Leonardo News

Reeve Carney's artist in residency reveals a singular talent in full creative prowess.

El libro Italianos en México. Arquitectos, ingenieros, artistas entre los siglos XIX y XX, coordinado por el geógrafo y sociólogo Martín Checa-Artasu y la arquitecta italiana Olimpia Niglio, fue presentado el martes 17 de septiembre en la Sala Adamo Boari del Palacio de Bellas Artes. Esta obra resalta que el arte italiano es tan antiguo como el mexicano y se remonta al menos a la época renacentista, movimiento que permeó toda Europa y dio un nuevo rumbo al arte mundial.

Over the next six months Ailey II is traveling around the globe inspiring audiences in more than 30 cities. The tour will take the acclaimed 12-member ensemble of rising stars across the U.S. from Towson, MD to Atlanta, GA to St. Louis, MO. Ailey II will also reach international audiences in Germany, France, and Italy before returning home for its annual New York season, taking place March 25 a?" April 5, 2020 at Ailey Citigroup Theater. Ailey II, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's junior company that serves as a bridge between The Ailey School and the professional dance world, is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country's best young dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today's most promising emerging choreographers.

Directed by Ulysses Cruz, with songs by Luan Santana, musical Isso Que e Amor opens in Sao Paulo on September 13th and tours 6 more capitals. The musical is idealized by producer Gustavo Nunes, Leonardo Bertholini's direction and direction of movement and Guilherme Terra's musical direction, telling a story about the importance of love, integrity and music in people's lives.

Jenny Lyn Bader will perform her solo play Equally Divine: The Real Story of the Mona Lisa in the 10th Annual United Solo Festival on Thursday, October 24th at 9:00pm. Directed by Julie Kramer, the performance takes place at the Studio Theatre on Theatre Row, at 410 W. 42nd St.

La obra Desde el caparazón de la tortuga, a cargo de la compañía Danza Visual, es una reinterpretación escénica del clásico infantil Momo, de Michael Ende, que busca cautivar a los niños a través de un espectáculo transdisciplinario que fusiona la danza, el teatro, la música en vivo, así como las artes visuales y circenses.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents The Picher Project, a new musical in a one-night concert engagement on October 23rd, 9:30pm.The Picher Project, a new musical, explores the rise, boom, destruction and fall of the abandoned mining town of Picher, Oklahoma.

Hampstead Theatre today announces full casting for the European premiere of Jordan Tannahill's Botticelli in the Fire which will be directed by Blanche McIntyre. This hot-blooded and seductive reimagining of Renaissance Italy questions how much of ourselves we are willing to sacrifice when society comes off the rails. The cast will consist of Hiran Abeysekera, Stefan Adegbola, Dickie Beau, Adetomiwa Edun, Louise Gold, Sirine Saba and Howard Ward.

With a scheduled October 17th opening, the cast of a?oeSaltonstall's Trial, The Salem Witch Trial's Untold Storya?? has begun rehearsals on Boston's North Shore.

The first cast images are released today for The Wolf of Wall Street, the world premiere immersive production which brings to life the highs and lows of the infamous '90s New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort. The Wolf of Wall Street is based on Belfort's memoirs, as depicted by Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's movie of the same name, and features a 16-strong cast who will play multiple characters from Stratton Oakmont stockbroker start-ups to the FBI, plunging audiences into a world of greed, power and excess. The production will open at 5-15 Sun Street, Central London and will be staged across four floors and 25 rooms. It previews from 19 September 2019, with opening night for press on 4 October and is adapted and directed by Alexander Wright(The Great Gatsby - the UK's longest running immersive show).

The Royal Shakespeare Company's West End production of Matilda The Musical has today announced the new adult and child cast, including casting the 100th Matilda to go into the show, worldwide, since the original opening in London. 

Lincoln Center today announced its 19/20 LC Kids season of performances for young people. Part of Lincoln Center's commitment to help make the arts central to daily life for a wide range of audiences, the season encompasses free and ticketed events developed for children as young as babies through teenagers stepping into young adulthood.

Today, E! announced the commencement of voting for the 2019 “E! People's Choice Awards,” celebrating all forms of entertainment, chosen entirely by the people.  Starting with the fan nomination week back in August, E! engaged fans worldwide to submit their favorites in the various categories. Now it's time for them to select their choice from the eight nominees to determine the winner in each category representing movies, television, music and pop culture.

El Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Danza, se suma a las acciones de la Secretaría de Cultura con la programación de diferentes compañías de danza, durante el mes de septiembre, en el Complejo Cultural Los Pinos, con lo que contribuye a fortalecer la difusión y promoción del arte en nuestra sociedad.

YOSHIKI--internationally renowned, composer, classically-trained pianist, rock drummer and leader of the rock group X JAPAN--has announced his support for Earth Alliance and its Amazon Forest Fund.

The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers is pleased to announce its schedule of programs for the fall of 2019, including unique member experiences. Such favorites as Art After Hours, Music at the Museum, classes for children and adults, and lectures return to the schedule, with the addition of a Coming Attraction series and a Holiday Pop-Up Shop preview night exclusively for members. For complete details, visit www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu.

The Orchestra Now (TŌN), the visionary orchestra and master's degree program founded by Bard College president, conductor, educator, and music historian Leon Botstein, begins its fifth season on September 14, 2019. Five different series and three special events will offer 19 diverse programs and 31 performances presenting novel combinations of both time-honored and lesser-known repertoire through May 17, 2020. Since the Orchestra's launch in 2015, the young members of TŌN have performed 261 works by 137 composers for more than 50,000 people in 23 venues, with 158 soloists and 15 conductors.

For the first time, the British Museum has co-curated an exhibition with partner museums from around the UK to display and then tour contemporary artworks from its Prints and Drawings collection. Pushing paper: contemporary drawing from 1970 to now will illustrate how artists experiment with the power of paper to express their ideas, pushing the medium in new directions. It will highlight the breadth and quality of the Museum's collection of modern art, as well as its global scope. The exhibition of 56 works will showcase the astonishing diversity of contemporary drawing over the last fifty years, with graphic work by artists such as David Hockney, Rachel Whiteread, Sol LeWitt, Anish Kapoor, Tracey Emin and Grayson Perry, as well as exciting works by emerging artists like Hamid Sulaiman and Rachel Duckhouse. Many of these pieces will be on public display for the first time, including work by Gwen Hardie, Jonathan Callan and Jan Vanriet.

You may have heard of the long journey of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS from a 1060 Roger Corman horror film (with a young Jack Nicholson) to a 1982 Off-Broadway hit musical, a 1986 film with Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, and Steve Martin, and a revival in 2003 this time on Broadway with Hunter Foster, Douglas Sills and Kerry Butler. And believe it or not, another revival coming to Off-Broadway previewing on September 17 and opening October 17 to the Westside Theatre Upstairs with Jonathan Groff, Tammy Blanchard, Christian Borle, and Kinglsey Leggs.