Review: THE LION, THE UNICORN, AND ME at Kennedy Center
by Elliot Lanes
- Dec 11, 2023
Ten years ago, Washington National Opera (WNO) premiered a family opera about the events leading up to the birth of Jesus in a manger. This past weekend, The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me returned to Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater for four performances only. I reviewed the premiere, and it was as good as I remembered – and possibly even better on second listening.
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE Filmed by The Theatre on Film and Tape Archive of New York Public Library
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jun 6, 2022
Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive was filmed last week by the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive of New York Public Library. The production is now in its final week of performances and will end its extended run on Sunday, June 12 at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE Enters Final Two Weeks of Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jun 1, 2022
Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive is in its final two weeks of performances. The production will end its extended run on Sunday, June 12 at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE Announces Two Week Extension
by A.A. Cristi
- May 12, 2022
Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive will extend for two additional weeks of performances. The production will now play through Sunday, June 12 at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). The show is produced with Daryl Roth and Cody Lassen in association with the Vineyard Theatre.
LA Opera Presents AIDA Next Month
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 26, 2022
LA Opera will present the grandest of grand operas, Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, from May 12 through June 12, 2022, conducted by Music Director James Conlon.
MTC Announces Beyond The Stage Talkback Series For HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 19, 2022
Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive opens tonight, Tuesday, April 19, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. A series of talks have been announced for How I Learned to Drive as a part of the company's Beyond the Stage program.
Kennedy Center & Washington National Opera to Present World Premiere of WRITTEN IN STONE
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jan 14, 2022
A surveyor ponders the meaning of memory and monuments. A young girl scout seeks a place for herself in history. A Black father and son find themselves on opposite sides of a same-sex marriage rally. And the vision of 22-year-old Asian American undergraduate Maya Lin is the catalyst for a reappraisal of the Vietnam War.
Washington National Opera Announces 2021-2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- May 13, 2021
Washington National Opera today announced its 2021–2022 season featuring a triumphant return to the Opera House stage, four world premiere commissions celebrating the Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary, debuts from acclaimed and rising opera stars, the return to the pit for Principal Conductor Evan Rogister and the WNO Orchestra & Chorus, and more.
BWW Review: San Francisco Opera Streams SIEGFRIED
by Maria Nockin
- Mar 22, 2021
On March 20, 2021, San Francisco Opera presented a free stream of Richard Wagner’s opera Siegfried as part of Francesca Zambello’s 2017-2018 American Ring. Forest projections set the mood for Runnicles and Zambello’s nature-friendly, quasi-impressionistic rendering of the opera. Lighting Designer Mark McCullough illuminated the opening scene as though it was a dream.
BWW Review: San Francisco Opera Presents Virtual DIE WALKUERE
by Maria Nockin
- Mar 14, 2021
On the weekend of March 13 and 14, San Francisco Opera streamed its 2018 production of Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre to opera lovers around the world. Director Francesca Zambello moved the story to a modern time in which Wotan was a captain of industry and Hunding was a hunter with a house full of trophies, one of which was his fair-tressed wife.
Schedule Updates Announced for San Francisco Opera's RING FESTIVAL
by A.A. Cristi
- Mar 12, 2021
San Francisco Opera's online Ring Festival continues throughout March with free streaming of Richard Wagner's four-part The Ring of the Nibelung and live ticketed events online. The Ring Festival schedule featuring an array of interviews, panel discussions and lectures with artists and scholars has been updated, including the addition of two new free events.
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