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THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING Comes To The Court Theater 1/14-2/14/2010

Court Theatre continues its 55th season with the Chicago Premiere of The Year of Magical Thinking written by Joan Didion and directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell. The production will run January 14 - February 14, 2010 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. Press opening is Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 8:00 PM.

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING Comes To The Court Theater 1/14-2/14/2010

Court Theatre continues its 55th season with the Chicago Premiere of The Year of Magical Thinking written by Joan Didion and directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell. The production will run January 14 - February 14, 2010 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. Press opening is Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 8:00 PM.

Met Opera's New Production of Bizet's CARMEN Opens New Years Eve

A new production of Bizet's Carmen, directed by Richard Eyre and starring El?na Garan?a in the title role and Roberto Alagna as Don José, premieres at a New Year's Eve gala performance. Garan?a makes her Met role debut as the gypsy femme fatale, reuniting with Alagna following their recent success in these parts at London's Royal Opera, Covent Garden.

Met Opera's New Production of Bizet's CARMEN Opens New Years Eve

A new production of Bizet's Carmen, directed by Richard Eyre and starring El?na Garan?a in the title role and Roberto Alagna as Don José, premieres at a New Year's Eve gala performance. Garan?a makes her Met role debut as the gypsy femme fatale, reuniting with Alagna following their recent success in these parts at London's Royal Opera, Covent Garden.

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING Comes To The Court Theater 1/14-2/14/2010

Court Theatre continues its 55th season with the Chicago Premiere of The Year of Magical Thinking written by Joan Didion and directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell. The production will run January 14 - February 14, 2010 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. Press opening is Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 8:00 PM.

'Too Hot To Handel' Jazz Gospel Returns to Auditorium Theatre, 1/16 & 1/17

Brett Batterson, executive director of the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (ATRU), is pleased to announce that the beloved 'Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah' will return to Chicago's National Historic Landmark Auditorium Theatre for a special tribute to the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For two performances only, Saturday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m., ATRU will be filled with the joyous sounds and exuberance of this jazz and gospel, All-American reinvention of Handel's 'Messiah.' Single tickets are now on sale and prices start at just $30.

New York Philharmonic Announces Details of National Weekly Radio Broadcasts for January 2010

In January 2010, The New York Philharmonic This Week - the two-hour, national, weekly radio program of concerts by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by Emmy Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin - begins with a Summertime Classics program from July 3-4, 2009, with conductor Bramwell Tovey: Gershwin's Strike Up the Band, Variations on "I Got Rhythm," and Rhapsody in Blue with Marc-Andre Hamelin as soloist; Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite; and Sousa's Hands Across the Sea March and Washington Post March. The following week, Music Director Alan Gilbert leads the Orchestra in Webern's Im Sommerwind, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, with Leif Ove Andsnes as soloist, Webern's Symphony, Op. 21, and Schumann's Symphony No. 2. The third January broadcast, also conducted by Mr. Gilbert, features Yefim Bronfman as soloist in Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, with Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 concluding the program. In the final January broadcast, Mr. Gilbert conducts Haydn's Symphony No. 49, La passione; John Adams's The Wound-Dresser, with baritone Thomas Hampson, the Orchestra's Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence; Schubert's Symphony in B minor, Unfinished; and Berg's Three Orchestral Pieces.

The Joyce Theater Welcomes Back Lucinda Childs' Dance In DANCE 10/6-11

The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.

The Joyce Theater Welcomes Back Lucinda Childs' Dance In DANCE 10/6-11

The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.

The Joyce Theater Welcomes Back Lucinda Childs' Dance In DANCE 10/6-11

The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.

The Joyce Theater Welcomes Back Lucinda Childs' Dance In DANCE 10/6-11

The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.

Nathan Gunn Will Star In L.A. Opera's THE ELIXIR OF LOVE, Performs 9/12 - 9/30

Operatic comedy at its most appealing opens the 2009/10 L.A. Opera season. A magic love potion and destiny decide the fate of a love triangle involving a small-town bumpkin, a dashing sergeant and the bewitching town flirt in one of opera's most popular comedies. Filled with light-hearted charm and bursting with feel-good laughs, Gaetano Donizetti's The Elixir of Love features effervescent Italian melodies and plenty of bel canto vocal fireworks.

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