Jazz at Lincoln Center to Webcast ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON, 5/5 & 6by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2012Jazz at Lincoln Center announces the competition at the 17th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival will be video streamed live online. The free webcast from the Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall on May 5th and 6th will feature performances by the fifteen competing high school jazz band finalists, as well as the announcement of the top placing bands. The video will also be available online for one week following the Competition & Festival. (more...)
Music-Theatre Group Features Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner, 6/7by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012Music-Theatre Group has announced a special interview with Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner, to be moderated by Thomas Schumacher (Producer and President, Disney Theatrical Group) on Thursday, June 7th at the Dimenna Center for Classical Music (450 W. 37th Street between 9th and 10th) at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
Frist Center Announces Participation in Blue Star Museumsby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will once again join Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment of the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,500 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2012. Leadership support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families. (more...)
Fox Valley Repertory Presents LETTERS HOME: A MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBRANCE, 5/25 & 26by BWW News Desk - May 2, 2012Fox Valley Repertory, in partnership with Fox Valley Troop Support and The Fox Valley Concert Band, presents their 2nd annual tribute to the armed forces called "Letters Home: A Memorial Day Remembrance", a dedication to America's soldiers, past and present on May 25 and 26, 2012 at the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage (4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; box office 630-584-6342). (more...)
AMNH Honors Centenarian Philanthropist for MAT Giftby BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012The American Museum of Natural History will celebrate 105-year-old philanthropist Kathryn W. Davis at a special ceremony and luncheon today to celebrate her generous support of the Museum’s new Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program, the first freestanding master’s degree program offered by a museum to prepare science teachers. The ceremony will also include the official dedication of the new Kathryn W. Davis Science Teaching Classroom, which will be the main educational center for candidates in the MAT program. (more...)
Franz Welser-Möst to Conduct Cleveland Orchestra's Performance of SALOME at Carnegie and Severance Hall 5/19-26by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra and an international cast in concert performances of Richard Strauss’s SALOME at Severance Hall on Saturday, May 19, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 26, at 8 p.m. The opera will also be presented at New York’s Carnegie Hall, on Thursday, May 24, at 8 p.m. (more...)
The Jewish Museum Presents Artist Lisa Yuskavage in Conversation with Chief Curator Norman Kleeblatt, 5/24by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012The Jewish Museum presents artist Lisa Yuskavage in conversation with Norman Kleeblatt, The Jewish Museum's Chief Curator, on Thursday, May 24 at 6:30 pm. They will discuss the paintings of Edouard Vuillard and his influence on artists working today. This program is offered in conjunction with the new exhibition, Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940, on view at The Jewish Museum through September 23, 2012. (more...)
Valarie Pettiford Stars in BATTLEFIELD AMERICA, 6/1; Releases CD VELVET SKY 9/18by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012Actor Valarie Pettiford, star of the hit sitcom Half & Half and last year’s box office success Jumping the Broom, will star in the new film Battlefield America, which opens theatrically on June 1, 2012, She will also take on a recurring guest starring role on HBO’s Treme this fall. With the release of her second full-length album, a collection of original lullabies called “Velvet Sky” in September, Pettiford is turning the page and entering new chapter of her career. (more...)
Upright Cabaret Presents Lesli Margherita, David Hernandez & More in RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT!by BWW News Desk - Apr 9, 2012CHRIS ISAACSON announces the performers for UPRIGHT CABARET's AMERICAN ICON SERIES' third show of their 3rd Season, RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT, starring Olivier Award-Winner LESLI MARGHERITA, American Idol’s DAVID HERNANDEZ (Thousand Oaks and Hollywood Shows only) & LEXI LAWSON, (Rent, In The Heights)) and ROGELIO DOUGLAS, JR. (In The Heights, The Little Mermaid)) celebrating the music of Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Santana! (more...)
Symphony Space Pays Tribute to Gertrude Stein in SINGING STEIN, April 27by BWW News Desk - Apr 4, 2012Symphony Space’s Gertrude Stein’s Paris, a month-long, multi-disciplinary festival devoted to the vibrant cultural milieu of Gertrude Stein’s Paris, continues on Friday, April 27 with two fully staged productions devoted to the inspiration Stein’s work had on vocal and operatic repertoire. Encompass New Opera Theatre will present two one-act operas based on texts by Stein, Virgil Thomson’s Capital Capitals and Ned Rorem’s Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters. Directed by Nancy Rhodes, this salute to Stein’s work through American opera is a fresh examination of the influence Stein has had throughout the arts. (more...)
Fortyfivedownstairs Presents STREETON TRIO, TANGO MUNDO & More in Aprilby BWW News Desk - Apr 4, 2012Fortyfivedownstairs will present various performances, art showcases, music discussions, and more during the month of April. (more...)
New Opera Theatre, Symphony Space Present SINGING STEIN at Gertrude Stein's Paris Festival, 4/27by BWW News Desk - Apr 4, 2012Symphony Space’s Gertrude Stein’s Paris, a month-long, multi-disciplinary festival devoted to the vibrant cultural milieu of Gertrude Stein’s Paris, continues on Friday, April 27 with two fully staged productions devoted to the inspiration Stein’s work had on vocal and operatic repertoire. Encompass New Opera Theatre will present two one-act operas based on texts by Stein, Virgil Thomson’s Capital Capitals and Ned Rorem’s Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters. (more...)
BWW Recaps: DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestraby Charles Shubow - Apr 23, 2012Surprise guest, lyricist Alain Boublil appears on stage at Baltimore's Meyerhoff Symphony Hall to the delight of an SRO crowd (more...)
David Zwirner Exhibits Yan Pei-Ming's BLACK PAINTINGS, 5/4-6/23by BWW News Desk - Apr 20, 2012David Zwirner presents an exhibition of recent work by Yan Pei-Ming, on view at the gallery’s 519 West 19th Street space May 4 - June 23. An opening reception will be held May 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. (more...)
Olivier Award Winner Leslie Margherita, Rogelio Douglas Jr. And More Bring RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT to Annenberg Theatre, 4/27by David Green - Apr 19, 2012The Annenberg Theatre will present Upright Cabaret’s RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT on April 27 at 8:00 pm. RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT is the third installment of Upright Cabaret’s “American Icon” Series and will star Olivier Award-Winner Lesli Margherita, Lexi Lawson (Rent, In The Heights)) and Rogelio Douglas Jr. (In The Heights, The Little Mermaid)). This high energy, multi-media Cabaret celebrates the music of Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Santana and features pop favorites such as Livin’ La Vida Loca, Shake Your Bon-Bon, Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, Anything for You, Smooth, Let It Shine, and more, performed live with the Upright Cabaret band! (more...)
Show At Barre to Present Rogelio Douglas Jr., 5/1by BWW News Desk - Apr 19, 2012Show At Barre will to present “Rogelio Douglas Jr. One Night Only” on May 1 at 8pm. He makes his mark as an actor, singer/songwriter, and dancer, moving between the worlds of television, theatre, dance and music. The concert will include special guest artist Brenna Whitaker and a mix of Douglas Jr.’s original music as well as covers by industry-leading artists including Gavin Degraw, Cee Lo Green, The White Stripes, Jason Mraz, Otis Redding, Joe Cocker and more. (more...)
GREAT AMERICAN SEX FARCE, GOD OF CARNAGE and More Set for Broadway Onstage's 2012-13 Seasonby BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2012The 32nd Season of Dennis Wickline Productions, Inc. and the 19th Season of Broadway Onstage Live Theatre begins on Friday, July 20, 2012 with the comedy THE GREAT AMERICAN SEX FARCE by Dennis Wickline that is just the entertainment for this election year. (more...)
Tom of Finland Opens MIAMI BEACH GAY PRIDE Exhibition, 4/14-7/31by BWW News Desk - Apr 14, 2012TOM OF FINLAND – Male Masterworks exhibition opens on the weekend of Miami Beach Gay Pride with 20 original drawings and paintings focuses on artwork that greatly influences Gay culture by challenging oppressive stereotypes. The exhibition runs from April 14, 2012 to July 31, 2012. (more...)
Jewish Museum Holds Edouard Vuillard Exhibition and Five Lectures, May/Juneby BWW News Desk - Apr 12, 2012In conjunction with the new exhibition, Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940, The Jewish Museum is presenting five related lectures. Highlights include a three-part daytime lecture series on May 7 and 21 and June 4 featuring historian Jane Becker and Vuillard exhibition curator Stephen Brown; artist Lisa Yuskavage in conversation with Norman Kleeblatt, The Jewish Museum's Chief Curator, about Vuillard's influence on contemporary art, on Thursday, May 24; and a discussion of Vuillard's career with The Art Institute of Chicago curator Gloria Groom on Thursday, May 31. (more...)
First Stage's Young Company Presents ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, 5/4-5by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2012First Stage’s Young Company concludes its 2011-2012 season with Tom Stoppard’s ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, Friday, May 4 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 5 at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 W. Walnut St., Milwaukee. (more...)
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