Allegro Revival 2014 - Articles Page 17

Opened: November 1, 2014
Closing: December 14, 2014

Allegro - 2014 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

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Follow the story of Joe Taylor, Jr. from cradle to early manhood in this loving and wise exploration of America’s coming of age, as seen through the eyes of a young physician learning about the mysteries of life and death. Discover this little-known jewel of a show, long considered Rodgers and Hammerstein's most personal and groundbreaking work of musical theatre. This second installment of our Musical Theatre Initiative will once again be helmed by Tony Award-winning director John Doyle (Passion). Come and experience another musical masterpiece in a luminous staging by one of our greatest interpreters of the form.


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Allegro - 2014 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 17

Four Vocal Soloists and Montclair State University Chorale Join NJ Symphony for Verdi's REQUIEM, Now thru 4/6
by BWW News Desk - Apr 3, 2014


The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Jacques Lacombe present Verdi's mammoth Requiem today, April 3-6 in Newark, New Brunswick and Morristown with soprano Marianne Fiset, mezzo-soprano Janara Kellerman, tenor Russell Thomas, bass Peter Volpe and the Montclair State University Chorale. Thomas returns to NJSO stages after his performance of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with the Orchestra in January. The April 5 performance at the State Theatre in New Brunswick is the NJSO's third College Night event of the season.

Leonia Chamber Musicians to Close 40th Anniversary Celebration, 4/27
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 27, 2014


The Leonia Chamber Musicians concludes its 40th anniversary celebration with the final concert of the season on April 27, 2014, 2:30 p.m. at American Legion Hall, 399 Broad Avenue, Leonia, New Jersey. The concert is open to the public.

Conductor Laureate Ignat Solzhenitsyn to Return to Chamber Orchestra for SCHUMANN | HAYDN, 4/6-7
by BWW News Desk - Mar 26, 2014


An always anticipated occasion for audience and orchestra alike, Conductor Laureate Ignat Solzhenitsyn returns to the Chamber Orchestra podium for a play/conduct program that will undoubtedly brim with the passion, panache and vivacity his concerts unfailingly deliver. The program features Haydn's famous 'Surprise' Symphony and two highly expressive works by Schumann and Britten.

Hyeyung Yoon and Soyeon Kate Lee Give NY Debut of Sirota Violin Sonata at SubCulture Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Mar 26, 2014


Tonight, March 26, 2014, two longtime friends - violinist Hyeyung Julie Yoon and pianist Soyeon Kate Lee - will present an unforgettable evening of chamber music at the new downtown venue SubCulture (45 Bleecker Street, downstairs). The concert features the New York premiere of composer Robert Sirota's Pange Lingua Sonata, written for Yoon and Lee in 2012, and Bach's Sonata in C Minor. Cellist Gregory Beaver joins the ensemble for Brahms' Piano Trio in C Major; Soyeon Kate Lee will also perform 'Agitato/Calmo' and 'Tender Rage' from Robert Sirota's Mixed Emotions for solo piano.

Zhang Jinru to Perform Violin Recital at Shanghai Concert Hall, April 26
by Christina Mancuso - Mar 21, 2014


Junior Achievement Series - Zhang Jinru Violin Recital At 19:30 on April 26, 2014

RAGTIME, SEUSSICAL and More Set for COCA, Now thru Summer 2014
by BWW News Desk - Mar 20, 2014


COCA St. Louis has announced its upcoming events, programs and performances. Details below!

Team USA Olympic Bobsled Pilot Jazmine Fenlator Joins NJSO for FROM SOCHI TO STRAUSS Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Mar 21, 2014


Team USA Olympic bobsled pilot Jazmine Fenlator joins the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for 'From Sochi to Strauss'-a special post-concert session with NJSO Concertmaster Eric Wyrick tonight, March 21, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark. The New Jersey-native Olympian and the Orchestra concertmaster will discuss what it takes to be at the top of their respective games. NJSO President & CEO James Roe will moderate the session, which will be held in NJPAC's Prudential Hall lobby following the 8 pm concert.

Welcome Moss Hart Back to Broadway - Meet the Full Cast of Lincoln Center's ACT ONE, Beginning Tomorrow!
by Meet the Cast - Mar 19, 2014


Lincoln Center Theater presents Act One, a play written and directed by James Lapine from the autobiography by Moss Hart. The production is scheduled to begin previews tomorrow night, March 20 and will open on Thursday, April 17 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street). Scroll down to learn more about the full company, plus check out the latest TV spot for the production!

Jeremy Jordan, Santino Fontana, Judy Kuhn & More Set for CSC's Annual MUSICAL MASTERWORKS Gala, 5/12
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 19, 2014


Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, will present its 2014 Annual Gala, MUSICAL MASTERWORKS, Monday evening, May 12 at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel (145 West 44th Street). Tony Award-winner and CSC Associate Director John Doyle will helm an evening of memorable numbers from iconic American musicals-a rich and vital heritage that CSC has begun to explore with last season's critically-acclaimed production of Passion and the upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro.

Katie Reimer to Perform at Allegro Pianos, 3/30
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 17, 2014


Katie Reimer will offer a performance of solo piano works by Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Schubert, and living composers Mohammed Fairouz, Philip Glass, and Daniel Bernard Roumain. The recital will feature the NYC premiere of Daniel Bernard Roumain's Nine Soul Settings of a Bach Chorale, a piece Ms. Reimer commissioned to be performed throughout the 2013-14 season. The program explores the way composers spanning 300 years use repetition to slowly transform and change our understanding of an original idea.

NJ Symphony Orchestra Launches NJSO Edward T. Cone Composition Institute
by BWW News Desk - Mar 11, 2014


The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra announces the NJSO Edward T. Cone Composition Institute, a multi-faceted program that promotes new music and emerging composers, presented in collaboration with the Princeton University Department of Music and generously funded in part by the Edward T. Cone Foundation. The Institute will select up to four composers to participate in five days of intense compositional evaluations and consultations July 15-19 on the Princeton University campus; the program will culminate in a live concert performance of the participants' works by the NJSO and Music Director Jacques Lacombe on July 19 at the Richardson Auditorium.

Alan Gilbert Conducts Nielsen and HELIOS OVERTURE, Now thru 3/15
by BWW News Desk - Mar 12, 2014


Music Director Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic will continue The Nielsen Project-the Philharmonic's multi-year focus on Danish composer Carl Nielsen launched in the 2010-11 season-with performances of Nielsen'sHelios Overture and Symphony No. 1, both in their first-ever performances at the Philharmonic, and Symphony No. 4, tonight, March 12, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, March 14 at 2:00 p.m.; and Saturday, March 15 at 8:00 p.m. The works will be recorded for later release on Denmark's Dacapo label.

BULLETS OVER BROADWAY Begins Previews at St. James Theatre Tonight; Meet the Cast!
by Meet the Cast - Mar 11, 2014


The world premiere production of the brand new musical comedy Bullets Over Broadway, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath for the 1994 film, will begin preview performances tomorrow, March 11 and officially open Thursday, April 10, 2014 at The St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street). The new musical will be directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. Scroll down to learn more about the Bullets Over Broadway company, and watch interviews with the cast!

Team USA Olympic Bobsled Pilot Jazmine Fenlator to Join NJSO for FROM SOCHI TO STRAUSS, 3/21
by BWW News Desk - Mar 7, 2014


Team USA Olympic bobsled pilot Jazmine Fenlator joins the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for 'From Sochi to Strauss'-a special post-concert session with NJSO Concertmaster Eric Wyrick on Friday, March 21, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark. The New Jersey-native Olympian and the Orchestra concertmaster will discuss what it takes to be at the top of their respective games. NJSO President & CEO James Roe will moderate the session, which will be held in NJPAC's Prudential Hall lobby following the 8 pm concert.

Montreal Symphony's 2014-15 Season to Feature ROMEO AND JULIET, L'AIGLON and More
by Diana Heisroth - Mar 7, 2014


Delighted to see the mandate of Kent Nagano continue until 2020, the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal was filled with renewed enthusiasm today when it presented, at Maison symphonique de Montreal, a 2014-2015 season that is dazzling and richly diversified - a season that promises deep emotions! The 2014-2015 season offers a number of sensational programs built around major works of the repertoire, some of them large in scale and some of them discoveries. Classicism and modernity rub shoulders throughout the season. In the foyer Allegro at Maison symphonique, Kent Nagano, music director of the OSM, unveiled the details of the 2014-2015 programming, accompanied by Stephane Levesque, principal bassoon with the Orchestra, and Mylene Paquette, the navigator who did a solo crossing of the Atlantic last fall. The event was hosted by Jean-Francois Lepine, international analyst and music lover, in the presence of OSM chief executive officer Madeleine Careau. The announcement marks the launch of the subscription renewal campaign, which ends on April 25, and the new-subscription and single-ticket-sale campaign, which begins on April 28.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's ALLEGRO, Peter Sarsgaard as HAMLET and More Set for Classic Stage's 2014-15 Season
by BWW News Desk - Mar 6, 2014


Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, today announced plans for its 2014/2015 Season. The upcoming season for the esteemed off-Broadway company begins in October with Rodgers & Hammerstein's ALLEGRO, directed by Tony Award-winner and CSC Associate Director John Doyle. ALLEGRO marks the second installment of CSC's Musical Theater Initiative, which launched last year with the company's hugely-successful production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion, directed by Doyle. Considered one of Richard Rodgers' and Oscar Hammerstein II's most personal and groundbreaking works, ALLEGRO was their third collaboration and first premiered on Broadway in 1947.

Four Vocal Soloists and Montclair State University Chorale Join NJ Symphony for Verdi's REQUIEM, 4/3-6
by Diana Heisroth - Feb 28, 2014


The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Jacques Lacombe present Verdi's mammoth Requiem April 3-6 in Newark, New Brunswick and Morristown with soprano Marianne Fiset, mezzo-soprano Janara Kellerman, tenor Russell Thomas, bass Peter Volpe and the Montclair State University Chorale. Thomas returns to NJSO stages after his performance of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with the Orchestra in January. The April 5 performance at the State Theatre in New Brunswick is the NJSO's third College Night event of the season.

Utah Symphony Presents Grieg's Piano Concerto & U.S. Premiere Inspired by Tim Burton, Now thru 3/1
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2014


Guest conductor Mark Wigglesworth returns to lead Utah Symphony tonight, Feb. 28 and March 1 at 8pm at Abravanel Hall for a special performance of Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto.

Utah Symphony to Present Grieg's Piano Concerto & U.S. Premiere Inspired by Tim Burton, 2/28-3/1
by BWW News Desk - Feb 20, 2014


Guest conductor Mark Wigglesworth returns to lead Utah Symphony on Feb. 28 and March 1 at 8pm at Abravanel Hall for a special performance of Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto.

Hyeyung Yoon and Soyeon Kate Lee to Give NY Debut of Sirota Violin Sonata at SubCulture, 3/26
by BWW News Desk - Feb 19, 2014


On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, two longtime friends - violinist Hyeyung Julie Yoon and pianist Soyeon Kate Lee - will present an unforgettable evening of chamber music at the new downtown venue SubCulture (45 Bleecker Street, downstairs). The concert features the New York premiere of composer Robert Sirota's Pange Lingua Sonata, written for Yoon and Lee in 2012, and Bach's Sonata in C Minor. Cellist Gregory Beaver joins the ensemble for Brahms' Piano Trio in C Major; Soyeon Kate Lee will also perform 'Agitato/Calmo' and 'Tender Rage' from Robert Sirota's Mixed Emotions for solo piano.

Alan Gilbert Set to Conduct Nielsen and HELIOS OVERTURE, 3/12-15
by Hilary Kelly - Feb 19, 2014


Music Director Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic will continue The Nielsen Project-the Philharmonic's multi-year focus on Danish composer Carl Nielsen launched in the 2010-11 season-with performances of Nielsen'sHelios Overture and Symphony No. 1, both in their first-ever performances at the Philharmonic, and Symphony No. 4, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, March 14 at 2:00 p.m.; and Saturday, March 15 at 8:00 p.m. The works will be recorded for later release on Denmark's Dacapo label.

Pianist Carlo Grante to Make D.C. Debut 5/14 at the Kennedy Center
by BWW News Desk - Feb 12, 2014


The spirit of Johann Sebastian Bach will suffuse the Terrace Theater of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, as Italian pianist Carlo Grante makes his first concert appearance in the nation's capital, in a program containing not a single note of Bach's music.

BWW Reviews: DRUMS AND DVORAK Collide at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
by Jessica Dennett - Feb 13, 2014


The performance began with a Prelude video about Colin Currie who is a famed Percussionist and who was the guest performer of the evening. It was interesting but unnecessary, and a rather lack luster opening to the performance. Before any music gets played the Concertmaster walks onto the stage and warms the orchestra up, for this particular evening we had the pleasure of having Rebecca McMullan Culnan, the Associate Concertmaster, who did a beautiful job. Then finally were joined by our Conductor for the evening, Christoph Konig. The opening song was perfect in that is was the Overture to the Opera Der Freischutz composed by Weber, and it was like experiencing a entire Play in one song.

New Jersey Symphony's SPRING INTO MUSIC GALA Set for April 26
by BWW News Desk - Feb 11, 2014


The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra hosts its 2014 Spring into Music Gala on Saturday, April 26, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark. The event includes cocktails, dinner and a silent auction, followed by an NJSO POPS concert featuring a screening of The Wizard of Oz with live orchestral accompaniment. The gala's honorees are former Governor Brendan Byrne and his wife, Ruthi, in honor of the Governor's 90th birthday. Former Governors Richard J. Codey, James J. Florio, Thomas H. Kean and Christine Todd Whitman are honorary gala chairs.

Jere Flint To Lead Youth Orchestra In Crescendo Concert
by Robert Diamond - Feb 6, 2014


Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO) Music Director Jere Flint will lead the ASYO in its Crescendo Concert on Saturday, March 15, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center. This performance was previously scheduled for Sunday, March 23, 2014, at 3:00 p.m.

Allegro FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What are the songs in Allegro and what's the order?
Joseph Taylor, Jr.
I Know It Can Happen Again
One Foot, Other Foot
Winters Go By
Poor Joe
A Fellow Needs a Girl
A Darn Nice Campus
Wildcats
So Far
You Are Never Away
What a Lovely Day for a Wedding
It May Be a Good Idea
To Have and to Hold
Wish Them Well
Money Isn't Everything
Yatata, Yatata, Yatata
The Gentleman Is a Dope
Allegro
Come Home
My Wife
Two Short Years
Sitting on the Porch in the Moonlight
Mountain Greenery
Johnny One-Note

Other Productions of Allegro

1947   Broadway Original Broadway Production
Broadway
1978   Off-Off-Broadway Equity Library Theatre Revival
Off-Off-Broadway
1994   Off-Broadway Encores! Concert
Off-Broadway
2002   New York Reading
New York
2004   Arlington, VA (Regional) Signature Theatre Production
Arlington, VA (Regional)
2014   Off-Broadway Classic Stage Company Production
Off-Broadway

Allegro - 2014 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations

Note: Award winners will appear on a background
Year Ceremony Category Nominee
2015 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Elizabeth A. Davis
2015 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Orchestrations Mary-Mitchell Campbell
2015 Drama League Awards Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical Allegro
2015 The Lortels Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Jessica Tyler Wright
2015 The Lortels Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical Claybourne Elder

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