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Bernard Haitink Conducts Two Programs With NY Phil to Celebrate 60th Conducting Season & 85th Birthday, Now thru 5/17
by BWW News Desk - May 8, 2014


Bernard Haitink will return to the New York Philharmonic to conduct two weeks of performances highlighting works by Austrian composers - Berg, Webern, and Mahler - and Beethoven, who spent much of his career in Austria. In the first program, Mr. Haitink will conduct Webern's Im Sommerwind, Berg's Violin Concerto with Leonidas Kavakos, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica, tonight, May 8, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, May 9 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, May 10 at 8:00 p.m. Bernard Haitink's appearances are part of an international, season-wide celebration of the 60th anniversary of his conducting debut with the Netherlands Radio Union Orchestra (now the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra) and his 85th birthday.

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Blu-ray Collection Out Today on Amazon
by BWW News Desk - May 6, 2014


Songwriting team Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II brought melodies and words to life in some of the most iconic movie musicals of the 20th Century, and now Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment plans to bring that magic home with The Rodgers & Hammerstein Blu-ray Collection today, May 6.

THE THREEPENNY OPERA, FIGARO & More Set for A Noise Within's 2014-15 Season
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 16, 2014


A Noise Within, led by Producing Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott, announces its 23rd season of classic theater in Southern California. Informed by the climate of social and economic upheaval in which we live, the season's theme-reflected in a kaleidoscopic palette of plays-is REVOLUTION.

Photo Coverage: Inside Project Shaw's THE PORTRAIT OF MR. W. H. Reading
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Apr 15, 2014


Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director David Staller, presents Oscar Wilde's short mystery, The Portrait of Mr. W. H., on Monday, April 14 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at 95th St.). Adapted and directed by David Staller, The Portrait of Mr. W. H. features Tony nominee Daniel Davis (Sir George Erskine), Wesley Taylor (Mr. Cyril Graham), Josh Grisetti (Basil), and Bill Kux (Shakespeare). The evening will also feature a musical interlude by Tony winner George S. Irving. Stepping away from Shaw for the first time, Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presents an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's notorious short story that offers a theory about whom Shakespeare might truly have written his infamous Sonnets about. In Wilde's hands, the inspiration for the world's most famous poems is a beautiful young actor in Shakespeare's company. In attempting to prove this theory, a pair of men face their most secret fears and even death. Shaw and Wilde were friends, often inspiring each other with their work. In Wilde's most turbulent year, 1895 -the year of both The Importance of Being Ernest and his subsequent trial, Shaw helped finance Wilde's legal defense, and later was one of the only journalists determined to keep Wilde's name as a major artist in the press. Project Shaw events for 2014 include Heartbreak House (May 12), Getting Married (June 23), A 'Super Shaw' Evening (July 28), Village Wooing (September 29), An Ibsen Evening (October 27), The Millionairess (November 24) Major Barbara (December 22).

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Blu-ray Collection Out 5/6 on Amazon
by BWW News Desk - Apr 10, 2014


Songwriting team Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II brought melodies and words to life in some of the most iconic movie musicals of the 20th Century, and now Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment plans to bring that magic home with The Rodgers & Hammerstein Blu-ray Collection on May 6. This Amazon-exclusive collection will feature six of the 15-time Academy Award- winning movie musicals by the Oscar- Tony- Pulitzer- Grammy- Emmy-Award-winning team of Rodgers & Hammerstein, including Best Picture winner The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, The King and I, South Pacific, State Fair and Carousel.

Bernard Haitink to Conduct Two Programs With NY Phil to Celebrate 60th Conducting Season & 85th Birthday, 5/8-17
by Diana Heisroth - Apr 7, 2014


Bernard Haitink will return to the New York Philharmonic to conduct two weeks of performances highlighting works by Austrian composers - Berg, Webern, and Mahler - and Beethoven, who spent much of his career in Austria. In the first program, Mr. Haitink will conduct Webern's Im Sommerwind, Berg's Violin Concerto with Leonidas Kavakos, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica, on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, May 9 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, May 10 at 8:00 p.m. Bernard Haitink's appearances are part of an international, season-wide celebration of the 60th anniversary of his conducting debut with the Netherlands Radio Union Orchestra (now the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra) and his 85th birthday.

Christopher Ravenscroft Leads THE NOTORIOUS MRS EBBSMITH at Jermyn Street Theatre, Now thru May 3
by BWW News Desk - Apr 8, 2014


Best known for his recurring role as DI Mike Burden in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, accomplished stage, TV and film actor Christopher Ravenscroft teams up with Rhiannon Sommers, acclaimed for her portrayal of Mary Shelley in Bloody Poetry at Jermyn Street Theatre in 2012, for the first ever revival of Arthur Wing Pinero's The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith.

Wesley Taylor, Daniel Davis & Josh Grisetti to Lead Project Shaw's THE PORTRAIT OF MR. W. H., 4/14
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 12, 2014


Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director David Staller, presents Oscar Wilde's short mystery, The Portrait of Mr. W. H., on Monday, April 14 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at 95th St.).

Christopher Ravenscroft to Lead THE NOTORIOUS MRS EBBSMITH at Jermyn Street Theatre, April 8-May 3
by BWW News Desk - Mar 10, 2014


Best known for his recurring role as DI Mike Burden in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, accomplished stage, TV and film actor Christopher Ravenscroft teams up with Rhiannon Sommers, acclaimed for her portrayal of Mary Shelley in Bloody Poetry at Jermyn Street Theatre in 2012, for the first ever revival of Arthur Wing Pinero's The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith.

Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 1/11-1/12/2014
by - Jan 12, 2014


Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, January 12, 2014 - Sunday, January 12, 2014.

The Players Club of Swarthmore Stages ARMS AND THE MAN, Now thru 1/25
by BWW News Desk - Jan 10, 2014


To chase those post holiday blues, The Players Club of Swarthmore will offer the classic comedy Arms & The Man on their Mainstage from today, January 10th thru January 25th, 2014.

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 1/12- THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 12, 2014


Today in 1939, The Importance of Being Earnest opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre, where it ran for 61 performances. Written by Oscar Wilde, the show was first performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.

'The Royal Ballet Series 2014 Cinema Season' Returns With Three Classic Ballets, 1/27
by BWW News Desk - Jan 7, 2014


Fathom Events, Arts Alliance Media and Mr Wolf extend the splendor of Great Britain's world-renowned Royal Ballet to select U.S. movie theaters with the continuation of “The Royal Ballet 2014 Cinema Season.” With a new production of special one-night performances brought to the big screen monthly through March, this series of popular storybook and classic ballets will begin with the romantic “Giselle” on Monday, Jan. 27; followed by the legendary “Swan Lake” on Thursday, Feb. 20; and the classic tale “The Sleeping Beauty” on Thursday, March 20. The renowned Royal Ballet, based at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden, is led by Director Kevin O'Hare and features a wide-ranging repertory showcasing the great classical ballets as well as the new works choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton, Sir Kenneth MacMillan and the foremost choreographers of today. Previous ballets in the series included 2013's “Don Quixote,” “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” and “The Nutcracker” concluding the 2013 series on Dec. 17, 2013.

The Met Opens THE AMERICAN WEST IN BRONZE Exhibit Today
by BWW News Desk - Dec 18, 2013


Through some 65 bronze sculptures by 28 artists, the traveling exhibition The American West in Bronze, 1850-1925, opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 18, will explore the aesthetic and cultural impulses behind the creation of statuettes with American western themes so popular with audiences then and now.

The Players Club of Swarthmore to Stage ARMS AND THE MAN, 1/10-25
by BWW News Desk - Dec 16, 2013


To chase those post holiday blues, The Players Club of Swarthmore will offer the classic comedy Arms & The Man on their Mainstage from January 10th thru January 25th, 2014.

McCarter Theatre Center Receives Grant to Support New Work by Danai Gurira
by BWW News Desk - Dec 16, 2013


McCarter Theatre Center has announced a grant award of $30,000 from the Laurents-Hatcher Foundation to support the development of two new works by actress and playwright Danai Gurira, which will ultimately form a cycle in connection with her 2012 play The Convert.

Theatre Aspen School Presents The Importance of Being Earnest, December 19 - 22
by Robert Diamond - Dec 12, 2013


The Importance of Being Earnest is set for the Aspen District Theatre, from December 19-22, 2013.

New World School Of The Arts to Pat Tribute to Ernesto Lecuona with Two-Day Concert, 12/14-15
by Tyler Peterson - Dec 10, 2013


New World School Of The Arts Lends Tribute To Legendary Cuban Pianist And Composer Ernesto Lecuona with Two-Day Concert December 14 at 8:00 p.m. - December 15 at 3:00 p.m.

The Met to Open THE AMERICAN WEST IN BRONZE Exhibit, 12/18
by Rosie Hertzman - Dec 9, 2013


Through some 65 bronze sculptures by 28 artists, the traveling exhibition The American West in Bronze, 1850-1925, opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 18, will explore the aesthetic and cultural impulses behind the creation of statuettes with American western themes so popular with audiences then and now.

Yale School of Music Opens with YALE IN NEW YORK with THE LEGACY OF PAUL HINDEMIETH Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Nov 22, 2013


Yale School of Music opens the 2013-14 season of YALE IN NEW YORK with THE LEGACY OF PAUL HINDEMIETH tonight, November 22, 2013 at 7:30pmat Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Judy Kuhn & Douglas Sills to Lead Project Shaw's CANDIDA at Symphony Space, 11/25
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 30, 2013


Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Artistic Director, David Staller, presents George Bernard Shaw's 1895 comedy, Candida, on Monday, November 25 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at 95th St.).

Yale School of Music Opens with YALE IN NEW YORK with THE LEGACY OF PAUL HINDEMIETH, 11/22
by BWW News Desk - Oct 24, 2013


Yale School of Music opens the 2013-14 season of YALE IN NEW YORK with THE LEGACY OF PAUL HINDEMIETH on Friday, November 22, 2013 at 7:30pmat Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Photo Flash: CSO Opens Season with Mahler's RESURRECTION Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Oct 5, 2013


In Mahler's mighty 'Resurrection' symphony, he dramatically addresses life-and-death issues as only he could-'one is battered to the ground and then raised on angels' wings to the highest heights.' CSO Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni opens the 2013-14 season by leading the Columbus Symphony Chorus, featured guest vocalists Dominique Labelle (soprano) and Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, including an off-stage brass ensemble echoing the last judgement from another world. This will also be the official debut of Jean-Sebastien Roy as the CSO's new concertmaster.

A.R.T. & W.E.B. Du Bois Institute to Present ALL THE WAY: THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT FROM 1964 TO TODAY Panel, 9/23
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 16, 2013


The American Repertory Theater and the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research present A Panel Discussion in conjunction with the A.R.T. production of All The Way entitled All the Way: The Civil Rights Act from 1964 to Today, on Monday, September 23rd at 4:00 at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge. The panel is moderated by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute, and includes panelists Peter J. Fernandez, Peniel E. Joseph, Timothy Patrick McCarthy, and Patricia Sullivan. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended.

Hertz Partners With 'Discover The World Marketing' To Grow Outbound Car Rentals From Saudi, Bahrain
by Robert Diamond - Sep 16, 2013


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ The Hertz Corporation has appointed Discover the World Marketing as its new General Sales Agent (GSA) in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to grow outbound car rentals from the two Gulf countries to more than 8,800 Hertz locations in 150 countries.

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