The New School's College of Performing Arts Presents UNSILENT FILM NIGHT: SAFETY LAST!

The New School's College of Performing Arts welcomes the public to the fourth edition of (Un)Silent Film Night, a performance series in which The College of Performing Arts Theater Orchestra performs live music to classic silent films. Previous events in the series have drawn capacity crowds to the 400-seat Tishman Auditorium at The New School.

Under the baton of David Hayes, the orchestra, composed of students from Mannes School of Music and The New School's School of Jazz, will perform renowned composer Carl Davis's score to Harold Lloyd's classic silent film, Safety Last! (1923).

Broadway stage actor, television actor, and comedian, Rob Bartlett, will host the event.

Date: Monday, November 7

Time: 7pm

Location: Tishman Auditorium (63 Fifth Avenue, NYC).

Admission: Admission is free and open to the public. No ticket required.

Richard Kessler, Executive Dean for the College of Performing Arts, said, "(Un)Silent Film Night has quickly become a staple event at The New School. We are so pleased to welcome the Greenwich Village and the larger NYC community to this free event. It is a rare opportunity to see this comedy masterpiece on the big screen with live orchestra. With Rob Bartlett headlining the night, we are sure it will be an evening of laughs and of great fun."

About Safety Last

Safety Last!, the classic 1923 romantic comedy starring Harold Lloyd, solidified Lloyd's recognition as a star in early film. It includes one of the most famous scenes from silent film: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock on a skyscraper as he hangs above moving traffic.

About Rob Bartlett

Rob Bartlett, comedian and actor from Brooklyn, began his career in stand-up comedy at Richard M. Dixon's White House Inn, a talent showcase club on Long Island, where he met Eddie Murphy and together formed an improvisational trio known as The Identical Triplets. Bartlett, also an accomplished stage actor, made his Broadway debut in More to Love, which he wrote and starred in along with Dana Reeve and Joyce Van Patten. His other Broadway roles include Amos Hart in Chicago The Musical, Herman in Sweet Charity with Christina Applegate, and he originated the role of Mr. Mushnik in the Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors, He also played Speed in the revival of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick and played Twimble/Womper in the 2011 revival of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying alongside Daniel Radcliffe.

About David Hayes (Conductor)

David Hayes is a conductor with an unusually broad range of repertory, spanning the symphonic, oratorio/choral and operatic genres. His roles as Music Director of the New York Choral Society and the Mannes Orchestra complement his roles as Music Director of The Philadelphia Singers and Staff Conductor of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Hayes served on the conducting staff of The Philadelphia Orchestra 2001-2011. He has also served as a cover conductor for the New York Philharmonic as well as for Sir Andre Previn on the Curtis Symphony Orchestra's 1999 European Tour with Anne-Sophie Mutter.

Recent guest-conducting engagements have included a production of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore for Opera Memphis, conducting Britten's The Rape of Lucretia and the East Coast Premiere performances of Tan Dun's Tea: A Mirror of Soul for the Opera Company of Philadelphia as well as conducting the finals of the Fulbright Piano Competition with the Artosphere Festival Orchestra. Past seasons have included concerts with such significant ensembles as The Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Company of Philadelphia, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra 2001, Curtis Opera Theatre, European Center for Opera and Vocal Art, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Washington Chorus, Louisiana Philharmonic, Berkshire Choral Festival and the Verbier Festival.

About The New School's College of Performing Arts

The College of Performing Arts is a progressive artistic center housed within The New School, in one of the world's greatest performing arts cities, New York City. The college offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs for aspiring musicians, composers, actors, directors, writers, and performers of all kinds through three renowned schools: Mannes School of Music, the School of Jazz, and the School of Drama. Students have the valuable opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary studies throughout a comprehensive university, The New School. The College of Performing Arts nurtures individual artists in order to cultivate fearless risk takers who value real-world relevance, pursue excellence, and embrace collaboration. Celebrated faculty mentors guide students to take their place as artistic leaders who can make a positive difference in the world today.

About the New School

Imagine a university where scholars, artists, and designers find the support they need to challenge convention and fearlessly create positive change in the world. Imagine a community where walls between disciplines are dissolved, so journalists collaborate with designers, architects with social researchers, media specialists with activists, poets with musicians. Imagine an intellectual and creative haven that never has and never will settle for status quo. In 1919, a few great minds imagined a school that would rethink the purpose of higher learning. The New School was the result. Today, it is the only comprehensive university housing a world-famous design school, a premier liberal arts college, a renowned performing arts college, a legendary social research school, and many more schools and programs designed for students of every age and stage of life. No other university offers a more creatively inspired, rigorously relevant education. Their academic centers in New York City, Paris, Shanghai, and Mumbai offer more than 10,000 students more than 135 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.