For one unforgettable night, this mini festival celebrates Gypsy swing of the 1930s in unexpected ways under the artistic direction of guitarist and composer Stephane Wrembel(Fontainebleu, France/NY). Wrembel, who has been called 'a revelation' by Rolling Stone and who composed the music for Woody Allen's last two films will be joined by Kamlo (Nantes, France) who interprets Django via the Mediterranean, and Flamenco and Gypsy swing-style guitar master Alfonso Ponticelli(Chicago). The electrifying sounds of three of the world's leading Gypsy jazz artists - who each share a deep knowledge of Django's style yet express it in individual ways - will move effortlessly between beloved Gypsy jazz standards and stunning improvisations ending in a spectacular super jam finale.
Former DudaMel Conducting Fellow David Afkham makes his Hollywood Bowl debut leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program of music by Beethoven and Brahms, tonight, August 29, at 8 pm. Acclaimed British pianist and Beethoven specialist Paul Lewis performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, in a program that features other audience favorites - Brahms' Tragic Overture and Symphony No. 2.
Former Dudamel Conducting Fellow David Afkham makes his Hollywood Bowl debut leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program of music by Beethoven and Brahms, Tuesday, August 29, at 8 pm. Acclaimed British pianist and Beethoven specialist Paul Lewis performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, in a program that features other audience favorites - Brahms' Tragic Overture and Symphony No. 2.
Now in its fifth consecutive year, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre - the coalface of British Theatre - presents Vibrant 2013 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, its annual explosion of new writing, running between 6-25 October 2013
The Michael Schimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Pace University today announced its 2013|2014 Pace Presents Season, under the Executive Direction of Martin I. Kagan, is a world-class performing arts series with an emphasis on music superstars from around the globe, charismatic and innovative dance performances, stunning opera stars in recital and spectacular contemporary cabaret. The Pace Presents season begins on September 21 with a big band tribute to the late, great lounge legend Esquivel from Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica, culminating onJune 1 with the reunion performance of Tina Croll and Jamie Cunningham'sdance/theatre piece From the Horse's Mouth.
Bristol Riverside Theatre concludes its Summer Musicale series on a high note with BRT Broadway Collection, an evening of hit songs from Broadway's favorite musicals such as Oliver, My Fair Lady, and Wicked. Running today, August 15-August 25, the show features BRT favorite David Edwards, as well as local talent Lauren Cupples, Kristine Fraelich, Jessica Gruver, and Sean Thompson. A production with fabulous performers, a red-hot band, and the sounds of Broadway's best showstoppers, BRT Broadway Collection will have audiences singing and dancing in aisles.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, in his fourth summer season at the Hollywood Bowl, celebrates the 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth with a concert performance of Aida on tonight, August 11, at 7:30 p.m. and performances of the Requiem on Tuesday, August 13 and Thursday, August 15, both at 8 p.m.
Colleen Murphy's Armstrong's War opens at the Finborough Theatre as a fully staged workshop production (prior to its official World Premiere in October 2013 at the renowned Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada) for a limited run of nine Sunday and Monday evening and Tuesday matinee performances beginning tonight, Sunday, 11 August 2013.
Tickets to Tango Fire: Flames of Desire (Oct. 20), Fred Hammond and The United Tenors (Sept. 29) at the Kimel Center are now on sale it was announced today. Tickets to Madeleine Peyroux and The Idan Raichel Project will go on sale on August 20.
Monthly FREE Sittin' In Jam Sessions continues during the dog days of summer with Host Julie Dexter kicking it up a notch on Wednesday, August 14 with a dance party and live show in the Kimmel Center's Commonwealth Plaza. Host Jonathan Batiste takes the lead on September 11.
Elvis Costello embarks on SOLO East Coast U.S. Tour with Philadelphia Stop at Merriam Theater on Sunday, November 10 at 8 p.m. Costello's performance includes new work from Wise Up Ghost (to be released September 17, Blue Note Records), the collaborative album of Costello and The Roots, produced by longtime Roots associate Steven Mandel along with Costello and ?uestlove. Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, August 9th at 10 a.m.
Tickets for Citizen Cope are available from $35 to $39.50 by calling 215-893-1999, online at kimmelcenter.org, at the Kimmel Center box office, Broad & Spruce streets (open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, in his fourth summer season at the Hollywood Bowl, celebrates the 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth with a concert performance of Aida on Sunday, August 11, at 7:30 p.m. and performances of the Requiem on Tuesday, August 13 and Thursday, August 15, both at 8 p.m.
Soprano Ailyn Perez and tenor Stephen Costello - dubbed "America's fastest-rising husband-and-wife opera stars" by the Associated Press - pair to sing Verdi arias and duets with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra at the city's 76th free Stern Grove Festival on August 18. Perez and Costello will be helping the San Francisco Opera celebrate this year's bicentennial of Verdi's birth with a program of solo arias and duets. The two singers will return to San Francisco Opera for more Verdi in the summer of 2014, taking on the lead roles in the company's production of La traviata. When they performed together in a recent Lincoln Center gala, New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini noted that the couple "displayed palpable chemistry in a tender duet."
Rrazz Entertainment presents A Fall Rock & Roll Spectacular at Bergen Performing Arts Center on Friday October 11th- See Bobby Rydell, , Kenny Vance & The Planotones, Charlie Thomas' Difters, Emil Stucchhio & The Classics, Barbara Harris & The Toys--tickets for this great show are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 201 227 1030. bergenPAC is located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood New Jersey.
It's a new era for The Philly POPS and a chance for audiences to share in the excitement of this first season under the baton of new music director Michael Krajewski. The Philly POPS opens its 2013-14 season with the theme "Viva Philadelphia!" - a celebration of the City and of Philadelphia's Italian spirit as well as a demonstration of the maestro's special love for vocal music. It's a fitting theme, as the new maestro celebrates the City that will be another POPS home for this nationally recognized conductor. It's also fitting as this first series of The POPS 35th season falls on Columbus weekend, a time of special significance in a city with a rich Italian heritage. With performances on Friday, October 11 through Sunday October 13, POPS concerts will continue to be presented in a series of Friday evenings at 8 p.m., followed by Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. at Verizon Hall of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on Avenue of the Arts in Philadelphia.
Tickets are available for $37 to $65, and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at kimmelcenter.org, at the Kimmel Center box office, Broad & Spruce streets (open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
Bristol Riverside Theatre concludes its Summer Musicale series on a high note with BRT Broadway Collection, an evening of hit songs from Broadway's favorite musicals such as Oliver, My Fair Lady, and Wicked. Running August 15-August 25, the show features BRT favorite David Edwards, as well as local talent Lauren Cupples, Kristine Fraelich, Jessica Gruver, and Sean Thompson. A production with fabulous performers, a red-hot band, and the sounds of Broadway's best showstoppers, BRT Broadway Collection will have audiences singing and dancing in aisles.
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts will host a developmental production of a new one-woman show, Skinny Bitch: NOT A Stand-Up Comedy Show, starring self-titled equal opportunity offender, Lisa Lampanelli. The production, which is written by Ms. Lampanelli and 700 Sundays writer Alan Zweibel, is a departure from her signature 'insult comedy,' and will be helmed by Tony Award-winning director John Rando. The production will play the Kimmel Center's Innovation Studio for four nights only: October 10 - 12 at 8 p.m. and October 13 at 3 p.m.Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, July 26 at noon.
The Les Miserables company have been asked by the lovely people at BWW:UK to blog about the forthcoming charity football match between Les Miserables and The Phantom Of The Opera. As the organiser of the event, I have decided to go first, so here goes…
