I started this blog with one daughter, kept it up with the other, to spend time together doing something we enjoyed.
However, things change and people evolve. My daughters are older, busier, and not as interested in writing.
From now on this blog will be mostly mom with occasional contributions from my daughters and maybe even my husband.
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Sunday, December 17, 2023

Sunday Scoop Week of 12/17/23 What's Happening This Week and More

A) Cast Changes

1) The Jerusalem Syndrome

B) Closing Soon

2) I Need That

3) Some Like It Hot

C) What Else is Happening This Week and More

4) 17 Again Studio Cast Recording Released by Concord Theatrical Musical 

5) "Austen's Pride" Single Available Now

6) Ballet Hispanico $20 Tickets Available for En Familia Matinee
on 4/27

7) The Cathedral of John the Divine Presents John Adams' El Nino: Nativity Reconsidered
12/21

8) Centenary Stage Co. Young Performers Winter Festival of Shows Accepting Applicants
Through February 23

9) Children's Museum of Manhattan Exhibitions and Classes Beginning in January 2024

10) Flatfoot Flatbush 10th Anniversary
12/21

11) Godspell Spanish Cast Recording Now Available

12) Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Accepting Video Submissions for
Kaatsbaan Ballet Intensive Collegiate Week 

13) Lempicka's Most Famous Images Now on Display Outside the Longacre Theatre

14) MJ Broadway Releases New Single Santa Claus is Coming to Town

15) Moment to Moment: The Making of The Violet Hour Studio Cast Recording Available Now

16) TADA! Youth Theatre Registration Available for Week-Long School Break Camps

17) "Well-Behaved Women" Studio Cast Album Now Available

A) Cast Changes

1) The Jerusalem Syndrome

Jared Zirilli replaces James D. Gish in the role of Mickey Rose on 12/17

The Jerusalem Syndrome is an original musical comedy that explores a real-life physcological malady that causes tourists in Israel—over 200 every year! — to believe that they are characters from the Bible. Meet an inept tour guide who turns into Moses, a professor in a troubled marriage who thinks she’s Abraham’s wife Sarah, and a resort tycoon with daddy issues who might be Jesus…not to mention multiple Virgin Marys and the Lord Herself. The Jerusalem Syndrome is an outrageous romp, but it is also a story of hope in which the characters come to see that today, just like in the times of their biblical alter egos, miracles are happening all around us. 

The Theatre at St. Jeans (150 E. 76th St.)
Ends 12/31

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.yorktheatre.org.

B) Closing Soon

2) I Need That

Sam (Danny DeVito) doesn’t get out much. Actually, he doesn’t get out at all, opting instead for the safety of his house in the company of his things—his many, many things. But when a notice from the government arrives alerting Sam that he must clean up his property or face eviction, he’s forced to reckon with what’s trash, what’s treasure, and whether we can ever know the difference between the two.

American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St.)
Closing 12/30

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

3) Some Like It Hot

Set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, SOME LIKE IT HOT is the rollicking story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they’re on the run as the newest members of the swingingest big band ever to cross the country. Can they hide in plain sight without completely losing themselves? Or will the mob, the truth, and maybe even love itself finally catch up to them?

Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th St.)
Closing 12/30

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.SomeLikeItHotMusical.com

C) What Else is Happening This Week and More

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 EspinosaDrew GehlingCasey LikesBryce Pinkham, and Will Roland. Additional cast members include Mallory BechtelGabrielle CarrubbaAlan H. GreenAnn HaradaF. Michael HaynieCarly HughesJesse JohnsonDesi OakleySam PrimackJosh StroblDonna VivinoD’Kaylah Unique Whitley, and Oscar Williams.



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5) A LIVE SINGLE FROM 
THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED 

NEW MUSICAL

RELEASED FEATURING 
THE STAR-STUDDED CAST
 FROM THE RECENT
STERN AUDITORIUM / PERELMAN STAGE 
AT CARNEGIE HALL NEW YORK CITY CONCERT


A live single from the critically-acclaimed new musical Austen’s Pride  was recently released featuring the star-studded cast from the June 29, 2023 concert at the prestigious Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City. “When I Fall in Love” featuring Mamie Parris as Jane Austen and Olivia Hernandez as Elizabeth Bennet will be released today, Wednesday, November 29, 2023. To listen, click here or anywhere music is streaming.

Austen’s Pride features a book, music, and lyrics by Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs with orchestrations by Amanda Jacobs and additional vocal arrangements by Lindsay Warren Baker. The musical features direction by Igor Goldin, choreography by Lisa Shriver, and musical direction by Matt Perri. The 24-piece live orchestra for the concert at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City was conducted by Perri.

In this extraordinary new musical of “Pride and Prejudice,” Jane Austen enters her most famous love story and embarks upon a journey of self-discoveryAs the compelling story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy unfolds, Austen learns to see both the story and herself in a new light. Austen’s Pride is an extraordinary new musical feast bound for the world’s stages. 

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6) Ballet Hispánico's 4/27 En Familia Matinee 
at New York City Center
ALL TICKETS $20 
On Sale Now

Ballet Hispánico, the nation’s largest Latinx/Latine/Hispanic cultural organization and one of America’s Cultural Treasures, offers their signature En Familia Matinee, a special program for young audiences and their families curated and hosted by Artistic Director & CEO Eduardo Vilaro. Tickets for the Saturday matinee are $20 (fees included) and are available here, thanks to the generosity of the RBC Foundation USA, the charitable arm of RBC Capital Markets, and New York City Center. En Familia Matinee offers a journey through Latin American culture and traditions as Eduardo leads the audience on an interactive and fun-filled afternoon featuring excerpts of classic pieces from the Company repertory: a re-
staging of Talley Beatty’s electrifying Recuerdo de Campo Amor, the flamenco-immersed Línea Recta by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Geoffrey Holder’s Caribbean-influenced Danse Creole, and the Latin social dance extravaganza Club Havana by Pedro Ruiz. With cultural and historical content and movement exercises for the
whole family, the audience is in for a performance to remember. After the show, young audience members will have the opportunity to meet the dancers they saw on-stage for a photo op, learn dance moves, and enjoy Caribbean beats from musicians throughout the theater!

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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/calendar/44877/el-nino-nativity-reconsidered or in person at The Cathedral’s box office.


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 ChoiMiran Kim, Ravenna Lipchik, Jessica McJunkins, and Qianwan Shen, violists Tia AllenZoë 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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8) CENTENARY STAGE COMPANY YOUNG PERFORMERS PRESENT WINTER FESTIVAL OF SHOWS AND IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICANTS FOR SPRING 2024 SESSION  


The Young Performers Workshop class of Fall 2023 is set to present their productions of Gifts of the Magi and Really Rosie running December 15th – 17th in the Little Theatre at 400 Jefferson Street in Hackettstown. Tickets for any performance are $12.50 for adults and $10.00 for children and students. CSC is also now accepting applications for the Young Performer’s Workshop 2024 Spring Session, running February 24 through June 2 and the deadline to apply is February 23. For more information, for tickets, or to schedule your interview, call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900 or visit Centenary Stage Company online at centenarystageco.org 
Gifts of the magi features music & lyrics by Randy Courts, and lyrics by Mark St. Germain. It is Christmas in New York, but for two young lovers, Jim and Della, the prospects are bleak, as both are out of work and penniless. But as those familiar with the famous O. Henry story know, their dilemma is solved when both part with their most precious possessions in order to buy gifts for each other thereby creating, at least for a magical moment, an aura of warmth and giving in the cold, impersonal winter city. Really Rosie with book and lyrics by Maurice Sendak & music by Carole King, tells the story of Rosie, the sassiest kid on her block of Brooklyn’s Avenue P, entertains herself and her friends by acting out her showbiz fantasies.  
Specific performance times for the shows are: Gifts of the Magi: Friday, December 15 at 8:00 PM; Saturday, December 16 at 2:00 PM; Sunday December 17 at 7:00 PM; Really RosieSaturday December 16 at 8:00 PM & Sunday December 17 at 2:00 PM. Tickets can be purchased in advance online at centenarystageco.org, over the phone at 908-979-0900, or in person at the box office. Ticket sales for day-of performance tickets will be at the box office at the Little Theatre.   
The Young Performer’s Workshop is a 15-week theatre training program for performers ages 8-18. This is a hands-on program designed to meet the needs of beginning, intermediate, and advanced performers interested in working in theatre. Throughout the session, students have the opportunity to learn about multiple facets of theatre arts from acting, singing and dancing, to stage management, props, and costuming. Each session concludes with a weekend Festival of Shows. New applicants must complete an interview with the director of the program, Michael Blevins, before registering. The price for the first student is $425.00, a second student is $395.00, and a third student is $300.00. 

The deadline to register is February 23 and the course will run February 24 through June 2. 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 centenarystageco.org or call the box office at (908) 979-0900. 

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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.


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10) Flatfoot Flatbush Year 10!

Free and Participatory Flatfooting Parade 
with Live Music and Dance

Thursday, December 21st, 4pm-6:30pm around North Flatbush Ave between Park Place and Dean Street
(Prospect Heights/Park Slope/Pacific Park)
Afterparty indoors with Music and Dance @ 630pm

Celebrate the Winter Solstice with Porch Stomp, Make Music New York and the
North Flatbush Avenue Business Improvement District! Flatfoot Flatbush is Brooklyn’s first-ever flatfooting parade, celebrated as part of Make Music New York’s Winter Solstice Celebration. Now in its tenth year in 2023, the North Flatbush Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) teams up with Make Music New York and Porch Stomp to bring you another exciting year of music and dancing to ring in the holiday season. During Flatfoot Flatbush, dancers, fiddlers and pickers parade down Flatbush Avenue in Park Slope/Prospect Heights playing old-time tunes while flatfooting, a form of percussive dancing from
Appalachia. The evening begins with a warm-up and quick flatfooting workshop hosted by Megan Downes (City Stompers), which will take place outdoors at 4pm at Flatbush Avenue and Carlton (northeast side of the street, right outside the B/Q subway entrance).

Immediately following, the flatfooting parade will kick off and traverse Flatbush Avenue, moving North toward Dean Street, and then looping back towards 6th Avenue, stopping at local businesses to bring holiday cheer. This year’s parade will feature some exceptional performances, including from Brooklyn Contra and
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music’s “Wind in the Pines.” The parade will finish at 5:30pm at the 6th Avenue Triangle (intersection of Flatbush, 6th, and St Marks Avenues), with a special performance from the Gowanus Wildcats, and a participatory square dance lead by Downes. Starting at 6:30pm, the fun continues at an indoor after-party featuring more music and dance, and an open jam led by the Flatfoot Flatbush Band. The after-party doubles as the North Flatbush Avenue BID merchant holiday party and will bring together businesses in the district to share in holiday cheer.

WHEN & WHERE:
4PM: Meet at Flatbush and Carlton for a flatfooting warm-up with Megan Downes
4:15PM: Parade kicks off at Flatbush and Carlton
4:15PM – 5:30PM: Parade makes its way around the North Flatbush Avenue district, stopping at local businesses along the way, finishing at the 6th Avenue Triangle (6th Avenue and St Marks Avenue, at Flatbush).
5:45PM: More performances (Gowanus Wildcats) and participatory group dances lead by Megan Downes and Brooklyn Contra, at the 6th Avenue Triangle. St Marks Avenue will be closed to traffic between Flatbush and 6th to allow more space for music, dancing, and merriment.
6:30PM: The after party begins with an open jam lead by The Flatfoot Flatbush House Band

HOW TO JOIN:
Guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo players and other stringed instrumentalists are encouraged to join the Flatfoot Flatbush String Band!
To join, just email mmnyporchstomp@gmail.com no later than December 18th to obtain music scores and detailed instructions. Dancers and boosters are welcome to stroll on up simply!

Flatfoot Flatbush is free and open to the public – anyone can participate. The event celebrates the warm,festive community cultivated by Brooklyn’s North Flatbush Avenue BID and the city’s vibrant folk music and dancing scene.
Flatfoot Flatbush is largely volunteer-run and takes place as part of Make Music Winter, hosted by Make Music New York. Make Music New York also produces a city-wide day of free outdoor music on the summer solstice, dubbed “the largest music event ever to grace Gotham” (Metro New York).

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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.com. Stream, download, or purchase the album HERE.


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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-collegiate-week.


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 HamelKevin 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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Photo by Kevin V. Doan

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 ChavkinLempicka 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


“MJ”

RELEASES NEW SINGLE

‘SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN’

BY POPULAR DEMAND

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 


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15) AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITING TEAM
WILL REYNOLDS & ERIC PRICE PREMIERE
MOMENT TO MOMENT: THE MAKING OF THE VIOLET HOUR STUDIO CAST RECORDING
Available to stream NOW exclusively at TheVioletHourMusical.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.

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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/school-break-camps-3/

Financial Assistance information and applications available January 15, 2024:
https://tadatheater.com/financial-assistance/

 

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:

 

https://tadatheater.my.salesforce-sites.com/Events/CnP_PaaS_EVT__ExternalRegistrationPage?event_id=a1g5c00000BBYPWAA5



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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:

  • “Stay And Fight,” featuring Sasha Allen. View HERE.
  • “On The Railroad,” featuring LaChanze. View HERE.
  • “Ladies Of The Press,” featuring Jenn Colella. View HERE.
  • “We Rise,” featuring the full ensemble. View HERE.
  • Well-Behaved Women Album Sizzle. View HERE.

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 KilgoreIan KageyNeal ShawDavid 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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