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With good reason, Once has been one of the most buzzed-about new shows of the Broadway season. Based on the acclaimed 2006 indie movie musical of the same name, the show had a highly-praised production Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop before transferring to Bernard B. Jacobs Theater on Broadway in March. Now Once has snagged the most Tony Award nods this season, with 11 nominations.
Like many people, I was …more…
Focus Features, which formed in May 2002 as a division of NBC Universal, has been an influential force in art house filmmaking for over ten years, consistently producing and distributing some of the best independent films in the business. To celebrate its ten year anniversary, the Museum of Modern Art will be featuring screenings of ten classic films from the company’s first decade. Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator at the Department of Film, organized the …more…
Buster Williams (from Bass Musician Magazine)
I’ve written about how much I love Smoke, the relative newcomer to the club scene at the lower edge of Harlem, but I just want to reiterate what a fabulous job I think they do not only of being a first-rate venue to see live music, but what great acts they bring through.
Take, for instance, this Friday/Saturday night (May 4th & 5th). The indomitable …more…
In what is now one of the premiere spring events for classical music in the United States, Spring For Music brings together an impressive grouping of orchestras from across the nation and Canada for a series of performances, showcasing some of the greatest music ever created, at the world-renowned Carnegie Hall.
Carnegie Hall in New York City
Our very own Houston Symphony is kicking off the sophomore edition of this series on May …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…
Heidi Latsky: GIMP
Heidi Latsky has had a long, illustrious career, from her early days in Montreal to becoming principal dancer with Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane to creating her own New York-based contemporary company, Heidi Latsky Dance.
With her dynamic physicality and her intelligent approach to moving the body through space, Latsky’s choreography can be simultaneously poetic, sensual, violent, and athletic, running the gamut of emotions through her impeccable …more…
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Once again in May, La MaMa Moves Dance Festival presents new work by both emerging and recognized choreographers in all three of La MaMa, E.T.C.’s venues.
May 9 – 12: Love Story, Palestine by Yoshiko Chuma and School of Hard Knocks
May 11- 13: – Chamber Works : An evening of work by various choreographers: Vicky Shick, Elena Demyanenko and Joe Poulson, Maura Donohue and Peggy Cheng, …more…
Michele Angelini, Susannah Biller, Marie-Eve Munger
Il sogno di Scipione is seldom performed – for the simple reason that the author, a 16-year-old Mozart, was feeling his adolescent oats and loaded it with intricate, high-flying arias that would challenge the most skilled of singers, then or now. In fact, the piece was never even produced in this country until 2002, when the then brand-new (and apparently fearless) Gotham Chamber Opera …more…
Morgan Spurlock might not be as much of a household name as, say, Michael Moore, but he’s definitely one of the most entertaining documentary filmmakers around. Spurlock quickly gained recognition with his 2004 hit, Super Size Me, which documented his journey to consume every item on the McDonald’s menu for 30 days without exercise. While he gained nearly 25 lbs and had bouts of depression as a result of his fast …more…
Tracie Bennett in END OF THE RAINBOW
With so many Broadway shows opening this spring (as happens every year), it can be very difficult to budget one’s money and time in deciding what to see and what not to see. But if your taste is equivalent to mine, there’s one “entertainment” that can safely be placed at the bottom of your list: Peter Quilter’s play End of the Rainbow, which …more…
Kaissa at Zinc Bar
I find hybrids endlessly compelling. And when you really stop to think about the origins of jazz, combining it with African traditions seems like an exceptionally easy match. Every Friday at Zinc Bar in the Village is African Jazz night and I would be willing to bet that the clubs who have a recurring night of African Jazz are few and far between.
This Friday, April 13th, …more…
One of the many advantages of being a musical theater lover living in New York City is that the lively concert scene affords a multitude of opportunities to hear new work by up-and-coming songwriters, sung by some of Broadway’s best talent. The New Voices Collective frequently stages intimate concerts that do just that, showcasing songs by working composers and emerging talents. What’s more, NVC always comes up with a special …more…
Is it something in the air? There’s so much opera going on as spring sets in, you’d swear we were genetically programmed to burst into song in sync with the croci and daffodils.
I’m super-psyched to hear Anna Caterina Antonacci making her New York recital debut as part of Lincoln Center’s “Art of the Song” series at Allice Tully Hall on April 8. Antonacci – celebrated on the Continent — can …more…
Although I’ve been a musical theater fan for the better part of my life, I’ve never had the obsession with “famous flops” that a number of my friends share. So, although I’ve long been aware that the musical Carrie is one of the famousest of these flops, I didn’t actually know much about it as I walked into the Lucille Lortel Theatre last week to see MCC Theater‘s new production …more…
The month of April brings along much more than the highly anticipated Tribeca Film Festival. Although this big film event, founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff, is undeniably a highlight of the New York City film festival season, there are many other great festivals that fall a little under the press radar. Here are three New York City film fests that we recommend adding to your …more…
Fittingly, Gotham Chamber Opera in New York City has come full circle since its debut production of W.A. Mozart’s one-act opera Il sogno di Scipione during the 2001-02 season. Fast forward 10 years to April 11, 2012, when the opera company will stage a revival of the work at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College.
Celena Shafer in the 2001 producion of "Il sogno di Scipione;" photo …more…
David Shifrin, Artistic Director of Yale in New York; photo culled from the Yale School of Music web site.
Too often in concert music, the bassoon, string bass, trombone and others on the lower end of the sonic spectrum are neglected as solo instruments. This premise is the driving force behind the “Yale in New York” series’ De Profundis: The Deep End led by Artistic Director David Shifrin on …more…
On Thursday evening, March 29, New York City’s Carnegie Hall continues the final week of its American Mavericks series—which focuses on 17 singular composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, from Charles Ives to Morton Feldman to Steve Reich—with a decidedly West Coast focus.
"American Mavericks" Curator and Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas; photo by Terrence McCarthy, culled from Carnegie Hall web site.
Series curator and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas will lead …more…
As we posted about a couple of weeks ago, this week is the New Directors/New Films Festival in New York City. We decided to get the inside scoop on what makes this event so special from writer/filmmaker, David Licata, who participated in the festival in 2004.
Celen Cipriaso: Tell us a little about yourself.
David Licata: I’m a writer and a filmmaker. The writing has appeared in literary journals and on …more…
Bill Coyne and Jody Cook in L'IL ABNER (Photo: Michael Portantiere)
Based on the Al Capp comic strip of the same title, and featuring a terrific score by Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer, the musical L’il Abner was a big hit when it originally opened on Broadway in 1956. But first-class revivals since then have been scarce, and the show has not yet returned to Broadway, perhaps because the …more…
The Met’s current revival of director Adrian Noble’s 2007 version of Verdi’s Macbeth is remarkable not just for Mark Thompson’s thrillingly stark sets, and for Thomas Hampson and Nadja Michael’s chilling portrayal of a timeless power couple, but for Dimitri Pittas’s show-stopping lament as Macduff. If his traumatized “Ah la paterna mano” does not bring a lump to your throat, better check your pulse. Macbeth plays, passim, to April 9, …more…
When Mike Daisey first began developing his theater piece on the Chinese laborers who make the shiny gadgets that we Westerners hold so near and dear, he probably didn’t anticipate that it would lead to an explosive discussion on truth in theater. ...more...
From http://devingraymusic.com/
I would be the first to admit that free jazz is not really my strong suit. My tastes tend to run more toward straight ahead or vocally-driven jazz. However, anytime I’ve dabbled in what you might consider “avant garde”, it always seems to come back to drummer-driven music. (Think Jack DeJohnette, etc.)
So it’s surprising and not at all surprising that I’ve been seriously enjoying NYC drummer Devin Gray‘s …more…
It was not at all difficult to imagine pianist Johnny O’Neal as Art Tatum in the 2004 film, “Ray” (one of my favorites). Mostly because Mr. O’Neal is easily just as prodigiously talented as Mr. Tatum. ...more...
What is there to say about Nellie McKay? Mostly just that as soon as you try to define what it is that she actually does, she goes and does something so out of left field that you’re left bereft of descriptive ability. ...more...
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