BWW Review: MARTIN HALPERN CHAMBER OPERAS Dream at Shetler Studios
The best part of living in New York is that some of our most radically creative artists are performing. Unadorned studio spaces such as Shetler Studios on West 54th Street in midtown Manhattan host exclusive gatherings, where all of the high pomp of the fine arts strips down in an air of charming modesty.
NO MOVES BACK to Premiere at Spiral Theatre Studio, Today
NO MOVES BACK by Martin Halpern is our next production in June, 2014. It is the fourth play in the Spiral Theatre Studio's 'Salt & Pepper' Series', says Executive Director, Spiral Theatre Studio and Director of the play, Paula J. Riley.
NO MOVES BACK to Premiere at Spiral Theatre Studio, 6/13
NO MOVES BACK by Martin Halpern is our next production in June, 2014. It is the fourth play in the Spiral Theatre Studio's 'Salt & Pepper' Series', says Executive Director, Spiral Theatre Studio and Director of the play, Paula J. Riley.
Tony Lo Bianco to Lead WHAT THE BABE SAID and JOINT RETURN in 2013
Tony-nominated producer Jeff Britton (THE ME NOBODY KNOWS) is set to present WHAT THE BABE SAID and JOINT RETURN, two one-act plays by Martin Halpern, in early 2013, starring Tony Award-nominee Tony Lo Bianco (A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, HIZZONER!). Tony-nominated director John Tillinger (LOOT, LOVE LETTERS) is set to direct the production at an Off-Broadway venue to be announced.
Joshua Benevento and Jacqueline Thompson Headline Enrico Caruso Room Tonight, 5/22
Tenor Joshua Benevento, who made his Metropolitan Opera debut this season in Wagner's "Gotterdammerung" and soprano Jacqueline Thompson will perform together for the first time at The Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzurra Ristorante in Little Italy tonight, May 22, 2012 at 8 PM. They will be supported on keyboard by David Schaefer.
Joshua Benevento and Jacqueline Thompson to Headline Enrico Caruso Room, 5/22
Tenor Joshua Benevento, who made his Metropolitan Opera debut this season in Wagner's "Gotterdammerung" and soprano Jacqueline Thompson will perform together for the first time at The Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzurra Ristorante in Little Italy on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 8 PM. They will be supported on keyboard by David Schaefer.
Mother-Daughter Team Stars in THE CRADLE WILL ROCK, 9/28-29
The mother-daughter team of Mimi Stern-Wolfe and Laura Wolfe, longtime residents of the Lower East Side, will both appear in the upcoming production of Marc Blitzstein's historic musical 'The Cradle Will Rock,' presented by Howl Festival and the Actor's Fund. The four performances are September 2 & 3, and September 28 & 29 at Theatre 80 St. Mark's. Mimi Stern-Wolfe is a well known presenter and director of Downtown Music Productions, and will accompany the show on piano. Her daughter Laura Wolfe will appear in the role of Moll, the down-and-out streetwalker.
Mother-Daughter Team Stars in THE CRADLE WILL ROCK, 9/28-29
The mother-daughter team of Mimi Stern-Wolfe and Laura Wolfe, longtime residents of the Lower East Side, will both appear in the upcoming production of Marc Blitzstein's historic musical 'The Cradle Will Rock,' presented by Howl Festival and the Actor's Fund. The four performances are September 2 & 3, and September 28 & 29 at Theatre 80 St. Mark's. Mimi Stern-Wolfe is a well known presenter and director of Downtown Music Productions, and will accompany the show on piano. Her daughter Laura Wolfe will appear in the role of Moll, the down-and-out streetwalker.
New York New Church's Three Chamber Opera"Triptych" Ends 6/26
American composer/librettist Martin Halpern presents 'Triptych,' three one-act chamber operas freely based on classics of modern drama by August Strindberg ('The Stronger'); Henrik Ibsen ('When We Dead Awaken') and Anton Chekhov ('The Proposal'), three works that explore themes of both requited and unrequited love.
New York New Church Performs Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg In Three Chamber Opera
American composer/librettist Martin Halpern presents 'Triptych,' three one-act chamber operas freely based on classics of modern drama by August Strindberg ('The Stronger'); Henrik Ibsen ('When We Dead Awaken') and Anton Chekhov ('The Proposal'), three works that explore themes of both requited and unrequited love.
New York New Church Performs Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg In Three Chamber Opera
American composer/librettist Martin Halpern presents 'Triptych,' three one-act chamber operas freely based on classics of modern drama by August Strindberg ('The Stronger'); Henrik Ibsen ('When We Dead Awaken') and Anton Chekhov ('The Proposal'), three works that explore themes of both requited and unrequited love.
NY Premiere of NO MOVES BACK Begins Previews February 20
Jeff Britton will present the New York premiere of Martin Halpern's new play NO MOVES BACK, with previews beginning on Friday, February 20, 2009 at the Roy Arias Theatre (300 West 43rd St. 5th floor). The official opening will be on Friday, February 27, 2009. Samantha Megan Saltzman directs.
NO MOVES BACK details the happenings during a chess game between two aged classical musicians and lifelong friends - Morrie, who has sunken into a deep depression and Alan who makes every attempt to pull him out of it. Encounters with everyone from a repentant pick-pocket to a troubled young woman hell bent on performing a mercy killing on her cancer-ridden grandfather, ignite a struggle toward each man's new beginning.
