The Sylvan Winds announce the opening concert of the 2019 Spring Season celebrating music, art, and history. Performing in important cultural and historic New York City buildings, the ensemble creates imaginative and informative programs that reflect the environs of each space.
Winter Film Awards showcases emerging filmmakers from all genres from around the world, with a special emphasis on highlighting the work of women and under-represented filmmakers. Categories include Documentary, Narrative (Feature and Short), Horror (Feature and Short), Music Video, Animation and Web Series!
Noche Flamenca, the renowned company founded by Artistic Director Mart n Santangelo and dancer Soledad Barrio, continues, 25 years into its existence, both to mine the fundamentals of the genre and to stretch beyond tradition into other canons and forms, as in the company's recent, internationally acclaimed Antigona, an adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone. Noche Flamenca comes to New York City's Connelly Theater with Entre T y Yo (Between You and Me), an evening-length program of duets, solos, and ensemble works exploring the constraints imposed and the possibilities afforded by human relationships.
The 2018-2019 Hoff-Barthelson Music School Master Class Series commences this March with world-renowned musicians pianist Jerome Lowenthal, Saturday, March 2, 2019, at 2:00 pm; cellist Natasha Brofsky, Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 7:30 pm; and violinist Daniel Phillips, Saturday, March 23, 2:00 pm. The classes, open to the public to observe free of charge, are held at Hoff-Barthelson Music School, 25 School Lane, Scarsdale. Space is limited, reservations are strongly encouraged and can be made by e-mailing hb@hbms.org
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) concludes its 44th season with its first ever production of an unusual pair of one acts that bookend the Gilbert & Sullivan collaboration.
Broadway and TV star Brandon J. Dirden (All the Way, Jitney, The Americans) is set to host the 11th annual New York City August Wilson Monologue Competition, sponsored by LEAP (Learning through an Expanded Arts Program, Inc.)
National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $27 million in grants as part of the NEA's first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2019. Included in this announcement is Rhinebeck Writers Retreat's award of $10,000 for their musical theatre writer residencies and Triple R program - 2 readings and a residency.
Voyage Theater Company/PARTS UNKNOWN Play Reading Series will present a staged reading of Sphinx by British playwright Neil Fleming, directed by Wayne Maugans, at the 53rd Street New York Public Library (18 W 53 Street, across the street from MOMA), Thur February 21 at 7pm. Admission is FREE and open to the public, but reservations are highly encouraged. Please RSVP here. The performance will run approximately 95 minutes with no intermission.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents a Networking Event to help writers talk more effectively about their work. Announcing the next Writer-Producer Speed Date: The Art of the Pitch on Sunday, March 3, 2019 starting at 4:30pm at Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th St., 12th fl. (PH1).
The Bushwick Starr is thrilled to collaborate with Ma-Yi Theater Company in presenting the world premiere of Suicide Forest by award-winning playwright and performer Kristine Haruna Lee (Memory Retrograde at The Public Theater with Under the Radar and Ars Nova, War Lesbian at Dixon Place), directed by Aya Ogawa (Ludic Proxy produced by The Play Company at Walker Space, The Nosebleed at The Public Theater with Under the Radar).
After a failed uprising, the few remaining members of a controversial organization hide on New York's outer islands. They're rudderless. They think their leader is dead...until someone claiming to be his wife washes ashore. She says he's alive. And he's looking for her. Black Revolutionary Theatre Workshop and A Laboratory for Actor Training are proud to present AFTERSWARM, a spiritual sequel to BRTW's genre-bending conservative night-terror, REVOLUTION.
Dance/NYC, New York City's leading organization dedicated to promoting the knowledge, appreciation, practice, and performance of dance in the metropolitan area, today announced content for its tenth annual Symposium happening Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23, 2019, at Hunter College. This is the only gathering of its kind for dance leaders, makers, and supporters in the metropolitan New York City area. Hundreds will gather for panel discussions, case studies, interactive workshops, individual legal and management consultations, a networking lunch, and more. (Visit Dance.NYC for complete program.)
Dixon Place (Ellie Covan, Founding Director) presents the workshop production of New Creation, conceived and directed by Kai Chieh Tu and devised and performed by Katherine Wright, Janice Amaya, Laura Yumi Snell & Sharlee Taylor runs Thursday, February 28, 2019 and March 1 & 2, 2019 at 7:30pm for a total of three performances at Dixon Place (161A Chrystie Street) in Manhattan. Tickets are $18 in advance, $21 at the door. For tickets and further information please visit www.dixonplace.org or call 866-811-4111 for tickets.
Amas Musical Theatre and The Amas Musical Theatre Lab, in association with LaVie Productions, will present staged readings of Victory Train, a new musical, with book, music and lyrics by David Buskin and Jake Holmes.
On Saturday, February 16, the Jazz Masters Series of Westchester Collaborative Theater (WCT) will feature internationally known vibraphonist Christos Rafalides and his group, the Manhattan Vibes. Rafalides has appeared at such venues as Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and has been featured with numerous notable artists including Wynton Marsalis and Chaka Khan. In 2002, a Manhattan Vibes CD was named one of the year's top ten jazz recordings by Jazz Times.
Learning through an Expanded Arts Program (LEAP), Inc. is featuring a new touring musical designed to enhance student curriculum and connect the impact of the arts and social justice. The Movement, an a cappella musical, will be performed by LEAP students and professional performers (LEAP Artists Live) as part of The New York Theater Festival's Winterfest, at The Hudson Guild Theatre, 441 West 26th Street, New York, NY. Inspired by the Children's Crusade of 1963, The Movement tells the story of the young people of Birmingham, Alabama, who marched against racial injustice. This award-winning production will be performed in schools throughout New York City as an educational experience for youth. Performances are February 12 at 6:15 pm (sold out); February 16 at 8:30 pm; and February 17 at 1 pm. The performance runs 90 minutes with no intermission. For tickets, go to www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3919615.
Portland Opera is delighted to bring Laura Kaminsky's beautiful chamber opera to Portland audiences for the first time. In this stunning coming-of-age story, two voices-a mezzo-soprano and a baritone-share the role of our transgender heroine Hannah as she endeavors to resolve the discord between herself and the outside world. Celebrated as one of the most important new works in the world of opera, Hannah's story sheds light on universal truths of self-love and identity.
On Sunday evening February 10 pianist Max Lifchitz will perform Franz Liszt's Bagatelle Without Tonality as part of a recital with commentary featuring works by composers from throughout the Americas.
NYC theater company COLLABORATIONTOWN and FLINT REPERTORY THEATRE are proud to announce the World Premiere of RIDDLE OF THE TRILOBITES, in a co-production presented at Flint Repertory Theatre in Flint, Michigan, March 1-10, 2019, in advance of a New York Premiere in 2020.
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