Music can be an extraordinary expression of personal suffering, loneliness, loss, and ultimately triumph. The wild colors of Alexander Scriabin’s brilliant third piano sonata, the penetrating soulfulness of the folk songs of the great Armenian priest Komitas, and the symphonic scale of Richard Strauss’s chamber music make this the most wide-ranging concert of the summer festival. Chinese-American composer Wang Jie’s world premiere for Pierrot ensemble and narrator, Blame the Obituary, is simultaneously a whimsical, comical, and bleak musical picture of life during the trying last few years. Wang Jie’s husband and host of the radio show Performance Today, Fred Child, narrates with pathos and self-deprecating humor.
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Miracle on 34th Street, the Play
Lakewood Theatre Company (11/7 - 12/14) HOLIDAY SHOW
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Brown Face
Milagro MainStage (5/7 - 5/24) | |
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Edgar Meyer, Tessa Lark & Joshua Roman
Patricia Reser Center for the Arts (1/10 - 1/10) | |
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Pippin
Stumptown Stages (1/23 - 2/15) | |
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Christmas In Christmasville: A Christmas Play about Christmas Movies
Twilight Theater Company (12/4 - 12/21) | |
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Bee Bee's Cabaret Supper Club: Solstice Saturnalia
Hoku Events on Madison (12/21 - 12/21) | |
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As You Like It
Metropolitan Performing Arts (6/27 - 7/19) | |
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The Princess and The Goblin King
Metropolitan Performing Arts (3/14 - 3/14) | |
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