Christine Baranski, Kelli Barrett, Walter Bobbie, Jeremy Cohen, Dalton Harrod, Randy Skinner, Shonn Wiley, Karen Ziemba,New York City Ballet Principaldancer Joaquin De Luz and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Irina Dvorovenko will star in Rodgers and Hart's On Your Toes, the final Encores! presentation of the 2012-13 New York City Center season.
Pandora Productions presents the musical drama Thrill Me about the infamous Leopold-Loeb "thrill killers" of the 1920s and their twisted tale of money, murder & mayhem...and how this sordid, so-called 'perfect murder' was anything but.
'Naked Darrow,' written and performed by Gary L. Anderson, looks at America's most hated and revered attorney, Clarence Darrow, as his great mind slips away. The play, based on the most current and intimate details of Darrow's private life, is a new and revelatory portrait of the man, not the legend. It presents an end-of-life scenario that will bring a shock of recognition to audiences who have, or may have imagined, their own struggle to face aging and to leave a legacy that may endure. River District Theatre presents the play's first full production June 5 to 30 at The Drilling Company Theatre, 236 West 78th Street, 3 fl.
Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill, Albuquerque's most exciting producer of new work, is transferring its highly successful production of the 2012 Tony Nominated Best Play Venus in Fur to Teatro Paraguas for one weekend only: tonight, May 3 through Sunday may 5. The Santa Fe engagement follows a string of rave reviews from its Albuquerque run which closed on March 31.
convergence-continuum continues its 2013 Season: Ruled by Passion with its first-ever musical: the Ohio premiere of Thrill Me: the Leopold & Loeb Story, book, music and lyrics by Stephen Dolginoff.
In celebration of Bloomsday, the Library pays tribute to James Joyce's legacy of provocative literature through an artful lens with a vivid rendering of Molly Bloom. Light refreshments will be served.
Renowned soprano Renee Fleming completes her Carnegie Hall Perspectives series with two concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, tonight, April 26 and May 4.
The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) has announced the lineup of full-length plays and musicals for its fourteenth season, running from July 15 to August 4, 2013 at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 1st floor; the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 1st floor; the Main Stage Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 4th floor; and the Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 4th floor. Tickets are $15 for short plays and $18 for longer plays. Readings are free. Tickets will be available in May at www.midtownfestival.org or by phone at 866-811-4111. The Festival also offers various group discounts and package passes, good for full-length and short plays.
Pandora Productions presents Thrill Me, a musical drama that proves some romantic relationships are indeed murder. It's the chilling true story of the notorious Leopold-Loeb duo, the 1920s "thrill killers" responsible for one of the most infamous crimes of the 20th Century, and the backdrop for a tale that will take audiences on a gripping journey to discover the secrets that made this so-called 'perfect crime' stunningly unravel.
Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill, Albuquerque's most exciting producer of new work, is transferring its highly successful production of the 2012 Tony Nominated Best Play Venus in Fur to Teatro Paraguas for one weekend only: Friday May 3 through Sunday may 5. The Santa Fe engagement follows a string of rave reviews from its Albuquerque run which closed on March 31.
On Saturday, April 13, 2013, the Oratorio Society of New York announced the winners of the 37th Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition, the only major vocal competition devoted to solo oratorio singing.
Christine Baranski, Kelli Barrett, Walter Bobbie, Jeremy Cohen, Dalton Harrod, Randy Skinner, Shonn Wiley, Karen Ziemba,New York City Ballet Principaldancer Joaquin De Luz and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Irina Dvorovenkowill star in Rodgers and Hart's On Your Toes, the final Encores! presentation of the 2012-13 New York City Center season. Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, On Your Toes will have guest music direction by Encores! founding music director Rob Fisher and will play seven performances, from May 8 - 12 at New York City Center, W. 55th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues). The "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" ballet, originally choreographed by George Balanchine, will be staged by Susan Pilarre, who served as a Ballet Mistress of the show's 1983 Broadway Revival.
Many religions, including Hinduism, Mormonism, Islam, Jehovah Witnesses and Scientology, believe that Jesus is not God. To some he is simply a human being; to others he is guru or prophet of God. In his book The Divinity of Jesus Christ Revisited in the Third Millennium: Evidence of His Deity, Leopold Sarr sheds new light on this debate concerning the nature of Christ and his divinity.
Gregory Boyd, Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre, announces its thrilling new season of plays created by playwrights that include a Pulitzer-Prize winning comedy, a new play that was the Outer Critics Circle's Outstanding, New Play winner, the first play by a Tony Award winner, a 2011 Tony Award nominee for Best Play, plus an ingenious comedy from acclaimed, award-winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn and an intriguing epic by Bertolt Brecht.
The exhibition Making the Invisible Visible: Conservation and Islamic Art, on view beginning April 2, will demonstrate how our understanding and appreciation of the works of art we see in visible light can be augmented by information gleaned using other wavelengths of light, from infrared to x-rays. Through some 20 examples of works in various materials, and an additional 14 objects in the adjoining galleries, visitors will get a behind-the-scenes look at how the technical expertise and conservation resources available within the Museum are utilized in the study and preservation of Islamic art.
The Philadelphia Orchestra makes its final Carnegie Hall appearance of the season onFriday, May 17 at 8:00 p.m., led by internationally acclaimed conductor Sir Simon Rattle in a program of Webern's Passacaglia, Three Fragments from Berg's Wozzeck, Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral', and Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre.
The sordid tale of Leopold and Loeb is the subject of NEVER THE SINNER now receiving a strong production at 1st Stage in Tysons. Directed by Jeremy Skidmore, the play is carefully crafted and is a winning blend of theatrical bravura, sexual tension, calculating criminals, and period flair. Stephen Russell Murray and Alex Mandell also give tour-de-force performances.
Renowned soprano Renee Fleming completes her Carnegie Hall Perspectives series with two concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, April 26 and May 4. Appearing on Friday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m. with the New York Philharmonic and Music Director Alan Gilbert, Ms. Fleming performs the world premiere of a song cycle The Strand Settings by Swedish composer Anders Hillborg, commissioned by Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic.
