<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Met Stars Live in Concert Archives - Cultural Attaché</title> <atom:link href="https://culturalattache.co/tag/met-stars-live-in-concert/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://culturalattache.co/tag/met-stars-live-in-concert/</link> <description>The Guide to Arts and Culture events in and around Los Angeles</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 16:14:35 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title>Best Bets: May 28th – May 31st</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/28/best-bets-may-28th-may-31st/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/28/best-bets-may-28th-may-31st/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[21st Century Choreographers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[50th Celebration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A Noise Within]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ailyn Pérez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alexis Michelle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alice in Wonderland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Amber Iman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ambrose Akinmusire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Pops Orchestra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anthony Roth Costanzo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ballet Hispánico]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blackhorse Lowe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brandon Kyle Goodman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bring Me to Light]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capriccio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carnegie Hall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christine Quintana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christopher Wheeldon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Clean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crystal Pite]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Curtis Taylor Quartet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Davoné Tines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Destiny Muhammad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Devere Rogers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ed Dixon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eva La Gallienne]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fedora]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida Friebus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gallup (Na'nízhoozhí)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Rose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Salazar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georgie: My Adventures With George Rose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giacomo Puccini]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gioachino Rossini]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IAMA Theatre Company]]></category> <category><![CDATA[International Jazz Day]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Isabel Leonard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jake Skeets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jason Moran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jazz at LACMA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jennifer Koh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jessie Mueller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kronos Quartet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kyle Abraham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Le Comte Ory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lewis Carroll]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lin-Manuel Miranda]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Luke Frazier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Luke Hawkins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mary Lou Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matthew Aucoin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Met Stars Live in Concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michelle Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nadine Sierra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[One Voice: The Songs we Share]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Playwrights Festival]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PBS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Resilience: Destiny Muhammad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Strauss]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rosie Perez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Royal Ballet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sam Simahk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco Symphony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Seth Concert Series]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Seth Rudetsky]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Coast Repertory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stefanie Black]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephanie Shroyer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sutton Foster]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The LATRELL Show]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Turandot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Umberto Giordano]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ute Lemper]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Voices of Hope]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Grant Still]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=14570</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The Top Ten shows you should see this weekend!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/28/best-bets-may-28th-may-31st/">Best Bets: May 28th – May 31st</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>It’s the first holiday weekend and the traditional start of the summer season. Though things aren’t starting the way we have become accustomed to, there will be more and more live events starting to happen as the summer rolls out. In the meantime, we have your Best Bets: May 28th – May 31st.</p> <p>In addition to our top pick, <em>Ballet Hispánico</em>, which <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/27/top-pick-this-weekend-ballet-hispanico/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">we announced yesterday</a>, we have a few plays, some jazz, classical, Broadway music and opera for you.</p> <p>Here are this Memorial Day Weekend’s Best Bets: May 28th – May 31st:</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ballet-Hispanico-in-22Tiburones22-Photo-by-Paula-Lobo-Courtesy-Ballet-Hispanico-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14587" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ballet-Hispanico-in-22Tiburones22-Photo-by-Paula-Lobo-Courtesy-Ballet-Hispanico-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ballet-Hispanico-in-22Tiburones22-Photo-by-Paula-Lobo-Courtesy-Ballet-Hispanico-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ballet-Hispanico-in-22Tiburones22-Photo-by-Paula-Lobo-Courtesy-Ballet-Hispanico-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ballet-Hispanico-in-22Tiburones22-Photo-by-Paula-Lobo-Courtesy-Ballet-Hispanico-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ballet-Hispanico-in-22Tiburones22-Photo-by-Paula-Lobo-Courtesy-Ballet-Hispanico-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ballet-Hispanico-in-22Tiburones22-Photo-by-Paula-Lobo-Courtesy-Ballet-Hispanico-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ballet-Hispanico-in-22Tiburones22-Photo-by-Paula-Lobo-Courtesy-Ballet-Hispanico-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ballet-Hispanico-in-22Tiburones22-Photo-by-Paula-Lobo-Courtesy-Ballet-Hispanico.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Ballet Hispánico in “Tiburones” (Photo by Paula Lobo/Courtesy Ballet Hispánico)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">*TOP PICK*</span></strong>: <em><strong>DANCE</strong></em><strong> </strong>– <em><a href="https://www.ballethispanico.org/50th-celebration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ballet Hispánico 50th Celebration</a></em> – May 28th – June 10th</p> <p>Latin dance company Ballet Hispánico celebrates their Diamond Anniversary with the streaming presentation of three new works by Lauren Anderson, Ana “Rokafella” Garcia and Belén Maya and classic works from their repertoire by Graciela Daniele, Nacho Duato, the late Geoffrey Holder, Ann Reinking, Pedro Ruiz and Gustavo Ramirez Sansano.</p> <p>The show willl feature several special guests.</p> <p>Amongst them will be Tony Award-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (<em>Hamilton</em>) and Academy Award nominee Rosie Perez (<em>Fearless</em>).</p> <p>The show debuts at 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT on May 28th and will remain available for two weeks. There’s no charge to watch this wonderful celebration.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brandon-Kyle-Goodman-in-22The-LATRELL-Show22-Photo-by-Tom-Dowler-Long-Haul-Films-Courtesy-IAMA-Theatre-Company-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14586" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brandon-Kyle-Goodman-in-22The-LATRELL-Show22-Photo-by-Tom-Dowler-Long-Haul-Films-Courtesy-IAMA-Theatre-Company-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brandon-Kyle-Goodman-in-22The-LATRELL-Show22-Photo-by-Tom-Dowler-Long-Haul-Films-Courtesy-IAMA-Theatre-Company-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brandon-Kyle-Goodman-in-22The-LATRELL-Show22-Photo-by-Tom-Dowler-Long-Haul-Films-Courtesy-IAMA-Theatre-Company-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brandon-Kyle-Goodman-in-22The-LATRELL-Show22-Photo-by-Tom-Dowler-Long-Haul-Films-Courtesy-IAMA-Theatre-Company-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brandon-Kyle-Goodman-in-22The-LATRELL-Show22-Photo-by-Tom-Dowler-Long-Haul-Films-Courtesy-IAMA-Theatre-Company-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brandon-Kyle-Goodman-in-22The-LATRELL-Show22-Photo-by-Tom-Dowler-Long-Haul-Films-Courtesy-IAMA-Theatre-Company-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brandon-Kyle-Goodman-in-22The-LATRELL-Show22-Photo-by-Tom-Dowler-Long-Haul-Films-Courtesy-IAMA-Theatre-Company-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brandon-Kyle-Goodman-in-22The-LATRELL-Show22-Photo-by-Tom-Dowler-Long-Haul-Films-Courtesy-IAMA-Theatre-Company.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Brandon Kyle Goodman in “The LATRELL Show” (Photo by Tom Dowler/Long Haul Films /courtesy IAMA Theatre Company)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>PLAY</strong>: <em><a href="https://iamatheatre.secure.force.com/ticket/#/events/a0O2I00000V2vBTUAZ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The LATRELL Show</a> </em>– IAMA Theatre Company – Now – June 20th</p> <p>Brandon Kyle Goodman stars in and wrote this play about a talk show host, Latrell Jackson, whose perhaps best known for saying whatever he wants on any subject. He’s quick with the jokes and even quicker to share his opinions.</p> <p>As a gay Black man, he’s been around the block a few times. As he embarks on filming a very special episode, Latrell is forced to reveal there’s more to his public persona than easy laughs and quick criticism.</p> <p>Stefanie Black and Devere Rogers co-directed <em>The LATRELL Show</em>. This is definitely a show for those not afraid of frank talk, explicit language and the presentation of ideas that don’t remotely fall into the world of political correctness. In other words, recommended for mature audiences.</p> <p>Tickets range from $15 to $100 depending on your ability to pay.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ed-Dixon-in-22Georgie22-Photo-by-Carol-Rosseg-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14590" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ed-Dixon-in-22Georgie22-Photo-by-Carol-Rosseg-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ed-Dixon-in-22Georgie22-Photo-by-Carol-Rosseg-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ed-Dixon-in-22Georgie22-Photo-by-Carol-Rosseg-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ed-Dixon-in-22Georgie22-Photo-by-Carol-Rosseg-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ed-Dixon-in-22Georgie22-Photo-by-Carol-Rosseg-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ed-Dixon-in-22Georgie22-Photo-by-Carol-Rosseg-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ed-Dixon-in-22Georgie22-Photo-by-Carol-Rosseg-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ed-Dixon-in-22Georgie22-Photo-by-Carol-Rosseg.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Ed Dixon in “Georgie: My Adventures With George Rose” (Photo by Carol Rosseg)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>PLAY</strong>: <em><a href="https://www.theatermania.com/shows/new-york-city-theater/georgie-my-adventures-with-george-rose_336105" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Georgie: My Adventures With George Rose</a></em> – TheaterMania – Now – July 18th</p> <p>You don’t need to know who George Rose was to enjoy this one-man show. But it doesn’t hurt to have a few facts about this very likable and charismatic performer.</p> <p>Rose was nominated for five Tony Awards: Best Featured Actor in a Musical for <em>Coco</em>; Best Featured Actor in a Play for <em>My Fat Friend</em> and Best Actor in a Musical for <em>The Pirates of Penzance.</em></p> <p>His two other nominations resulted in wins for the actor: Best Actor in a Musical for <em>My Fair Lady</em> (1976 revival) and for <em>The Mystery of Edwin Drood</em>.</p> <p>Ed Dixon, who as a young actor was cast in a production of <em>The Student Prince</em> with Rose, became friends with the older actor. Dixon was gay, but had never experienced someone who was as vocal about being gay as was Rose. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="GEORGIE at Signature Theatre" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6JJt34sy5ao?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>This is the starting point for Dixon’s one-man show that was named Best Solo Performance by the Drama Desk Awards. Throughout the 90-minute show, Dixon tells stories, impersonates not just Rose, but his famous friends like Richard Burton and Katharine Hepburn and offers up some song and dance.</p> <p><em>This clip above is not from this film, but from promotional materials from the Signature Theat</em>re.</p> <p>Tickets are $25.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kasey-Mahaffy-Erika-Soto-Justin-Lawrence-Barnes-and-Rafael-Goldstein-in-22Alice-in-Wonderland22-Photo-by-Craig-Schwartz-Courtesy-A-Noise-Within-1-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14588" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kasey-Mahaffy-Erika-Soto-Justin-Lawrence-Barnes-and-Rafael-Goldstein-in-22Alice-in-Wonderland22-Photo-by-Craig-Schwartz-Courtesy-A-Noise-Within-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kasey-Mahaffy-Erika-Soto-Justin-Lawrence-Barnes-and-Rafael-Goldstein-in-22Alice-in-Wonderland22-Photo-by-Craig-Schwartz-Courtesy-A-Noise-Within-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kasey-Mahaffy-Erika-Soto-Justin-Lawrence-Barnes-and-Rafael-Goldstein-in-22Alice-in-Wonderland22-Photo-by-Craig-Schwartz-Courtesy-A-Noise-Within-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kasey-Mahaffy-Erika-Soto-Justin-Lawrence-Barnes-and-Rafael-Goldstein-in-22Alice-in-Wonderland22-Photo-by-Craig-Schwartz-Courtesy-A-Noise-Within-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kasey-Mahaffy-Erika-Soto-Justin-Lawrence-Barnes-and-Rafael-Goldstein-in-22Alice-in-Wonderland22-Photo-by-Craig-Schwartz-Courtesy-A-Noise-Within-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kasey-Mahaffy-Erika-Soto-Justin-Lawrence-Barnes-and-Rafael-Goldstein-in-22Alice-in-Wonderland22-Photo-by-Craig-Schwartz-Courtesy-A-Noise-Within-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kasey-Mahaffy-Erika-Soto-Justin-Lawrence-Barnes-and-Rafael-Goldstein-in-22Alice-in-Wonderland22-Photo-by-Craig-Schwartz-Courtesy-A-Noise-Within-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kasey-Mahaffy-Erika-Soto-Justin-Lawrence-Barnes-and-Rafael-Goldstein-in-22Alice-in-Wonderland22-Photo-by-Craig-Schwartz-Courtesy-A-Noise-Within-1.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Kasey Mahaffy, Erika Soto, Justin Lawrence Barnes and Rafael Goldstein in “Alice in Wonderland” (Photo by Craig Schwartz/Courteys A Noise Within)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>PLAY</strong>: <em><a href="https://www.anoisewithin.org/play/alice-in-wonderland/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alice in Wonderland</a></em> – A Noise Within – May 27th – June 20th</p> <p>Enough of the adult material, here’s a play for the whole family. Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel <em>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland</em> was adapted by Eva Le Gallienne & Florida Friebus for the stage. The show first opened on Broadway for a very short-lived run in 1982 (18 previews and 21 performances.)</p> <p>Stephanie Shroyer originally conceived and directed this production. Erika Soto plays the title character. </p> <p>The rest of the cast plays multiple characters with Susan Angelo as the White Queen; Rafael Goldstein as the Mad Hatter; Julanne Chidi Hill as the Cheshire Cat and Justin Lawrence Barns as The Queen of Hearts. </p> <p>This is an 85-minute film staged by Julia Rodriguez-Elliot. Josh Grondin wrote the original score.</p> <p>Tickets are $25 – $40. Unlike other productions where you can stream at your leisure, there are set times each day to watch <em>Alice in Wonderland</em>. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Destiny-Muhammad-Courtesy-SF-Symphony-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14584" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Destiny-Muhammad-Courtesy-SF-Symphony-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Destiny-Muhammad-Courtesy-SF-Symphony-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Destiny-Muhammad-Courtesy-SF-Symphony-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Destiny-Muhammad-Courtesy-SF-Symphony-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Destiny-Muhammad-Courtesy-SF-Symphony-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Destiny-Muhammad-Courtesy-SF-Symphony-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Destiny-Muhammad-Courtesy-SF-Symphony-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Destiny-Muhammad-Courtesy-SF-Symphony.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Destiny Muhammad (Courtesy San Francisco Symphony)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>CLASSICAL MUSIC</strong>: <em><a href="https://www.sfsymphonyplus.org/products/destiny-muhammad#" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Resilience: Destiny Muhammad</a></em> – San Francisco Symphony – Now Playing</p> <p>Harpist/vocalist Destiny Muhammad has curated this episode of San Francisco Symphony’s <em>Sound Box</em> series. On her website she is described as representing a genre that ranges from Celtic to Coltrane. She’s well-known in the Bay Area which makes this collaboration with the SF Symphony an obvious fit.</p> <p>The theme for her <em>Sound Box</em> is <em>Resilience</em>. </p> <p>She came up with the theme after seeing all her professional engagements get cancelled due to the pandemic. As with most of us, it took both personal and professional resilience to navigate her way through it all.</p> <p>Muhammad has put together a very impressive program for this filmed concert. The pieces being performed include <em>Confessions to My Unborn Daughter </em>by Ambrose Akinmusire; <em>Tell Him Not to Talk Too Long </em>by Mary Lou Williams; <em>Serenade</em> by William Grant Still and her own composition <em>Hope on the Horizon.</em></p> <p>What makes this program of particular note is that the harp is rarely a featured instrument. This won’t be like any other filmed concert you’ve seen recently.</p> <p>Tickets are $15.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jessie-Mueller-and-the-American-Pops-Orchestra-Photo-by-Elman-Studio-Courtesy-PBS-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14583" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jessie-Mueller-and-the-American-Pops-Orchestra-Photo-by-Elman-Studio-Courtesy-PBS-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jessie-Mueller-and-the-American-Pops-Orchestra-Photo-by-Elman-Studio-Courtesy-PBS-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jessie-Mueller-and-the-American-Pops-Orchestra-Photo-by-Elman-Studio-Courtesy-PBS-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jessie-Mueller-and-the-American-Pops-Orchestra-Photo-by-Elman-Studio-Courtesy-PBS-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jessie-Mueller-and-the-American-Pops-Orchestra-Photo-by-Elman-Studio-Courtesy-PBS-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jessie-Mueller-and-the-American-Pops-Orchestra-Photo-by-Elman-Studio-Courtesy-PBS-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jessie-Mueller-and-the-American-Pops-Orchestra-Photo-by-Elman-Studio-Courtesy-PBS-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jessie-Mueller-and-the-American-Pops-Orchestra-Photo-by-Elman-Studio-Courtesy-PBS.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Jessie Mueller with the American Pops Orchestra (Photo by Elman Studio/Courtesy PBS)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>BROADWAY VOCALS</strong>: <em>One Voice: The Songs We Share</em> – PBS – May 28th (check local listings)</p> <p>In this new PBS series, Luke Frazier leads the American Pops Orchestra in a celebration of the songs that have come from Broadway. Whether you know the songs because you saw the musicals themselves or heard them performed by popular singers and bands, you know the songs. By the way, did you know The Beatles recorded a song from <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN36SzacyTI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Music Man</a></em>?</p> <p>In this episode Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller is one of the performers. She originated the role of Carole King in <em>Beautiful: The Carole King Musical</em>. Also on this show are Amber Iman (<em>Shuffle Along, or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All that Followed</em>); tap dancer Luke Hawkins; <em>RuPaul’s Drag Race</em> Season 9 top 5 finisher Alexis Michelle<em> </em>and Sam Simahk (2018 revival of <em>Carousel</em>).</p> <p>These artists will be performing songs from <em>Carousel, Damn Yankees, Funny Girl, Hello Dolly!, La Cage Aux Folles, The Roar of the Greasepaint The Smell of the Crowd </em>and<em> The Wiz</em>.</p> <p>A second episode, which immediately follows on most stations, will featured sacred music and includes Michelle Williams from Destiny’s Child; American Idol’s Justin Guarini; soprano Maureen McKay<em> </em>and more.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/David-Donnelly-and-Teo-Dubreuil-in-22Within-the-Golden-Hour22-Photo-by-Tristam-Kenton-Courtesy-ROH-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14582" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/David-Donnelly-and-Teo-Dubreuil-in-22Within-the-Golden-Hour22-Photo-by-Tristam-Kenton-Courtesy-ROH-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/David-Donnelly-and-Teo-Dubreuil-in-22Within-the-Golden-Hour22-Photo-by-Tristam-Kenton-Courtesy-ROH-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/David-Donnelly-and-Teo-Dubreuil-in-22Within-the-Golden-Hour22-Photo-by-Tristam-Kenton-Courtesy-ROH-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/David-Donnelly-and-Teo-Dubreuil-in-22Within-the-Golden-Hour22-Photo-by-Tristam-Kenton-Courtesy-ROH-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/David-Donnelly-and-Teo-Dubreuil-in-22Within-the-Golden-Hour22-Photo-by-Tristam-Kenton-Courtesy-ROH-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/David-Donnelly-and-Teo-Dubreuil-in-22Within-the-Golden-Hour22-Photo-by-Tristam-Kenton-Courtesy-ROH-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/David-Donnelly-and-Teo-Dubreuil-in-22Within-the-Golden-Hour22-Photo-by-Tristam-Kenton-Courtesy-ROH-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/David-Donnelly-and-Teo-Dubreuil-in-22Within-the-Golden-Hour22-Photo-by-Tristam-Kenton-Courtesy-ROH.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>David Donnelly and Teo Dubreuil in “Within The Golden Hour” (Photo by Tristan Kenton/Courtesy ROH)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>DANCE</strong>: <em><a href="https://stream.roh.org.uk/products/21st-century-choreographers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">21st Century Choreographers</a></em> – Royal Ballet – May 28th – June 27th</p> <p>Kyle Abraham, Crystal Pite and Christopher Wheeldon are the choreographers whose work is showcased in this program from The Royal Ballet in the United Kingdom.</p> <p>Wheeldon’s <em>Within the Golden Hour</em>, created for the San Francisco Ballet is up first. Abraham’s duet, a precursor to a longer work that was commissioned by the Royal Ballet for their 2021-2022 season follows. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="The Royal Ballet rehearse Crystal Pite's The Statement and Solo Echo" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZHNZ_t9xF98?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>The program concludes with Pite’s <em>Statement</em> and <em>Solo Echo</em>. The latter piece set to the music of Johannes Brahms.</p> <p>Tickets are £16, which is being billed out as $18.50 on The Royal Ballet website.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-still-from-22Gallup22-Photo-by-Blackhorse-Lowe-Courtesy-LA-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14579" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-still-from-22Gallup22-Photo-by-Blackhorse-Lowe-Courtesy-LA-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-still-from-22Gallup22-Photo-by-Blackhorse-Lowe-Courtesy-LA-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-still-from-22Gallup22-Photo-by-Blackhorse-Lowe-Courtesy-LA-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-still-from-22Gallup22-Photo-by-Blackhorse-Lowe-Courtesy-LA-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-still-from-22Gallup22-Photo-by-Blackhorse-Lowe-Courtesy-LA-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-still-from-22Gallup22-Photo-by-Blackhorse-Lowe-Courtesy-LA-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-still-from-22Gallup22-Photo-by-Blackhorse-Lowe-Courtesy-LA-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-still-from-22Gallup22-Photo-by-Blackhorse-Lowe-Courtesy-LA-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>A still from Blackhorse Lowe’s “Gallup” (Photo by Blackhorse Lowe/Courtesy LA Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>OPERA</strong>: <em>Gallup (Na’nízhoozhí)</em> – LA Opera – Debuts May 28th</p> <p>Gallup, New Mexico, is called Na’nízhoozhí in the Navajo language. It’s also the location of this digital short from LA Opera. What stands out about this particular piece is that it features new music composed by <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/05/22/matthew-aucoin-opera-composer/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Matthew Aucoin</a>. He is the composer of the opera <em>Eurydice</em> which had its world premiere at LA Opera in February of 2020.</p> <p>Singing in this piece are Anthony Roth Costanzo and Davóne Tines. (Two other terrific reasons to watch <em>Gallup</em>).</p> <p>Two men from the Navajo Nation are also involved: director Blackhorse Lowe and Jake Skeets whose poetry was set to music by Aucoin.</p> <p>This isn’t a perspective we commonly get to see in the performing arts. I, for one, can’t wait to see and hear this work.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Curtis-Taylor-Courtesy-his-website-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14580" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Curtis-Taylor-Courtesy-his-website-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Curtis-Taylor-Courtesy-his-website-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Curtis-Taylor-Courtesy-his-website-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Curtis-Taylor-Courtesy-his-website-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Curtis-Taylor-Courtesy-his-website-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Curtis-Taylor-Courtesy-his-website-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Curtis-Taylor-Courtesy-his-website-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Curtis-Taylor-Courtesy-his-website.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Curtis Taylor (Courtesy his website)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>JAZZ</strong>: <em><a href="https://www.lacma.org/event/jazz-lacma-curtis-taylor-quartet" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Curtis Taylor Quartet</a></em> – Jazz at LACMA – Debuts May 28th – 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT</p> <p>As restrictions start to get lifted, programming like Friday Jazz on the plaza at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art might return. Until that time, LACMA continues debuting filmed performances. This week’s features trumpeter Curtis Taylor.</p> <p>Taylor, who originates from Ohio but calls Los Angeles home, is a bandleader and an in-demand musician. Amongst the artists with whom he has recorded and/or toured are Cyrus Chestnut, Billy Childs, Gregory Porter and Patrice Rushen. He’s also toured with the legendary James Carter as a member of his quintet.</p> <p>His most recent album, <em>Snapshot</em>, was released in 2019.</p> <p>This concert will also include an interview with Taylor. This concert will be available for viewing after its debut on LACMA’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea_Ug5k--Jo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube</a> Channel.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/George-Salzar-Photo-by-Nathan-Johnson-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14581" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/George-Salzar-Photo-by-Nathan-Johnson-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/George-Salzar-Photo-by-Nathan-Johnson-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/George-Salzar-Photo-by-Nathan-Johnson-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/George-Salzar-Photo-by-Nathan-Johnson-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/George-Salzar-Photo-by-Nathan-Johnson-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/George-Salzar-Photo-by-Nathan-Johnson-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/George-Salzar-Photo-by-Nathan-Johnson-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/George-Salzar-Photo-by-Nathan-Johnson-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>George Salazar (Photo by Nathan Johnson/Courtesy Seth Concert Series)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>BROADWAY VOCALS</strong>: <em>George Salazar </em>– Seth Concert Series – May 30th – 3:00 PM ET/12:00 PM PT</p> <p>The first show I saw <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/09/25/a-little-shop-talk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">George Salazar</a> in was <em>Here Lies Love</em> at the Public Theater in New York. The other show I saw him in was Pasadena Playhouse’s <em>Little Shop of Horrors</em> in the fall of 2019. Between those two productions he made his Broadway debut in the 2011 revival of <em>Godspell</em> and starred in the musical <em>Be More Chill</em>.</p> <p>I’m sure he’ll have plenty to talk about with <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2017/12/14/seth-rudetsky-broadway-insider/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Seth Rudetsky</a> in this weekend’s Seth Concert Series. He’s also a good singer, which makes him a great guest.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Broadway Bucket List: Be More Chill Star George Salazar Singing His Dream Roles on Broadway" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HVyeAoTclaE?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>I’m sure he’ll have plenty to talk about with <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2017/12/14/seth-rudetsky-broadway-insider/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Seth Rudetsky</a> in this weekend’s Seth Concert Series. He’s also a good singer, which makes him a great guest.</p> <p>If you can’t catch this show as it streams live on Sunday afternoon, there will be a rerun on Sunday at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT. Tickets for either showing are $25.</p> <p>There are no significant performing arts events on Monday’s holiday. So that completes this week’s Best Bets: May 28th – May 31st. But you know there are always going to be a few reminders:</p> <p><strong>JAZZ</strong>: Saturday is your last chance to watch the worldwide <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/04/29/top-pick-best-bets-april-30th-may-3rd/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>International Jazz Day 2021 Concert</em> </a>with performances by <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/03/21/dee-dee-bridgewater-is-more-ready-than-ever/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dee Dee Bridgewater</a>, Gerald Clayton, Andra Day, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/08/17/exploring-the-next-generation-of-jazz-with-herbie-hancock/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Herbie Hancock</a>, Stefon Harris, Dianne Reeves and more.</p> <p><strong>BROADWAY VOCALS</strong>: Monday is your last day to catch Sutton Foster’s <em><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/04/27/bring-me-to-light-sutton-foster/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bring Me to Light</a></em> concert with special guests Raúl Esparza, Joaquina Kalukango, Kelli O’Hara and Wren Rivera.</p> <p><strong>OPERA</strong>: Last weekend’s <a href="https://metstarslive.brightcove-services.com/events/6245497823001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Met Stars Live in Concert</a> performance by <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/20/operas-isabel-leonard-directs-her-future/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Isabel Leonard</a>, Ailyn Pérez and Nadine Sierra is available on demand through June 4th.</p> <p><strong>VARIOUS</strong>: Monday is the final day to catch a multitude of performances that were part of the <em><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/04/15/carnegie-halls-voices-of-hope-my-top-picks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Voices of Hope</a> </em>Festival from Carnegie Hall. This includes performances by The Kronos Quartet, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2015/12/16/ute-lemper-celebrates-30-years-in-theatre-with-last-tango-in-berlin/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ute Lemper</a>, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/01/30/jason-moran-has-a-reason-to-believe/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jason Moran</a>, Davóne Tines with Jennifer Koh and more.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Voices of Hope | Davóne Tines and Jennifer Koh" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7WlNp_JF_3w?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p><strong>PLAY</strong>: Christine Quintana’s<em><strong> </strong></em><strong><em>Clean</em></strong> starts its week of streaming as part of South Coast Repertory’s <em><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/04/27/south-coast-reps-pacific-playwrights-festival/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pacific Playwrights Festival</a></em>.</p> <p><strong>OPERA</strong>: The operas available this week from the <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/24/rare-gems-week-63-at-the-met/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Metropolitan Opera</a> are the 1996-1997 season production of Giordano’s<strong> </strong><em>Fedora</em> on Friday; the 2010-2011 production of Strauss’s <em>Capriccio</em> on Saturday and Rossini’s<strong> </strong><em>Le Comte Ory</em> from the same season on Saturday. Monday is the start of <em>Aria Code: The Operas Behind the Podcast</em> (the Met’s collaboration with WQXR) and will feature the 2019-2020 season production of Puccini’s <em>Turandot</em>.</p> <p>That should keep you pretty well occupied this weekend. With this much to see, who has time for a barbecue?</p> <p>Enjoy your weekend! Enjoy the performing arts!</p> <p>Photo: Ballet Hispánico in <em>Línea Recta</em> (Photo by Paula Lobo/Courtesy Ballet Hispánico)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/28/best-bets-may-28th-may-31st/">Best Bets: May 28th – May 31st</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/28/best-bets-may-28th-may-31st/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Best Bets: May 21st – May 24th</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/21/best-bets-may-21st-may-24th/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/21/best-bets-may-21st-may-24th/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 16:29:21 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ailyn Pérez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alec Baldwin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alexander Reneff-Olson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Allison Janney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anna D. 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Block]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Swan Lake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tales from the Wings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ted Danson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ted Sperling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thaïs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Cunning Little Vixen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Queen of Spades]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Romero Quartet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Sisters Rosensweig]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Three Divas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tiit Helimets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victoria Clark]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vladimir Jurowski]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wendy Wasserstein]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Whoopi Goldberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yuan Yuan Tan]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=14510</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Our top ten picks for the weekend along with eight reminders to enjoy!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/21/best-bets-may-21st-may-24th/">Best Bets: May 21st – May 24th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Welcome to the weekend and our Best Bets: May 21st – May 24th. If you saw our preview yesterday, you already know our top pick is <em>A Tribute to John Williams</em> by the Boston Pops. But there are nine other shows you shouldn’t miss this weekend.</p> <p>They include Jim Parsons in <em>Harvey</em>, jazz pianist Chano Domínguez (if you don’t know him, you should!), the pentulimate episode of <em>Close Quarters</em> from Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and For the Record Live’s <em>Brat Pack</em>.</p> <p>Here is the full list of our Best Bets: May 21st – May 24th:</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stargazes-Score-Photo-courtesy-Keith-Polito-John-Williams-Forum-on-Facebook-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14530" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stargazes-Score-Photo-courtesy-Keith-Polito-John-Williams-Forum-on-Facebook-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stargazes-Score-Photo-courtesy-Keith-Polito-John-Williams-Forum-on-Facebook-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stargazes-Score-Photo-courtesy-Keith-Polito-John-Williams-Forum-on-Facebook-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stargazes-Score-Photo-courtesy-Keith-Polito-John-Williams-Forum-on-Facebook-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stargazes-Score-Photo-courtesy-Keith-Polito-John-Williams-Forum-on-Facebook-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stargazes-Score-Photo-courtesy-Keith-Polito-John-Williams-Forum-on-Facebook-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stargazes-Score-Photo-courtesy-Keith-Polito-John-Williams-Forum-on-Facebook-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stargazes-Score-Photo-courtesy-Keith-Polito-John-Williams-Forum-on-Facebook.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Stargazers Score (Photo courtesy Keith Polito/John Williams Forum on Facebook)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>*TOP PICK*</strong> – <em><a href="https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/113477" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Tribute to John Williams</a></em> – Boston Pops – Now – June 19th</p> <p>We showcased this concert in <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/20/top-pick-best-bets-may-21st-may-24th/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">yesterday’s preview</a> of our Best Bets. Here is the the top line. Composer John Williams and his music are celebrated in this concert by his one-time home, The Boston Pops. Keith Lockhart will be on the podium for this program of Williams’ film scores ranging from the well-known (<em>Star Wars</em>) to lesser-known tracks. </p> <p>A special part of this program is the inclusion of interviews with Williams about many of these scores and his memories of creating them with filmmakers such as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.</p> <p>A 7-day pass is required to watch <em>A Tribute to John Williams</em>. Those passes are $9</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jim-Parsons-in-22Harvey22-Photo-by-Joan-Marcus-Courtesy-Roundabout-Theatre-Company-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14529" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jim-Parsons-in-22Harvey22-Photo-by-Joan-Marcus-Courtesy-Roundabout-Theatre-Company-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jim-Parsons-in-22Harvey22-Photo-by-Joan-Marcus-Courtesy-Roundabout-Theatre-Company-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jim-Parsons-in-22Harvey22-Photo-by-Joan-Marcus-Courtesy-Roundabout-Theatre-Company-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jim-Parsons-in-22Harvey22-Photo-by-Joan-Marcus-Courtesy-Roundabout-Theatre-Company-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jim-Parsons-in-22Harvey22-Photo-by-Joan-Marcus-Courtesy-Roundabout-Theatre-Company-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jim-Parsons-in-22Harvey22-Photo-by-Joan-Marcus-Courtesy-Roundabout-Theatre-Company-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jim-Parsons-in-22Harvey22-Photo-by-Joan-Marcus-Courtesy-Roundabout-Theatre-Company-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jim-Parsons-in-22Harvey22-Photo-by-Joan-Marcus-Courtesy-Roundabout-Theatre-Company.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Jim Parsons in “Harvey” (Photo by Joan Marcus/Courtesy Roundabout Theatre Company)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>PLAY</strong>: <em><a href="https://register.roundabouttheatre.org/?performanceId=32766&promo=RRHARVEY&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=LHCRemote-HARVEYpretrip-V2GENERAL5.20&utm_content=version_A&cluid=2006867%3D60675" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harvey</a></em> – Roundabout Theatre Company on Broadway on Demand – Now – June 13th</p> <p>Mary Chase’s play about a man’s friendship with an invisible rabbit (who gives the play its name) first opened on Broadway in 1944 with Frank Fay in the role of Elwood P. Dowd. (Trivia note for theater buffs: Antoinette Perry, the woman for whom the Tony Award is named, was the director.)</p> <p>A 1970 revival of the play starred James Stewart who starred as Elwood in the 1950 film classic.</p> <p>It would be 42 years before <em>Harvey</em> would find its way back to Broadway. Jim Parsons (<em>The Big Bang Theory</em>) starred as Elwood with Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough co-starring. This Roundabout Theatre Company production from 2012 is streaming for free on Broadway on Demand. </p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/theater/reviews/harvey-with-jim-parsons-at-studio-54.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Charles Isherwood</a>, in his <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times</span> review, hailed Parsons’ performance:</p> <p>“The breakout star of the popular sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” the soft-spoken Mr. Parsons makes an ideal Elwood, the drinker and dreamer who passes his days in the company of Harvey, doing little more than sitting around saloons making friendly conversation with whoever happens by. Mr. Parsons possesses in abundance the crucial ability to project an ageless innocence without any visible effort: no small achievement for an actor in these knowing times.</p> <p>You will need to register to stream the play. After you do so you’ll receive streaming instructions.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Yuan-Yuan-Tan-in-22Swna-Lake22-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-SF-Ballet-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14531" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Yuan-Yuan-Tan-in-22Swna-Lake22-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-SF-Ballet-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Yuan-Yuan-Tan-in-22Swna-Lake22-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-SF-Ballet-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Yuan-Yuan-Tan-in-22Swna-Lake22-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-SF-Ballet-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Yuan-Yuan-Tan-in-22Swna-Lake22-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-SF-Ballet-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Yuan-Yuan-Tan-in-22Swna-Lake22-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-SF-Ballet-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Yuan-Yuan-Tan-in-22Swna-Lake22-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-SF-Ballet-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Yuan-Yuan-Tan-in-22Swna-Lake22-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-SF-Ballet-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Yuan-Yuan-Tan-in-22Swna-Lake22-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-SF-Ballet.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Yuan Yuan Tan in “Swan Lake” (© Erik Tomasson/Courtesy San Francisco Ballet)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>BALLET</strong>: <em><a href="https://www.sfballet.org/productions/digital-program-07/#Casting_07" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Swan Lake</a></em> – San Francisco Ballet – Now – June 9th</p> <p>When San Francisco Ballet debuted Helgi Tomasson’s new <em>Swan Lake</em> ballet, it was a runaway hit. Interest in this production was so intense that they sold out nearly every performance.</p> <p>In the ballet, Odette is a princess turned into a swan by a sorcerer. Prince Siegfried falls in love with Odette. At night she turns back into her human form and it was upon seeing this transformation that the romance begins. Other spells and deception awaits the leads in <em>Swan Lake</em>. While love triumphs, it isn’t necessarily the happiest of endings, but it is certainly romantic.</p> <p>Tchaikovsky’s music is still present, but it is Tomasson’s vision that was different after he updated the choreography by Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa. </p> <p>The cast for this streaming performance features Yuan Yuan Tan in the dual roles of Odette and Odile. Tiit Helimets dances the role of Prince Siegfried. Alexander Reneff-Olson dances the role of Von Rothbart and the Pas de Trois is performed by Dores André, Taras Domitro and Sasha De Sola. Martin West conducts.</p> <p>Tickets are $29 which allows for 72 hours of access to <em>Swan Lake</em>.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wendy-Wasserstein-Courtesy-South-Coast-Rep-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14532" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wendy-Wasserstein-Courtesy-South-Coast-Rep-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wendy-Wasserstein-Courtesy-South-Coast-Rep-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wendy-Wasserstein-Courtesy-South-Coast-Rep-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wendy-Wasserstein-Courtesy-South-Coast-Rep-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wendy-Wasserstein-Courtesy-South-Coast-Rep-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wendy-Wasserstein-Courtesy-South-Coast-Rep-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wendy-Wasserstein-Courtesy-South-Coast-Rep-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wendy-Wasserstein-Courtesy-South-Coast-Rep.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Playwright Wendy Wasserstein (Courtesy South Coast Repertory)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>PLAY READING</strong>: <em><a href="https://www.stellartickets.com/o/spotlight-on-plays/events/the-sisters-rosensweig/occurrences/6b628288-72d3-4947-a949-99af97366924" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Sisters Rosensweig</a></em> – Spotlight on Plays on Broadway’s Best Shows – Now – May 24th</p> <p>Jason Alexander, John Behlmann, Lisa Edelstein, Kathryn Hahn, Kathryn Newton, Tracee Chimo Pallero, Chris Perfetti and James Urbaniak star in a reading of Wendy Wasserstein’s play. The reading is directed by Anna D. Shapiro (Tony Award-winner for her direction of <em>August: Osage County</em>).</p> <p><em>The Sisters Rosensweig</em> opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1993. This was her first Broadway play since wining the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for <em>The Heidi Chronicles</em>.</p> <p>The play depicts a reunion of three sisters who haven’t seen each other in years. Through the course of the play they come to understand that the bond of being sisters is more important than any of the reasons they’ve stayed apart.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/19/theater/review-theater-the-sisters-rosensweig-take-up-residence-on-broadway.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mel Gussow</a>, in his review for the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times</span> said of the play:</p> <p>“Ms. Wasserstein’s generous group portrait is not only a comedy but also a play of character and shared reflection as the author confronts the question of why the sisters behave as they do. The immediate answer is that they are Rosensweigs and are only doing what is expected of them. The play offers sharp truths about what can divide relatives and what can draw them together.”</p> <p>Wasserstein passed away in 2006 at the age of 55 due to complications of lymphoma.</p> <p>Tickets are $18 which allows for repeated viewings through May 24th at 6:00 PM ET/3:00 PM PT. Proceeds benefit The Actors Funds, TDF Wendy Wasserstein Project and Steppenwolf Theatre Company.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chano-Dominguez-Couttesy-Addeo-Music-International-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14533" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chano-Dominguez-Couttesy-Addeo-Music-International-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chano-Dominguez-Couttesy-Addeo-Music-International-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chano-Dominguez-Couttesy-Addeo-Music-International-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chano-Dominguez-Couttesy-Addeo-Music-International-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chano-Dominguez-Couttesy-Addeo-Music-International-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chano-Dominguez-Couttesy-Addeo-Music-International-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chano-Dominguez-Couttesy-Addeo-Music-International-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chano-Dominguez-Couttesy-Addeo-Music-International.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Chano Domínguez (Courtesy Addeo Music International)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>JAZZ</strong>: <em><a href="https://www.sfjazz.org/fridaysatfive/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chano Domínguez</a></em> – SFJAZZ – May 21st – 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT</p> <p>Spanish born pianist Chano Domínguez has long put postbop, flamenco and fusion influences together to create a wholly original approach to jazz music. In this concert from 2018, Domínguez celebrates the work of Miles Davis.</p> <p>Joined by bassist Alexis Cuadrado, drummer Henry Cole, flamenco singer Blas Córdoba and dancer Daniel Navarro, Domínguez will offer his take on such classic Davis tracks such as <em>So What</em>, <em>All Blues</em> and <em>Freddie the Freeloader</em> from Davis’ 1959 classic album <em>Kind of Blue</em>.</p> <p>The concert is streaming right around dinner time on the East Coast (8:00 PM) and happy hour on the West Coast (5:00 PM). As a wine pairing for this concert I suggest a crisp Albariño for those who prefer white wine and a dry Rioja for those who prefer red. </p> <p>If you can’t make the <em>Fridays at Five</em> showing, there will be an encore presentation on Saturday, May 22nd at 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT.</p> <p>Tickets are $5 which includes a one month digital membership.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Elizabeth-Stanley-Courtesy-Broadway-Stories-and-Songs-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14539" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Elizabeth-Stanley-Courtesy-Broadway-Stories-and-Songs-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Elizabeth-Stanley-Courtesy-Broadway-Stories-and-Songs-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Elizabeth-Stanley-Courtesy-Broadway-Stories-and-Songs-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Elizabeth-Stanley-Courtesy-Broadway-Stories-and-Songs-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Elizabeth-Stanley-Courtesy-Broadway-Stories-and-Songs-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Elizabeth-Stanley-Courtesy-Broadway-Stories-and-Songs-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Elizabeth-Stanley-Courtesy-Broadway-Stories-and-Songs-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Elizabeth-Stanley-Courtesy-Broadway-Stories-and-Songs.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Elizabeth Stanley (Courtesy Broadway Stories & Songs)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>BROADWAY VOCALS</strong>: <em><a href="https://dreamstage.live/event/elizabeth-stanley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Stanley</a></em> – Broadway Stories & Songs with Ted Sperling – May 21st – 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT</p> <p>I first saw Elizabeth Stanley in the 2006 revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s <em>Company</em>. Since then she’s appeared on Broadway in <em>Cry-Baby,</em> <em>Million Dollar Quartet</em>, the 2014 revival of <em>On the Town</em> and she was starring in <em>Jagged Little Pill</em> when the pandemic hit. That show, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, will re-open on October 21st.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Elizabeth Stanley Performs "You Learn" from ‘Jagged Little Pill' | Offstage: Opening Night" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XqUhvriDmMg?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Stanley is an amazing singer and one who performs songs in the truest sense of the word. She doesn’t just sing, she imbues them with whatever the song calls for: comedy, drama, pathos, etc..</p> <p>She joins Ted Sperling for this weekend’s Broadway Stories & Songs with Ted Sperling. The show will first air at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT on Friday. It will also be rerun on Saturday at 2:00 PM ET/11:00 AM PT. The $25 ticket price allows you to view both showings.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Peter-S.-Shin-Courtesy-his-website-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14538" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Peter-S.-Shin-Courtesy-his-website-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Peter-S.-Shin-Courtesy-his-website-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Peter-S.-Shin-Courtesy-his-website-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Peter-S.-Shin-Courtesy-his-website-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Peter-S.-Shin-Courtesy-his-website-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Peter-S.-Shin-Courtesy-his-website-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Peter-S.-Shin-Courtesy-his-website-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Peter-S.-Shin-Courtesy-his-website.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Composer Peter S. Shin (Courtesy his website)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>CLASSICAL MUSIC</strong>: <em><a href="https://www.laco.org/events/shin-reid-britten/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Shin, Reid + Britten</a></em> – Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra – Debuts May 21st – 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT</p> <p>In this penultimate episode of LA Chamber Orchestra’s <em>Close Quarters</em> series, the music of Benjamin Britten and Pulitzer Prize winner <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/05/09/composer-ellen-reids-new-work-cautionary-tale/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ellen Reid</a> is performed along with the world premiere of <em>Hyo</em> by Peter S. Shin.</p> <p>Shin was the recipient of the 2020/2021 <em>Sound Investment Honor</em> which finds donors investing in the creation of a new work and following its progress leading up to its premiere. </p> <p><em>Les Illuminations</em> by Britten is a 16-minute song cycle that had its world premiere in 1940. Joining LACO for this performance is soprano Nicole Cabell. She’s performed in opera houses around the world in <em>Porgy and Bess</em>, <em>La Traviata,</em> <em>Don Giovanni</em> and more.</p> <p><em>Lumee’s Dream</em> from Reid’s opera <em>p r i s m</em> is the last work on the program.</p> <p>Dance is included in this episode with choreography by Rebecca Steinberg performed by Layne Paradis Willis and Joe Davis.</p> <p>Visuals are by Jian Lee and the LACO is lead by Grant Gershon.</p> <p>There is no charge to watch this show. If you haven’t look at the other 12 episodes in this ambitious and very satisfying series, I urge you to do so.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/James-Byous-in-22Brat-Pack22-Courtesy-The-Wallis-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14534" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/James-Byous-in-22Brat-Pack22-Courtesy-The-Wallis-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/James-Byous-in-22Brat-Pack22-Courtesy-The-Wallis-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/James-Byous-in-22Brat-Pack22-Courtesy-The-Wallis-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/James-Byous-in-22Brat-Pack22-Courtesy-The-Wallis-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/James-Byous-in-22Brat-Pack22-Courtesy-The-Wallis-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/James-Byous-in-22Brat-Pack22-Courtesy-The-Wallis-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/James-Byous-in-22Brat-Pack22-Courtesy-The-Wallis-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/James-Byous-in-22Brat-Pack22-Courtesy-The-Wallis.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>James Byous in “Brat Pack” (Courtesy The Wallis)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>MUSICAL</strong>: <em><a href="https://thewallis.org/show-info.php?id=596" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brat Pack</a> </em>– The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts – May 21st – May 23rd</p> <p>Don’t you forget about films like <em>The Breakfast Club,</em> <em>Pretty in Pink</em>, <em>Sixteen Candles</em>, <em>Weird Science</em>, <em>Ferris Bueller’s Day Off</em> and more. You won’t be able to if you stream <em>Brat Pack</em> this weekend.</p> <p>For the Record Live created a cottage industry of shows dedicated to the soundtracks from various films centered around individual directors. Amongst the most popular was their show celebrating John Hughes. That show serves as the inspiration for <em>Brat Pack</em> which tells the story of the high school experiences of the archetypal Basket Case, Geek, Jock, Mister and Rebel. Does that sound like a club with whom you might like to have breakfast?</p> <p><em>Brat Pack</em> was filmed live on stage at The Wallis with James Byous, Emily Lopez, Parissa Koh, Patrick Ortiz, Doug Kreeger and <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/05/23/kenton-chen-geeks-out-in-the-brat-pack/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kenton Chen</a>. As with any For the Record Live production, they are accompanied by a killer band.</p> <p>Tickets are $20 which allows for viewing all weekend long. One note of caution: the show does contain adult subject matter and language. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/22The-Cunning-Little-Vixen22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-Courtesy-Glyndebourne-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14536" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/22The-Cunning-Little-Vixen22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-Courtesy-Glyndebourne-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/22The-Cunning-Little-Vixen22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-Courtesy-Glyndebourne-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/22The-Cunning-Little-Vixen22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-Courtesy-Glyndebourne-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/22The-Cunning-Little-Vixen22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-Courtesy-Glyndebourne-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/22The-Cunning-Little-Vixen22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-Courtesy-Glyndebourne-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/22The-Cunning-Little-Vixen22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-Courtesy-Glyndebourne-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/22The-Cunning-Little-Vixen22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-Courtesy-Glyndebourne-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/22The-Cunning-Little-Vixen22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-Courtesy-Glyndebourne.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>“The Cunning Little Vixen” (Photo by Bill Cooper/Courtesy Glyndebourne)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>OPERA</strong>: Janáček’s <em><a href="https://www.glyndebourne.com/events/the-cunning-little-vixen/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Cunning Little Vixen</a></em> – Glyndebourne – May 23rd – June 6th</p> <p>Vladimir Jurowski conducts; starring Emma Bell; Lucy Crowe, Sergei Leiferkus and Mischa Shelomainaksi. This Melly Still production is from the 2011-2012 season.</p> <p>Leoš Janáček’s opera had its world premiere in Prague in 1924. <em>The Cunning Little Vixen</em> has a libretto by the composer based on a serialized novel by Rudolf Těsnohlídek called <em>Liška Bystrouška</em>.</p> <p>In <em>The Cunning Little Vixen</em> a foster, while taking a nap, is taken by a young vixen to be her pet. Once she gets older she pursues a more independent life. The vixen gets mistaken for a gypsy girl and her life becomes a whirlwind she never expected.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Janáček: THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN (Glyndebourne)" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CQvLOfbvRwE?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>We’ve covered literally hundreds of opera productions here at Cultural Attaché. I can say with absolute certainty that this is the first time we’ve offered up a production of <em>Cunning Little Viven</em>. This is not a commonly performed opera.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/27/cunning-little-vixen-glyndebourne-review" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fiona Maddocks</a>, in her review for <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Guardian</span>, said of this production:</p> <p>“Melly Still’s staging, designed with folkloric charm by Tom Pye and atmospherically lit by Paule Constable, wins enough plus points to balance out the minuses. The action is often chaotic and unfocused. There is no allowance made for the speed at which the text moves. Lacking the requisite fluency in Czech – feeble, I know – one had to cling on to the surtitles at the risk of missing the action. The shooting of the Vixen passed almost without notice, though this may be the point: another ordinary day in the genocidal war of man and beast.”</p> <p>There is no charge to watch <em>Cunning Little Vixen</em> which will be available for streaming through June 6th.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mary-Tyler-Moore-and-Bernadette-Peters-Photo-by-Timothy-White-Courtesy-Broadway-Barks-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14537" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mary-Tyler-Moore-and-Bernadette-Peters-Photo-by-Timothy-White-Courtesy-Broadway-Barks-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mary-Tyler-Moore-and-Bernadette-Peters-Photo-by-Timothy-White-Courtesy-Broadway-Barks-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mary-Tyler-Moore-and-Bernadette-Peters-Photo-by-Timothy-White-Courtesy-Broadway-Barks-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mary-Tyler-Moore-and-Bernadette-Peters-Photo-by-Timothy-White-Courtesy-Broadway-Barks-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mary-Tyler-Moore-and-Bernadette-Peters-Photo-by-Timothy-White-Courtesy-Broadway-Barks-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mary-Tyler-Moore-and-Bernadette-Peters-Photo-by-Timothy-White-Courtesy-Broadway-Barks-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mary-Tyler-Moore-and-Bernadette-Peters-Photo-by-Timothy-White-Courtesy-Broadway-Barks-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mary-Tyler-Moore-and-Bernadette-Peters-Photo-by-Timothy-White-Courtesy-Broadway-Barks.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters (Photo by Timothy White/Courtesy Broadway Barks)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>BROADWAY FUNDRAISER</strong>: <em>Broadway Barks</em> – May 23rd – 7:00 PM ET/4:00 PM PT</p> <p>This annual event supports the adoption of shelter animals. <em>Broadway Barks</em> was started by good friends Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters in 1998. Every year they have had in-person events where Broadway stars and shelter pets combine to entertain and find homes for the four-legged friends.</p> <p>This is the second virtual edition and they have an incredible line-up:</p> <p>Sebastian Arcelus, Annaleigh Ashford, Alec Baldwin, Christine Baranski, Bill Berloni, Stephanie J. Block, Carol Burnett, David Burtka, Victoria Clark, Glenn Close, Lily Collins, Harry Connick Jr., Sheryl Crow, Jason Danieley, Ted Danson, Ariana DeBose, Daveed Diggs, Gloria Estefan, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2014/11/11/harvey-fierstein-gets-back-to-drag/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harvey Fierstein</a>, Calista Flockhart, Whoopi Goldberg, Josh Groban, Kathryn Grody, Emmylou Harris, Neil Patrick Harris, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2015/09/18/smashs-megan-hilty-tackles-classic-roles-in-her-stage-career/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Megan Hilty</a>, James Monroe Iglehart, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Jackson, Allison Janney, Nathan Lane, Bob Mackie, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2013/10/23/broadway-star-audra-mcdonald-returns-to-la-opera-for-one-night/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Audra McDonald</a>, Charlie McDowell, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2016/02/03/brian-stokes-mitchell-and-the-la-phil-take-you-on-a-sonic-ride-through-broadway-with-in-character/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brian Stokes Mitchell</a>, Bebe Neuwirth, Mandy Patinkin, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2014/02/05/vanya-and-sonia-and-masha-and-spike-and-david-hyde-pierce/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Hyde Pierce</a>, Randy Rainbow, Kelly Ripa, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/05/07/chita-rivera-really-doesnt-like-talking/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chita Rivera</a>, Lea Salonga, Phillipa Soo, and Mary Steenburgen. </p> <p>Peters will serve as the host.</p> <p><em>Broadway Barks</em> will stream on <a href="http://www.broadway.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway.com</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BCEFA/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ Facebook</a> and YouTube pages. </p> <p>Those are our Best Bets: May 21st – May 24th. As usual, a few reminders before we conclude:</p> <p><em><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/12/tales-from-the-wings-celebrating-lincoln-center-theater/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tales from the Wings: Celebrating Lincoln Center Theater</a></em> with Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald and others remains available through Sunday, May 23rd only. Don’t miss it.</p> <p>LA Opera’s <em><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/04/14/la-operas-signature-recital-series-has-begun/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Signature Series</a></em> adds a recital by Julia Bullock on Friday to still available performances by Russell Thomas, Susan Graham and Christine Goerke.</p> <p>Next week the fourth and final episode of <em><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/03/11/adam-guettels-myths-and-hymns/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Myths and Hymns</a></em> from MasterVoices debuts. If you haven’t seen the first three episodes, take a look.</p> <p>The Romero Quartet launches their 60th anniversary celebration with a streaming concert from Belly Up in Solano Beach on Sunday. For details and our interview with Pepe Romero, please go <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/19/guitarist-pepe-romero-enjoys-pleasure-in-droves/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>The Metropolitan Opera productions streaming this weekend are the 2016-2017 season production of Verdi’s <i>Nabucco</i> on Friday; Donizetti’s <em>Lucia di Lammermoor</em> from the 1982-1983 season (with Joan Sutherland) on Saturday and the 1995 production of Tchaikovsky’s <em>The Queen of Spades </em>on Sunday. This will conclude the <em><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/17/unhinged-mad-scenes-week-62-at-the-met/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Unhinged Mad Scenes</a></em> week.</p> <p>Monday the Met begins <em>Rare Gems</em> week with a 2008-2009 season production of Massenet’s <em>Thaïs</em>. We’ll have the full line-up on Monday for you.</p> <p>Lastly if you’ve read our interview with <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/20/operas-isabel-leonard-directs-her-future/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Isabel Leonard</a> (and please do, she has a lot to say), you’ll remember that Saturday the Met streams <em>Three Divas</em> at 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT featuring Leonard with Ailyn Pérez and Nadine Sierra.</p> <p>That’s truly the end of our Best Bets: May 21st – May 24th.</p> <p>I hope you have a great weekend. Enjoy the culture!</p> <p>Photo: Keith Lockhart conducting the Boston Pops (Photo by Stu Rosner/Courtesy Boston Pops)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/21/best-bets-may-21st-may-24th/">Best Bets: May 21st – May 24th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/21/best-bets-may-21st-may-24th/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Opera’s Isabel Leonard Directs Her Future</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/20/operas-isabel-leonard-directs-her-future/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/20/operas-isabel-leonard-directs-her-future/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 19:45:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera: Bravo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ailyn Pérez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the Horizon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christopher Oscar Peña]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Close Quarters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Desert In]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ella Fitzgerald]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ellen Reid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Isabel Leonard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[James Darrah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jessie Montgomery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Met Stars Live in Concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nadine Sierra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nico Muhly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vijay Iyer]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=14500</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>"My hope was always to bring an experience to the audience. To spend a period of time experiencing something they may have never experienced. That's all I've wanted." </p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/20/operas-isabel-leonard-directs-her-future/">Opera’s Isabel Leonard Directs Her Future</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Perhaps it’s a bit ironic that even though opera productions have yet to resume in any significant way just yet, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard is suddenly more visible than ever. </p> <p>She just made her directorial debut with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s <em>Close Quarters</em> series episode #12 (<em>Beyond the Horizon</em> – available for streaming <a href="https://www.laco.org/events/beyond-the-horizon/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>). </p> <p>This Saturday she will join fellow opera singers Ailyn Pérez and Nadine Sierra in a <a href="https://metstarslive.brightcove-services.com/events/6245497823001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">streaming concert </a>live from the Royal Opera of Versailles in France as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s <em>Met Stars Live in Concert</em> series. All three performed together in the 2017-2018 Met Opera production of Mozart’s <em>The Marriage of Figaro</em>.</p> <p>In June she stars in <em><a href="https://blo.org/desert-in/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Desert In</a></em> which was created for her by director <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/01/21/james-darrah-director-designer-disruptor/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Darrah</a>, composer <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/05/09/composer-ellen-reids-new-work-cautionary-tale/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ellen Reid</a> and writer Christopher Oscar Peña and includes compositions by Reid, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/10/03/vijay-iyer-eschews-labels/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vijay Iyer</a>, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/02/22/composer-nico-muhly-registers-organ-concerto/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nico Muhly</a> and more.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="desert in (teaser) on operabox.tv" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tRFBn4KE_js?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Leonard is known for singing the title role in Muhly’s <em>Marnie</em>; Blanche de la Force in Poulenc’s <em>Dialogues of the Carmelites</em> and Miranda in Thomas Adés’ <em>The Tempest</em> at the Met. She has performed in opera houses around the world since launching her career in 2007.</p> <p>What better time to talk to Leonard about her new projects and the state of the arts in a post-pandemic world. What follows are excerpts from last week’s Zoom interview that have been edited for length and clarity.</p> <p>I know you’re a big Ella Fitzgerald fan. Something she said sounds to me like a description of your career: “A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside. I’m going to try to find out the new ideas before others do.”</p> <p><strong>I am a huge fan. I couldn’t love that more. From the very beginning my hope was always to bring an experience to the audience. To spend a period of time experiencing something they may have never experienced. That’s all I’ve wanted.</strong></p> <p><strong>I think anybody involved in the opera business knows how far behind we are in general. Even on days when I</strong> <strong>think I’ve come up with a new idea, it might be new to the opera world, but it’s not new to the world in general. </strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Close Quarters: "Beyond The Horizon" – Premieres May 7 – Jessie Montgomery, curator" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c8oCGWQVhAM?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Is directing part of your path to realizing that goal? What prompted you to take on this project with LA Chamber Orchestra?</p> <p><strong>Mainly because it was</strong> <strong>James Darrah who asked me. There are a few people in this business who say you should take this risk and I’ll follow them. You meet people along the way who see things the way you do and understand what you want to do and see your vision. <strong>James is one of them. <strong>I’ll follow him blindly into fire.</strong></strong></strong> <strong>I was terrified and I said yes.</strong></p> <p>Isn’t that where the most rewarding experiences come from, jumping in head first into the unknown?</p> <p><strong>With this piece it’s sort of funny. I said once a week to James, “I don’t feel like I’m a director. I don’t feel like I’m directing anything.” And he said, “Welcome to the world of being a director.” I just remember we had a first initial meeting and this is what I’d love to see happen with music and storytelling.</strong></p> <p><strong>I was very affected by <em>Fantasia</em> when I was a child. Most people, when you talk about classical music, they talk about Bugs Bunny or a car commercial or something tied to a visual. We’re super visual people. The better the visuals and music tell the story in tandem, the more successful we can be. That was my idea for this project. </strong></p> <p><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/04/21/composer-jessie-montgomery-classical-musics-sonic-and-seismic-shift/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jessie Montgomery</a>, who curated your episode, told me she was very excited to see what an opera singer would do with music that at its most fundamental level is based in improvisation. How did your training in the rigors of opera mesh with creating a visual style for these compositions?</p> <p><strong>For me the idea of improvisation in that sense is not terrifying. If you said go sing with a jazz band and improvise I could, but it wouldn’t be particularly good. Improvisation comes from knowing your craft so well that you can forget it. I had a dance teacher who said you have to practice until you forget it so that your brain doesn’t have to tell your body what to do. When I know a piece I don’t have to tell myself what to do.</strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="“Goodbye Mary Holland” | Marnie | Great Performances at the Met" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6XN_L2MMyKk?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Streaming works like <em>Close Quarters</em> and the upcoming <em>Desert In</em> are redefining how classical music and opera is presented to the world. What role do you see works like this playing in the future?</p> <p><strong>I think and I hope that most of the companies that have put so much time and resources and their learning curve into this little box</strong> <strong>will hold onto it moving forward because they see how valuable this is. To come up to speed is great – we should be here already. The next step is to keep moving forward and keeping find out the best way to bring what we do to a wider audience and inspire them to want new content.</strong></p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Isabel-Leonard-in-22Desert-In22-Photo-courtesy-Boston-Lyric-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-14503" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Isabel-Leonard-in-22Desert-In22-Photo-courtesy-Boston-Lyric-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Isabel-Leonard-in-22Desert-In22-Photo-courtesy-Boston-Lyric-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Isabel-Leonard-in-22Desert-In22-Photo-courtesy-Boston-Lyric-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Isabel-Leonard-in-22Desert-In22-Photo-courtesy-Boston-Lyric-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Isabel-Leonard-in-22Desert-In22-Photo-courtesy-Boston-Lyric-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Isabel-Leonard-in-22Desert-In22-Photo-courtesy-Boston-Lyric-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Isabel-Leonard-in-22Desert-In22-Photo-courtesy-Boston-Lyric-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Isabel-Leonard-in-22Desert-In22-Photo-courtesy-Boston-Lyric-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Isabel Leonard in “Desert In” (Photo by Michael Elias Thomas/Courtesy Boston Lyric Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p>In addition to catching up with the power of technology, is there any one thing that you think the classical music/opera world has learned and perhaps the world at large during this pandemic?</p> <p><strong>Contrary to popular notions that artists had a year off, most artists were hustling like crazy just to pay grocery bills. That was one major thing that everybody has been dealing with the entire time. I started teaching as soon as I could very soon after the pandemic started because I knew we were going nowhere fast. </strong></p> <p><strong>I cancelled all my subscriptions except Netflix.</strong> <strong>I knew we’d need it.</strong></p> <p><strong>This should be a huge awakening to people who look at movies and art about how valuable that art and those artists are because this is what got you through the pandemic. Imagine if none of this existed and you had 10 VHS tapes for the whole year and a half of the pandemic. You’d be nuts.</strong></p> <p><strong>As soon as the pandemic started the first people out of a job were artists. That’s not to say, “Oh woe is us.” I still lead a very privileged life as many of us do. But when it comes to a business and trying to see the business grow and be more sustainable for those involved, it means things have to change.</strong></p> <p><strong><strong>It’s not going to be easy. Broadway is coming back. Classical music is coming back. It’s back, but everybody working in that building is not doing better. They might be performing, but they’re still struggling and maybe even more than they were before the pandemic.</strong> There’s so much to do.</strong></p> <p>What kind of change do you think will be necessary? And what changes do you want to make moving forward in your career?</p> <p><strong>It’s not about complaining, it’s about having a conversation 100 times with as many people as you can find. We’re all in that boat right now trying to figure out how to make this sustainable for those people in it. </strong> <strong>I don’t know how to fix it, but I do think about it a lot.</strong> <strong>All these things are really interesting moving forward in the arts.</strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Le Nozze di Figaro: "Voi che sapete" -- Isabel Leonard" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mNRF-SEl27o?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p><strong>For me it’s about working on projects that scare me like LA Chamber Orchestra or doing a crazy opera film like <em>Desert In</em>. I’d love to do movies and bring my talents into another medium. By doing so bringing people from that medium to say, “Oh, she does opera, let’s go see an opera.” Or “Who is this person? Let’s see <em>Marriage of Figaro</em>. Oh, she can be a boy, too, that’s interesting.”</strong></p> <p><strong>We must remember how integral and how important what we do is because it brings a lot of peace, joy and cathartic moments. I have lots of hope.</strong></p> <p>Photo: Isabel Leonard in <em>Desert In</em> (Photo by Michael Elias Thomas/Courtesy Boston Lyric Opera)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/20/operas-isabel-leonard-directs-her-future/">Opera’s Isabel Leonard Directs Her Future</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2021/05/20/operas-isabel-leonard-directs-her-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Soprano Sonya Yoncheva’s 10 Year “Rebirth”</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2021/03/25/soprano-sonya-yonchevas-10-year-rebirth/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2021/03/25/soprano-sonya-yonchevas-10-year-rebirth/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera: Bravo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alfonso Ferrabosco II]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Édith Piaf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Frideric Handel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giuseppe Verdi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marguerite Monnot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Met Stars Live in Concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Operalia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rebirth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sony Classical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sonya Yoncheva]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Veronica Franco]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=13644</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>"Rebirth is more a less a mirror of what's happening around me. In my work I always try to underline those things. I wanted to get spiritual."</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/03/25/soprano-sonya-yonchevas-10-year-rebirth/">Soprano Sonya Yoncheva’s 10 Year “Rebirth”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>“It is true. I started to think about this 10 years ago. That was the time where I started to deal with different labels. I was a young singer at the time. I was just about to do all my debuts everywhere. So I had a few conversations with labels and I had to choose which to record. I proposed this and all of them said, ‘it’s not commercial enough for us, maybe we should start with something else.'”</p> <p>Soprano Sonya Yoncheva is talking about her new album <a href="https://sonyayoncheva.lnk.to/Rebirth" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Rebirth</em> on Sony Classical</a>. Rather than follow a traditional concept like her previous albums of the works of Giuseppe Verdi, George Frideric Handel and an album of arias from French operas, Yoncheva is tackling primarily Baroque music on <em>Rebirth</em>. There are a few exceptions including a Bulgarian folk song (she’s from Bulgaria) and that one song by Abba which she included because it relies on the same for notes for its structure as <em>Hear me, O God</em> by composer Alfonso Ferrabosco II (also on the album).</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Sonya Yoncheva - Abba Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kPrkzlmsbc0?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Yoncheva came to prominence when she won the 2010 Operalia competition. Offers to join opera productions around the world came her way. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in a 2013 production of Verdi’s <em>Rigoletto</em>. Lead roles in <em>Otello</em>, <em>La Bohème</em>, <em>La Traviata</em>, <em>Luisa Miller</em> and <em>Médée</em> followed. This summer she will make her role debut as the title character in <em>Aida</em>.</p> <p>Last week I spoke by phone with Yoncheva who was in her home in Switzerland and she began by explaining how she realized the record labels were actually right about waiting to do <em>Rebirth</em>.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-1-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13657" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-1.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Sonya Yoncheva (©Javier del Real)</figcaption></figure></div> <p>“Today with all those years I’ve been recording, I understand,” she says. “It’s written and performed for a specific audience. That’s why I basically didn’t record it in that time. I think it’s maybe better for a singer to establish the career already and little by little you can propose things you like and are more personal to you.”</p> <p>She was able to record the album last summer after the first lockdown in Europe. She found the project had a distinct resonance to our modern times.</p> <p>“Artists are very personal when we present projects like that,” she offers. “I think that the world was in such a state before this pandemic. I think it was worse before. <em>Rebirth</em> is more a less a mirror of what’s happening around me. In my work I always try to underline those things. I wanted to get spiritual.”</p> <p>Though she told me it wasn’t truly a risk now, Yoncheva thrives on taking risks. As she will when she performs in <em>Aida</em>. She has had many opportunities to perform the role before.</p> <p>“It’s a role that I always refused many many times. When they first proposed me this I thought they were totally insane,” she says followed by a laugh. “Many years ago when I was starting I couldn’t understand the woman. In my own life I would never keep my tongue in my mouth as we say here. If I love someone I will go for it and I will forget about anything else. Duty is important, but I would make it important that I would love my man and have my duties as a queen. Why can’t she say the truth? Still I’m struggling with it. The music is so fascinating. Maybe now is the time I could give it a try.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Sonya Yoncheva "Ritorna vincitor" AIDA (2021)" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9DGFodTDVhY?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>She’ll be performing the role of the Ethiopian princess at a time when casting issues are omnipresent. It’s a reality that is not lost on Yoncheva.</p> <p>“I always try to put myself in the place of others. I could feel a lot of pain around this topic. I don’t know how we can solve this. She is where she is from and she needs to be presented exactly as the composer wanted her to be. At the same time, I don’t really find the way how to solve the problem of casting the best Aida. Perhaps the best answer will be only to do a concert version to keep the music alive.”</p> <p>When she takes to the stage of Arena di Verona, it will be the first production in which she’s appeared in eight months. Yoncheva says the difficultly of that long a layoff is massive.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-2-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13658" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-2-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-2-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-2-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sonya-Yoncheva-©Javier-del-Real-2.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Sonya Yoncheva (©Javier del Real)</figcaption></figure></div> <p>“You cannot imagine. It’s like saying to Roger Federer he won’t play for eight months and all of a sudden he has the US Open. I can do all the exercises at home and warm my voice, but it’s never the same. How you can start and finish a show? It’s something very real. I’m very impatient to do something on stage with real costumes and see what happens.”</p> <p>Yoncheva’s recent <a href="https://metstarslive.brightcove-services.com/events/6170940907001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Met Opera Stars Live in Concert</a> (available on demand through April 4th) included <em>L’hymne a l’amour</em> and she made a point of saying it was written by two women (Édith Piaf and Marguerite Monnot). I asked her about it and she was very intentional in giving them credit.</p> <p>“I know we are talking a lot about this and I find that this is a very old topic. I was reading recently a book about courtesans in the Venetian period and one of them, Veronica Franco, was one of the first courtesans to talk about the right of a woman to exist and be considered a human being. I said to myself this happened in the 15th century and we still talk about that.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Sonya Yoncheva: “Hymne à l’amour”" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0JO_I-4BB7Q?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>“The force of a woman is also this ability to put people together and keep the balance in family and in business or artistic relations. It’s really interesting to do more research and see who those women were in music history. I’m working on a little project so you’re understanding this is important to me.”</p> <p>As our conversation was nearing its end, I asked her about something Bangladeshi poet Munia Khan said, “The easiest way to be reborn is to live and feel life every day.” It came as no surprise that she wholeheartedly endorses that way of thinking.</p> <p>“I think the most important part is to be totally honest. First of all with yourself and then with others. This is what is also called respect and love – those kind of feelings you can express in such simple ways. When I’m on stage there aren’t many filters. I’m singing a part, of course, but this is the way to give this kind of green light to this personality to come into your body and to perform them in the best way. You are the one to communicate with the audience. </p> <p>“I think honesty always pays back. We must, a little bit, escape from the artificial way of communicating and just be humans. It’s so simple. It’s simple to say it. As an artist I’m singing for this.”</p> <p>Photo: Sonya Yoncheva (©Javier del Real)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/03/25/soprano-sonya-yonchevas-10-year-rebirth/">Soprano Sonya Yoncheva’s 10 Year “Rebirth”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2021/03/25/soprano-sonya-yonchevas-10-year-rebirth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Best Bets: February 26th – February 28th – REVISED</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/26/best-bets-february-26th-february-28th/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/26/best-bets-february-26th-february-28th/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:01:24 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Classical: Metronome]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Come to the Cabaret]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dance: At the Barre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jazz in 5/4 Time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Musicals: 5-6-7-8]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera: Bravo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[...and Then There's This]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ainhoa Arteta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ali Stroker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aloe Blacc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Amethyst Kiah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Artifacts Trio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blake Patrick Anderson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blessed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brian Stokes Mitchell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bryn Terfel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cadogan Hall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Center Theatre Group]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Common]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Courtney Bryan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Damian Norfleet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dance Theatre of Harlem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Benoit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dmitri Hvorostovsky]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Falstaff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Feinstein's at Vitello's]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Felix Mendelssohn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Firebird]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fridays at Five]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gatsby - a Musical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Geoffrey Holder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Walker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giuseppe Verdi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harry Belafonte]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Heidi Strober]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Igor Stravinsky]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Il Trovatore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Janinah Burnett]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joachim Cooder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jodie Steele]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Evans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Johannes Brahms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Taras]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jupiter String Quartet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kean Stage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kranner Center for the Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Traviata]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Larry Powell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Liam Doyle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linnie Reedman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mark Winkler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Meredith Arwady]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Met Stars Live in Concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mike Reed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicola Luisotti]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicole Mitchell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Noe Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Old Friends]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Olivier Tambosi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera Philadelphia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paula West]]></category> <category><![CDATA[REDCAT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ross William Wild]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ry Cooder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Seth Rudetsky]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SFJazz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Skirball Cultural Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sonya Yoncheva]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Telegraph Quartet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Gathering for Harry (Belafonte)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Gathering For Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Gaze...No Homo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tina Nekkia McClodden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tomeka Reid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Un Ballo in Maschera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Bolcom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Shakespeare]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=13209</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>More than a dozen options to keep you entertained as February comes to a close</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/26/best-bets-february-26th-february-28th/">Best Bets: February 26th – February 28th – REVISED</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>It’s the end of the month. I don’t know about you, but January seemed to take forever while February flew right by. This weekend will also move quickly with all the Best Bets: February 26th – February 28th I have selected for you.</p> <p>My top pick this week was originally from Dance Theatre of Harlem. They were schedule to show their highly-acclaimed re-invention of the ballet <em>The Rite of Spring</em> with music by Igor Stravinsky on Saturday. We just received word it has been postponed until March 13th. </p> <p>Luckily there are plenty of other options and my revised Top Pick is The Gathering For Justice’s tribute to the legendary Harry Belafonte.</p> <p>I also have Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in San Francisco Opera’s 2013 production of Verdi’s <em>Falstaff</em>, an evening with Tony Award winner Ali Stroker and a release party/concert for <em>Old Friends </em>by Mark Winkler and David Benoit.</p> <p>But there’s so much more than that. So take a look. Here are my Best Bets: February 26th – February 28th:</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jodie-Steele-and-Ross-William-Wild-in-22Gatsby-A-Musical22-Photo-by-Roy-Tan-Courtesy-Cadogan-Hall-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13240" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jodie-Steele-and-Ross-William-Wild-in-22Gatsby-A-Musical22-Photo-by-Roy-Tan-Courtesy-Cadogan-Hall-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jodie-Steele-and-Ross-William-Wild-in-22Gatsby-A-Musical22-Photo-by-Roy-Tan-Courtesy-Cadogan-Hall-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jodie-Steele-and-Ross-William-Wild-in-22Gatsby-A-Musical22-Photo-by-Roy-Tan-Courtesy-Cadogan-Hall-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jodie-Steele-and-Ross-William-Wild-in-22Gatsby-A-Musical22-Photo-by-Roy-Tan-Courtesy-Cadogan-Hall-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jodie-Steele-and-Ross-William-Wild-in-22Gatsby-A-Musical22-Photo-by-Roy-Tan-Courtesy-Cadogan-Hall-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jodie-Steele-and-Ross-William-Wild-in-22Gatsby-A-Musical22-Photo-by-Roy-Tan-Courtesy-Cadogan-Hall-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jodie-Steele-and-Ross-William-Wild-in-22Gatsby-A-Musical22-Photo-by-Roy-Tan-Courtesy-Cadogan-Hall-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jodie-Steele-and-Ross-William-Wild-in-22Gatsby-A-Musical22-Photo-by-Roy-Tan-Courtesy-Cadogan-Hall.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Jodie Steel and Ross William Wild in “Gatsby A Musical” (Photo by Roy Tan/Courtesy Cadogan Hall)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>MUSICAL: </strong><em><a href="https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/gatsby-a-musical-stream/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gatsby – a Musical</a></em> – Cadogan Hall – February 26th – February 28th</p> <p>Baz Luhrmann did all but make F. Scott Fitzgerald’s <em>The Great Gatsby</em> into a musical. But he’s not the only one who believes this story can, to greater or lesser degree, be musicalized. </p> <p>Enter composer and lyricist Joe Evans and writer/director Linnie Reedman with their musical version, <em>Gatsby A Musical</em>. </p> <p>The show played at the Kings Head Theatre in north London in 2012. This weekend, Cadogan Hall is offering a reunion concert presentation.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Gatsby A Musical Trailer" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C2GWHmp8Zms?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Daisy is the focus of the musical and she’s played in this concert by Jodie Steele (<em>Six The Musical</em>). Ross William Wild (<em>Million Dollar Quartet</em>) plays Gatsby. Tom Buchannan is played Liam Doyle (<em>Wicked</em>). Blake Patrick Anderson (<em>Be More Chill</em>) plays Nick Carraway with Joe Frost and Emma Williams playing George and Myrtle Wilson. (You don’t need a synopsis, do you? Didn’t we all read this in high school or college?)</p> <p>Reviews in 2012 were mostly positive, though some said it was more like a play with music rather than a musical. Even if that’s true, if we’re about to embark on our own roaring twenties, wouldn’t it be great to get lost in all the decadence from a century ago?</p> <p>There are three performances available: Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 PM EST/11:30 AM PST. Tickets, which must be purchased in advance, are £22 which equates to approximately a little over $31.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-String-Quartet-Courtesy-the-artists-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13245" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-String-Quartet-Courtesy-the-artists-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-String-Quartet-Courtesy-the-artists-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-String-Quartet-Courtesy-the-artists-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-String-Quartet-Courtesy-the-artists-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-String-Quartet-Courtesy-the-artists-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-String-Quartet-Courtesy-the-artists-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-String-Quartet-Courtesy-the-artists-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-String-Quartet-Courtesy-the-artists.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Jupiter String Quartet (Courtesy of the artists)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>CHAMBER MUSIC: </strong><em><a href="https://krannertcenter.com/events/reflection-and-renewal-jupiter-string-quartet" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jupiter String Quartet</a></em> – Kranner Center for the Performing Arts – February 26th – 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST</p> <p>The first weekend of this month I included the <em>Reflection and Renewal</em> series with Jupiter String Quartet in my Best Bets. I’m including them again as the series comes to an end with Friday’s concert. On the program are works by Felix Mendelssohn, George Walker and William Bolcom.</p> <p>The last two are what makes this concert the most interesting to me personally. Walker was the first African-American composer to receive be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music. His <em>Lilacs</em> was named the recipient in 1996. Jupiter String Quartet will be performing <em>Lyric for Strings</em>, written when the composer was 24 as a tribute to his recently deceased grandmother.</p> <p>Bolcom’s <em>Three Rags for String Quartets</em> is an arrangement of three popular piano pieces the composer wrote: <em>Poltergeist, Graceful Ghost </em>and<em> Incineratorag</em>. In this concert, Jupiter String Quartet will be playing the last one.</p> <p>If you’ve missed any of the four performances from Krannert Center you have until March 5th to view them all. Each episode runs 20-30 minutes. There is no charge to do so. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Paula-West-Courtesy-SFJazz-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13241" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Paula-West-Courtesy-SFJazz-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Paula-West-Courtesy-SFJazz-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Paula-West-Courtesy-SFJazz-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Paula-West-Courtesy-SFJazz-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Paula-West-Courtesy-SFJazz-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Paula-West-Courtesy-SFJazz-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Paula-West-Courtesy-SFJazz-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Paula-West-Courtesy-SFJazz.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Paula West (Courtesy SFJAZZ)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>JAZZ:</strong> <em><a href="https://www.sfjazz.org/watch/#info-open" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paula West: Great American Politic</a></em> – SFJAZZ – February 26th – 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST</p> <p>Jazz singer Paula West took to the stage at SFJAZZ in 2018 with this show as a musical response to he who was once president. Among the songwriters she relied on to express her views were Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Simon and Garfunkel. </p> <p>You’re probably thinking, do I really need to end my week with a politically charged show? If you’ve heard Paula West before you already know the answer to that question. If you don’t know her, hopefully this clip will persuade you to take a look.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Paula West Performs "If I Had A Hammer"" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M1y9nU6H3Ak?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Tickets are $5 (which gives you access to a full month of <em>Fridays at Five</em> concerts). You can also get an annual membership for $60 (which give you access for 52 weeks).</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-Courtney-Bryans-22Blessed22-Courtesy-Opera-Philadephia-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13246" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-Courtney-Bryans-22Blessed22-Courtesy-Opera-Philadephia-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-Courtney-Bryans-22Blessed22-Courtesy-Opera-Philadephia-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-Courtney-Bryans-22Blessed22-Courtesy-Opera-Philadephia-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-Courtney-Bryans-22Blessed22-Courtesy-Opera-Philadephia-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-Courtney-Bryans-22Blessed22-Courtesy-Opera-Philadephia-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-Courtney-Bryans-22Blessed22-Courtesy-Opera-Philadephia-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-Courtney-Bryans-22Blessed22-Courtesy-Opera-Philadephia-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-Courtney-Bryans-22Blessed22-Courtesy-Opera-Philadephia.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>A scene from Courtney Bryan’s “Blessed” (Courtesy Opera Philadelphia)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>OPERA: </strong><em><a href="https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/2020-2021/blessed/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Courtney Bryan’s Blessed</a></em> – Opera Philadelphia Channel – Debuts February 26th – 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST</p> <p>Opera Philadelphia continues their fascinating new series of digital commissions with <em>Blessed</em> by composer Courtney Bryan.</p> <p>Bryan regularly came back to a bible verse from Matthew 5 as protests about policy brutality grew in frequency and intensity around the country. </p> <p>The verse, a rather popular one, says, “blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” <em>Blessed</em> is her musical response to that verse.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Opera Philadelphia | Preview: Blessed" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AF6QnIQnc8s?start=52&feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Performing are soprano Janinah Burnett and vocalist Damian Norfleet. The film, directed by Tiona Nekkia McClodden, was shot in New Orleans, New York and Philadelphia. Collaborating with McClodden was sound designer Robert Kaplowitz to create what press materials are calling “sonic quilting.”</p> <p>Tickets range from $10 for a seven day rental to $25 for a digital package.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bryn-Terfel-in-22Falstaff22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13253" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bryn-Terfel-in-22Falstaff22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bryn-Terfel-in-22Falstaff22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bryn-Terfel-in-22Falstaff22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bryn-Terfel-in-22Falstaff22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bryn-Terfel-in-22Falstaff22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bryn-Terfel-in-22Falstaff22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bryn-Terfel-in-22Falstaff22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bryn-Terfel-in-22Falstaff22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Bryn Terfel in “Falstaff” (Photo by Cory Weaver/Courtesy San Francisco Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>OPERA:</strong><em> </em><a href="https://sfopera.com/opera-is-on/streaming/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Verdi’s <em>Falstaff</em></a> – San Francisco Opera – February 27th – February 28th</p> <p>Conducted by Nicola Luisotti; starring Bryn Terfel, Ainhoa Arteta, Heidi Stober and Meredith Arwady. This Olivier Tambosi production is from the 2013-2014 season.</p> <p>Two of Shakespeare’s play served as the inspiration for Verdi’s <em>Falstaff</em>: <em>The Merry Wives of Windsor</em> and sections from <em>Henry IV Parts 1</em> and <em>2</em>. Arrigo Boito adapted the plays to create the libretto. </p> <p><em>Falstaff</em> had its world premiere in 1893 at La Scala in Milan. This was Verdi’s final opera and only his second comedic opera.</p> <p>Simply put, Sir John Falstaff tries everything he can to woo two married woman so he can assume their husband’s vast fortunes. He’s rather bumbling in his efforts and the machinations in place to thwart his endeavors leave him with nothing short of a major comeuppance.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Falstaff 6 Minute Highlights - San Francisco Opera (2013)" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NKDiF3f2RXs?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>I’ll be watching this production just to see Bryn Terfel in this role.</p> <p><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Falstaff-review-Strong-cast-follows-potent-lead-4882689.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Joshua Kosman</a>, writing for the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">San Francisco Chronicle</span>, said of Terfel’s performance, “His performance as the fat knight has everything that makes Falstaff irresistible – grandiose self-regard, improbable charisma and a vein of deep poignancy, all conveyed through singing of great power and flexibility.</p> <p>“And as Falstaff says of himself, Terfel was not only a great onstage wit but the cause of wit in others. His very presence seemed to spur his fellow performers to find both the buoyant humor and the rich emotional undercurrent in the piece.”</p> <p>The production becomes available at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST and remains available through the end of Sunday, February 28th PST.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mark-Winkler-Courtesy-the-artist-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13255" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mark-Winkler-Courtesy-the-artist-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mark-Winkler-Courtesy-the-artist-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mark-Winkler-Courtesy-the-artist-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mark-Winkler-Courtesy-the-artist-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mark-Winkler-Courtesy-the-artist-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mark-Winkler-Courtesy-the-artist-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mark-Winkler-Courtesy-the-artist-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mark-Winkler-Courtesy-the-artist.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Mark Winkler (Courtesy the artist)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>JAZZ:</strong><em> <a href="https://www.stellartickets.com/o/vitellos-llc/events/mark-winkler-and-david-benoit-old-friends-cd-release-party/occurrences/69642fe7-4c23-4c17-8ce9-ba7f0eecf42f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mark Winkler/David Benoit Record Release Party</a></em> – Feinstein’s at Vitello’s – February 27th – 9:00 PM EST/6:00 PM PST</p> <p>I’ve written about singer/songwriter Mark Winkler before. In fact, you can see my interview with him from August 2019 <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/08/22/singer-songwriter-mark-winkler-is-a-real-trouper/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>. He has teamed up with pianist, composer and KKJZ radio host David Benoit for a new album called <em>Old Friends</em> which was released on Tuesday.</p> <p>The new recording finds the duo performing three songs they co-wrote along with well-known tunes such as “The Shadow of Your Smile,” “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” and the title song (originally performed by Simon & Garfunkel). I’ve heard the album and think it’s quite good. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Mark Winkler and David Benoit "Some Other Time"" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/38MuBXtLXnw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>To celebrate the album’s debut they are holding a live-streaming release party from Feinstein’s at Vitello’s in Los Angeles. Joining Winkler and Benoit for this performance are Gabe Davis on bass, Clayton Cameron on drums and Pat Kelley on guitar.</p> <p>There is the main show at 9:00 PM EST/6:00 PM PST with a ticket price of $31.75. There’s also an <a href="https://www.stellartickets.com/o/vitellos-llc/events/mark-winkler-and-david-benoit-encore-after-show/occurrences/3e33a7fc-fd89-4afc-a504-3831a4e7ce49" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Encore After Show</a> scheduled for 10:45 PM EST/7:45 PM PST which will find Winkler and Benoit in conversation with Brad Roen. Tickets are $18 for the after show.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="169" height="300" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Stephanie-Dabney-from-22Firebird22-Photo-by-Martha-Swope-Courtesy-DTH-169x300.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13242" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Stephanie-Dabney-from-22Firebird22-Photo-by-Martha-Swope-Courtesy-DTH-169x300.jpg 169w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Stephanie-Dabney-from-22Firebird22-Photo-by-Martha-Swope-Courtesy-DTH-576x1024.jpg 576w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Stephanie-Dabney-from-22Firebird22-Photo-by-Martha-Swope-Courtesy-DTH-236x420.jpg 236w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Stephanie-Dabney-from-22Firebird22-Photo-by-Martha-Swope-Courtesy-DTH.jpg 608w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px" /><figcaption>Stephanie Dabney in “Firebird” (Photo by Martha Swope/Courtesy Dance Theatre of Harlem)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em>POSTPONED </em></strong></span><b>DANCE: </b><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/DanceTheatreofHarlem/videos" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Firebird</a></em> – Dance Theatre of Harlem – <em>rescheduled to March 13th</em></p> <p>Dance Theatre of Harlem’s month-long Winter 2021 Virtual Ballet Series concludes this week and they’ve saved the best for last. </p> <p>In 1982, DTH premiered John Taras’ choreography to the classic score by Igor Stravinsky. Instead of Russia the setting is the Caribbean. Geoffrey Holder created the sets and costumes.</p> <p>When the work first debuted 39 years ago, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/13/arts/ballet-harlem-dance-theater-presents-firebird.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anna Kisselgoff</a> in her <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times</span> review proclaimed, “It is filled with amusing inconsistencies but it does one thing other versions do not – send its audience into a whooping spell of delirium. When the firebird figure drove out the forces of malice last night, the house cheered as if it had just seen an adventure yarn. And so it had. Good conquered evil and did so in an action-packed continuum.”</p> <p>There is no charge to watch the ballet. </p> <p><em>Firebird</em> will be available for one week on DTH’s YouTube Channel.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ali-Stroker-Courtesy-the-artist-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13247" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ali-Stroker-Courtesy-the-artist-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ali-Stroker-Courtesy-the-artist-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ali-Stroker-Courtesy-the-artist-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ali-Stroker-Courtesy-the-artist-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ali-Stroker-Courtesy-the-artist-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ali-Stroker-Courtesy-the-artist-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ali-Stroker-Courtesy-the-artist-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ali-Stroker-Courtesy-the-artist.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Ali Stroker (Courtesy the artist)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>BROADWAY/CABARET</strong>: <em><a href="http://www.keanstage.com/ali-stroker" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">An Evening with Ali Stroker</a></em> – Kean Stage – February 27th – 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST</p> <p>Ali Stroker was the recipient of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Ado Annie in the revival of <em>Oklahoma</em>. She made her Broadway debut in the 2015 revival of the musical <em>Spring Awakening</em>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="The Cast Of Oklahoma! Performs "I Cain't Say No/ Oklahoma" At The 2019 Tony Awards" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FxFS8okUqKk?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>For this live-streamed show from Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University in New Jersey, Stoker will be performing songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Stephen Sondheim, Carole King, Stephen Schwartz and, of course, Rodgers and Hammerstein.</p> <p>Tickets are $25 with a discount available to members of the Kean University family (you have to e-mail to acquire that discount.)</p> <p>Ado Annie is just a girl who can’t say no. How can you say no to this concert?</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Artifacts-Trio-Courtesy-REDCAT-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13243" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Artifacts-Trio-Courtesy-REDCAT-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Artifacts-Trio-Courtesy-REDCAT-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Artifacts-Trio-Courtesy-REDCAT-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Artifacts-Trio-Courtesy-REDCAT-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Artifacts-Trio-Courtesy-REDCAT-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Artifacts-Trio-Courtesy-REDCAT-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Artifacts-Trio-Courtesy-REDCAT-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Artifacts-Trio-Courtesy-REDCAT.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Artifacts Trio (Courtesy REDCAT)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>JAZZ</strong>: <em><a href="https://www.redcat.org/event/artifacts-trio-and-then-there-s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Artifacts Trio: …and Then There’s This</a></em> – REDCAT – February 27th – 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST</p> <p>What began, perhaps, as a one-off collaboration amongst cellist Tomeka Reid, flutist Nicole Mitchell and drummer Mike Reed in 2015 has blossomed into one of the most vital trios working in jazz. </p> <p>This live-streamed concert through REDCAT in Los Angeles is required viewing for those who like their music on the more adventurous and experiment side. You probably knew that when you read the configuration of cello, flute and drums. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Artifacts Trio 3/21/19 Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears Festival - St. John's Episcopal Cathedral" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/duS1vRjERJY?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Tickets are $15 for general admission; $12 for REDCAT members and students and $8 for CalArts students, faculty and staff. There will be a post-performance discussion with Reid after the concert ends.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joachim-Cooder-and-Ry-Cooder-Photo-by-Larry-Sanchez-Courtesy-Skirball-Cultural-Center-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13248" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joachim-Cooder-and-Ry-Cooder-Photo-by-Larry-Sanchez-Courtesy-Skirball-Cultural-Center-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joachim-Cooder-and-Ry-Cooder-Photo-by-Larry-Sanchez-Courtesy-Skirball-Cultural-Center-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joachim-Cooder-and-Ry-Cooder-Photo-by-Larry-Sanchez-Courtesy-Skirball-Cultural-Center-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joachim-Cooder-and-Ry-Cooder-Photo-by-Larry-Sanchez-Courtesy-Skirball-Cultural-Center-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joachim-Cooder-and-Ry-Cooder-Photo-by-Larry-Sanchez-Courtesy-Skirball-Cultural-Center-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joachim-Cooder-and-Ry-Cooder-Photo-by-Larry-Sanchez-Courtesy-Skirball-Cultural-Center-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joachim-Cooder-and-Ry-Cooder-Photo-by-Larry-Sanchez-Courtesy-Skirball-Cultural-Center-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joachim-Cooder-and-Ry-Cooder-Photo-by-Larry-Sanchez-Courtesy-Skirball-Cultural-Center.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Joachim Cooder and Ry Cooder (Photo by Larry Sanchez/Courtesy Skirball Cultural Center)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>ROOTS MUSIC:<em> </em></strong><em><a href="https://www.skirball.org/programs/skirball-stages/joachim-cooder-and-amythyst-kiah" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Joachim Cooder and Amythyst Kiah with Special Guest Ry Cooder</a></em> – Skirball Cultural Center YouTube Channel – February 27th – 11:00 PM EST/8:00 PM PST</p> <p>Every once in a while a concert comes along that doesn’t fit easily into what Cultural Attaché does, but seems too good not to mention. Quite often those events come from the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. </p> <p>Saturday’s concert by Joachim Cooder with his father Ry Cooder as a special guest is just such a concert. And for added measure vocalist Amythyst Kiah is also part of this concert.</p> <p>What can you expect? A little bit roots rock, some folk influences, definitely some blues, a little bit of country and a whole lot of great music.</p> <p>Ry Cooder might be known to some as the composer of the scores for such films as <em>Paris, Texas</em> and <em>Alamo Bay</em>. He was also the producer of the album that put the Buena Vista Social Club on all of our radars. Above all, he’s a supremely talented musician.</p> <p>Joachim’s most recent album was last year’s <em>Over That Road I’m Bound</em>, a collection of songs by country artist Uncle Dave Macon. He’s a singer, drummer, keyboardist who has collaborated with his father and also released two other solo albums.</p> <p>Kiah – you just need to hear this woman sing. Truly. Earlier this year she released a single called “Black Myself” that, well, just has to be heard. She’s got an amazing voice.</p> <p>There is no charge to watch this show. However, if you make reservations for the concert by February 26th, you’ll get access to program notes and more. And if you can’t watch the show as it streams on Saturday night, it will be available on Skirball’s YouTube channel.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13249" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Courtesy-Seth-Concert-Series.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Brian Stokes Mitchell (Courtesy Seth Concert Series)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>BROADWAY/CABARET</strong>: <em><a href="https://events.broadwayworld.com/event/brian-stokes-mitchell-seth-rudetsky/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brian Stokes Mitchell with Seth Rudetsky</a></em> – Seth Concert Series – February 28th – 3:00 PM EST/12:00 PM PST</p> <p>During the pandemic you’ve probably seen video of Tony Award winner <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2016/02/03/brian-stokes-mitchell-and-the-la-phil-take-you-on-a-sonic-ride-through-broadway-with-in-character/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brian Stokes Mitchell</a> serenading his neighborhood with “The Impossible Dream” from the musical <em>Man of La Mancha</em> in support of hospital workers during the pandemic.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Brian Stokes Mitchell Leads Broadway Cheer with "Impossible Dream."" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pr-5BP2ssKA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Stokes, as his friends and colleagues call him, has appeared on Broadway in <em>Jelly’s Last Jam</em>, <em>Kiss of the Spider Woman</em>, <em>Ragtime</em> (originating the role of Coalhouse Walker), <em>Kiss Me, Kate</em>, <em>King Hedley</em>, <em>Man of La Mancha</em> and <em>Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.</em> He won his Tony for his performance as Fred Graham in <em>Kiss Me, Kate</em>.</p> <p>He is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Actors Fund. In other words, he has plenty to talk and sing about.</p> <p>If you can’t watch the show live at the time listed about, there will be an encore showing at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST. Tickets for either time are $25.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Harry-Belaftone-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13250" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Harry-Belaftone-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Harry-Belaftone-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Harry-Belaftone-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Harry-Belaftone-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Harry-Belaftone-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Harry-Belaftone-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Harry-Belaftone-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Harry-Belaftone-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Harry Belafonte (Courtesy his Facebook page)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">*TOP PICK*</span> GALA: </strong><em><a href="https://secure.givelively.org/event/gathering-for-justice-inc/the-gathering-for-harry/the-gathering-for-harry" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Gathering for Harry (Belafonte)</a></em> – The Gathering For Justice – February 28th – 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST</p> <p>This gala fundraiser for The Gathering For Justice is advertising this is a “surprise” event celebrating the 94th birthday of legendary actor, activist, singer and songwriter Harry Belafonte. But does that matter? They are celebrating Harry Belafonte.</p> <p>I grew up with my mother and my aunt talking about how much they loved Belafonte and his music. His records were played regularly by them both. I won’t go into their other, more personal, comments about him.</p> <p>He’s a Tony Award winner for his performance in <em>John Murray Anderson’s Almanac</em>, a three-time Grammy Award winner, an Emmy Award winner and the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</p> <p>While his most recent film appearance was in Spike Lee’s <em>BlacKkKlansman</em> as an civil rights pioneer, it is his work as an activist that he is perhaps best known. Which makes this event with The Gathering For Justice a perfect fit. The organization’s focus on ending child incarceration and the systemic racism within our criminal justice system.</p> <p>That Belafonte founded the organization also helps (and makes this whole surprise thing a little, well, surprising.)</p> <p>Amongst the artists coming together to celebrate Belafonte’s birthday are <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2015/06/10/aloe-blaccs-music-forces-him-out-of-his-comfort-zone/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Aloe Blacc</a>, Common, Danny Glover, Tiffany Haddish, Jay-Z and Susan Sarandon.</p> <p>Tickets begin at $25 but sponsorship packages go for as much as $100,000.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Telegraph-Quartet-Courtesy-the-Artists-300x200.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13251" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Telegraph-Quartet-Courtesy-the-Artists-300x200.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Telegraph-Quartet-Courtesy-the-Artists-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Telegraph-Quartet-Courtesy-the-Artists-768x511.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Telegraph-Quartet-Courtesy-the-Artists-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Telegraph-Quartet-Courtesy-the-Artists-696x463.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Telegraph-Quartet-Courtesy-the-Artists-1068x710.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Telegraph-Quartet-Courtesy-the-Artists-632x420.jpg 632w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Telegraph-Quartet-Courtesy-the-Artists.jpg 1624w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Telegraph Quartet (Courtesy of the artists)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>CHAMBER MUSIC</strong>: <em><a href="https://www.noemusic.org/winter2021/telegraph-quartet" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Telegraph Quartet</a></em> – Noe Music – Debuts February 28th – 10:00 PM EST/7:00 PM PST</p> <p>Last September San Francisco-based Telegraph Quartet was scheduled to perform at Noe Valley Chamber Music. The pandemic forced some changes. First was the date. Second was the name of the festival, which is now called Noe Music.</p> <p>The new date is upon us as violinist Eric Chin and Joseph Maile; violist Pe-Ling and cellist Jeremiah Shaw perform a program of music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Johannes Brahms on Sunday.</p> <p>Korngold is best known for his rousing film scores, but he also composed classical music. His four-movement <em>String Quartet No. 3</em> had its world premiere in Los Angeles in 1949 as part of the <em>Evenings on the Roof</em> series at the Wilshire Ebell Theater. It’s a stunning work.</p> <p>Brahms’ <em>String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2</em> was composed in 1873. Along with the composer’s <em>String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor</em>, they were both published as companion pieces Op. 51. The piece performed in this concert actually had its premiere prior to the Brahms’ <em>String Quartet No. 1</em>. Also a four-movement work, this quartet with its use of canons, shows the influence of Johann Sebastian Bach on Brahms.</p> <p>Tickets are $20 and the concert is expected to run 90 minutes.</p> <p>Those are my official picks as Best Bets: February 26th – February 28th, but a few reminders:</p> <p>Saturday’s Met Stars Live in Concert features soprano <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/24/sonya-yoncheva-live-in-concert/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sonya Yoncheva</a> in a performance from Germany. </p> <p>Also from the Metropolitan Opera are the last three productions streaming in celebration of the late baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/22/dmitri-hvorostovsky-week-50-at-the-met/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">They are all works by Verdi</a>: <em>La Traviata</em> from the 2011-2012 season on Friday; <em>Un Ballo in Maschera </em>from the 2012-2013 season on Saturday and <em>Il Trovatore</em>, the final production in which he appeared at the Met from the 2014-2015 season.</p> <p>Larry Powell’s <em><a href="https://www.centertheatregroup.org/digitalstage/videos/the-gaze-no-homo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Gaze…No Homo</a></em> is available for free streaming <span style="text-decoration: underline;">this weekend only</span> from Center Theatre Group. Beginning Monday, March 1st, it will be available for streaming on demand for $20 through March 25th. I’ve written about <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/11/23/larry-powells-the-gaze-no-homo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">this show before</a>. I strongly recommend it. Last December I published a two-part interview with Powell. You can read part one <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/12/03/all-eyes-are-on-playwright-larry-powell/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a> and part two <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/12/10/larry-powell-has-his-eyes-on-us/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>That’s it for my Best Bets: February 26th – February 28th. Have a terrific weekend and I’ll see you in March (on Monday) with next week’s line-up of streaming productions from the Met. </p> <p>Photo: Harry Belafonte with Martin Luther King, Jr. (Photo courtesy Mr. Belafonte’s Facebook page)</p> <p><em>Update: On Friday</em> <em>afternoon, February 26th, I received word that Dance Theatre of Harlem’s</em> <em>Firebird was being postponed until March 13th. This post has been updated to reflect the postponement and a new Top Pick was selected. </em></p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/26/best-bets-february-26th-february-28th/">Best Bets: February 26th – February 28th – REVISED</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/26/best-bets-february-26th-february-28th/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Sonya Yoncheva Live in Concert</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/24/sonya-yoncheva-live-in-concert/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/24/sonya-yoncheva-live-in-concert/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:01:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera: Bravo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Antonín Dvořák]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carmen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dido and Aeneas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Édith Piaf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Frideric Handel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Georges Bizet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giacomo Puccini]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giuseppe Verdi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Henry Purcell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Il Trovatore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jules Massenet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Julien Quentin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Bohème]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Le Villi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Madama Butterfly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Manon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Met Stars Live in Concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rebirth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rinaldo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rusalka]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sony Classical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sonya Yoncheva]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thaïs]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=11931</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Metropolitan Opera Website<br /> <br /> Available On Demand</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/24/sonya-yoncheva-live-in-concert/">Sonya Yoncheva Live in Concert</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>The Metropolitan Opera resumes their Met Stars Live in Concert series with this recital by soprano <a href="https://metstarslive.brightcove-services.com/events/6170940907001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sonya Yoncheva</a> which will be streamed from the Baroque library of the Schussenried Cloister in southwest Germany. The concert was originally scheduled for last November, but was postponed due to non-Covid related illness.</p> <p>Serving as Yoncheva’s accompanist is Julien Quinten.</p> <p>The announced program includes works by Giuseppe Verdi (<em>Aida</em>, <em>Il Trovatore</em>); Antonin Dvořák’s (<em>Rusalka</em>), Giacomo Puccini (<em>La Bohème</em>, <em>Le Villi</em>, <em>Madama Butterfly</em>), Henry Purcell (<em>Dido and Aeneas</em>), George Frideric Handel (<em>Rinaldo</em>), Jules Massenet (<em>Thaï</em>s, <em>Manon</em>), Georges Bizet (<em>Carmen</em>) and a song made famous by Édith Piaf (but not the first one that comes to mind.)</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Otello: "Ave Maria" (Sonya Yoncheva)" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UhmdHb135fU?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>If you’ve been following the nightly streaming opera productions from the Met you will have seen and heard Yoncheva in <em>La Bohème</em>, <em>La Traviata</em>, <em>Luisa Miller</em>, <em>Otello</em> and <em>Tosca</em>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/26/arts/music/traviata-review-sonya-yoncheva.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Zachary Woolfe</a>, in his <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times</span> review of the 2017 production of <em>La Traviata</em> at the Met, was mightily impressed with Yoncheva.</p> <p>“Ms. Yoncheva is now the one I’d seek out, no matter what she does. (And she does most everything: This <em>Traviata</em> comes in the wake of both Bellini’s mighty <em>Norma</em> and a Handel album.)</p> <p>“A few years ago, Ms. Yoncheva had an essentially slender soprano focused enough to penetrate the vast Met. Now she fills the opera house more easily, with a tone that’s simultaneously softer and stronger, less angled and more rounded. New strength in the lower reaches of her voice anchored ‘Addio del passato,’ the final-act lament of the doomed courtesan Violetta.”</p> <p>Sonya Yoncheva will be releasing a new album on Sony Classical called <em>Rebirth</em>. She recorded project with Leonardo García Alarcón and his ensemble Cappella Mediterranea. It is scheduled for release on March 12th. The selections span five centuries ranging from Monteverdi to ABBA (and yes there is a logic to that.)</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Sonya Yoncheva - Claudio Monteverdi - Oblivion soave" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W4lGp50cVBw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Tickets are $20 and allow screening the performance live and on demand for two weeks.</p> <p>Photo: Sonya Yoncheva (Photo by Javier Del Real/Courtesy Metropolitan Opera)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/24/sonya-yoncheva-live-in-concert/">Sonya Yoncheva Live in Concert</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/24/sonya-yoncheva-live-in-concert/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Best Bets: February 5th – February 7th</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/04/best-bets-february-5th-february-7th/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/04/best-bets-february-5th-february-7th/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 05:01:40 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Classical: Metronome]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dance: At the Barre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jazz in 5/4 Time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Musicals: 5-6-7-8]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera: Bravo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Play's The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A Strange Loop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Andy Einhorn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anna Netrebko]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ariadne auf Naxos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arnold Schoenberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bill Frisell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Billy Porter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brandon Jovanovich]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Camilla Nylund]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carlos Vives]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Center Theatre Group]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christa McAuliffe's Eyes Were Blue]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christian McBride]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christian McBride's New Jawn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Claudia Schreier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Common]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dance Theatre of Harlem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Daniel Slater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Days and Nights Festival]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Digital Stage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ECM Records]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Edward Snowden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elain Graham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elena Maximova]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ermonela Jaho]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eva-Maria Westbroek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fridays at Five]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garden of Expression]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gerd Grochowski]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giacomo Puccini]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gustavo Dudamel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Heart Strings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Icons on Inspiration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Il tabarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Il trittico]]></category> <category><![CDATA[In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jerry Quickley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jessie Montgomery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joe Lovano]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Johann Sebastian Bach]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Holiday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Josh Evans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Julie Andrews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jupiter String Quartet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kati Agócs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Katy Perry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kemp Powers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kevyn Morrow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kranner Center for the Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Larry Powell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Le Nozze di Figaro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leon Botstein]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lillias White]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Liv Redpath]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lohengrin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lucio Gallo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ludwig van Beethoven]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marcus Strickland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Melissa Fenley Dance Company]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Met Stars Live in Concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael R. Jackson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nasheet Waits]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Natalie Portman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicola Luisotti]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera Philadelphia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pasadena Playhouse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Passage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Patrick Page]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Petra Lang]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philip Glass]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Play-Per-View]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Jones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Strauss]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Wagner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Royal Opera House]]></category> <category><![CDATA[S. Epatha Merkerson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Save the Boys]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SFJazz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shakespeare Theatre Company]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sharon Washington]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sheria Irving]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sheryl Kaller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sir Antonio Pappano]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TCG Books First Friday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tenzin Choegyal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Pattern of the Surface]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TŌN (The Orchestra Now)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tosca]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tyshawn Sorey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Village Vanguard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[While Yet I Live]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Whistleblower]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Shakespeare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[You I Like - A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yuja Wang]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=12978</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Our list of great culture to watch this weekend for those who don't care about the Super Bowl (and even those who do!)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/04/best-bets-february-5th-february-7th/">Best Bets: February 5th – February 7th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Not everyone is going to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday. No doubt many readers of this column will be looking for alternatives to the big game. This weekend’s Best Bets: February 5th – February 7th feature plenty of opportunities to tune out the commercials (and the football) and relax into some amazing performances.</p> <p>Clearly not all the fireworks are going to be taking place in Tampa. In fact, I’d be willing to wager that these are some of the best offerings on any given weekend in recent memory. Though I will admit there aren’t a lot of new offerings on Sunday, but many of these listings are for more than just one day.</p> <p>Our top pick this weekend is drummer/multi-instrumentalist/composer Tyshawn Sorey at the Village Vanguard on Friday and Saturday.</p> <p>So let’s get to it. Here are the Best Bets: February 5th – February 7th.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-ensemble-of-22Christa-McAullifes-Eyes-Were-Blue22-Photo-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13001" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-ensemble-of-22Christa-McAullifes-Eyes-Were-Blue22-Photo-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-ensemble-of-22Christa-McAullifes-Eyes-Were-Blue22-Photo-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-ensemble-of-22Christa-McAullifes-Eyes-Were-Blue22-Photo-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-ensemble-of-22Christa-McAullifes-Eyes-Were-Blue22-Photo-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-ensemble-of-22Christa-McAullifes-Eyes-Were-Blue22-Photo-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-ensemble-of-22Christa-McAullifes-Eyes-Were-Blue22-Photo-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-ensemble-of-22Christa-McAullifes-Eyes-Were-Blue22-Photo-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-ensemble-of-22Christa-McAullifes-Eyes-Were-Blue22-Photo-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>L to R: Cory Michael Smith, Lorena Martinez, Jovan Adepo, Giovanni Adams, Amaia Arana and Connor Paolo in “Christa McAuliffe’s Eyes Were Blue” (Courtesy of Center Theatre Group)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>PLAYS/READINGS: </strong><em><a href="https://www.centertheatregroup.org/digitalstage/videos/christa-mcauliffes-eyes-were-blue/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Christa McAuliffe’s Eyes Were Blue</a></em> – Center Theatre Group – Now – April 4th</p> <p>If you’ve seen the film <em>One Night in Miami</em>, you are familiar with the work of playwright Kemp Powers. He adapted his play for the Regina King-directed film now available on Amazon. (Earlier this week the film received two Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor – Leslie Odom, Jr. and Best Director for King). Kemp is also the co-director and co-writer of Pixar’s newest film, <em>Soul</em>.</p> <p><em>Christa McAuliffe’s Eyes Were Blue</em> tells the story of twin brothers who find life treats them very differently. One brother has to battle with racism because of his dark skin and the other can pass as white. The play takes place in two different settings: New York City in the 1980s when they were just boys and a Minnesota courthouse in 2006, by which time their lives have taken very different paths.</p> <p>This “produced reading” (meaning there are sets and costumes) stars Giovanni Adams, Jovan Adepo (<em>Fences</em>), Amaia Arana, Lorena Martinez (South Coast Rep’s <em>Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike</em>, Connor Paolo (<em>Business Doing Pleasure</em>), Adam J. Smith (<em>Taken 3</em>), Cory Michael Smith (<em>1985</em>), Larry Bates (<em>Big Little Lies</em>) and Justin Lawrence Barnes (<em>InterVallum</em>). It was directed by Jennifer Chang.</p> <p>Center Theatre Group subscribers and donors can access <em>Christa McAuliffe’s Eyes Were Blue</em> for free. There is a $10 streaming fee for all others.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jerry-Quickley-in-22Whistleblower22-Photo-by-Arturo-Bejar-Courtesy-Days-and-Nights-Festival-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13002" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jerry-Quickley-in-22Whistleblower22-Photo-by-Arturo-Bejar-Courtesy-Days-and-Nights-Festival-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jerry-Quickley-in-22Whistleblower22-Photo-by-Arturo-Bejar-Courtesy-Days-and-Nights-Festival-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jerry-Quickley-in-22Whistleblower22-Photo-by-Arturo-Bejar-Courtesy-Days-and-Nights-Festival-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jerry-Quickley-in-22Whistleblower22-Photo-by-Arturo-Bejar-Courtesy-Days-and-Nights-Festival-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jerry-Quickley-in-22Whistleblower22-Photo-by-Arturo-Bejar-Courtesy-Days-and-Nights-Festival-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jerry-Quickley-in-22Whistleblower22-Photo-by-Arturo-Bejar-Courtesy-Days-and-Nights-Festival-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jerry-Quickley-in-22Whistleblower22-Photo-by-Arturo-Bejar-Courtesy-Days-and-Nights-Festival-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jerry-Quickley-in-22Whistleblower22-Photo-by-Arturo-Bejar-Courtesy-Days-and-Nights-Festival.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Jerry Quickley in “Whistleblower” (Photo by Arturo Bejar/Courtesy Philip Glass’ Days and Nights Festival)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>MUSIC/DANCE FESTIVAL: </strong><em><a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/whistleblowerpoem" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Whistleblower</a> </em>– Philip Glass’ Days and Nights Festival<em> </em>– Now Available</p> <p>In a lead-up to their tenth annual <em>Days and Nights Festival</em> in Big Sur, they are holding a digital celebration beginning this week. Composer Philip Glass created the festival and many of his works will be available through at least May. Ten projects have been announced so far and the festival launches with a film of the 2017 performance of <em>Whistleblower</em>.</p> <p>Inspired by Edward Snowden’s leak of classified information, <em>Whistleblower</em> has music by Glass with concept and text by performance poet Jerry Quickley. Glass appears in this film. Also performing are Miranda Cuckson, Matt Haimovitz, David Harding, Tara Hugo, Lavina Meijer, Alex Weil and Alex Weston.</p> <p>Also debuting this weekend are <em><a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thepatternofthesurface" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Pattern of the Surface</a></em> from Molissa Fenley Dance Company in a performance also from 2017 and <em><a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/heartstringstibet" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Heart Strings</a></em>, a musical depiction of the Dalai Lama’s escape from Tibet created by Tenzin Choegyal and Glass.</p> <p>Tickets to watch each performance are $5. You can buy each for $20. The Festival is also offering discounts or comps for those who don’t have the ability to pay. You can submit a request for that <a href="https://www.philipglasscenterpresents.org/contact" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.<br> </p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Patrick-Page-in-22All-the-Devils-Are-Here22-Courtesy-Shakespeare-Theatre-Company-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13003" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Patrick-Page-in-22All-the-Devils-Are-Here22-Courtesy-Shakespeare-Theatre-Company-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Patrick-Page-in-22All-the-Devils-Are-Here22-Courtesy-Shakespeare-Theatre-Company-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Patrick-Page-in-22All-the-Devils-Are-Here22-Courtesy-Shakespeare-Theatre-Company-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Patrick-Page-in-22All-the-Devils-Are-Here22-Courtesy-Shakespeare-Theatre-Company-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Patrick-Page-in-22All-the-Devils-Are-Here22-Courtesy-Shakespeare-Theatre-Company-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Patrick-Page-in-22All-the-Devils-Are-Here22-Courtesy-Shakespeare-Theatre-Company-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Patrick-Page-in-22All-the-Devils-Are-Here22-Courtesy-Shakespeare-Theatre-Company-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Patrick-Page-in-22All-the-Devils-Are-Here22-Courtesy-Shakespeare-Theatre-Company.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Patrick Page in “All the Devils are Here” (Photo Courtesy Shakespeare Theatre Company)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>PLAYS: </strong><em><a href="https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/all-the-devils-are-here-how-shakespeare-invented-the-villain/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain</a></em> – Shakespeare Theatre Company – Now – February 7th</p> <p>Patrick Page may be best known for his menacing portrayals of some of the theatre’s great villains. He was Tony-nominated for his performance as Hades in <em>Hadestown</em>. He also appeared opposite Denzel Washington in a Broadway production of <em>Julius Caesar</em>, The Green Goblin in the ill-fated musical, <em>Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark</em> and as Scar in <em>The Lion King</em>.</p> <p>In this 80-minute film, the first-ever online production produced by Washington, D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, Page examines the many villains William Shakespeare created in his plays and how they progressed from simple stock characters in the playwright’s early works to fully-realized villains that set a new standard for the depiction of those characters we most love to hate. </p> <p>Page has played his share of Shakespeare’s characters with STC including Claudius in <em>Hamlet</em>, the title character in <em>Macbeth</em>, Iago in <em>Othello</em> and Prospero in <em>The Tempest</em>.</p> <p>Page wrote the script for <em>All the Devils are Here</em>. I’ve seen Page in multiple shows and can assure you that this is a perfect pairing of actor and material. And his voice…if you haven’t heard it (no doubt you have, even if you aren’t aware), you’re in for a real treat with his take on Shakespeare’s bad guys.</p> <p>Tickets are $25</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-Quartet-Photo-by-Sarah-Gardner-Courtesy-Jupiter-Quartet-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13004" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-Quartet-Photo-by-Sarah-Gardner-Courtesy-Jupiter-Quartet-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-Quartet-Photo-by-Sarah-Gardner-Courtesy-Jupiter-Quartet-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-Quartet-Photo-by-Sarah-Gardner-Courtesy-Jupiter-Quartet-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-Quartet-Photo-by-Sarah-Gardner-Courtesy-Jupiter-Quartet-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-Quartet-Photo-by-Sarah-Gardner-Courtesy-Jupiter-Quartet-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-Quartet-Photo-by-Sarah-Gardner-Courtesy-Jupiter-Quartet-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-Quartet-Photo-by-Sarah-Gardner-Courtesy-Jupiter-Quartet-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jupiter-Quartet-Photo-by-Sarah-Gardner-Courtesy-Jupiter-Quartet.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Jupiter String Quartet (Photo by Sarah Gardner/Courtesy Jupiter String Quartet)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>CLASSICAL MUSIC: </strong><em><a href="https://krannertcenter.com/events/reflection-and-renewal-jupiter-string-quartet" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jupiter String Quartet</a> – </em>Kranner Center for the Performing Arts – February 5th – 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST</p> <p>Violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel and cellist Daniel McDonough make up the classical music ensemble known as Jupiter String Quartet. It’s a family affair. Liz is Meg’s older sister and Daniel is Meg’s husband. This family, however, makes beautiful music together. </p> <p>On Friday, February 5th they are releasing a new album with Jasper String Quartet that features works by Felix Mendelssohn, the world premiere recording of a work by Dan Visconti and <em>Last Round</em> by Osvaldo Golijov on Marquis Classics.</p> <p>That same day they launch the first of four digital concerts in collaboration with the Kranner Center for the Performing Arts under the title <em>Reflection and Renewal</em>.</p> <p>Each performance becomes available at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST and is free to stream.</p> <p>This week’s first concert features Beethoven’s <em>String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”</em> and Kati Agócs’ <em>Imprimatur</em> (her second string quartet). <em>Imprimatur</em> was commissioned by The Aspen Music Festival and School, Harvard Musical Association, and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.</p> <p>The link takes you to the full line-up which will include works by William Bolcom, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Schubert.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lucio-Gallo-in-22Gianni-Schicchi22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-©The-Royal-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13005" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lucio-Gallo-in-22Gianni-Schicchi22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-©The-Royal-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lucio-Gallo-in-22Gianni-Schicchi22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-©The-Royal-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lucio-Gallo-in-22Gianni-Schicchi22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-©The-Royal-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lucio-Gallo-in-22Gianni-Schicchi22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-©The-Royal-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lucio-Gallo-in-22Gianni-Schicchi22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-©The-Royal-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lucio-Gallo-in-22Gianni-Schicchi22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-©The-Royal-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lucio-Gallo-in-22Gianni-Schicchi22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-©The-Royal-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lucio-Gallo-in-22Gianni-Schicchi22-Photo-by-Bill-Cooper-©The-Royal-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Lucio Gallo in “Gianni Schicchi” (Photo by Bill Cooper/ ©Royal Opera House) </figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>OPERA: </strong><em><a href="https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/il-trittico-by-richard-jones-2011-details" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Il trittico</a></em> – Royal Opera House – Debuts February 5th – 2:00 PM EST/11:00 AM PST</p> <p>This weekend the Royal Opera House begins streaming (through March 7th) their 2011 production of Giacomo Puccini’s <em>Il trittico</em>. </p> <p><em>Il trittico</em> is a trilogy of one-act operas. The three operas are <em>Il tabarro</em>, <em>Suor Angelica</em> and <em>Gianni Schicchi</em>. The latter is the best-known of the three as it is the most commonly performed.</p> <p>Jealousy and murder are on tap in <em>Il tabarro</em> involving the love triangle of Michele (Lucio Gallo), his wife Giorgetta (Eva-Maria Westbroek) and her lover Luigi.</p> <p><em>Suor Angelica</em> is the dramatic story of a nun (Ermonela Jaho) dealing with loss.</p> <p><em>Gianni Schicchi</em> (Gallo) depicts what happens when someone dies and the will goes missing. And you think your relatives were difficult?</p> <p>Richard Jones directed this 2016 production (a revival of his 2011 production) and Antonio Pappano conducted.</p> <p>Tickets are £3 which equates to roughly $4.10 (as of press time).</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Michael-R.-Jackson-Courtesy-TCG-Books-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13006" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Michael-R.-Jackson-Courtesy-TCG-Books-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Michael-R.-Jackson-Courtesy-TCG-Books-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Michael-R.-Jackson-Courtesy-TCG-Books-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Michael-R.-Jackson-Courtesy-TCG-Books-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Michael-R.-Jackson-Courtesy-TCG-Books-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Michael-R.-Jackson-Courtesy-TCG-Books-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Michael-R.-Jackson-Courtesy-TCG-Books-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Michael-R.-Jackson-Courtesy-TCG-Books.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Playwright Michael R. Jackson (Photo courtesy TCG Books)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>PLAYS/CONVERSATION: </strong><em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/164974681796903/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TCG Books’ First Friday with Michael R. Jackson</a></em> – February 5th – 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST</p> <p>This year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama went to playwright Michael R. Jackson for his musical<em> A Strange Loop</em>. TCG Books, a publisher who releases plays and musicals in book form, is hosting a conversation with Jackson on the occasion of their publishing <em>A Strange Loop</em>.</p> <p>The leader character in <em>A Strange Loop</em>, Usher, offers perhaps the most succinct description of the show. “It’s about a black, queer man writing a musical about a black, queer man who’s writing a musical about a black queer man who’s writing a musical about a black queer man, etc.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Trailer: A Strange Loop" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r4hWaHg6b98?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Jackson told the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times</span> in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/theater/michael-r-jackson-strange-loop.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a 2019 interview</a> about his experience seeing Brian Dennehy in a production of <em>Death of a Salesman</em>. As a black, gay, young man he felt innate sadness and that Arthur Miller’s play revealed that in “America you’re worth more dead than alive.” But he also asked himself the question that would lead to <em>A Strange Loop</em>.</p> <p>“What if I can make an old white man empathize with what it might be like to be a young, black, gay man and suffer — and not because he’s being killed by the police or destroyed in some way like that, but it’s actually an emotional journey from the inside?”</p> <p>This conversation will take place on TCG’s Facebook Page. Those interested in buying the book can purchase it <a href="https://shop.aer.io/tcg/p/Strange_Loop/9781559369930-9511?collection=New_from_TCG_Books/218378" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Christian-McBrides-New-Jawn-Photo-by-Anna-Webber-Courtesy-Mack-Avenue-Records-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13007" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Christian-McBrides-New-Jawn-Photo-by-Anna-Webber-Courtesy-Mack-Avenue-Records-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Christian-McBrides-New-Jawn-Photo-by-Anna-Webber-Courtesy-Mack-Avenue-Records-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Christian-McBrides-New-Jawn-Photo-by-Anna-Webber-Courtesy-Mack-Avenue-Records-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Christian-McBrides-New-Jawn-Photo-by-Anna-Webber-Courtesy-Mack-Avenue-Records-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Christian-McBrides-New-Jawn-Photo-by-Anna-Webber-Courtesy-Mack-Avenue-Records-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Christian-McBrides-New-Jawn-Photo-by-Anna-Webber-Courtesy-Mack-Avenue-Records-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Christian-McBrides-New-Jawn-Photo-by-Anna-Webber-Courtesy-Mack-Avenue-Records-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Christian-McBrides-New-Jawn-Photo-by-Anna-Webber-Courtesy-Mack-Avenue-Records.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Christian McBride’s New Jawn (Photo by Anna Webber/Courtesy Mack Avenue Records)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>JAZZ: </strong><em><a href="https://www.sfjazz.org/watch/#info-open" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Christian McBride’s New </a></em><i><a href="https://www.sfjazz.org/watch/#info-open" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jaw</a></i><em><a href="https://www.sfjazz.org/watch/#info-open" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">n</a></em> – SFJAZZ – February 5th – 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST</p> <p>When jazz bassist Christian appeared at SFJAZZ in 2016 for this concert, he was certainly working out the material that ended up on his 2018 album <em>Christian McBride’s New Jawn</em>. The line-up on the album and this concert are the same: trumpeter Josh Evans, saxophonist Marcus Strickland, and drummer Nasheet Waits.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Christian McBride Performs Obsequious" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KW-zrlcSJYc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>By the time the album was released, McBride and his ensemble coalesced their work into a Grammy-nominated work that garnered this praise from <a href="https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/christian-mcbrides-new-jawn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hilary Brown</a> in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Downbeat Magazine</span>, “The word ‘jawn’— a fresh new phenomenon—is familiar argot to Christian McBride, a Philadelphia native. And when it comes to trailblazing new, cool jazz concepts in eponymous trios or big bands, the venerable bassist always delivers. Enter his latest jawn—a pianoless quartet, born of a New York scene that sates East Coast soul-seekers and purists alike. Christian McBride’s New Jawn faithfully salutes its forebears—Gerry Mulligan, Ornette Coleman and the like—but leave it to this next-gen assimilation of bandleaders to take musical liberties.”</p> <p>Hearing these four amazing musicians work on this material live well before putting it to vinyl is going to be a great way to launch your weekend.</p> <p>Tickets are $5 which allows for one month of <em>Fridays at Five</em> performances or $60 for a complete year of them.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tyshawn-Sorey-Courtesy-of-TyshawnSorey.com_-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13008" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tyshawn-Sorey-Courtesy-of-TyshawnSorey.com_-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tyshawn-Sorey-Courtesy-of-TyshawnSorey.com_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tyshawn-Sorey-Courtesy-of-TyshawnSorey.com_-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tyshawn-Sorey-Courtesy-of-TyshawnSorey.com_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tyshawn-Sorey-Courtesy-of-TyshawnSorey.com_-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tyshawn-Sorey-Courtesy-of-TyshawnSorey.com_-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tyshawn-Sorey-Courtesy-of-TyshawnSorey.com_-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tyshawn-Sorey-Courtesy-of-TyshawnSorey.com_.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Tyshawn Sorey (Courtesy TyshawnSorey.com)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">TOP PICK:</span></em> JAZZ: </strong><em><a href="https://villagevanguard.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tyshawn </a></em><i><a href="https://villagevanguard.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sor</a></i><em><a href="https://villagevanguard.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ey</a></em> – Village Vanguard – February 5th and 6th – 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST</p> <p>February is a busy month of drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey. Next week Opera Philadelphia will unveil the world premiere of his <em><a href="https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/2020-2021/save-the-boys/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Save the Boys</a>,</em> a composition written for and performed by countertenor <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/06/20/experiencing-love-happiness-with-john-holiday/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">John Holiday</a>. But before that happens, he’s taking to the stage at the Village Vanguard in New York.</p> <p>Sorey was recently profiled in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times Magazine</span> where writer <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/magazine/tyshawn-sorey.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adam Schatz </a>wrote, “Sorey who turned 40 over the summer, would be worth writing about for his drumming alone. The power, precision and inventiveness of his playing often draw comparisons with masters like Max Roach, Elvin Jones and Tony Williams. But Sorey refuses to play conventionally virtuosic drum solos — he prefers to play delicately and sparely, if at all — and he avoids being photographed with his sticks in the athletic poses that have defined the image of most jazz drummers. He is also a brilliant trombonist and pianist, and in the last few years he has become as arresting a figure in contemporary classical and experimental new music as he is in jazz..”</p> <p>Joining Sorey for these two performances are saxophonist Joe Lovano (who just released a new album, <em>Garden of Expression</em>, on ECM Records last week) and guitarist Bill Frisell.</p> <p>Tickets are $10 for each performance.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brandon-Jovanovich-in-22Lohengrin22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13009" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brandon-Jovanovich-in-22Lohengrin22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brandon-Jovanovich-in-22Lohengrin22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brandon-Jovanovich-in-22Lohengrin22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brandon-Jovanovich-in-22Lohengrin22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brandon-Jovanovich-in-22Lohengrin22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brandon-Jovanovich-in-22Lohengrin22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brandon-Jovanovich-in-22Lohengrin22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brandon-Jovanovich-in-22Lohengrin22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Brandon Jovanovich in “Lohengrin” (Photo by Cory Weaver/Courtesy San Francisco Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>OPERA: </strong><em><a href="https://sfopera.com/opera-is-on/streaming/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lohengrin</a></em> – San Francisco Opera – February 6th – February 7th </p> <p>Conducted by Nicola Luisotti; starring Brandon Jovanovich, Camilla Nylund, Petra Lang and Gerd Grochowski. This Daniel Slater production is from the 2012-2013 season. </p> <p>Richard Wagner’s <em>Lohengrin</em> had its world premiere in 1850 in Weimar. It is one of his few romantic operas.</p> <p>The setting is Antwerp in the 10th century. Elsa is accused by Friedrich von Telramund of killing her brother in an effort to prevent Telramund from assuming the dukedom. The dispute is to be resolved by combat. In an answer to her prays a mysterious knight named Lohengrin appears. He agrees to help Elsa as long as she never asks who he is or where is from. When Lohengrin defeats Telramund in battle, but spares his life, revenge is foremost on Telramund’s mind.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title=""Lohengrin" Moving Moment, featuring Brandon Jovanovich and Camilla Nylund" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HIWO2K9bfHw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Director Slater updated Wagner’s opera to take place in the mid-20th century in an unnamed Eastern European country.</p> <p><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/SF-Opera-s-Lohengrin-revitalizes-tale-3969615.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Joshua Kosman</a>, writing in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">SF Chronicle</span>, said of Jovanovich, “In his debut as the mysterious, nameless knight who shows up to defend Elsa of Brabant against the baseless charge of fratricide, Jovanovich combined sweet-toned lyricism and ardent heroism in just the proportions required by this tricky role. His singing was thrillingly pure and tireless, his stage presence simultaneously tender and aloof.”</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Anna-Netrebko-©Julian-Hargreaves-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13011" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Anna-Netrebko-©Julian-Hargreaves-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Anna-Netrebko-©Julian-Hargreaves-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Anna-Netrebko-©Julian-Hargreaves-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Anna-Netrebko-©Julian-Hargreaves-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Anna-Netrebko-©Julian-Hargreaves-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Anna-Netrebko-©Julian-Hargreaves-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Anna-Netrebko-©Julian-Hargreaves-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Anna-Netrebko-©Julian-Hargreaves-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Anna Netrebko (Photo by Julian Hargreaves/Courtesy Met Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>OPERA RECITAL: </strong><em><a href="https://metstarslive.brightcove-services.com/events/6168654223001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anna Netrebko</a> </em>– Met Stars Live in Concert – February 6th – 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST</p> <p>Soprano Anna Netrebko is arguably one of the biggest opera stars in the world. She will be performing a recital from Vienna’s Spanish Riding School with pianist Pavel Nebolsin on Saturday as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s Stars Live in Concert Series.</p> <p>The program is slated to include four works by Sergei Rachmaninoff; two by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; three by Richard Strauss; five by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky an one each by Frank Bridge, Gustave Charpentier, Claude Debussy, Antonín Dvořák, Gabriel Fauré, Ruggero Leoncavallo and Jacques Offenbach.</p> <p>During the recital Mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova will join Netrebko for two duets.</p> <p>Tickets are $20 and the performance will remain on demand for 14 days.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-22While-Yet-I-Live22-PHoto-by-James-Leynse-Courtesy-IOBDB.com_-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13012" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-22While-Yet-I-Live22-PHoto-by-James-Leynse-Courtesy-IOBDB.com_-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-22While-Yet-I-Live22-PHoto-by-James-Leynse-Courtesy-IOBDB.com_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-22While-Yet-I-Live22-PHoto-by-James-Leynse-Courtesy-IOBDB.com_-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-22While-Yet-I-Live22-PHoto-by-James-Leynse-Courtesy-IOBDB.com_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-22While-Yet-I-Live22-PHoto-by-James-Leynse-Courtesy-IOBDB.com_-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-22While-Yet-I-Live22-PHoto-by-James-Leynse-Courtesy-IOBDB.com_-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-22While-Yet-I-Live22-PHoto-by-James-Leynse-Courtesy-IOBDB.com_-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A-scene-from-22While-Yet-I-Live22-PHoto-by-James-Leynse-Courtesy-IOBDB.com_.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>A scene from “While Yet I Live” (Photo by James Leynse/Courtesy IOBDB.com)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>PLAYS: </strong><em><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/play-perview-while-i-yet-live-tickets-137058763451" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">While Yet I Live</a></em> – Play-Per-View – February 6th – February 10th</p> <p>Tony Award-winner Billy Porter’s semi-autobiographical play, <em>While Yet I Live</em>, had its world premiere in the fall of 2014. The cast was Lillias White (<em>The Life, Fela!</em>), Emmy Award winner S. Epatha Merkerson(<em>Come Back, Little Sheba</em>), Elain Graham (<em>Smash</em>), Sheria Irving (<em>Romeo & Juliet, Ethel Sings</em>), Kevyn Morrow (<em>Moulin Rouge! The Musical</em>), Sharon Washington (<em>The Scottsboro Boys</em>) and <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/12/03/all-eyes-are-on-playwright-larry-powell/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Larry Powell</a> <em>(The Gaze…No Homo</em>).</p> <p>They are all reuniting with director Sheryl Kaller (<em>Next Fall</em>, <em>Mothers and Sons</em>) to do a reunion reading of the play. The live reading takes place on February 6th at 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST. It will be available afterwards on demand through February 10th at 11:30 PM EST/8:30 PM PST.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Interview: Actor Bill Porter Talks 'While I Yet Live'" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vA6BWNJWFrQ?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>At the time of the production, Porter said, “This play is a love letter to my mother, my sister, and the women who raised me. Reflecting on my own life experience as a gay, black, Christian man, and survivor of abuse, I wanted to write a play that was about family, faith and the healing power of forgiveness, three things very necessary to move forward and make change in your life. Change is possible, but it takes patience.”</p> <p>Tickets for the live performance range from $5 – $50 based on your ability to pay. To watch the show afterwards, the price is $15. All proceeds will benefit the Actors Fund Covid-19 Emergency Relief Fund.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dance-Theatre-of-Harlem-in-22Passage22-Phobo-y-Brian-Callan-Couretsy-DTH-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13013" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dance-Theatre-of-Harlem-in-22Passage22-Phobo-y-Brian-Callan-Couretsy-DTH-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dance-Theatre-of-Harlem-in-22Passage22-Phobo-y-Brian-Callan-Couretsy-DTH-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dance-Theatre-of-Harlem-in-22Passage22-Phobo-y-Brian-Callan-Couretsy-DTH-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dance-Theatre-of-Harlem-in-22Passage22-Phobo-y-Brian-Callan-Couretsy-DTH-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dance-Theatre-of-Harlem-in-22Passage22-Phobo-y-Brian-Callan-Couretsy-DTH-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dance-Theatre-of-Harlem-in-22Passage22-Phobo-y-Brian-Callan-Couretsy-DTH-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dance-Theatre-of-Harlem-in-22Passage22-Phobo-y-Brian-Callan-Couretsy-DTH-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dance-Theatre-of-Harlem-in-22Passage22-Phobo-y-Brian-Callan-Couretsy-DTH.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Dance Theatre of Harlem Company in “Passage” (Photo by Brian Callan/Courtesy DTH)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>DANCE: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DanceTheaterofHarlem" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Passage</a> – Dance Theatre of Harlem YouTube Channel – February 6th – 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST</p> <p>Dance Theatre of Harlem launches a one-month Winter Series of virtual events and performances with <em>Passage</em> which begins streaming on the company’s YouTube Channel on Saturday, February 6th.</p> <p>Choreographer Claudia Schreier created <em>Passage</em> for a commission from the Virginia Arts Festival and the State of Virginia’s 2019 Commemoration. Their event recognized the 400th anniversary of the arrival of slaves from Africa to Virginia.</p> <p>Schreier told the <a href="https://cpa.psu.edu/features/interview-choreographer-claudia-schreier" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State</a> that <em>Passage</em>, “addresses themes of struggle and aspiration and reflects, in abstract, the fortitude of the human spirit and an enduring will to prevail. There are several images throughout the ballet that suggest descent or ascent, as well as the presence of water. The movement is borne out of this ebb and flow, much of which is drawn from Jessie’s sweeping score.”</p> <p>The Jessie is composer Jessie Montgomery. If her name sounds familiar, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has recently included her works in their <em>In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl</em> series. Her music will also be performed by the orchestra in their <em>Icons on Inspiration</em> concert on Saturday (see immediately below for details).</p> <p>On Friday, February 5th, Schreier and Montgomery will have a conversation on Dance Theatre of Harlem’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DanceTheaterofHarlem" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube</a> channel and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dancetheatreofharlem/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Facebook</a> page at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Icons-of-Inspiration-Courtesy-LA-Philharmonic-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13014" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Icons-of-Inspiration-Courtesy-LA-Philharmonic-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Icons-of-Inspiration-Courtesy-LA-Philharmonic-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Icons-of-Inspiration-Courtesy-LA-Philharmonic-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Icons-of-Inspiration-Courtesy-LA-Philharmonic-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Icons-of-Inspiration-Courtesy-LA-Philharmonic-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Icons-of-Inspiration-Courtesy-LA-Philharmonic-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Icons-of-Inspiration-Courtesy-LA-Philharmonic-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Icons-of-Inspiration-Courtesy-LA-Philharmonic.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></figure></div> <p><strong>CLASSICAL MUSIC: </strong><em><a href="https://www.laphil.com/support/icons-on-inspiration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Icons on Inspiration</a></em> – Los Angeles Philharmonic – February 6th – 9:00 PM EST/6:00 PM PST</p> <p>The Los Angeles Philharmonic has certainly figured out how to go big with their events during the pandemic. <em>Icons on Inspiration</em>, their gala on Saturday night is no exception. They have a starry line-up of artists and music lined-up.</p> <p>Lead by Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, their special guests are long-time Board member and Oscar-winner Julie Andrews, Oscar-winner Common, 13-time Grammy nominee Katy Perry, Oscar-winner Natalie Portman, soprano Liv Redpath, Colombian singer/songwriter and 2-time Grammy Award winner Carlos Vives and classical pianist and 4-time Grammy Award-nominee Yuja Wang.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="LA Phil Media Presents: Icons on Inspiration (Trailer)" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cJnuxi70QlI?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>The program will include Jessie Montgomery’s <em>Starburst</em>; Duke Ellington’s <em>Martin Luther King</em> from <em>The Three Black Kings</em> (arranged by <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/06/13/fire-shut-up-in-my-bones-terence-blanchards-second-opera/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terence Blanchard</a>); Tchaikovsky’s <em>Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato</em>; Stravinsky’s <em>Berceuse</em> from <em>The Firebird</em>; Arturo Márquez’s <em>Danzon No. 2</em>; Romero’s <em>Fuga can Pajarillo</em> and Mahler’s <em>Das himmlische Leben</em> (arranged by Erwin Stein).</p> <p>This event is a fundraiser, but you don’t have to make a donation to watch it (though donations are strongly encouraged). </p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="169" height="300" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Composer-Arnold-Schoenberg-Courtesy-New-York-Public-Library-Archives-1-169x300.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-13017" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Composer-Arnold-Schoenberg-Courtesy-New-York-Public-Library-Archives-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Composer-Arnold-Schoenberg-Courtesy-New-York-Public-Library-Archives-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Composer-Arnold-Schoenberg-Courtesy-New-York-Public-Library-Archives-1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Composer-Arnold-Schoenberg-Courtesy-New-York-Public-Library-Archives-1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Composer-Arnold-Schoenberg-Courtesy-New-York-Public-Library-Archives-1-696x1237.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Composer-Arnold-Schoenberg-Courtesy-New-York-Public-Library-Archives-1-1068x1899.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Composer-Arnold-Schoenberg-Courtesy-New-York-Public-Library-Archives-1-236x420.jpg 236w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Composer-Arnold-Schoenberg-Courtesy-New-York-Public-Library-Archives-1.jpg 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px" /><figcaption>Composer Arnold Schoenberg (Courtesy NYPL Archives)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>CLASSICAL MUSIC: </strong><em><a href="https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/schoenberg-bach/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Schoenberg & Bach</a></em> – Bard College’s The Orchestra Now – February 7th – 2:00 PM EST/11:00 AM PST</p> <p>Works by Bach, Lutoslawski, Carreño and Schoenberg are featured in Bard College’s TŌN (The Orchestra Now) first concert of their 2021 season. Leon Botstein leads the orchestra through performances of Bach’s <em>Brandenburg Concerto No. 3</em>; Lutoslawski’s <em>Funeral Music</em>; Carreño’s <em>Serenade for Strings</em> and closes with Schoenberg’s <em>Verklärte Nacht</em> (Transfigured Night).</p> <p>There is no fee to watch the concert (scheduled to run approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes); however reservations are required. Donations, of course, are accepted with a suggested donation of $15-$35.</p> <p>Those are my official Best Bets: February 5th – February 7th, but you know I’ll always offer a few reminders of shows that might be ending, or only have one upcoming airdate. Here they are:</p> <p><strong>MUSICALS: </strong>This is your last weekend to catch <em><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/01/14/you-i-like-a-musical-celebration-of-jerry-herman/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">You I Like</a></em> the loving tribute to Jerry Herman from the Pasadena Playhouse. Fans of musical theatre – do not miss it! For more information about this show, check out my interview with creator Andy Einhorn <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/01/19/its-jerry-herman-that-andy-einhorn-likes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p><strong>CLASSICAL MUSIC/POP MUSIC: </strong>For the second week in a row, there are back-to-back episodes of <em><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/01/13/now-you-can-see-in-concert-at-the-hollywood-bowl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl</a></em> on PBS stations nationwide. The two episodes are <em>Fireworks</em> and <em>Gustavo and Friends</em>. Check your local listings</p> <p><strong>OPERA: </strong>The first week of <em><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/01/black-history-month-part-i-week-47-at-the-met/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Black History Month</a></em> at the Metropolitan Opera concludes this weekend with performances of Mozart’s <em>Le Nozze di Figaro</em> from the 1985-1986 season on Friday; Strauss’ <em>Ariadne auf Naxos</em> from the 1987-1988 season on Saturday and the 1978-1979 production of Puccini’s <em>Tosca</em> on Sunday.</p> <p>That should keep you busy this weekend. Whatever you choose to watch from amongst my Best Bets: February 5th – February 7th, I hope you enjoy yourselves!</p> <p>Photo: Tyshawn Sorey (Courtesy TyshawnSorey.com)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/04/best-bets-february-5th-february-7th/">Best Bets: February 5th – February 7th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2021/02/04/best-bets-february-5th-february-7th/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Best Bets: January 22nd – January 24th</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2021/01/22/best-bets-january-22nd-january-24th/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2021/01/22/best-bets-january-22nd-january-24th/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:52:55 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Classical: Metronome]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Come to the Cabaret]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dance: At the Barre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jazz in 5/4 Time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera: Bravo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Play's The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[What's Hot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A Tribute to Alan and Marilyn Bergman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aisling O'Sullivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Allison Tanney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Andrew Barth Feldman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Audra McDonald]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bebe Neuwirth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Billy Stritch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birdland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brian Blade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Camille Saint-Saëns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Catherine Russell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cathy Belton]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Celia Keenan-Bolger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chita Rivera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christine Ebersole]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Clifton Forbis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Danilo Perez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Lindsay-Abaire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David T. Little]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Derbhle Crotty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elvis Costello]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Felix Mendelssohn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fridays at Five]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Balanchine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[James Darrah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jane Monheit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jawan M. Jackson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jeff Daniels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jim Caruso]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Patitucci]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Johnathan McCullough]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Karen Mason]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kurt Elling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lauren Molina]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leslie Odom Jr.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lillias White]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mandy Gonzalez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mandy Patinkin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Manhattan Transfer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marilyn Maye]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mark O'Rowe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mary Testa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matthew Broderick]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Met Stars Live in Concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicholas Joël]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Norm Lewis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Olga Borodina]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera Philadelphia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Panama Jazz Festival]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Patrick Summers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Piotr Beczala]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Project Arts Centre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rabbit Hole]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Randy Rainbow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Roberto Delgado Salsa Big Band]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron Carter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rubén Blades]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Samson et Dalila]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco Ballet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Save Birdland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SF Jazz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sheléa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Soldier Songs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sondra Radvanovsky]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephanie J. Block]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terence Blanchard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Actors Fund]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Approach]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Reading Series]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Sorting Room]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wayne Shorter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wayne Shorter Quartet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wendell Pierce]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Whoopi Goldberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Shakespeare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wynton Marsalis]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=12734</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Eleven options for you this weekend with an all-star virtual concert topping the list.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/01/22/best-bets-january-22nd-january-24th/">Best Bets: January 22nd – January 24th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>When I review this week’s Best Bets: January 22nd – January 24th, I am reminded of the adage something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Each of my eleven picks can fit nicely into one or more of those descriptions. How they fit or where, I’ll leave up to you.</p> <p>My top pick this weekend sadly fits into something blue. New York’s legendary Birdland is struggling to stay open under the weight of the pandemic. They have assembled a massive line-up of talent for their virtual concert event on Sunday. Though it is our last listing, it definitely heads our list.</p> <p>Here are my Best Bets: January 22nd – January 24th:</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sasha-De-Sola-and-Lucas-Erni-in-22A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream22-Photo-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Ballet-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12745" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sasha-De-Sola-and-Lucas-Erni-in-22A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream22-Photo-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Ballet-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sasha-De-Sola-and-Lucas-Erni-in-22A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream22-Photo-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Ballet-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sasha-De-Sola-and-Lucas-Erni-in-22A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream22-Photo-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Ballet-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sasha-De-Sola-and-Lucas-Erni-in-22A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream22-Photo-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Ballet-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sasha-De-Sola-and-Lucas-Erni-in-22A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream22-Photo-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Ballet-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sasha-De-Sola-and-Lucas-Erni-in-22A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream22-Photo-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Ballet-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sasha-De-Sola-and-Lucas-Erni-in-22A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream22-Photo-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Ballet-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sasha-De-Sola-and-Lucas-Erni-in-22A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream22-Photo-©Erik-Tomasson-Courtesy-San-Francisco-Ballet.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Sasha De Sola and Lucas Erni in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Photo © Erik Tomasson/Courtesy San Francisco Ballet)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>BALLET: </strong><em><a href="https://www.sfballet.org/productions/digital-program-01/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Midsummer Night’s Dream</a></em> – San Francisco Ballet – Now – February 10th</p> <p>William Shakespeare’s play (1595/1596) served as inspiration for composer Felix Mendelssohn (1826 & 1842) and then choreographer George Balanchine (1962) who created the ballet that is now being streamed by San Francisco Ballet.</p> <p>The ballet company first performed the work in 1985. The production being streamed is from last year. This is the same production that gave one performance before the pandemic closed theaters.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="SF Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Trailer" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OWzi3xYYal0?start=2&feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Fans of the play be advised, this is not a strict adaptation of Shakespeare’s writing. The first act is very loyal to his story, but the second act is fully focused on a wedding ceremony. </p> <p>Performing in this production are Julia Rowe as the Lead Butterfly; Cavan Conley as Puck; Esteban Hernandez as Oberon; Sasha De Sola as Titania; Sasha Mukhamedov as Hippolyta with Frances Chung and Ulrik Birkkjaer performing the Pas de Deux. </p> <p>Tickets are $29 for 72 hours of access. You can also sign up for their 2021 Digital Season for $289 which will allow streaming of all content with access to subscription only bonus features.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Catherine-Russell-Courtesy-CatherineRussell.net_-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12746" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Catherine-Russell-Courtesy-CatherineRussell.net_-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Catherine-Russell-Courtesy-CatherineRussell.net_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Catherine-Russell-Courtesy-CatherineRussell.net_-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Catherine-Russell-Courtesy-CatherineRussell.net_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Catherine-Russell-Courtesy-CatherineRussell.net_-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Catherine-Russell-Courtesy-CatherineRussell.net_-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Catherine-Russell-Courtesy-CatherineRussell.net_-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Catherine-Russell-Courtesy-CatherineRussell.net_.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Catherine Russell (Courtesy CatherineRussell.net)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>JAZZ: </strong><a href="https://www.sfjazz.org/watch/#info-open" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Catherine Russell</a> – SF JAZZ – January 22nd – 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST</p> <p>This weekend’s concert in the <em>Fridays at Five</em> series from SFJAZZ features vocalist Catherine Russell. You may remember <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/02/20/catherine-russell-loves-singing-jazz/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">I interviewed her last February</a> when she was touring behind her album, <em>Alone Together</em>. Her appearance at SFJAZZ comes from September 2019 and was part of the same tour.</p> <p>In addition to her career as a jazz vocalist, Russell has performed rock ‘n’ roll with numerous stars notably David Bowie.</p> <p>You will need either a one month digital membership with SFJAZZ ($5) or an annual digital membership ($60) to watch the concert.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-Scene-from-Soldier-Songs-Photo-courtesy-Opera-Philadelphia-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12747" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-Scene-from-Soldier-Songs-Photo-courtesy-Opera-Philadelphia-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-Scene-from-Soldier-Songs-Photo-courtesy-Opera-Philadelphia-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-Scene-from-Soldier-Songs-Photo-courtesy-Opera-Philadelphia-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-Scene-from-Soldier-Songs-Photo-courtesy-Opera-Philadelphia-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-Scene-from-Soldier-Songs-Photo-courtesy-Opera-Philadelphia-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-Scene-from-Soldier-Songs-Photo-courtesy-Opera-Philadelphia-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-Scene-from-Soldier-Songs-Photo-courtesy-Opera-Philadelphia-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A-Scene-from-Soldier-Songs-Photo-courtesy-Opera-Philadelphia.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>A scene from “Soldier Songs” (Courtesy Opera Philadelphia)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>OPERA: </strong><em><a href="https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/2020-2021/soldier-songs/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Soldier Songs</a> </em>– Opera Philadelphia – Now Available</p> <p>Composer David T. Little interviewed multiple soldiers for <em>Soldier Songs</em>, a 60-minute work for baritone and amplified musicians he composed in 2006. Johnathan McCullough performs and directs this new film for Opera Philadelphia. This is a powerful work made even more powerful by this film which was written and produced by <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/01/21/james-darrah-director-designer-disruptor/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Darrah</a>.</p> <p>I’ve seen <em>Soldier Songs</em> performed live and I’ve seen this film. If you want to be moved and challenged, I strongly urge you to check this out. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Opera Philadelphia Channel | Soldier Songs" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cnlRBZkcJJo?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Single tickets to stream the film are $25. You can also join Opera Philadelphia Channel for $99 for one year’s access to all currently available and upcoming programming.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Danilo-Perez-Wayne-Shorter-Brian-Blade-and-John-Patitucci-perform-at-the-Panama-Jazz-Festival-in-Panama-City.-Photo-Courtesy-Panama-Jazz-Festival-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12748" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Danilo-Perez-Wayne-Shorter-Brian-Blade-and-John-Patitucci-perform-at-the-Panama-Jazz-Festival-in-Panama-City.-Photo-Courtesy-Panama-Jazz-Festival-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Danilo-Perez-Wayne-Shorter-Brian-Blade-and-John-Patitucci-perform-at-the-Panama-Jazz-Festival-in-Panama-City.-Photo-Courtesy-Panama-Jazz-Festival-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Danilo-Perez-Wayne-Shorter-Brian-Blade-and-John-Patitucci-perform-at-the-Panama-Jazz-Festival-in-Panama-City.-Photo-Courtesy-Panama-Jazz-Festival-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Danilo-Perez-Wayne-Shorter-Brian-Blade-and-John-Patitucci-perform-at-the-Panama-Jazz-Festival-in-Panama-City.-Photo-Courtesy-Panama-Jazz-Festival-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Danilo-Perez-Wayne-Shorter-Brian-Blade-and-John-Patitucci-perform-at-the-Panama-Jazz-Festival-in-Panama-City.-Photo-Courtesy-Panama-Jazz-Festival-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Danilo-Perez-Wayne-Shorter-Brian-Blade-and-John-Patitucci-perform-at-the-Panama-Jazz-Festival-in-Panama-City.-Photo-Courtesy-Panama-Jazz-Festival-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Danilo-Perez-Wayne-Shorter-Brian-Blade-and-John-Patitucci-perform-at-the-Panama-Jazz-Festival-in-Panama-City.-Photo-Courtesy-Panama-Jazz-Festival-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Danilo-Perez-Wayne-Shorter-Brian-Blade-and-John-Patitucci-perform-at-the-Panama-Jazz-Festival-in-Panama-City.-Photo-Courtesy-Panama-Jazz-Festival.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Danilo Pérez, Wayne Shorter, Brian Blade and John Patitucci perform at the Panama Jazz Festival in Panama City. (Photo: Courtesy Panama Jazz Festival)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>JAZZ:</strong> <a href="https://tienda.panamajazzfestival.com/en/producto/gala-con-el-cuarteto-de-wayne-shorter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Wayne Shorter Quartet 18th Anniversary Concert</em> </a>– Panama Jazz Festival – January 22nd – 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST</p> <p>The closing weekend of the Panama Jazz Festival has two concerts well worth watching. The first comes from 2018 and features the Wayne Shorter Quartet: saxophone legend Shorter, guitarist John Patitucci, percussionist Brian Blade and pianist Danilo Pérez. Health issues have forced Shorter to stop performing, therefore this is a great opportunity to see him with his band. There is a minimum $5 donation required to watch the concert.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sondra-Radvanovsky-©Michael-Cooper-Courtesy-Met-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12749" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sondra-Radvanovsky-©Michael-Cooper-Courtesy-Met-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sondra-Radvanovsky-©Michael-Cooper-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sondra-Radvanovsky-©Michael-Cooper-Courtesy-Met-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sondra-Radvanovsky-©Michael-Cooper-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sondra-Radvanovsky-©Michael-Cooper-Courtesy-Met-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sondra-Radvanovsky-©Michael-Cooper-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sondra-Radvanovsky-©Michael-Cooper-Courtesy-Met-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sondra-Radvanovsky-©Michael-Cooper-Courtesy-Met-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Sondra Radvanovsky (Photo ©Michael Cooper/Courtesy Met Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>OPERA: </strong><em><a href="https://metstarslive.brightcove-services.com/events/6168651046001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała</a></em>– Męt Stars Live in Concert – January 23rd – 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST</p> <p>If you’re a regular follow of the Metropolitan Opera’s weekly streaming productions, the names Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczala are certainly familiar. Just this week alone they appeared in productions of <em>Norma</em> (Radvanovsky) and <em>Lucia di Lammermoor</em> (Beczala).</p> <p>They are teaming up for this weekend’s Met Stars Live in Concert which will be coming from Germany’s Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal with Vincenzo Scalera accompanying on piano.</p> <p>Italian opera figures prominently in the program which is scheduled to include selections from Verdi’s <em>La Forza del Destino</em>, <em>Luisa Miller</em> and <em>Un Ballo in Maschera</em>; Giordano’s <em>Andrea Chénier</em>; Puccini’s <em>Manon Lescaut</em> and Mascagni’s <em>Cavalleria Rusticana</em>. Also on the program are selections by Cilea and Moniuszko before concluding with three arias from Dvořák’s <em>Rusalka</em>.</p> <p>Tickets are $20 and the concert will remain available for streaming for 14 days.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Approach-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12750" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Approach-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Approach-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Approach-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Approach-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Approach-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Approach-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Approach-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Approach.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>“The Approach”</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>PLAY:</strong> <em><a href="https://projectartscentre.ie/event/the-approach-by-mark-orowe/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Approach</a></em> – Project Arts Centre, Dublin – January 23rd – January 24th</p> <p>Cathy Belton, Derbhle Crotty & Aisling O’Sullivan star in this play by Mark O’Rowe which explores the mysteries of humans as seen through the eyes of three women whose personal relationships and the complications therein reveal, gradually, the interconnectedness of them all.</p> <p>Critics have raved about this production.</p> <p>Projects Arts Center in Dublin is making live performances available for viewing this weekend. That means, they will only be streamed once at the scheduled times. The play runs 60-70 minutes. There will be a 30-minute post-performance conversation after Saturday’s show. </p> <p>On demand tickets will be available for one week after the conclusion of the last live performance.</p> <p>Saturday’s performance is at 2:15 PM EST/ 11:15 AM PST. Sunday’s performance as at 3:45 PM EST/12:45 PM PST. Tickets range from £15-£50 based on your ability to pay. ($20.51 – $68.36 at press time)</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/San-Francisco-Operas-22Samson-and-Delilah22-Photo-by-Terrence-McCarthy-Courtesy-SFO-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12751" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/San-Francisco-Operas-22Samson-and-Delilah22-Photo-by-Terrence-McCarthy-Courtesy-SFO-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/San-Francisco-Operas-22Samson-and-Delilah22-Photo-by-Terrence-McCarthy-Courtesy-SFO-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/San-Francisco-Operas-22Samson-and-Delilah22-Photo-by-Terrence-McCarthy-Courtesy-SFO-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/San-Francisco-Operas-22Samson-and-Delilah22-Photo-by-Terrence-McCarthy-Courtesy-SFO-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/San-Francisco-Operas-22Samson-and-Delilah22-Photo-by-Terrence-McCarthy-Courtesy-SFO-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/San-Francisco-Operas-22Samson-and-Delilah22-Photo-by-Terrence-McCarthy-Courtesy-SFO-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/San-Francisco-Operas-22Samson-and-Delilah22-Photo-by-Terrence-McCarthy-Courtesy-SFO-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/San-Francisco-Operas-22Samson-and-Delilah22-Photo-by-Terrence-McCarthy-Courtesy-SFO.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>San Francisco Opera’s “Samson and Delilah” (Photo by Terrence McCarthy/Courtesy SF Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>OPERA: </strong><i><a href="https://sfopera.com/opera-is-on/streaming/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Samson and Delilah</a></i><em> </em>– San Francisco Opera – January 23rd – January 24th</p> <p>Conducted by Patrick Summers; starring Olga Borodina and Clifton Forbis. This revival of the Nicholas Joël production is from the 2007-2008 season.</p> <p>The biblical tale of Samson and Delilah serves as the inspiration for Saint-Saëns’s opera. With a libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire, <em>Samson et Dalila</em> had its world premiere in Weimar in 1877. </p> <p>Franz Liszt, who previously served as the Music Director at Weimar, was instrumental in getting the opera its world premiere.</p> <p>When the governor of the Philistines, Abimelech, belittles the Hebrews into believing that they are helpless to his power and that of the temple of Dagon. Everyone believes him except Samson, who leads a rebellion against Abimelech and kills him. He meets Dalila who tells Samson that his accomplishments have wooed her and that she’s in love with him. Though others try to warn him about Dalila, he succumbs to her charms. But is she truly in love with Samson or does she have other ideas in mind?</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Samson and Delilah Selected Scenes" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nN_fPjf3lbs?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Review-Olga-Borodina-tempting-in-S-F-Opera-s-2541887.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Joshua Kosman</a>, writing in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">San Francisco Chronicle</span>, raved about Borodina’s performance. “Her tone was lithe and lustrous, with a sinewy strength that cut easily through the orchestral texture. She shaped melodic phrases into intricately expressive form, concealing their focus and clarity behind a deceptively casual air. And she did it all without sacrificing any of the character’s alluring ease.”</p> <p>There is no charge to watch <em>Samson and Delilah</em>. It will only be available beginning Saturday at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST through Sunday at 11:59 PM PST.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="169" height="300" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Playwright-David-Lindsay-Abaire-Courtesy-MTI-Shows-169x300.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12752" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Playwright-David-Lindsay-Abaire-Courtesy-MTI-Shows-169x300.jpg 169w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Playwright-David-Lindsay-Abaire-Courtesy-MTI-Shows-576x1024.jpg 576w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Playwright-David-Lindsay-Abaire-Courtesy-MTI-Shows-768x1365.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Playwright-David-Lindsay-Abaire-Courtesy-MTI-Shows-864x1536.jpg 864w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Playwright-David-Lindsay-Abaire-Courtesy-MTI-Shows-696x1237.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Playwright-David-Lindsay-Abaire-Courtesy-MTI-Shows-1068x1899.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Playwright-David-Lindsay-Abaire-Courtesy-MTI-Shows-236x420.jpg 236w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Playwright-David-Lindsay-Abaire-Courtesy-MTI-Shows.jpg 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px" /><figcaption>Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire (Courtesy MTI Shows)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>PLAY READING:</strong><em> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQhSX3vxv1A&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rabbit Hole</a></em> – The Reading Series – January 23rd – 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST</p> <p>David Lindsay-Abaire’s <em>Rabbit Hole</em> was the recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Grief has overcome a family and as they try to navigate their loss, the person who caused this torment enters their lives.</p> <p>The Reading Series is presenting a live reading of the play with Tony Award-winner Celia Keenan-Bolger (<em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>) in the role of the mother, Becca. Jawan M. Jackson is reading the role of her husband, Howie. Lauren Molina reads the role of Izzy, Becca’s sister. Mary Testa reads the role of Nat, Becca and Izzy’s mother. Andrew Barth Feldman reads the role of Jason, the source of the family’s grief. Allison Tanney directs.</p> <p>There is no charge to watch this reading; however donations to The Actors Fund are encouraged.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ruben-Blades-Courtesy-his-Facebook-Page-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12753" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ruben-Blades-Courtesy-his-Facebook-Page-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ruben-Blades-Courtesy-his-Facebook-Page-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ruben-Blades-Courtesy-his-Facebook-Page-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ruben-Blades-Courtesy-his-Facebook-Page-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ruben-Blades-Courtesy-his-Facebook-Page-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ruben-Blades-Courtesy-his-Facebook-Page-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ruben-Blades-Courtesy-his-Facebook-Page-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ruben-Blades-Courtesy-his-Facebook-Page.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Rubén Blades (Courtesy his Facebook Page)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>JAZZ:</strong><em> <a href="https://panamajazzfestival.com/en/schedule-2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rubén Blades with the Roberto Delgado Salsa Big Band</a></em> – Panama Jazz Festival – January 23rd – 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST</p> <p>The final concert of the Panama Jazz Festival this year is this 2018 performance from the San Sebastian Jazz Festival. With 37 albums so far, Bladés long established himself as one of the foremost performers and songwriters of salsa and Latin jazz.</p> <p>Delgado’s band is from Panama and has two Grammy Awards. He and Blades collaborated on 2017’s <em>Salsa Big Band</em> album and 2015’s <em>Son de Panama</em>.</p> <p>If you don’t want to sit still on Saturday night, this is your best option. Plus there’s no charge to watch the concert.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Shelea-Photo-by-Christopher-Polk-Getty-Images-Courtesy-of-Recording-Academy-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12754" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Shelea-Photo-by-Christopher-Polk-Getty-Images-Courtesy-of-Recording-Academy-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Shelea-Photo-by-Christopher-Polk-Getty-Images-Courtesy-of-Recording-Academy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Shelea-Photo-by-Christopher-Polk-Getty-Images-Courtesy-of-Recording-Academy-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Shelea-Photo-by-Christopher-Polk-Getty-Images-Courtesy-of-Recording-Academy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Shelea-Photo-by-Christopher-Polk-Getty-Images-Courtesy-of-Recording-Academy-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Shelea-Photo-by-Christopher-Polk-Getty-Images-Courtesy-of-Recording-Academy-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Shelea-Photo-by-Christopher-Polk-Getty-Images-Courtesy-of-Recording-Academy-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Shelea-Photo-by-Christopher-Polk-Getty-Images-Courtesy-of-Recording-Academy.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Sheléa (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images/Courtesy of Recording Academy)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong>CABARET: </strong><em><a href="https://thewallis.org/Shelea" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sheléa: A Tribute to Alan and Marilyn Bergman</a></em><strong> </strong>– The Sorting Room at The Wallis – January 23rd</p> <p>If you know the songs <em>The Summer Knows</em>, <em>The Way We Were</em>, <em>The Windmills of Your Mind</em> (and if you haven’t heard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl8fKAYQuPk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dusty Springfield’s version</a> of that song, do so now!) and <em>You Don’t Bring Me Flowers</em>, then you know just a fraction of the songs written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Together they have three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards and two Grammy Awards. </p> <p>Singer Sheléa will be performing a tribute to the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame inductees in this program from The Sorting Room at The Wallis. In 2019 she released the album <em>Pretty World</em>, which featured the duo’s songs. Amongst the guests on that album are Stevie Wonder and Kirk Whalum. She’s also been mentored by Quincy Jones, who produced her PBS concert special.</p> <p>Tickets to watch the performance are $25.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Birdland-Exterior-Courtesy-Birdlands-Facebook-page-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12755" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Birdland-Exterior-Courtesy-Birdlands-Facebook-page-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Birdland-Exterior-Courtesy-Birdlands-Facebook-page-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Birdland-Exterior-Courtesy-Birdlands-Facebook-page-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Birdland-Exterior-Courtesy-Birdlands-Facebook-page-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Birdland-Exterior-Courtesy-Birdlands-Facebook-page-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Birdland-Exterior-Courtesy-Birdlands-Facebook-page-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Birdland-Exterior-Courtesy-Birdlands-Facebook-page-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Birdland-Exterior-Courtesy-Birdlands-Facebook-page.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Birdland (Photo courtesy Birdland’s Facebook Page)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">TOP PICK:</span></em> JAZZ/CABARET: </strong><a href="https://www.savebirdland.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Save Birdland</em> </a>– January 24th – 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST</p> <p>New York’s <em>Birdland</em> serves as a home for jazz musicians and vocalists, Broadway stars and fans of both. It’s existence, like so many others, is threatened by the pandemic. Birdland is one of my personal favorite places to visit whenever I’m in New York. </p> <p>This Sunday a telethon and virtual concert will take place to raise money for them.</p> <p>This isn’t just any run-of-the-mill club, so it is only fitting that they have a stellar line-up of participants and performers for the event on Sunday: Monty Alexander, Lucie Arnaz, Iain Armitage, Kenneth Ascher, Colleen Ballinger, Erich Bergen, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/06/05/terence-blanchard-from-jazz-to-opera-in-one-week/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terence Blanchard</a>, Stephanie J Block, Matthew Broderick, Scott Bradlee, Brenda Braxton, Ken Burns, Gunhild Carling & Her Darlings, Ron Carter, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/05/23/jim-carusos-wish-list-cast-party-la/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jim Caruso</a>, Peter Cincotti, Emmett Cohen Trio, George Coleman, Ravi Coltrane, Elvis Costello, Jeff Daniels, Clive Davis, Diana DeGarmo, Aisha De Haas, Natalie Douglas, Michelle Dowdy, Christine Ebersole, Kurt Elling, Kevin Eubanks, Giancarlo Esposito, Whoopi Goldberg, Mandy Gonzalez, Tim Guinne, Amanda Green, Julie Halston, John Heginbotham, Sara Hickman, Perez Hilton, Clint Holmes, Sunny Holiday, Demetia Hopkins-Green, Joe Iconis and Family, Sheila Jordan, Stacey Kent, Tory Kittles, Amy Hillner Larsen, Warren Leight, Amanda Lopez, Melissa Leo, Norm Lewis, Tzi Ma, Manhattan Transfer, Wynton Marsalis, Lauren Marcus, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/17/karen-masons-love-never-dies-performing/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Karen Mason</a>, Marilyn Maye, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2013/10/23/broadway-star-audra-mcdonald-returns-to-la-opera-for-one-night/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Audra McDonald</a>, Jane Monheit, Susie Mosher, Anson Mount, Bebe Nuewirth, Leslie Odom, Jr., Arturo O’Farrill Quintet, Mandy Patinkin, Christine Pedi, Wendell Pierce, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/03/26/jazz-artist-john-pizzarelli-revisits-nat-king-cole/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">John Pizzarelli</a>, Martha Plimpton, Randy Rainbow, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/05/08/chita-rivera-part-2-look-forward-tomorrow/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chita Rivera</a>, Justin “Squigs” Robertson, Mercedes Ruehl, Catherine Russell, Victoria Shaw, Dee Snyder, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2014/03/19/billy-stritch-23-years-lizas-confidant-music-director/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Billy Stritch</a>, Veronica Swift, Mary Testa, Steve Tyrell, Lillias White, Frank Wildhorn, Steve Wilson, Amra-Faye Wright, Ace Young, Karen Ziemba, Glenn Zaleski and remarks from President Bill Clinton. </p> <p>There is a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-birdland-the-jazz-corner-of-the-world?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Go Fund Me</a> page set up where donations are being accepted to Save Birdland.</p> <p>That’s my official list of the Best Bets: January 22nd – January 24th.</p> <p>But before I go, just in case you don’t have enough opera from which to choose, a reminder that the <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/01/18/operas-greatest-heroines-week-45-at-the-met/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Metropolitan Opera</a> is streaming a 1985 production of Puccini’s <em>Tosca</em> on Friday; Massenet’s <em>Manon</em> on Saturday (in addition to the concert listed above) and Wagner’s <em>Die Walküre</em> on Sunday.</p> <p>I hope you find plenty to enjoy from my Best Bets: January 22nd – January 24th this weekend. Have fun!</p> <p>Main Photo: Kurt Elling performing at Birdland (Photo by R. Paternite/Courtesy Tom D’Angora)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2021/01/22/best-bets-january-22nd-january-24th/">Best Bets: January 22nd – January 24th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2021/01/22/best-bets-january-22nd-january-24th/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Best Bets at Home: December 11th – December 13th</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2020/12/11/best-bets-at-home-december-11th-december-13th/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2020/12/11/best-bets-at-home-december-11th-december-13th/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 08:01:02 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Classical: Metronome]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dance: At the Barre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jazz in 5/4 Time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Musicals: 5-6-7-8]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera: Bravo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Play's The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[92nd Street Y]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A Season of Hope and Inspiration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[About Face Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alexey Markov]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alexia Voulgaridou]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ana María Martínez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Apollo Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Audrey Brisson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Breathe.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Broadway Inspirational Voices]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bryn Terfel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CAP UCLA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Caroline Shaw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Center Theatre Group]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles Dickens]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christian Van Horn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Daniel J. Watts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dave Holland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Diana Krall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dr. Seuss]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Emma Rice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evelina Fernández]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Federico García Lorca]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fridays at Five]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gabriela Lena Frank]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gavin Creel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giacomo Puccini]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giuseppe Finzi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Happy Joyous Hanukkah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Irish Repertory Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jeremy Denk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jeremy Jordan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Caird]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jon Batiste]]></category> <category><![CDATA[José Luis Valenzuela]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Josh Shaw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[KICKBACK]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Bohème]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Boheme Aka The Hipsters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Virgen de Guadalupe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Laguna Playhouse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lang Lang]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lang Lang International Music Foundation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Latino Theater Company]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lesli Margherita]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lyric Opera of Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marc Antolin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matthew Bourne's The Car Man]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Max von Essen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Meet Me in St. Louis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Melissa Errico]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Merry Christmas Darling: Heidi Kettenring Sings Karen Carpenter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Met Stars Live in Concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Fabiano]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Misty Copeland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nadine Sierra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nilo Cruz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pacific Opera Project]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pam Tanowitz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pam Tanowitz Dance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pasíon Latina]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philharmonic Society of Orange County]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philicia Saunders]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Phylicia Saunders]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reaching Drums Through Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Renée Fleming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Romeo and Juliet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron Howard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sam Smith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SFJazz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shoshana Bean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sing Your Hallelujah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephen Hough]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stratford Festival]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suzanna Guzmán]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taylor Mac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce...Pandemic!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ted Hearne]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Five Moons of Lorca]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Joyce Theater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Klezmatics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Village Vanguard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Who's Holiday!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Shakespeare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wyclef Jean]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=12131</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Two dozen different shows to watch this weekend!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/12/11/best-bets-at-home-december-11th-december-13th/">Best Bets at Home: December 11th – December 13th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Whether or not you celebrate the holidays, Cultural Attaché comes bearing gifts. Twenty-four of them in fact. We have two dozen different cultural offerings in Best Bets at Home: December 11th -December 13th.</p> <p>I have to admit, we did sneak in one event that does actually take place live in a parking lot for those in the Los Angeles area. The other 23 are available for streaming from your home. And there’s great stuff, too.</p> <p>Our two top picks are both holiday-themed, but couldn’t be more different. Manual Cinema’s <em>Christmas Carol</em> is an imaginative re-telling of Charles Dickens’ story that is suitable for the entire family. <em>Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce…Pandemic!</em> is truly for adults. (And you might want to have your favorite holiday sauce at your side.)</p> <p>I also have Shakespeare, jazz, dance, opera, Broadway stars and more for you. So let’s get started.</p> <p>Here are your Best Bets at Home: December 11th – December 13th:</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Antoine-Yared-and-Sara-Farb-in-22Romeo-and-Juliet22-Photo-by-Cylla-von-tiedemann-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12172" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Antoine-Yared-and-Sara-Farb-in-22Romeo-and-Juliet22-Photo-by-Cylla-von-tiedemann-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Antoine-Yared-and-Sara-Farb-in-22Romeo-and-Juliet22-Photo-by-Cylla-von-tiedemann-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Antoine-Yared-and-Sara-Farb-in-22Romeo-and-Juliet22-Photo-by-Cylla-von-tiedemann-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Antoine-Yared-and-Sara-Farb-in-22Romeo-and-Juliet22-Photo-by-Cylla-von-tiedemann-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Antoine-Yared-and-Sara-Farb-in-22Romeo-and-Juliet22-Photo-by-Cylla-von-tiedemann-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Antoine-Yared-and-Sara-Farb-in-22Romeo-and-Juliet22-Photo-by-Cylla-von-tiedemann-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Antoine-Yared-and-Sara-Farb-in-22Romeo-and-Juliet22-Photo-by-Cylla-von-tiedemann-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Antoine-Yared-and-Sara-Farb-in-22Romeo-and-Juliet22-Photo-by-Cylla-von-tiedemann-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Antoine Yared and Sara Farb in Stratford Festival’s “Romeo and Juliet” (Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann/Courtesy Center Theatre Group)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>PLAY: </em></strong><a href="https://www.centertheatregroup.org/digitalstage/digital-stage-plus/the-stratford-festival-presents-romeo-and-juliet/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stratford Festival’s <em>Romeo and Juliet</em></a><strong> </strong>– Center Theatre Group – Now – March 7th</p> <p>If you were unable to catch any of the streaming productions Canada’s Stratford Festival made available ealirer this year, Center Theatre Group is making a few of them available through their Digital Stage+ program (events that are free to donors/subscribers and $10 for non-subscribers).</p> <p>The first of five Shakespeare plays being made available is <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>. </p> <p>Antoine Yared and Sara Farb play the star-crossed lovers in Scott Wentworth’s production from 2017.</p> <p>The <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2017/06/02/romeo-and-juliet-shows-passions-both-vivid-and-violent-review.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Toronto Star</a></span> said of this production, “At the production’s heart is the freshness and credibility of the relationship between Sara Farb and Antoine Yared as the title characters. They play them as youthful, impulsive, and vivacious, but far from a perfect hero and heroine. There are tantrums, shrieks, and teenage mood swings aplenty, many of which play as welcome moments of comedy. The usually central scenes of their meeting, marriage, and morning-after-consummation are handled swiftly, as pivot points in the driving forward action.”</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Leslie-Margherita-in-22Whos-Holiday22-Courtesy-of-Broadway-Cares-Equity-Fights-AIDS-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12171" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Leslie-Margherita-in-22Whos-Holiday22-Courtesy-of-Broadway-Cares-Equity-Fights-AIDS-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Leslie-Margherita-in-22Whos-Holiday22-Courtesy-of-Broadway-Cares-Equity-Fights-AIDS-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Leslie-Margherita-in-22Whos-Holiday22-Courtesy-of-Broadway-Cares-Equity-Fights-AIDS-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Leslie-Margherita-in-22Whos-Holiday22-Courtesy-of-Broadway-Cares-Equity-Fights-AIDS-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Leslie-Margherita-in-22Whos-Holiday22-Courtesy-of-Broadway-Cares-Equity-Fights-AIDS-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Leslie-Margherita-in-22Whos-Holiday22-Courtesy-of-Broadway-Cares-Equity-Fights-AIDS-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Leslie-Margherita-in-22Whos-Holiday22-Courtesy-of-Broadway-Cares-Equity-Fights-AIDS-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Leslie-Margherita-in-22Whos-Holiday22-Courtesy-of-Broadway-Cares-Equity-Fights-AIDS.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Lesli Margherita in “Who’s Holiday!” (Courtesy Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>PLAY:</em></strong> <em>Who’s Holiday</em>! – Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS – December 11th – December 15th</p> <p>The insanely talented Lesli Margherita stars in this one-person show that looks at the Dr. Seuss character Cindy Lou Who forty years after she first met <em>The Grinch Who Stole Christmas</em>. The play was written by Matthew Lombardo (<em>Looped</em>) and was written in rhyme to mirror the original story.</p> <p>Parents should note this is an adult Cindy Lou Who – expect raunchiness and double-entendres.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Who's Holiday Montage" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bmHbMrN3Wpw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Margherita won an Olivier Award for her role as Inez in <em>Zorro the Musical</em>. She originated the role of Mrs. Wormwood in <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2015/06/05/tim-minchin-brings-matilda-the-musical-to-los-angeles/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tim Minchin</a>‘s <em>Matilda the Musical</em>. She also appeared in <em>Dame at Sea</em>.</p> <p><em>Who’s Holiday!</em> was performed off-Broadway in 2017 and garnered Margherita a Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/theater/review-whos-holiday-dr-seuss.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elisabeth Vincentelli</a>, writing in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times</span>, said of her performance, “More happens, but it is almost besides this hourlong production’s point, which is to watch the brassy, very funny Ms. Margherita strut her stuff in the designer Jess Goldstein’s festive holiday get-up.</p> <p>She expertly milks the many double entendres and profane limerick-like rhymes, but this cabaret regular is equally comfortable ad-libbing. (After breaking into a rap at the Sunday matinee, she rasped “I’m out of breath” and reached for a cigarette). She also belts a mean ‘Blue Christmas.'”</p> <p>There is no charge to watch the show. Donations to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS are encouraged.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Irene-Rodriguez-in-22The-Five-Moons-of-Lorca22-Photo-by-Billy-Yates-Courtesy-LA-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12174" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Irene-Rodriguez-in-22The-Five-Moons-of-Lorca22-Photo-by-Billy-Yates-Courtesy-LA-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Irene-Rodriguez-in-22The-Five-Moons-of-Lorca22-Photo-by-Billy-Yates-Courtesy-LA-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Irene-Rodriguez-in-22The-Five-Moons-of-Lorca22-Photo-by-Billy-Yates-Courtesy-LA-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Irene-Rodriguez-in-22The-Five-Moons-of-Lorca22-Photo-by-Billy-Yates-Courtesy-LA-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Irene-Rodriguez-in-22The-Five-Moons-of-Lorca22-Photo-by-Billy-Yates-Courtesy-LA-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Irene-Rodriguez-in-22The-Five-Moons-of-Lorca22-Photo-by-Billy-Yates-Courtesy-LA-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Irene-Rodriguez-in-22The-Five-Moons-of-Lorca22-Photo-by-Billy-Yates-Courtesy-LA-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Irene-Rodriguez-in-22The-Five-Moons-of-Lorca22-Photo-by-Billy-Yates-Courtesy-LA-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Irene Rodriguez in “The Five Moons of Lorca” (Photo by Billy Yates/Courtesy LA Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>OPERA: </em></strong><em><a href="https://www.laopera.org/performances/upcoming-digital-performances/five-moons-of-lorca/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Five Moons of Lorca</a></em> – Los Angeles Opera – December 11th – December 25th</p> <p>Los Angeles Opera launches their digital shorts programs with this new work by composer Gabriela Lena Frank and playwright Nilo Cruz. </p> <p><em>The Five Moons of Lorca</em> was inspired by the poet Federico García Lorca’s assassination in the early days of the Spanish Civil War. The short was filmed on the stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Choreography and dancing by Irene Rodríguez.</p> <p>Frank is a Grammy Award-wining pianist and composer who has been commissioned by such artists as the Kronos Quartet, Yo Yo Ma and Dawn Upshaw. Cruz is the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of <em>Anna in the Tropics</em>.</p> <p>Frank and Cruz have collaborated several times previously including <em>La centinela y la paloma</em> (<em>The Keeper and the Dove</em>), <em>The Saint Maker</em>, <em>Journey of the Shadow</em> and the <em>Conquest Requiem</em>. Their opera, <em>The Last Dream of Frida</em>, was scheduled for its world premiere by the San Diego Opera earlier this year, but that was postponed due to the pandemic.</p> <p>There is no charge to watch <em>The Five Moons of Lorca</em>. Of course, donations are encouraged.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Melissa-Errico-in-22Meet-Me-in-St.-Louis22-Courtesy-Irish-Rep-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12188" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Melissa-Errico-in-22Meet-Me-in-St.-Louis22-Courtesy-Irish-Rep-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Melissa-Errico-in-22Meet-Me-in-St.-Louis22-Courtesy-Irish-Rep-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Melissa-Errico-in-22Meet-Me-in-St.-Louis22-Courtesy-Irish-Rep-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Melissa-Errico-in-22Meet-Me-in-St.-Louis22-Courtesy-Irish-Rep-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Melissa-Errico-in-22Meet-Me-in-St.-Louis22-Courtesy-Irish-Rep-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Melissa-Errico-in-22Meet-Me-in-St.-Louis22-Courtesy-Irish-Rep-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Melissa-Errico-in-22Meet-Me-in-St.-Louis22-Courtesy-Irish-Rep-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Melissa-Errico-in-22Meet-Me-in-St.-Louis22-Courtesy-Irish-Rep.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Melissa Errico in “Meet Me in St. Louis” (Photo courtesy Irish Rep)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>MUSICAL: </em></strong><em><a href="https://irishrep.org/show/irish-rep-online-2020/meet-me-in-st-louis/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Meet Me in St. Louis</a></em><strong> </strong>– Irish Repertory Theatre – December 11th – January 2nd</p> <p>Vincente Minnelli’s 1944 film, <em>Meet Me in St. Louis</em>, serves as the inspiration for this musical adaptation by Hugh Martin (<em>High Spirits</em>), Ralph Blane (<em>Best Foot Forward</em>) and Hugh Wheeler (<em>Sweeney Todd</em>). The musical made its debut on Broadway in 1989.</p> <p><em>Meet Me in St. Louis</em> follows the Smith family in 1903 and follows them through the seasons leading up to the opening of the World’s Fair in 1904. </p> <p>In addition to the title song, the musical includes <em>The Boy Next Door</em>, <em>The Trolley Song</em> and <em>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</em>.</p> <p>Irish Rep in New York has filmed a version of the musical that was adapted and directed by Charlotte Moore who appeared in the Broadway production. She’s assembled a terrific cast that includes Melissa Errico (<em>Amour</em>), Ali Ewoldt (<em>Phantom of the Opera</em>), Jay Aubrey Jones (<em>Porgy and Bess</em>) and <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/04/24/max-von-essen-an-old-fashioned-guy-plays-unlikable/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Max von Essen</a> (<em>An American in Paris)</em>.</p> <p>There are 31 opportunities to stream <em>Meet Me In St. Louis</em>. The price is listed as “Pay what you can” with a suggested donation of $25.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Philicia-Saunders-in-22Breathe.22-Photo-by-Mike-Struna-Courtesy-the-artist-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12189" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Philicia-Saunders-in-22Breathe.22-Photo-by-Mike-Struna-Courtesy-the-artist-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Philicia-Saunders-in-22Breathe.22-Photo-by-Mike-Struna-Courtesy-the-artist-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Philicia-Saunders-in-22Breathe.22-Photo-by-Mike-Struna-Courtesy-the-artist-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Philicia-Saunders-in-22Breathe.22-Photo-by-Mike-Struna-Courtesy-the-artist-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Philicia-Saunders-in-22Breathe.22-Photo-by-Mike-Struna-Courtesy-the-artist-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Philicia-Saunders-in-22Breathe.22-Photo-by-Mike-Struna-Courtesy-the-artist-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Philicia-Saunders-in-22Breathe.22-Photo-by-Mike-Struna-Courtesy-the-artist-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Philicia-Saunders-in-22Breathe.22-Photo-by-Mike-Struna-Courtesy-the-artist.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Philicia Saunders in “Breathe.” (Photo by Mike Struna/Courtesy of the artist)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>PLAY: </em></strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/breathe-a-solo-experience-tickets-128350278137" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Breathe</em>.</a> – YouTube and Twitch – December 11th – December 13th and December 18th</p> <p>This one-person show by Philicia Saunders follows her increasing participation in civil rights issues. She was inspired by her mentor, Sweet Alice Harris, a legendary community organizer in the Watts area of Los Angeles and a civil rights tour in Alabama.</p> <p>In <em>Breathe.</em> Saunders depicts 20 different characters within a show that combines film, live performance, performance art and artistic swimming. </p> <p>Saunders may be best-known to <em>Star Wars</em> fans for her role as Tabala Zo in <em>The Force Awakens</em> and <em>The Rise of Skywalker</em>.</p> <p>Departing from a lot of programming available now, Saunders will perform <em>Breathe. </em>live on December 11th at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST and on December 12th at 6:30 PM EST/3:30 PM PST. Both performances will be on YouTube.</p> <p>Encore presentations are taking place on December 13th at 5:00 PM EST/2:00 PM PST on Twitch. This will also feature a TalkBack with Sweet Alice. A second encore takes place on December 18th on YouTube at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST.</p> <p>Tickets are available from $5-$50 with proceeds going to Sweet Alice’s Parents of Watts and Community Coalition.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Manual-cinemas-Christmas-Carol-Courtesy-The-Soraya-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12187" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Manual-cinemas-Christmas-Carol-Courtesy-The-Soraya-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Manual-cinemas-Christmas-Carol-Courtesy-The-Soraya-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Manual-cinemas-Christmas-Carol-Courtesy-The-Soraya-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Manual-cinemas-Christmas-Carol-Courtesy-The-Soraya-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Manual-cinemas-Christmas-Carol-Courtesy-The-Soraya-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Manual-cinemas-Christmas-Carol-Courtesy-The-Soraya-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Manual-cinemas-Christmas-Carol-Courtesy-The-Soraya-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Manual-cinemas-Christmas-Carol-Courtesy-The-Soraya.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol (Courtesy The Soraya)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>PLAY:</em></strong><a href="https://www.thesoraya.org/calendar/details/christmas-carol" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Manual Cinema’s <em>Christmas Carol</em> </a>– The Soraya – December 11th – December 13th <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">TOP PICK</span></strong></p> <p>We are all familiar with Charles Dicken’s <em>A Christmas Carol</em> and its bitter character, Scrooge. But I can assure you you haven’t seen <em>A Christmas Carol</em> like the one Manual Cinema has put together.</p> <p>Each live performance (and they are live) combines acting, music, puppets and film to create a one-of-a-kind experience with a twist on the story that will surprise you!</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol (Official Trailer)" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/485233875?dnt=1&app_id=122963" width="696" height="392" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>There are six performances available over the weekend. Tickets are $20. I strongly recommend Manual Cinema’s <em>Christmas Carol</em>. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Suzanna-Guzman-in-22La-Virgen-de-Guadalupe22-Photo-by-Pablo-Santiago-Courtesy-Latino-Theater-Company-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12170" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Suzanna-Guzman-in-22La-Virgen-de-Guadalupe22-Photo-by-Pablo-Santiago-Courtesy-Latino-Theater-Company-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Suzanna-Guzman-in-22La-Virgen-de-Guadalupe22-Photo-by-Pablo-Santiago-Courtesy-Latino-Theater-Company-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Suzanna-Guzman-in-22La-Virgen-de-Guadalupe22-Photo-by-Pablo-Santiago-Courtesy-Latino-Theater-Company-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Suzanna-Guzman-in-22La-Virgen-de-Guadalupe22-Photo-by-Pablo-Santiago-Courtesy-Latino-Theater-Company-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Suzanna-Guzman-in-22La-Virgen-de-Guadalupe22-Photo-by-Pablo-Santiago-Courtesy-Latino-Theater-Company-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Suzanna-Guzman-in-22La-Virgen-de-Guadalupe22-Photo-by-Pablo-Santiago-Courtesy-Latino-Theater-Company-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Suzanna-Guzman-in-22La-Virgen-de-Guadalupe22-Photo-by-Pablo-Santiago-Courtesy-Latino-Theater-Company-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Suzanna-Guzman-in-22La-Virgen-de-Guadalupe22-Photo-by-Pablo-Santiago-Courtesy-Latino-Theater-Company.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Suzanna Guzmán in “La Virgen de Guadalupe” (Photo by Pablo Santiago/Courtesy Latino Theater Company)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>PAGEANT PLAY</em></strong> – <em>La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin</em><strong> </strong>– Latino Theater Company – December 11th – December 20th</p> <p>For 18 years, Los Angeles-based Latino Theater Company has performed <em>La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin</em> in Los Angeles. The pageant play depicts the story of Juan Diego, a peasant in 1531, who has a vision of the Virgin Mary. Diego’s vision took place in Spanish colonial territory that is now known as Mexico.</p> <p>Mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzmán (<em>Hopscotch</em>, <em>Carmen</em>) stars in this 2009 filmed performance at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles. She is joined by over 100 actors, singers, Aztec dancers and members of the Los Angeles community. This is performed in English and Spanish.</p> <p>Evelina Fernández adapted <em>The Nican Mopohua</em> (a mid-16th century text) for <em>La Virgen de Guadalupe</em>. José Louis Valenzuela directed. The director first created the work as a thank you to the community after it supported him during a sleep-in he lead protesting the potential closing of the Los Angeles Theater Center in downtown Los Angeles.</p> <p>There’s no charge to watch the streaming production and it will be available through December 20th.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Heidi-Kettenring-Courtesy-her-Facebook-page-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12186" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Heidi-Kettenring-Courtesy-her-Facebook-page-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Heidi-Kettenring-Courtesy-her-Facebook-page-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Heidi-Kettenring-Courtesy-her-Facebook-page-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Heidi-Kettenring-Courtesy-her-Facebook-page-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Heidi-Kettenring-Courtesy-her-Facebook-page-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Heidi-Kettenring-Courtesy-her-Facebook-page-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Heidi-Kettenring-Courtesy-her-Facebook-page-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Heidi-Kettenring-Courtesy-her-Facebook-page.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Heidi Kettenring (Courtesy her Facebook page)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>CABARET: </em></strong><em><a href="https://lagunaplayhouse.com/2020-2021-special-performances/merry-christmas-darling-heidi-kettenring-sings-karen-carpenter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Merry Christmas Darling: Heidi Kettenring Sings Karen Carpenter</a></em> – Laguna Playhouse – December 11th – December 28th</p> <p>On October 13, 1978 – when the soundtrack to the film version of <em>Grease</em> and albums by The Rolling Stones, Donna Summer and The Who were topping the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Billboard</span> charts, A&M records released <em>A Christmas Portrait</em>, an album of holiday songs by The Carpenters. </p> <p>That was followed by a television special. The record became very popular and ultimately went Platinum. A second album, using outtakes from that recording session, was released two years after Karen’s death in 1983.</p> <p>The darling of Downey, California is being celebrated in <em>Merry Christmas Darling: Heidi Kettenring Sings Karen Carpenter</em>. The show is being streamed via the Laguna Playhouse.</p> <p>Kettenring appeared as Nessarose in the Chicago company of <em>Wicked</em>. She’s toured as Belle in <em>Beauty and the Beast</em>; Anna in <em>The King and</em> <em>I</em> and Penny in <em>Hairspray</em>.</p> <p>Karen Carpenter had a one-of-a-kind voice. Kettenring sounds terrific even if she’s not Karen. But that doesn’t take away from the pure joy of hearing these songs sung well and remembering everything that made the Carpenters so beloved.</p> <p>Tickets are $35 can be purchased through December 25th. The show will be available for streaming through December 28th. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Klezmatics-Photo-by-Adrian-Buckmaster-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12169" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Klezmatics-Photo-by-Adrian-Buckmaster-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Klezmatics-Photo-by-Adrian-Buckmaster-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Klezmatics-Photo-by-Adrian-Buckmaster-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Klezmatics-Photo-by-Adrian-Buckmaster-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Klezmatics-Photo-by-Adrian-Buckmaster-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Klezmatics-Photo-by-Adrian-Buckmaster-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Klezmatics-Photo-by-Adrian-Buckmaster-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Klezmatics-Photo-by-Adrian-Buckmaster.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>The Klezmatics (Photo courtesy FLi Artists)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>JAZZ: </em></strong><a href="https://www.sfjazz.org/watch/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Klezmatics: <em>Happy Joyous Hanukkah</em></a><strong> </strong>– SFJazz – December 11th – 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST</p> <p>Hanukkah has started and what better way to celebrate than with the Grammy Award-winning ensemble The Klezmatics. Their music is so infectious it is impossible not to be filled with joy – particularly in this concert at SFJAZZ from 2015.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="The Klezmatics Perform Zol Shoyn Kumen Di Geule" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gjEYAaBW_Wo?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>This is part of SFJAZZ’s <em>Fridays at Five</em> series. The concert will only stream once at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST. You’ll need either a one-month membership ($5) or an annual membership ($60) to stream the concert. That will give you access to additional concerts for the length of your membership.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dave-Holland-Photo-by-Ulli-Gruber-Courtesy-International-Music-Network-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12185" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dave-Holland-Photo-by-Ulli-Gruber-Courtesy-International-Music-Network-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dave-Holland-Photo-by-Ulli-Gruber-Courtesy-International-Music-Network-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dave-Holland-Photo-by-Ulli-Gruber-Courtesy-International-Music-Network-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dave-Holland-Photo-by-Ulli-Gruber-Courtesy-International-Music-Network-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dave-Holland-Photo-by-Ulli-Gruber-Courtesy-International-Music-Network-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dave-Holland-Photo-by-Ulli-Gruber-Courtesy-International-Music-Network-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dave-Holland-Photo-by-Ulli-Gruber-Courtesy-International-Music-Network-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dave-Holland-Photo-by-Ulli-Gruber-Courtesy-International-Music-Network.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Bassist Dave Holland (Photo by Ulli Gruber/Courtesy International Music Network)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>JAZZ:</em></strong> <a href="https://villagevanguard.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dave Holland</a> – Village Vanguard – December 11th – December 12th – 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST</p> <p>Since his start at London’s Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, bassist Dave Holland has made a name for himself in the jazz world. From collaborations with Miles Davis (including <em>Bitches’ Brew</em>), Joe Henderson, Kenny Wheeler through to his work as a bandleader (including the 2005 Grammy Award winner <em>Overtime</em>), Holland is considered one of the best.</p> <p>His most recent release is this year’s <em>Without Deception</em> which finds him performing with pianist Kenny Barron and drummer Johnathan Blake.</p> <p>For these two concerts from New York’s Village Vanguard he’ll be joined by Jaleel Shaw on saxophone; Steve Nelson on vibraphone and Obed Calvaire on drums.</p> <p>Tickets are $10.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stephen-Hough-Photo-by-Robert-Torres-Courtesy-Harrison-Parrott-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12166" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stephen-Hough-Photo-by-Robert-Torres-Courtesy-Harrison-Parrott-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stephen-Hough-Photo-by-Robert-Torres-Courtesy-Harrison-Parrott-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stephen-Hough-Photo-by-Robert-Torres-Courtesy-Harrison-Parrott-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stephen-Hough-Photo-by-Robert-Torres-Courtesy-Harrison-Parrott-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stephen-Hough-Photo-by-Robert-Torres-Courtesy-Harrison-Parrott-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stephen-Hough-Photo-by-Robert-Torres-Courtesy-Harrison-Parrott-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stephen-Hough-Photo-by-Robert-Torres-Courtesy-Harrison-Parrott-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stephen-Hough-Photo-by-Robert-Torres-Courtesy-Harrison-Parrott.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Pianist Stephen Hough (Photo by Robert Torres/Courtesy Harrison Parrott)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>CLASSICAL: </em></strong><a href="https://tickets.philharmonicsociety.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=23292" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stephen Hough Recital</a> – Philharmonic Society of Orange County – December 11th – December 18th</p> <p>Easily one of the finest classical pianists in the world, Stephen Hough will perform a live recital for the Philharmonic Society of Orange County. Critics long ago ran out of superlatives to describe his playing.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Liszt: Funérailles, S. 173 - Stephen Hough" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nEyhHZQijts?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>The scheduled program finds Hough performing: Bach/Busoni: <em>Chaconne</em> from <em>Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004</em>; Schumann: <em>Fantasie in C major, Op. 17</em>; Liszt: <em>Funérailles</em> and <em>Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 51</em> and Schumann: <em>Kinderszenen, Op. 15, mvt. 7, “Träumerei</em>.”</p> <p>The recital debuts at 10:00 PM EST/7:00 PM PST and will remain available for streaming for one week. Tickets are $20.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Matthew-Bournes-22The-Car-Man22-Photo-by-Johan-Persson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group_-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12165" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Matthew-Bournes-22The-Car-Man22-Photo-by-Johan-Persson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group_-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Matthew-Bournes-22The-Car-Man22-Photo-by-Johan-Persson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Matthew-Bournes-22The-Car-Man22-Photo-by-Johan-Persson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group_-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Matthew-Bournes-22The-Car-Man22-Photo-by-Johan-Persson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Matthew-Bournes-22The-Car-Man22-Photo-by-Johan-Persson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group_-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Matthew-Bournes-22The-Car-Man22-Photo-by-Johan-Persson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group_-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Matthew-Bournes-22The-Car-Man22-Photo-by-Johan-Persson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group_-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Matthew-Bournes-22The-Car-Man22-Photo-by-Johan-Persson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group_.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Matthew Bourne’s “The Car Man” (Photo byJohan Persson/Courtesy Center Theatre Group)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>DANCE/THEATRE: </em></strong><a href="https://www.centertheatregroup.org/digitalstage/premium-events/matthew-bourne-the-car-man/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Matthew Bourne’s <em>The Car Man</em></a> – Center Theatre Group – December 11th – December 13th</p> <p>Hector Berlioz’s opera <em>Carmen</em> serves as the inspiration for this ballet from Matthew Bourne (all-male swan version of <em>Swan Lake</em>.) Another source of inspiration for Bourne was the novel <em>The Postman Always Rings Twice </em>by James M. Cain and its subsequent film versions.</p> <p>The ballet had its world premiere 20 years ago in Plymouth, England. <em>The Car Man</em> played the Ahmanson Theatre one year later. </p> <p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-17-ca-46551-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lewis Segal</a>, in his <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Los Angeles Times</span> review, said of Bourne’s choreography, “Whether he’s evoking the heat, insects and lust of a night when nothing is happening or the surreal frenzy of social dances that barely contain the characters’ primal urges, this is daring, accomplished, uncompromisingly lurid movement theater. </p> <p>Center Theatre Group and Matthew Bourne have teamed up to make his film of <em>The Car Man</em> available for viewing with five opportunities to see it this weekend. The film of the ballet will stream on Friday at 8:00 PM PST; Saturday at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM PST and on Sunday at 1:30 PM and 6:30 PM PST.</p> <p>Tickets are $10 (whether you are a donor/subscriber or not).</p> <p>Can you believe we’re halfway through Best Bets at Home: December 11th – December 13th? Let’s keep going.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Marc-Antolin-in-22The-Flying-Lovers-of-Vitebsk22-Photo-©Steve-Tanner-Courtesy-The-Wallis-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12164" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Marc-Antolin-in-22The-Flying-Lovers-of-Vitebsk22-Photo-©Steve-Tanner-Courtesy-The-Wallis-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Marc-Antolin-in-22The-Flying-Lovers-of-Vitebsk22-Photo-©Steve-Tanner-Courtesy-The-Wallis-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Marc-Antolin-in-22The-Flying-Lovers-of-Vitebsk22-Photo-©Steve-Tanner-Courtesy-The-Wallis-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Marc-Antolin-in-22The-Flying-Lovers-of-Vitebsk22-Photo-©Steve-Tanner-Courtesy-The-Wallis-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Marc-Antolin-in-22The-Flying-Lovers-of-Vitebsk22-Photo-©Steve-Tanner-Courtesy-The-Wallis-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Marc-Antolin-in-22The-Flying-Lovers-of-Vitebsk22-Photo-©Steve-Tanner-Courtesy-The-Wallis-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Marc-Antolin-in-22The-Flying-Lovers-of-Vitebsk22-Photo-©Steve-Tanner-Courtesy-The-Wallis-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Marc-Antolin-in-22The-Flying-Lovers-of-Vitebsk22-Photo-©Steve-Tanner-Courtesy-The-Wallis.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Marc Antolin in “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk” (Photo by Steve Tanner/Courtesy of The Wallis)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>PLAY: </em></strong><em><a href="https://thewallis.org/lovers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk</a></em><strong> </strong>– The Wallis – December 11th – December 18th</p> <p>England’s Kneehigh Theatre originally brought <em>The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk</em> to the Wallis in 2018. Now Kneehigh Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and Wise Children bring a film of the show to The Wallis for one week of streaming.</p> <p>This highly theatrical show portrays the life of painter Marc Chagall and his wife Bella. Through the use of color and imagery mirroring the master painter’s work and music from the Russian Jewish history, this show offers many of the same delights found in other Kneehigh projects such as their <em>Brief Encounter</em> and <em>Tristan and Yseult</em>. Marc Antolin plays Marc Chagall and Audrey Brisson plays Bella. The show was written by Daniel Jamieson and directed by Emma Rice.</p> <p>When <em>The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk</em> played The Wallis I spoke to Antolin about the show and his role. You can read that interview <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/03/07/marc-antolin-paints-picture-marc-chagall/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>This is a wonderful show. I strongly recommend seeing it. Tickets are $21.38 (the current exchange rate with the English pound. But it doesn’t not include any additional credit card fees).</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Some-of-the-creators-in-About-Face-Theatres-KICKBACK-Courtesy-About-Face-Theatre-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12163" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Some-of-the-creators-in-About-Face-Theatres-KICKBACK-Courtesy-About-Face-Theatre-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Some-of-the-creators-in-About-Face-Theatres-KICKBACK-Courtesy-About-Face-Theatre-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Some-of-the-creators-in-About-Face-Theatres-KICKBACK-Courtesy-About-Face-Theatre-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Some-of-the-creators-in-About-Face-Theatres-KICKBACK-Courtesy-About-Face-Theatre-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Some-of-the-creators-in-About-Face-Theatres-KICKBACK-Courtesy-About-Face-Theatre-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Some-of-the-creators-in-About-Face-Theatres-KICKBACK-Courtesy-About-Face-Theatre-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Some-of-the-creators-in-About-Face-Theatres-KICKBACK-Courtesy-About-Face-Theatre-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Some-of-the-creators-in-About-Face-Theatres-KICKBACK-Courtesy-About-Face-Theatre.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Some of the creators involved with KICKBACK (Courtesy About Face Theatre)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>PLAY/DANCE/MUSIC/POETRY: </em></strong><em><a href="https://aboutfacetheatre.com/show/kickback/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">KICKBACK</a></em> – About Face Theatre – December 12th – January 12th</p> <p>A collection of short plays, dance, music, and poetry make up this online festival from Chicago’s About Face Theatre. The work centers around Blackness and queerness and where those two worlds meet.</p> <p>For <em>KICKBACK</em>, About Face reached out to numerous artists to create work. The end result features contributions from Dionne Addai, Ky Baity, Keyonna Jackson, Robert Cornelius, Ben Locke, ShaZa (a collaboration between Zahra Baker and Shanta Nurullah), About Face Artistic Associate Paul Oakley Stovall, Michael Turrentine, Cori Wash, Vic Wynter and Rebuild Foundation resident artists Jenn Freeman and avery r. young.</p> <p>Rebuild Foundation and their collections were made available to the artists who were asked to use their archives as inspiration for their work.</p> <p>During our turbulent times, it will be fascinating to see what these artists have to say about where we’ve been, where we are and most importantly, where we might be going.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/San-Francisco-Operas-22La-Boheme22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12183" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/San-Francisco-Operas-22La-Boheme22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/San-Francisco-Operas-22La-Boheme22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/San-Francisco-Operas-22La-Boheme22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/San-Francisco-Operas-22La-Boheme22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/San-Francisco-Operas-22La-Boheme22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/San-Francisco-Operas-22La-Boheme22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/San-Francisco-Operas-22La-Boheme22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/San-Francisco-Operas-22La-Boheme22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>San Francisco Opera’s “La <em>Bohème</em>” (Photo by Cory Weaver/Courtesy SF Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>OPERA: </em></strong><em><a href="https://sfopera.com/opera-is-on/streaming/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">La Bohème</a></em> – San Francisco Opera – December 12th – December 13th Starting 2:00 PM EST/11:00 AM PST</p> <p>Conducted by Giuseppe Finzi; starring Michael Fabiano, Alexia Voulgaridou, Nadine Sierra, Alexey Markov and Christian Van Horn. This John Caird production is from the 2014-2015 season.</p> <p>Easily one of the most popular operas in the world, Giacomo Puccini’s <em>La Bohème</em> had its world premiere in Turin, Italy in 1896. The libretto is by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The opera is based on Henri Murger’s 1851 novel, <em>Scènes de la vie de bohème</em>.</p> <p>The story centers on four friends who are unable to pay their rent. Successfully getting out of a potentially bad situation with their landlord, all but one go out on the town. Rodolfo stays home and meets a young woman named Mimi. They fall in love, but Mimi’s weakness may be a sign of something far more life-threatening than they know. (If this sounds like the musical <em>Rent</em>, it is because <em>La Bohème</em> served as Jonathan Larson’s inspiration for that musical.)</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="La Boheme 2014-15 [Trailer]" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/He2OLUc75t4?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>San Francisco Opera had two casts performing <em>La Bohème</em>. <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/S-F-Opera-review-La-Boheme-is-a-double-dip-5897184.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Joshua Kosman</a>, writing for the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">San Francisco Chronicle</span>, said one performance in this production stood out. </p> <p>“If one singer left a particularly outsize impression from the weekend’s openings, it was Fabiano, whose performance as Rodolfo made good on the promise of his fine 2011 company debut in <em>Lucrezia Borgia</em> and hinted at even more impressive things to come. This was a full-throated, almost heroic depiction of the moonstruck poet, with muscular sound, impeccably placed high notes and an air of romantic ardor that lent weight and power to everything he sang.”</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lang-Lang-Photo-©Gregor-Hohenberg-Buro-Dirk-Rudolph-Courtesy-Lang-Lang-International-Music-Foundation-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12176" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lang-Lang-Photo-©Gregor-Hohenberg-Buro-Dirk-Rudolph-Courtesy-Lang-Lang-International-Music-Foundation-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lang-Lang-Photo-©Gregor-Hohenberg-Buro-Dirk-Rudolph-Courtesy-Lang-Lang-International-Music-Foundation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lang-Lang-Photo-©Gregor-Hohenberg-Buro-Dirk-Rudolph-Courtesy-Lang-Lang-International-Music-Foundation-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lang-Lang-Photo-©Gregor-Hohenberg-Buro-Dirk-Rudolph-Courtesy-Lang-Lang-International-Music-Foundation-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lang-Lang-Photo-©Gregor-Hohenberg-Buro-Dirk-Rudolph-Courtesy-Lang-Lang-International-Music-Foundation-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lang-Lang-Photo-©Gregor-Hohenberg-Buro-Dirk-Rudolph-Courtesy-Lang-Lang-International-Music-Foundation-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lang-Lang-Photo-©Gregor-Hohenberg-Buro-Dirk-Rudolph-Courtesy-Lang-Lang-International-Music-Foundation-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lang-Lang-Photo-©Gregor-Hohenberg-Buro-Dirk-Rudolph-Courtesy-Lang-Lang-International-Music-Foundation.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Pianist Lang Lang (Photo ©Gregor Hohenberg & Büro Dirk Rudolph/Courtesy LLIMF)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>CLASSICAL: </em></strong><em><a href="https://langlangfoundation.org/reaching-dreams-through-music/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Reaching Dreams Through Music</a></em> – Lang Lang International Music Foundation – December 12th – 3:00 PM EST/12:00 PM PST</p> <p>Classical pianist Lang Lang and his foundation have assembled an illustrious cast for <em>Reaching Dreams Through Music</em>. Joining Lang Lang and his wife will be Stay Human’s Jon Batiste, ballet dancer Misty Copeland, opera singer Renée Fleming, actor/director Ron Howard, musician Wyclef Jean, jazz pianist/vocalist Diana Krall and pop singer Sam Smith.</p> <p>The purpose of this streaming event is to celebrate the role music plays in our lives and how it has shaped these artists lives since their childhood. In short, if reading is fundamental, music is instrumental in our lives.</p> <p>The Young People’s Chorus of New York City will also be making an appearance, along with the LLIMF Young Scholars and Junior Music Camp Music Ambassadors.</p> <p>There is no fee to watch <em>Reaching Dreams Through Music</em>. There was no information available as to how long this program will be available for viewing at press time.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bryn-Terfel-Courtesy-Met-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12177" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bryn-Terfel-Courtesy-Met-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bryn-Terfel-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bryn-Terfel-Courtesy-Met-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bryn-Terfel-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bryn-Terfel-Courtesy-Met-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bryn-Terfel-Courtesy-Met-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bryn-Terfel-Courtesy-Met-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bryn-Terfel-Courtesy-Met-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Bryn Terfel (Courtesy Metropolitan Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>OPERA: </em></strong><em><a href="https://metstarslive.brightcove-services.com/events/6168655426001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bryn Terfel in Wales</a></em><strong> </strong>– Met Stars Live in Concert – December 12th – 12:00 PM EST/9:00 AM PST </p> <p>Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel is what you’d call a cross-over artist. He’s performed in countless opera productions (you should see him in <em>Don Giovanni</em> if you get the chance), he’s portrayed the title character in Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s <em>Sweeney Todd</em> and he has released albums of songs from his native Wales.</p> <p>That’s exactly where you’ll find him in this Met Stars Live in Concert performance – specifically Brecon Cathedral.</p> <p>Joining Terfel are harpist Hannah Stone, pianist Jeff Howard, the Welsh traditional folk group Calan plus soprano Natalya Romaniw and tenor Trystan Llyr Griffiths – two rising young Welsh singers.</p> <p>The announced program finds a combination of holiday-appropriate songs, music by Gustav Holst, Richard Wagner, Lerner and Loewe and traditional songs.</p> <p>The show takes place live on Saturday, but will remain available for streaming afterwards. Tickets are $20.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pam-Tanowitz-Dance-Photo-by-Erin-Baiano-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12162" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pam-Tanowitz-Dance-Photo-by-Erin-Baiano-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pam-Tanowitz-Dance-Photo-by-Erin-Baiano-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pam-Tanowitz-Dance-Photo-by-Erin-Baiano-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pam-Tanowitz-Dance-Photo-by-Erin-Baiano-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pam-Tanowitz-Dance-Photo-by-Erin-Baiano-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pam-Tanowitz-Dance-Photo-by-Erin-Baiano-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pam-Tanowitz-Dance-Photo-by-Erin-Baiano-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pam-Tanowitz-Dance-Photo-by-Erin-Baiano-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Pam Tanowitz Dance (Photo by Erin Baiano/Courtesy The Joyce Theater)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>DANCE: </em></strong><a href="https://www.joyce.org/pam-tanowitz-dance" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pam Tanowitz Dance</a> – The Joyce Theatre – December 12th – December 26th</p> <p>Acclaimed choreographer Pam Tanowitz debuts new work live from New York’s The Joyce Theatre on Saturday at 5:00 PM EST/2:00 PM PST. You may recall she is the choreographer of <em><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/02/13/four-quartets/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Four Quartets</a></em> in which she collaborated with Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho and American painter Brice Marden on a presentation of T.S. Eliot’s monumental work.</p> <p><em>Finally Unfinished: Part 1</em> was created during the pandemic (with obvious precautions in place) and is set to new music by composer Ted Hearne. It is a site-specific work that utilizes The Joyce Theatre in all its emptiness.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Pam Tanowitz Dance broadcast live from The Joyce | Dec 12" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ynw7ByVAA4U?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p><em>Gustave Le Gray, No. 2</em> has its New York premiere in this program. Composer <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/08/27/what-does-composer-caroline-shaw-want-to-hear-at-the-bowl-in-august/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Caroline Shaw</a>‘s music for solo piano serves not just as the score for the dance, but also its inspiration. </p> <p>The dancers are Jason Collins, Brittany Engel-Adams, Christine Flores, Zachary Gonder, Lindsey Jones, Victor Lozano, Melissa Toogood.</p> <p>Tickets are $13 (including service charges). </p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-Boheme-aka-The-Hipsters-Coutesy-Pacific-Opera-Project-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12182" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-Boheme-aka-The-Hipsters-Coutesy-Pacific-Opera-Project-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-Boheme-aka-The-Hipsters-Coutesy-Pacific-Opera-Project-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-Boheme-aka-The-Hipsters-Coutesy-Pacific-Opera-Project-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-Boheme-aka-The-Hipsters-Coutesy-Pacific-Opera-Project-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-Boheme-aka-The-Hipsters-Coutesy-Pacific-Opera-Project-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-Boheme-aka-The-Hipsters-Coutesy-Pacific-Opera-Project-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-Boheme-aka-The-Hipsters-Coutesy-Pacific-Opera-Project-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/La-Boheme-aka-The-Hipsters-Coutesy-Pacific-Opera-Project.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Pacific Opera Project’s “La <em>Bohème</em> aka The Hipsters” (Courtesy of POP)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>OPERA:</em></strong> <em><a href="https://www.pacificoperaproject.com/hipsters2020-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">La <em>Bohème</em> aka The Hipsters</a></em><strong> </strong>– Pacific Opera Project – December 12th – December 13th</p> <p><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/04/10/josh-shaw-rewrites-the-rules-of-opera/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Josh Shaw</a> and Pacific Opera Project are back with another drive-in opera for you: their version of Puccini’s <em>La Bohème </em>(I guess it’s <em>La</em> <em>Bohème</em> week). Only their version, as you would expect, is not going to be traditional.</p> <p>Several years ago Shaw updated Puccini’s opera to present-day and gave the opera a subtitle, <em>The Hipsters</em>. He’s been reworking it again so that the opera takes place between Christmas Eve 2019 and November 2020. I wonder what significant events might inspire him since Act 3 is in April of 2020 and Act 4 appears timed to the elections.</p> <p>No longer will you find the bohemian characters Puccini introduced to the world. These hipsters are a graphic designer, a screenwriter, an English major, an indie-rocker and a fashion designer.</p> <p>The cast includes Arnold Livingston Geis as Rodolfo, Oriona Falla as Mimi, Ben Lowe as Marcello, Maria Dominique Lopez as Musetta, E. Scott Levin as Schaunard, Keith Colclough as Colline, and Luvi Avendano in the roles of Benoit, Alcindoro and Parpignol.</p> <p>The socially-distanced performances take place in the parking lot of the Camarillo United Methodist Church at 5:30 PM. Tickets are $65-$175 per car (there are sections just as there would be in an opera house).</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shoshana-Bean-Photo-by-Maxwell-Poth-Courrtesy-For-the-Record-Live-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12179" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shoshana-Bean-Photo-by-Maxwell-Poth-Courrtesy-For-the-Record-Live-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shoshana-Bean-Photo-by-Maxwell-Poth-Courrtesy-For-the-Record-Live-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shoshana-Bean-Photo-by-Maxwell-Poth-Courrtesy-For-the-Record-Live-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shoshana-Bean-Photo-by-Maxwell-Poth-Courrtesy-For-the-Record-Live-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shoshana-Bean-Photo-by-Maxwell-Poth-Courrtesy-For-the-Record-Live-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shoshana-Bean-Photo-by-Maxwell-Poth-Courrtesy-For-the-Record-Live-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shoshana-Bean-Photo-by-Maxwell-Poth-Courrtesy-For-the-Record-Live-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shoshana-Bean-Photo-by-Maxwell-Poth-Courrtesy-For-the-Record-Live.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Shoshana Bean (Photo by Maxwell Poth/Courtesy For the Record Live)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>CABARET:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.stellartickets.com/events/for-the-record/shoshana-bean-sing-your-hallelujah-apollo-theater" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Shoshana Bean – <em>Sing Your Hallelujah</em></a> – For the Record Live at the Apollo Theatre – 9:00 PM EST/6:00 PM PST</p> <p>Singer/actress <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/02/21/shoshana-bean-discovers-full-spectrum/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Shoshana Bean</a> sold out New York’s Apollo Theatre the last two years in a row. The pandemic made a trifecta impossible, so what’s a girl to do? Film a special there. That’s exactly what Bean has done with <em>Sing Your Hallelujah</em> which is being streamed on Saturday night.</p> <p>The show was inspired by the holiday television specials some of us grew up with (or maybe you experienced <em>A Holly Dolly Christmas</em> earlier this week).</p> <p>Joining Bean for the show are Gavin Creel (Tony Award-winner for <em>Hello, Dolly!</em>), tap dancer Jared Grimes, <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2015/09/02/supergirls-jeremy-jordan-sings-oscar-winning-songs-with-the-pasadena-pops/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jeremy Jordan</a> (<em>The Last Five Years</em>), singer Shayna Steele, Connie Talbot (Britain’s Got Talent Finalest) and Daniel J. Watts (Tony Award-nominee for his performance as Ike in <em>Tina</em> <em>– The Tina Turner Musical</em>). David Cook serves as Music Director.</p> <p>Tickets start at $30 with various VIP packages also available that will include a Q&A hosted by Sara Bareilles.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Taylor-Mac-Photo-©Little-Fang-TM-Holiday-Sauce-Courtesy-CAP-UCLA-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12161" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Taylor-Mac-Photo-©Little-Fang-TM-Holiday-Sauce-Courtesy-CAP-UCLA-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Taylor-Mac-Photo-©Little-Fang-TM-Holiday-Sauce-Courtesy-CAP-UCLA-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Taylor-Mac-Photo-©Little-Fang-TM-Holiday-Sauce-Courtesy-CAP-UCLA-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Taylor-Mac-Photo-©Little-Fang-TM-Holiday-Sauce-Courtesy-CAP-UCLA-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Taylor-Mac-Photo-©Little-Fang-TM-Holiday-Sauce-Courtesy-CAP-UCLA-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Taylor-Mac-Photo-©Little-Fang-TM-Holiday-Sauce-Courtesy-CAP-UCLA-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Taylor-Mac-Photo-©Little-Fang-TM-Holiday-Sauce-Courtesy-CAP-UCLA-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Taylor-Mac-Photo-©Little-Fang-TM-Holiday-Sauce-Courtesy-CAP-UCLA.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Taylor Mac (©Little Fang Photography/Courtesy CAP UCLA)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><em><strong>PERFORMANCE: </strong></em><a href="https://cap.ucla.edu/calendar/details/taylormacpandemic" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce…Pandemic!</em> </a>– CAP UCLA – December 12th – 10:00 PM EST/7:00 PM PST <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">TOP PICK</span></strong></p> <p>Two years ago, after rocking my world with <em>A 24-Decade History of Popular Music</em>, Taylor Mac returned to Los Angeles to perform <em>Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce</em>. Mac, who prefers <em>judy</em> as the preferred pronoun, brought to CAP UCLA at Royce Hall a holiday concert like no other.</p> <p>judy is back in a pandemic version of this holiday show which has been safely produced to skewer our world this holiday season. Fans of Mac will know to expect wildly imaginative costumes (by designer Machine Dazzle), uniquely arranged songs (with the assistance of Music Director Matt Ray) and definitely an adult take on everything. This is NOT family friendly material. Unless, of course, you’re “family.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce... Pandemic! Trailer" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ASGMJwdgyEY?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Mac was the named a MacArthur Fellow and this year became the first American to win the International Ibsen Award. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">American Theatre<em> </em>Magazine</span> says the award is considered “the Nobel Prize for theatre.”</p> <p><em>Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce…Pandemic</em> will only stream once. Tickets require a minimum of $25 with proceeds going to CAP UCLA.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jeremy-Denk-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12190" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jeremy-Denk-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jeremy-Denk-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jeremy-Denk-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jeremy-Denk-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jeremy-Denk-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jeremy-Denk-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jeremy-Denk-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jeremy-Denk-Courtesy-his-Facebook-page.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Pianist Jeremy Denk (Courtesy his Facebook page)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>CLASSICAL: </em></strong><a href="https://www.92y.org/event/jeremy-denk-piano" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jeremy Denk Recital</a> – 92nd Street Y – December 13th – 3:00 PM EST/12:00 PM PST</p> <p>If you didn’t get a chance to see pianist <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/24/classical-piano-genius-jeremy-denks-daily-discovery/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jeremy Denk</a>‘s recital from Caramoor in October, he’s performing the same program from New York’s 92nd Street Y on Sunday.</p> <p>The program is scheduled to include: Mozart’s <em>Piano Sonata in C Minor, K 457</em>; Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins’s <em>The Battle of Manassas</em>; Joplin/Chauvin’s <em>Heliotrope Bouquet</em>; Tania León’s <em>Ritual</em>; Frederic Rzewski’s <em>Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues</em> and Beethoven’s <em>Piano Sonata No 32 in C Minor, Op. 111</em>.</p> <p>You’ll get two classical period compositions, ragtime, the work of a young Black man during The Civil War and the work of two contemporary composers. How’s that for diverse?</p> <p>Tickets are $15.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Denis-Velez-Craig-Terry-and-Ana-Maria-Martinez-in-22Pasion-Latina22-Photo-©Kyle-Flubacker-Courtesy-Lyric-Opera-of-Chicago-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12160" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Denis-Velez-Craig-Terry-and-Ana-Maria-Martinez-in-22Pasion-Latina22-Photo-©Kyle-Flubacker-Courtesy-Lyric-Opera-of-Chicago-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Denis-Velez-Craig-Terry-and-Ana-Maria-Martinez-in-22Pasion-Latina22-Photo-©Kyle-Flubacker-Courtesy-Lyric-Opera-of-Chicago-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Denis-Velez-Craig-Terry-and-Ana-Maria-Martinez-in-22Pasion-Latina22-Photo-©Kyle-Flubacker-Courtesy-Lyric-Opera-of-Chicago-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Denis-Velez-Craig-Terry-and-Ana-Maria-Martinez-in-22Pasion-Latina22-Photo-©Kyle-Flubacker-Courtesy-Lyric-Opera-of-Chicago-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Denis-Velez-Craig-Terry-and-Ana-Maria-Martinez-in-22Pasion-Latina22-Photo-©Kyle-Flubacker-Courtesy-Lyric-Opera-of-Chicago-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Denis-Velez-Craig-Terry-and-Ana-Maria-Martinez-in-22Pasion-Latina22-Photo-©Kyle-Flubacker-Courtesy-Lyric-Opera-of-Chicago-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Denis-Velez-Craig-Terry-and-Ana-Maria-Martinez-in-22Pasion-Latina22-Photo-©Kyle-Flubacker-Courtesy-Lyric-Opera-of-Chicago-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Denis-Velez-Craig-Terry-and-Ana-Maria-Martinez-in-22Pasion-Latina22-Photo-©Kyle-Flubacker-Courtesy-Lyric-Opera-of-Chicago.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Denis Vélez, Craig Terry and Ana María Martínez in “Pasión Latina” (Photo ©Kyle Flubacker/Courtesy Lyric Opera of Chicago)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>OPERA: </em></strong><em><a href="https://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2020-21/pasion-latina/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pasión Latina</a></em> – Lyric Opera of Chicago – December 13th – 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST</p> <p>Music from Argentina, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Spain is on tap in this concert starring soprano <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2017/09/18/soprano-ana-maria-martinez-becomes-carmen/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ana María Martínez</a> that will premiere on Sunday on the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/lyricoperachicago" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube</a> channel and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lyricopera/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Facebook</a> page.</p> <p>Martínez has appeared at LA Opera in the title role of <em>Carmen</em> and in the title role of <em>Madama Butterfly</em> with Lyric Opera of Chicago. Those are just two of her many roles she’s performed around the world.</p> <p>Joining Martínez in <em>Pasión Latina</em> are Mexican-American tenors René Barbera and David Portillo; Mexican tenor Mario Rojas, Mexican-American bass-baritone Richard Ollarsaba; Mexican soprano Denis Vélez and Puerto Rican baritone Ricardo José Rivera.</p> <p>The singers will be accompanied on piano by Ryan Opera Center music director Craig Terry and Ensemble pianist Chris Reynolds. The show concludes with a concert segment in which the singers are joined by members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra.</p> <p>This concert is free.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Broadway-Inspirational-Voices-Courtesy-BIV-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12180" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Broadway-Inspirational-Voices-Courtesy-BIV-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Broadway-Inspirational-Voices-Courtesy-BIV-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Broadway-Inspirational-Voices-Courtesy-BIV-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Broadway-Inspirational-Voices-Courtesy-BIV-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Broadway-Inspirational-Voices-Courtesy-BIV-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Broadway-Inspirational-Voices-Courtesy-BIV-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Broadway-Inspirational-Voices-Courtesy-BIV-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Broadway-Inspirational-Voices-Courtesy-BIV.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Broadway Inspirational Voices (Courtesy BIV)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>CHORAL: </em></strong><a href="https://broadwayinspirationalvoices.org/biv-holiday-concert-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway Inspirational Voices:<em> A Season of Hope and Inspiration</em></a> – December 13th – 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST</p> <p>What began as the Broadway Gospel Choir in 1994 has become an acclaimed ensemble that has captured the hearts of all those who hear them sing. Broadway Inspiration Voices is a music group that has members of Broadway and off-Broadway shows – whether singers or musicians – as their members. </p> <p>Last year BIV was awarded a Special Tony for Excellence in Theatre.</p> <p>This Sunday they are live streaming <em>A Season of Hope and Inspiration</em>. As it is a live stream, this will only be shown live as scheduled.</p> <p>You won’t want to miss this concert. Take a look at who’s joining them: guest appearances by Debbie Allen, Gavin Creel, Montego Glover, Celia Rose Gooding, Angela Grovey, Marva Hicks, LaChanze, Telly Leung, Lisa Lynne Mathis, Audra McDonald, Michael McElroy, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Karen Olivo, John Eric Parker, Phylicia Rashad, Angela Robinson, Jeanine Tesori, Leslie Uggams, Schele Williams and Vanessa Williams. </p> <p>There will also be performances featuring Shoshana Bean, Crystal Monee Hall, Marcus Paul James, Patti LuPone, Leslie Odom Jr., Billy Porter, Daniel J. Watts, and hundreds of guest artists from Broadway, U.S. National tours, London’s West End, and Australia.</p> <p>You can watch the concert for free, but you do need to register for it. you can also make donations to Broadway’s Inspiration Voices and also purchase a VIP experience that allows for some pre-show fun.</p> <p>We’ve come to the end of Best Bets at Home: December 11th – December 13th. With so many options from which to choose, I’m not going to add any reminders. If you are curious, check out our <em>This Week in Culture</em> section on the main page or the Now Playing section.</p> <p>Stay safe. Stay healthy. Have a great weekend and enjoy these Best Bets at Home: December 11th -December 13th.</p> <p>Photo: Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past from <em>Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol</em> (Courtesy of The Soraya)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/12/11/best-bets-at-home-december-11th-december-13th/">Best Bets at Home: December 11th – December 13th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2020/12/11/best-bets-at-home-december-11th-december-13th/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Best Bets at Home: October 23rd – October 25th</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/23/best-bets-at-home-october-23rd-october-25th/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/23/best-bets-at-home-october-23rd-october-25th/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 07:01:38 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Classical: Metronome]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Come to the Cabaret]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dance: At the Barre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jazz in 5/4 Time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera: Bravo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[What's Hot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A Mexican Trilogy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Masters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Atlantic Theater Company]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Baruch College]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Caramoor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Center Theatre Group]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Champion: An Opera in Jazz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles Lloyd]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles Lloyd Ocean Trio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death of a Salesman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Der Rosenkavalier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Diana Damrau]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dominique Morisseau]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dwb (driving while black)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evelina Fernández]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Falstaff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forward. Together.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fridays at Five]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gateway to Cabaret]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Goodman Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gustavo Dudamel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jeremy Denk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joseph Calleja]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kenneth Lonergan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LaChanze]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Latino Theater Company]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Le Comte Ory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Le Nozze di Figaro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lisette Oropesa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Live from the West Side: Women of Broadway]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lobero Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Theatre Works]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Luca Pisaroni]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ludwig van Beethoven]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Luis Valdez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Met Stars Live in Concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Tilson Thomas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Is Now]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Molissa Fenley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nadine Sierra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Patrick Summers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Patti LuPone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PBS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Phillippe Sly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Playbill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ravi Coltrane]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ravi Coltrane Quartet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Roberta Gumbel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ruben Santiago-Hudson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Seth Rudetsky]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SFJazz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shakespeare Trilogy on Film]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Skeleton Crew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sound/Stage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[State of Darkness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Susan Kander]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Table Top Shakespeare: At Home]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taj Mahal Quartet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terence Blanchard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Cabaret Project of St. Louis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Joyce Theater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Public Theater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[This Is Our Youth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Village Vanguard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Shakespeare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zoot Suit]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=11337</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>There aren't enough hours in the weekend to see everything - but you can try!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/23/best-bets-at-home-october-23rd-october-25th/">Best Bets at Home: October 23rd – October 25th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Fifteen. Yes, fifteen. We have fifteen options for you in Best Bets at Home: October 23rd – October 25th. Your choices range from plays to jazz to opera to dance to classical music to cabaret performances from some of Broadway’s biggest stars. In other words, something for everyone.</p> <p>So let’s get to it. Here are your Best Bets at Home: October 23rd – October 25th:</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Luis-Valdez-directs-the-1978-production-of-22Zoot-Suit22-Photo-by-Jay-Thompson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11357" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Luis-Valdez-directs-the-1978-production-of-22Zoot-Suit22-Photo-by-Jay-Thompson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Luis-Valdez-directs-the-1978-production-of-22Zoot-Suit22-Photo-by-Jay-Thompson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Luis-Valdez-directs-the-1978-production-of-22Zoot-Suit22-Photo-by-Jay-Thompson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Luis-Valdez-directs-the-1978-production-of-22Zoot-Suit22-Photo-by-Jay-Thompson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Luis-Valdez-directs-the-1978-production-of-22Zoot-Suit22-Photo-by-Jay-Thompson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Luis-Valdez-directs-the-1978-production-of-22Zoot-Suit22-Photo-by-Jay-Thompson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Luis-Valdez-directs-the-1978-production-of-22Zoot-Suit22-Photo-by-Jay-Thompson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Luis-Valdez-directs-the-1978-production-of-22Zoot-Suit22-Photo-by-Jay-Thompson-Courtesy-Center-Theatre-Group-1.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Luis Valdez (center right) with the cast of the 1978 production of “Zoot Suit” at the Mark Taper Forum. (Photo by Jay Thompson/Courtesy Center Theatre Group)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><a href="https://www.centertheatregroup.org/digitalstage/digital-stage/l-a-theatre-works-presents-zoot-suit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong><em>Zoot Suit</em></strong> </a>– Center Theatre Group – Now – December 20th</p> <p>Amongst one of the most memorable shows ever to appear at the Mark Taper Forum was Luis Valdez’s <em>Zoot Suit</em>. Upon its premiere in1978, it was immediately hailed as a masterwork. <em>Zoot Suit</em> returned to the Taper in 2017 for their 50th anniversary season.</p> <p><em>Zoot Suit </em>tells the story of Henry Reyna, the leader of the 38th Street Gang, who gets accused of the murder of José Williams at Sleepy Lagoon. Reyna and his gang were about to fight their rivals, the Downey Gang, when the mythical El Pachuco stops it. Police nonetheless arrive and arrest Williams and his gang. This sets in motion a very magical show that uses dance, Latin music and surreal moments to reveal what happens to Reyna and how El Pachuco guides the actions and reveals certain truths.</p> <p>In collaboration with Los Angeles Theatre Works, Center Theatre Group is making their radio play version of <em>Zoot Suit</em> available for free listening.</p> <p>Marco Rodriguez plays El Pachuco, Kinan Valdez is Henry Reyna, Daniel Valdez is Enrique Reyna and Alma Martinez is Dolores Reyna. </p> <p>This is a wildly imaginative and entertaining play. Well worth your time to give it a listen.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="169" height="300" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dominique-Morriseau-Courtesy-Atlantic-Theater-Company-169x300.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11358" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dominique-Morriseau-Courtesy-Atlantic-Theater-Company-169x300.jpg 169w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dominique-Morriseau-Courtesy-Atlantic-Theater-Company-576x1024.jpg 576w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dominique-Morriseau-Courtesy-Atlantic-Theater-Company-768x1365.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dominique-Morriseau-Courtesy-Atlantic-Theater-Company-864x1536.jpg 864w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dominique-Morriseau-Courtesy-Atlantic-Theater-Company-696x1237.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dominique-Morriseau-Courtesy-Atlantic-Theater-Company-1068x1899.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dominique-Morriseau-Courtesy-Atlantic-Theater-Company-236x420.jpg 236w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dominique-Morriseau-Courtesy-Atlantic-Theater-Company.jpg 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px" /><figcaption>Playwright Dominique Morisseau (Courtesy Atlantic Theater Company)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em><a href="https://atlantictheater.org/production/skeleton-crew-reunion-reading/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skeleton Crew</a></em></strong> – Atlantic Theater Company – Now – October 23rd</p> <p>Playwright Dominique Morisseau’s <em>Skeleton Crew</em> had its world premiere at New York’s Atlantic Theater in 2016. It is the third play in her Detroit Cycle and depicts one auto plant department’s work family. Everyone has challenges in their own lives that will have to be navigated if the plant closes. In the middle of this is Reggie, the manager who was once one of the workers. He has to determine whether to be loyal to his work family or maintain the discretion required of his job.</p> <p>As part of their <em>Fall</em> <em>Reunion Reading</em> series, Atlantic Theater is bringing most of the original cast back: Jason Dirden as Dez, Wendell B. Franklin as Reggie, Nikiya Mathis as Shanita and Adesola Osakulumi (choreographer and performer.) New to the company is Caroline Clay who takes on the role of Fay which was originated by Lynda Gravatt. Ruben Santiago-Hudson returns to direct.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/theater/review-skeleton-crew-a-tale-of-autoworkers-in-hard-hit-detroit.html?searchResultPosition=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ben Brantley</a>, in his <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times</span> review of that production said, “It is, in other words, a deeply moral and deeply American play, with a loving compassion for those trapped in a system that makes sins, spiritual or societal, and self-betrayal almost inevitable.”</p> <p>I saw the Geffen Playhouse production of <em>Skeleton Crew</em>. It’s quite a good play. This should be an excellent reading.</p> <p>There is no charge to watch <em>Skeleton Crew</em>, but reservations are required. A donation of $25 is suggested.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gustavo-Dudamel-and-the-LA-Phil-Sound-Stage-Natalie-Suarez-for-the-Los-Angeles-Philharmonic-Courtesy-the-LA-Phil-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11375" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gustavo-Dudamel-and-the-LA-Phil-Sound-Stage-Natalie-Suarez-for-the-Los-Angeles-Philharmonic-Courtesy-the-LA-Phil-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gustavo-Dudamel-and-the-LA-Phil-Sound-Stage-Natalie-Suarez-for-the-Los-Angeles-Philharmonic-Courtesy-the-LA-Phil-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gustavo-Dudamel-and-the-LA-Phil-Sound-Stage-Natalie-Suarez-for-the-Los-Angeles-Philharmonic-Courtesy-the-LA-Phil-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gustavo-Dudamel-and-the-LA-Phil-Sound-Stage-Natalie-Suarez-for-the-Los-Angeles-Philharmonic-Courtesy-the-LA-Phil-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gustavo-Dudamel-and-the-LA-Phil-Sound-Stage-Natalie-Suarez-for-the-Los-Angeles-Philharmonic-Courtesy-the-LA-Phil-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gustavo-Dudamel-and-the-LA-Phil-Sound-Stage-Natalie-Suarez-for-the-Los-Angeles-Philharmonic-Courtesy-the-LA-Phil-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gustavo-Dudamel-and-the-LA-Phil-Sound-Stage-Natalie-Suarez-for-the-Los-Angeles-Philharmonic-Courtesy-the-LA-Phil-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gustavo-Dudamel-and-the-LA-Phil-Sound-Stage-Natalie-Suarez-for-the-Los-Angeles-Philharmonic-Courtesy-the-LA-Phil.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil shoot “Sound/Stage” (Natalie Suarez for the Los Angeles Philharmonic/Courtesy the LA Phil)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em><a href="https://www.laphil.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Beethoven Symphony No. 7</a></em></strong> – LA Philharmonic Sound/Stage – Starts October 23rd</p> <p>In this fifth episode of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s <em>Sound/Stage</em> series, Gustavo Dudamel leads the orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s <em>Symphony No. 7</em>.</p> <p>Composed in 1811-1812, the symphony’s debut took place in 1813 in Vienna. There are four movements: Poco sostenuto – Vivace, Allegretto, Presto – Assai meno presto and Allegro con brio.</p> <p>Dudamel and the LA Phil performed a full cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies in 2015 that earned rave reviews. Given that this work is orchestrated for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets , 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings it is perfect for a socially-distanced performance at the Hollywood Bowl.</p> <p>Of course, it’s also great music. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dwb-driving-while-black-Courtesy-Baruch-College-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11359" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dwb-driving-while-black-Courtesy-Baruch-College-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dwb-driving-while-black-Courtesy-Baruch-College-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dwb-driving-while-black-Courtesy-Baruch-College-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dwb-driving-while-black-Courtesy-Baruch-College-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dwb-driving-while-black-Courtesy-Baruch-College-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dwb-driving-while-black-Courtesy-Baruch-College-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dwb-driving-while-black-Courtesy-Baruch-College-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dwb-driving-while-black-Courtesy-Baruch-College.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Roberta Gumbel in “dwb (driving while black)”/Photo courtesy of Baruch College</figcaption></figure></div> <p><span><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/calendar/(X(1)S(e4yxua45dy1l4t45ljvjed45))/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2020&todate=10/31/2020&display=&type=public&eventidn=81021&view=EventDetails&information_id=1121642&_ga=2.192461034.1191004513.1597948508-434811229.1597075571&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>d</i></a></span></span><strong><em><a href="https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/calendar/(X(1)S(e4yxua45dy1l4t45ljvjed45))/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2020&todate=10/31/2020&display=&type=public&eventidn=81021&view=EventDetails&information_id=1121642&_ga=2.192461034.1191004513.1597948508-434811229.1597075571&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">wb (driving while black)</a></em></strong> – Baruch College – October 23rd – October 29th </p> <p>The New York premiere of Susan Kander and Roberta Gumbel’s <em>dwb (driving while black)</em> was meant to take place in March at Baruch Performing Arts Center. As a result of that postponement, they have created a directed-for-video performance of the work which will have its world premiere on October 23rd.</p> <p>The 44-minute <em>dwb</em> portrays the dilemma every Black parent faces when his/her son is of age to drive. How do you both encourage him to enjoy the freedom that comes with the ability to drive while also making sure he’s fully aware of the challenges and anxiety that come with driving while Black.</p> <p>Gumbel sings <em>dwb</em>. She is accompanied by Hannah Collins on cello and Michael Compitello on percussion. Chip Miller directed.</p> <p>The work had its debut in Kansas City in 2019. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.thepitchkc.com/the-difficult-but-vital-dwb-driving-while-black-performances-best-of-kc-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Pitch</a></span>, the alternative newspaper, said of <em>dwb</em>, “In pinpointing and relating the terror racial biases and injustices cause, Kander and Gumbel created one of the most singularly devastating theatrical moments of the last year.”</p> <p>You must register to watch the video of <em>dwb</em>. Baruch Students can watch for free. General admission is available and you can pay what you can to watch it.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ravi-Coltrane-Phto-by-Deborah-Feingold-Courtesy-Kurland-Agency-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11360" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ravi-Coltrane-Phto-by-Deborah-Feingold-Courtesy-Kurland-Agency-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ravi-Coltrane-Phto-by-Deborah-Feingold-Courtesy-Kurland-Agency-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ravi-Coltrane-Phto-by-Deborah-Feingold-Courtesy-Kurland-Agency-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ravi-Coltrane-Phto-by-Deborah-Feingold-Courtesy-Kurland-Agency-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ravi-Coltrane-Phto-by-Deborah-Feingold-Courtesy-Kurland-Agency-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ravi-Coltrane-Phto-by-Deborah-Feingold-Courtesy-Kurland-Agency-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ravi-Coltrane-Phto-by-Deborah-Feingold-Courtesy-Kurland-Agency-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ravi-Coltrane-Phto-by-Deborah-Feingold-Courtesy-Kurland-Agency.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Ravi Coltrane (Photo by Deborah Feingold/Courtesy Kurland Agency)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em><a href="https://villagevanguard.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ravi Coltrane Quartet</a></em></strong> – Village Vanguard – October 23rd – October 24th</p> <p>New York’s Village Vanguard has straightened out their streaming issues and returns with two performances by saxophonist Ravi Coltrane.</p> <p>Coltrane had not even turned 2 when his father, John Coltrane, passed away. But he inherited true musical talent from both his father and his mother, Alice.</p> <p>He became a bandleader and released his first album, <em>Moving Pictures</em>, in 1998. At this point in his career he had already worked with Geri Allen, Kenny Barron, Stanley Clarke, Steve Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis, Pharoah Sanders, Carlos Santana and McCoy Tyner.</p> <p>For these performances he will be joined by David Virelles on piano, Dezron Douglas on bass and Jonathan Blake on drums.</p> <p>Tickets are $10.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Leonard-Bernstein-and-Michael-Tilson-Thomas-Photo-Courtesy-of-Heinz-Weissenstein-Whitestone-Photo-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11361" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Leonard-Bernstein-and-Michael-Tilson-Thomas-Photo-Courtesy-of-Heinz-Weissenstein-Whitestone-Photo-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Leonard-Bernstein-and-Michael-Tilson-Thomas-Photo-Courtesy-of-Heinz-Weissenstein-Whitestone-Photo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Leonard-Bernstein-and-Michael-Tilson-Thomas-Photo-Courtesy-of-Heinz-Weissenstein-Whitestone-Photo-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Leonard-Bernstein-and-Michael-Tilson-Thomas-Photo-Courtesy-of-Heinz-Weissenstein-Whitestone-Photo-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Leonard-Bernstein-and-Michael-Tilson-Thomas-Photo-Courtesy-of-Heinz-Weissenstein-Whitestone-Photo-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Leonard-Bernstein-and-Michael-Tilson-Thomas-Photo-Courtesy-of-Heinz-Weissenstein-Whitestone-Photo-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Leonard-Bernstein-and-Michael-Tilson-Thomas-Photo-Courtesy-of-Heinz-Weissenstein-Whitestone-Photo-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Leonard-Bernstein-and-Michael-Tilson-Thomas-Photo-Courtesy-of-Heinz-Weissenstein-Whitestone-Photo.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Leonard Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas (Courtesy of Heinz Weissenstein/Whitestone Photo)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><span><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/michael-tilson-thomas-documentary/15245/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>Michael</i></a></span><i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/michael-tilson-thomas-documentary/15245/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> </a></i></span><strong><em><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/michael-tilson-thomas-documentary/15245/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tilson Thomas: Where Is Now</a></em></strong> – American Masters on PBS – Check Local Listings</p> <p>Earlier this year, and perhaps not quite as ceremoniously as planned, Michael Tilson Thomas concluded a 25-year run as the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony. It was just one accomplishment in a truly amazing career. He has 11 Grammy Awards, has received a National Medal of Arts and was a Kennedy Center Honoree. Not too bad for a guy who grew up in Los Angeles and accompanied musicals while a student at USC.</p> <p><em>American Masters </em>on PBS will presents <em>Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is</em> on October 23rd. The 90-minute documentary by Susan Froemke and Kirk Simon follows his young life in Southern California to his time as a protégé of Leonard Bernstein through to his becoming one of the world’s most acclaimed conductors.</p> <p>Amongst those appearing in the documentary are composer Steve Reich, architect Frank Gehry, LA Philharmonic’s CEO Chad Smith, Carnegie Hall’s Clive Gillinson and Thomas’s husband, Joshua Robison.</p> <p>For me personally, Thomas was one of the most influential people discussing, creating and performing classical music as I was growing up. Watching him talk about this music instilled in me a great appreciation for it. I would turn to his many recordings on a regular basis from the classics to a live concert with Sarah Vaughan and the LA Phil – which if you haven’t heard, you must.</p> <p>While scheduled for October 23rd, you should check your local listings.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Taj-Mahal-Courtesy-Monterey-International-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11373" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Taj-Mahal-Courtesy-Monterey-International-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Taj-Mahal-Courtesy-Monterey-International-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Taj-Mahal-Courtesy-Monterey-International-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Taj-Mahal-Courtesy-Monterey-International-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Taj-Mahal-Courtesy-Monterey-International-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Taj-Mahal-Courtesy-Monterey-International-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Taj-Mahal-Courtesy-Monterey-International-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Taj-Mahal-Courtesy-Monterey-International.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Taj Mahal (Photo ©Jay Blakesberg/Retna LTD./Courtesy Monterey International)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><a href="https://www.sfjazz.org/watch/#info-open" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong><em>Taj Mahal</em></strong> <strong><em>Quartet</em></strong></a> – SFJAZZ – October 23rd – 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT</p> <p>This week’s <em>Fridays</em> <em>at Five</em> concert from SFJAZZ is one of the last concerts to take place this year before venues were required to shut down. Taj Mahal Quartet performed on February 28th, 2020 in the concert being shown.</p> <p>Taj Mahal began his career in an ill-fated band called Rising Sons with Ry Cooder in 1964. When that failed to come together successfully, he recorded with a few artists before going on his own with his first album in 1968. 31 studio albums, 7 live albums and three Grammy Awards later, he is considered one of the best ambassadors for the blues. Of course, he does more than the blues. His influences range from soul music, international rhythms and so much more and all find their way into his music.</p> <p><em>Fridays at Five</em> requires you have either a one-month membership ($5) or a year-long membership ($60) to watch the performances. </p> <p><strong><em><a href="https://www.lobero.org/events/charles-lloyd-ocean-trio/?utm_source=Downbeat&utm_medium=Ad%20(paid)&utm_campaign=Charles%20Lloyd%20Live%20Stream_20Tix%20on%20sale%20now" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Charles Lloyd Ocean Trio</a></em></strong> – Lobero Theatre – October 23rd – 11:00 PM EDT/8:00 PM PDT</p> <p>Jazz legend <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/06/07/jazz-legend-charles-lloyd-still-hasnt-found-hes-listening/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Charles Lloyd</a> just keeps performing. Aren’t we lucky? For this live performance from Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre he will be joined by pianist/composer Gerald Clayton and guitarist/composer Anthony Wilson. As Lloyd says in this video, he’s trying to keep live music alive.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Charles Lloyd Promo Live from the Lobero" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/463104698?dnt=1&app_id=122963" width="696" height="392" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Tickets are $15.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Annique-Roberts-in-22State-of-Darkness22-Photo-by-Mohamad-Sadek-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11371" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Annique-Roberts-in-22State-of-Darkness22-Photo-by-Mohamad-Sadek-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Annique-Roberts-in-22State-of-Darkness22-Photo-by-Mohamad-Sadek-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Annique-Roberts-in-22State-of-Darkness22-Photo-by-Mohamad-Sadek-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Annique-Roberts-in-22State-of-Darkness22-Photo-by-Mohamad-Sadek-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Annique-Roberts-in-22State-of-Darkness22-Photo-by-Mohamad-Sadek-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Annique-Roberts-in-22State-of-Darkness22-Photo-by-Mohamad-Sadek-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Annique-Roberts-in-22State-of-Darkness22-Photo-by-Mohamad-Sadek-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Annique-Roberts-in-22State-of-Darkness22-Photo-by-Mohamad-Sadek-Courtesy-The-Joyce-Theater.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Annique Roberts in “State of Darkness” (Photo by Mohammad Sadek/Courtesy The Joyce Theater)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em><a href="https://www.joyce.org/stateofdarkness" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">State of Darkness</a></em></strong> – The Joyce Theater – October 24th – November 1st </p> <p>In 1988 choreographer Molissa Fenley debuted a solo project called <em>State of Darkness</em>. The 35-minute seriously intense work is set to the music of Igor Stravinsky’s <em>Rite of Spring</em>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/08/arts/review-dance-in-state-of-darkness-a-dancer-s-rite-of-passage.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anna Kisselgoff</a>, writing in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times</span> in 1988, said of <em>State of Darkness</em> , “Molissa Fenley’s use of Stravinsky’s ‘Sacre du Printemps’ as music for a new dance solo succeeds beyond expectation. A dancer who has been unmatched on the experimental scene for her explosive, even primal, energy, Miss Fenley has found her true center here.”</p> <p>For these performances, Fenley has restaged the work and will have seven different dancers performing <em>State of Darkness</em>. This weekend’s schedule is as follows:</p> <p><em>Saturday, October 24th</em>: Michael Trusnovec of Paul Taylor American Dance Company performs at 5:00 PM EDT/2:00 PM PDT; 2020 Juilliard graduate Jared Brown performs at 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT.</p> <p><em>Sunday, October 25th:</em> Annique Roberts of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE performs at 5:00 PM EDT/2:00 PM PDT; Shamel Pitts (formerly of Batsheva Dance Company) performs at 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT.</p> <p>There are three additional performances next week by Lloyd Knight of Martha Graham Dance Company, Sara Mearns of the New York City Ballet and Cassandra Trenary of American Ballet Theatre.</p> <p>Tickets are $13 to watch each individual performance.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/San-Francisco-Operas-22Le-Nozze-di-Figaro22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11362" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/San-Francisco-Operas-22Le-Nozze-di-Figaro22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/San-Francisco-Operas-22Le-Nozze-di-Figaro22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/San-Francisco-Operas-22Le-Nozze-di-Figaro22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/San-Francisco-Operas-22Le-Nozze-di-Figaro22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/San-Francisco-Operas-22Le-Nozze-di-Figaro22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/San-Francisco-Operas-22Le-Nozze-di-Figaro22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/San-Francisco-Operas-22Le-Nozze-di-Figaro22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/San-Francisco-Operas-22Le-Nozze-di-Figaro22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-SF-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>San Francisco Opera’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” (Photo by Cory Weaver/Courtesy SF Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em><a href="https://sfopera.com/opera-is-on/streaming/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Le Nozze di Figaro</a></em></strong> – San Francisco Opera – October 24th – October 25th</p> <p>Conducted by Patrick Summers; starring Phillippe Sly, Lisette Oropesa, Nadine Sierra, Luca Pisaroni, Catherine Cook Greg Fedderly and John Easterlin. This Robin Guarino production is from the 2014-2015 season and is a revival of their 1982 production. Guarino was new to the production.</p> <p>Mozart’s <em>Le Nozze di Figaro</em> is based on the 1784 play <em>La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro</em> (translated: “The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro”) by Pierre Beaumarchais. Lorenzo da Ponte wrote the libretto. <em>La Nozze di Figaro</em> had its world premiere in Vienna in 1786.</p> <p>Figaro and Susanna are getting married. They are in a room made available to them by the Count who plans to seduce the bride-to-be based on an old law that gave permission to lords to have sex with servant girls on their wedding night. When Figaro gets wind of this plan he enlists several people to outwit the Count using disguises, altered identities and more.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Marriage of Figaro Highlights" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EEorTDORC5I?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Critics mostly lauded this production. Many were intrigued by a younger-than-usual cast that brought a freshness to Mozart’s oft-performed opera. Of particular interest to me is Oropesa as Susanna. She should be delightful in this performance.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Diana-Damrau-Courtesy-of-Met-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11367" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Diana-Damrau-Courtesy-of-Met-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Diana-Damrau-Courtesy-of-Met-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Diana-Damrau-Courtesy-of-Met-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Diana-Damrau-Courtesy-of-Met-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Diana-Damrau-Courtesy-of-Met-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Diana-Damrau-Courtesy-of-Met-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Diana-Damrau-Courtesy-of-Met-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Diana-Damrau-Courtesy-of-Met-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Diana Damrau (Courtesy of Metropolitan Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><a href="https://metstarslive.brightcove-services.com/events/6168652598001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong><em>Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja</em></strong></a> – Met Stars Live in Concert – October 24th – 1:00 PM EDT/10:00 AM PDT</p> <p>After some schedule changes, Met Stars Live in Concert returns this weekend with a performance by soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Joseph Calleja. Accompanied by pianist Vincenzo Scalera, they will be performing from Caserta, Italy.</p> <p>The program will include three arias from Puccini’s <em>Tosca</em>, one from Donizetti’s <em>L’Elisir d’Amore</em>, one from Verdi’s <em>Un Ballo in Maschera</em>, one from Rossini’s <em>Semiramide</em>, two from Bizet’s <em>Carmen</em>, Bach/Gounod’s <em>Ave Maria</em> and more.</p> <p>Damrau made her Met Opera debut in 2005 in <em>Ariadne auf Naxos</em>. Since then she’s performed nearly 150 times at the Met. Calleja made his debut at the Met one year later in <em>Rigoletto</em> and has given almost 100 performances there.</p> <p>Tickets are $20</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Patti-LuPone-Photo-by-Axel-Dupeux-Courtesy-Segerstrom-Center-for-the-Arts-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11369" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Patti-LuPone-Photo-by-Axel-Dupeux-Courtesy-Segerstrom-Center-for-the-Arts-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Patti-LuPone-Photo-by-Axel-Dupeux-Courtesy-Segerstrom-Center-for-the-Arts-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Patti-LuPone-Photo-by-Axel-Dupeux-Courtesy-Segerstrom-Center-for-the-Arts-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Patti-LuPone-Photo-by-Axel-Dupeux-Courtesy-Segerstrom-Center-for-the-Arts-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Patti-LuPone-Photo-by-Axel-Dupeux-Courtesy-Segerstrom-Center-for-the-Arts-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Patti-LuPone-Photo-by-Axel-Dupeux-Courtesy-Segerstrom-Center-for-the-Arts-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Patti-LuPone-Photo-by-Axel-Dupeux-Courtesy-Segerstrom-Center-for-the-Arts-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Patti-LuPone-Photo-by-Axel-Dupeux-Courtesy-Segerstrom-Center-for-the-Arts.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Patti LuPone (Photo by Axel Dupeux/Courtesy Segerstrom Center)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em><a href="https://www.scfta.org/events/2020/patti-lupone-(1)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Patti LuPone Live from the West Side</a></em></strong> – Segerstrom Center – October 24th – 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT – $30</p> <p>Two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone is the first of three performers in <em>Live from the West Side: Women of Broadway</em> series. The series features intimate live-streamed performances from New York’s Shubert Virtual Studios. Songs, stories and apparently questions responded in real time are all part of the show.</p> <p>LuPone, as you certainly must know, is the two-time Tony Award winner for her performances in <em>Evita</em> and<em> </em>the 2008 revival of <em>Gypsy</em>. She has received five other Tony nominations. She was in rehearsals to open in a new revival of Stephen Sondheim’s <em>Company</em> when the pandemic forced the closure of Broadway.</p> <p>If you watched Ryan Murphy’s <em>Hollywood</em>, you would have seen her as the strong-willed and risky Avis Amber.</p> <p>This series will include two additional concerts: Laura Benanti (LuPone’s co-star in <em>Gypsy</em> and also a winner of the Tony Award) will perform on November 14th; Vanessa Williams (who appeared in the 2002 revival of <em>Into the Woods</em> with Benanti) performs on December 5th.</p> <p>The three concerts are being held to help support 22 theaters around the country. In Southern California that venue is the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. </p> <p>Tickets are $30 for each individual concert. A three-show package might be available depending on the venue. You will be able to stream the concert for an additional 72 hours after its completion.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gateway-to-Cabaret-Courtesy-The-Cabaret-Project-of-St.-Louis-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11363" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gateway-to-Cabaret-Courtesy-The-Cabaret-Project-of-St.-Louis-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gateway-to-Cabaret-Courtesy-The-Cabaret-Project-of-St.-Louis-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gateway-to-Cabaret-Courtesy-The-Cabaret-Project-of-St.-Louis-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gateway-to-Cabaret-Courtesy-The-Cabaret-Project-of-St.-Louis-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gateway-to-Cabaret-Courtesy-The-Cabaret-Project-of-St.-Louis-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gateway-to-Cabaret-Courtesy-The-Cabaret-Project-of-St.-Louis-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gateway-to-Cabaret-Courtesy-The-Cabaret-Project-of-St.-Louis-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gateway-to-Cabaret-Courtesy-The-Cabaret-Project-of-St.-Louis.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Part of the cast of “Gateway to Cabaret” (Courtesy the Cabaret Project of St. Louis)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>Gateway to</em></strong> <strong><em>Cabaret: A Star Studded Virtual Event</em></strong> – The Cabaret Project of St. Louis – October 24th – 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT</p> <p>Fans of musical theatre will want to catch <em>Gateway to Cabaret</em> from The Cabaret Project of St. Louis. Their line-up is impressive: Norm Lewis (<em>The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess</em>), Faith Prince (Tony winner for the 1992 revival of <em>Guys and Dolls</em>), Brandon Victor Dixon (<em>Shuffle Along or The Making of a Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed</em>), Alexandra Billings (<em>Wicked</em>), Sidney Myer (Don’t Tell Mama), Christine Andreas (<em>On Your Toes</em>, <em>Oklahoma</em>), Tony DeSare (jazz singer), Capathia Jenkins (<em>Caroline, Or Change</em>), <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2014/03/19/billy-stritch-23-years-lizas-confidant-music-director/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Billy Stritch</a> (pianist/singer) and <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/10/22/steven-brinberg-salutes-two-singular-sensations/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Steven Brinberg</a> (<em>Simply Barbra</em>).</p> <p>Tickets are $25/household. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jeremy-Denk-photo-by-Michael-Wilson-Courtesy-Jeremydenk.com_-1-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11365" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jeremy-Denk-photo-by-Michael-Wilson-Courtesy-Jeremydenk.com_-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jeremy-Denk-photo-by-Michael-Wilson-Courtesy-Jeremydenk.com_-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jeremy-Denk-photo-by-Michael-Wilson-Courtesy-Jeremydenk.com_-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jeremy-Denk-photo-by-Michael-Wilson-Courtesy-Jeremydenk.com_-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jeremy-Denk-photo-by-Michael-Wilson-Courtesy-Jeremydenk.com_-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jeremy-Denk-photo-by-Michael-Wilson-Courtesy-Jeremydenk.com_-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jeremy-Denk-photo-by-Michael-Wilson-Courtesy-Jeremydenk.com_-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jeremy-Denk-photo-by-Michael-Wilson-Courtesy-Jeremydenk.com_-1.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Jeremy Denk (Photo by Michael Wilson/Courtesy Jeremydenk.com)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em><a href="https://www.caramoor.org/events/jeremy-denk-livestream/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jeremy Denk Recital</a></em></strong> – Caramoor – October 25th – 3:00 PM EDT/12:00 PM PDT</p> <p>I’ve written about <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/24/classical-piano-genius-jeremy-denks-daily-discovery/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jeremy Denk</a> before. I think he’s one of our most talent and interesting classical pianists. This program on Sunday from Caramoor in New York only proves how interesting he is. The program is scheduled to include: Mozart’s <em>Piano Sonata in C Minor, K 457</em>; Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins’s <em>The Battle of Manassas</em>; Joplin/Chauvin’s <em>Heliotrope Bouquet</em>; Tania León’s <em>Ritual</em>; Frederic Rzewski’s <em>Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues<br></em>and Beethoven’s <em>Piano Sonata No 32 in C Minor, Op. 111</em>.</p> <p>You’ll get two classical period compositions, ragtime, the work of a young Black man during The Civil War and the work of two contemporary composers. How’s that for diverse?</p> <p>Tickets are $10 for non-Caramoor members. No charge for members.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LaChanze-Courtesy-her-website-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11366" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LaChanze-Courtesy-her-website-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LaChanze-Courtesy-her-website-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LaChanze-Courtesy-her-website-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LaChanze-Courtesy-her-website-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LaChanze-Courtesy-her-website-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LaChanze-Courtesy-her-website-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LaChanze-Courtesy-her-website-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LaChanze-Courtesy-her-website.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>LaChanze (Courtesy her website)</figcaption></figure></div> <p><strong><em>La</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 600;"><i>Cha</i></span><strong><em>nze with Seth Rudetsky </em></strong><em>– October 25th –</em><strong><em> </em></strong>8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT </p> <p>In 1990, LaChanze originated the role of Ti Moune in the Broadway production of <em>Once on This Island</em>. She was nominated for a Tony Award. In 2005 she originated the role of Celie in the original Broadway production of <em>The Color Purple</em>. She won the Tony Award. In 2018 she originated the role of Diva Donna in <em>Summer</em>. She received another Tony Award nomination. Throw in some Sondheim, <em>Dreamgirls</em> and being one of sixteen performers to play Fanny Brice in a concert presentation of <em>Funny Girl</em> and you’ve got someone with serious talent and certainly some great stories.</p> <p>All of that is a good thing as she is Seth Rudetsky’s guest for this week’s concert and conversation. One more thing she can discuss: her daughter, Celia Rose Gooding, just received a Tony nomination for her performance in the musical <em>Jagged Little Pill</em>.</p> <p>As usual, there will be an encore presentation of the show on Monday, October 26th – 3:00 PM EDT/12:00 PM PDT.</p> <p>Tickets for either date are $25.</p> <p>That’s our official list of the Best Bets at Home: October 23rd – October 25th. We do have a few reminders:</p> <p><a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/16/best-bets-october-16th-october-18th/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Last week</a> we wrote about <em><a href="https://stannswarehouse.org/show/donmar-trilogy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Shakespeare Trilogy on Film</a></em> from Donmar Warehouse and St. Ann’s Warehouse. The series continues this week with an all-female version of <em>The Tempest</em>.</p> <p><em>Charity</em>, the final play in <em>The Mexican Trilogy</em> by Evelina Fernández, is now available from Latino Theater Company. For our preview of the trilogy, please go <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/11/evelina-fernandezs-a-mexican-trilogy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>This weekend’s <em>Table Top Shakespeare: At Home</em> includes <em>Coriolanus, The</em> <em>Merry Wives of Windsor and King Lear</em>. To read our preview, please go <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/09/16/table-top-shakespeare-at-home/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>The Public Theater’s <em>Forward. Together</em>. virtual fundraiser remains available through Saturday, October 24th. This was a terrific show. You can read our preview <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/20/forward-together-the-public-theater/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title=""What I Did for Love" - FORWARD. TOGETHER | The Public Theater" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZJc8kagmLZ8?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>The reading of Kenneth Lonergan’s <em>This Is Our Youth</em> remains available through Saturday, October 24th. Details can be found <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/20/this-is-our-youth/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>SFJAZZ members can watch Terence Blanchard’s opera in jazz, <em>Champion</em>, through Sunday, October 25th. Our preview has all the details. You can read it <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/21/champion-an-opera-in-jazz/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>Metropolitan Opera’s week of Operatic Comedies concludes with Verdi’s <em>Falstaff</em> on Friday, Rossini’s <em>Le Comte Ory</em> on Saturday and Strauss’s <em>Der Rosenkavalier</em> on Sunday. You can find our preview <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/19/week-32-at-the-met/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>The 1999 Broadway production of <em>Death of a Salesman</em> that originated at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre will be available through the weekend on Playbill. For more details, you can read our preview <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/21/death-of-a-salesman/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>That officially ends our Best Bets at Home: October 23rd – October 25th.</p> <p>There are only 72 hours in a weekend. How can you possibly watch it all? You can’t, but wouldn’t it be great if you could?</p> <p>Photo: Patti LuPone (Photo by Rahav/Courtesy Segerstrom Center)<br></p> <p></p> <p><br></p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/23/best-bets-at-home-october-23rd-october-25th/">Best Bets at Home: October 23rd – October 25th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/23/best-bets-at-home-october-23rd-october-25th/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>