Set phasers to stun and beam yourself to the Mondavi Center on May 11 for an unforgettable night with the one and only William Shatner, live on stage. Audiences will enjoy a screening of the classic film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan on the big screen, followed by a live conversation with the one and only "Captain James T. Kirk," led by UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May. A limited number of backstage photo opportunities with Mr. Shatner will be available for purchase as ticket add-ons. Tickets start at $55 (plus applicable service fees) and are on sale to the public on March 8, 2019 at 1PM. Pre-sales began March 4 at 1PM at mondaviarts.org, 530.754.2787, and the Mondavi Center ticket office.
MOTOWN: The Musical and Helen Hayes nominee N'Kenge, returned this season to Houston Symphony Orchestra for the Ella Fitzgerald Songbook Concert under the baton of Maestro Steven Reineke. The show celebrates the great jazz era showcasing some of the most timeless musical gems like Stormy Weather, One for my Baby, Come Rain Come Shine and more. To complete the dazzling cast were Broadway favorites Montego Glover and Capathia Jenkins.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra returns to Carnegie Hall this March for two back-to-back programs in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. In an all-Richard Strauss program on Tuesday, March 19 at 8:00 p.m., music director and conductor Andris Nelsons and the BSO are joined by world-renowned soprano Renee Fleming for the closing scene in the composer's final opera, Capriccio, on a program also including the Sextet and Moonlight Music from that opera, as well as the tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra.
The Oshman Family JCC presents internationally renowned performer Alan Cumming in his hugely acclaimed cabaret show Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs for one night only in Palo Alto. The beloved actor, singer, writer, producer, and activist will be joined onstage by Emmy Award-winning musical director Lance Horne and cellist Eleanor Norton for this delightful appearance declared an "emotional firestorm" by The New York Times, telling vivid stories of his most emotionally harrowing moments accompanied by sentimental tunes sung with Broadway-worthy bravado. From Billy Joel to Annie Lennox, and even an extraordinary mash-up of Adele, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry in "Someone Like the Edge of Firework," this "evening of intimacy at Club Cumming" (The Guardian) offers a no-holds-barred visit with one of the most exciting performers of our time. Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs will be presented 7:30pm, Sunday, April 14, 2019 at the Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. For tickets ($250 premium with post-performance reception, $150 general, $145 OFJCC members and J-Pass holders) and more information, visit paloaltojcc.org/cumming or call (650) 223-8649.
The University Musical Society of the University of Michigan presents the world premiere of a new theater piece on the work of controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, Friday-Saturday, March 15-16 at the Power Center for the Performing Arts in Ann Arbor, MI. Composed by Bryce Dessner, with a libretto by Korde Arrington Tuttle that includes poetry by Essex Hemphill and Patti Smith, Mapplethorpe's longtime creative muse, Triptych (Eyes of One on Another) premieres 30 years after Mapplethorpe's untimely death from AIDS at the age of 42.
On the heels of her performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, music, fashion, theater, film and TV icon Diana Ross will take the Radio City Music Hall stage for a concert in celebration of her 75th birthday on Saturday, June 22 at 8:00 PM. Tickets go on sale on Friday, February 22 through Ticketmaster (866.858.0008 and ticketmaster.com) and are available for $59, $79, $99, $149 and $299.
PEN America presents the 2019 PEN World Voices Festival: Open Secrets (May 6-12), focusing on the dissolving boundary between the public and the private in the literary, cultural, social, and political realms. A flowering of the genres of literary memoir and personal testimony has been accompanied by increased digital avenues for story-telling, revelation, and expose before both designated and public audiences.
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is to receive a $10,000 Art Works grant from The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help fund a community engagement project centered on Mango Suite, a new work by composer Derek Bermel, and its inspiration Sandra Cisneros and her short novel The House on Mango Street. Ms. Cisneros' book provides a window onto what it's like growing up amid two cultures.
Edward R. Matthews, CEO of ADAPT Community Network, announced the 2019 ADAPT Leadership Award honorees for its 2019 ADAPT Leadership Awards Gala to take place on Thursday, March 14th, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.
Ovens Auditorium will host four-time GRAMMY winning artist/songwriter India.Arie on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com and Livenation.com, by phone at 800-745-3000, at all Ticketmaster outlets or at the Bojangles' Coliseum Box Office located at 2700 E. Independence Blvd. Tickets start at $29.50 (plus applicable service charges) and are subject to change.
Renowned Brooklyn music incubator and performance venue National Sawdust celebrates the future of Asia in its second annual Pan Asia Sounding Festival (March 18-23). Conceived and curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Du Yun, the Pan Asia Sounding Festival features pathbreaking works by today's Asian composers, performers, artists, and filmmakers that disrupt the reductive Western tendency to present Asian music and art with a focus on their cultural heritages and future directions. As New York's WPIX11 declared after last season's festival: "There's a revolution going on in Williamsburg."
Rita Moreno stopped by the SiriusXM studios to talk about the upcoming season of Netflix's One Day At A Time. While at the SiriusXM studios Moreno sat down with SiriusXM host Jessica Shaw where they discussed the new West Side Story.
The University Musical Society (UMS) will present the renowned photographer and visual artist Carrie Mae Weems in her theatrical work Past Tense on Friday, February 15 and Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 8 pm at the Power Center (121 Fletcher Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109). The origins of Past Tense lies in Weems's powerful work Grace Notes, which was inspired by President Obama singing 'Amazing Grace' in the wake of the 2015 shooting that killed nine African-American members of a church in Charleston, SC. Through music, text, projection, and video, Past Tense uses the lens of race and its relationship to authority to draw parallels to the classic play Antigone.
Well-Strung, the critically acclaimed singing string quartet, will make their Parker Playhouse debut in Fort Lauderdale with A Well-Strung Valentine for one night only, on Thursday, February 14 at 8:00 PM. From The Beatles to Bach, Puccini to Fleetwood Mac, Well-Strung will have you falling in love all over again with the greatest hits of the last 300 years. The internationally acclaimed singing string-quartet's celebration of love and music will make this Valentine's Day truly unforgettable. Cupid, draw back your bow, your violin bow! For tickets and information, visit www.parkerplayhouse.com or call (954) 462-0222.
Rep Stage, the professional regional theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), continues its 26th season with "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," written by Anna Deavere Smith and directed by Paige Hernandez. Anna Deavere Smith's stunning play explores the people who experienced the Los Angeles riots and the devastating human impact of that event. From nine months of interviews with more than 200 people, Smith chose voices that best reflect the diversity and tension of a city in turmoil, all portrayed by one actress in a tour-de-force performance. A work that goes directly to the heart of the issues of race and class, "Twilight" ruthlessly probes the language and the lives of its subjects, offering stark insight into the complex and pressing social, economic, and political issues that fueled the flames in the wake of the Rodney King verdict.
World famous string quartet Well-Strung brings their brand new show A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES to THE MEZZ in downtown Orlando for one performance only on Wednesday, February 13 at 8 p.m.
Producer Mark Cortale has announced the season finale of his series at The Herbst Theatre - two time Emmy Award winner Sarah Silverman will join Seth Rudetsky on Sunday, May 19th at 8:00 PM for one show only. In this unique series, music director and host Seth Rudetsky welcomes the greatest performers for up-close and personal conversations and singing. The format of the show will be a seamless mix of great comedy/singing by Silverman and hilarious conversation prompted by Rudetsky's funny, insightful and revealing questions. This evening will continue to raise funds this season for San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, Project Open Hand and Sandy Hook Promise. For tickets and information, please visit www.cityboxoffice.com/broadway or call (415) 392-4400.
For the first time in the 19-year history of Light of Day WinterFest, the "main event" of the 10-day, three-state festival, the star-studded "Bob's Birthday Bash," long SOLD OUT, will be broadcast LIVE via fiber optic cable during LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST '19.
