Leonardo News

The Canton Museum of Art (CMA), one of Northeast Ohio's premier American art museums, opens its strong, Midwest-influenced Spring/Summer exhibition season on Friday, May 3rd. Four original exhibitions include: Drafting Dimensions: Contemporary Midwest Ceramics, Between Worlds: John Jude Palencar, Organized Ambiguity: Gridworks of David Kuntzman, and Food for Thought: Celebrating Food in Art from the CMA's Permanent Collection in Collaboration with "Project EAT!". Regular Museum hours are: Tues - Thurs, 10am - 8pm; Fri - Sat, 10am - 5pm; Sun 1 - 5pm; closed Mondays. CMA offers FREE admission every Thursday, every week from 10:00am - 8:00pm, sponsored by PNC Foundation.

El Teatro de la Danza Guillermina Bravo, del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBAL), festeja a puertas abiertas El día de la niña y el niño con cuatro obras dancísticas que plantean desde el movimiento artístico el significado del silencio, la cercanía con un gigante de cuento, la riqueza del flamenco fantástico y la apertura del espectáculo multidisciplinario, este sábado 27 y domingo 28 de abril, desde las 10:00 en el teatro del Centro Cultural del Bosque, con funciones abiertas. 

Tap dance workshops, performances and special events herald the return of the American Tap Dance Foundation's Tap City, the NYC Tap Festival, the week long tap dance festival celebrating its 19th year in tap's hometown, New York City. The 2019 festival week, Saturday, July 6 through Friday July 12, will feature Tap Treasures, a walking tour of the Broadway Theater District and Radio City Music Hall; Tap Ellington, a tribute to the jazz legend and his contribution to the art of tap dance; Rhythm in Motion, a boundary breaking take on tap by NYC's finest tappers & choreographers; the ATDF Tap Dance Awards and a Tap City cruise around Manhattan with a live band and tap jam performances. *Full lineup below.

The new musical Hansel & Gretl & Heidi & Gunter, which will have its West Coast premiere at Village Theatre outside of Seattle in 2020, will receive an industry reading co-directed by Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza) and Jerry Dixon (If/Then) on May 3, 2019 at 3PM.

On Friday, multi-platinum recording artist Lil Dicky released “Earth,” which surpassed 24 million views and became the #1 trending video on YouTube. The song was produced by Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat and the short film was co-directed by Nigel Tierney of Emmy Award®-winning content studio RYOT, Federico Heller of 3Dar and Iconic Engine and executive produced by Scooter Braun, SB Projects, Mike Hertz and Zeda Stone of RYOT. Music's biggest stars joined Lil Dicky with their cameos to celebrate Earth Day and bring much needed attention to the climate change crisis. 

The Picher Project will showcase a 30-minute preview at Dixon Place on Friday, April 26th at 10pm. Tickets can be purchased through dixonplace.org or here. The event is a double-bill of new musicals.

Today, multi-platinum recording artist Lil Dicky releases “Earth,” a song produced by Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat as well as a short film co-directed by Nigel Tierney of Emmy Award®-winning content studio RYOT, Federico Heller of 3Dar and Iconic Engine and executive produced by Scooter Braun, SB Projects, Mike Hertz and Zeda Stone of RYOT. Music's biggest stars join Lil Dicky with their cameos to celebrate Earth Day and bring much needed attention to the climate change crisis.

Casamigos Tequila and Mezcal were flowing at the TAO x Revolve Desert Nights party. This coveted pop up was once again the party not to miss heading into the first week of Coachella.

The acclaimed Steppenwolf ensemble and Board of Trustees host Gala 2019, an extraordinary evening celebrating over four decades of powerful and thought-provoking storytelling. Emceed by one of Hollywood's most in-demand actors, Armie Hammer (Sorry to Bother You, Call Me By Your Name), the party takes place on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 6:30pm at a new location not far from the theater, Rockwell on the River (3057 N. Rockwell Ave). Golden Globe Winner James Franco (The Disaster Artist, 127 Hours) will be the guest auctioneer. Proceeds from the night generate essential resources to support the innovative new work on Steppenwolf's spaces and expansive education and community programs.

The critically acclaimed drama 'Too Heavy for Your Pocket,' winner of the prestigious 2017 LaurentsHatcher Foundation Award, will open at George Street Playhouse on April 23. Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing Donnell E. Smith who plays Bowzie in the show.

Espectáculo transdisciplinario que fusiona la danza, el teatro, la música en vivo, así como las artes visuales y circenses, sobre el concepto del tiempo, plasmado por Michael Ende en Momo, es parte de lo que integra Desde el caparazón de la tortuga que presenta la compañía Danza Visual los sábados 13 y 27, y los domingos 14 y 28 de abril, a las 13:00 horas, en el Teatro de la Danza Guillermina Bravo del Centro Cultural del Bosque.

Ahoy! Peninsula Youth Theatre (PYT) proudly presents Gilbert & Sullivan's vivacious musical classic, The Pirates of Penzance, playing at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts this May. This hilarious comedy operetta features a slave to duty, a winsome maiden, bumbling police, a lying major-general, not-so-dutiful daughters and a pirate king who is too tenderhearted to make piracy pay.

Sucesso de publico e critica, o espetaculo 'Meu Destino e ser Star, ao som de Lulu Santos', com cerca de 40 sucessos da carreira do cantor e compositor, termina a temporada paulista nesse final de semana, no Teatro Frei Caneca. As ultimas apresentacões acontecem na sexta (12), as 20h, no sabado (13), as 16h e as 20h, e no domingo (14), as 19h. Em seguida, o musical segue em turne nas cidades de Belo Horizonte, Campinas, Florianopolis e Fortaleza. Com direcão geral de Renato Rocha e direcão musical e arranjos de Ze Ricardo, cantor e curador do palco Sunset no festival Rock in Rio, o espetaculo narra a trajetoria de jovens que buscam realizar seus sonhos profissionais e conquistar um grande papel em suas carreiras artisticas. 

Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble explores the enigmatic nature of genius in a concert honoring the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. Featuring music of da Vinci's own time through our modern era, the program includes works by Josquin des Prez, J.S. Bach, settings of texts by Shakespeare, and Eric Whitacre's fanciful Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine. 

The fascinating autobiography CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, by Frank Abagnale, Jr., first made into a movie starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio is now a musical adventure. Debuting on Broadway in 2011 to mixed reviews. As a character study the story is engrossing, but as the basis for a musical, it's problematic. While it has some great moments of comedy with a touch of drama and lots of jazzy 60's music, there are certainly better crafted musicals around.

Six-time Academy Award Nominee and two-time Golden Globe Winner Amy Adams (Vice, Sharp Objects, upcoming: Woman in the Window) has joined the cast of HILLBILLY ELEGY.

Smack - il musical e il primo musical originale italiano a tematica gay. Sull'onda di successi internazionali come Priscilla, Kinky Boots e Everybody's talking about Jamie, Smack si configura come un musical comedy brillante e pop con l'obiettivo di raccontare a un pubblico vasto e trasversale - il pubblico del musical, appunto - il mondo lgbt, contribuendo cosi a combattere la discriminazione e la diffidenza.

Enjoy an all-new restaging of The Mikado, as performed by the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Friday, May 3 at 8 pm. Tickets are $29-$69.

Bailar es comunión. Bajo esta consigna, el Centro de Producción de Danza Contemporánea (Ceprodac) hizo una invitación especial a diversas compañías para compartir un mismo espacio escénico y mostrar que, más allá de lo disímil de sus propuestas, existe un lazo en común: la pasión por el arte del cuerpo en movimiento.