Set in an idyllic, but isolated old house overlooking an inlet, A Summer Day evokes the nostalgia of the end of an affair. Set simultaneously in two different times, the play captures love in the moment, as well as a distant memory. The poetic, haunting, and funny language manages to remind us of what we are truly longing.
The Bang on a Can All-Stars, New York's renowned electric chamber music ensemble, take the stage at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 9pm to perform the New York premieres of Louis Andriessen's Life with film by Marijke Van Warmerdam (postponed from a previous season due to the unpronounceable volcano in Iceland) and David Lang's sunray, plus Michael Gordon's for Madeline, Kate Moore's Ridgeway, three pieces commissioned by Bang on a Can from David Longstreth of the Dirty Projectors (Instructional Video, Matt Damon, Breakfast at J&M), and Lukas Ligeti's Glamour Girl.
American pianist Joel Fan joins Ravinia Festival's 2011-2012 Rising Stars series with a concert on Saturday, Nov. 19. Fan has embraced traditional literature as well as an eclectic range of repertoire, including new music commissioned especially for him, world music and his own transcriptions.
Broadway By The Bay, the Peninsula's premier musical theatre company, today announced its 2012 season, the second year of performances at its new home, the historic Fox Theatre in Redwood City. The season will feature three full-scale productions as well as the return of the hit Broadway By The Year® series. Season subscriptions (4 shows) range in price from $85 - $175 and are available now by calling 650-579-5565. Single tickets go on sale February 2012.
Over the 2011-2012 Season, Red Bull Theater will offer a series of inter-related Classical Acting Workshops with Master Teachers.
Tony Award-winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman delighted students as their special surprise guests during the Broadway Artists Alliance 2011 Summer Intensive Session One. Shaiman and Wittman lent their talents for a surprise Q&A with the students of Broadway Artists Alliance. Following the Q&A, they led a Song Interpretation master class.
Broadway Artists Alliance will present the first BAA Musical Theatre Intensive Day at Telsey + Company on October 16th, 2011.
The 'relentlessly inventive' (New York Magazine) new music institution Bang on a Can will celebrate its 25th anniversary season in 2011-2012 with performances around the world, featuring a broad selection of brand new musical adventures alongside a recommitment to acclaimed projects from past years.
2011 has already become a defining year in the history of civil rights movements, with the long-awaited legalization of same-sex marriage in New York State.
INFINITHÉÂTRE is proud to announce its 2011-12 season, which will be staged entirely at the Bain St-Michel (5300, rue St-Dominique). With the very reasonable 6-pack membership, cardholders have access to all three of the season productions for the unbelievably low cost of ten bucks a ticket (plus taxes). Without a doubt the best theatre deal in town!
Seventy six years after its movie release, Top Hat will receive its world stage premiere at the Milton Keynes Theatre on 16 August 2011 where it opens for the start of an initial 17 UK week tour prior to an anticipated West End transfer in spring 2012.
2011 has already become a defining year in the history of civil rights movements, with the long-awaited legalization of same-sex marriage in New York State.
Crown Center Schedule of Events set for August 2011- August 2012
Crown Center Schedule of Events set for August 2011- August 2012
The Harris Theater for Music and Dance today announced its full Harris Theater Presents 2011-2012 season, offering Chicago audiences a ground-breaking collection of innovative, culturally diverse programming by the world's finest musicians and dance companies, as well as Harris' signature collaborations with Chicago's leading dance and music institutions.
Randall's Island Sports Foundation (RISF), The Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Made Event announce FLOW, a two-part public art exhibition that will be on view during the summers of 2011 and 2012 along the shoreline at Randall's Island Park.
Crown Center announces their Schedule of Events for July 2011- August 2012
People's Light & Theatre launches its 2011-2012 Season with a selection of nine plays that promise to entertain, engage, and inspire audience members.
Philadelphia Theatre Company announces its 2011-2012 season highlighted by a Tony Award winner, a new play by a prominent local playwright, a Tony and Drama Desk nominated comedy and a multiple Tony Award nominated new musical by an award-winning team. The season features Red by John Logan, The Scottsboro Boys with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb and book by David Thompson, The Outgoing Tide by Bruce Graham, and reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute.
Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announced that the Alley Theatre's 65th Season beginning in September 2011 will include two world premieres, Elizabeth Egloff's epic play Ether Dome and Theresa Rebeck's black comedy What We're Up Against, (the latter in a rolling world premiere that includes theatres in San Francisco and Chicago), and the Outer Critics Circle Award-winning rock musical The Toxic Avenger by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan, winners of last year's Best Musical Tony Award for Memphis.
Seventy six years after its movie release, Top Hat will receive its world stage premiere at the Milton Keynes Theatre on 16 August 2011 where it opens for the start of an initial 17 UK week tour prior to an anticipated West End transfer in spring 2012.
Goodman Theatre adds the world premiere of Fish Men, Puerto Rican playwright Cándido Tirado's high stakes game of urban chess hustlers, to its upcoming 2011/2012 season line-up. Edward Torres makes his Goodman directorial debut with this second play in a new three-year producing partnership between the Goodman and Teatro Vista?Chicago's first and largest not-for-profit professional Latino theater company. The world premiere of Tanya Saracho's El Nogalar (through April 24) launched the partnership in which the theaters together develop new work by Latino writers. Tirado's multi-ethnic, multi-generational play runs April 7 ? May 6, 2012 (Opening Night is April 16). Still to be announced are two Goodman Theatre productions in the 2011/2012 season. Subscriptions to all eight plays (Albert and Owen Theaters) begin at $163, five-play Albert subscriptions start at $100 and three-play Owen subscriptions start at $63. Call 312.443.3800 or visit GoodmanTheatre.org/Subscribe.
Goodman Theatre adds the world premiere of Fish Men, Puerto Rican playwright Cándido Tirado's high stakes game of urban chess hustlers, to its upcoming 2011/2012 season line-up. Edward Torres makes his Goodman directorial debut with this second play in a new three-year producing partnership between the Goodman and Teatro Vista?Chicago's first and largest not-for-profit professional Latino theater company. The world premiere of Tanya Saracho's El Nogalar (through April 24) launched the partnership in which the theaters together develop new work by Latino writers. Tirado's multi-ethnic, multi-generational play runs April 7 ? May 6, 2012 (Opening Night is April 16). Still to be announced are two Goodman Theatre productions in the 2011/2012 season. Subscriptions to all eight plays (Albert and Owen Theaters) begin at $163, five-play Albert subscriptions start at $100 and three-play Owen subscriptions start at $63. Call 312.443.3800 or visit GoodmanTheatre.org/Subscribe.
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