4) CONCORD THEATRICALS RECORDINGS
RELEASES THE STUDIO CAST RECORDING OF
“17 AGAIN”
BY ALAN ZACHARY AND MICHAEL WEINER
ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE
Concord Theatricals Recordings released the studio cast recording of 17 Again, a musical based on the popular 2009 film. Broadway writing team Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner’s heartfelt musical comedy is now available on streaming and digital platforms worldwide. Stream or download the album HERE.
In honor of the release, a new music video for “Time For Starting Over,” performed by Eden Espinosa, can be viewed HERE.
With music and lyrics from Zachary and Weiner, writers of Broadway’s First Date among other works for the stage and television, the new album features (in alphabetical order) Eden Espinosa, Drew Gehling, Casey Likes, Bryce Pinkham, and Will Roland. Additional cast members include Mallory Bechtel, Gabrielle Carrubba, Alan H. Green, Ann Harada, F. Michael Haynie, Carly Hughes, Jesse Johnson, Desi Oakley, Sam Primack, Josh Strobl, Donna Vivino, D’Kaylah Unique Whitley, and Oscar Williams.
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7) The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
presents
John Adams’ El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered
Concept by Julia Bullock
Featuring American Modern Opera Company
An AMOC* production
Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 7:30pm
American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women with its production of John Adams' El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered, a chamber-music arrangement with libretto by Peter Sellars and concept by AMOC* member Julia Bullock at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 7:30 pm.
El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered presented by The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC
Featuring AMOC* with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, conducted by Christian Reif
Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 7:30 pm
1047 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025
Tickets are “Choose-What-You-Pay” (ranging from $5-125) and are available online at https://www.stjohndivine.org/
El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered
Music by John Adams
Libretto compilation by Peter Sellars
Concept and musical selections by Julia Bullock
Musical Arrangement by Christian Reif
An AMOC* production
El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered features AMOC* members soprano Julia Bullock, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, bass-baritone Davóne Tines, flutist Emi Ferguson, pianist Conor Hanick, percussionist Jonny Allen, violinists Miranda Cuckson and Keir GoGwilt, cellist Coleman Itzkoff, Doug Balliett on double bass, with special guest artists: contralto Jasmin White, violinists Julia Choi, Miran Kim, Ravenna Lipchik, Jessica McJunkins, and Qianwan Shen, violists Tia Allen, Zoë Martin-Doike, Celia Hatton, and Carrie Frey, cellist Seth Parker Woods and Titilayo Ayangade, double bass, Christopher Johnson, oboist Roni Gal-ed, clarinetist Gleb Kanasevich, bassoonist Alex Davis, horn player Priscilla Rinehart, keyboardist John Arida, and guitarist Jordan Dodson.
El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered will be conducted by Christian Reif, who created the new arrangement and premiered the initial, distilled arrangement as part of Julia Bullock's residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
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9) The Children's Museum of Manhattan
Exhibitions and Classes
Spring Classes Beginning January 2024
The Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) announces a full roster of exhibitions and classes now available at The Tisch Building, 212 West 83rd Street New York, NY 10024. For more information, please visit https://cmom.org/exhibitions/ and https://cmom.org/learn/.
“NYC is a magical place for children and the Children's Museum of Manhattan is one of our City's most unique and often hidden gems,” said CMOM CEO Dava Schub. “Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the city streets and treat your young travelers to hours of joyful play, art making and exploration throughout our 4-floors of exhibits and interactive experiences. Each year CMOM welcomes in 350,000 people from NYC and those who visit us from across the world and, we look forward to welcoming you and your family on your visit to NYC.”
ON-GOING EXHIBITIONS
Adventures with Dora and Diego
2nd Floor
Ages 2 – 6 years
Join Diego on a series of high stakes animal rescue missions. Learn facts about animals and their habitats by helping Diego rescue animals in trouble. Explore a cave, a beach and the rainforest, or rub animal footprints, even build a Spectacled Bear’s nest! Get ready for a fabulous fiesta at Dora’s house! Drive Tico’s car, build the walls of Rainbow Bridge or jump across the lake to arrive at Dora’s house to play drums and pretend to cook Latin American foods. By helping Dora and her friends get to the fiesta, your child will learn problem-solving skills, develop math and language abilities, and gain a greater appreciation and awareness of Latin American culture. ¡Vámonos! Let’s go!
Sponsored by Nickelodeon.
Inside Art: Create, Climb, Collaborate
First Floor
3 – 10 years
Inside Art: Create, Climb, Collaborate is the third edition of CMOM’s acclaimed exhibition series designed to provide meaningful engagement with contemporary art and artists. The exhibition is inspired by creative placemaking, which uses the arts to shape a location and promote social change. The pieces selected for this show encourage community, collaboration, and immersive exploration of new ideas.
Inside Art: Create, Climb, Collaborate continues our tradition of providing families access to beautiful, complex, and challenging art, as well as access to working artists and opportunities for artmaking.
The exhibition features:
- Immersive art installations and sculptures by: Aya Rodriguez-Izumi; Isidro Blasco; Damien Davis; Carlos Jesus Martinez Dominguez; Borinquen Gallo; Joiri Minaya; and Yeju & Chat.
- A multi-story structure, originally designed by BARarchitekten architects, features art by: Ebony Bolt; Francisco Donoso; Tijay Mohammed; and Armita Raafat.
- Daily artmaking programs with CMOM art educators and visiting artists.
- An Artist-in-Residence Collaborative Installation program where selected artists develop works-in-progress for Museum visitors to contribute.
Come celebrate art as a vehicle for building healthy communities and explore ideas of home and identity at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan.
Funding for Inside Art and programs is provided by the Ford Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
PlayWorks
3rd Floor
Ages birth – 4 years
We’ve designed every aspect of PlayWorks™ to help families prepare children to enter school ready to learn and grow. By combining play and learning, PlayWorks™ creates a fun and rewarding experience for children.
As children explore PlayWorks™ and participate in free, daily, drop-in Art Lab programs, they build their physical, social, math, art, science, literacy and problem-solving abilities—as well as the self-confidence, independence and awareness necessary for them to become life-long learners.
For adults, PlayWorks™ provides an opportunity to observe each child’s unique learning style and appreciate how play creates a strong foundation for later learning. This innovative 4,000 square foot environment includes Alphie—a giant talking dragon who “eats” letters, a deli, a fire truck, an MTA bus, sand area, giant 6 ft. mural painting wall, soft space for crawlers and more!
Get more resources to support your child’s language development with CMOM’s All the Way to K and Beyond!
Find fun tips and activities to support your child’s brain development at Vroom.org.
Right to Vote
A temporary inset in the Inside Art exhibition on the 1st floor
2 & Up
To commemorate the centennial of women’s suffrage, and the upcoming presidential election, the installation explores what voting is and why it matters, how people effect change by working together, and the role of the president of the United States. Underlying the installation messaging is the importance of thoughtful decision-making and open-minded listening, reiterating that voting and community movements are ways we work together for the greater good.
Area 1-Your Vote Counts
Visitors “vote” for one of three options by placing a ballot in one of three voting cases. Topics change, and examples include: clean water for all, more parks and pools, free food at schools.
Area 2- If I Were President
Children pretend play in the Oval Office, taking calls, making decisions, and signing important documents.
Area 3- Moving Forward Together- Suffragists
Visitors explore a wall-mounted finger maze to see which suffragist they are most like, and learn more about the suffrage movement.
Area 4- Share your voice!
Visitors can create their own posters, sashes, ballots, and more! By exploring methods used by women to attain the right to vote over a century ago, we see that these same skills and tactics are still relevant today when we want to make our voices heard. Art materials and CMOM educators are available to engage visitors.
Superpowered Metropolis: Early Learning City
Lower Level
Ages birth – 6 years
NOW OPEN!
Superpowered Metropolis: Early Learning City™ is a hands-on, interactive, and colorfully, immersive exhibition where you are the heroes! Step into a playful, comic book version of New York City where a lively team of pigeons, Zip, Zap, and Zoom, serve as your guides to superpowered fun and learning.
The 1,500 square-foot exhibit invites children from birth to 6 and their grown-ups to feel like heroes, building their superpowered early learning brain skills together. These skills, known as executive functions, include self-control, working memory, and mental flexibility. Children practice these learning “superpowers” with Zip, Zap, and Zoom, who guide families on a series of NYC adventures exploring the subways, parks, music, travel, treehouses, and more.
- Climb to the top of a magical two-story Treehouse Headquarters equipped with a map, telescope, periscope, and slide to plan your adventures
- Navigate colorful tunnels, tracks, and waterways at a multi-level Supercharged NYC Train Table
- Create original city sounds with one-of-a-kind instruments in the Musical Subway Car
- Chase the floating scarves at the Whimsical Wind Blowing Fountain
- Get a call from Zip, Zap, and Zoom at the Superpowered Phone Booth and head out on a Metropolis mission
- Enter Baby Central Station, a mini learning hub inspired by Grand Central Station and specially designed for birth to 2 year-olds with climb-on trains, a starry sky, and sensory stations
- Play three digital Brain Building Games designed by NYU’s CREATE Lab
- Explore the sounds and smells of NYC while driving in the Pigeon Mobile
The exhibit is designed to help children develop, enhance, and practice their executive function skills, which are critical for the early development of both cognitive and social capacities. Executive functions are essential for social-emotional well-being and academic success. Every child is born with the ability to strengthen these skills, and it is the daily interactions with adults that help the skills develop. The exhibit shares tips, games, and activities for the adults and children to play together at the Museum, at home, and around the city.
Stepping into the comic-book-inspired NYC world, families meet the team of Superpowered Pigeons™ that embody the learning superpowers:
- ZIP, Self-Control Champion – A calm coach who encourages ‘power pauses’ before acting, thinking things through, resisting distractions, following directions, and taking turns.
- ZAP, Working Memory Master – A witty thinker who juggles information in mind, and is always at the ready, remembering instructions, and skillfully organizing and sorting information.
- ZOOM, Mental Flexibility Guru – A curious inventor who sees things from multiple perspectives, switches gears easily and solves problems creatively.
Support for Superpowered Metropolis: Early Learning City is provided by the Bezos Family Foundation and its early learning program, Vroom, which provides science-based tips and tools to inspire families to turn everyday moments into Brain Building Moments®.
CLASSES
Learning with the Museum
We combine fun and learning in everything we do! Based on research, evaluation, and testing, our exhibitions, classes, workshops and professional development opportunities are all designed to address multiple learning styles. Our Museum educators are committed to working with parents, educators and caregivers to ensure that experiences we offer, both at the Museum and through our outreach programs, enrich children’s lives and support lifelong learning.
Family Classes
Your child belongs in a museum! The Children’s Museum Early Childhood Program will introduce your child to New York City’s cultural resources through our dynamic, award-winning exhibits; guest artists; and brain-boosting experiences in art, science, math, culture and more. Our classes are engaging and developmentally appropriate for children from twelve months to 4 years. All classes align with Pre-K learning standards.
Spring classes will take place from January 2024 - June 2024.
Play Groups
Come Play at CMOM! When CMOM is closed, we open the space for private playgroups. Your children and their friends will enjoy exclusive use of one of our exhibits: Playworks™, Adventures with Dora and Diego or EatSleepPlay™: Building Health Every Day. Contact Alexandra at adiaz@cmom.org or 212-721-1223 x201 for more information.
11) CONCORD THEATRICALS RECORDINGS
RELEASES THE 2023 SPANISH CAST RECORDING OF
ANTONIO BANDERAS AND EMILIO ARAGÓN’S
ACCLAIMED PRODUCTION OF
GODSPELL
BY JOHN-MICHAEL TEBELAK AND STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
NOW AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE
CD AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN SPAIN AND ONLINE
Concord Theatricals Recordings released the cast album of Antonio Banderas, Teatro del Soho CaixaBank, and Emilio Aragón’s acclaimed Spanish production of Godspell. This recording of John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz’s iconic musical is now available on streaming and digital platforms worldwide. CDs are also available for purchase in Spain. In the US, pre-order CDs exclusively at concordtheatricalsrecordings.
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12) Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Announces New Program
Kaatsbaan Ballet Intensive Collegiate Week: June 24-29, 2024
Video Submissions accepted
starting December 2023
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is pleased to announce the Kaatsbaan Ballet Intensive Collegiate Week, from June 24-29, 2024. For more information and to register to audition, visit https://kaatsbaan.org/kbi-
Kaatsbaan Ballet Intensive Collegiate Week is designed exclusively for college students, this one-week intensive is an opportunity for dancers to refine their ballet technique and repertoire. Designed as a process oriented program, students will delve into the heart of ballet through classical ballet repertoire as well as experience a unique chance to explore contemporary choreography through specialized classes and enlightening lectures with first-class international dance artists.
Along with KBI Artistic Director Paloma Herrera, faculty and guest teachers include Martine van Hamel, Kevin McKenzie, Lorin Mathis, and Gemma Bond.
This unique training program is for college aged dancers between the ages of 18 and 25 - who have at least two years of pointe work.
Auditions will be by video submission only. Submission will be accepted from December 1, 2023 until March 8, 2024.
Dancers have the choice between attending either as a residential student in onsite boarding or as a day student, in the beautiful Hudson Valley in Upstate New York. Tuition for residential students is $2,600 and tuition for day students is $1,373. Kaatsbaan Ballet Intensive Collegiate Week has a no refund policy. Insurance may be purchased upon registration.
Tuition Includes:
- Daily classes with world renowned faculty
- All-star faculty including Paloma Herrera, Lorin Mathis, Martine van Hamel, Kevin McKenzie, and Gemma Bond.
- Pianists collaborating with dancers throughout the program
Housing and Meal Plan Includes:
- Housing at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park's Dancer's Inn, Overnight staff will be onsite
- Full meal plan (includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
Email balletintensive@kaatsbaan.org for all questions.
All participants in Kaatsbaan Ballet Intensive Collegiate Week 2024 must be fully vaccinated, and those eligible to receive a Covid booster shot must do so. Negative Covid tests will not be accepted as an alternative to vaccination.
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13) EXPERIENCE THE ART OF
THE ICONIC PAINTER TAMARA DE LEMPICKA
RARE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION OF LEMPICKA’S
MOST FAMOUS IMAGES
NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE HISTORIC
LONGACRE THEATRE
“LEMPICKA”
A NEW MUSICAL ABOUT A TRUE ORIGINAL
BEGINS PERFORMANCES ON BROADWAY
AT THE LONGACRE ON MARCH 19, 2024
The Longacre Theatre (220 W 48th St.), soon-to-be home of the sweeping new musical, Lempicka, is showcasing a curated selection of renowned artist Tamara de Lempicka’s most famous works. Eschewing traditional theatrical front-of-house advertising, the Longacre’s façade now boasts prints, creating a museum-quality exhibition right in the heart of Times Square. The musical opens on Broadway on April 14, 2024 at the same venue.
The Longacre’s outdoor exhibition includes works of Self Portrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti) (1929), Young Girl in Green (1927), Nu Adossé I (1925), The Red Tunic (1927), The Blue Scarf (1930), The Green Turban (1930), Portrait of Marjorie Ferry (1932), Portrait of Ira P. (1930), Portrait of Romana de la Salle (1928), and Adam and Eve (1932).
Starring Eden Espinosa and directed by Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin, Lempicka features book, lyrics, and original concept by Carson Kreitzer, book and music by Matt Gould, and choreography by Raja Feather Kelly.
Spanning decades of political and personal turmoil and told through a thrilling, pop-infused score, Lempicka boldly explores the contradictions of a world in crisis, a woman ahead of her era, and an artist whose time has finally come.
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14) BROADWAY’S
By popular demand, the smash hit musical MJ and Sony Music Entertainment released a new single of their cover of the Jackson 5’s iconic version of the Christmas classic, ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town.’ Due to the overwhelming response to the music video of the song released by the production earlier this week, the single is now available on all music streaming platforms. To listen, click here.
To watch the ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ music video, click here.
For more about MJ or to purchase tickets, visit MJTheMusical.com
GO BEHIND THE SCENES IN THIS HOUR-LONG MOVIE ABOUT A GROUP OF ARTISTS WHO JOIN TOGETHER DURING AN IMPOSSIBLE TIME TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE.
STARRING SANTINO FONTANA, ERIKA HENNINGSEN, JEREMY JORDAN, SOLEA PFEIFFER, & BRANDON URANOWITZ
The acclaimed songwriting team of Will Reynolds and Eric Price will premiere a new movie that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the process of creating the Studio Cast Recording of their musical The Violet Hour.
But The Violet Hour wasn’t an ordinary cast album. It was produced in the midst of a pandemic and an industry shutdown when live performance was virtually non-existent and Broadway was dark. And, unlike most cast recordings, the album was produced before there had been a staged production of the show. From the very beginning, The Violet Hour approached things differently and this film reveals how the experiment in reverse engineering has paid off.
With music by Reynolds and a book and lyrics by Price, The Violet Hour is based on the 2003 Broadway play by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out) and is set in New York of 1919 when a few young people gain access to information about the future and are able to learn what happens after the Jazz Age and throughout the 20th Century, which of course wildly changes the decisions they make about their lives in 1919.
Reynolds and Price released a 28-track Studio Cast Recording of The Violet Hour in November 2022 to critical acclaim. It was declared “Essential listening for any true musical theatre fan” by Broadway World and was named “The Best Cast Album of 2022" by the Broadway Radio Show. The album is available on all music platforms and can be purchased and streamed exclusively at TheVioletHourMusical.com.
16) TADA! YOUTH THEATER
ANNOUNCES REGISTRATION
FOR 2024 WEEK-LONG MUSICAL THEATER
PUBLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOL BREAK CAMPS
Families may register now for TADA! Youth Theater 2024 week-long musical theater public and private school break camps at TADA! Youth Theater at 15 West 28th Street, 3rd floor, between Broadway & Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan.
Students attend TADA! week-long musical theater school break camps from Monday through Friday from 9 am to 1:30 pm for ages 4 to 5, and 9 am to 5 pm for ages 6 to 10 on:
February 19th through February 23rd
It’s a MEOW-sical (Ages 4-5);
Lights, Camera, ACTION! (Ages 6-10)
March 18th through March 22nd
Pirates & Princesses! (Ages 4-5);
Eat. Sleep. BROADWAY. Repeat (Ages 6-10)
April 22nd through April 26th
Pirates & Princesses! (Ages 4-5);
Eat. Sleep. BROADWAY. Repeat (Ages 6-10)
Through improvisation and good old-fashioned fun, students work as an ensemble to co-create an original mini-musical based on the assigned show title for the week. It’s the perfect blend of musical theater training, storytelling, and fun theater games to keep young minds engaged, active, and having a blast all week long!
To register for 2024 School Break Camps, please visit:
https://tadatheater.com/
Financial Assistance information and applications available January 15, 2024:
https://tadatheater.com/
During Winter and Spring 2024, students will create, rehearse, and perform their very own original mini-musical at TADA! Youth Theater week-long musical theater school break camps. Young people explore their interests and identity, share their voice and be heard, receive individualized attention and solo opportunities, and experience ensemble-based instruction by professional NYC Teaching Artists while making connections with new friends. On the last day of class, we invite friends and family to attend the debut of their child’s original mini-musical!
TADA! ONE-DAY CAMPS
One-Day Camp Musicals include Hamilton; The Lion King; The Little Mermaid; Moana; Aladdin; The Greatest Showman and Matilda!
Learn vocals and choreography to a show-stopping Broadway musical at TADA! one-day camps for ages 5-7 and 8-12. Enjoy the fun and excitement of musical theater from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on your day off from school on January 15th; April 10th; June 6th and June 7th.
To register for one-day camps, please visit:
17) CONCORD THEATRICALS RECORDINGS
RELEASES THE STUDIO CAST RECORDING OF
“WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN”
BY CARMEL DEAN
ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS WORLDWIDE
Concord Theatricals Recordings released the studio cast recording of award-winning composer/lyricist Carmel Dean’s Well-Behaved Women, a contemporary theatrical song cycle celebrating historic women who fought to make their voices heard. This powerful album is now available on streaming and digital platforms worldwide. Stream or download the album HERE.
With music and lyrics by Dean, the new album features Tony Award®-winning artists and Broadway stars, including Sasha Allen, Laura Benanti, Andréa Burns, Liz Callaway, Jenn Colella, Hannah Corneau, Melissa Rose Hirsch, Dee Hoty, Judy Kaye, LaChanze, Lindsay Mendez, Bonnie Milligan, Lauren Patten, and Pearl Sun, among others.
In honor of the release, a series of music videos are available to watch, including:
What would Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Harriet Tubman, Frida Kahlo, and Malala Yousafzai sound like if you heard them sing? Well-Behaved Women brings these women, and more, to life in a new song cycle. Through these moving and often hilarious songs, the album celebrates the ways in which their rebellious behavior helped them make history. The show is available for licensing from Concord Theatricals. Learn more HERE.
Well-Behaved Women (Studio Cast Recording) features orchestrations by Lynne Shankel, with lyrics for “Stay and Fight” by Miriam Laube. The album is produced by Dean and Flahaven with associate producer Ali Tesluk. The album was recorded by John Kilgore, Ian Kagey, Neal Shaw, David Amien, and Josh Walton; edited and mixed by Michael Croiter; and mastered by Oscar Zambrano. Art direction and design by Derek Bishop. Complete production credits can be found in the album booklet HERE.
Album Track List:
1. In the Beginning (Eve) – Laura Benanti
2. The Warrior Queen (Boudicca) – Katie Thompson
3. On the Railroad (Harriet Tubman) –LaChanze
4. If Shakespeare Had a Sister (Virginia Woolf) – Bonnie Milligan
5. Stay and Fight (Cleopatra) – Sasha Allen
6. Ladies of the Press (Eleanor Roosevelt) – Jenn Colella
7. The Only Girl at the Table (Mary Magdalene) – Hannah Elless
8. The Water is Where (Fanny Durack & Mina Wylie) – Hannah Corneau, Melissa Rose Hirsch
9. Hey, Bobby Riggs (Billie Jean King) – Lauren Patten
10. Yo Simplemente Soy (Frida Kahlo) – Lindsay Mendez
11. A Mother's Love (Hua-Li) – Pearl Sun
12. Papa, Are You There? (Malala Yousafzai) – Kuhoo Verma
13. One Step Closer (Janet Armstrong) – Liz Callaway
14. You Were There (Cathy Freeman) – Ursula Yovich
15. Lady Liberty (The Statue of Liberty) – Andréa Burns
16. Order in the Court (Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor & Elena Kagan) – Dee Hoty, Judy Kaye, Alma Cuervo, Anne L. Nathan
17. We Rise (All) – Ensemble
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