Robert Browning News

Lurrie Bell has been acclaimed for his intense guitar playing and passionate vocals which have made him a favorite at clubs and festivals around the world and earned him a reputation as one of the "leading lights" in the future of the blues.  Son of famed blues harmonica player Carey Bell, he has appeared on over 50 recordings either as leader or featured sideman and received numerous awards and honors, including Best Traditional Male Blues Artist in 2015 by the Blues Foundation in Memphis, and Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar) in 2016 by Living Blues magazine. In this program he will be joined by his band and include selections from his acclaimed Delmark albums, Blues in My Soul and the recent Grammy-nominated Can't Shake This Feeling. His band is composed of Willie "The Touch" Hayes (drums), Roosevelt Purifoy (keys), and Melvin Smith (bass).

Award-winning actors Lisa Bostnar and Gus Kaikkonen will perform readings of famous love letters as part of a dinner and theatre package being offered by Sunflowers Cafe and the River Street Theatre (RST) in Jaffrey on Monday, February 13th.

Sahba Motallebi, born in Iran, is recognized internationally as a virtuoso of the tar and setar, lute-like stringed instruments central to one of the world's great musical traditions. In this concert, she performs a repertoire of traditional Persian music and original pieces accompanied by Naghmeh Farahmand on tonbak (goblet drum) and daf (frame drum).

?Robert Browning, called “the entrepreneur who almost single-handedly created and filled New Yorkers' passion for world music” in the New York Times, begins a new season with traditional and cross-cultural music from various countries around the world, including India, Iran, Mali, Spain, Armenia, Turkey, Ireland, Haiti, and the US.

Stephen King took to Twitter to announce the news that actors Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey will star in the big screen adaptation of DARK TOWER.

On Friday, March 18 at 8:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall presents Sevillian cantaora Rosario Guerrero "La Tremendita" and Iranian traditional vocalist Mohammad Motamedi in a program entitled Qasida.

Today, January 30, at 8:30 p.m., Dominican Republic-born singer and guitarist Joan Soriano brings his 'clean, feathery guitar sound' (NPR) to Zankel Hall in a concert presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with Robert Browning Associates LLC. The acclaimed musician has played a major role in popularizing bachata, the African- and Spanish-based soul music sometimes called the 'Dominican blues.' In this concert, Soriano is accompanied by a six-piece band that features guitars, bass, and Latin percussion.

On Saturday, January 30, at 8:30 p.m., Dominican Republic-born singer and guitarist Joan Soriano brings his "clean, feathery guitar sound" (NPR) to Zankel Hall in a concert presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with Robert Browning Associates LLC.

The classical music of India encompasses all of the subtle and blaring complexities of modern life in continuity with millennia of cultural tradition. The rhythmic nuance of vocalization, in unison with ancient instruments, truthfully dramatizes the frenetic synchronism of contemporary street life from Delhi to New York.

The Faction, pioneers of 21st Century repertory theatre and producers of critically acclaimed sell-out seasons as one of New Diorama's associate ensembles, will present a brand new edition of their Off West End award-nominated REPTEMBER RELOADED series of solo reinterpretations of classic and rarely-adapted plays in January 2016.

Tonight, April 24 at 8:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall, acclaimed musicians from Afghanistan, India, and Tajikistan join together for In the Footsteps of Babur, a program celebrating the exuberant vitality of the Mughal court in the 16th century.

The newest screen adaptation of Stephen King's work is years in the making, and now it will get a double-release.

Sunny Thakkar and the World Music Institute are pleased to present Ragas & Keys of North India featuring pianist Utsav Lal and vocalist Anurag Harsh tonight, April 4, 2015 at 8:00pm in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.

On Friday, April 24 at 8:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall, acclaimed musicians from Afghanistan, India, and Tajikistan join together for In the Footsteps of Babur, a program celebrating the exuberant vitality of the Mughal court in the 16th century. Featured artists on the program-presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with Robert Browning Associates-include Homayun Sakhi (Afghan rubab), Rahul Sharma (santur), Salar Nader (tabla), Sirojiddin Juraev (dutar and tanbur), and Mukhtor Muborakqadamov (Badakhshani setar).

Sunny Thakkar and the World Music Institute are pleased to present Ragas & Keys of North India featuring pianist Utsav Lal and vocalist Anurag Harsh on Saturday April 4, 2015 at 8:00pm in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.

In a two-reviews-in-one column critiquing shows from last March, my esteemed editor, Stephen Hanks quoted the poet Robert Browning: “A man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for?” Hanks pointed out that Browning's famous line is about setting goals, striving, and ambition, all of which are commendable desires. But, alas, in this particular review he felt the two singers in question “fell short.” One of those singers was Shana Farr and the show she has been performing throughout the past year, In The Still of the Night: Music of Noel Coward and Cole Porter. So here we are a year later, immersed in the revelry of the 2015 award season celebrating excellence in cabaret, and Farr's uniquely theatrical homage to Coward and Porter has recently won her the 2015 Bistro Award for “Outstanding Concept Show.” In spite of my editor's previous reservations about this show, he was open to hearing another perspective—whether positive or negative—so off to the Laurie Beechman Theatre I ventured on the last day of February to find out for myself whether Shana's show was truly award-worthy. Sorry, oh editor of mine, but you might have missed the boat on this one.

Anne of Green Gables is preparing to open on the DreamWrights' stage tonight, February 13th. Guest director, Timothy Storey, and two casts and crews of 98 people (age 7 to 65) are excited to bring the lovable, outgoing, and spunky personality of Anne Shirley and her community to life.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Artistic Director Ken Gass' new Canadian Rep Theatre (CRT) has given us a theatrical bouquet of eloquence, elegance and excellence in a story of the marriage of true minds with impediments.

Anne of Green Gables is preparing to open on the DreamWrights' stage on February 13th. Guest director, Timothy Storey, and two casts and crews of 98 people (age 7 to 65) are excited to bring the lovable, outgoing, and spunky personality of Anne Shirley and her community to life.

Tickets are on sale now for Canadian Rep Theatre's presentation of the Toronto premiere of Florence Gibson MacDonald's How Do I Love Thee?, at the Berkeley Street Upstairs Theatre, from January 31 - February 22, 2015.