In This Week's Scoop
1) Broadway Run
2) Ryan Connarro's Limited Run of Saint of Failure Playing Now
3) Upcoming at Merkin Hall
Broadway Close Up: I Won't Grow Up, Tuesday Matinee: Yoonah Kim, clarinet
4) Upcoming in Central Park
Celebrate Halloween at Central Park's Conservancy's Annual Pumpkin Flotilla
5) Upcoming at BAM Kids
BAMboo!
6) Upcoming at iPlay America
Comedy Night with Eric D'Alesandro
7) Upcoming at Lincoln Center
Mahler Songs, Zauberland, Carol Lipnick & Tareke Ortiz, Halloween Treasure Hunt,
LC Kids: Gustafer Yellowgold
8) Upcoming at Symphony Space
The Magic of Harrison Kramer
PR Firm Roundup
9) News from Andrea Alton
Upcoming at United Solo Festival
10) News from DDPR
The Office! A Musical Parody Announced Closing Date
11) News from DKC/O&M
11A) Upcoming at New York Stage & Film: Tent Revivial
11B) Hadestown to Release CD & Vinyl Editions
12) News from Karen Greco
One Discordant Violin Makes US Premiere at 59E59 Theaters
13) News from Pascal Nadon Communications
13A) American Symphony Opens Season at Carnegie Hall October 31
13B) Upcoming for Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
13C) Upcoming for Orchestra Now
14) News from Polk and Co.
The Underlying Chris Begins Performances at Second Stage Theater on October 29
15) News from Richard Hillman PR
15A) Panama Hattie Begins Its Limited Run at the York Theatre October 26
15B) An Enchanted April Musical Begins Limited Run at Theater Row November 1
15C) AMAS Musical Theatre to Present One Night Only Event Missing Person
15D) AMAS Musical Theatre Keaton and the Whale Part of Dare to Be Different Series
1) Broadway Run
Now through November 10, 2019
Run, walk, leap or jeté alongside Broadway's brightest stars and fans in a friendly 5k benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
s a participant, you simply complete a 5k however, whenever and wherever you choose. It can be completed all at once, or cumulative over several days or weeks. You'll help provide lifesaving medications, nutritious meals, emergency financial assistance and more to men, women and children across the country. Plus, you get a limited edition, Tony Award-themed medal to remember your experience forever.
In addition to a platinum medal, you also receive a personalized digital bib you can download, print and wear for your run or display with your medal.
The virtual run is the nationwide arm of the Broadway Run, a 3.1-mile walk or run through the streets of Manhattan that ends at the famed marathon finish line in Central Park. The in-person run is set for Saturday, November 2. The New York run, part of the New York City Marathon Dash to the Finish Line 5K, is at capacity and not accepting any more participants.
You can claim 100% of your registration fee as a tax-deductible donation as all of the proceeds will support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Registration closes at midnight on November 9 EST.
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2) Ryan Conarro's SAINTS OF FAILURE to Play Limited Run at Lafayette Ave Presbyterian Church
Interdisciplinary artist Ryan Conarro (ALAXSXA | ALASKA, this hour forward) will premiere his work Saints of Failure as a site-specific production inside Lafayette Ave Presbyterian Church (85 South Oxford St, Fort Greene, Brooklyn) with additional dates through November 9, 2019. Weaving storytelling, rich soundscape, and live makeup transformations, Conarro shares a series of histories and memories to explore deep questions about LGBTQ identity and the American Christian experience and what ensues when these identities collide.
Conarro tackles these questions with humorous and brutally honest anecdotes while painting his body with direction from makeup designer and performance coach Risha Rox (Random Acts of Flyness, The Paris Project), an interdisciplinary artist working in the mediums of painting, performance installation and sculpture. The show began as an immersive performance installation in residency at Goddard College’s Interdisciplinary Arts Program, presented at the Fort Worden State Park Pitkin Gallery, in Port Townsend, WA. This was followed by a development residency at Gainesville Theatre Alliance Guest Artist Program in Gainesville, GA, a performance and artist talk at Claflin University’s Arts & Letters Annual Bash in Orangeburg, SC, and a workshop presentation at Dixon Place's HOT! Festival of Queer Culture.
Tickets are $25, with $20 tickets available for students and seniors, and can be purchased by visiting bit.ly/SaintsOfFailureTix. Performances are Thursday, Saturday, October 26 at 7pm, Wednesday, October 30 at 7pm, Fridays, November 1 and November 8 at 7pm, Saturdays, November 2 and November 9 at 2pm and 7pm.
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3) Upcoming at Merkin Hall
129 W. 67th St.
New York, NY
Broadway Close Up: I Won't Grow Up,
Tuesday Matinee: Yoonah Kim, clarinet
Monday October 28, 7:30 PM
Tuesday October 29, 7:30 PM
Broadway Up Close: I Won't Grow Up
From Peter Pan to Gypsy Rose Lee, explore the depiction of children in Broadway musicals like Matilda, Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, School of Rock, Charlie Brown and Gypsy.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
Tuesday October 29, 2:00 PM
Tuesday Matinee: Yoonah Kim, clarinet
A young artist of uncommon musical depth and versatility and the winner of the 2016 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, clarinetist Yoonah Kim performs works by C. Schumann, R. Schumann and Brahms.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
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4) Celebrate Halloween
at the Central Park Conservancy’s
Annual Halloween Pumpkin Flotilla
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
(Located inside the Park, best entry point is
110th Street, between Fifth and Lenox Avenues)
Wednesday October 30, 2019 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Pumpkin Drop Off
Pumpkin Carving by Hugh McMahon
Halloween Crafts
Spooky Stories
Festive Pumpkin Patch
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Halloween Costume Parade
6:30 pm
Pumpkin Flotilla Launch
The Central Park Conservancy presents the 2019 Halloween Pumpkin Flotilla! The popular annual event is free and will feature lots of kid-friendly activities such as pumpkin carving, arts & crafts, spooky storytelling, a costume parade, a festive pumpkin patch, and the event’s signature Pumpkin Flotilla, which sets sail across the Harlem Meer at twilight. This event is open to all ages and credentialed members of the media. For more information, please visit www.centralparknyc.org/halloween.
Bring a Jack-o’-lantern: Pumpkins must weigh about 8 pounds after it’s carved (approximately the size of a soccer ball). Mini or extra-large pumpkins will not be accepted for the flotilla.
Get creative: All pumpkins must come with tops and be gutted and carved prior to the event. Jack-o’-lanterns with artificial decorations, such as paint, glitter, marker, food dye, paper, plastic, light bulbs, candles, or floats will not be accepted for the flotilla. A light and floating device will be provided when you register your jack-o’-lantern at the event.
Drop off your jack-o’-lantern: We will have a designated drop-off area near the Dana Discovery Center from 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 pm. The flotilla is limited to 50 jack-o’-lanterns and is first come, first served. Please make sure your creation meets all the requirements.
Watch the Harlem Meer get spooky! Once the activities are finished at twilight (about 6:30 p.m.), find a spot along the edge of the Harlem Meer and watch as the jack-o’-lanterns float by in New York City’s largest pumpkin flotilla!
** Please note, pumpkins in flotilla cannot be returned.
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5) Upcoming at BAM Kids
30 Lafayette Ave.
between Ashland Place & St. Felix St.
October 31 Starting at 4:00 OM
Trick-or-treat at BAM's free outdoor Halloween block party.
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6) Upcoming at iPlay America
110 Schank Rd.
Freehold, NJ
Comedy Night with Eric D'Alessandro
Friday November 1, Door Time 6:00 PM Start Time: 7:30 PM
New York City’s very own social media sensation Eric D’Alessandro, whose
comedic videos have gained tremendous notoriety and millions of views
comes to iPlay America on November 1st to perform a hilarious standup
comedy routine that is sure to keep you laughing all night!
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
www.iplayamerica.com/event/eric-dalessandro-nov-2019
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7) Upcoming at Lincoln Center
Mahler Songs, Zauberland,
Carol Lipnick & Tareke Ortiz,
Halloween Treasure Hunt,
LC Kids: Gustafer Yellowgold
Tuesday, October 29 at 7:30 pm
White Light Festival
Mahler Songs
Baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber have a 30-year partnership that began in their schooldays. Since then, the pair have devoted themselves to lied interpretation through performances, recordings and by teaching. This lyrical evening moves from the disenchanted wanderer of Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (“Songs of a Wayfarer”) to selected folkloric poetry settings of Des Knaben Wunderhorn (“The Boy’s Magic Horn”), concluding with the eternally poignant Kindertotenlieder. Together, Gerhaher and Huber have recorded the Schubert, Schumann, and Mahler cycles for Sony Music, as well as a new recording of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin that was released in autumn 2017. The duo’s third Schumann CD, also including the Kerner Songs, was released in autumn 2018. Gerhaher portrayed Jesus in Peter Sellars’s much-acclaimed St. Matthew Passion featured in the 2014 White Light Festival. This concert is also part of Lincoln Center’s Great Performers.
Alice Tully Hall, 1941 Broadway.
Tuesday, October 29 & Wednesday, October 30 at 7:30 pm
White Light Festival
Zauberland (Magic Land): An encounter with Schumann’s Dichterliebe Katie Mitchell directs Zauberland (Magic Land), a New York premiere starring soprano Julia Bullock and pianist Cédric Tiberghien. As violence blazes, a young woman waits at the border of Zauberland—a magical world of security and peace. But when she sleeps, her dreams are haunted by images of the burnt-out city that she was forced to abandon. Composer Bernard Foccroulle and writer Martin Crimp interweave 16 new songs with Schumann’s Dichterliebe, a Romantic song cycle infused with yearning and fairy-tale landscapes. A co-commission of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Zauberland premiered at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord on April 5, 2019. Katie Mitchell directed T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets at the 2011 White Light Festival. There will be a post-performance discussion with Julia Bullock, Cédric Tiberghien, and Bernard Foccroulle, moderated by Ara Guzelimian, on Wednesday, October 30.The White Light Festival presentation of Zauberland is made possible in part by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, 524 W. 59th Street.
*FREE Thursday, October 31 at 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Atrium 360°: Carol Lipnik and Tareke Ortiz: A Coney Island Mexican Halloween
Inspired by her Coney Island upbringing, Carol Lipnik evokes a shadow-world of mysterious, often misunderstood creatures through her stunningly versatile four-octave voice and expressive, impeccably crafted songs. Her repertoire—ranging from mad, carnival-ride tangos and waltzes to dramatic Bowie-esque rock and intricate, semi-acoustic art songs—is unified by the singer's visionary commitment to the beauty of strangeness and the strangeness of beauty. Together with Mexican composer, pianist, and cabaret performer Tareke Ortiz, sideshow freaks meet Mayan deities for a Spooktacular Halloween concert of traditional and original songs that feature weeping bird spirits, spells, ghosts, werewolves, two-headed calves, and more otherworldly creatures. Costume designed by the singular Machine Dazzle.
David Rubenstein Atrium, Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets.
FREE Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For questions about accessibility or to request an accommodation, please contact access@lincolncenter.org or 212.875.5375. For more information, please visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.
Saturday, November 2 at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm
Lincoln Center Tours
Halloween Treasure Hunt
Take the family on an outdoor adventure with mysterious clues, unexpected prizes, and of course—candy! Embark on a lively quest for hidden treasure and celebrate with your fellow ghouls and goblins. Costumes encouraged.
Josie Robertson Plaza, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza.
*FREE Saturday, November 2 at 11:00 am
LC Kids
Free Saturdays at the Atrium: Gustafer Yellowgold
Gustafer Yellowgold returns to the Atrium, bringing his funny and touching multimedia performance—including live music, animation, and quirky storytelling—to tell of his imaginative explorations of the Minnesota woods where he landed. Morgan Taylor’s beloved animated visitor from the sun has opened for Wilco and The Polyphonic Spree, appeared Off-Broadway, and been honored by NAPPA (National Parenting Products Awards), the Kids First! Film Festival, and the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
David Rubenstein Atrium, Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets.
FREE Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For questions about accessibility or to request an accommodation, please contact access@lincolncenter.org or 212.875.5375. For more information, please visit LincolnCenter.org/Kids.
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8) Upcoming at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY
The Magic of Harrison Kramer
Saturday November 2, 11:00 AM
Slight-of-hand tricks, magic, illusions, and even a bit of juggling are all a part of this interactive show for the whole family. Harrison Kramer’s variety act is a mind-blowing showcase of magic, mind-reading, and feats of incredible skill. Throughout the performance, Harrison ushers his audience on a mysterious and inspiring journey designed to leave everyone gasping in awe, holding their breath in stunned silence, and jumping to their feet with wild applause. The show includes masterful sleight of hand, demonstrations of seemingly supernatural ability, juggling, and tons of audience participation. This NYC based artist’s show is a thrill ride into the impossible.
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PR Firm Roundup
9) News from Andrea Alton
Upcoming at United Solo Festival
October 31, 7:30 PM
Shield Maiden
Breakout Canadian playwright/actor, Melanie Teichroeb, brings her solo show to United Solo’s Tenth Anniversary season on October 31, 2019 at 7:30pm. Travel back to tenth century Sweden for a Norse RED Talk. Think TED Talks with a Viking twist. Viking warrior, Ingrid, worked hard to get where she is.
But it’s lonely at the top. She’s looking for the courageous and honourable to join her. You know, folks who know how to have fun and don’t mind the notion of a little death. This warrior is battle hardened but cracks in
her emotional armour reveal a struggle with forces beyond her control. Rage, Sexuality, equality, grief and trauma are addressed with humour and compassion. Modern women can learn from Ingrid.
For more information, visit https://shieldmaidenplay.com
November 2, 2:00 PM
Just for Fun
Finland Magician Robert Jägerhorn has been performing for the last two decades with notable
performances at the legendary Magic Castle in Hollywood, Monday Night Magic in New York (off-Broadway), as well as performing his one-man show “Waiting for Hitchcock” in London, Stockholm,
Edinburgh, Warsaw and New York. He is the recipient of numerous awards including The Magician of the Year (awarded by The Finnish Magic Circle) and Entertainer of the Year (awarded by The
Finnish Artist Association). Robert has been a full-time professional magician since 1997 with more than 1000 corporate clients. He has a Master’s degree in Theatre and Drama from The Theatre Academy of Finland.
This is a one man ́s stand-alone stand-up pop-up show with magic!
A one man ́s WHAT?! Robert Jägerhorn is a magician who brings onto the stage an intimate and personal show full of surprises. Robert throws himself into situations where objects are not what they seem to be, things appear from nowhere and he changes from one character to another. The atmosphere is tense but free, funny but touching, true but unreal. What is this? Come along and try to figure out for yourself!
Theatre Row/Studio Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street (btw9th & 10th Ave), NYC, NY 10036. Subways: A/C/E to 42nd Street. Tickets are of $45.00 and are available at the Theatre Row Box Office or at http://unitedsolo.org/us/2019-justforfun/- or by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200.
Running time: 45 minutes. Recommended for all audiences.
Saturday November 2, 9:00 PM
The Ins and Outs of Fingers and Spoons and an Open Marriage
Battle scarred and still willing, artist and mother Pascale Roger-McKeever still refuses to compromise. She returns to her stage roots with her New York Premiere of The Ins and Outs of Fingers, Spoons and Open Marriage - Winner of the 2018 Marsh Madness Competition - Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street. Her
first show has sold out and another show has been added on Saturday November 2nd at 9pm.
A suburban Mom accepts her husband’s invitation to an open marriage and proceeds with a singleness of purpose no one saw coming. The Ins and Outs acknowledges and embraces the acute discomfort of living out our inescapable sexuality. A funny and shameless exploration of shame itself that for good measure upends accepted notions about healing and self-realization along the way.
Theatre Row, Studio Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th and 10th Ave), NYC, NYC 10036, Subways A, C, E to 42nd Street, tickets are $45 and available at the Theatre Row Box Office or by calling Telecharge at (212) 239-6200 http://unitedsolo.org/us/2019-theinsandouts/ 80 minutes. Board operator Daniel Kersh.
November , 6:00 PM
Step Mama Drama
After a successful run at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Allison is excited to stage the show in New York. Step Mama Drama! is based on true stories and personal experiences; stepmonsters and loving friends are included in this journey exploring the role of the stepmother. This new work looks at
the many facets of being a stepparent or stepchild. Allison hopes that you will enjoy the joys and the dramas found in Step Mama Drama!
After a successful run at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Allison is excited to stage the show in New York. Step Mama Drama! is based on true stories and personal experiences; stepmonsters and loving friends are included in this journey exploring the role of the stepmother. This new work looks at
the many facets of being a stepparent or stepchild. Allison hopes that you will enjoy the joys and the dramas found in Step Mama Drama!
TICKETS ($45 plus a $2.25 Theatre Restoration Charge) are available at the Theatre Row/Studio Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street (btw 9th & 10th Ave), NYC, NY 10036. Subways: A/C/E to 42nd Street.
Tickets are available at the Theatre Row Box Office or at http://unitedsolo.org/us/2019-stepmamadrama/ or
by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200. Running time: 48 minutes.
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10) News from DDPR
THE OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL SENSATION
THE OFFICE! A MUSICAL PARODY
ANNOUNCES JANUARY 2020 CLOSING DATE
Right Angle Entertainment, producers of the Off-Broadway sensation, The Office! A Musical Parody, today announced that the unauthorized send-up of the hit TV series will end its NYC run on Monday, January 13, 2020. At the time of its closing, the show will have run for 16 months and played 402 performances - an achievement for an Off-Broadway production. Fans from all over the globe have made the trek to New York to see their favorite characters skewered in this spoof that Mashable calls “a boisterous, rejuvenating escape from reality that’ll fill the void in your heart.” The production runs in The Jerry Orbach Theater at The Theater Center, 1627 Broadway.
The Office! A Musical Parody is currently running at the Jerry Orbach Theatre at 210 West 50th Street in New York City. Tickets are $37 - $79 and can be purchased at ticketmaster.com or by calling the box office directly at 212-921-7862. Premium VIP Tickets ($79 value) include a meet and greet with the cast after the show, as well as photos on stage at Dunder Mifflin.
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11) News from DKC/O&M
11A)Upcoming at New York Stage and Film
Tent Revival
by Majkin Holmquist
directed by Teddy Bergman
Monday, October 28 at 7:00pm
The story of Ida, a young woman on the road with her parents as they preach the good word during the faith-healing revivalist tradition of the mid-20th century. While they spread miracles from one small Kansas town to another, Ida wrestles with doubt and struggles to find her own voice on the wide midwestern plains.
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11B) HADESTOWN
CHART-TOPPING ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST ALBUM
WILL BE AVAILABLE ON CD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
WITH VINYL EDITION AVAILABLE
BLACK FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hadestown, winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, will be available on CD starting Friday, November 1 and vinyl Black Friday, November 29.
Broadway tickets can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com, by calling (877) 250-2929, or visiting the Kerr box office.
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12) News from Karen Greco PR
ONE DISCORDANT VIOLIN, adapted from
Yann Martel’s short story, makes
US premiere at 59E59 Theaters
59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) is thrilled to present the US premiere of ONE DISCORDANT VIOLIN adapted from Yann Martel’s short story The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American Composer John Morton by Anthony Black, directed by Ann-Marie Kerr and Anthony Black, and featuring an original score by Aaron Collier and Jacques Mindreau. Produced by 2b theatre company, ONE DISCORDANT VIOLIN begins performances on Tuesday, October 29 for a limited engagement through Sunday, November 24. Press opening is Sunday, November 3 at 2:15 pm. The performance schedule is Tuesday – Friday at 7:15 pm; Saturday at 2:15 pm & 7:15 pm; Sunday at 2:15 pm. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues).
An aspiring Canadian writer is visiting Washington D.C. on his first-ever trip to the United States. After stumbling upon a group of Vietnam War veterans performing classical concertos in an abandoned theater, he has a life-changing encounter with a forgotten American composer. ONE DISCORDANT VIOLIN is an extraordinarily moving duet for actor and violinist about finding beauty in unexpected places and what can happen when we reach beyond our grasp.
Single tickets are $25 - $35 ($26 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call the 59E59 Box Office at 646-892-7999 or visit www.59e59.org. The running time is 70 minutes with no intermission.
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13) Pascal Nadon Communications
13A) AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OPENS ITS SEASON AT CARNEGIE HALL
WITH ELGAR’S MASSIVE CHORAL WORK, THE KINGDOM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019
Thursday, October 31, 2019 at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage)
Conductor’s Notes Q&A 7 PM
Concert 8 PM
Leon Botstein, conductor
Janai Brugger soprano
Eve Gigliotti, mezzo–soprano
Cooper Nolan, tenor
Alexander Birch Elliott, baritone
Bard Festival Chorale
James Bagwell, choral director
Edward Elgar: The Kingdom
Tickets, priced at $25–$65, are available at carnegiehall.org, CarnegieCharge at 212.247.7800 or the box office at 57th St & 7th Ave.
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13B) Upcoming for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
ALICE TULLY HALL
1828: Schubert’s Cello Quintet - Sunday 10/27/19, 5 PM
Mozart: Quintet in B-flat major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, K. 174 (1773)
Adolphe: Are there not a thousand forms of sorrow for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos
(2017) (CMS Co-Commission, New York premiere)*
Schubert: Quintet in C major for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos, D. 956, Op. 163 (1828)
* Pre-concert chat with composer Bruce Adolphe at 4 PM in the Rose Studio; free for ticket holders.
Sean Lee, Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Mark Holloway, Matthew Lipman, viola; Clive Greensmith, David Requiro, cello
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13C) Upcoming for
The Orchestra Now
SIGHT & SOUND SERIES AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Conductor and music historian Leon Botstein explores the parallels between orchestral music and the visual arts in TŌN’s popular Sight & Sound series at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This season the series will present three programs from October 27, 2019 through February 23, 2020. Each presentation offers a discussion accompanied by musical excerpts performed by The Orchestra Now with on-screen artworks, followed by a full performance and audience Q&A.
Strauss’ Don Quixote & The Last Knight
Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 2 PM
Emperor Maximilian I of Austria, often referred to as “the last knight,” was passionate about the exploration of chivalry and armor. There is no more influential tale of knighthood than Cervantes’ Don Quixote, which inspired Strauss’ “Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character,” the composer’s moving musical realization of Quixote’s chivalric journey.
Leon Botstein, conductor
Lucas Button, cello
Leonardo Vásquez Chacón, viola
R. Strauss: Don Quixote
Artwork about Chivalry
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximillian I, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art October 7, 2019–January 5, 2020
THE FISHER CENTER SERIES AT BARD, Sosnoff Theater
The Orchestra Now’s residency at Bard College’s Fisher Center renews with 13 performances of seven different programs, all conducted by music director Leon Botstein. Opening night features the U.S. premiere of Ustvolskaya’s 1948 work Symphonic Poem No. 1, originally titled The Light of the Steppes; and Strauss’ Four Songs with Canadian soprano Paulina Swierczek, a winner of Bard Conservatory’s concerto competition.
Hans Graf Conducts Schubert
Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 8 PM
Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 2 PM
Austrian conductor Hans Graf leads TŌN in two pieces from his homeland: Schubert’s beloved Great Symphony, and a set of tone poems based on characters from The Tempest.
Hans Graf, conductor
Egon Wellesz: Prospero's Incantations (U.S. Premiere)
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9, The Great
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14) News from Polk and Co.
The Underlying Chris Begins
Performances at Second Stage
Theater October 29
Opening Night November 21
THE UNDERLYING CHRIS will begin previews October 29, 2019 at the Tony Kiser Theater (305 West 43rd Street) and will officially open on November 21, 2019.
THE UNDERLYING CHRIS, a world premiere play from Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Eno, is a life-affirming and high-spirited look at how a person comes into their identity, and how sometimes it’s life’s tiniest moments that most profoundly change our lives. In these divided times, THE UNDERLYING CHRIS serves as a celebration of our differences, our individuality, and the many mysterious, difficult, and beautiful things we share simply by being alive.
THE UNDERLYING CHRIS will begin previews October 29, 2019 at the Tony Kiser Theater (305 West 43rd Street) and will officially open on November 21, 2019.
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15) News from Richard Hillman PR
15A) THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY’S
FALL 2019 “MUSICALS IN MUFTI” SERIES
CELEBRATING BROADWAY’S LEGENDARY COLE PORTER
CONCLUDES WITH
THE 1940’S HIT MUSICAL
PANAMA HATTIE
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY COLE PORTER
BOOK BY HERBERT FIELDS AND B.G. DESYLVA
MUSIC DIRECTION BY DENIZ CORDELL
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MONTEL
11 PERFORMANCES ONLY
OCTOBER 26, 2019 – NOVEMBER 3, 2019
AT THE YORK THEATRE AT SAINT PETER’S
Celebrating Broadway’s legendary Cole Porter, The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and rediscovery of musical gems from the past, continues their 50th Anniversary Season with its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series celebrating the legendary Broadway composer. The series honors the illustrious songwriter behind such classics as Anything Goes, Kiss Me, Kate, Gay Divorce, Silk Stockings, Red, Hot and Blue, and Can-Can.
Closing out the 2019 Fall Mufti series is the 1940’s hit musical Panama Hattie, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B.G. DeSylva. Cole Porter and Ethel Merman teamed up for their fourth hit with 1940's Panama Hattie, in which a brassy nightclub owner must bid for the approval of her fiancé’s family—a task only made more complicated when she discovers a plan to blow up the Panama Canal. With a raucous book about sailors and singers in the Panama Canal Zone and a snappy Porter score that includes “Let’s Be Buddies,” “I've Still Got My Health,” and “Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please,” Panama Hattie was a smash in its day; Brooks Atkinson in The New York Times stated, “if the Navy ever hears about Panama Hattie, it will be hard to keep the fleet in the Pacific. As far as that goes, it is going to be hard to keep New Yorkers at home in the evenings this winter." Performances begin Saturday afternoon, October 26, 2019 and will continue for 11 performances only through November 3, 2019 at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter’s (entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). Opening Night is Sunday evening, October 27, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Panama Hattie 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 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 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.
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15B) TAH LYRIC OPERA
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THUNDER MEDIA GROUP
PRESENTS
“AN ENCHANTED APRIL”
A NEW MUSICAL
BASED ON THE NOVEL “THE ENCHANTED APRIL” BY ELIZABETH VON ARNIM
BOOK & LYRICS BY ELIZABETH HANSEN
MUSIC & LYRICS BY C. MICHAEL PERRY
DIRECTED BY ALICE JANKELL
AT THEATRE TWO/THEATRE ROW (410 WEST 42ND STREET)
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT NOVEMBER 1-16, 2019
Utah Lyric Opera, in association with Thunder Media Group, will present the New York Premiere of An Enchanted April, a new musical based on the novel The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim, with book and lyrics by Elizabeth Hansen, music & lyrics by C. Michael Perry and directed by Alice Jankell in a limited engagement (November 1-16) at Theatre Two at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street)
An Enchanted April begins in London...during a particularly dreary February in 1922. Four world-weary women, desperate to escape their memories of WWI and the repression of London, dare to rent a villa in Italy for a month. Miraculously, in just one short Enchanted April, the lives and hearts of these women are transformed by wisteria, sunshine, a small medieval castle...and each other.
An Enchanted April will play the following performance schedule: Wednesday–Saturday at 8:00pm, with matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:00pm. Tickets, priced at $65, can be purchased by visiting www.telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200.
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15C) A SPECIAL ONE NIGHT ONLY EVENT!
AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE
PRESENTS
“MISSING PERSON”
A PLAY WITH MUSIC
STARRING SUSAN CAMPANARO AS “LAVINIA DRAPER”
WRITTEN BY SUSAN CAMPANARO & LYNN PORTAS
DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER SCOTT
PART OF THE “DARE TO BE DIFFERENT” SERIES
A.R.T./NEW YORK THEATRES (502 WEST 53RD STREET)
1 PERFORMANCES ONLY!
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT 8PM
Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) will present Missing Person, a play with music starring Susan Campanaro composed by Lynn Portas with book by Ms. Campanaro for one performances only Saturday, November 2 at 8pm at A.R.T. /New York Theatres (502 West 53rd Street – 10th Avenue & 53rd Street) as part of its recently announced “Dare to Be Different” series.
Missing Person is the boozy tale of Lavinia Draper, fallen socialite and one-time Broadway understudy of Betty Buckley, who is eternally chasing her boozy dream of becoming an entertainer. The story begins with Lavinia waking up from a black out in a holding cell in South Florida on a public intoxication, drunken disorderly charge. This is a cautionary tale of a woman whose dreams have repeatedly been deferred by self-inflicted victimization and a sabotaging addiction to drama. She finds herself once again trapped by her own dysfunction, but this time she is actually missing a real opportunity to finally prove herself as an entertainer.
Tickets are $25 and $40 and may be purchased here. For more information, please call (212) 563-2565.
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15D) AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE
PRESENTS
KEATON AND THE WHALE
A NEW MUSICAL
BOOK AND LYRICS BY MOLLY REISMAN
MUSIC & LYRICS BY EMILY CHIU
DIRECTED BY LEORA MORRIS
MUSIC DIRECTOR BENJI GOLDSMITH
PART OF THE AMAS “DARE TO BE DIFFERENT” SERIES
A.R.T./NEW YORK THEATRES (502 WEST 53RD STREET)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 @ 3PM & 7PM
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 @ 7PM
Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) will present Keaton and The Whale, a new musical with book and lyrics by Molly Reisman and music & lyrics by Emily Chiu, for three (3) performances only: Monday, November 4 at 3pm & 7pm and Tuesday, November 5 at 7pm at A.R.T. /New York Theatres (502 West 53rd Street – 10th Avenue & 53rd Street) as part of its “Dare to Be Different” series.
In Keaton and The Whale, the 52-hertz whale sings at a frequency higher than any other whale can hear. He is the only one of his kind and is widely known as The Loneliest Whale in the World. No other being has ever communicated with him… Until now.
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