Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge For Kids Worldwide
This year's focus is on designing planet-friendly solutions
for real-world environmental issues
It's that time of year again for all kid-inventors to put on their innovative thinking caps! The official launch of the 6th annual Global Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge was January 17th -- just in time to celebrate Kid Inventors' Day, which celebrates the important role children play in sparking innovation worldwide.
Cricket Media, in partnership with the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, today opens the call for entries for the Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge. The Challenge offers eligible children from around the world the opportunity to showcase their creative thinking on a global stage, with the opportunity to win exciting prizes such as a patent consultation from Nelson Mullins, LEGO kit, books from Smithsonian, and subscriptions to Cricket Media's Science Magazines. Individual students and entire classrooms (K-12) serving children between the ages of 5-21 are encouraged to participate.
This year's Challenge invites kids to think about a real-world environmental issue and design a planet-friendly solution. Kids are guided to look at the world around them and think about the environmental challenges facing people and their families, communities and the world. Specifically, the Challenge encourages them to tackle issues such as water scarcity, climate change, air or water pollution, endangered species and natural resource loss.
The Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge requires students to follow seven key steps in the invention process, including identifying a problem, conducting research, sketching their ideas, building a prototype, testing the product, refining it, and marketing it to potential users. The process helps to cultivate and reinforce 21st-century skills, including the use of digital technologies, and also meets several learning standards. A panel composed of Smithsonian and Cricket Media judges will select winners. The deadline for submitting inventions to the Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge is March 18, 2016. For complete entry guidelines and Official Rules, visit http://challenges.epals.
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Upcoming at iPlay America
110 Schank Road
Freehold, NJ
Thursday, January 26
Nocturnal – The 90’s
Nocturnal – The 90’s
iPlay America brings you Nocturnal! This exciting 21 plus to enter event is a monthly experience like no other! Nocturnal combines all the excitement of iPlay America's state-of-the-art light and sound system with all of the FUN of its indoor boardwalk-city themed facility to provide guests with a party atmosphere that is second to none! A full-service Bar & Grill, tasty Boardwalk Fare, Pizza, Specialty Coffees, and yummy Fro-Yo will all be available to satisfy your taste buds during Nocturnal! Guests can PARTY with top DJs from AMP 92.3, do battle in iPlay America's two-story laser tag arena, get out on the Midway and play over 200 thrilling Arcade Games, all with access to multiple bars. This month's Nocturnal theme is the 90's so come out and have the time of your life! Before 10 PM entry to Nocturnal is FREE with a downloaded ticket. Cover charge after 10 PM is $10 and includes a $5 game card.
For more information or to order tickets click here
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Now at Kelsey Theatre
1200 Old Trenton Rd.
West Windsor, NJ
Unnecessary Farce
Friday January 27 & Saturday January 28 8:00 PM
Sunday January 29, 2017 2:00 PM
In an economy motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant. In the room next door, two undercover cops are supposed to catch the meeting on videotape. But there's some confusion as to who's in which room, who's watching the video, who's taken the money, who's hired a hit man, and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes. This Pennington Players’ show is filled with doors slamming, clothes flying, and bagpipes bleating, all of which adds up to an over-the-top tale of mix-ups and mayhem that’s laugh-out-loud funny from start to finish.
For more information or to order tickets click here
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Upcoming at State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ
Milk & Cookies
Suzi Shelton
Saturday January 28, 2017 10:00 AM & 12:00 PM
All Tickets Free!
Recommended for Ages 3 to 6
For more information or to reserve tickets go to click here
Winter Festival: Zuckerman Performs Bach
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Saturday January 28, 2017 8:00 PM
For more information or to order tickets go to click here
2017 HXPCS Chinese New Year Spectacular
Sunday January 29, 2017 7:00 PM
For more information or to order tickets go to click here
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Upcoming at
the American Museum of Natural History
Central Park W. at 79th St.
New York, NY
BioExplorers: A Tree Full of Primates
(Grades 4 & 5)
For more information or to order make reservations click here
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Upcoming at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY
Alex and the Kaleidoscope in Concert
Saturday January 28 11:00 AM
Alex and his lively band take kids on a musical journey through remarkable places around the world, featuring songs that unfold like storybooks, captivating kids with adventures to stir their imaginations. Learn more about this award-winning group at alexandthekaleidoscope.com and view their videos on YouTube
For more information or to order tickets click here
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Upcoming at Children's Museum of the Arts
103 Charlton St.
New York, NY
Australian Cultural Festival
January 29, 2017 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
All ages
Visit CMA January 29 for our Australian cultural festival. They will celebrate the artistic traditions of the Aboriginal Australians, learn about animals in the Outback and Great Barrier Reef, and more!
For more information click here
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News from BroadwayCon
Jacob Javits
655 W. 34th St.
New York, NY
Friday January 27 - Sunday January 29 2017 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
BROADWAYCON ANNOUNCES
“AL HIRSCHFELD’S BROADWAY TREASURES” EXHIBITION
WITHIN BROADWAYCON MUSEUM,
PANEL WITH HIRSCHFELD FOUNDATION
BroadwayCon is pleased to announce that it will host a special Al Hirschfeld’s Broadway Treasures exhibition within the BroadwayCon Museum at BroadwayCon 2017. Featuring artwork from Al Hirschfeld’s storied career, this exhibition is organized in conjunction with the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, New York. “We have never gathered together just a selection of Hirschfeld’s Broadway work for a show in New York,” says Al Hirschfeld Foundation Creative Director David Leopold. “The BroadwayCon Museum will have Hirschfeld’s Sondheim and the Gershwins along with Hairspray, Guys and Dolls, and Phantom of the Opera. Even Shakespeare gets into the act!”
Additionally, BroadwayCon is pleased to announce a panel with the Foundation and artists who depict the theatre, Drawn to the Theatre: Whose Lines, Whose Colors, Who Draws Your Story?, on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 4pm. The session will be moderated by David Leopold, Archivist, Al Hirschfeld Foundation.
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BEN PLATT JOINS BROADWAYCON DEAR EVAN HANSEN PANEL
BroadwayCon® is pleased to announce that Ben Platt will join the event, appearing with the Dear Evan Hansen Panel. Moderated by Julie James, the panel will feature special appearances by the cast and creative team behind Dear Evan Hansen on Sunday, January 29 at BroadwayCon 2017.
No more waving through a window, #YouWillBeFound with the team from Dear Evan Hansen! Hear about how they brought a timely new musical to Broadway, inspiring audiences along the way. Moderated by Julie James, the panel will feature Benj Pasek (Music & Lyrics), Michael Greif (Director), Steven Levenson (Book), Laura Dreyfuss (Zoe Murphy), Rachel Bay Jones (Heidi Hansen), Will Roland (Jared Kleinman), Michael Park (Larry Murphy), Ben Platt (Evan Hansen), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Cynthia Murphy), Kristolyn Lloyd (Alana Beck), and Mike Faist (Connor Murphy).
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BROADWAYCON ANNOUNCES
BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED PANEL
BroadwayCon® is pleased to announce that it will host a Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened Panel on Saturday, January 28 at BroadwayCon 2017. Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened tells the story of the creation of Merrily We Roll Along, one of Broadway’s most legendary musicals. The panel will feature Merrily We Roll Along original Broadway cast members David Cady, Forest Ray, Donna Marie Asbury, Daisy Prince, and Mana Allen. The panel will be moderated by Merrily We Roll Along superfan Jennifer Ashley Tepper.
About Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
One of the truly legendary musicals in the history of Broadway, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG opened to enormous fanfare in 1981, and closed after sixteen performances. For the first time, BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED draws back the curtain on the extraordinary drama of the show's creation - and tells the stories of the hopeful young performers whose lives were transformed by it. Directed by Lonny Price, a member of the original cast, the film is a bittersweet meditation on the choices we all make, and the often unexpected consequences of those choices -- through success and failure. Featuring exclusive appearances by Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Jason Alexander, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Guettel, Frank Rich and the original Broadway cast of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. Produced by Atlas Media Corp in association with Allright Productions.
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NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARD™ WINNERS
PERFORM AT BROADWAYCON
BroadwayCon® and the National High School Musical Theatre Awards presented by the Broadway League Foundation are pleased to announce that two recent Jimmy Award® winners will perform at BroadwayCon. Amina Faye (2016 Best Performance by an Actress) and Anthony Skillman (2015 Best Performance by an Actor) will take the stage during the BroadwayCon Star To Be competition while the judges deliberate on Saturday, January 28.
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BROADWAYCON ANNOUNCES MADAM SECRETARY PANEL
FEATURING TIM DALY, ŽELJKO IVANEK, BEBE NEUWIRTH, KEITH CARRADINE, SEBASTIAN ARCELUS, PATINA MILLER, AND ERICH BERGEN
BroadwayCon is thrilled to announce that it will host a Madam Secretary Panel on Saturday, January 28 at BroadwayCon 2017 featuring cast members from the hit CBS drama. Moderated by BroadwayCon Co-Creator Anthony Rapp, panelists include Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Patina Miller, Sebastian Arcelus, Erich Bergen, Keith Carradine, and Željko Ivanek.
For more information about BroadwayCon or to order tickets click here
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News from DKC/O&M
Tickets on Sale January 26, 2017
BENEFIT READING OF NEIL LABUTE’S
“FAT PIG”
AT
MCC THEATER
FEATURING GOLDEN GLOBE-NOMINATED “THIS IS US” BREAKOUT STAR
CHRISSY METZ
PLAYWRIGHT-IN-RESIDENCE LABUTE BRINGS ONE OF HIS SEMINAL PLAYS
BACK TO MCC NOW WITH A
*NEW, NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN ENDING*
ONE-NIGHT-ONLY READING WILL BENEFIT MCC’S EDUCATION AND PLAYWRIGHT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2017
AT THE LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE
A one-night-only benefit reading of Neil LaBute’s play, Fat Pig, directed by LaBute, to be held on Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 7PM at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street). MCC previously presented the world premiere production of Fat Pig during the 2004-2005 Season and, in celebration of its 30th Anniversary Season, looks forward to bringing this hit from the past back - with a new ending. This benefit reading will be led by Chrissy Metz, a recent Golden Globe® nominee for her role on the hit drama “This Is Us” on NBC. Additional casting will be announced at a later date. For more info, visit www.mcctheater.org.
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News from Michelle Tabnick Communications
NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY:
Year of the Rooster
to be performed at NJPAC
January 28 & 29, 2017 at 2pm
The critically acclaimed Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company presents Year of the Rooster at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on January 28 & 29, 2017 at 2pm.This award-winning event brings audiences close to one of the world's most celebrated festivals: China's Spring Festival. Year of the Rooster features the exciting sights of dancing lions and dragons, the lilting sound of Chinese pipa and erhu, and vibrant gold and red costumes and props. A delight for the entire family, the Year of the Rooster combines the elegance of traditional Asian art and the beauty of American modern dance with thrilling choreography, exotic music and dazzling acrobats. Enjoy demonstrations and fun activities staged in the lobby before the performance. NJPAC is located at 1 Center Street, Newark, NJ 07102. Tickets are $20-$50 and can be purchased at http://www.njpac.org/events/detail/year-of-the-rooster-nai-ni-chen-dance-company.
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South Street Seaport Museum
announces new Exhibition
The Original Gus Wagner: The Maritime Roots of Modern Tattoo
January 29 - June 4, 2017 from 11am - 5pm, Wednesday - Sunday
Opening Reception: January 28, 2017 from 6-8pm, RSVP Only
In celebration of the unparalleled restoration currently underway in the South Street Seaport Museum's flagship, the museum announces its second post-Hurricane Sandy exhibition, The Original Gus Wagner: The Maritime Roots of Modern Tattoo beginning on January 29, 2017, open Wednesday - Sunday 11am-5pm, at the Museum's mezzanine gallery level, accessible from the main entrance of the Museum on 12 Fulton Street. An Opening Reception with Live Tattoo Demonstration and a Silent Auction will be held Saturday, January 28, 2017 from 6-8pm, RSVP required. Visit southstreetseaportmuseum.org for reservation info.
The exhibition is included with Museum admission: South Street Seaport Museum members: FREE, $12 for adults, $8 for students and seniors, and $6 for children ages 2 - 17. Tickets can be purchased online at http://
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Works & Process at the Guggenheim
announces
Miami City Ballet: The Fairy's Kiss by Alexei Ratmansky
Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 3:00pm and 7:30pm
Monday, January 30, 2017 at 7:30pm
On Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 3:00pm and 7:30pm and Monday, January 30, 2017 at 7:30pm, Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents a discussion with acclaimed choreographer Alexei Ratmansky and excerpts of his ballet The Fairy's Kiss set to premiere at Miami City Ballet this winter. Set to a score by Igor Stravinsky, the production is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's story The Ice-Maiden. Ratmansky, projection designer Wendall K. Harrington, and artistic director Lourdes Lopez will participate in a discussion moderated by dance historian and Pacific Northwest Ballet Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington.
Ratmansky's ballet The Fairy's Kiss will have its world premiere in Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center on February 10, 2017.
Tickets & Venue
$40, $35 Guggenheim members and Friends of Works & Process. $10 Student Rush Tickets available one hour prior to each performance if space allows (for students under 25 with valid ID). Priority ticket access and preferred seat selection is now available for Friends of Works & Process or Guggenheim Members Associate level and above.
Box Office (212) 423-3575, (M-F, 1-5pm) or online at worksandprocess.org
Peter B. Lewis Theater
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue, New York
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BIG APPLE CIRCUS TO SELL ASSETS
Stampler Auctions to Oversee Sale
The Big Apple Circus, a New York and national cultural treasure for four decades, is soliciting bids for the sale of all or substantially all of its assets pursuant to bidding procedures approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The assets include all of the Circus' performance equipment and intellectual property, among other items. All interested buyers must submit bids by February 3, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). An auction to consider bulk bids to acquire substantially all of the Circus' assets will be held on February 7, 2017 and managed by Stampler Auctions.
The February 7 auction will be held at the New York offices of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, who are serving pro bono as the Big Apple Circus' legal counsel in the bankruptcy case. Details regarding the sale process, including bidding procedures and asset lists, can be found online at www.stamplerauctions.com. Any assets not purchased as a bulk lot through the February 7 auction will be sold through a subsequent public auction, if necessary.
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News from Polk and Co.
SECOND STAGE THEATRE’S
NEW YORK PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF
MAN FROM NEBRASKA
Previews Begin January 26, 2017
Opening Night February 15, 2017
MAN FROM NEBRASKA will begin previews on Thursday, January 26, 2017 at the Tony Kiser Theatre (305 West 43rdStreet). Opening night is Wednesday, February 15.
Sometimes even the most devout can lose their faith. When Ken, a middle aged man from Nebraska, suddenly finds he’s lost his, along with his sense of purpose, he goes on a wild adventure to find it. Along the way he encounters a world vastly different from his own, filled with chance meetings and romantic encounters that shake him to the core. From the playwright of August: Osage County, comes a fascinating exploration into what happens when we lose our belief system and the characters that come into our lives on the path to a meaningful existence.
For more information, visit www.2ST.com
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News from Richard Hillman PR
THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY
PRESENTS
HELLO, JERRY!
A LOOK AT THE LIFE AND CAREER OF JERRY HERMAN
A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION BY
MUSICAL THEATRE HISTORIAN CHARLES TROY
AT YORK THEATRE COMPANY AT SAINT PETER’S
ONE NIGHT ONLY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017 AT 7:30PM
The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Interim Executive Director; David McCoy, Chairman of the Board), dedicated to the development of new musicals and preserving musical gems from the past, presents the New York debut of musical theatre historian Charles Troy, who celebrates the life and career of legendary Broadway composer Jerry Herman with Hello, Jerry!, a one-night only multimedia presentation on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter’s (619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).
Single tickets for the one-night only presentation of Hello, Jerry! are priced at $30 and available online at www.yorktheatre.org, by calling (212) 935-5820, or in person at the box office at the York Theatre Company at Saint Peter’s (619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue), Monday through Friday (12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.).
For additional information, please visit www.yorktheatre.org.
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DOWNTOWN ART
WELCOMES
ACCLAIMED THEATRE COMPANY
A CERTAIN SOMETHING
WITH THE U.S. PREMIERE OF
AND THEN I WOKE
(A VICARIOUS CATACLYSMIC EVENT)
GRIPPING NEW WORK EXPLORES #BLACKLIVESMATTER AND POLICE BRUTALITY
NEW YORK IS FIRST STOP IN 2017 WORLD TOUR INCLUDING
BERLIN, BUCHAREST, SOFIA, MADRID AND MORE
SIX PERFORMANCES ONLY!
JANUARY 25-29, 2017
Downtown Art (Ryan Gilliam, Artistic/Executive Director) will host the multinational theatre company A Certain Something and the U.S. premiere of And Then I Woke (A Vicarious Cataclysmic Event), a timely new exploration of the relationship between African-Americans and law enforcement, as part of the play’s 2017 world tour. Directed by Gabriel Stelian-Shanks (Peculiar Works’ Village Fragments, 2007 Obie Award) and performed by Nilan Johnson (Playmakers Rep’s Clybourne Park) and Cherrye J. Davis (HBO’s “For Flow”), And Then I Woke (A Vicarious Cataclysmic Event) will be presented for a strictly limited 6-performance engagement, January 25-29, 2017 at Downtown Art (70 East 4th Street, next to LaMaMa ETC). Tickets are $20 and may be reserved by visiting www.acertainsomething.org or directly at www.andtheniwoke.bpt.me.
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MARK DELAVAN, ALIX KOREY AND ANNE RUNOLFSSON
TO LEAD THE CAST OF
THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY’S
WINTER 2017 “MUSICALS IN MUFTI” SERIES
PRESENTATION OF
MILK AND HONEY
BOOK BY DON APPELL
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY JERRY HERMAN
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL UNGER
MUSIC DIRECTION BY JEFFREY SAVER
FEATURING ARI AXELROD, ABBY GOLDFARB, JACOB HEIMER, JESSICA FONTANA,
JOY HERMALYN, JOANNE SYDNEY LESSNER, AND JOHN LITTLE
PERFORMANCES BEGIN JANUARY 28, 2017
FOR A LIMITED RUN THROUGH FEBRUARY 5, 2017
AT THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY AT SAINT PETER’S
SPECIAL “MUSICALS IN MUFTI” PACKAGE AVAILABLE
The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Interim Executive Director; David McCoy, Chairman of the Board), dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the past, has announced American operatic bass-baritone Mark Delavan(Tosca), Broadway’s Alix Korey (Fiddler on the Roof) and Anne Runolfsson (The Phantom of the Opera) will lead the cast of the 1961 musical Milk and Honey, with book by Don Appell, and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, the first of three shows in the Winter 2017 Musicals in Mufti Series where performances are set to begin Saturday afternoon, January 28, 2017 for 11-performnces only through February 5, 2017 at the York Theatre Company at Saint Peter’s (entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).
Launching the Winter 2017 Musical in Mufti series is Milk and Honey, book by Don Appell, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Marking the Broadway debut of the incomparable Jerry Herman, Milk and Honey centers on the romance between two Americans in Israel—a lonely widow on tour and an unhappily married man visiting his daughter. Set against the backdrop of Israel's struggle for recognition as an independent nation, Milk and Honey is a tale of love, optimism, and second chances. With his first Broadway score, Mr. Herman showed the promise of the wealth of hummable, memorable songs he would compose in the future.
Milk and Honey will play the following 11-performance schedule—First Week: Saturday at 2:30 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 & 7:00 p.m.; Second Week: Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., Thursday 2:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m
The second show in the Musicals in Mufti series is Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musical Voyage, music by Kurt Weill, text and format by Gene Lerner, lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Jacques Deval, Michael Feingold, Ira Gershwin, Paul Green, Langston Hughes, Alan Jay Lerner, Ogden Nash, George Tabori, and Arnold Weinstein. Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musical Voyage is a joyous and moving celebration of Kurt Weill, a cantor's son and one of the most extraordinary composers of the twentieth century. Weill's greatest theatre songs are presented in a fluid blend of music and story, spanning twenty eventful years, from Von Hindenburg and Hitler in Germany to Roosevelt and Truman in the U.S. Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musical Voyage will be directed by Pamela Hunt, with music direction by Eric Svejcar. Performances begin Saturdayafternoon, February 11, 2017 for a limited engagement through February 19, 2017.
The Winter 2017 series concludes with Dear World, book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, new version by David Thompson (based on an adaptation by Maurice Valency of the play The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux), music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, starring 6-time Emmy® Award and Tony® Award-winner Tyne Daly as Countess Aurelia. When a group of businessmen scheme to drill for oil in Paris, there is only one force in the world that can stop them: Countess Aurelia, the Madwoman of Chaillot. With the help of idealism, love, and poetry—not to mention two other madwomen, a local sewerman, and a pair of young lovers—the Countess fights to save Paris and the world from greed. With Dear World's opening on Broadway in 1969, Mr. Herman became the first composer-lyricist to have three productions simultaneously running on Broadway, and for her performance 2015 Oscar Hammerstein Honoree Angela Lansbury received the second of her five Tony® Awards. Michael Montel directs, with music direction by Christopher McGovern. Performances begin Saturday afternoon, February 25, 2017 for a limited engagement through March 5, 2017.
For additional information, please visit www.yorktheatre.org.
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