Four projects representing diverse world voices, each with bold and independent visions of how art can elevate the human experience, comprise this year's selected projects for the two-week Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), convening December 3-17, 2017, with a public performance of another project slated for December 9.
Theatre Odyssey announces the eight plays selected for the Sixth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival and the auditions being held for the festival on Monday, December 11, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Center for Arts & Humanity, 1226 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.
The daughter of legendary musician, Bill Pursell. Like her father before her, who performed at the White House for John F Kennedy, actress and singer, Laura Pursell continued the family tradition receiving her first national recognition, during a special engagement for Betty and President Gerald Ford. Since then, she has recorded 5 albums and performed with established performers including Earl Palmer, Al Viola, Don Most, Judy Norton, the Les Brown Orchestra and more. She reached international acclaim performing in St. Petersburg, Russia, Dublin Ireland.
As part of its Studio Series, the Martha Graham Dance Company will present a special holiday performance of Martha Graham's beloved masterwork Appalachian Spring. The complete dance will be presented in costume and with the classic Noguchi set, and will be introduced by Graham Company Artistic Director Janet Eilber. Performances are Today, December 1, at 7pm, and Saturday, December 2, at 1pm (family matinee) and 6pm.
In her Kennedy Center debut, acclaimed choreographer Camille A. Brown brings two influential works as part of her dance trilogy about culture, race, and identity BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play on December 1 and the world premiere Kennedy Center co-commission of ink on December 2 to the Eisenhower stage. Both performed to original live music, each full-evening production celebrates diversity, community, history, and the exploration of finding oneself.
Ren e Fleming, Norm Lewis, Audra McDonald, Jessica Molaskey, Kelli O'Hara, John Pizzarelli, and Vanessa Williams are scheduled to perform in A TRIBUTE TO BARBARA COOK, directed by James Lapine, on Monday, December 18 at 5pm at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street).
American Repertory Theater of WNY is teaming up with independent theater producers Pollyanna Productions to bring Will Kern's HELLCAB to the 330 Performance Space November 30th to December 16th for a three-week, Today through Saturday run.
Edo de Waart will replace Christoph von Dohn nyi in concerts featuring the World Premiere-New York Philharmonic commission of Bent S rensen's Evening Land; Emanuel Ax as soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 (replacing the previously announced Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27); and Brahms's Symphony No. 2.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts launches the inaugural season of Broadway Center Stage with CHESS, the epic rock opera about love and political intrigue set against the backdrop of the Cold War as two superpowers attempt to manipulate an international chess championship for political ends.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York City Center's Principal Dance Company, returns to the theater's stage tonight, November 29th, through December 31st, 2017.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York City Center's Principal Dance Company, returns to the theater's stage from November 29th - December 31st, 2017. Artistic Director Robert Battle leads Ailey's 32 extraordinary dancers during this annual five-week engagement, which has become a joyous holiday tradition.
The Women's Voices Theater Festival has announced that Allison Janney, award-winning star of stage, screen, and film, is the 2018 Festival's Honorary Chair.
American Repertory Theater of WNY is teaming up with independent theater producers Pollyanna Productions to bring Will Kern's HELLCAB to the 330 Performance Space November 30th to December 16th for a three-week, Thursday through Saturday run.
During Miami Art Week, the work of recent National YoungArts Foundation alumni, some of the country's most promising emerging artists, will be on view throughout Miami in two exhibitions presented by the organization, and a unique curated experience at Brickell City Centre.
National Chorale, New York's premier professional choral company, under the Artistic Direction of Everett McCorvey, continues its 2017-2018 Season at Lincoln Center with the 50th presentation of Handel's Messiah Sing-In onFriday, December 15, 2017 at 7:30pm at the David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, NYC. Tickets are $30-100 and are available at www.nationalchorale.com, or by calling (212) 333-5333.
The daughter of legendary musician, Bill Pursell. Like her father before her, who performed at the White House for John F Kennedy, actress and singer, Laura Pursell continued the family tradition receiving her first national recognition, during a special engagement for Betty and President Gerald Ford. Since then, she has recorded 5 albums and performed with established performers including Earl Palmer, Al Viola, Don Most, Judy Norton, the Les Brown Orchestra and more. She reached international acclaim performing in St. Petersburg, Russia, Dublin Ireland.
DANCE NOW is thrilled to present an encore presentation of Places Please!, an evening-length duet created and performed by longtime collaborators Larry Keigwin and Nicole Wolcott of KEIGWIN + COMPANY. Two performances only: Thursday, January 11, at 7pm, and Sunday, January 14, at 5pm, at Joe's Pub at The Public, 425 Lafayette Street (between East 4th Street and Astor Place), in Manhattan.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced the full casting for the return of The Second City's irreverent and interactive seasonal satire, Twist Your Dickens. Second City alumni Carisa Barreca and Paul Jurewicz and local favorite Eric M. Messner join returning cast members Aaron Bliden, Anne Bowles, John Lescault, and Tia Shearer.
On Saturday, January 13, 2018, the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) will honor Tarell Alvin McCraney - Academy Award-winning playwright, 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater and YoungArts master teacher - with the 2018 Arison Alumni Award at the organization's annual Backyard Ball on the YoungArts Campus (2100 Biscayne Boulevard).
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