Pen Parentis is thrilled to announce an evening of readings and conversation with three esteemed writers from Tin House: Cari Luna, Elissa Schappell, and Matthew Specktor. Cari Luna's The Revolution of Everyday and Matthew Specktor's American Dream Machine are both acclaimed novels released last year from Tin House Books. American Dream Machine is currently in development for a series on Showtime. Elissa Schappell is a founding editor and now editor-at-large at Tin House magazine, and the author of the much celebrated collection Blueprints for Building Better Girls. Each author will read from their work and then talk about their writing and parenting lives in an informal roundtable.
The Hornets' Nest series of script-in-hand readings with professional actors and directors returns with three plays investigating the most difficult and controversial questions of today. Following each reading, audience members will have the opportunity to engage in open discussion with key figures from the Rochester community. Since its inception in 2007, the Hornets' Nest series of readings has become nationally recognized and lauded as one of the most innovative theatrical initiatives in the country.
North/South Consonance, Inc. continues its 34th season of free-admission concerts on Sunday afternoon February 16 when banjo virtuoso Ken Perlman joins conductor Max Lifchitz and the Grammy nominated North/South Chamber Orchestra for the premiere of Harold Schiffman's Banjo Concerto.
On Wednesday, January 22nd, New Filmmakers presents a Documentary Series with the Third World Newsreel, a Special Program curated by Tova Beck-Friedman, and the feature THE CARETAKER.
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts will present THE HAIFA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF ISRAEL in its Bronx debut on Thursday, February 6th, 2014 at 8pm. Joining Maestro BOGUSLAW DAWIDOW for this incredible evening of Tchaikovsky, Weber and Beethoven will be Pianist ROMAN RABINOVICH and Violist AVSHALOM SARID.
On Friday, February 7 (7:30 pm), Symphony Space pays tribute to "the women warriors of new music" with a concert marking a quartet of anniversaries: composer Joan Tower's 75th birthday (Sept. 6, 2013), composer Tania Leon's 70th birthday (May 14, 2013), pianist Ursula Oppens's 70th (Feb. 2, 2014), and the 30th anniversary season of the Cassatt String Quartet.
The Jewish Museum presents the next event in its popular The Wind Up series, after-hours events featuring art, live music, activities, and an open bar, with Bright Winter Night on Thursday, January 30 from 8pm to 11pm. Bright Winter Night celebrates the final days of the Chagall: Love, War, and Exile exhibition, on view at The Jewish Museum through February 2, 2014. Partygoers will enjoy a live performance by indie rock singer/songwriter Mirah, an international beer tasting featuring several varieties of craft beer, an open bar with savory snacks, and guided exhibition tours of Chagall: Love, War, and Exile. The exhibitions threeASFOUR: MER KA BA and Art Spiegelman's Co-Mix: A Retrospective will also be open to attendees.
Gibney Dance makes space for dance with an expansion to 280 Broadway and invites you to join in. The 280 Broadway space will operate alongside its current 890 Broadway studios as one organization, and is positioned to serve the dance community for the next two decades. It will offer classes, performances, and community events, with thanks to the support of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and landlord Fram Realty.
This week's guest on THEATER TALK is journalist Jeremy Gerard, author of the new book, Wynn Place Show, subtitled A Biased History of the Rollicking Life & Extreme Times of Wynn Handman and the American Place Theatre (Smith and Kraus Publishers). Gerard tells co-hosts Michael Riedel of the New York Post and Susan Haskins about the remarkable place in theater history occupied by Handman, Artistic Director and Co-Founder of The American Place Theatre and, at age 91, still one of New York's most sought-after acting teachers.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) invites writers to meet more than eleven real producers face-to-face at the Writer-Producer Speed Date: The Art of the Pitch on Sunday, February 2, 2014 at 5:30pm and 6:30pmat The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, 3rd Floor NYC. The deadline to apply is Friday, January 24th. If accepted, the cost to participate is $75 ($65 for TRU members). For more information and an application, visit http://www.truonline.org/WriterSpeedDateFeb14.htm.
Theater for the New City will present the world premiere of 'Sotto Voce' by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz from February 15 to March 9, directed by the author.
HOMECOMING PLAYERS TO LAUNCH their 2014 season with a staged reading of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, for two performances only, Mon Feb 3 and Tue Feb 4, at 7:30pm, as part of the Kitchen Theatre Company's Kitchen Sink Series (which has support from CFCU), at the Kitchen Theatre, 417 W. State St/MLK Jr. St.
Fresh off a successful run in Ithaca, the Kitchen Theatre Company's production of Black Pearl Sings! is moving to the Geva Theatre Center in Rochester. It will be the first play in Geva's 2014 Fielding Studio Series, devoted to the work of contemporary playwrights.
Stars from Mike Tyson, Phylicia Rashad and Alicia Keys to Spike Lee, Danny Glover and Ruby Dee show their love for New York City's acclaimed New Federal Theatre by voicing personalized Valentine's Day messages for fans in this fun, fund-raiser. The "Love for New Federal Theatre" personalized celebrity messages are a $249 donation to the New Federal Theatre and can be purchased from January 12- February 5, 2014 through the website at www.lovefornewfederaltheatre.com.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the 2014 Musical Reading Series on Monday, January 13, Monday, January 20, and February 3, 2014 at 7pm at the Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Ave, NYC.
Gotham Arts Exchange presents the eighth annual presentation of FOCUS 2014: DANCE GOTHAM from today, January 10-12, 2014 at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South), NYC.
FOCUS DANCE is a part of FOCUS 2014, the National Platform to promote American dance both abroad and nationally. The week-long platform presents performances of U.S. based dance companies during the annual Arts Presenters Conference in New York City, and one of the largest gatherings of artists, dancers and dance professionals in the U.S. In January 2014, two venues partner with Gotham Arts Exchange to present the artistic visions of the curators gathered to shape the 2014 edition of FOCUS.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the schedule for Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, a 21-film series created and organized by Scorsese's non-profit organization
