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The Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas, TX
The Sixth Floor Museum is displaying a 17 piece portion of a collection of paintings by American artist Bernadine Stetzel who has painted 71 portraits of the life, both public and private, of John F. Kennedy.
Ms. Stetzel, a supporter of Kennedy’s, was devastated by the terrible assassination of JFK in Dallas in 1963. Shortly after visiting the late President’s grave site in 1968, Ms. Stetzel began working on …more…
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County proudly presents City Theatre’s 17th annual Summer Shorts Festival, South Florida’s fast and furiously fun program of the nation’s hottest short plays, staged in the intimate Carnival Studio Theater (Ziff Ballet Opera House) from June 1-17, 2012. Under the new direction of Producing Artistic Director John Manzelli, the sizzling 17th season of the company’s acclaimed Summer Shorts Festival features …more…
In the grand tradition of historical reenactment, comes a stirring epic from the same team that brought The Grapes of Wrath to Broadway in the early 90’s. Steppenwolf company member Frank Galati adapted and directed E.L. Doctorow’s 2006 PEN/Faulkner award-winning novel about Sherman’s destructive march across the Confederate South. Like so many novels, movies and plays about the Civil War, The March is less about the battlefields and more about the …more…
While it remains to be seen who the future stars will be, there is no doubt that there are some remarkably talented young musicians in the Classical vein emerging around the world. The competition for the limited slots available on the world stage is fierce, in part because we seem to have gotten better and better at finding, training, and nurturing talented young people.
On one hand, this is sad because …more…
Composer Robert Sirota. Photo by Richard Frank; culled from the composer’s web site.
While the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City may be best recognized for its expansive collections of visual art and historical artifacts, musical instruments are also significant to the museum’s holdings. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the installation of one such instrument at the museum—the Thomas Appleton pipe organ—the Met’s Department of Musical Instruments …more…
While thousands of visitors to the city may be looking to hear the sounds of traditional and contemporary jazz, rock, blues or gospel in the tents of the annual Jazz Fest, there is a dedicated coterie of opera fans who will be heading this weekend to the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts. They will be taking in the mounting of an opera and a special production of a …more…
Sound of My Voice is perhaps one of the most anticipated indie releases of the year, having garnered attention from various film festivals in 2011. As has been posted by fellow Arts America writer Alex A. Kecskes, the film centers around two documentary filmmakers, Peter and Lorna, who infiltrate a cult led by Maggie, a woman that claims to be from the year 2054.
In anticipation of the April 22nd release, Arts …more…
The Main Street Players presents Tony Award Winning Jason Robert Brown’s 13 The Musical. With a book by Dan Elish and an unforgettable rock score, 13 The Musical is a hilarious, high-energy musical for all ages about discovering that cool is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it. A grown-up story about growing up!
When his parents get divorced and he’s forced to move from New York to a …more…
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri is known for showing works that have had significant impact on the American mindset. Its current exhibit of “The King Survey Photographs” by Timothy H. O’Sullivan is one such body of work. Taken between 1867 and 1872 as well as 1868 and 1869, the King Survey photographs were part of an exploration of land in Wyoming, California, Nevada, and parts of …more…
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
When they are well done, so called “prequels” can serve as highly entertaining and intriguing adjuncts to beloved classics. Though prequels are far more common in film than in theater, there are some examples from the stage — most notably the mega-hit Broadway musical Wicked, which is largely a prequel to The Wizard of Oz.
Although it’s doubtful that Peter and the Starcatcher will ever approach the …more…
Born in San Diego, dancer, actress, choreographer, teacher, and writer Helen Pickett began her dance studies at the San Francisco Ballet School and went on to dance with the esteemed Ballet Frankfurt under the directorship of William Forsythe. As an actress she also worked with Elizabeth Le Compte’s The Wooster Group for 6 yrs in the OBIE award-winning House/Lights and North Atlantic and then guested with the Royal Ballet of …more…
The story of Euripides’s third place finish in the 431 B.C. Athens Dionysia festival is one to warm the hearts of unsung writers everywhere. The great Greek tragedian finished behind two now-forgotten playwrights for his telling of the older myth of Medea, wife of Jason (of Argonaut fame). In Euripides’s version, Medea kills her own children in revenge after being spurned by her husband. The Athenian audience may not have been ready …more…
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When Brigid Baker throws a party, it’s a party!
The April celebration at Baker’s 6th Studio in Little Havana, Miami began in the parking lot, with Broadway diva, Bertilla Baker, singing “Get the Party Started” as she rose in an open elevator to the back door platform of the studio. Alongside on the building’s blank wall, we watched the “Wall Rapture” as a graffiti artist contributed to …more…
Austin Theatre Project (ATP), Austin’s newest theatre company, has chosen Corpus Christi, a play by Terrence McNally, to be its inaugural production. The play, set in Corpus Christi, Texas during the 1950s, tells the story of a young gay man (Joshua) who suffers harassment and bullying from the townspeople. He leaves home, and when he returns, is betrayed by his best friend, Judas. The play is a re-imagining of the …more…
For me, being a “patron of the arts” means going out on a regular basis to Metro Detroit’s fine theaters and performance venues. It’s one part selfishness – I love a good play or exhibit as much as the next person – and one part preservation. I want to make sure Detroit’s gems remain relevant and open.
So it was with shock and surprise that I heard about the financial challenges …more…
Four times a year, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust hosts a free Gallery Crawl where the public can view shows at the many galleries and art spaces in the downtown Cultural District. On April 27, 31 venues will open their doors, enticing patrons with the promise of cutting-edge visual and performing arts and live entertainment.
Among the attractions offered this month is the world premiere of THE NEWS, a 90-minute “reality opera” …more…
Shuler Hensley as Jud Fry in Oklahoma!
It’s easy to give in to a sense of gloom and doom, or at least a lingering unease, about the health of live theater these days, especially with Atlanta-area companies facing ever harsher economic realities. The circumstances behind the recent shuttering of Theatre in the Square, after all, were hardly unique to that long-running Marietta playhouse. In the face of such uncertainty, the …more…
From http://www.gilevansproject.com
An incomparable composer, arranger and bandleader, the importance of the great Gil Evans could not be overstated. Instrumental in the development of modal jazz, jazz fusion and a number of other sub-genres, Evans and his collaborators forever changed the face of America’s art form.
On a new disc to be released on May 13th, producer Ryan Truesdell explores some quite extraordinary newly-discovered Gil Evans works. Truesdell is the first …more…
A quick Google search reveals that all-female productions of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar have been staged across the country for years. Clever bon mots on the topic range from “Gives good guy” to… Well, actually people can’t seem to get past the “all-female” and it dominates the headlines (see above). Still, in an election year, especially one where the phrase “war on women” already holds a dominant position in our political …more…
Helen Pafumi, Artistic Director at The Hub
Not everyone respects the suburbs. Certainly when I lived in DC, I believed rats and sirens were a prerequisite for vibrancy, the grit that settled on the window sills a crucial creative leavening. The Virginia suburbs especially were pathetic—and Fairfax County? The least cool place within a fifty-mile radius. Ironic, then, that I moved there. But some of the newest, most vibrant theater …more…
I finally made my first trip to Film Streams in downtown Omaha last night and I’m hooked. I’d heard from several people that I would love the ambiance of the theater, the amazing films they offer that I can’t see anywhere else in Omaha, and the fact that they’re a non-profit cinema. Check, check, and check.
If you have not yet realized that film is a definite art form, then you …more…
Mears Park by Richard Abraham
It’s Spring—and that means art crawls! From Friday, April 27th, through Sunday, April 29th, hundreds of artists and art dealers will open their studios and galleries throughout St. Paul. Deciding which to visit can be daunting, especially if your time is limited. Here are my top ten artist picks (arranged according to gallery)!
1. Jesikah Orman (Lowertown Lofts Coop 5th Atrium): works in mixed media on …more…
Alonzo King's Scheherazade
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet has gained notice the world over for its genre-bending, innovative contributions to 21st-century ballet. The company straddles the evanescent line between ballet and other, more modern forms of dance with alacrity.
In 2009, King was commissioned by Monaco Dance Forum to create a modern version of Scheherazade to inaugurate the Centenary of the storied Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo (ground zero for dance, music and …more…
Image from The Denver Post
Christo’s controversial “Over the River” project, which would suspend fabric panels across a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River, has been approved by Fremont County. The project still needs to get the go-ahead from Chaffee County, the Colorado State Department of Transportation, and the State Patrol.
“Over the River” has already been approved by the US Bureau of Land Management, which has determined that the project …more…
Sohoyini Dance and Drum
In the language of the Dagomba people of Northern Ghana, “sohoyini” means ‘one heart’, which is the perfect emblem for the diverse group of artists coming together to form this joyous dance and drum company.
The mission behind SD&D is to unite cultures through the celebration of the music and movement of traditional African rhythms. With the U.S. company based in Seattle, Washington and a second company …more…
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