1) BAAND Together Dance Festival 8/17 - 8/21
2) Broadway Podcast The Fabulous Invalid to End Run With 100th Episode
3) Broadway Workshop Upcoming Classes
4) Broadway Unlocked Presents Live at the Waldorf
5) Bryant Park Movie Nights Lineup
6) Catskill Mountain Shakespeare to Present Twelfth Night (or What You Will) 8/19 - 8/29
7) Centenary Stage Company Accepting Fall Registration for Young Performers
8) Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company Presents Dandelion
9) Irish Repertory Theater Presents George M. Cohan Tonight Available 8/17 - 8/29
10) Jim Caruso's Pajama Cast Party 8/18
11) George Street Playhouse Announces 2021/2022 Season
12) MCC Summer Theater Freshplay Online Summer Festival 8/16 - 8/21
13) Oratorio Society of New York Presents Lyndon Woodson Oratorio -Solo Competition
14) South Street Seaport Museum Opera in Depth Explores, What Lies Beneath, 8/17
1) BAAND Together Dance Festival
Five of New York’s Most Celebrated Companies Join Forces
for the First Time Ever as part of Restart Stages at Lincoln Center
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre,
Ballet Hispánico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and New York City Ballet
August 17-21, 2021 at 7:30pm
Five of New York City’s most acclaimed dance companies—Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem—will perform on the same stage at the first BAAND Together Dance Festival in Damrosch Park as part of Restart Stages, the new outdoor performing arts center constructed on the Lincoln Center campus to champion the city’s cultural and economic revival. The Festival is made possible by CHANEL and is a project of the Arnhold Dance Innovation Fund.
In five performances, the companies will share a different mixed bill, offering audiences the unique experience of evenings curated collaboratively by the artistic directors of each of the organizations.
The Festival is presented as part of Restart Stages, a program of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation-Lincoln Center Agora Initiative with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), which activates outdoor space through artistic and community initiatives that speak to our current moment, and reimagines cultural engagement in public space for a new era. The transatlantic exhibition, Faces of the Hero, a partnership with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) will be on view beginning in July.
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Lazarus by Rennie Harris (excerpt)
New York City Ballet – Ces noms que nous portons by Kyle Abraham
Dance Theatre of Harlem – Harlem on My Mind by Darrell Grand Moultrie (excerpt)
American Ballet Theatre – Let Me Sing Forevermore by Jessica Lang
Ballet Hispánico – 18+1 by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
New York City Ballet – In Creases by Justin Peck
Dance Theatre of Harlem – New Bach by Robert Garland
American Ballet Theatre – Songs of Bukovina by Alexei Ratmansky (excerpts)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Revelations by Alvin Ailey (excerpt)
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Dance Theatre of Harlem – New Bach by Robert Garland
Ballet Hispánico – Línea Recta by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
American Ballet Theatre – Songs of Bukovina by Alexei Ratmansky (excerpts)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Revelations by Alvin Ailey (excerpt)
Friday, August 20, 2021
Ballet Hispánico – Tiburones by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
New York City Ballet – In the Night by Jerome Robbins
Dance Theatre of Harlem – Change by Dianne McIntyre
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Lazarus by Rennie Harris (excerpt)
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Lazarus by Rennie Harris (excerpt)
New York City Ballet – Ces noms que nous portons by Kyle Abraham
Dance Theatre of Harlem – Harlem on My Mind by Darrell Grand Moultrie (excerpt)
American Ballet Theatre – Let Me Sing Forevermore by Jessica Lang
Ballet Hispánico – 18+1 by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano
Free assigned seats for each evening will be made available through the TodayTix Lottery, the Official Ticketing Partner of Restart Stages. The TodayTix Lottery will open for entries two weeks before the performance and close three days prior to the performance at 12:59 p.m. EDT. For more information visit TodayTix.com or download the TodayTix app. For those without access to the app, please call Lincoln Center Guest Services at 212-875-5456 to reserve.*
This performance will also be open to general admission. Beginning 10 minutes before the show, non-ticketed guests will be invited to claim any available seats.
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2) BROADWAY’S PODCAST
THE FABULOUS INVALID
TO END ITS TRIUMPHANT RUN WITH ITS
LANDMARK 100TH EPISODE
ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
FORMER CO-HOST JENNIFER SIMARD TO BE
FEATURED ON EPISODE 98
THEATER LEGEND SHERYL LEE RALPH TO
BE FEATURED ON EPISODE 99
LISTEN TO THE LATEST EPISODE HERE
After three triumphant years, 128 guests, and one global pandemic, Broadway’s podcast, The Fabulous Invalid, will celebrate its 100th and final regular episode on September 8, 2021. Episode 100 will be a celebration of co-hosts and co-producers Jamie DuMont and Rob Russo’s all-time favorite performers and performances and will feature an array of special guests.After the regular series concludes, special bonus content, including mini-serials focused on Jamie and Rob’s future projects, will be released on a semi-regular basis. All 100 episodes will remain archived and available at TheFabulousInvalid.com and through the Broadway Podcast Network.
On this week’s episode (episode 98), Jamie and Rob sit down with their season one and two co-host Jennifer Simard for an epic reunion. They discuss Jennifer’s pandemic experience as a working actor, her remarkable career on stage, her mentors, and her excitement about returning to Broadway this fall in Company.
For episode 99, Jamie and Rob will sit down with theatre legend Sheryl Lee Ralph for their final interview of the series.
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3) FALL 2021 CLASSES
AT BROADWAY WORKSHOP
Sierra Boggess Masterclass
Two-Day Intensive LIVE!
Ages: 13-19
Dates: Saturday, October 16 & Sunday, October 17
Times: 10:00am - 12:30pm ET
Location: Ripley Grier Studios (520 8th Avenue)
Tuition: $275
Broadway Workshop is back in the studios with Broadway star, Sierra Boggess! In this special two-day in person intensive, Sierra will work with each student to help discover what makes them unique and special so that they feel confident tackling auditions in the theatre industry. Ms. Boggess will help students find a stronger focus in their musical pieces and a better way to connect to the material using the exercises taught in this intensive.
Students will have the opportunity to build on their musical theatre performance foundation while receiving feedback from one of Broadway’s favorite leading ladies.
This is an advanced level program. Students should have past experience working in this type of setting and be ready for honest feedback.
This program is limited to 12 students total.
Songbook Workshop
with Marc Tumminelli ONLINE!
Session 1: Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Session 2: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Ages: 12-19
Cost: $195
Broadway Workshop Director, Marc Tumminelli, will work with students on musical theater audition technique and will find each student new musical material that showcases them to the best of their ability.
Marc will share his unique perspective on what works in auditions, how to choose the best possible song and musical cut to show off each student. Marc will help students find what is special about them and use it to better connect to their audition material.
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4)
PRESENTS
LIVE AT THE WALDORF:
THE LADIES OF
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME ACADEMY
EVENT KICKS OFF NEW HYBRID SERIES AT THE FAMED WALDORF ASTORIA NEW YORK WITH A
VIRTUAL VENUE EXPERIENCE POWERED BY
ALL TOGETHER NOW
MONTHLY SHOWS TO HIGHLIGHT
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME ACADEMY,
THE ACTORS FUND, AND MAESTRA MUSIC
Broadway Unlocked presents Live at the Waldorf, an innovative hybrid experience with an invite-only, in-person audience at the recently renovated store-front entrance of the famed Waldorf Astoria New York (301 Park Avenue), and a digital audience of thousands in a Waldorf Virtual Venue, to come together and celebrate Broadway and this illustrious institution.
The inaugural event will kick off on Monday, August 23, 2021 at 7.30pm ET (doors - both in person and digital - at 6.30pm) with Live at the Waldorf: The Ladies of Freestyle Love Supreme Academy featuring Aneesa “Young Nees” Folds (Freestyle Love Supreme, Sistas The Musical), Kaila "Kaiser Rosé" Mullady (Freestyle Love Supreme, Beatbox World Champion), and more, leading the lineup.
Live at the Waldorf: The Ladies of Freestyle Love Supreme Academy will benefit a new scholarship being established to send female identifying students to the Freestyle Love Supreme Academy regardless of their financial ability. Aneesa Folds was a graduate of the Freestyle Love Supreme Academy and will be returning to Broadway in October with Kaila Mullady for Freestyle Love Supreme at the Booth Theater through January 2022.
In-person guests will be treated to an exclusive champagne experience provided by Wine Access and curated by Vanessa Conlin, Head of Wine at Wine Access and one of 57 Masters of Wine in the U.S.
Tickets for the streaming performances are $25 and exclusively available through TodayTix.com or by using the TodayTix app. The virtual venue is powered by the new technology company All Together Now.
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5) BRYANT PARK MOVIE NIGHTS
ANNOUNCES THE 2021 FULL MOVIE LINEUP
FOR THE RETURN OF THE ICONIC
MOVIE SERIES UNDER THE STARS THIS SUMMER
PRESENTED BY VERIZON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY EVENINGS AT SUNSET
STARTING MONDAY, AUGUST 23
Bryant Park has announced the full movie lineup in its iconic Bryant Park Movie Nights series, which will be returning this summer after being paused due to the pandemic. Entering the 27th season, the series is a welcome return to outdoor events in New York City. Due to popular demand, Bryant Park Movie Nights, presented by Verizon, will run on Monday and, for the first time, Tuesday evenings, from August 23rd through September 28th on the Bryant Park lawn. All films begin at sunset, with the lawn open at 5pm for picnicking. With the series starting later in the summer, an earlier sunset will encourage a broader audience to attend.
Monday, August 23rd: Clueless
Tuesday, August 24th: Hustlers
Monday, August 30th: The Muppets Take Manhattan
Tuesday, August 31st: Inside Man
Monday, September 6th: Uncut Gems
Tuesday, September 7th: Love & Basketball
Monday, September 13th: Moonstruck
Tuesday, September 14th: MOULIN ROUGE!
Monday, September 27th: The Phantom of the Opera
Tuesday, September 28th: Mrs. Doubtfire
This event is free to the public. As New York State and City safety guidelines for public gatherings quickly change in response to the ongoing success of NYC's COVID-19 vaccination program, Bryant Park continues to reassess its on-site protocols for upcoming shows with the intention of safely accommodating as many attendees as possible. For the most current guidelines, program updates, and additional venue information and restrictions, please visit bryantpark.org.
Bryant Park is situated behind the New York Public Library in Midtown Manhattan, between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Take the B, D, F, or M train to 42nd Street/Bryant Park; or take the 7 train to 5th Avenue.
Catskill Mountain Shakespeare (Sarah Reny, Artistic Director & Founder) will present Twelfth Night (or What You Will), William Shakespeare’s most raucous and sexy comedy, as the company’s inaugural production. Performances are set to begin on Thursday, August 19 (through August 29) on the beautiful grounds of The Emerson Resort & Spa (5340 New York 28, Mount Tremper, NY). Tickets are $30/$15 (students) and may be purchased online here or at the show before each performance. Additionally, low-or-no-cost tickets may be obtained on the website. For more information, please visit www.catskillmountainshakespeare.com.
In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, when Viola finds herself shipwrecked and separated from her twin brother Sebastian in the unfamiliar country of Illyria, she dresses in his clothes and calls herself Cesario in order to serve the Count Orsino. Tasked with wooing Lady Olivia on Orsino’s behalf, Viola/Cesario plunges into the social, political, and romantic intrigues of Illyria’s hoi polloi. By turns hilarious and heartrending, Twelfth Night takes us on an adventure from the depths of grief to the heights of joy, and along the way explores the fluidity of love, gender, identity, and time. Embracing the Elizabethan spirit of audience interaction, physical comedy, and live music, this production will be a theatrical party that feels contemporary, fervent, and fun.
The Emerson Resort & Spa is a hidden treasure located a mere two hours from Manhattan. Designed with the splendor of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley in mind, open spaces and oversized windows expose stunning views and bring the beauty of the outside in. Enjoy spacious accommodations in the contemporary Inn or Adirondack-style Lodge, nature-inspired treatments at our award-winning spa, our signature restaurant, Woodnotes Grille, The Shops at Emerson and the World’s Largest Kaleidoscope. Skiing, hiking, biking, fishing and outdoor concerts are just a few of the numerous nearby activities. Or, explore the eclectic and historical towns of Phoenicia, Woodstock, and Saugerties.
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7) CENTENARY STAGE COMPANY NOW ACCEPTING FALL REGISTRATION FOR YOUNG PERFORMERS WORKSHOP
Centenary Stage Company is now accepting registrations for the Young Performers Workshop Fall 2021 Session. The deadline to register is September 15 and the course will run from September 18 through December 19. Those interested in joining the program must call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900 or email boxoffice@centenarystageco.org to schedule an interview with the director of the program, Michael Blevins. For more information about the program visit the Centenary Stage Company website at centenarystageco.org or call the box office at (908) 979-0900.
The Young Performers Workshop is a program designed to teach kids ages 8 to 18 about the arts. During the Summer Intensive these students have the opportunities to learn about multiple different facets of theatre arts from acting, singing, and dancing, to graphic design, production management, and playwrighting. Each session concludes with a weekend Festival of Shows.
For more information or to reserve visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979 – 0900. The Centenary Stage Company box office is open Monday through Friday from 1 – 5 PM and two hours prior to all performances. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ. Centenary Stage Company can also be found across social media platforms; Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Like and follow to receive the latest in CSC news and special offers.
For more information or to reserve visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979 – 0900. The Centenary Stage Company box office is open Monday through Friday from 1 – 5 PM and two hours prior to all performances. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ. Centenary Stage Company can also be found across social media platforms; Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Like and follow to receive the latest in CSC news and special offers. *********************************************************************
8) Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents Dandelion, the first in a series of monthly dance films on New Educational Digital Platform Dance With US
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New York-based nonprofit performing and teaching organization Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company premiered Dandelion, the first installment of a monthly series of dance films available on Dance With Us, a newly-launched educational digital platform that launched in June.
Dandelion
It's a flower. It's a weed. It's music. It's noise. There is attraction. There is disinterest. Fascination. Boredom. We live life straddling opposites, finding difference, labeling things as fact when the eye and ear belong to the beholder. Dandelion attempts to be all these things at once. It is a metaphor for being rooted, for perseverance; it is also a visual collection of poems and a meditation on time, repetition, patterns, burnout, and balance. To enter the world of the dandelion requires slowing down and focusing in, actions quite counter to the pace and scope of most daily life. To watch Dandelion, visit https://www.dancewithus.org/.
pcoming Monthly Dances to Premiere on the Dance With Us Platform
August 2021: Adrift and Charged
A relationship adrift. Set on a floating dock and filmed last summer in Upstate NY, the film features a couple together yet apart. Created during the pandemic, Adrift positions the two dancers in close proximity, drifting. Unmoored, yet also contained, abandoned, yet also rooted. Charged is another dance film created during the pandemic, commissioned by the Texas-based Flatlands Dance Theatre. It premiered in a limited release last May. This August it will become available to all. The humorous six-minute film showcases an over-caffeinated character in her kitchen toggling between chaotic organization and organized chaos. If not on the verge of a nervous breakdown, a woman on the brink of disaster.
September 2021: Back to School: The Lecture
Released for the first time, The Lecture, an evening-length solo that premiered at The Ailey Citigroup Theater in 2010 mixes the serious with the comic, the existential with the everyday. Set to a score of pre-recorded lectures by university professors, The Lecture marries the intellectual and the physical to explore a variety of subjects including the history of language, the science of happiness, the nature of abstraction, mathematics, human evolution, and dreams. Watch the trailer!
October 2021: Camo Man Dances
Filmed on location in Ucross, Wyoming, Daniel's alter ego, Camo Man, is out in the wild, blending into the landscape in dress and site-specific choreography, sticking out by performing contemporary modern dance into the untouched 20,000 private acres of cattle ranch on the Ucross Foundation's property.
November 2021: Just in Time for the Thanksgiving Holidays: Castillo
Filmed in southern Spain, Castillo was shot on location at The Castillo de Blanca, a castle erected in the 12th century in the Spanish town of Blanca (Region of Murcia). Daniel's daily investigation and interrogation of the site was an arduous and risky process, climbing 730 feet daily underneath the intense summer heat, while the town took siesta, and onto the two towers and risky pinnacle, without being tethered. Watch the trailer! (password: castillo)
December 2021: Just in Time for the December Holidays: The Performer
The Performer considers constructions of performance and homes in on the curvilinear separating fantasy from reality and drama from camp. The Performer presents a documentation of an over-the-top artist, a moody bon vivant with a penchant for excess and grand expression who lives large, including in the recesses of his head. The film is shot in the house Picasso gave to the surrealist artist Dora Maar, his famous muse and mistress, when he ended their relationship. Dora, significantly altered, lived and died in this maison in the Provençal village of Ménerbes, France. The film takes inspiration from her life, tackling the schism between the performance of self that one broadcasts to the public, and that which one endures privately. Watch the trailer!
Also featured on the Dance With Us site are exclusive narrated video clips from all of the special guests from the site's launch, as well as an exclusive guided tour which provided the first inside peek of the site from Daniel himself. Other highlights of the platform launch event include the premieres of Parade, Willow, Dollhouse, and a newly edited version of last year's acclaimed The Fantasyland Project, all of which were produced during the pandemic; and the opening of the Dance With Us Photo Gallery. Mixing discussions, dancing, and conversations, the interactive premiere was highly accessible, entertaining, and educational. Watch the trailer! *********************************************************************
Take a trip through musical theatre history in this upbeat one-man journey through the life, music, and artistry of George M. Cohan. This Performance on Screen is a dazzling showcase that reveals the essence of the man, his music, and the era of show business he helped shape. Taking a look at the ride of Cohan’s life, we learn he definitely meant it when he said “Give My Regards To Broadway.”
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10) Jim Caruso’s Pajama Cast Party 8/18 With Peppermint and More
The 71st episode of Jim Caruso’s Pajama Cast Party will air on it’s new day, Wednesday, August 18 at 8pm ET, and will feature lively chat and performances by Broadway (Head Over Heels) and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” runner-up Peppermint, singer/songwriter Jacob Khalil, and the winner of the Sutton Foster Award Jason Koch!
After hosting his weekly Cast Party every Monday night at Birdland since 2003, showman Jim Caruso wasn’t about to let the temporary pandemic shutdown of the iconic NYC nightclub put a halt to his award-winning open mic night. Instead, with the technical expertise of producer Ruby Locknar, he went virtual, to bring the popular musical variety show into the homes of viewers everywhere via the YouTube Cast Party Network. Musical guests of “Jim Caruso’s Pajama Cast Party” have included Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Betty Buckley, Marilyn Maye, Jelani Remy, Marc Shaiman, Kathy Najimy, Adam Guettel, Christine Ebersole, Ariana DeBose, Clifton Davis, Chita Rivera, Michael Feinstein, Isaac Mizrahi, Mary Wilson, and Toni Tennille, who have all served musical performances via livestream from their homes. See pajamacastparty.com.
Jim Caruso’s Pajama Cast Party
Wednesday, August 18 at 8pm ET
Cast Party Network on YouTube, BroadwayWorld.com & Facebook
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11) George Street Playhouse announces 2021-2o22 Season
The Playhouse Will Present Two Hilarious Comedies, a Gripping Family Drama, a New Play from an Academy Award Nominee and the Long Awaited Musical A Walk on the Moon!
The season will include four plays, plus the East Coast premiere of the musical A Walk on the Moon, to be presented on the stage of the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
Following a successful streaming season this past year, George Street Playhouse’s 5-play 2021/22 season will begin in October and run through May.
For the first production of George Street Playhouse’s long-anticipated re-opening, award-winning playwright and master of comedy Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, The Fox on the Fairway) brings New Jersey a new romantic comedy, Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise — a love story set during World War II about a young soldier courting his sweetheart, a young actress on Broadway.
What starts with long distance letter writing ends in a “sweep you off your feet” meeting in Times Square. This funny, touching, patriotic and uplifting story, based on the playwright’s parents, is just the perfect “Welcome Home to George Street Playhouse.” Come fall in love with live theatre all over again.
Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise will begin performances October 26 and continue through November 21.
Following this year’s critically acclaimed virtual production of It’s Only A Play by Terrence McNally, George Street Playhouse will bring this hilarious comedy onto the stage to be seen in-person!
A Tony Award-winner and longtime friend of George Street, McNally left us this past year, and the Playhouse looks forward to celebrating his life with his hysterical comedy set at a Broadway Opening Night Party.
The New York Times called this valentine to the theatre “a hilarious gold-mining hit”
George Street’s production features a cast of award-winning Broadway farceurs who have to be seen in-person to be believed. The return to George Street Playhouse’s larger stage in the Elizabeth Ross Johnson Theater will be a laugh-filled night to forget your troubles with guffaws!
It’s Only a Play, directed by Kevin Cahoon (George Street’s The Nerd), will begin performances on November 30th and continue through December 19th.
Next, George Street Playhouse Artistic Associate Laiona Michelle (Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical; American Hero) helms Her Portmanteau, a fascinating new play about Nigerian American immigrants that opens our eyes to the Nigerian culture, especially as it becomes assimilated in America.
Reminiscent of an Arthur Miller family drama, Ms. Udofia’s moving work, touches on universal themes of mother-daughter relationships; forgiveness; reconciliation; and the struggle associated with leaving our countries of origin behind, while still holding on to the rich cultural heritage.
Her Portmanteau will be onstage January 18 - February 13, 2022.
Next, George Street Playhouse is honored to welcome the extremely talented, award-winning Director/ Choreographer Julio Monge, who will helm the American English-language premiere of a play by iconic Puerto Rican Academy Award-nominee Jacobo Morales.
Baipás (a byway detour from the main road) presents a magical world in which two very diverse, strong individuals are thrown together into a strange place. Using the legendary sensuous Bolero, they come to choose life and love. As this man and woman dance through the byways of love between clarity and confusion, with a healthy dose of sarcastic humor, they arrive in an unexpected place.
A romantic pas de deux!
Baipás will begin performances on March 4 and continue through March 27, 2022.
After more than a year of anticipation, George Street Playhouse is thrilled to announce that A Walk on the Moon will close our season!
The George Street Playhouse is excited to present the east coast premiere of A Walk on the Moon, a musical based on the film of the same name. Welcome to the iconic summer of 1969 when man walked on the moon, women fought for equal rights, the War in Vietnam raged on, and Woodstock showed America what the new generation stood for. At a Jewish bungalow colony in the Catskills, a young wife and mother, Pearl Kantrowitz, has an affair with the handsome Blouseman. While the affair jeopardizes her marriage and creates pain and turmoil, Pearl is forced to undertake a journey of self-discovery.
A Walk on the Moon will begin performances on April 27 and continue through May 22, 2022.
Policy Regarding Vaccination Requirements for George Street Playhouse Audiences:
Proof of full Covid-19 vaccination with an FDA or WHO authorized vaccine will be required for entry.
Guests who are unvaccinated will be required to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of the performance start time, or a negative COVID-19 antigen test taken within 6 hours of the performance start time in order to enter the theater.
Masks will be required of all audience members, regardless of vaccination status.
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12) MCC Theater
Freshplay Online Summer Festival
August 16 - 21, 2021
FOUR WRITERS,
ONE FRESH FESTIVAL
MCC's very first FRESHPLAY ONLINE SUMMER FESTIVAL will feature four writers, who have a lot on their minds and hearts and bravely share their work. This year more than ever, it has been important to have a creative space to explore, process and share with one another. The FRESHPLAY series is a collection of plays written by members of the Playwriting Lab and selected for a full workshop process and staged reading. The Youth Company playwrights work side by side with seasoned directors, designers, dramaturgs, and actors to bring their plays to life in a week-long festival.
BEGINS AUG 16 thru AUG 21
STREAMING FOR FREE ON
MCC'S ON DEMAND PORTAL
For more information or to get a free festival pass, visit
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13) ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK PRESENTS THE
44TH ANNUAL LYNDON WOODSIDE
ORATORIO-SOLO COMPETITION
FINALS CONCERT
Competition Held At Riverside Church on Saturday, August 21
The Oratorio Society of New York, led by Music Director Kent Tritle, presents the 44th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals Concert on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 1:30pm at Riverside Church (120th Street and Riverside Drive).
This year’s six finalists are bass Mikhail Biryukov, soprano Emily Yokum Black, baritone Ryne Cherry, soprano Emily Cedriana Donato, tenor Colin James Doyle, and soprano Rebecca Farley. These singers were selected from the 120+ singers who participated in the 2020 competition, before the pandemic forced its cancellation that year. Each finalist will sing two contrasting oratorio works.
The annual solo competition encourages the art of oratorio singing and provides young singers the opportunity to advance their careers through prizes including the Andrew R. Preis Award (first place, $7,000), Meyerson/Zwanger Award (second place, $5,000), and the Janet Plucknett Award (third place, $3,000). Additional prizes include the Esther Korshin Award ($2,500), the Frances MacEachron Award ($1,500), and the Lyndon Woodside Encouragement Award ($1,000).
Competition Finals judges include Oratorio Society Music Director Kent Tritle, Ryan Brandau (Artistic Director of Amor Artis, Princeton Pro Musica, and Monmouth Civic Chorus), Hanako Yamaguchi (Director of Music Programming at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts), Mark Shapiro (Music Director of The Prince Edward Island Symphony and The Cecilia Chorus of New York), and Damien Sneed (Founder and Artistic Director of Chorale Le Chateau). Pianist Erika Switzer accompanies the finalists in performance
Concert Information
44th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals Concert
Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 1:30pm
The Nave | The Riverside Church | 490 120th Street and Riverside Drive | New York, NY 10027
Tickets: $20
Link: https://osny.org.
Mikhail Biryukov, bass
Emily Yokum Black, soprano
Ryne Cherry, baritone
Emily Cedriana Donato, soprano
Colin James Doyle, tenor
Rebecca Farley, soprano
Erika Switzer, pianist
All patrons must be vaccinated and proof of vaccination must be shown at the door. Masks must be worn inside the building at all times.
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14) South Street Seaport Museum
announces
Opera In Depth: Exploring What Lies Beneath
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 7:30 PM
South Street Seaport Museum announces Opera In Depth: Exploring What Lies Beneath, a virtual discussion on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 7:30pm, in advance of On Site Opera’s upcoming production of What Lies Beneath specifically designed for the 1885 tall ship Wavertree. Join artists and members of the creative team for a conversation about what it takes to create an opera on the deck of a historic ship. Reserve free tickets at seaportmuseum.org/osopera.
How do composers choose which stories they tell? What is it like to produce live performances in today's climate? Hosted by Laura Norwitz, Senior Director of Programs and Education, South Street Seaport Museum; moderated by Eric Einhorn, Co-Director, What Lies Beneath; and with panelists Winston A Benons, Jr., Co-Director/Cultural Advocate; James Davis, Jr., Conductor; Damien Geter, Composer; and mezzo-soprano Tesia Kwarteng, the discussion will be presented virtually, broadcast from onboard the 1885 tall ship Wavertree, with panelists joining from various locations. A brief Q&A will follow. This virtual event is free and available to all, regardless of plans to see the opera.
Combining song, story, history, and movement as the company returns to live performance, What Lies Beneath is a site-specific and immersive experience aboard Wavertree. Wavertree is designated on the National Register of Historic Places and represents the thousands of ships that docked along New York’s waterfront over the centuries. Built of riveted wrought iron in 1885, Wavertree is an archetype of the sailing ships of the latter half of the 19th century that, during the “age of sail,” lined South Street by the dozens, creating a forest of masts from the Battery to the Brooklyn Bridge.
From the enticements used to lure Africans into enslavement to Captain Ahab’s final moments of moral reckoning aboard the whaling ship Pequod in Moby Dick, What Lies Beneath is a series of six unique vignettes featuring works from Amistad, by Anthony Davis & Thulani Davis, Ahab, a monodrama by Juliana Hall & Caitlin Vincent, 1619, a choral song cycle by Damien Geter, Billy Budd, by Benjamin Britten, E.M. Forester, & Eric Crozier, Sea Fever, by John Ireland & John Masefield and Riders to the Sea, by Ralph Vaughn Williams and John Millington Sygne. On the heels of their most recent project, The Road We Came, a 3-part walking tour through Black Music History, What Lies Beneath continues to use opera and music to explore themes of social justice, racial inequality and history’s continuing impact on the lens through which the world is experiencing today.
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And that's the Scoop. Tune in tomorrow for More Theater Monday.
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