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Streisand, New Hamlisch Doc & More Get PBS Fall Dates

PBS announced today a fall primetime line-up featuring a strong roster of wide-ranging programs. Among the exciting highlights will be "Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn" in which the legendary Barbra Streisand makes a historic homecoming back to Brooklyn at the new Barclays Center arena (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Mona Golabek and More at THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE Opening

Eighty-Eight Entertainment has announced that the Chicago Premiere of THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE, starring internationally-acclaimed storyteller and pianist, Mona Golabek, is extending through May 25 at The Royal George Theatre, 1641 North Halsted Street. The production is adapted and directed by Hershey Felder and based on the book The Children of Willesden Lane by Golabek and Lee Cohen. The Chicago premiere follows successful productions in Los Angeles and Boston. Click below to watch interviews with the cast and creative team on opening night! (more...)

Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at The Met's PUNK: CHAOS TO COUTURE, Opening 5/9

The Met's spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, runs from May 9, 2013 to August 14, 2013. It will examine punk's impact on high fashion from the movement's birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women, the exhibition will include original punk garments and recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk's visual symbols. (more...)

Now Playing Onstage in Seattle - Week of 5/05/2013

Upcoming Shows - Week of 5/05/2013 for Seattle (more...)

STRING CITY: NASHVILLE'S TRADITION OF MUSIC AND PUPPETRY Set for 6/20 at Country Music Hall of Fame

Many of country music's most impactful artists, from early musical architects to contemporary superstars, will perform together on the Ford Theater stage this summer—in a manner of speaking: The world premiere of String City: Nashville's Tradition of Music and Puppetry, a colorful telling of the history of country music in Nashville, will take place June 20 at 8 p.m. at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. (more...)

Gary L. Anderson's NAKED DARROW to Play Drilling Company, 6/5-30

'Naked Darrow,' written and performed by Gary L. Anderson, looks at America's most hated and revered attorney, Clarence Darrow, as his great mind slips away. The play, based on the most current and intimate details of Darrow's private life, is a new and revelatory portrait of the man, not the legend. It presents an end-of-life scenario that will bring a shock of recognition to audiences who have, or may have imagined, their own struggle to face aging and to leave a legacy that may endure. River District Theatre presents the play's first full production June 5 to 30 at The Drilling Company Theatre, 236 West 78th Street, 3 fl. (more...)

Prince George's Little Theatre Presents Cole Porter's YOU NEVER KNOW, Now thru 5/18

Prince George's Little Theatre's production of the Cole Porter musical 'You Never Know' will be at the Bowie Playhouse at White Marsh Park, tonight, May 3-18. (more...)

Western National Parks Association Presents MDA Art Collection Exhibit

Now in its 21st year, the Collection features artwork by people from across the country, who are living with muscular dystrophy and related muscle diseases. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Unnerving Musical about the Crime of the Century at Convergence-Continuum

Musicals have come from various sources. There has been the tale of an illiterate flower girl who was transformed into a proper woman (MY FAIR LADY), a Biblical Jewish youth who became a leader in Egypt (JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT), a prince who kept searching for his corner of the sky until he realized that it was right where he was (PIPPIN), and a big nosed sassy New York girl who transformed herself into a famous vaudeville star (FUNNY GIRL). (more...)

Photo Flash: NAHUM TSCHACBASOV: A RETROSPECTIVE

The Russian American Foundation presents a retrospective of work by Russian-born American artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984). Curated by Marina Kovalyov, the exhibition includes over fifty paintings and will be on view June 1-16, 2013 at the National Arts Club, as part of the 11th Annual Russian Heritage Month, a celebration of events and exhibits highlighting Russian culture. Check out a sneak peek below! (more...)

MoMA Announces Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary Exhibition

The Museum of Modern Art announces Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926-1938, from September 28, 2013, to January 12, 2014, the first exhibition to focus exclusively on the breakthrough Surrealist years of Rene Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967), creator of some of the 20th century's most extraordinary images. (more...)

Duke Ellington, Ernest Bloch and Two German Operas Set for Chicago Opera Theater's 2014 Season

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) General Director Andreas Mitisek announces programming for COT's 2014 season, including two operas and a double-bill of one-acts. Mitisek comments, 'It's a season that is 100% 20th century and 150% COT. New, rare and with contemporary relevance for a curious audience that is hungry for new theatrical experiences.' (more...)

Chicago Opera Theater Announces 2014 Season

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) General Director Andreas Mitisek today announces programming for COT's 2014 season, including two operas and a double-bill of one-acts. Mitisek comments, "It's a season that is 100% 20th century and 150% COT. New, rare and with contemporary relevance for a curious audience that is hungry for new theatrical experiences." The season opens with the Chicago Premiere of Duke Ellington's Queenie Pie, February 15 - 23, 2014. In the spring, COT presents a double-bill of Carl Orff's Die Kluge and Viktor Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis, May 31 - June 8, 2014. The season wraps in the fall with the Chicago Premiere of Ernest Bloch's Macbeth, September 13 - 21, 2014. Mitisek also comments "We increased our subscriber family by 18.5% in 2013. COT is THE place for adventure and discovery. We invite our audience on a journey into the good and evil of ambition." (more...)

THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE Features Post-Show Talkback, 5/19

THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE, starring internationally-acclaimed storyteller and pianist, Mona Golabek, will feature a special talkback discussion on Sunday, May 19 with Alison Pure-Slovin, Midwest Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center following the 3 p.m. performance at The Royal George Theatre, 1641 North Halsted Street. The production is adapted and directed byHershey Felder and based on the book The Children of Willesden Lane by Golabek and Lee Cohen. The Chicago premiere has received rave reviews and follows successful productions in Los Angeles and Boston. (more...)

The Holocaust As Seen Through the Eyes of a Boy Who Became a Survivor in BECAUSE OF A FISHBONE

It was the stories told around a dining room table on Friday nights that turned into her first novel. Because of a Fishbone is a newly published book by first-time author Monica Kocsmaros, who debuts with this remarkable biographical work, based on the life of Jan?i David Teschner. (more...)

The Nashville Public Library Presents the 2013 Nashville International Puppet Festival, Beginning 6/21

This summer, renowned puppeteers and performers from all over the world will make their way to the Nashville Public Library for the 2013 Nashville International Puppet Festival, underwritten by the Nashville Public Library Foundation and the Nashville Public Library. (more...)

Western National Parks Association Hosts MDA Art Collection Exhibit

Now in its 21st year, the Collection features artwork by people from across the country, who are living with muscular dystrophy and related muscle diseases. The exhibit can be viewed Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Western National Parks Association Store, located at 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive, in Oro Valley, Ariz. For additional information, call (520) 622-6014. (more...)

Steve Kazee, Rebecca Luker and More Set for 54 Below This Week

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54thStreet, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. 54 Below also launched its series of late night events. Joining Tuesday nights' popular "Backstage" with Susie Mosher is the "54 Piano Bar," a new vocal competition - 'The Callback," and more: (more...)

Mahler's 5th Symphony, JEANNE D'ARC AU BUCHER and More Set for OSM's 79th Season

Back from its seven-concert tour in South America, the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal will be playing Mahler's Fifth Symphony in May under the direction of conductor David Zinman. For the Mahler concert, the OSM will also be hosting pianist Stephen Kovacevich in Mozart's Concerto No. 18, K. 456, 'Paradis.' The Orchestra will wind up its 79th season with a performance of Honegger's grand-scale oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au bucher (Joan of Arc at the Stake)with Carole Bouquet and Guy Nadon under Kent Nagano. (more...)

THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE Extends Through 5/25 at the Royal George Theatre

Eighty-Eight Entertainment announces that the Chicago Premiere of THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE, starring internationally-acclaimed storyteller and pianist, Mona Golabek, is extending through May 25 at The Royal George Theatre, 1641 North Halsted Street . The production is adapted and directed by Hershey Felder and based on the book The Children of Willesden Lane by Golabek and Lee Cohen. The Chicago premiere follows successful productions in Los Angeles and Boston. (more...)

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