The acclaimed Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo will celebrate the world premier of Cuban legend Leo Brouwer's The Book of Imaginary Beings, written for and dedicate to the Duo, at New Jersey's Raritan River Music Festival on Saturday, May 25. The 16 minute, four movement composition was inspired by a compendium of mythological beings created by Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges.
Periapsis Music and Dance presents ORACLE A program of dance/music collaborations.
Gingold Theatrical Group continues the 14th Season of Project Shaw, Art as Activism: A Theatrical Survival Guide, a special series of evenings of plays that embrace human rights and free speech. All of GTG's programming, inspired by the works of George Bernard Shaw, are designed to provoke peaceful discussion and activism.
GRAMMY Award-winning pianist/composer Arturo O'Farrill and Kabir Sehgal host 'An Evening of Fandango & Afro Latin Jazz' the weekend of Cinco de Mayo to feature compositions from O'Farrill's prolific new album Fandango at the Wall at Symphony Space on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4, 2019. Inspired by the Fandango Fronterizo Festival, O'Farrill and the 18-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra recorded Fandango at the Wall with more than 60 musicians on the U.S.-Mexico border and in studio in New York City. At Symphony Space, O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra perform with special guest artists appearing on Fandango at the Wall, including violin virtuosos The Villalobos Brothers; Iraqi-American oud master Rahim AlHaj and his trio; Iranian tar virtuoso Sahba Motallebi; and a selection of son jarocho greats from Veracruz: Patricio Hidalgo, Ramon Gutierrez Hernandez, Fernando Guadarrama, Tacho Utrera, Wendy Romero, and Jorge Francisco Castillo (organizer of the Fandango Fronterizo Festival).
The Riverbank Theatre is welcoming Amy Petty and Jen Sygit for a special one only event this Saturday, April 27th in Marine City. Live Music with Singer-Songwriters Amy Petty and Jen Sygit with be an evening of acoustical guitar and vocals with two accomplished artist's that Michigan audiences are sure to enjoy. Petty's sound and songwriting skills are compelling, complex and original soundscapes weave a lush tapestry of folk, pop, rock, and blues. Sygit is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with her latest record being labeled as sometimes traditional, sometimes contemporary, yet always raw and honest. BroadwayWorld Detroit had a chance to speak with both Amy and Jen while they are getting ready for their performance. Read below to hear what they had to say about music, being Michigan artists, and what to expect at their concert!
Tap dance workshops, performances and special events herald the return of the American Tap Dance Foundation's Tap City, the NYC Tap Festival, the week long tap dance festival celebrating its 19th year in tap's hometown, New York City. The 2019 festival week, Saturday, July 6 through Friday July 12, will feature Tap Treasures, a walking tour of the Broadway Theater District and Radio City Music Hall; Tap Ellington, a tribute to the jazz legend and his contribution to the art of tap dance; Rhythm in Motion, a boundary breaking take on tap by NYC's finest tappers & choreographers; the ATDF Tap Dance Awards and a Tap City cruise around Manhattan with a live band and tap jam performances. *Full lineup below.
The Jewish Museum will present Israeli-American pianist Daniel Gortler and Brazilian violinist Daniel Guedes performing the music of Ludwig van Beethoven, Edward Grieg, and contemporary Brazilian composer Mozart Camargo Guarnieri on Thursday, May 16 at 8 pm. This is Mr. Gortler's fifth appearance at the Jewish Museum, and Mr. Guedes's first.
Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya), celebrates Cinco de Mayo with a trio of incredible performances from the quintessiental Mexican folk dance company Ballet Folklorico Universidad de Colima (May 3), East-LA's Las Cafeteras (May 4) and the bi-lingual, family singer/songwriter Sonia de Los Santos (May 5).
Symphony Space's fourth annual PROJECT BROADWAY begins tonight featuring a week of programs from April 22 - April 29. The series this year honors the women who have written, performed in, and inspired some of the great works of the American musical.
BroadwayWorld is giving you the chance to win tickets to six different concerts from Symphony Space's Project Broadway series! Be sure to enter for the chance to see this celebration of the women of Broadway - from hyper-talented lyricists and composers, to incredible performers, to iconic female characters revered and reinterpreted. Check out the links below to enter!
Composers Concordance presents its 8th Annual CompCord Festival. This year's festival theme is 'Animals'. Five concerts, each with compositions focusing on unique musical stories about the animal kingdom, will include multiple world premieres.
Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books - home of Cool People, Dope Books and Great Coffee - celebrates GLORY: A Life Among Legends,the new memoir by renowned dancer, educator, producer and author Dr. Glory Van Scott,with a special reading and book discussion on Wednesday, April 17, 7:00 pm, at 5445 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. The event is free and open to the public.
Pole dancing as a mainstream athletic art form and sport continues to rise to new heights with the US Pole Dance Federation (USPDF) hosting its 2019 championship in New York City, today, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, at Symphony Space's Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street.
RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran has announced his ambition for a new collaborative cross-cast ensemble, to play three Shakespeare productions in a newly reconfigured Royal Shakespeare Theatre this summer.
Following successful sold-out runs at the Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, PA), the August Wilson Center (Pittsburgh, PA) and the Landis Theatre (Vineland, NJ) today, the Philadelphia-based Lawrence Theatre Company (LTC,) in association with Thoroughbred Entertainment and Jersey Style Films, LLC, announced the New York debut of Derrell Lawrence's THE FUNERAL.
PERIAPSIS MUSIC AND DANCE presents four innovative dance/music collaborations, including three world premieres, by resident choreographers Erin Dillon and Hannah Weber, and guest choreographers Norbert De La Cruz III and Annalee Traylor, created to original music compositions by artistic director Jonathan Howard Katz, and guest composers Hilary Purrington and Harry Stafylakis, May 10 & 11 at Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts at LIU Brooklyn.
The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble's (LCCE) 2018-2019 season culminates with Dorothea and Artemisia, a program featuring the world premieres of two original chamber operas, each inspired by the contributions of an extraordinary woman artist. The concert includes From the Field, a micro-opera by Christopher Stark illuminating the work of Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange, and Artemisia, a dramatic operatic work by Laura Schwendinger based on the life of 17th century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi. The performances will be presented at Z Space, located at 450 Florida Street, San Francisco, on Saturday, June 1 at 7:30pm, and Sunday June 2, at 2pm.
New York Mandarin Musical Club presents a special musical, Mandarin version Man of La Mancha, which will be on stage on May 18 and 19 at 7:30pm at Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space.
Over 40 young dancers, with guest medalists from last month's Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition, will appear in Kozlova's annual Spring Gala, Saturday April 20, 7 PM, performing excerpts from classical ballets as well as original contemporary works created especially for them.
The Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival is the premier American showcase for vocal harmony music. The annual national competition draws from hundreds of vocal groups from around the country with regional competitions in eight cities, including New York City. The winning group from each festival is flown to perform in front of celebrity judges and a sold out house of enthusiastic a cappella fans at the National Finals. http://harmony-sweepstakes.com/newyork/
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