A lost postcard, the ghost of an opera diva and the siren call of the City. Erupting from the shadows of New York City Center, expect history and mystery in this world premiere production.
'I can't marry Ernest Hamilton. I love him! We wish to be free to keep together! In the old days when they had interests in common, marriage used to make man and woman one, but now, it puts them apart. Can't you see it all about you? No wonder one in eleven ends in divorce. The only way to avoid spiritual separation is to shun legal union like a disease. Modern marriage is divorce.'
Helen is talking to her much befuddled family in Jesse Lynch Williams' comedy 'Why Marry?,' the first play to receive a Pulitzer Prize. A Broadway hit in 1917, it toured the country for a year, but had not been produced again until East Lynne Theater Company included it in its 2006 Cape May production season. The show was so successful, that ELTC revived it the following summer.
On Friday, May 10 at 7:30p.m., 'Why Marry?' returns to a NYC stage for the first time since 1917 when ELTC presents a staged reading with most of the actors who were in the acclaimed 2007 production, at The Players Club, located at 16 Gramercy Park South (20th Street, East of Park Avenue).
The New York Philharmonic will present A Dancer's Dream: Two Works by Stravinsky, a multidisciplinary, theatrical reimagining of the ballets The Fairy's Kiss and Petrushka, created by Giants Are Small. Sara Mearns, New York City Ballet principal dancer, will star in the production, which will be conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert, directed and designed by Doug Fitch, choreographed by Karole Armitage, and produced by Edouard Getaz - Thursday, June 27, 2013, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, June 28 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, June 29 at 8:00 p.m.
The theatre programme for the Manchester International Festival 2013 has been announced. MIF13 commissions include: The Machine, The Old Woman, Macbeth, The Masque of Anarchy and The Rite of Spring.
Bringing together an outstanding, large cast with a world-class artistic team, Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd directs Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men. This epic production brings this captivating military courtroom drama to life. A Few Good Men runs tonight, March 1 through March 24, 2013, on the Hubbard Stage.
The Collegiate Chorale announces the New York Premieres of two works by major composers: Symphony No. 7 'Toltec' by Philip Glass and Oceana by Osvaldo Golijov, featuring international jazz vocalist Biella Da Costa and the American Symphony Orchestra tonight, February 27, 2013 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, NYC. The Collegiate Chorale's Music Director James Bagwell will conduct.
Bringing together an outstanding, large cast with a world-class artistic team, Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd directs Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men. This epic production brings this captivating military courtroom drama to life. A Few Good Men runs March 1 through March 24, 2013, on the Hubbard Stage.
Toomer Labzda presents Max Warsh's first solo show in New York. The exhibition title, BILDER-German for 'pictures'- speaks to Warsh's interest in the dialogue between framing and building images. It will beon view through February 24, 2013.
The Collegiate Chorale announces the New York Premieres of two works by major composers: Symphony No. 7 'Toltec' by Philip Glass and Oceana by Osvaldo Golijov, featuring international jazz vocalist Biella Da Costa and the American Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, NYC. The Collegiate Chorale's Music Director James Bagwell will conduct.
We speak with playwright Michael Mitnick on his talented career, Animal House, and his new premiere play at the Denver Center.
David Ball and the Pioneer Playboys are coming to the Spencer Theater in Alto, N.M. tonight, October 11 at 7 p.m.
David Ball and the Pioneer Playboys are coming to the Spencer Theater in Alto, N.M. on Thursday, October 11 at 7 p.m.
Santa Fe University of Art and Design creative writing and performing arts alumna Carol Carpenter ('96) will debut her latest play, 'Sweet, Sweet Spirit' at New Mexico State University (NMSU) from tonight, Sept. 28 - Oct. 14, where it is opening the fall season.
Andrea Zittel's exhibition 'Fluid Panel State' is now on view at the Andrea Rosen Gallery through October 27, 2012.
Santa Fe University of Art and Design creative writing and performing arts alumna Carol Carpenter ('96) will debut her latest play, 'Sweet, Sweet Spirit' at New Mexico State University (NMSU) from Sept. 28 - Oct. 14, where it is opening the fall season.
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has personally overseen a new 20th Anniversary Edition of the band's most popular album, 1992's double Platinum-certifiedCountdown to Extinction, to be released November 6th by Capitol/EMI. After wrapping up their 'TH1RT3EN World Tour' this fall, Megadeth will perform the acclaimed album in its entirety on their 'Countdown to Extinction Tour' this November and December (dates and pre-sale / on sale details below).
The Las Vegas Shakespeare Company (LVSC) today announced the kick off to its Capital campaign funding the renovation of the historic Reed Whipple Cultural Center. The 35,000 square foot center will be expanded to house a state of the art 499-seat theatre and rehearsal space as well as the Bard Lounge, Gallery OV - Opportunity Village Fine Art gallery and the return of Chef Mike Jordan to Las Vegas with Rosemary's Cafe, a re-imagined twist on their storied Las Vegas restaurant.
The Michigan AIDS Coalition (MAC) in partnership with DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS announces its third-annual DINING BY DESIGN DETROIT with two events that will bring together some of the most talented and celebrated individuals in the worlds of interior design, art, architecture and fashion Sept. 13 and 15 at Joe Dumars Fieldhouse in Detroit (1120 West State Fair Ave., Detroit, MI 48203). Special guest Madison Hildebrand from Bravo's hit reality series, "Million Dollar Listing," will attend the Sept. 15 event.
Iconic stage and screen actress Kathleen Turner returns to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater to star in Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, as the feisty, unforgettable political journalist. Written by twin-sister journalists Margaret Engel and Allison Engel and directed by David Esbjornson (Broadway's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? and Driving Miss Daisy), the D.C. premiere kicks off Arena Stage's 2012/13 season playing August 23 through October 28, 2012 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle.
The cast of DANCING WITH THE STARS: ALL STARS has just been announced. The show will premiere Monday, September 24, 8:00-10:00 p.m., ET/PT on the ABC Network. The All-Stars cast will feature Gilles Marini, Pamela Anderson, Kelly Monaco, Shawn Johnson, Melissa Rycroft, Joey Fatone, Helio Castroneves, Drew Lachey, Bristol Palin, Apolo Anton Ono, Kirstie Alley and Emmit Smith.
Seattle Women's Chorus (SWC) kicks off its 2012-2013 Season with their Fall concert, How Sweet the Sound (October 12-20, 2012) in a spectacular new venue, Saint Mark's Cathedral on Capitol Hill. SWC celebrates 10 years of big, bold, beautiful music and their 200+ voices will fill the Cathedral as they pay tribute to the choral tradition and create new rhythms and sounds.
Roulette today announced its 2012 Fall season which kicks off September 7 with Mary Halvorson Septet.
Since its first production, The Seven Deadly Elements, premiered at La MaMa E.T.C. in 1977, the Soho-based Creation Production Company has worked to generate innovative forms of theatre.
Stage West presents Red Hot Patriot: the Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, opening tonight, May 10 at Fort Worth's Stage West.
Howard County-based Chesapeake Shakespeare Company today announces the acquisition of the historic Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company building in downtown Baltimore, which will serve as its second home and establish a new cultural center for live performances of Shakespeare and other classics just two blocks from the city's celebrated Inner Harbor.
The large-scale spectacle and public art group Redmoon has announced that co-Artistic Director Jim Lasko has been named a 2013 recipient of the prestigious Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University. The Loeb Fellowship is annually awarded to ten individuals in the middle of promising careers shaping built and natural environments in the areas of architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, and occasionally artists, which attend Harvard for a one-year residency at the Graduate School of Design (GSD).
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