Native Voices at the Autry continues its vital role as the country's only equity theatre company dedicated exclusively to developing the work of Native American playwrights with a staged reading of HUNKA by award-winning playwright Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota Nation*) on Sunday, February 12, 2:30 pm, at the Wells Fargo Theater at The Autry National Center in Griffith Park.
The Grand Theatre is presenting the Utah premier of Miss Evers' Boys, the 1992 play by awarding-winning playwright David Feldshuh, February 2 through 18. The play, based on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama that same year. As part of the production, the theatre is hosting a "talk back" after the 2:00 p.m. matinee performance on Saturday, February 11. The "talk back" will feature director Toni Byrd, the actors, and Dr. Jeffrey Botkin, Vice President of Research Integrity at the University of Utah. Participants in the "talk back" will discuss the medical and ethical themes brought out in the play, with the actors discussing their characters' development as related to the medical experimentation. Jan Abramson, MS, will moderate the discussion. The event is free of charge and will begin after the matinee, in the theatre, at approximately 4:30 p.m.
The Hartt School presents the Hartt Wind Ensemble on Friday, March 9, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. This performance includes works by Colgrass, Daugherty, and Holst. Admission is $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for tickets and information.
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present the regional premiere of Stephen Svoboda's Odysseus D.O.A. starring Kim Zimmer, February 23 - March 4, 2012 in the Nafe Katter Theatre, Storrs. For tickets and information, call 860-486-4226 or visit www.crt.uconn.edu.
Music Director George Rothman will lead Riverside Symphony in a program bridging the Renaissance to the present day on Saturday, February 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. The program will open with a rare performance of Vivaldi's Concerto in D for Lute featuring the young Mexican virtuoso Dieter Hennings in his New York concerto debut.
The Night of 1000 Voices, the annual, star-studded event celebrating musical theatre at the Royal Albert Hall, is to take place on Spring Bank Holiday Sunday May 6, 2012 and will fundraise for blood cancer charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
The Grand Theatre is presenting the Utah premier of Miss Evers' Boys, the 1992 play by awarding-winning playwright David Feldshuh, February 2 through 18. The play, based on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama that same year. As part of the production, the theatre is hosting a "talk back" after the 2:00 p.m. matinee performance on Saturday, February 11. The "talk back" will feature director Toni Byrd, the actors, and Dr. Jeffrey Botkin, Vice President of Research Integrity at the University of Utah. Participants in the "talk back" will discuss the medical and ethical themes brought out in the play, with the actors discussing their characters' development as related to the medical experimentation. Jan Abramson, MS, will moderate the discussion. The event is free of charge and will begin after the matinee, in the theatre, at approximately 4:30 p.m.
In Josh Tobiessen's world premiere comedy, CRASHING THE PARTY, Sally Wingert and Joe Minjares lead a multi-ethnic, multi-generational family as they pursue the American Dream.
Native Voices at the Autry continues its vital role as the country's only equity theatre company dedicated exclusively to developing the work of Native American playwrights with a staged reading of HUNKA by award-winning playwright Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota Nation*) on Sunday, February 12, 2:30 pm, at the Wells Fargo Theater at The Autry National Center in Griffith Park.
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present the regional premiere of Stephen Svoboda's Odysseus D.O.A. starring Kim Zimmer, February 23 - March 4, 2012 in the Nafe Katter Theatre, Storrs. For tickets and information, call 860-486-4226 or visit www.crt.uconn.edu.
Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presented BACK TO METHUSELAH: PART ONE - a comedy of epic proportions by George Bernard Shaw - on Monday, January 23 at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan. David Staller produced and directed.
Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presents BACK TO METHUSELAH: PART ONE - a comedy of epic proportions by George Bernard Shaw - on Monday, January 23 at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan. David Staller produces and directs.
Internationally renowned contemporary pianist Anthony de Mare presents LIAISONS: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano - an intrepid program featuring 36 short solo piano pieces based on the music of the legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
The Grand Theatre presents the Utah premier of Miss Evers' Boys, the 1992 play by awarding-winning playwright David Feldshuh. The play, based on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama that same year. The Tuskegee experiment was a U. S. funded secret medical experiment on poor African Americans from 1932 to 1972, designed to study the effects of untreated syphilis. Eunice Evers, the nurse caring for these men, is aware of their lack of treatment, but feels her role it so console the dying men, many of whom are her direct friends. The play runs February 2 through 18, 2012 with performances at 7:30 pm. and Saturday matinees as 2:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased through the Grand Theatre box office.
Casa 0101 Theater in association with CoActive Content will present a new co-production of "The King of the Desert," written by Stacey Martino, performed by Rene Rivera, and helmed by Sal Romeo, all Lifetime Members of The Actors Studio.
Betty Beekman, Interim Executive Director of The National Theatre of the Deaf was proud to be an active host for the Deaf visitors from Argentina who came to Connecticut on December 20 to learn more about Deaf Culture in the U.S. and how to create and design a similar theatre company in Buenos Aries with associations to NTD.