Hershey Felder News

Martin Markinson, one of the leading Broadway producers and independent theatre owners of the past 50 years, died on Thursday, January 7th at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico surrounded by love. He was 89 years old.

Porchlight Music Theatre is partnering with Hershey  Felder Presents - Live from Florence on its next live streaming production:  Hershey Felder as “Sholem Aleichem” in Before Fiddler starring Felder as  famed “Tevye the Milkman” and featuring Klezmerata Fiorentina  premiering Sunday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. CST.

Newly adapted for the screen, Felder performed the acclaimed work from a rich, filmic setting from Florence, Italy, offering a front row seat for this intimate look at the music and life of a great genius from locations where the composer lived and worked.

Virtuoso actor/pianist/playwright Hershey Felder is bringing us a holiday treat with a livestreamed performance of his hit show Hershey Felder TCHAIKOVSKY presented live from Florence, Italy where Tchaikovsky lived and worked. It is also not so incidentally where Felder himself lives and has been hunkered down ever since his normally hectic life of constant touring was brought to a halt by the Covid epidemic. Hershey Felder TCHAIKOVSKY features an extended focus on the composer’s iconic The Nutcracker ballet, and also delves into his life in Italy, and his array of works from the ballets Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, to his 1812 Overture, and brilliant symphonic works. Presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in partnership with Hershey Felder Presents Live from Florence, the richly cinematic show is directed by Florentine film artist Stefano Decarli and based on the original stage play directed by Trevor Hay. Hershey Felder TCHAIKOVSKY will be presented live on Sunday, December 20, 2020 (5pm PST/8pm EST) with streaming on-demand access available December 21 – 27, 2020. Tickets and more information are available at TheatreWorks.org. BroadwayWorld spoke with Felder just a couple of days ago while he was in the thick of final preparations for the livestream - about who the real Tchaikovsky was and his difficulties as a gay man in tsarist Russia, the enduring popularity of his music, and how Felder is spending the holidays in Florence. He is always a fun and fascinating person to talk to, with his encyclopedic knowledge of the arts and his idiosyncratically musical syntax. His response to even a simple question can be at once funny, nerdy and heartfelt.

BWW Interview: Hershey Felder of HERSHEY FELDER AS TCHAIKOWSKI at Florence, Italy

The dramatic story of the life of composer and conductor Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky comes to vivid life through the artistry of impresario Hershey Felder in HERSHEY FELDER, TCHAIKOVSKY. A timebending tale of passion and repression, Felder's latest livestream achievement explores the mysteries surrounding some of the greatest music ever written.

Virtuoso performer/playwright Hershey Felder will ring in the holiday season with a livestreamed performance of his hit show Hershey Felder TCHAIKOVSKY, offering home-viewers a front row seat for this acclaimed work that brings to life the famed Russian composer of The Nutcracker Suite.

Porchlight Music Theatre is partnerning with Hershey Felder Presents - Live from Florence on its next live streaming production: Tchaikovsky starring Hershey Felder as famed composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and premiering Sunday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. CST. 

San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego REP) and Hershey Felder Presents announced today the details of Hershey Felder: Tchaikovsky, streamed live from Florence, Italy.

Tickets for each of the online events are available at PorchlightMusicTheatre.org. Links are available for viewing 72 hours after purchase.  Porchlight also announces the return of the popular series celebrating the 90th birthday of Stephen Sondheim, Sondheim@90 Roundtable with Michael Weber. The series returns Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. CST with a discussion on Road Show with guests Deanna Dunagan, Chris Jones and Michael Mahler.

Over the last two decades, actor, pianist, Hershey Felder, has taken on the guise of many of classical music's greatest and most legendary figures: Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, as well as American icons Gershwin, Berlin and Bernstein.

Hershey Felder's latest livestream - one of his most deeply personal - airs this Sunday, November 22nd, 2020 at 5pm Pacific | 7pm Central | 8pm Eastern. As he prepares for the livestream, he took a few moments to talk with BroadwayWorld.com about the show and the state of theater during the pandemic.

Following the worldwide success of the live streaming productions of Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Hershey Felder: Beethoven and George Gershwin Alone, Rubicon Theatre Company is honored to offer tickets for virtuoso playwright, performer and pianist Hershey Felder’s 2020-2021 Season of Storytelling and Song. Five streamed productions, some newly created for the screen from locations in Florence, Italy, and Paris, France, are available for purchase at www.rubicontheatre.org, or by calling (805) 667-2900. 

Virtuoso pianist Hershey Felder has just the thing for our travel-starved souls. On Sunday, November 22nd, he will livestream a performance of Hershey Felder as Claude Debussy in A PARIS LOVE STORY, transporting audiences to Paris without needing to leave home. This musical tour de force take us to many of Paris’s most-loved sites in a personal journey through the life and music of Impressionist composer Claude Debussy, who created music of ravishing beauty, color, and compassion, from the sweeping La Mer to the evocative Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, and the mystical “Clair de lune,” ultimately shaping a whole new world of color in sound. Felder will perform the show live on Sunday, November 22 (5pm PST/8pm EST) from a rich, filmic setting in Europe that provides audiences a front-row view of the hit show. Tickets and additional information are available at HersheyFelderLive.com. BroadwayWorld recently spoke with Felder from his home in Florence, Italy while he was in the midst of preparations for the livestream.

Virtuoso performer/playwright Hershey Felder will transport audiences to the City of Light with a livestreamed performance of his hit show Hershey Felder as Claude Debussy in A PARIS LOVE STORY.

Berkshire Theatre Group and Artistic Director/CEO Kate Maguire have announced Berkshire Theatre’s 2020 holiday season. According to Maguire, “During a time when families are feeling isolated and challenged, we strive to bring you programming that seems more important than ever, imagined in creative spaces, and in the spirit of the holiday season,'

Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to partner again with Hershey Felder Presents for their latest offering: Hershey Felder as Claude Debussy in A Paris Love Story - Live from Florence, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. CST.

This holiday season, virtuoso performer/ playwright Hershey Felder will transport audiences and lift spirits with livestreamed performances directly from Europe, from the locations where his subjects lived and worked, in his hit shows Hershey Felder as Claude Debussy in A PARIS LOVE STORY and Hershey Felder TCHAIKOVSKY.

San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego REP) and Hershey Felder Presents announced today the details for Hershey Felder: A Paris Love Story, live from Florence. The production, featuring the music of Claude Debussy, written and performed by Hershey Felder and based on the stage play directed by Trevor Hay, will be streamed live on Nov 22 at 5 PM PT.

A legion of fans and supporters of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley gathered online Saturday, October 17 for TheatreWorks's first-ever virtual gala, From TheatreWorks with Love: A Party with Bond… Tim Bond, a 007-themed event that celebrated new Artistic Director Tim Bond as he begins his tenure at the Tony Award-winning theatre company.