1) Amber Gray Final Performance in Hadestown Scheduled for 2/19
2) American Museum of Natural History Upcoming Programs & Exhibitions
3) Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation School Enrollment Through 3/26
4) Alex Brightman to Return to Reopening Beetlejuice Tickets on Sale 2/18
5) Blue Man Group Offers 2 for $99 Ticket Package
6) Bottom of the Ocean Expanded Performance Schedule & New Ticket Lottery
7) Centenary Stage Company Tickets on Sale for Production of Meteor Shower
8) Concept Album Announced for Ballad of Dreams, A Novel With Music
9) Ensemble Studio Theatre Presents World Premiere of What You Are Now
10) Hawaii Public Theatre Brings Their Comedic Show Ha Ha Hawaii to Frigid NY
11) Here Announces Final Extension of The Hang
12) Jane Anger Starring Michael Urie as Shakespeare Beginning 2/21
13) Kelsey Theater's Production of Popcorn Falls Opens 2/18
14) Making Broadway Dance by Liza Gennaro Now Available for Purchase
15) Match: Lit Presents Henry V and Twelfth Night in Rep Beginning 2/18
16) MCC Theater Hosts National Queer Theater's Jubilee for a New Vision on 2/21
17) New York Festival of Song Presents Buenos Aires, Then & Now 2/15
18) The Orchestra Now: Stravinsky, Picasso & Cubism at Met Museum 2/20
19) The Queen's Six First-Ever New York Concerts Town Hall 2/16 & 2/17
20) Symphony Space Just Kidding Series Offers Free Livesteamed Show 2/19
21) The Music Man Launches Initiative to Offer Subsidized Tickets to Students
22) Two River Theater Presents Streaming Radio Play, antarctica through 3/6
1) GRAMMY AWARD® & OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE® AWARD
WINNER, AND TONY AWARD® NOMINEE
AMBER GRAY
TO PLAY FINAL PERFORMANCE IN
“HADESTOWN”
BROADWAY’S TONY AWARD-WINNING
BEST NEW MUSICAL
ON SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19
Amber Gray, who originated the role of Persephone in Hadestown, the Tony Award®-winning Best New Musical, will play her final performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street) on Saturday evening, February 19.
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2) American Museum
of Natural History
Programs and Exhibitions
February 2022
SHARKS SPECIAL EXHIBITION, CANNABIS & MENTAL HEALTH ONLINE PROGRAM, VACCINATION SITE OPEN 7 DAYS PER WEEK, AND MORE!
MIDWINTER RECESS
The Museum will be open daily the full week of February 21, including Monday, February 21, and Tuesday, February 22, for President’s Day and midwinter recess of New York City public schools. Advance timed-entry ticket reservations are required and are available on tickets.amnh.org.
NEW YORK CITY VACCINATION SITE OPEN SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK
A New York City COVID-19 vaccination site at the Museum is open seven days a week. Operating from 10 am to 5 pm, the vaccination site serves ages 5 and up and also offers boosters. To schedule an appointment in advance—which is strongly recommended—individuals should visit NYC Vaccine Finder and select the American Museum of Natural History vaccination site or call 877-VAX-4NYC (877-829-4692). For more information, visit the Museum’s website.
UPCOMING ONLINE PROGRAMS
SciCafe
First Wednesday of the month
On the first Wednesday of every month at 7 pm ET, this popular after-hours online program brings together inquisitive minds for an informal evening of conversation about cutting-edge science topics with experts from the field.
Speaker Series for Teachers
The Gottesman Center for Science Teaching and Learning Scientist Speaker Series offers free online professional learning events that provide elementary through high school teachers with an opportunity to engage with scientists and public health professionals with a lens towards classroom and curriculum relevance. Participating teachers will receive digital Museum resources for classroom use and one hour of CTLE credit upon completion.
Coming up:
Monday, February 14, at 5 pm ET: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Past, Present, Future. Join us for a special session for educators with Jay Varma, M.D., an expert on public health and infectious diseases from Weill Cornell Medicine who helped lead New York City’s COVID-19 response. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause illness, death, and suffering across the country and the world, Dr. Varma will discuss past pandemics such as the 1918 flu pandemic and explain the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination and other tools to fight the pandemic, and what variants, including Delta and Omicron, mean for the present and future. Addressing top concerns and misconceptions, Dr. Varma will also answer participants’ questions about all things COVID-19. RSVP for the free online program here.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Sharks
Sharks offers visitors a unique look at prehistoric and modern shark species, their habitats and hunting styles, and the conservation threats these magnificent animals are facing today. Fixed in the public imagination as fearsome predators, sharks are more complex than their depiction in popular culture. This new exhibition features fossils, touch-free media, and a spectacular “parade” of sharks with more than 30 lifelike models that range from 33 feet to 5 inches long, including the megalodon, an ancient megapredator known as the "Tyrannosaurus rex of the seas.” Sharks brings visitors face to face with the incredible diversity of this ancient group of fishes and demonstrates that while sharks pose few threats to people, we represent a serious danger to their future on this planet.
Worlds Beyond Earth Hayden Planetarium Space Show
Worlds Beyond Earth, the Museum’s Space Show, is currently screening in the Hayden Planetarium Space Theater. Viewers can journey beyond our own blue planet to marvel at the latest discoveries from our cosmic neighbors. Narrated by Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o, Worlds Beyond Earth takes viewers on an exhilarating journey that reveals the dynamic nature of the worlds that orbit our Sun and features immersive visualizations of space missions and breathtaking scenes depicting the evolution of our solar system.
Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker Giant-Screen Film
Closing Sunday, February 27
Now showing in the Museum’s LeFrak Theater, which features a 40-foot-high, 66-foot-wide screen with a state-of-the-art digital sound system, Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker follows the journey of an endangered Australian sea lion pup named Otto as she learns to navigate her beautiful but harsh coastal environment with the help of her mother and others in her colony.
NOW ON VIEW
Okavango Blue Diamond
The dazzling and nearly flawless Okavango Blue Diamond is on public exhibition for the very first time, in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery within the Museum’s new Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals. The Okavango Blue Diamond, a “fancy deep blue” diamond in an oval brilliant-cut weighing 20.46 carats, is the centerpiece of a presentation featuring natural diamonds from Botswana
Thoroughly redesigned and reinstalled, the 11,000-square-foot Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals offers an engaging guide to our dynamic planet, sharing the fascinating story of how the vast diversity of mineral species arose on Earth, how scientists classify and study them, and how we use them for personal adornment, tools, and technology.
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3) Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation Celebrates 20 Years
With Continued Enrollment for
School of the Arts Now Available
Through March 26, 2022
The Brooklyn-based Asase Yaa School of the Arts announces an extension of enrollment for School of the Arts, until March 26, 2022. Asase Yaa’s approach to its high-quality educational instruction is intentionally holistic and based on the belief that art is a powerful tool in helping youth learn about their historical connection to Africa. Beyond teaching dance and drum within the safe environment they provide, they seek to develop students’ self-esteem, confidence, and help them develop a sense of cultural pride that will enable them to become productive citizens of the world.
The Asase Yaa School of the Arts Dance and Drum Classes celebrates its 12th year, and will have rolling admissions through March 26, 2022, with more classes available on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The school’s highly regarded program offers intensive study in drums and dance, including tap, ballet, jazz, Hip Hop, modern, and African for boys and girls ages 3-18. The school year will run through June 18, 2022, culminating in a 10th Anniversary recital. Asase Yaa will give scholarships to high school graduates, who have been with the School since they were four years old. The dance program will be capped with a Finale Concert in June at a location to be determined. To register for the 21-22 school year, visit: https://www.asaseyaaent.org/school/register/. ALEX BRIGHTMAN IS BEETLEJUICE AT BROADWAY’S MARQUIS THEATRE STARTING APRIL 8
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4) ALEX BRIGHTMAN IS BEETLEJUICE AT BROADWAY’S MARQUIS THEATRE STARTING APRIL
MARQUIS THEATRE BOX OFFICE OPENS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18
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5) BLUE MAN GROUP NEW YORK SWEETENS UP FEBRUARY WITH SPECIAL
“TWO FOR $99” TICKET PACKAGE
Blue Man Group New York will sweeten up February with the launch of a special ticket package offering two tickets for $99. The ticket offer applies to performances at New York City’s Astor Place Theatre (434 Lafayette Street) from February 10 through April 3, 2022 and is available for purchase now through February 28 by visiting www.blueman.com/new-york. *********************************************************************
6) A WORLD PREMIERE
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN
ANNOUNCES
EXPANDED PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
AND NEW TICKET LOTTERY
NOW IN PERFORMANCES
AT GYMNOPEDIE
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW AT WWW.BOTO.NYC
Houseworld Immersive announced today a new performance schedule and ticket lottery for Bottom Of The Ocean, a world premiere immersive experience created by Andrew Hoepfner (Houseworld, Whisperlodge). Currently in performances at Gymnopedie in Bushwick, Brooklyn (1139 Bushwick Avenue), Bottom Of The Ocean is an underground, sold-out sensation for five audience members only at each performance.
Due to popular demand, Bottom Of The Ocean will be expanding its performance calendar for 2022 and will now offer weekday matinees. Matinee performances on Thursdays at 4:30pm will begin on Thursday, February 17. Beginning on March 2nd, additional Wednesday matinees at 4:30pm will join the schedule. Matinee performances will continue throughout 2022, with the possibility of adding additional performances depending on demand later this spring. The weekday matinees will offer BOTO's most accessible ticket prices, starting at $70. February and March matinee tickets go on sale on Tuesday February 8 at 10am EST.
Additionally, Bottom of the Ocean will also begin to offer a biweekly ticket lottery via Instagram on Tuesday February 22. Entrants can win $10 tickets to a selection of Bottom of the Ocean performances by sharing a photo from the production with the hashtag #BOTOlottery to their Instagram feeds. Three winners will be selected at random every other Tuesday, beginning February 22. One winner will receive a single-entry Tidal Wave ticket, while the other two winners will each win a pair of Whirlpool or Undertow tickets offered at random. For full lottery details, please visit: https://www.boto.nyc/lottery. *****************************************************************
7) TICKETS ON-SALE NOW FOR CENTENARY STAGE
COMPANY’S PRODUCITON OF
“METEOR SHOWER”
BY STEVE MARTIN
Centenary Stage Company is selling tickets now for their upcoming production of Meteor Shower by Steve Martin. Performances will take place February 18 through March 6 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ on the campus of Centenary University. Tickets range from $25.00-$29.50 for adults with discounts available for seniors, students, and children 12 and younger. For more information, go to centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company’s box office at (908) 979-0900.
Performance dates and times for Meteor Shower by Steve Martin are Thursdays, February 24 and March 3 at 7:30 pm; Fridays, February 18 and 25 and March 4 at 8:00 pm; Saturdays, February 19 and 26 and March 5 at 8:00 pm; and Sundays, February 20 and 26 and March 6 at 2:00 pm. Tickets range from $25.00 to $29.50 for adults with discounts available for seniors, students, and children 12 and younger, and Thursday evening performances. The preview performance of Meteor Shower by Steve Martin on Friday, February 18 at 2:00 pm will also have a special offer for Hackettstown Residents with proof of address.
For more information, or to purchase tickets visit centenarystageco.org org. To schedule an audition, 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. Those unable to attend, send resumes, headshots, and reels to boxoffice@centenarystageco.org Att: Casting. 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, Tik Tok, Twitter and Instagram. Like and follow to receive the latest in CSC news and special offers.
Centenary Stage Company remains committed to the health and safety of our community and adheres to all requirements set forth by the State of New Jersey. For more information regarding CSC COVID-19 policies and policy updates, visit centenarystageco.org/faq
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8) CONCEPT ALBUM ANNOUNCED FOR
BALLAD OF DREAMS, A NOVEL WITH MUSIC
WRITER/COMPOSER ALLYSON HERNANDEZ TO PARTNER WITH MUSIC PRODUCER MACY SCHMIDT
Ballad of Dreams, the debut novel with music written by multihyphenate Allyson Hernandez, will release a companion concept album featuring the music from the novel. Hernandez will be partnering with Forbes 30 Under 30 Music list honoree Macy Schmidt, who will produce the music. Casting details will be announced at a later date. Ballad of Dreams is about friendship, dreams, love, loss, and everything in between, and is available for purchase at BalladOfDreams.com.
Initially written as a musical pre-pandemic, Ballad of Dreams features the lyrics from the original music embedded in the book similarly to a musical libretto. Audrey and Rose are cousins and best friends in 1940s New York City whose trajectories, choices, sacrifices, and life experiences are drastically different, but their friendship remains constant. They each journey in discovering their own identities and independence as women in a time where society tried to define that for them. Ballad of Dreams combines the richness of storytelling and flare of musical theater with historical fiction.
ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE/THE ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION
AND
THE CIVILIANS
ANNOUNCE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
what you are now
PREVIEWS BEGIN FEBRUARY 16, 2022
OPENING NIGHT SET FOR FEBRUARY 24, 2022
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MARCH 13, 2022
ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (EST) (William Carden, Artistic Director) and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Doron Weber, Vice-President and Program Director) are pleased to announce the World Premiere of what you are now by Sam Chanse (Fruiting Bodies), directed by Steve Cosson (Whisper House), co-presented by The Civilians (Steve Cosson, Artistic Director). Part of the EST/Sloan Science & Technology Project (Graeme Gillis, Program Director; Linsay Firman, Associate Director), what you are now begins previews at EST’s Curt Dempster Theatre (549 W. 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019) on February 16, 2022, and is set to open February 24 for a limited run through March 13, 2022.
Pia is a passionate young researcher investigating cutting-edge new ideas about how to heal the mind from traumatic memories. But her interest is also personal, deeply intertwined with her family’s history. When a figure from the past unexpectedly shows up, urging Pia’s mother to testify about her experiences during the violence of 1970s Cambodia, unresolved histories are brought to the surface. Pia must navigate through a latticework of interconnected memories: her relationship, her brother Darany and, centrally, her mother Chantrea—making discoveries that will radically alter everyone’s lives in the present.
what you are now asks what if our memories aren’t fixed, but change each time we recall the past? This world premiere by Sam Chanse is a thrillingly insightful new play that asks the audience to move through the shifting dance between the past and present, and to consider how with new understanding we might change “who you were then” to “what you are now.”
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10) Hawaii Public Theatre Brings Their Comedic Show
Hā Hā Hawai`i
to Frigid New York February 19 – March 6
Honolulu based theatre company Hawaii Public Theatre brings their new comedic show Hā Hā Hawai`i to Frigid New York for a limited run February 19 to March 6. The production is directed by Aitor Basauri (SpyMonkey/Cirque de Soleil) who also helped write the show. Hā Hā Hawai`i is written and performed by Michael Burgos (The Eulogy Best Comedy at Adelaide Fringe), Suzen Kukana Murakoshi (Connie Wong in A Chorus Line/Broadway), and Anna Walden (Cherry Blossom/Cherry Bomb/Japan).
Hā Hā Hawai`i is a show set in Hawai`i, that believes laughter is sacred. Three actors explore Hawaiian history through the lens of `aka`aka (laughter) using hula, music, puppetry, and physical comedy. Devised and directed by SpyMonkey’s Aitor Basauri, the love, loss and aloha found by this trio amidst the state of Hawai`i today will share the many truths of humanity.
Performance dates Saturday, February 19 @ 1:15pm, Saturday, February 26 @ 6:30pm, Saturday, March 5 @ 3pm, Sunday, March 6 @ 6:30pm. The Kraine Theatre is located at 85 East 4th Street, between 2nd Avenue and Bowery – accessible from F to 2nd Avenue, 6 to Bleecker, B/D/M to Broadway Lafayette. Running time: 55 minutes. Tickets are $20, available at https://bit.ly/3rnqJJo. More info at www.haha-hawaii.com. *********************************************************************
11)
ANNOUNCES FINAL EXTENSION OF
THE HANG
PERFORMANCES ADDED ON
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12, FEBRUARY 26 & MARCH 5 AT 2PM
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT HERE.ORG
New York, New York) The Obie Award-winning HERE (Founding Artistic Director Kristin Marting) announced today that The Hang, featuring book and lyrics by Taylor Mac, music by Matt Ray and direction by Niegel Smith, has added three performances to its run due to popular demand. The added performances will be on Saturday February 12th, Saturday February 26th and Saturday March 5th at 2pm. The Hang began performances on Thursday January 20, 2022 at HERE (145 Sixth Avenue, NY, NY 10013), and opened Sunday January 23 to rave reviews. Originally set to close Sunday February 20, The Hang recently extended through Sunday March 6, 2022.
The Hang is a ritual celebration of queerness, questions, and the eternity of a moment. Rooted in the jazz tradition and operatic form, it imagines the final hours of the life of Socrates, as he asks his friends to use every moment left to think on virtue. What transpires is a centuries-long communal consideration, full of jazz, dance, debates, and queer romps. Through this foray into the calamities of our past intelligentsia, Taylor Mac, Matt Ray and their collaborators invite the audience to their party and create a performance, which advocates for a more inclusive and joyous world.
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12) Michael Urie Stars in Jacobean Feminist Revenge Comedy
JANE ANGER
Performances begin February 21 at New Ohio Theatre
Jennifer Campos Productions in Association with Play-PerView Theatrical presents Talene Monahon's JANE ANGER or The Lamentable Comedie of JANE ANGER, that Cunning Woman, and also of Willy Shakefpeare and his Peasant Companion, Francis, Yes and Also of Anne Hathaway (also a Woman) Who Tried Very Hard. Inspired by the little-known author of “Her Protection for Women” first published in 1589, this bold new anachronistic Jacobean feminist revenge comedy is directed by 2017 Lucille Lortel Award winner Jess Chayes (HOME/SICK, The Antelope Party), with a cast including playwright Monahon (How to Load a Musket, The Government Inspector), Michael Urie (Grand Horizons, Chicken & Biscuits, Torch Song), Ryan Spahn (Daniels Husband), and Amelia Workman (Fefu and her Friends). Performances of JANE ANGER begin February 21 at New Ohio Theatre.
It’s 1606 and William Shakespeare is stuck in quarantine with his unpaid apprentice, Francis. It would be a GREAT time to write King Lear… if he weren’t plagued with writer’s block. In through the window climbs JANE ANGER, the Cunning Woman, with a large sack and a mind to change history forever.
JANE ANGER or The Lamentable Comedie of JANE ANGER, that Cunning Woman, and also of Willy Shakefpeare and his Peasant Companion, Francis, Yes and Also of Anne Hathaway (also a Woman) Who Tried Very Hard runs February 21 - March 13. Performances are Monday & Wednesday-Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday 2pm & 8pm and Sunday at 2pm. Running time is 95 minutes, no intermission. New Ohio Theatre is located at 154 Christopher Street, between Greenwich and Washington Streets in the West Village -- accessible from the #1 train to Christopher St. or A/B/C/D/E/F or M train to West 4th Street. Tickets are $25 - 45, available at www.JaneAngerPlay.com. *********************************************************************
13) Kelsey Theater at Mercer
Presents
Popcorn Falls
MPOnStage's second show this season is fast paced comedy POPCORN FALLS.
Popcorn Falls is the story of a small town forced into bankruptcy when a neighboring town threatens to turn them into a sewage treatment plant. Their solution? Put on a show! Two actors play 20 characters in this high-energy, laugh-filled 90 minute race to save their beloved town.
$20 Adults, $18 Seniors & students
February 18, 19, 25, 26 at 8:00 PM
February 20, 22, 2022 at 2:00 PM
Kelsey Theater at Mercer is located at 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor, NJ
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14) Liza Gennaro’s New Book
Making Broadway Dance
Now Available for Purchase
Now available for sale, Broadway choreographer Liza Gennaro’s Making Broadway Dance landed the #1 position on two of Amazon’s key book charts – Dance Hot Releases and Music Hot Releases – in December. Through in-depth analysis of musical theatre choreography and choreographers, the book challenges long-held perceptions of Broadway dance as a kitsch and disposable dance form created without artistic process and demonstrates that the art form is not a monolith but is rather multifaceted in terms of dance styles, aesthetics and methodologies. Making Broadway Dance is available for purchase on Amazon or through Oxford University Press.
Aimed at students, academics, and anyone who loves musical theatre and dance, Making Broadway Dance by Manhattan School of Music Associate Dean and Director of Musical Theatre Liza Gennaro gives valuable insights into how Broadway dance is made. Gennaro examines choreography for musical theatre through the lens of dance studies, script analysis, movement research, and dramaturgical inquiry, and in doing so gives a close-up look at a dance form that has been analyzed only superficially until now.
Making Broadway Dance examines the choreographic systems of some of Broadway’s most influential dance-makers, including George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Katherine Dunham, Bob Fosse, Savion Glover, Sergio Trujillo, Steven Hoggett, and Camille A. Brown.
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15) Match: Lit Presents 2 Shakespeare Plays in Rep
HENRY V and TWELFTH NIGHT
Performances begin February 18
Independent theater company Match: Lit brings two Shakespeare's HENRY V and TWELFTH NIGHT performed in rotating repertory at the Westbeth Community Room & Gallery beginning February 18th.
HENRY V and TWELFTH NIGHT are performed in rotation February 18-27 at Westbeth Community Room & Gallery (55 Bethune Street, New York, NY). Tickets $30 separately, but audiences can buy one and get the other for 50% off—just select the add-on option at checkout. Purchase now at www.matchlit.org
Complete performance schedule:
• Friday, February 18th: Henry V at 7:00 PM
• Saturday, February 19th: Henry V at 2:00 PM
• Saturday, February 19th: Twelfth Night at 7:00 PM
• Sunday, February 20th: Twelfth Night at 2:00 PM
• Sunday, February 20th: Henry V at 7:00 PM
• Monday, February 21st: Henry V at 7:00 PM
• Tuesday, February 22nd: Twelfth Night at 7:00 PM
• Wednesday, February 23rd: Twelfth Night at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday, February 23rd: Henry V at 7:00 PM
• Thursday, February 24th: Twelfth Night at 7:00 PM
• Friday, February 25th: Henry V at 2:00 PM
• Friday, February 25th: Twelfth Night at 7:00 PM
• Saturday, February 26th: Twelfth Night at 2:00 PM
• Saturday, February 26th: Henry V at 7:00 PM
• Sunday, February 27th: Henry V at 2:00 PM
• Sunday, February 27th: Twelfth Night at 7:00 PM.
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16)
WILL HOST
JUBILEE FOR A NEW VISION
PRESENTED BY
NATIONAL QUEER THEATER
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA
PART OF CARNEGIE HALL'S CITYWIDE AFROFUTURISM FESTIVAL
MONDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2022 AT 7PM
AT THE ROBERT W. WILSON MCC THEATER SPACE
MCC Theater (Bob LuPone, Bernie Telsey, Will Cantler, Co-Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) announced that they will host Jubilee for a New Vision: A Celebration of Trans and Gender Non-conforming Artists (TGNC), presented by National Queer Theater in partnership with The Dramatists Guild of America. As part of Carnegie Hall’s citywide 2022 Afrofuturism Festival, Jubilee for A New Vision will take place in the Newman Mills Theater at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space in the Newman Mills Theater on Monday February 21 at 7pm.
Join the artistic residents of the New Visions Fellowship, a new initiative of National Queer Theater and The Dramatists Guild of America, as they showcase excerpts from new works amplifying the TGNC experience in scene, song, and performance.
Tickets are pay what you can and are available here. The performance will run approximately 70 minutes, with no intermission.
MCC Theater requires that all audience members provide proof of full vaccination and booster, if eligible, along with a government issued photo ID with matching name at the point of building entry on performance date. Masks must be worn at all times in the building. KN95/N-95 masks provide the strongest protection against COVID-19 and are strongly encouraged for audience members. The policy is outlined in detail here.
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17) NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG PRESENTS
BUENOS AIRES, THEN AND NOW
AT KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER ON FEBRUARY 15
New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, continues its 2021-22 Mainstage Series with Buenos Aires, Then and Now on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 8:00pm at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center. The concert features soprano Nicoletta Berry, bass-baritone Federico De Michelis, soprano Raquel González, and others artists to be announced with pianist Shawn Chang and NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier serving as pianists and hosts.
The program honors the diverse musical culture of Buenos Aires and includes the works of its iconic masters, such as Guastavino, Ginastera, López Buchardo, Carlos Gardel, and Piazzolla, as well as its contemporary voices, Esteban Benzecry and Ezequiel Viñao. Buenos Aires, Then and Now is being produced with the collaboration of Jorge Parodi and Opera Hispánica.
The program honors the diverse musical culture of Buenos Aires and includes the works of its iconic masters, such as Guastavino, Ginastera, López Buchardo, Carlos Gardel, and Piazzolla, as well as its contemporary voices, Esteban Benzecry and Ezequiel Viñao. Buenos Aires, Then and Now is being produced with the collaboration of Jorge Parodi and Opera Hispánica.
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18) THE ORCHESTRA NOW PRESENTS “STRAVINSKY, PICASSO & CUBISM” AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART FEBRUARY 20, 2022 |
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Program Led by Leon Botstein Features Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments Performed by Soloist Blair McMillen |
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The Orchestra Now (TŌN) presents the second program of the 2021-22 season in its popular Sight & Sound series at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sunday, February 20. The afternoon features Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments with pianist, recording artist, conductor, and new-music champion Blair McMillen, dubbed “one of the piano’s brilliant stars” by The New York Times. The presentation will draw connections between the corresponding development of new forms in different genres of the arts through the works of Stravinsky and Picasso.
In Sight & Sound concerts, conductor and music historian Leon Botstein explores the parallels between orchestral music and the visual arts. On-screen artworks are staged in a lively discussion alongside musical excerpts performed by the Orchestra, followed by a full performance and audience Q&A.
Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 2 PM
Leon Botstein, conductor
Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments and Picasso’s Man with a Guitar
Upon settling in Paris in the 1920s, Igor Stravinsky formed close friendships with artists like Pablo Picasso, a founder of Cubism, which sought to deconstruct the familiar and reassemble reality through a disciplined, formal approach. The movement inspired Stravinsky to develop a new approach to the construction of musical forms. He loved to perform his Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, one of his earliest “neo-classic” masterpieces.
Tickets priced at $30–$50, include same-day museum admission and may be purchased online here, by calling The Met at 212.570.3949, or at any desk in The Great Hall at The Met Fifth Avenue. Ticket holders will need to comply with the venue’s health and safety requirements, which can be found here. *********************************************************************
19) THE QUEEN’S SIX
ADDS NEW MEMBER
ELISABETH PAUL
AHEAD OF THEIR FIRST EVER MAJOR
NEW YORK CONCERT
AT TOWN HALL
ON FEBRUARY 16 & 17
Direct from Windsor Castle, The Queen’s Six, the internationally acclaimed vocal sextet has added a brand-new member to their ranks – Elisabeth Paul, the first female to join the group. In 2022, The Queen’s Six will make their New York City major concert debut with an exclusive, two-night-only engagement at Town Hall on Wednesday, February 16 and Thursday, February 17, 2022.
Tickets are available via Ticketmaster.com.
Based at Windsor Castle, members of The Queen's Six make up part of the Lay Clerks of St. George's Chapel, whose homes lie within the Castle walls. The Chapel Choir, which consists of boy trebles and twelve professional adult singers, performs some eight services a week, as well as at private and state occasions, often before the Royal Family. In 2018, their duties with the Chapel Choir included singing for the wedding of Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. And in 2021, three members of the group’s voices were raised at the funeral for His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh.
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20) Just Kidding:
Sonia De Los Santos
Live From Symphony Space on February 19
Saturday, February 19 at 11 am EST: Sonia De Los Santos
Travel to Mexico and beyond with Latin GRAMMY nominee Sonia De Los Santos and her band in this bilingual concert of songs about hope, home, and gratitude. Sonia De Los Santos was born with a smile on her face (that's what her mom says) in Monterrey, Mexico, and in 2007 started touring the world, singing in English and Spanish, playing guitar and jarana and lighting up the stage with Dan Zanes and Friends. Sonia’s third album Esperanza is a bilingual collection of songs that explore hope: looking back at our own journey, cherishing our cities and homes, being grateful to one another, dreaming of a better future, marveling at nature, and finding light within ourselves. De Los Santos will perform her new song "All I Need Is Your Smile" for the first time ever at the show.
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21) MEREDITH WILLSON’S
“THE MUSIC MAN”
SUBSIDIZES 10,000 TICKETS
FOR NYC SCHOOL COMMUNITIES
IN TRADITIONALLY UNDER-RESOURCED POPULATIONS
IN A BROAD EFFORT
TO MAKE BROADWAY MORE ACCESSIBLE
AND FOSTER LOVE FOR THE ARTS
Producers Barry Diller, David Geffen, and Kate Horton announced today that the smash hit Broadway musical The Music Man is making available 10,000 tickets at just $20 each to New York City students, their families, and their teachers to help foster a love and appreciation for the arts by making Broadway more accessible. This broad effort, created and spearheaded by The Music Man’s Black Theatre Coalition fellow, Amy Marie Haven, is built around partnerships with the New York City Department of Education and a dozen local youth non-profits, including Artists Striving to End Poverty, Art Start, Arts For All, Arthur Miller Foundation, On Broadway Performing Arts Training Program, Young People's Chorus of NYC, Education Through Music, Rosie's Theatre Kids, R Evolucion Latina, and Broadway Bridges.
The extensive effort will be accompanied by curated initiatives designed to engage with the community.
This broad effort is comprised of four separate initiatives:
Through Teachers Night Out, The Music Man is inviting teachers from the five boroughs to attend for $20 on various Tuesdays throughout the run of the production.
Family Shows will help students from traditionally under-resourced communities to bring their families to The Music Man, with sets of four tickets being offered to each participating student. Each Wednesday night will be earmarked as a Family Show, accommodating ten families per week.
Approximately 3,500 tickets will be allotted annually for a Classroom Ticket initiative, offering tickets to schools and education non-profits as part of a larger, integrated curriculum.
Finally, on two Wednesdays in September, The Music Man will mark “back-to-school” month with Student Matinees, accommodating 600 students at each. A Cast Talk Back will take place immediately following the performances.
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22) Two River Theater Presents
Streaming Radio Play
antarctica
antarctica
By Kimber Lee
Directed by Neel Keller
STREAMING FEB 7 – MAR 6 / 2022 | FREE
Matty wants to do the impossible: become the first woman to traverse Antarctica on foot unaided. On her journey she faces ice storms, frigid temperatures, and constant danger. Even the smallest mistake can mean failure or worse. Written by award-winning playwright Kimber Lee, antarctica delves into where the mind goes under the most extreme conditions. Kimber Lee is known for plays such as to the yellow house, tokyo fish story, and brownsville song (b-side for tray) and has won a number of awards including The Bruntwood Prize International Award and The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
Reserve your FREE tickets and you will be emailed a link and password to access the performance within the next hour. Content will be available through Mar 6/2022. Performance run time is 50 minutes.
For more information or to register, go to https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/radio-play-antarctica
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And that's the scoop. Tune in tomorrow for More Theater Monday.
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