Symphony Space News

Musiqa, winner of the 2013 Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, presents a free loft concert, Pretty/Dirty, at the Contemporary Arts Museum on May 7 at 7:30 PM. The

'Midsummer Night's Dreaming' is Brooklyn-based DreamStreet Theatre Company's contemporary(ish) twist on William Shakespeare's tale of runaway brides, funky fairies and tinkers with talent.

The New York Arts and Sciences Salon has announced pianist Michael Fennelly, Soprano Megan Weston and Tenor Ian McUen will join composer Patrick Soluri in concert tonight, April 30.

The YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus is bringing their message of peace to the US, performing in five US cities in June. The choir, an ensemble of high school students from East and West Jerusalem, includes both Palestinian and Israeli singers, who through music and dialogue, are able to see beyond their differences and conflicts and work together for peace in their community and beyond.

The New York Arts and Sciences Salon has announced pianist Michael Fennelly, Soprano Megan Weston and Tenor Ian McUen will join composer Patrick Soluri in concert this Thursday April 30.  The concert, which takes place at the newly renovated Beethoven Piano Concert Space, showcases the composer's love of storytelling through music in works of opera, ballet and film/television scoring.  Concert highlights will include an aria from Mr. Soluri's dramatic one-act opera EMBEDDED, which Fort Worth Opera has just announced to be part of their 2016 season,  and his 10 minute comic opera FIGARO & THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE.

Abrons Arts Center and 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr. & Perf. Co. are pleased to present the world premiere of Sibyl Kempson's Let Us Now Praise Susan Sontag (tonight, April 28-May 17), a musical meditation on the slippery nature of the photographic image.

A dance legend talks AN AMERICAN IN PARIS with its director/choreographer!

Come to an exclusive Barry's Bootcamp class with celebrity trainer Courtney Paul at Barry's Bootcamp Noho today, April 25 from 4:30pm - 5:30pm to benefit ALL LOVE IS DIVINE, a project for LGBT youth. For just $75, you can break a sweat with the best workout in the world and make a difference for LGBT youth. Attendees will also receive a free gift courtesy of luxury skin care line Malin + Goetz.

A dance legend talks AN AMERICAN IN PARIS with its director/choreographer!

KAREN WYMAN - the celebrated pop/jazz vocalist currently celebrating a renaissance since her days performing on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' and 'The Dean Martin Show' - will debut at Iridium Jazz Club on Tuesday, May 26 at 8:30 PM and 10:30 PM. Her most recent New York engagement was named a 'Critic's Pick' by Time Out New York and called 'a compelling concert and a totally-inspiring comeback performance' by BroadwayWorld.com. The evening of music at the Iridium will feature timeless pop standards by Cole Porter, Jule Styne and Harold Arlen, in addition to 1960's classics from The Beatles and Burt Bacharach, her Billboard-charting hit 'Why Can't I Walk Away?' and songs from emerging New York composers. Music director John Oddo (Rosemary Clooney, Michael Feinstein, Debby Boone) will lead an all-star trio.

Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons will hold its annual Spring Gala on Monday evening, May 4 at the event space 583 Park Avenue.

The World Music Institute concludes the 2014-15 edition of its intimate Global Salon series with Nordic Fiddlers Bloc tonight, April 22, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Thalia Theater at Symphony Space.

The Shadow Box Theatre is staging Sandra Robbins' critically acclaimed dance puppet musical The Earth & Me on Earth Day, today, April 22.

St Urban, an intimate and innovative chamber music series, will premiere the second in its series of commissioned works on May 9th at 7:30pm at SubCulture. This year's concert features "Songs for Days To Come," a piece composed by Kinan Azmeh and set to texts by Syrian poets living in exile.

Casting is now complete for Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW production of his 1912 one act comedyOverruled, on Monday, May 18 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at 95th St.).

Come to an exclusive Barry's Bootcamp class with celebrity trainer Courtney Paul at Barry's Bootcamp Noho on Saturday, April 25 from 4:30pm - 5:30pm to benefit ALL LOVE IS DIVINE, a project for LGBT youth. For just $75, you can break a sweat with the best workout in the world and make a difference for LGBT youth. Attendees will also receive a free gift courtesy of luxury skin care line Malin + Goetz.

The Shadow Box Theatre is staging Sandra Robbins' critically acclaimed dance puppet musical The Earth & Me on Earth Day, April 22.

Thommie Retter, (Billy Elliot) and Retter Entertainment provide unique opportunities for aspiring young performers through This Way To Broadway, a series of workshops culminating in showcase opportunities, including singing, acting, and dancing. The coming event, Almost There, will take place at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space located at 2537 Broadway.

59E59 Theaters will welcome Peter and Will Anderson with THE JOY OF SAX, featuring Pat Bianchi on the Hammond B-3 Organ. Produced by Reardon-Anderson Music, LLC., THE JOY OF SAX begins performances on Tuesday, April 28 for a limited engagement through Thursday, May 7. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7 PM; Friday at 8 PM; Saturday at 5 PM & 8 PM; Sunday at 3 PM. Single tickets are $45 ($31.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at ?(212) 279-4200 or visit www.59e59.org.

Celebrate Earth Day 2015 all of April with The Earth & Me, a flowing tapestry of song, dance, puppetry and music where children learn how to help protect the Earth's delicate balance through harmony, tolerance and peace.