Donna Tartt's THE GOLDFINCH held on to No. 1 on the New York Times' fiction list for the week ending February 16, 2014. THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd stayed strong in the second slot, while STILL LIFE WITH BREAD CRUMBS by Anna Quindlen appeared this week at No. 3.
Globally-renowned recording and performing artist, Morrissey will bring his U.S. Tour to Hershey Theatre on Thursday, June 19 at 8:00 p.m. Special guest for the evening will be songwriter and keyboardist, Kristeen Young.
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts continues the 2013-14 Composer Portraits series with Unsuk Chin featuring Ensemble Signal: Brad Lubman, conductor, Rachel Calloway,mezzo-soprano, Oliver Hagen, piano, Bill Solomon, percussion, and Ning Yu, piano. The show is Thursday, March 13, 2014, 8:00 p.m. at the Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street) and Tickets are $20-$30 and for Students with valid ID they are $12-$18.
Ghostlight Records has announced the release of the Original Cast Recording of the new Broadway hit Beautiful - The Carole King Musical. The album, produced by Jason Howland and Steve Sidwell, with Kurt Deutsch serving as Executive Producer, will be recorded on Monday, February 17th and will be available for purchase digitally and in stores this spring. Like the musical, the cast record of Beautiful will feature a stunning array of beloved songs written by Gerry Goffin/Carole King and Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil, including 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow,' 'One Fine Day,' (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman,' 'On Broadway,' 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling,' and many more.
Disney's mega animated hit Frozen was also among the night's big winners, winning the four awards for an animated feature, including outstanding VFX, animated character, created environment, and FX and simulation animation.
Sold out audiences have filled Coronado Playhouse since CHICAGO'S opening last month. The show has now been extended for one more week with performances continuing until Sunday March 2, 2014.
Lehmann Maupin will present Synthesa, an exhibition of new works by Erwin Wurm, on view February 28 through April 19, 2014 at the gallery's 540 West 26th Street location. The artist will be present for an opening reception on Friday, February 28 from 6 to 8 PM.
Runway model Sandra Bush dreamed of becoming the first African-American supermodel, only to struggle with addiction and despair. But she later achieved celebrity as Mama Bush, the model for some of the best-known and widely admired paintings by her daughter, acclaimed artist Mickalene Thomas.
Greg Peterson makes his cabaret debut as a composer/lyricist with 'Songs in the Key of Me.'
In CAKE, Aniston will play 'a woman who becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group.'
Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson's LONE SURVIVOR climbed to the top of the non-fiction list this week, with Robert M. Gates' DUTY in second, and Solomon Northup's TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE in third.
The Possum Point Players are seeking directors for their 2015 season. Interested directors should obtain director's applications from Jim Hartzell at jlhart8@mchsi.com, or (302) 856-6166-H or (302) 381-4898. Director's will be chosen for the following shows and approximate time frames for 2015:
A Contemporary Theatre single tickets go on sale to the public for all 2014 Mainstage shows February 12, 2014. ACT is offering 50% off of adult price tickets for previews of Bethany one-week only February 12-18.
The George Jean Nathan Award Committee has chosen theater critic Scott Brown as the recipient of the 2012-13 prize for the year's best work in dramatic criticism.
David Zwirner is pleased to present a new installation by American artist Doug Wheeler (b. 1939) at our 537 West 20th Street location. This will be the gallery's second solo exhibition of the artist's work. Known for the seminal light environments that he developed in the 1960s and 70s, Wheeler will present a new type of installation that he calls “a rotational horizon work,” which will occupy the ground floor gallery. Connected visually and conceptually to his previous works, this immersive environment will emphasize the viewer's physical experience of space, focusing attention on the way light almost imperceptibly changes along the horizon as the earth turns.
BIO.com® announces the kick-off of Black History Month with over 25 original short form videos set around key events, locations and biographies of the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama.
In an amazing re-imagination of King David's time and place, Lynny Harris provides modern readers with a new, proto-feminist heroine in Bathsheba, David's wife through adultery, who gave King Solomon birth and is the narrator of Harris' new novel 'Midbar III.' Focusing on the psychological dimensions of a forbidden love which was consummated in marriage after treachery, Harris' work has depth, originality and rarity - it creates several new dimensions to this famous story of Biblical history.
Natalie Weiss will be in Houston teaching workshops for young aspiring singers, and performing in a special two-night concert at The Music Box Theater!
The story of Lilith, the bawdy alternate Jewish story of creation, will be presented as a magical folk opera entitled Lilith, the Night Demon in One Lewd Act by the renowned instrumentalists Veretski Pass (Stuart Brotman, Joshua Horowitz and Cookie Segelstein) in collaboration with the San Francisco Choral Artists. Performances will be given at the Osher Marin JCC on May 1, at the JCC of the East Bay in Berkeley on May 3, and at Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center on May 4. Following each performance of the opera will be a traditional 'klezmer dance party' with the music for which Veretski Pass is known. In addition, Joshua Horowitz and Veretski Pass will give a lecture demonstration on Thursday, February 20 at the Jewish Community Library in San Francisco.
Wasatch Theatrical Ventures will present one of the great American plays of the 20th century, INHERIT THE WIND, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, directed by the award-winning Kiff Scholl, produced by Racquel Lehrman/Theatre Planners. In a small town courtroom and with the eyes of the nation upon them, two legal giants face off over a teacher's right to teach evolution to a high school class in this critically acclaimed drama based on the Scopes Monkey Trial. As rousing and relevant today as it was when it debuted in 1955, INHERIT THE WIND is an edge-of-your-seat riveting look at the age-old conflict between science and religion. The play opens Friday, February 8th and runs through March 16th at the Grove Theatre Center in Burbank, CA.
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