary of Dr. Sigmund Freud's death, New York Festival of Song opens its 2014-15 Mainstage series at Merkin Concert Hallwith Art Song on the Couch: Lieder in Freud's Vienna on Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Pianist Yefim Bronfman Joins Utah Symphony to Perform Brahms This Weekend
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 19, 2014
The Utah Symphony and Music Director Thierry Fischer are joined by renowned piano soloist Yefim Bronfman at Abravanel Hall today and tomorrow, September 19 and 20 at 8 PM. Mr. Bronfman, a regular soloist with orchestras all around the world, will play Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2.
James Levine Leads the MET Orchestra in Five Carnegie Hall Performances, Beg. 10/12
by Christina Mancuso
- Sep 4, 2014
In the upcoming season, James Levine leads musicians from The MET Orchestra in five programs at Carnegie Hall with a wide array of acclaimed soloists as guest artists. The series begins with The MET Orchestra on Sunday, October 12 at 3:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, performing Mahler's Symphony No. 9 as well as Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 with soloist Maurizio Pollini
Encores! BAND WAGON, LADY, BE GOOD, ZORBA! and Four MTC World Premieres Set for NY City Center's 2014-15 Season; Full Lineup Announced!
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 7, 2014
New York City Center's 2014-15 season features an exciting lineup of dance and musical theater that begins with the 11th season of City Center's acclaimed Fall for Dance Festival. The Festival features 24 acclaimed dance companies and artists from around the world, and will kick off in September with two free dance performances at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park in association with The Public Theater, followed by five unique programs at City Center in October. The Band Wagon, an Encores! Special Event starring Brian Stokes Mitchell, follows in November, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, City Center's Principal Dance Company, returns for a month-long engagement in December.
Overtone Industries Presents ICELAND at REDCAT's NOW Festival 2014, Now thru 7/26
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 24, 2014
Overtone Industries, a celebrated force in the evolution of contemporary music theatre and experimental opera, will share the stage at REDCAT, CalArt's downtown center for contemporary arts, with two other Los Angeles-based arts organizations during the kick-off weekend of the New Original Works Festival 2014 (NOW Festival), tonight, July 24, through Saturday, July 26, 2014.
Overtone Industries to Present ICELAND at REDCAT's NOW Festival 2014, 7/24-26
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 3, 2014
Overtone Industries, a celebrated force in the evolution of contemporary music theatre and experimental opera, will share the stage at REDCAT, CalArt's downtown center for contemporary arts, with two other Los Angeles-based arts organizations during the kick-off weekend of the New Original Works Festival 2014 (NOW Festival), Thursday, July 24, through Saturday, July 26, 2014.
The Side Project Theatre Presents WHAT TO LISTEN FOR & HELLO FAILURE, Now thru 7/6
by BWW News Desk
- May 31, 2014
Kathleen Tolan ('Memory House') has granted the side project the world premiere rights to her exploration of memory, history and music, What to Listen For, opening June 3, 2014. The company will also present the Midwest premiere of Washington State-based playwright/performer Kristen Kosmas' Hello Failure, commencing June 15, as it continues its 2013-14 season of repertory plays. Overall, the June Rep, featuring two of America's most fascinating female playwrights, will explore themes of loss and the search for lasting connections.
Spoleto Festival USA Kicks Off 2014 Bank of America Chamber Music Series Programs Today
by BWW News Desk
- May 23, 2014
Geoff Nuttall, now in his fifth year as Spoleto Festival USA's Charles E. and Andrea L. Volpe Director for Chamber Music, today announced details of the Bank of America Chamber Music series comprising 11 programs, each performed three times at the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina from today, May 23 through Sunday, June 8.
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