When I recently interviewed Lisette Ororpesa, just before her first Violetta at the Met, she told me that people are always asking her “Isn't TRAVIATA an opera for three different sopranos? One soprano per act?” and her answer is: “Yeah, if you want to look at it that way...' She proved that she didn't need any help from a doppelganger in pulling off all the varied aspects of Verdi's courtesan, with a stellar performance.
Netflix has given a 10-episode order to Tiny Pretty Things, a drama series based on the book by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton, according to Deadline.
Tom Gold Dance, the classical dance company founded and led by former New York City Ballet soloist Tom Gold, concluded its annual spring season with the second of two performances of Gold's Significant Strangers (World Premiere), Blind Revelry (New York City Premiere, 2018), and Counterpoint (revival, 2017), Thursday, April 4 at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College.
Next up at New York City Center is I Married an Angel, the second Encores! production of the City Center 75th Anniversary Season. In addition to Sara Mearns as the Angel of the title, the production will feature Phillip Attmore (Peter Mueller), Max Baker (General Lucash), Mark Evans (Count Willy Palaffi), Ann Harada (Duchess of Holstein-Kuloff), Nikki M. James (Countess Peggy Palaffi), Hayley Podschun (Anna Murphy), and Tom Robbins (Harry Mischka Szigetti).
Next up at New York City Center is I Married an Angel, the second Encores! production of the City Center 75th Anniversary Season. In addition to Sara Mearns as the Angel of the title, the production will feature Phillip Attmore (Peter Mueller), Max Baker (General Lucash), Mark Evans (Count Willy Palaffi), Ann Harada (Duchess of Holstein-Kuloff), Nikki M. James (Countess Peggy Palaffi), Hayley Podschun (Anna Murphy), and Tom Robbins (Harry Mischka Szigetti).
Tom Gold Dance will present the World Premiere of Tom Gold Dance Founder and Director Tom Gold's Significant Strangers to selections from Bernstein's Anniversaries for solo piano during its annual spring season, Wednesday, April 3 and Thursday, April 4, 2019 at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. Also on the program are the New York City Premiere of Gold's Blind Revelry to Stephen Sondheim's rarely heard Concertino for two pianos, and a revival of Gold's Counterpoint.
The New York City Premiere of Tom Gold Dance Founder and Director Tom Gold's Apparatus Hominus will take place during the inaugural fall season of Tom Gold Dance, Friday, November 9 and Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Florence Gould Hall at French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF).
The internationally renowned Lar Lubovitch Dance Company celebrates its 50th anniversary this spring with two programs at The Joyce Theater featuring the world premiere of Lar Lubovitch's Something About Night as well as signature works from the Company's vast repertory. The Company will be joined by the Martha Graham Dance Company and principals from The Joffrey Ballet, each performing seminal Lubovitch dances in honor of this milestone year. Performances are at The Joyce Theater April 17–22, 2018 (Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30pm, Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm, and Sunday at 2pm).
Break The Floor Productions and Travis Wall have announced casting for the 2018 winter tour dates of their groundbreaking new show SHAPING SOUND After The Curtain, including a January 25, 7:30pm stop at The VETS in Providence.
BREAK THE FLOOR PRODUCTIONS and TRAVIS WALL are pleased to announce casting for the 2018 winter tour dates of their groundbreaking new show SHAPING SOUND After The Curtain, which comes to Washington, D.C.'s National Theatre for one performance only on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 7:30pm.
BREAK THE FLOOR PRODUCTIONS and TRAVIS WALL are pleased to announce casting for the 2018 winter tour dates of their groundbreaking new show SHAPING SOUND After The Curtain, which comes to Washington, D.C.'s National Theatre for one performance only on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 7:30pm.
Break The Floor Productions and Travis Wall have announced casting for the 2018 winter tour dates of their groundbreaking new show SHAPING SOUND After The Curtain, including a January 25, 7:30pm stop at The VETS in Providence.
A bright summer sun shimmered across the Great South Bay as renowned dance companies, acclaimed choreographers and three standing-room-only audiences came together at this year's Fire Island Dance Festival on July 14-16, 2017. The 23rd edition of the fundraising and cultural event of the Fire Island summer raised a record $585,045 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
In the late-night hours of June, 14, 1994, when hockey's New York Rangers won their first Stanley Cup championship in 54 years, there were fans visiting the gravesites of loved ones, armed with six-packs of beer and radios, to share with long-gone fans a moment they thought they might never live to see.
Closing out this season at Encores! is The Golden Apple- the John Latouche and Jerome Moross' cult classic. The Golden Apple stars Mikaela Bennett (Penelope), Jeff Blumenkrantz (Menelaus/Scylla), Ashley Brown (Mrs. Juniper/Madame Calypso), Carrie Compere (Lovey Mars/The Siren), Barton Cowperthwaite (Paris), Jason Kravits (Hector Charybdis), Alli Mauzey(Miss Minerva Oliver/The Scientist), Lindsay Mendez (Helen), N'Kenge (Mother Hare/Circe), and Ryan Silverman (Ulysses).
Closing out this season at Encores! is The Golden Apple- the John Latouche and Jerome Moross' cult classic. The Golden Apple will star Mikaela Bennett (Penelope), Ashley Brown (Mrs. Juniper/Madame Calypso), Carrie Compere (Lovey Mars/The Siren), Jason Kravits (Menelaus/Scylla), Alli Mauzey (Miss Minerva Oliver/The Scientist), Lindsay Mendez (Helen), N'Kenge (Mother Hare), Ryan Silverman (Ulysses), and Barton Cowperthwaite (Paris).
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Today's big news: Alec Baldwin, Ellen Burstyn, Raul Esparza and more take the stage in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN? at Town Hall!
Closing out this season at Encores! is The Golden Apple- the John Latouche and Jerome Moross' cult classic. The Golden Apple will star Mikaela Bennett (Penelope), Ashley Brown (Mrs. Juniper/Madame Calypso), Carrie Compere (Lovey Mars/The Siren), Jason Kravits (Menelaus/Scylla), Alli Mauzey (Miss Minerva Oliver/The Scientist), Lindsay Mendez (Helen), N'Kenge (Mother Hare), Ryan Silverman (Ulysses), and Barton Cowperthwaite (Paris).