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Review Roundup: Darko Tresnjak's SAMSON ET DALILA at The Met
by Alan Henry - Sep 25, 2018


BroadwayWorld has a first look at SAMON ET DALILA at The Met Opera! Check out photos of the Darko Tresnjak directed production below!

Photo Flash: Darko Tresnjak's SAMSON ET DALILA at The Met
by Alan Henry - Sep 25, 2018


BroadwayWorld has a first look at SAMON ET DALILA at The Met Opera! Check out photos of the Darko Tresnjak directed production below!

Smithsonian Channel Presents THE LOST TAPES: CLINTON IMPEACHMENT
by Kaitlin Milligan - Sep 25, 2018


Twenty years later, in a country shaken by political unrest and the fight for gender equality, we're still living with the legacy of the Clinton presidency. The 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton rocked the country to its core and set the stage for the next two decades of polarization and controversy in America. Now, a new episode of Smithsonian Channel's critically acclaimed THE LOST TAPES relives the scandal, using only contemporary film and audio to allow viewers to experience history without comment. The hour-long episode delves into the collective memory of America to pose the question: At a time when everyone took a side, would you take the same one now? THE LOST TAPES: CLINTON IMPEACHMENT airs Monday, October 29 at 9 PM ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel.

Emerson Quartet Celebrates the 80th Birthday of American Composer William Bolcom
by Julie Musbach - Sep 20, 2018


The world-renowned Emerson String Quartet celebrates the 80th birthday of American composer and pianist, winner of the National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award, William Bolcom at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 5 PM.  Joined by the acclaimed pianist Shai Wosner, the Quartet performs Bolcom's Piano Quintet No. 1.

BWW Review: East Coast Premiere of BEING EARNEST at Greater Boston Stage Company
by Nancy Grossman - Sep 17, 2018


What happens when you take an Oscar Wilde classic play from the Naughty Nineties, add about a dozen original musical numbers, and update the story and setting to London's swinging Carnaby Street in the sixties? Well, if you put it in the hands of Director/Choreographer Ilyse Robbins and Music Director Steve Bass, you get a rom-com that is heavy on both the romance and the comedy, a ride in the wayback machine, and an afternoon (or evening) delight at the Greater Boston Stage Company in Stoneham.

Alumnae Theatre Presents THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 13, 2018


And no other play boasts more style than Oscar Wilde's enduring classic The Importance of Being Earnest, which opens Alumnae Theatre's 101st season.

Dances Patrelle Presents The Yorkville NUTCRACKER This Holiday Season
by Alan Henry - Sep 7, 2018


Dances Patrelle presents The Yorkville Nutcracker from December 6-9, 2018 at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, E. 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, NYC. Performances: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7pm; Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 12pm and 5pm. Tickets are $65 (extended family, group, student and senior discounts available) and will be available on October 22 at www.dancespatrelle.org, by phone at 212-772-4448, or in person at The Kaye Playhouse Box Office.

Dances Patrelle Presents THE YORKVILLE NUTCRACKER
by Stephi Wild - Sep 7, 2018


Dances Patrelle Presents THE YORKVILLE NUTCRACKER from December 6-9, 2018 at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, E. 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, NYC. Performances: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7pm; Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 12pm and 5pm. Tickets are $65 (extended family, group, student and senior discounts available) and will be available on October 22 at www.dancespatrelle.org, by phone at 212-772-4448, or in person at The Kaye Playhouse Box Office.

Dances Patrelle Presents THE YORKVILLE NUTCRACKER
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2018


Dances Patrelle Presents THE YORKVILLE NUTCRACKER from December 6-9, 2018 at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, E. 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, NYC. Performances: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7pm; Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 12pm and 5pm. Tickets are $65 (extended family, group, student and senior discounts available) and will be available on October 22 at www.dancespatrelle.org, by phone at 212-772-4448, or in person at The Kaye Playhouse Box Office.

Chamber Project STL Plans 'A Different Perspective' For 2018/19 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2018


Through seven concert sets, ADAPT, MILLENNIAL, REDISCOVERY, KINDRED, #TIMESUP, BELOVED, and CHOICE, Chamber Project St. Louis (CPSTL) will explore themes relevant to today's society by looking to both the future and the past.

Marinas Menu & Lifestyle-Get to know REDORO OLIVE OIL
by Marina Kennedy - Aug 14, 2018


Not all olive oils are the same. The more you know about what's on the market, the better you can cook and dress your favorite foods.

Dances Patrelle Announces Student Auditions for THE YORKVILLE NUTCRACKER
by Julie Musbach - Aug 7, 2018


Dances Patrelle announces young dancer auditions forThe Yorkville Nutcracker. Auditions will be held on Saturday, September 15, 2018 and Sunday, September 16, 2018 at Ballet Academy East, 1651 Third Avenue, NYC.

BWW Review: BOLSHOI BALLET'S SWAN LAKE at Movie Theatre
by Qianqian Xing - Aug 6, 2018


Unlike nowadays, with Swan Lake considered the most prestigious icon of classic masterpieces, both in dance and music, the first year performance in Bolshoi Theatre was not favored by critics or audiences.

Queer Eye on Horatio Alger
by Roundabout Theatre Company - Aug 2, 2018


Benjamin's birthday gift to Elliot, a copy of Horatio Alger's juvenile novel Ragged Dick, is an astute choice. Alger's uplifting message that anyone can pull themselves up "by the bootstraps" feels archaic today, but the discovery of Alger's homosexuality, made long after his death, provides relevant insights to the characters of Skintight.

The Oscar Wilde Society At North Coast Rep Presents AN IDEAL HUSBAND
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 1, 2018


The Oscar Wilde Society @NorthCoastRep is being established as an auxiliary group for the LBGT supporters of North Coast Rep. To launch the Society, North Coast Rep will present An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde directed by Richard Baird, featuring some of San Diego's top actors.

Tesla String Quartet Releases Debut Album Of Haydn, Ravel, And Stravinsky On Orchid Classics
by Julie Musbach - Jul 24, 2018


On Friday, September 7, 2018, the award-winning Tesla Quartet(Ross Snyder & Michelle Lie, violins; Edwin Kaplan, viola; Serafim Smigelskiy, cello) releases its debut album, Haydn, Ravel, and Stravinsky, on Orchid Classics. The record features performances of Ravel's String Quartet in F major; Haydn's String Quartet in C major, Op.54 No.2; Stravinsky's Concertino for String Quartet; and three works by Ravel newly arranged for string quartet by Tesla violinist Ross Snyder: Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn, Menuet antique, and Menuet in C sharp minor.

Bay Area Playwrights Festival Brings RESISTANCE & REVOLUTION at Potrero Stage
by BWW News Desk - Jul 20, 2018


The Playwrights Foundation, a launchpad for exceptional plays and playwrights announces the lineup for the 2018 Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF) running July 20-29, 2018. The six Playwrights were selected from more than 700 submissions nationally, 85% from outside the bay area, from more than 2 dozen states and Canada - coast to coast a very North American cohort.

Bamuthi, Jennifer Gollan, Nathan Brown, to Hold Talkbacks at 2018 Bay Area Playwrights Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jul 17, 2018


2018 Bay Area Playwrights Festival (#BAPF2018) runs July 20-29, 2018 at Potrero Stage, 1895 18th St in San Francisco. This years festival features BAMUTHI, Jennifer Gollan and Nathan Brown as special guests leading the discussions following readings of 3 out of the 6 new plays that have been selected for the festival this year.

BUT IT STILL GOES ON To Make World Premiere at Finborough Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Jul 10, 2018


In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, a world premiere from the author of Goodbye To All That and I Claudius, Robert Graves' "post-catastrophic comedy", But It Still Goes On, directed by Fidelis Morgan, opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited season today, 10 July 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday, 12 July 2018 and Friday, 13 July 2018 at 7.30pm) as part of the Finborough Theatre's THEGREATWAR100 series commemorating the centenary of the First World War.

Heari, the World's First Tailored Audio-Neckband Headphones, Launch on Kickstarter
by Macon Prickett - Jun 26, 2018


MF Jebsen Electronics has teamed up with AumeoAudio, the world's pioneer in personalized audio, to launch Heari, the world's first tailored audio-neckband headphones, on Kickstarter. The campaign is built on the success of Aumeo's Headphone Personalizer, which crowdfunded over $300,000 (USD) in 2015.

VIDEO: Preview LA TRAVIATA - Coming To The Met In December
by Alan Henry - Jun 25, 2018


Watch a preview of Tony Award–winning director Michael Mayer's new production of Verdi's “La Traviata,” starring Diana Damrau and conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Opens December 4, 2018.

BWW Review: I DO! I DO! Delights Audiences While Celebrating the Institution of Marriage
by Tanya Seale - Jun 25, 2018


In a beautifully polished performance, Corinne Melancon as Agnes and Steve Isom as Michael (or Kari Ely as Agnes and David Schmittou as Michael on an alternating performance schedule) open Stages St Louis' 2018 season with I Do! I Do! which is a two-character musical version of the Tony-award-winning Best Play, The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog.

Photo Flash: The Royal Danish Ballet Comes To Jacob's Pillow
by Alan Henry - Jun 22, 2018


The Royal Danish Ballet, the third oldest ballet company in the world, returns to The Ted Shawn Theatre to open the 2018 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, June 20-24. Through an impeccable mastery of the Bournonville tradition, principals and soloists of this historic company perform excerpts from classical ballet's enduring masters including August Bournonville, Marius Petipa, and Jules Perrot.

BUT IT STILL GOES ON To Make World Premiere at Finborough Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jun 15, 2018


In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, a world premiere from the author of Goodbye To All That and I Claudius, Robert Graves' "post-catastrophic comedy", But It Still Goes On, directed by Fidelis Morgan, opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited season on Tuesday, 10 July 2018 (Press Nights: Thursday, 12 July 2018 and Friday, 13 July 2018 at 7.30pm) as part of the Finborough Theatre's THEGREATWAR100 series commemorating the centenary of the First World War.

Photo Flash: I DO! I DO! Comes to STAGES ST. Louis
by Julie Musbach - Jun 13, 2018


Last seen at STAGES in its Inaugural Season, I DO! I DO! tells the poignant story of 50 years in the married lives of Michael and Agnes.  This two character musical version of the comedy/drama "The Fourposter" takes place entirely in a bedroom and takes its audience on a whirlwind journey that begins in 1895 and ends half a century later.  I DO! I DO! offers its audiences a frank look at the miracle of marriage as Michael and Agnes experience childbirth, parenthood, and the eventual settling down to face the future and their advancing years together.

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