Based on the film 8 1/2 by Federico Fellini
A famous Italian movie director has lost his momentum and attempts to recover it by vacationing (and working) at a Venetian spa.
Dmitri Shostakovich's The Nose has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on March 5 at 8:00 pm, conducted by Valery Gergiev, in a visually arresting new production by artist William Kentridge that features original collage, film, sculpture, and massive projections of the artist's drawings and prints. Making his Met debut, baritone Paulo Szot performs the role of Kovalyov in the story of the Russian official who wakes one morning to discover his nose has disappeared (and taken on a higher bureaucratic rank). Based on the short story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol, the opera is what Kentridge has called an exploration of "learning from the absurd." In this production, visuals include renderings of Soviet workers, snatches of newspaper, and projections of propaganda - as well as the missing appendage in adventures ranging from delivering a speech to riding a horse.
Musical sparks will be flying at the famed Iridium jazz club March 12-14 as Afro-Caribbean musical legend and nine time Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri joins renowned trumpeter (and Grammy Award winner) Brian Lynch for the the Eddie Palmieri/Brian Lynch Jazz Quartet.
For old-world cabaret, performers still swoon over the stately, romantic elegance of the Oak Room at the Algonquin, but this sleek, two-year-old spot is threatening to encroach on the turf of such established institutions.
Today, Friday, February 19, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops announced details of the orchestra's 125th anniversary season, May 4-June 20, 2010, outlining programs that celebrate the orchestra's rich tradition of performing the great music of this country's past and present, for which the Boston Pops is so well known.
The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, nationally known for its interpretation of Stephen Sondheim musicals, celebrates its 20th anniversary season by presenting Sondheim's most popular musical SWEENEY TODD, directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The new production runs in the 276-seat MAX Theater, February 9 through April 4, 2010.
Maureen McGovern and Rita Moreno have been set for the upcoming benefit concert ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE 2 at the Marines Memorial Theatre in San Francisco. The concert takes place February 8th at 7:30pm. The concert will benefit STOP AIDS Project and Aguilas and is directed by David Galligan.
Acclaimed soprano Nina Stemme returns to the Met for the first time in nine years, adding the demanding title role of Ariadne auf Naxos to her company repertoire.
REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) presents the Los Angeles premiere of Grupo de Rua's H3 , the latest work by choreographer Bruno Beltrão and his nine-member, all-male movement powerhouse. As part of Grupo de Rua's debut U.S. tour, H3 opens its limited engagement at REDCAT on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 and runs through Saturday, January 23, 2010. Curtain for all performances is 8:30 pm.
The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, nationally known for its interpretation of Stephen Sondheim musicals, celebrates its 20th anniversary season by presenting Sondheim's most popular musical SWEENEY TODD, directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The new production runs in the 276-seat MAX Theater, February 9 through April 4, 2010.
The New York Times has confirmed that THE ORPHAN'S HOME CYCLE will aim for a fall 2010 Broadway opening, as opposed to rushing the show in this spring, as we previously speculated. While the show had the opportunity to transfer from its current home Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre into the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway for a spring opening, the producers and director Michael Wilson have opted to take the extra time to better prepare the show for the move.
2nd Annual Company of Heaven Jazz Festival: Jan. 8-10, Fri Jan 08
Maureen McGovern and Rita Moreno have been set for the upcoming benefit concert ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE 2 at the Marines Memorial Theatre in San Francisco. The concert takes place February 8th at 7:30pm. The concert will benefit STOP AIDS Project and Aguilas and is directed by David Galligan.
REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) presents the Los Angeles premiere of Grupo de Rua's H3 , the latest work by choreographer Bruno Beltrão and his nine-member, all-male movement powerhouse. As part of Grupo de Rua's debut U.S. tour, H3 opens its limited engagement at REDCAT on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 and runs through Saturday, January 23, 2010. Curtain for all performances is 8:30 pm.
Maureen McGovern and Rita Moreno have been set for the upcoming benefit concert ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE 2 at the Marines Memorial Theatre in San Francisco. The concert takes place February 8th at 7:30pm. The concert will benefit STOP AIDS Project and Aguilas and is directed by David Galligan.
The Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre continues the celebration of its 20th anniversary season with a series of cabaret evenings November 17 - 22 spotlighting the exciting Helen Hayes Award-winning actress/singer Natascia Diaz and the acclaimed Scottish singer Euan Morton, whose performances have been called 'sensational' by The New York Times.
The Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre continues the celebration of its 20th anniversary season with a series of cabaret evenings November 17 - 22 spotlighting the exciting Helen Hayes Award-winning actress/singer Natascia Diaz and the acclaimed Scottish singer Euan Morton, whose performances have been called 'sensational' by The New York Times.
The Guthrie today announced that it will partner with the Minnesota Consortium of Theological Schools to offer 'Reflections by Theologians and Physicians,' two panel discussions following the November 10 and 17 performances of Brian Friel's Faith Healer on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.
A Noise Within (ANW) pokes a bit of fun at its own name with some theatrical humor when it stages the joyfully out-of control British farce NOISES OFF by MICHAEL FRAYN, opening Saturday, November 14 and closing Sunday, December 20, 2009 (previews begin November 7).
Horton Foote's THE ORPHAN HOME CYCLE, currently playing at the Signature Theatre, is featured in the current issue of Christian Science Monitor. The article is titled 'Horton Foote: The playwright's 'Odyssey' for modern times' and is written by Gregory M. Lamb.
The Guthrie today announced that it will partner with the Minnesota Consortium of Theological Schools to offer 'Reflections by Theologians and Physicians,' two panel discussions following the November 10 and 17 performances of Brian Friel's Faith Healer on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.
The Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre continues the celebration of its 20th anniversary season with a series of cabaret evenings November 17 - 22 spotlighting the exciting Helen Hayes Award-winning actress/singer Natascia Diaz and the acclaimed Scottish singer Euan Morton, whose performances have been called 'sensational' by The New York Times.
A Noise Within (ANW) pokes a bit of fun at its own name with some theatrical humor when it stages the joyfully out-of control British farce NOISES OFF by MICHAEL FRAYN, opening Saturday, November 14 and closing Sunday, December 20, 2009 (previews begin November 7).
Porchlight Music Theatre, Chicago's musical theatre leader, celebrates the company's 15th Anniversary with an updated version of one of the most popular hits in the company's history, Macabaret.
Porchlight Music Theatre, Chicago's musical theatre leader, celebrates the company's 15th Anniversary with an updated version of one of the most popular hits in the company's history, Macabaret.
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