1) Ballet Hispanicos B Unidos Facebook Watch Party
Winter Watch Party Schedule Revealed2) Ballet Hispanico School of Dance Offers Virtual Adult Flamenco Classes 1/16 - 2/13
3) Broadway on Demand Presents Premiere of The Play With Rocky Bleier,
4) Broadway on Demand Presents Streaming Events From Around the World Saturdays in January
5) Haley Swindal's Concert To New York with Love Will Stream 1/14 to Benefit Actor's Fund
6) MasterVoices Presents Myths and Hymns Four Free Digital Concert On Their YouTube Channel
7) Pasadena Playhouse Presents You I Like A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman
8) Protype Opera Theatre Now Festival Continuues Through 1/16
9) TADA Youth TheaterOnline Winter Euducation Classes Virtual Open House Saturday, June 16
10) Two River Theater Community Series Starts January 13 With The Three Sisters
11) Two River Winter Education Series Stars January 12
1) Ballet Hispánico's B Unidos Facebook Watch Party Series
Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Archival Performance Treasures Take Center Stage
Winter Watch Party Schedule Unveiled
Ballet Hispánico, the nation's renowned Latinx dance organization recognized this year as one of America's Cultural Treasures, kicks off 2021 with a glimpse into the company's past. The 50th Anniversary Celebration continues with a series of entertaining archival repertory pieces, inviting audiences to look back at vibrant performances from the 80s and 90s with the Ballet Hispánico Watch Party Series on Wednesdays, January 13, 27 and February 10, available at ballethispanico.org, and on YouTube and Facebook.
Enjoy a Company performance from the comfort of your own home, followed by live Q&A sessions with Artistic Director and CEO of Ballet Hispánico Eduardo Vilaro, choreographers and Company and alumni dancers. Each of the pieces feature Mr. Vilaro himself, during his years as a dancer with the Company.
January 13 at 6:30pm
Arabesque by Vincente Nebrada, with post-event appearances by former Company dancers Justine DiCostanzo and Sean Kim.
January 27 at 6:30pm
¡Si Señor! ¡Es Mi Son! by Alberto Alonso, followed by a conversation with former Company member Donald Roman Lopez and other special guests.
February 10 at 7pm
Café America by George Faison, including post-event conversation with the choreographer himself.
Arabesque (1984)
Vicente Nebrada's Arabesque is an elegant suite of dances set to the music of Spanish composer, Enrique Granados. Traces of Flamenco influence are hinted at in the upper body as the dancers move through a series of lush balletic contemporary phrase work.
Choreography by Vicente Nebrada; Music by Enrique Granados; Costume Design by Randy Barcelo; Lighting Design by Donald Holder; Dancers: Mari MacKenzi, Justine DiCostanzo, Nadine Mose, Kathryn Ross, Teresina Goheen, Jose Costas, Verne Hunt, Cholsu Kim, Pedro Ruiz, Eduardo Vilaro
¡Si Señor! ¡Es Mi Son! (1994)
Choreographer Alberto Alonso brings the spirit of Cuba to life. Elaborately costumed dancers make their way across the stage in a carnival style procession eventually breaking off in pairs, their movement intertwined with the Afro-Cuban rhythms of Gloria Estefan's music from her album, Mi Tierra.
Choreography by Alberto Alonso; Assisted by Sonia Calero; Music by Gloria Estefan (from the album Mi Tierra); Costume Design by Randy Barcelo; Lighting Design by Donald Holder; Dancers: Pedro Ruiz, Amir Levy, Natalia Zisa, Eduardo Vilaro, Lynne Morrissey, Alessandra Corona, Rebecca Jefferson, Veronica Ruiz, Donald Roman Lopez, Yael Levitin, Marc Calamia, Linda Caceres, Rita Blandino, Christina Figueroa, Eric Rivera
Café America (1990)
Café America is a bittersweet envisioning of the "American Dream." Three immigrants make their way to a new life dawned in brilliant-colored suits with a sense of determination evoked by Faison's expansive, jazzy choreography.
Choreography by George Faison; Music by Ruben Blades and Julio Iglesias; Set Design by Pepon Osorio; Costume Design by Bernard Johnson; Lighting Design by Tim Hunter; Dancers: Marc Calamia, Eduardo Vilaro, and Amir Levy
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2)Ballet Hispánico
School of Dance Offers
Virtual Adult Flamenco Classes
January 16 - February 13, 2021
Registration Deadline: January 14, 2021
Ballet Hispánico is kicking off the new year with virtual drop-in flamenco classes for dancers ages 18 and up, every Saturday from January 16 - February 13, 2pm-3pm ET.
Get in gear with your resolutions in 2021 by spending time in Ballet Hispánico's virtual dance studio. Flamenco lessons will help you get in shape, brush up on your dance moves and meet new friends, online!
Join JoDe Romano "La Chispa," who will transport you to Spain over Zoom with castanet and movement technique, arms, muñecas, fan, palmas, inspirational music, and more Flamenco fun without leaving your homes. Come join Ballet Hispánico in their journey to Spain expressing this soulful art form. ¡OLÉ!
Tuition is $90 and students are required to sign up for all five classes to participate. Register by Thursday, January 14 at 11:59pm ET at bit.ly/bh_adultflamenco. Students with class cards may use the remaining classes as a five-class package.
Ballet Hispánico remains committed to continue closely monitoring developments of COVID-19 along with the safety and health regulations mandated and suggested by our local, state, and national government. Plans are in the works and will continue to evolve as more information becomes available.
To ensure that students can have a fulfilling virtual learning experience, Ballet Hispánico extended its teaching practices, offered training to its teachers and staff, and put these practices into action over the summer and fall. Through feedback from its students, faculty, staff, and other colleagues in the field, Ballet Hispánico feels prepared and confident for more virtual learning as needed during the 2020-2021 School Year.
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3) BROADWAY ON DEMAND
PRESENTS
THE PLAY WITH ROCKY BLEIER
AN INTIMATE LOOK AT THE LIFE OF
4 TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPION & NFL LEGEND
ROCKY BLEIER
Broadway On Demand, the theater-focused streaming platform, is proud to present the online world premiere of The Play with Rocky Bleier, an intimate portrait of famed Pittsburgh Steeler, four-time Super Bowl Champion and wounded warrior, Rocky Bleier. The Play, written by Gene Collier and directed by Scott Wise, will stream through Sunday, January 17, only on BroadwayOnDemand.com.
Filmed in late 2019, at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Play with Rocky Bleier is an intimate portrait of Rocky Bleier’s multi-faceted career as four-time Super Bowl Champion, wounded warrior, family man and community activist. The Play provides a poignant introspective of a living NFL legend. Share in this rare opportunity to witness Rocky Bleier in an intimate and unforgettable evening.
CLICK TO WATCH TRAILER.
The Play premiered on Broadway on Demand on January 8 and will run through January 17.
To purchase tickets ($14.95), please visit: https://www.broadwayondemand.com/series/JDjT5GIY0VmK-the-play-with-rocky-bleier
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4) INTERNATIONAL THEATER MONTH
SATURDAYS THIS JANUARY
BROADWAY ON DEMAND
PRESENTS STREAMING EVENTS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
INCLUDING
IN THE COMPANY OF ACTORS
ANNA KARENINA
XCALIBUR
AND
PIRATES OF PENZANCE
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5) BIRDLAND
PRESENTS
THE ALL NEW CONCERT EVENT
HALEY SWINDAL’S
TO NEW YORK, WITH LOVE
AS PART OF THE “RADIO FREE BIRDLAND” SERIES
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 AT 7:00 PM ET
ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT
THE ACTORS FUND
Birdland presents the all new concert event from Broadway perennial Haley Swindal, To New York, With Love, filmed as part of the “Radio Free Birdland” series. This one-night-only virtual event, presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com, will stream next Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET with all proceeds benefitting The Actors Fund.
Tickets can be reserved HERE.
In a world in need of healing and hope, kick off 2021 with this entertaining and inspiring concert event that will remind you of your favorite New York memories, and allow you to imagine returning to the “city that never sleeps” as soon as we all are able. Directed by award-winning director Will Nunziata, with musical direction and arrangements by Scott Cady, Haley reinvents classics both old and new including, “New York State of Mind,” “Happy Days Are Here Again,” “To Make You Feel My Love,” “It Had to Be You,” “Moon River,” and many more, including an original song written by Swindal herself.
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6) MASTERVOICES PRESENTS FLIGHT, THE FIRST CHAPTER OF ADAM GUETTEL’S
FOUR-PART THEATRICAL SONG CYCLE MYTHS AND HYMNS, IN A DIGITAL PRODUCTION CONCEIVED AND SUPERVISED BY TED SPERLING,
STARTING ON JANUARY 13
Join MasterVoices for the virtual premiere of award-winning composer Adam Guettel’s 1998 theatrical song cycle, Myths and Hymns (formerly Saturn Returns).
Conceived by Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Ted Sperling, the online staging features the entire MasterVoices Chorus along with Tony and Grammy Award-winning theater and opera stars Kelli O'Hara, Mykal Kilgore, Renée Fleming, Norm Lewis, Julia Bullock, and more.
A kaleidoscopic collection of musical genres, Myths and Hymns explores the nature of faith and longing in a secular world, with 23 short musical films illuminating the search for answers through Flight, Work, Love, and Faith. Each of these four chapters will be released as a free digital concert, premiering on MasterVoices' YouTube channel.
MasterVoices will be hosting private screenings of each chapter on the eve of each of the release dates at 6 pm for donors starting at $150. Tickets available for purchase until 5pm on Monday, January 12. Learn more about the private screening events.
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7) PASADENA PLAYHOUSE
PRESENTS
YOU I LIKE: A MUSICAL
CELEBRATION OF JERRY HERMAN
A TRIBUTE TO THE BROADWAY LEGEND AND CREATOR OF
“HELLO, DOLLY!”; “MAME”; “LA CAGE AUX FOLLES”;
AND MANY MORE
CONCEIVED AND MUSIC DIRECTED BY
ANDY EINHORN
PREMIERING ON PLAYHOUSELIVE
JANUARY 10, 2021
ONLINE OPENING NIGHT EVENT TO INCLUDE TRIBUTES
FROM
SPECIAL GUESTS BERNADETTE PETERS AND
DAVID HYDE PIERCE
Pasadena Playhouse, The State Theater of California, announces the January 10, 2021 PlayhouseLive Online Opening Night of You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman, a virtual musical revue honoring the genius responsible for the Broadway classics Hello, Dolly!; Mame; La Cage aux Folles and many more. The Online Opening Night will be a livestreamed event with special guests Bernadette Peters and David Hyde Pierce.
The production, conceived and music directed by Andy Einhorn (Music Director and Music Supervisor, Broadway’s Hello, Dolly!; Carousel, among others), marks the first theatrical tribute to Jerry Herman by a professional theater company since the passing of this Tony Award-winning Broadway legend one year ago.
The Online Opening Night of You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman will be held on January 10, 2021 at 5 p.m. PST on www.PlayhouseLive.org. Please contact Peter Goldman at p.goldman@dcpublicity.com to RSVP and gain access.
The PlayhouseLive production of You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman features Andy Einhorn on the piano with performances by Ashley Blanchet (Frozen), Nick Christopher (Hamilton), Lesli Margherita (Matilda The Musical), Andrea Ross (‘Maria’ in The Sound of Music National Tour) and Ryan Vona (Once). Andy Einhorn’s many Broadway credits include his recent conducting of Tony Award winner Bette Midler in the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Jerry Herman’s Hello, Dolly! for which he served as music director.
The Online Opening Night of You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman can be viewed on PlayhouseLive on January 10, 2021 at 5 p.m. PST. This will be a livestreamed event with a special pre-show tribute to Jerry Herman featuring Bernadette Peters, David Hyde Pierce, You I Like creator Andy Einhorn and Pasadena Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman. Tickets to view this event are $29.99 and are available now through PlayhouseLive.org
Video-on-demand streaming of You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman will be available to rent on PlayhouseLive for $24.99 from January 11 through February 7. After the initial purchase through the website, You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman can be watched on any of the PlayhouseLive apps including Apple OS, Android OS, Roku, FireTV and more. Closed captioning will be available in both English and Spanish.
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8) PROTOTYPE: OPERA | THEATRE | NOW
Ninth Annual Festival Through
January 16, 2021
PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now, Beth Morrison Projects and HERE’s annual festival's ninth season will take place through 16 2021. The season, curated by festival directors Jecca Barry, Kristin Marting, and Beth Morrison, has been completely re-envisioned following the COVID-19 crisis, responding to the seismic events of the present moment in a way that would be impossible under normal circumstances, when works are often created over the course of several years. The result is a series of multi-disciplinary, cross-platform events that expand the technological boundaries of opera-theatre and music-theatre, and offer a new vision for the audience experience.
In addition to the three world premiere experiences, PROTOTYPE will offer the U.S. digital premiere of three deeply-relevant works, each streamed for free on-demand on the PROTOTYPE website. The Murder of Halit Yozgat, composed by Ben Frost & Petter Ekmann with libretto by Daniela Danz, tells the story of 21-year-old Halit Yozgat, who was assassinated during broad daylight in 2006 in Kassel, Germany in his immigrant parents’ café. Combining sound art, electronic music, and dark metal, this production directed by Ben Frost confronts the issues of racial violence, structural racism and institutional blindness. The Planet – A Lament, directed by Garin Nugroho and composed and performed by Septina Rosalina Layan, tells the story of a community devastated by a tsunami, blending song, dance, and ritual with cinematic visuals, to tell a story of creation and destruction set against the backdrop of environmental disaster. Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists, composed by Valgeir Sigurðsson with text by a. Rawlings, and directed by Sara Martí, creates a visceral, visually spectacular world around the cyclic metamorphosis and life cycle of butterflies and moths, bringing audiences into a cocoon where the borders between dreams and reality are blurred.
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9) TADA! YOUTH THEATER ANNOUNCES ONLINE WINTER EDUCATION CLASSES
Register Now for Semester Classes
January 25 - April 17, 2021
Designed for Ages 4 to 18
TADA! Free Virtual Open House on Saturday, January 16th
Families may register now for TADA! Youth Theater’s new online Winter Education Classes, designed for ages 4 to 18. Winter Semester Musical Theater Classes will be offered January 25, 2021, through April 17, 2021. In this fast-paced, active environment, young people will co-create an original musical as an ensemble. It’s the perfect blend of musical theater training, storytelling, and fun theater games to keep their young minds engaged all semester long!
In addition to the 12-week semester, TADA! is offering a 4-week Song and Dance Mini-Series in February and March and 1-day Broadway Workshops for families looking for a short-term and affordable commitment.
With smaller class sizes, TADA! Professional Teaching Artists provide personalized attention and offer one-on-one coaching and solo opportunities for each student in the areas of singing, dancing and acting. All classes take place on Zoom and culminate in a final performance for an invited Zoom audience. TADA!’s goal is to bring kids together even when they’re apart. Students are welcome from New York City, the tri-state region, across the country, and around the world!
TADA! Youth Theater is an anti-racist and multicultural organization, and, therefore, is committed to providing financial assistance to families who demonstrate self-expressed need.
Free Virtual Open House for Winter Education Classes on Saturday, January 16th
If you would like to learn more about TADA! Winter Education Classes, they invite you to join them for a FREE virtual Open House on Saturday, January 16th. Sample classes are divided by age groups from 11 am – 4:15 pm followed by a Q&A with TADA! Education staff. RSVPs are required in order to receive the Zoom link.
TADA! Winter Semester Classes for 12 Sessions
Ages 4-5: Musical Theater Minis
Imagine! Explore! Play! Perform! Musical Theater Minis, ages 4-5, will let imagination be their guide. In this upbeat, high-energy class, young stars will create and perform their very own original mini-musical. Students will bring their story and character to life for friends and family in a fun Zoom performance.
Ages 6-7: Jazzy Juniors
Create! Explore! Rehearse! Perform! Jazzy Juniors, ages 6-7, lets creativity take center stage. In this fast-paced, active environment, students will co-create an original musical as an ensemble. This class is the perfect blend of musical theater training, storytelling, and fun theater games to keep young minds active and engaged.
Ages 8-10: Rising Stars
Write! Rehearse! Record! Premiere! Rising Stars, ages 8-10, will share their voice and be heard. Through improvisation and good old-fashioned fun, students will work as an ensemble to devise an original movie musical for an invited Zoom audience. TADA! will debut a high-quality recording of this fabulous world premiere performance for family and friends.
Middle and High School: Broadway Bound
Train! Rehearse! Record! Premiere a Musical on Zoom! Middle and High School Broadway Bound students will engage in musical theater training and learn vocals and choreography to popular songs from Broadway musicals. Students will also create their own monologues based on their interests and identity, culminating in a final Musical Revue on Zoom. One-on-one coaching elevates their experiences and provides the skills needed to become triple threat performers.
Song and Dance Mini-Series
Sing! Dance! Act! Play! From February 3 through February 25 and March 3 through March 25, TADA! will present its Song and Dance Mini-Series for ages 4-5; 6-7 and 8-10. During these online, interactive musical theater classes, students will engage in musical theater training, learn vocals and choreography to a song from a Broadway musical, and participate in interactive theater games.
Broadway Workshops
Light up the room! From February 16-18 and March 23-25, TADA! will present online Broadway Workshops for ages 4-5; 6-7; 8-10; Middle and High School. Students will learn music and choreography to a show-stopping number from a Broadway musical in a 1.5 hour session. Students walk away with a piece they can perform at home, while enjoying an interactive and lively afternoon focused on self-confidence, teamwork and communication.
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10) Community Reading Series
With the Two River Players
Starts January 13 With The Three Sisters
The Two River Players ring in the new year with a new series of community readings, featuring Two River Theater staff members, plus a few surprise guests! This series travels from Russia at the turn of the 20th century, to Manila, South Carolina, and a fantastical New York City of the future. Join the Two River Players on this journey through classic, award-winning, and thought-provoking plays!
These free play explorations will be conducted live over Zoom, each play over two nights, and each part will be followed by a Q&A with the players, moderated by Artistic Director John Dias.
THREE SISTERS
By Anton Chekov, translated by Paul Schmidt
JAN 13, 14 | 7PM | FREE | ZOOM
Set in the Russian countryside at the turn of the 20th century, sisters, Olga, Masha, and Irina dream of their futures in the wake of their father’s death and a changing Russia. From the famed Russian playwright, Anton Chekhov, Three Sisters is a story about big souls trapped in tiny boxes. Special guest Sara Holdren will read for Masha (Director of Twelfth Night, A Little Shakespeare Macbeth and The Comedy of Errors).
For more information go to https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/community-play-reading-three-sisters
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11) Two River Theater
Winter Education Series
Starts January 12
Start off 2021 with a resolution to engage in new theater education programs! Whether you're a theater professional, an educator yourself, or an ardent theater lover, there's something for you to explore in this series covering playwriting, musical theater history, spectrum theater education, and acting. Classes are conducted by members of our Two River Theater family of artists, featuring some faces you've seen on Two River stages!
PLAYS AND THEIR SHAPES: A 4-WEEK CLASS ON STRUCTURE WITH PLAYWRIGHT TONY MENESES
4 DAY SERIES | JAN 12, 19, 26, FEB 2 | 6–8PM | $160 | ZOOM
Led by playwright Tony Meneses (The Women of Padilla, Guadalupe in the Guest Room, The Hombres), this 4-week class on play structure will challenge how to render an audience’s experience, even when writing traditional beginnings, middles, and ends.
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