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Queen
TheatreWorks Fine Production About Bees and People
By: - Mar 26th, 2024In 2017, the world's bee population has plummeted, putting the food supply at risk. Two research assistants at University of California Santa Cruz have produced research that identifies the source of the die off, but then one last data collection undermines the previous results even though their paper is about to be published. The play confronts the dilemmas that researchers deal with.
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Two at Gallery Naga
Joseph McNamara Josué Bessiake: A Bird’s Last Look
By: - Mar 29th, 2024Joseph McNamara is a New York-based, realist painter whose work—often large-scale—is centered on paintings of the industrial landscape and his relationship to it. His paintings are painstakingly detailed and can take months and even years, to complete. McNamara uses photographs as aids, however, the paintings are not “photo-realistic”: each painting strays away from a strict accounting of the subject matter and takes on a life of its own.
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Unhurried Grace
Patience of a Forest Stream
By: - Mar 31st, 2024While offering instruction in the various taiji forms I teach, I often refer to a forest stream and urge my students to become it, ever-flowing, to find and then move at the pace of their breath, ever-flowing, just as the stream finds its pace. The stream does not move from one place to the next; there is no line of demarcation between places. The stream simply flows.
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Pal Joey
Rodgers and Hart's Greatest Cad
By: - Apr 01st, 2024Nightclub entertainer Joey Evans attracts a patroness, Vera, who stakes him to a club of his own. But she is older, domineering, married, and hot for him. He's a footloose schemer with the morals of an alley cat. What could possibly go wrong? Happily, the clashes of nightclub life are revealed with liberal doses of the beautiful tune "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered."
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Kathia St. Hilaire at the Clark
Lunder Center at Stone Hil
By: - Apr 01st, 2024"Kathia St. Hilaire is a remarkable young artist who creates captivating works that combine a wide range of media,” said Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark. “She interweaves Haiti’s history and her own personal biography into images that are beautiful, sometimes difficult, and utterly original.”
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Gatsby the Musical
American Repertory Theatre
By: - Apr 02nd, 2024Gatsby is directed by Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Moby-Dick) with choreography by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh (Moulin Rouge!). The production features an original score by international rock star Florence Welch (Florence + The Machine) and Oscar and Grammy Award nominee Thomas Bartlett (Doveman), and a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok (Cost of Living). Keenan Tyler Oliphant is associate director and Camden Gonzales is associate choreographer. Casting will be announced at a later date.
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General Manager of Met Opera Competes with Trump
Preivew of John Adams' El Nino at Works & Process
By: - Apr 04th, 2024John Adams’ masterpiece Oratorio, El Nino, is being given a full production at the Metropolitan Opera this spring. The work premiered at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in 2000. Kent Nagano conducted. Luxury casting included Dawn Upshaw, Lorrraine Hunt Lieberson and Willard White
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Season of Hits Planned for Lyric Stage
Programming Proven Winners
By: - Apr 06th, 2024From Urinetown to Hello Dolly Boston's Lyric stage has programmed a seasons of hits. Unabashedly Artistic Director Courtney O’Connor says, “We’re thrilled to share six stories that focus on character connection and joy told by artists you already know and love and new artists we can’t wait for you to meet."
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Birds and Balls
Two Lively One-Act Operas From Innovative Opera Parallèle
By: - Apr 07th, 2024Imagine one opera about the heralded 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match and another about an obscure Belgian bird singing competition. How would they be packaged in a program? Of course, by framing them as broadcasts from ABC's Wide World of Sports, with Howard Cosell at the mic. Innovative production techniques lift these already interesting little gems.
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Tanglewood Popular Artists
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The Kite Runner
Broadway Tour of an Insightful Look into Growing Up Privileged in Afghanistan
By: - Apr 10th, 2024Twelve-year-old Amir comes from wealth and the dominant Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan. His only close friend, the illiterate Hassan, is not only from the deprived minority Hazara tribe but is the son of the servant of Amir's father. Hassan's kite running skills allow Amir to compete at the highest level in this important activity, but Amir will betray the trust of friendship, and the consequences reverberate.
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Yinka Shonibare CBE: Suspended States
London's Serpentine Gallery
By: - Apr 11th, 2024For over 30 years, Yinka Shonibare CBE has used Western art history and literature to explore contemporary culture and national identities. Suspended States is the artist’s first London solo exhibition in over 20 years. It showcases new works, interrogating how systems of power affect sites of refuge, debates on public statues, the ecological impact of colonialisation and the legacy of imperialism on conflict and consequential attempts at peace.
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Jacob's Pillow Schedule
Dance in the Berkshires
By: - Apr 11th, 2024Jacob’s Pillow announces that tickets are now on sale to the general public for the full schedule of programming at this summer’s Dance Festival, which will offer nine weeks of performances by world-class artists, live music, and free and paid family-friendly events, on indoor and outdoor stages. In addition to featuring local and regional artists, the festival will include dance companies traveling from across the United States, Canada, England, Switzerland, Italy, Argentina, Spain, and beyond.
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Macbeth, an undoing, at Theatre for a New Audience
Zinnie Harris Reacts to Shakespeare
By: - Apr 12th, 2024Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) is producing Macbeth (an undoing) at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn. The Royal Lyceum’s production of Macbeth (an undoing) at TFANA is a promising start to a reciprocal partnership, The Shakespeare Exchange, between Royal Lyceum and Theatre for a New Audience.
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Mirror Master: Pennie Brantley and Robert Morgan
LARAC Glens Falls, New York
By: - Apr 14th, 2024Over hill and dale, through mill towns and pastures, the entourage gathered in Glens Falls. Family and friends came from far and wide to celebrate yet another exhibition of the representational artist couple Pennie Brantley and Robert Morgan. The faithful were yet again rewarded by a stunning exhibition at LARAC in Glens Falls, New York.
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Tiger Style!
Walking Challenging Line Between Being Chinese And American
By: - Apr 16th, 2024Raised by Chinese-American tiger parents, adult siblings Albert and Jennifer are stereotypically accomplished and conflict avoiding. But when Albert is passed over for a promotion that goes to a less competent European-American, he reaches wit's end. Neither sibling speaks any Chinese, but they feel that they will be better received in China than at home in the U.S. What could go wrong? What doesn't in this broad but provocative farce?
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Dali Museum in St. Petersburgh, Florida
Celebrating 100 Years of Surrealism
By: - Apr 17th, 2024Arguably, Dali's best known work and masterpiece is “The Persistence of Memory” 1931. It was included in his first New York exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in 1932. In 1934 it was anonymously donated to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). It has been suggested that it was influenced by Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity. To which the artist replied that the soft watches were not inspired by the theory of relativity, but by the surrealist perception of a Camembert melting in the sun.
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Sanctuary City,
TheaterWorks Hartford
By: - Apr 18th, 2024Sanctuary City, the play at TheaterWorks Hartforddeals with the consequences for the children, often very young, they brought with them, These children have no connection to their country of origin since their parents could never visit and return; the US is the only country they know.
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Roger Daltrey Brings Tommy to Tanglewood
See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me
By: - Jun 16th, 2018After nearly a half century lapse Tanglewood has doubled down on the vintage British rock group The Who. Last summer we heard Pete Townshend leading Quadrophenia with the Pops. Last night lead singer Roger Daltrey performed the entire 75-minute Tommy as well as three encores minus the orchestra.
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David Crosby Headlines at Tanglewood
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Chris Hillman and Herb Peterson Also on Bill
By: - Jun 18th, 2018It was a long but satisfying evening at Tanglewood. Chris Hillman, a founder of The Byrds, and Herb Peterson, one of The Dillards went on at 7 PM. They were followed by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Then David Crosby brought it on home at 10:30 PM. The hits just kept on coming.
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Judy Collins and Stephen Stills Share Memories
Lost Love Rekindled at Tanglewood
By: - Jun 18th, 2018Fifty years ago Stephen Stills and Judy Collins met and had a relationship that lasted for two years. That breakup resulted in "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" the hit of the debut album of Crosby Stills and Nash. Not long ago they were booked for an AARP event. That chance encounter resulted in a tour that touched down at Tanglewood. On September 22 they will release a studio album "For What It's Earth" titled for a Leonard Cohen song.
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Mr. Parker Plays South Florida
World Premiere By Prolific Playwright Michael McKeever
By: - Jun 18th, 2018Mr. Parker is a touching comedy-drama by versatile theater artist Michael McKeever. The piece, a three-hander, is receiving an impressive world premiere at Island City Stage near Ft. Lauderdale. A trio of actors sparkle in an all-around strong production.
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Art in South Florida
Tony Award Winning Comedy by Yasmina Reza
By: - Jun 16th, 2018New City Players is offering an explosive, comic production of Yasmina Reza's provocative Art. This comedy focuses on how perception can impact relationships. Actors excel in roles that require seamless shifts between subtlety and big acting choices.
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Berkshire Mountains Faerie Festival, 2018
On Bowe Field in Adams, MA
By: - Jun 19th, 2018There is a story to tell and an enchanted slide show to see! The third annual Berkshire Mountains Fearie Festival happened on June 16 in Adams, Massachusetts. Faeries and elves of many realms appeared all day long. Activities, entertainment and festival goods were offered to nearly 1500 celebrants.
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Church & State By Jason Odell Williams
Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen to Good People
By: - Jun 19th, 2018There has been yet another school slaughter just days before a close election for the incumbent Senator from North Carolina. He attends a funeral for kids who were classmates of his children. A blog reporter asks if he turned to God and prayer in a time of grief. An honest unfiltered answer threatens to sabotage his campaign. This leads to suprising and provocative results. The brief one act play is followed by a talkback after each performance.
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