Atlanta Symphony To Offer Beginner Music ClassesFebruary 26, 2013In keeping with its commitment to provide hands-on music education opportunities throughout the region, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will offer introductory-level music classes to children and adults beginning in March 2013. The classes offered will include ASO Glee Club, Beginning Strings, and Music Theory I, and little or no prior music knowledge is required to participate. All classes will be held at the Woodruff Arts Center.
STAGE TUBE: Alan Cumming Talks MACBETH With Jimmy FallonFebruary 26, 2013Direct from acclaimed, sold-out engagements at the National Theatre of Scotland and the Lincoln Center Festival, Tony and Olivier Award winner ('Cabaret') and two-time Emmy nominee ('The Good Wife') Alan Cumming will return to Broadway this spring in a one-man interpretation of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedy, Macbeth. Hear what he had to say about the show on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' below!
Carolyn Mignini Leads MASTER CLASS at Brooklyn's Gallery Players, 3/16February 25, 2013The Gallery Players will present Master Class by Terrence McNally beginning March 16th. Carolyn Mignini* stars as legendary opera singer, Maria Callas. Ms. Mignini's Broadway and Off-Broadway appearances include Guys and Dolls, Fiddler On The Roof , Tintypes, The Fantasticks and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All/The Actor's Nightmare. Tom Rowan directs this limited engagement production which runs through March 31st.
TUTA Theatre Chicago to Present THE SILENT LANGUAGE, 4/19-5/19February 25, 2013TUTA Theatre Chicago continues its eleventh season with The Silent Language, a U.S. premiere, written by Serbian playwright Miodrag Stanisavljevic, translated by Zoran Paunovic, and directed by Artistic Director Jacqueline Stone. The Silent Language will run Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., in addition to Saturday and Sunday matinees at 4 p.m., from April 19 - May 19 at TUTA Studio Theatre, 2010 W. Fulton Avenue.
EgoPo Classic Theater to Present THE LIFE (AND DEATH) OF HARRY HOUDINI, 3/29-4/7February 25, 2013EgoPo Classic Theater will present the world premiere of The Life (and Death) of Harry Houdini. This one-of-a-kind theater piece is being created by and under the direction of EgoPo's, Brenna Geffers. This is the second installment of EgoPo's season long American Vaudeville Festival and will be presented as part of the 2013 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. Houdini will be performed on the mainstage at Plays and Players Theater. Press opening will be Friday, March 29th and the show will run until April 7th.
Lawrence Brownlee Performs at Emory, 3/22February 25, 2013International opera tenor and Atlanta resident Lawrence Brownlee performs at Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts on Friday, March 22, at 8 p.m., part of his 2013 US solo recital tour. Noted pianist Martin Katz accompanies him. They will perform works ranging from Giuseppe Verdi to traditional African American spirituals.
LA Philharmonic Announces 2013/14 New SeasonFebruary 25, 2013Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and President Deborah Borda today announced the 2013/14 season of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This new season, the Orchestra's 95th, celebrates both the 10th anniversary of the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall and Gustavo Dudamel's 5th year as Music Director.
RDT's Young Dancer Workshop Set for 3/9 & 16February 25, 2013Repertory Dance Theatre is opening their studio to young dancers, ages 13-17, this March. Students are invited for a two day workshop (held over two weekends) to master the skills of dance partnering.
Voices of Afghanistan Comes to Hannaford Hall, 3/16February 25, 2013Portland Ovations presents Voices of Afghanistan, a traditional musical ensemble showcasing some of the finest musicians from Central Asia and Afghanistan at Hannaford Hall, USM Portland campus for an evening concert Saturday, March 16th at 8pm.
THE LION KING Cast Members Set for DIRTY BLONDE Benefit, 3/4February 25, 2013This very special one-time event will be held on Monday, March 4 at The Century Theatre located inside The Historic Gem Theatre at 333 Madison Street Detroit; MI. Tickets are currently on sale for $75.00 including dinner at the Century Grille beginning at 6:00PM.
ATC Extends COLUMBINUS Through 4/7February 25, 2013American Theater Company (ATC) announces new performance dates for its world premiere production of the revised version of columbinus, written by Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli, with dramaturgy by Patricia Hersch, and conceived and directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli. The production is now extended through Sunday, April 7, 2013 at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron St, Chicago, IL. columbinus has garnered rave critical reviews of its new third act, which premieres material devised from recent interviews with survivors of the Columbine High School Shootings, families of victims and residents of Littleton, Colorado. The new material includes never-before-released information on the shooters and their families and first-hand accounts of both the Columbine and Aurora shootings.