Theatre
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Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra Streams Stravinsky
Multi Media Rhythmic Extravaganza Delights
By: - Mar 29th, 2020Stravinsky composed La History del Soldado, a multi media piece, in 1914. Using speech, mime and dance accompanied by a seven piece band, we hear ragtime, tango, and other modern musical idioms combined in a series of highly infectious instrumental movements. Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra performed the piece, with an updated libretto they commissioned. It is delightful to hear, even long distance.
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Berkshire Theatre Group to Open in August
Revising plans for Summer 2020
By: - Apr 01st, 2020This week Jacob's Pillow cancelled its coming season. Can Tanglewood be far behind? Today Williamstown Theatre Festival pulled back from selling tickets with a note for further review of seasonal plans. Berkshire Theatre Group announces the launch of its season on August 1. We have yet to hear updates from Shakespeare & Company, Barrngton Stage Company or other regional theatres. As non essential business Berkshire museums are closed with no time line for resumed programming.
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Mannes is Music
Luisa Muhr Presents Women Between Arts
By: - Mar 31st, 2020The richness of music programming at the Mannes School, now a division of The New School for Social Research, is clear day to day. Women Between Arts (WBA) is New York’s leading interdisciplinary women and non-binary artists series, created and curated by multi- and interdisciplinary artist Luisa Muhr. Programming revolves around the question: "How do we make new art?"
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La Mama Presents Pananadem
Philippino Act of Remembering Dramatized in Dance and Music
By: - Apr 01st, 2020Full of color and a driving beat, this special Philippine dance group presents Pananadem. The term means “remembering” in the language of the Meranao people (Philippines). It is a way of looking back across time, to gain inspiration and perspective from one’s ancestors.
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On the Fly
At La Jolla Playhouse
By: - Apr 02nd, 2020The latest La Jolla Playhouse production “Fly” is a new, visually stunning musical reimagining of J.M. Barrie’s “Peter and Wendy”, the popular and enduring children’s fantasy story about adventures in a dream filled place called ‘Neverland’ where children never grow up into adulthood where each has the ability to fly (with caveats, however, that must be observed).
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Update from Shakespeare & Company
Letter from Allyn Burrows
By: - Apr 03rd, 2020Shakespeare saw the theatres closed two times in as many years due to the plague, and he subsequently must have viewed the world through the lens of what the epidemic wrought.
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Intimacy Direction/Choreography
A Relatively New but Growing Discipline in Theater
By: - Apr 04th, 2020An Intimacy Director/Choreographer is responsible for creating and setting moments of intimacy onstage in a convincing, safe manner. The relatively new theatrical field of Intimacy Direction/Choreography is growing. Some see the field as vital in a post-pandemic world. South Florida theater companies are among those nationwide employing Intimacy Directors/Choreographers.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival Goes Audible
Response to Pandemic Challenge for 2020
By: - Apr 07th, 2020“This virus might get to tell us what we cannot do but it does not get to dictate what we can do,” Mandy Greenfield said. “The voices of these artists will be heard. Through this alliance with Audible, we keep artists and the generative artistic process centered and steady through this unspeakably difficult moment when public gathering simply isn’t possible"
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Steinberg/ATCA Finalists Named
Lauded New Work in the Spotlight
By: - Apr 09th, 2020Critics Association's new play committee has picked six finalists for new play award. The top prize is $25,000, while runners-up receive $7,500 each. The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) began honoring new plays since 1977. The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has funded the Steinberg/ATCA honor since 2000. Past honorees have included playwrights such as August Wilson and Arthur Miller.
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American Symphony Orchestra
Program to Stream Past Performances
By: - Apr 09th, 2020The internet is full of wonderful concerts and operas, some streamed-live and others are reprisals of deserving performances you'll want to hear if you missed them live or appreciate an opportunity for a reprise.
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Pauline Oliveros' Tuning Meditations
Music on the Rebound Gives New Meaning to Cinq a Sept
By: - Apr 12th, 2020Tuning Meditation is presented by Ione, who lived with the composer, and Music on the Rebound. Participants from 30 countries joined on Zoom to listen for their own notes and others. Find a pitch that no one else is sounding. Tod Machover, America's most wired composer, was there. So too, quietly, piano and composing phenom Conrad Tao. The celebrated and willing joined together in unique sounds.
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Shakespeare & Company Cancels Season
Schedule Shifted to 2021
By: - Apr 14th, 2020Shakespeare & Company is postponing its 2020 Summer Season to next summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic (coronavirus).
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Broadway Actor Nick Cordero
Suffers Complications of Coronavirus
By: - Apr 19th, 2020Tony nominated Broadway actor, Nick Cordero, is recovering after having his right leg amputated following Coronavirus complications.
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Watching Theatre from Home
Adapting to the Pandemic
By: - Apr 21st, 2020Stage shows are going on – maybe not live, but via live streaming and through other means. Since the world is in the midst of a pandemic, theater lovers are not able to experience the vitality and immediacy that comes with truly live theater. However, that doesn’t mean theater can’t be a part of your life under quarantine.
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The Crucible, an Opera by Robert Ward
Opera Santa Barbara Mounts a Moving Production
By: - Apr 20th, 2020Robert Ward's Pulitzer-Prize winning opera, The Crucible, is streaming live from Opera Santa Barbara. It is a terrific production with a cast of first-rate singing actors conducted by Kostis Protopapas.
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Drama Desk Awards
The Show Goes On with Annual Ceremony
By: - Apr 26th, 2020The Drama Desk Award's nominees have been announced. This year's ceremony will take place as a special presentation. The annual event honors outstanding achievement by theater artists.
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ArtsFloAtHome from Thire France
Les Arts Florissants Perform Spring Festival Virtually
By: - Apr 26th, 2020William Christie's and Paul Agnew's Les Arts Florissants is skipping their US tour. In any case, tickets to their events are quickly snapped up. Fortunately these two Baroque specialists have arranged to present their spring festival virtually. It is a treat so far. Past performances are available. Future ones can be seen live or at your leisure.
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Barrington Stage Company 2020 Update
The Show Goes On
By: - Apr 28th, 2020Out of precaution for actors, creative teams, staff and audiences, Barrington Stage Company will employ best safety practices, including reducing the 520-seat Mainstage to one third of its capacity; increasing the distance between rows and seats; and deep cleaning the theatre after every performance, among other measures. Patrons will be required to wear masks until further notice.
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Strauss Streaming from Bard
View One of Summerscape's Most Delicious Productions
By: - Apr 29th, 2020Bard continues to stream treasured past events from its website. If you missed a production, or conversation, now is your chance to catch up. This week, Die Liebe der Danae by Richard Strauss is offered.
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Streaming Theatre
What's Free This Weekend
By: - May 02nd, 2020With theatres closed for the pandamic many are posting their performances on the internet. Here are some productions for free viewing this weekend.
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Live-streamed theater
Is it here to stay?
By: - May 02nd, 2020Los Angeles-based No Pants Theatre Company is one of several founded as a response to the pandemic. The company, as of now, produces only live-streamed productions. Up next for No Pants Theatre Company is a college and university short play festival.
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Opera Philadelphia Digital Festival O
Philip Venables and Ted Huffman Create Digital Opera
By: - May 01st, 2020The world premiere of Denis and Katya took place last fall at Opera Philadelphia Festival 2019. Philip Venables is a riveting composer of opera. This work succeeded less well on stage than it does as the opening presentation of this Digital Festival.
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Theatre and the New Normal
The View from My Sofa
By: - May 06th, 2020Since we have to do without live theater for the foreseeable future, however, theater on my sofa can be an excellent replacement.
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Opera Philadelphia Digital Festival
We Shall not Be Moved Reprised
By: - May 09th, 2020We Shall Not be Moved was a hit at the 2017 Opera Philadelphia Festival, a must-attend event held in Philadelphia in the fall. It is available on Facebook, Sunday, May 10 at 7pm.
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Al Hirschfeld On Line Exhibition
Socially Distant Theatre
By: - May 11th, 2020The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is proud to announce the first in a series of online exhibitions exploring the work of one of the most iconic artists of the last century. On May 11, the Foundation will open a special exhibition for these times: "SOCIALLY DISTANT THEATER: The Solo Show As Seen By Hirschfeld", a collection of 25 drawings, paintings, collages, and prints documenting a half century of one person shows. This special digital exhibit will be online for six weeks through June 20.
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