Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its cabaret, Broadway and comedy acts today, April 21-July 28, 2013, including: Lindsay Mendez and Michael Holland, Leslie Kritzer, Megan Hilty, Bridget Everett, Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand, Paul Oakley Stovall and Brad Simmons, NYU Tisch Presents, Blake Pfeil, Storm Large, Nicole Henry, Erin Markey, Joey Arias, Taylor Mac, William Blake, Moments with Ravi, Natalie Joy Johnson, Champagne Jerry, Wau Wau Sisters, The Georges, Pam Ann: Cockpit, Missi Pyle, John Kelly, Tori Scott, Murray Hill and Vagabond Opera.
Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its cabaret, Broadway and comedy acts April 21-July 28, 2013, including: Lindsay Mendez and Michael Holland, Leslie Kritzer, Megan Hilty, Bridget Everett, Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand, Paul Oakley Stovall and Brad Simmons, NYU Tisch Presents, Blake Pfeil, Storm Large, Nicole Henry, Erin Markey, Joey Arias, Taylor Mac, William Blake, Moments with Ravi, Natalie Joy Johnson, Champagne Jerry, Wau Wau Sisters, The Georges, Pam Ann: Cockpit, Missi Pyle, John Kelly, Tori Scott, Murray Hill and Vagabond Opera.
To commemorate its sesquicentennial, BAM (Brooklyn Academy Of Music) commissioned BAM150, a feature length documentary conceived by award-winning director Michael Sladek that weaves together the institution's vibrant past, present, and future presenting a rich history that mirrors the evolution of performing arts in 20th century America. This landmark film premiered last year at the Tribeca Film Festival and will air tonight, April 19 at 10pm on THIRTEEN.
To conclude its 45th season, Berkeley Repertory Theatre welcomes back a pair of acclaimed collaborators: Sarah Ruhl and Les Waters, the creators of Eurydice, Three Sisters, and In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), return to Berkeley Rep with another tale of love and longing in Dear Elizabeth.
On Friday, May 3 at 9:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall presents the groundbreaking Kronos Quartet in a program of new music in Zankel Hall. Special guest clarinetist David Krakauer joins Kronos for the New York premiere of Aleksandra Vrebalov's Babylon, Our Own, on a program that also includes the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli's You Know Me From Here, the New York premiere of Valentin Silvestrov's String Quartet No. 3, and Laurie Anderson's Flow (arranged by Jacob Garchik). A pre-concert talk starts at 8:00 p.m. with David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet and composers Missy Mazzoli and Aleksandra Vrebalov in conversation with Jeremy Geffen, Director of Artistic Planning at Carnegie Hall.
Bustier-clad, singing sensation Meow Meow has wowed audiences globally with her provocative brand of post-post-postmodern performance. Expect sequins and satire; witty wicked Weimar; 60's French pop; Brel, Brecht, Kitt, and more, tonight, March 27 and March 28, 2013 at 8:00pm at The Cabaret at the Columbia Club, 121 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN.
Kronos Quartet brings an eclectic program to Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on Friday, May 3 (9 pm). A highlight is the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli's You Know Me From Here, a major statement from the 32-year-old composer. According to Mazzoli, the 20-minute work is "about loss, but in the most positive sense; it speaks of the loss of our old selves, the jumps into the unknown, the leaps of faith we all must make and the beautiful moments when we find solace in a person, in an idea, or in music itself. The music itself shifts constantly from earthy, gritty gestures to soaring, leaping melodies that rarely land where we expect." It is her second piece for Kronos, following Harp and Altar (2009), which The New York Times cited as "further evidence that [Mazzoli] is among the more consistently inventive and surprising composers now working in New York."
Clarinetist David Krakauer will join the Kronos Quartet on Friday, May 3, 2013 at 9pm, at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall (57th & 7th Avenue), as part of Late Nights at Zankel Hall. Krakauer will be featured on the New York premiere of Aleksandra Vrebalov's Babylon, Our Own. Also included on the program will be the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli's You Know Me From Here, Laurie Anderson's Flow (arr. Jacob Garchik), and the New York premiere of Valentin Silvestrov's String Quartet No. 3.
To commemorate its sesquicentennial, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) commissioned BAM150, a feature length documentary conceived by award-winning director Michael Sladek that weaves together the institution's vibrant past, present, and future presenting a rich history that mirrors the evolution of performing arts in 20th century America. This landmark film premiered last year at the Tribeca Film Festival and will air on Friday, April 19 at 10pm on THIRTEEN.
Guild Hall, the visual and performing arts center on eastern Long Island, recently honored the recipients of the 28th Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards: John Alexander for Visual Arts; Walter Isaacson for Literary Arts; Nathan Lane for Performing Arts and Mickey Straus, who received the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy. Marshall Brickman was the Master of Ceremonies with special guest presenters: Ken Auletta, Alec Baldwin, Jack O'Brien and Lorne Michaels. The awards were presented during a benefit dinner on Monday, March 4 at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. BroadwayWorld has photos from the starry gathering below!
Violinist and artistic director Gil Morgenstern's acclaimed Reflections Series continues the 2012-2013 season tonight, February 26 and Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 7:30pm with The Voice of the Violin, Part 2.
Today, February 9, at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in downtown Saint Paul, The SPCO's Liquid Music program will present composer, performer and producer Ben Frost in a rare US appearance previewing new material and a new ensemble prior to a highly anticipated 2013 album release.
Bustier-clad, singing sensation Meow Meow has wowed audiences globally with her provocative brand of post-post-postmodern performance. Expect sequins and satire; witty wicked Weimar; 60's French pop; Brel, Brecht, Kitt, and more, March 27 & 28, 2013 at 8:00pm at The Cabaret at the Columbia Club, 121 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN.
Kronos Quartet and Laurie Anderson join their distinct personalities and musical styles in Scenes From My New Novel, a new work that combines text and music in a radical way tonight February 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center's Kay Theatre. The Clarice Smith Center is one of several arts supporting organizations commissioning the work.
Violinist and artistic director Gil Morgenstern's acclaimed Reflections Series continues the 2012-2013 season on Tuesday, February 26 and Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 7:30pm with The Voice of the Violin, Part 2. Celebrating five years of innovative programming in its intimate home at WMP Concert Hall (31 East 28th Street, NYC), Morgenstern will be joined by pianist Benjamin Hochman. The Voice of the Violin, Part 2 expands on the theme of Gil Morgenstern's opening concert at WMP in 2010. Mr. Morgenstern has crafted a second program showcasing the singularly expressive range of the violin and the diverse manner in which composers have exploited it. The program includes: Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major; Webern's Four Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 7; selections from Bach's Partita in E Major for solo violin; Eugene Ysaÿe' Obsession: Prelude from Sonata No. 2 for solo violin; selections from Bartók's Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs; and Ravel's Tzigane.
February 26 and 27 at The Music Room at SPCO Center in Saint Paul, the SPCO's Liquid Music series and Walker Art Center will present an evening of music by composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond, The Decemberists), and chamber ensemble yMusic. The elegantly woven program will showcase excerpts of Snider's Penelope surrounded by new chamber works from My Brightest Diamond and yMusic, whose recent albums topped critics' 'best of' lists nationwide.
Kronos Quartet and Laurie Anderson join their distinct personalities and musical styles in Scenes From My New Novel, a new work that combines text and music in a radical way on February 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center's Kay Theatre. The Clarice Smith Center is one of several arts supporting organizations commissioning the work.
SPRING AWAKENING, the 8-time Tony Award winning Broadway musical, will be presented by award winning Foothill Music Theatre and Foothill Music Arts, with direction by Milissa Carey, musical direction by Mark Hanson and choreography by Amanda Folena, February 21 - March 10, 2013 at the Lohman Theatre, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. The public may purchase tickets ($10 - $28) either online at www.foothillmusicals.com or by calling (650) 949- 7360. NOTE: SPRING AWAKENING is a powerful coming of age story with mature themes: sexual situations, partial nudity, and strong language.
Legendary actor, producer and playwright Peggy Shaw triumphantly returns to the stage in the world premiere of Ruff. Presented by Performance Space 122 (PS122) and Dixon Place as part of PS122's eighth annual COIL festival, Ruff pays tribute to the host of crooners, lounge singers, movie stars, rock and roll bands and eccentric family members who have kept Shaw company, living inside her, for the past 68 years. Guided by longtime collaborator Lois Weaver, Shaw throws off the stigma of age and embraces the joy-and necessity-of creating new work, post-stroke, aided by new technology and even deeper courage. Shaw is the recipient of the 2011 Ethyl Eichelberger award.
