On Sunday, November 6, 2016 at 7:30pm, Works & Process at The Guggenheim presents a discussion with the creators and excerpts of Houston Grand Opera's upcoming world premiere of It's a Wonderful Life by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer.
Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will offer New Yorkers a preview performance of excerpts from a new opera based on the classic story and Frank Capra film It's a Wonderful Life on Sunday, November 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Guggenheim Museum, as part of the museum's Works & Process program. The evening will include a discussion with the composer/librettist team of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer, moderated by HGO Artistic and Music Director Patrick Summers.
The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce 2016 Business Education Series continues Today, August 2, 2016 with a seminar titled 'For the Arts Professional: What Kind of Insurance Do You Need to Protect Your Creative Assets?' presented by Edward van Eckert and Lawrence McCullough of the Edward van Eckert Farmers Insurance Agency.
The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce 2016 Business Education Series continues Tuesday, August 2, 2016 with a seminar titled 'For the Arts Professional: What Kind of Insurance Do You Need to Protect Your Creative Assets?' presented by Edward van Eckert and Lawrence McCullough of the Edward van Eckert Farmers Insurance Agency.
GI Film Festival San Diego announces their schedule for their 2016 line-up. Events include screenings, panels, Family Movie Night, a Local Film Showcase, and an awards ceremony. The festival features a variety of films for, about, and by service men and women, bringing the stories of America's military to life through film.
Stephen Sondheim's Assassins - his musical treatment of the history of presidential assassinations in America - remains one of the most compelling and intriguing works to be found in the musical theater canon, focusing on a veritable rogue's gallery of historic figures whose infamy lives on decades after their horrific actions first gained them the notoriety they so often pursued in their disparate, yet somehow weirdly connected, lives.
The jewel of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Peaks of Otter Lodge, has crafted a truly wonderful farm to table dining experience for guests to enjoy on their Blue Ridge Mountain getaway. A breathtaking view of Abbott Lake and a locally sourced and sustainable menu will make for a great addition to an already magical stay at Peaks of Otter, and a great way to kick off the spring season.
On last night's LATE SHOW, Stephen bumped into his guests Mindy Kaling, Tituss Burgess and Ken Burns at craft services, and the sparks fly! Later, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's" Burgess explains the worst audition he ever went on
The Board of Trustees of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is pleased to announce that the theater's annual gala Boundless, was held at the Citi Wang Theatre on Monday, February 29 with over 500 supporters from Boston, LA, and NYC in attendance. The event, which raised just shy of $1,100,000 in support of the theater's artistic, community, and education programs, broke all fundraising records for the A.R.T.
One Sunday a month in NYC (and occasionally on the road), comedian Chris Duffy hosts a night of his favorite performers sharing their work and the things they love. Each artist performs a set. Then they enthusiastically endorse a prize that they love and give it away to audience members. It's an Oprah-style audience giveaway! Previous audience members have taken home candy bars, books, magazine subscriptions, kitchen appliances, CDs, and gaff tape. Every show, one lucky audience member receives a Tovolo mixing spoon (the greatest spoon in the universe). Guaranteed to be the most positive way to spend an evening. You Get A Spoon was called a 'Pick of the Week' by the LA Weekly and it's been featured in Seattle's The Stranger.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art announce the initial eight official selections for the 45th edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), a festival dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent.
Broadwayworld.com interviewed Daniel Okrent, Co-Creator of 'OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES.' The show will be performed at George Street Playhouse on a limited engagement from December 2nd through January 3rd.
The Purple Rose Theatre Company is proud to announce its 25th Anniversary Documentary, Purple Rose 25 Years, coming to your local Detroit Public Television (PBS) station on October 26, 2015 at 7:30pm as well as a 25th Anniversary commemorative coffee table book, The Purple Rose of Chelsea by Cynthia Furlong Reynolds, set to hit local bookstores and Amazon.com this holiday season!
The off-Broadway hit show OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES comes to Toronto for an eight week run at the Randolph Theatre and is sure to make audiences laugh 'til they plotz. Performances run October 14 - December 6, 2015
Composer Paola Prestini, the Creative and Executive Director of National Sawdust (NS), today announced programming for the non-profit's inaugural fall season in its new home-a $16 million, 13,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art chamber hall in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The performance and recording venue, designed by Brooklyn-based architecture firm Bureau V in the shell of century-old former sawdust factory, will provide composers and musicians a setting in which they can flourish, and a place where they are given commissioning support, mentoring and other critical resources essential to create, and then share, their work. For audiences-serious fans and casual listeners alike-the venue will be a place to discover genre-spanning music at accessible ticket prices.
?Inspired by the recent Supreme Court opinion on marriage equality, artist Amy White is offering a celebratory free download (for a limited time) of her poignant song, "Love Across the Boundaries."
'The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House' showcases an evening of celebration with President and Mrs. Obama at the White House in honor of gospel music and its profound influence on American music.
CINE is pleased to announce the winners and runnersup of the Marvin Hamlisch Film Scoring Contest for Emerging Composers. Jeremy Leidhecker of Williamsport, PA, was selected by CINE's distinguished jury as the contest winner and recipient of the Marvin Hamlisch Award.
PBS' Fall 2015 primetime schedule offers delights in all genres - from drama to the performing arts to sumptuous nature and science programs
Few artists would relish the position Colin Hay will find himself in this Friday. Hay, the former front man for Men At Work, will be the opening act in a triple bill that also features the Violent Femmes and headliner the Barenaked Ladies on 'Last Summer on Earth' tour.
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