Patricia Wright

Broadway Star Abby Mueller Performs Live At Stars Of Stony Brook Gala Fundraiser

Over 850 guests gathered last evening at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City to honor alumna and Simons Foundation President Marilyn Hawrys Simons '74, PhD '84, at the 20th Stars of Stony Brook Gala.  Hosted annually by the Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees, this year's celebration recognized Dr. Simons for her leadership as president of one of the nation's premier philanthropic institutions devoted to driving progress in basic science, as well as her contributions to improving educational opportunities for the underserved at the university and beyond. 

National Theatre Of Parramatta Presents THE RED TREE

National Theatre of Parramatta (NTofP) will present a new musical theatre work based on Shaun Tan's award-winning book, The Red Tree, from 20th to 28th October.

ENDANGERED! THE MUSICAL to Launch 'Endangered Climate Talkback Series'

Beginning this Sunday the recently extended hit family musical ENDANGERED!  will introduce its THE ENDANGERED CLIMATE TALKBACK SERIES, following the Sunday performances (3pm curtain, talk back begins at 4:30pm) at the Davenport Theatre (354 West 45 Street).

VIDEO: First Trailer for ISLAND OF LEMURS: MADAGASCAR, Narrated by Morgan Freeman

Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (“Million Dollar Baby,” “Dolphin Tale”) narrates the IMAX 3D® documentary “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar,” the incredible true story of nature's greatest explorers—lemurs. The film reunites Freeman with Drew Fellman, who also wrote and produced the 2011 IMAX 3D documentary “Born to Be Wild 3D,” and director David Douglas, who served as director of photography on that film. Check out the first trailer below!

Morgan Freeman to Narrate Upcoming IMAX 3D Documentary ISLAND OF LEMURS: MADAGASCAR

IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures, a division of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX), today announced that Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) will narrate the upcoming IMAX 3D documentary adventure Island of Lemurs: Madagascar.

NBR New Zealand Opera Re-Stages Daniel Slater's THE BARTERED BRIDE Tonight, Oct 13

The NBR New Zealand Opera's restaging of Daniel Slater's ground-breaking Opera North production of Smetana's The Bartered Bride, opening in Wellington tonight, 13 October, dispenses with the folkloric cliches normally associated with this opera in favour of an updated setting in the Czechoslovakia of 1972, four years after the Prague Spring.

NBR New Zealand Opera Re-Stages Daniel Slater's THE BARTERED BRIDE, Sept 22 & Oct 13

The NBR New Zealand Opera's restaging of Daniel Slater's ground-breaking Opera North production of Smetana's The Bartered Bride, opening in Auckland tonight, 22 September and Wellington on 13 October, dispenses with the folkloric cliches normally associated with this opera in favour of an updated setting in the Czechoslovakia of 1972, four years after the Prague Spring.

NBR New Zealand Opera Re-Stages Daniel Slater's THE BARTERED BRIDE, Sept 22 & Oct 13

The NBR New Zealand Opera's restaging of Daniel Slater's ground-breaking Opera North production of Smetana's The Bartered Bride, opening in Auckland on 22 September and Wellington on 13 October, dispenses with the folkloric cliches normally associated with this opera in favour of an updated setting in the Czechoslovakia of 1972, four years after the Prague Spring.