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For Immediate Release
December 12, 2012
Media Contact:
Stephanie Perkins
stephanie@rdtutah.org
801-297-4249
RDT's Ring Around the Rose presents
Ballet West
January 12, 2013 | 11:00 am
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (138 W Broadway)
Jeanne Wagner Theater
Tickets: $5, through ArtTix, 801-355-ARTS
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Repertory Dance Theatre's "Ring Around the Rose" program presents Ballet West on January 12, 2013 at 11:00 am.
Ballet West returns as an annual favorite on the Ring Around the Rose series with a show sure to delight ages 3 to 103. The world-renowned company will present a performance designed to give children an introduction to the art of ballet. Using the story and characters of "The Nutcracker" Ballet West II company dancers and a narrator show the audience how the basic elements of dance, music and the visual arts combine into a complete presentation. The audience will see both a portion of "The Nutcracker", as well as hear from the dancers directly about what it takes to work in the field. As is the case with all Ring Around the Rose shows, the performance will be "wiggle-friendly" and interactive. Children will be able to participate both from their seats in the beautiful Jeanne Wagner Theatre, and a few lucky ones will have the opportunity to dance on stage. Children and families alike won't want to miss this fun and unique show!
Who: Ballet West
What: Ring Around the Rose
When: Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 11:00 am
Where: Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101)
How: $5 tickets available through ArtTix (www.arttix.org, 801-355-ARTS, or at the box office)***About Repertory Dance Theatre's Ring Around the Rose seriesRing Around The Rose is a wiggle friendly series of performances for children and families that explores the magical world of the arts including dance, theatre, music and storytelling. All shows begin at 11:00am at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W Broadway, SLC. Shows are $5 (kids 2 and under are free). Ring Around The Rose is supported in part by: The Utah Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Salt Lake City Arts Council, the Salt Lake County Zoo Arts & Parks Program, and the Marriner S. Eccles Foundation.
For more info visit rdtutah.org
High resolution photos are available upon request.***Repertory Dance Theatre
138 West 300 South | PO Box 510427
Salt Lake City UT 84151-0427
(801) 534-1000 | rdt@rdtutah.org
www.rdtutah.org
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January 2013 Exhibitions and Events @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Various dates in January, Salt Lake City)
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Utah Museum of Fine Arts
January 2013 Exhibitions and Events
SPECIAL EVENTS
Highlights of the Collection Tour
6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month and 1:30 p.m. on all Saturdays and Sundays |
FREE with general Museum admission
Experience the UMFA galleries through a thirty-minute tour with a docent. No pre-registration necessary.
Third Saturday for Families: House SculpturesJanuary 19 | 1-4 pmThe exhibition 5 Blocks shows how students in the Salt Lake region explored the five blocks around their school to create fantastic sculptures about their neighborhood. At this Third Saturday, participants will be inspired by the 5 Blocks exhibition and make a sculpture of their house or another special building in their neighborhood.
Chamber Music SeriesWednesday, January 23 | 7 pmExperience the harmonious convergence of music and art at the UMFA with a Chamber Music Series performance. A saxophone quartet from the University of Utah’s School of Music will perform a diverse concert. Each piece will be paired with a work of art displayed in the UMFA galleries to explore the connections between the live music and artwork exhibited. The performance is free and open to the public.
Disfarmer: The Cleburne PortraitsLecture by Donna Poulton, Curator of Art of Utah and the WestFilm Screening of Disfarmer: A Portrait of AmericaWednesday, January 30 | 7 pmIn the small mountain town of Heber Springs, Arkansas, portrait photographer Mike Disfarmer captured the lives and emotions of the people of rural America during the two World Wars and the Great Depression. This lecture and documentary film situate Disfarmer as an American master by focusing on his influence in the modern Manhattan art world and the legacy he left behind in his hometown of Heber Springs. (Film Producer Dennis Mohr, Public Pictures, 2012)
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Mike Disfarmer: Cleburne County PortraitsOpens January 24, 2013The Coen Brothers, Ralph Lauren and guitarist Bill Frisell are just a few artists who have found inspiration in the photographs of Mike Disfarmer. A small town photographer from Heber Springs, Arkansas, Disfarmer used glass plate negatives to create snapshot size photographs as keepsakes for the local community. The stark minimalism of his studio backdrops, especially those used during the 1930s and through the war years, effectively isolate his subjects and in doing so create intimate, deeply human portraits of them. The dignity of hard work and the vagaries of rural life can be read in the faces and demeanor of the many people who sat for his ‘penny portraits'.
salt 6: Emre Huner On view through January 13, 2013 salt 6: Emre Huner features the premier of a new film by the Turkish, Berlin-based artist, whose work explores questions surrounding progress, modernity, science fiction, and utopian impulses.
Nancy Holt: Sightlines
On view through January 20, 2013
Nancy Holt: Sightlines will offer an in-depth look at the early projects of this important American artist whose pioneering work falls at the intersection of art, architecture, and time-based media. Since the late 1960s, Holt has created a far-reaching body of work, including Land art, films, videos, site-specific installations, artist's books, concrete poetry, and major sculpture commissions. Nancy Holt: Sightlines showcases the artist's transformation of the perception of the landscape through the use of different observational modes in her early films, videos, and related works from 1966 to 1980. With her novel use of cylindrical forms, light, and techniques of reflection, Holt developed a unique aesthetics of perception, which enabled visitors to her sites like Sun Tunnels (1973-76), located in Utah's Great Basin, to engage with the landscape in new and challenging ways.
Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism
On view through March 18, 2013Dale Nichols is well known as the fourth major Regionalist artist, alongside Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and John Stueart Curry. Their work, created in the Midwest during the Great Depression, defined a period in American art when artists turned toward the land and known narratives in hope of creating uniquely American themes and styles of art. The UMFA is delighted to offer Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism, an exhibition spanning much of his long career. Nichols' early paintings focused on the often-difficult relationship between Midwest farmers and their land. His stylized landscapes and red barns, representing both shelter and sustenance, held images of hope for a struggling nation and honored the agrarian ideal. By the 1940s Nichols indulged his wanderlust, traveling repeatedly to Alaska and spending extended periods of time in Guatemala and Mexico. Paintings from this period are represented in this exhibition as well.
5 Blocks
On view through April 21, 20135 Blocks is an exhibition of youth artwork created in collaboration with UMFA educators by students at Hawthorne Elementary (Salt Lake City School District) and Granger High School (Granite School District). By investigating a five block area near their school, students demystified how we shape the spaces we live in and how those spaces shape us. Through a variety of media, this exhibition shares with viewers what students discovered when they left the classroom and got a chance to engage with the city. During the planning of this exhibition UMFA educators consulted with Damon Rich, a nationally recognized designer and artist who currently serves as the Urban Designer for the City of Newark, New Jersey.
**Exhibition dates are subject to change.
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Utah Museum of Fine Arts
University of Utah
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
(801) 581-7332
Museum Hours
Tuesday–Friday: 10:00 am–5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 10:00 am–8:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 am–5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays and holidays
Visit our website: umfa.utah.edu
General Admission
UMFA Members FREE
Adults $7
Youth (ages 6-18) $5
Seniors & Students $5
Children under 6 FREE
U students, staff & faculty FREE
Active duty military personnel FREE
Thanks to the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks fund, the UMFA opens its doors for FREE on the first Wednesday and third Saturday of the month.
January 2013 Exhibitions and Events
SPECIAL EVENTS
Highlights of the Collection Tour
6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month and 1:30 p.m. on all Saturdays and Sundays |
FREE with general Museum admission
Experience the UMFA galleries through a thirty-minute tour with a docent. No pre-registration necessary.
Third Saturday for Families: House SculpturesJanuary 19 | 1-4 pmThe exhibition 5 Blocks shows how students in the Salt Lake region explored the five blocks around their school to create fantastic sculptures about their neighborhood. At this Third Saturday, participants will be inspired by the 5 Blocks exhibition and make a sculpture of their house or another special building in their neighborhood.
Chamber Music SeriesWednesday, January 23 | 7 pmExperience the harmonious convergence of music and art at the UMFA with a Chamber Music Series performance. A saxophone quartet from the University of Utah’s School of Music will perform a diverse concert. Each piece will be paired with a work of art displayed in the UMFA galleries to explore the connections between the live music and artwork exhibited. The performance is free and open to the public.
Disfarmer: The Cleburne PortraitsLecture by Donna Poulton, Curator of Art of Utah and the WestFilm Screening of Disfarmer: A Portrait of AmericaWednesday, January 30 | 7 pmIn the small mountain town of Heber Springs, Arkansas, portrait photographer Mike Disfarmer captured the lives and emotions of the people of rural America during the two World Wars and the Great Depression. This lecture and documentary film situate Disfarmer as an American master by focusing on his influence in the modern Manhattan art world and the legacy he left behind in his hometown of Heber Springs. (Film Producer Dennis Mohr, Public Pictures, 2012)
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Mike Disfarmer: Cleburne County PortraitsOpens January 24, 2013The Coen Brothers, Ralph Lauren and guitarist Bill Frisell are just a few artists who have found inspiration in the photographs of Mike Disfarmer. A small town photographer from Heber Springs, Arkansas, Disfarmer used glass plate negatives to create snapshot size photographs as keepsakes for the local community. The stark minimalism of his studio backdrops, especially those used during the 1930s and through the war years, effectively isolate his subjects and in doing so create intimate, deeply human portraits of them. The dignity of hard work and the vagaries of rural life can be read in the faces and demeanor of the many people who sat for his ‘penny portraits'.
salt 6: Emre Huner On view through January 13, 2013 salt 6: Emre Huner features the premier of a new film by the Turkish, Berlin-based artist, whose work explores questions surrounding progress, modernity, science fiction, and utopian impulses.
Nancy Holt: Sightlines
On view through January 20, 2013
Nancy Holt: Sightlines will offer an in-depth look at the early projects of this important American artist whose pioneering work falls at the intersection of art, architecture, and time-based media. Since the late 1960s, Holt has created a far-reaching body of work, including Land art, films, videos, site-specific installations, artist's books, concrete poetry, and major sculpture commissions. Nancy Holt: Sightlines showcases the artist's transformation of the perception of the landscape through the use of different observational modes in her early films, videos, and related works from 1966 to 1980. With her novel use of cylindrical forms, light, and techniques of reflection, Holt developed a unique aesthetics of perception, which enabled visitors to her sites like Sun Tunnels (1973-76), located in Utah's Great Basin, to engage with the landscape in new and challenging ways.
Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism
On view through March 18, 2013Dale Nichols is well known as the fourth major Regionalist artist, alongside Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and John Stueart Curry. Their work, created in the Midwest during the Great Depression, defined a period in American art when artists turned toward the land and known narratives in hope of creating uniquely American themes and styles of art. The UMFA is delighted to offer Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism, an exhibition spanning much of his long career. Nichols' early paintings focused on the often-difficult relationship between Midwest farmers and their land. His stylized landscapes and red barns, representing both shelter and sustenance, held images of hope for a struggling nation and honored the agrarian ideal. By the 1940s Nichols indulged his wanderlust, traveling repeatedly to Alaska and spending extended periods of time in Guatemala and Mexico. Paintings from this period are represented in this exhibition as well.
5 Blocks
On view through April 21, 20135 Blocks is an exhibition of youth artwork created in collaboration with UMFA educators by students at Hawthorne Elementary (Salt Lake City School District) and Granger High School (Granite School District). By investigating a five block area near their school, students demystified how we shape the spaces we live in and how those spaces shape us. Through a variety of media, this exhibition shares with viewers what students discovered when they left the classroom and got a chance to engage with the city. During the planning of this exhibition UMFA educators consulted with Damon Rich, a nationally recognized designer and artist who currently serves as the Urban Designer for the City of Newark, New Jersey.
**Exhibition dates are subject to change.
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Utah Museum of Fine Arts
University of Utah
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
(801) 581-7332
Museum Hours
Tuesday–Friday: 10:00 am–5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 10:00 am–8:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 am–5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays and holidays
Visit our website: umfa.utah.edu
General Admission
UMFA Members FREE
Adults $7
Youth (ages 6-18) $5
Seniors & Students $5
Children under 6 FREE
U students, staff & faculty FREE
Active duty military personnel FREE
Thanks to the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks fund, the UMFA opens its doors for FREE on the first Wednesday and third Saturday of the month.
Opening @ CUAC ( December 22, 2012-January 14, 2013, Salt Lake City)
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AFTER THE END
Exhibition dates: December 22, 2012-January 14, 2013
Exhibition opening reception: Saturday, December 22, 2012 8pm-10pm.
CUAC hours: w-f 12-7pm, sat 12-4pm.
CUAC
175 East 200 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
www.cuartcenter.org
for images of the show, please contact me at adambateman@gmail.com
?After the End,? is a celebration of the opening of a new space and the beginning of a new era for CUAC after eviction from our long time home in Ephraim. This exhibition marks the continuation of world-class programming CUAC has come to be known for and includes the work of artists Rebecca Campbell, Daniel Everett, Cara Despain, Lenka Konopasek, Bruce Case, Venessa Gromek, Matthew Choberka, Annie Kennedy, Jason Metcalf, and Richard Burde.
There is something essentially sublime about the apocalypse. The possibility of global catastrophe, like the Grand Canyon, and like a good sunset, is as beautiful as it is terrifying. Fundamental to an experience with the sublime is a feeling of being in awe of something much larger and more powerful than one is. On the other hand is the simultaneous feeling of importance of one?s own life in that moment of awe. This is true in the case of a religious experience of the sublimity of God, or death, the sea, the desert, or catastrophe.
The Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012. There has been a lot of speculation about that signaling the end of the world?if a calendar ends, the world must also end, right? So it is fitting that CUAC opens its new space, the beginning of a new era, after the apocalypse. ?After the End,? an art exhibition at CUAC, explores the work of 10 artists whose works aestheticize apocalypse. Each, in his or her way, engages with the possibility of apocalypse and the sublimity of the experience of overpowering forces of nature. Some explore human experience as it relates to it, and some to the willingness to face catastrophe and survive it.
Exhibition dates: December 22, 2012-January 14, 2013
Exhibition opening reception: Saturday, December 22, 2012 8pm-10pm.
CUAC hours: w-f 12-7pm, sat 12-4pm.
CUAC
175 East 200 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
www.cuartcenter.org
for images of the show, please contact me at adambateman@gmail.com
?After the End,? is a celebration of the opening of a new space and the beginning of a new era for CUAC after eviction from our long time home in Ephraim. This exhibition marks the continuation of world-class programming CUAC has come to be known for and includes the work of artists Rebecca Campbell, Daniel Everett, Cara Despain, Lenka Konopasek, Bruce Case, Venessa Gromek, Matthew Choberka, Annie Kennedy, Jason Metcalf, and Richard Burde.
There is something essentially sublime about the apocalypse. The possibility of global catastrophe, like the Grand Canyon, and like a good sunset, is as beautiful as it is terrifying. Fundamental to an experience with the sublime is a feeling of being in awe of something much larger and more powerful than one is. On the other hand is the simultaneous feeling of importance of one?s own life in that moment of awe. This is true in the case of a religious experience of the sublimity of God, or death, the sea, the desert, or catastrophe.
The Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012. There has been a lot of speculation about that signaling the end of the world?if a calendar ends, the world must also end, right? So it is fitting that CUAC opens its new space, the beginning of a new era, after the apocalypse. ?After the End,? an art exhibition at CUAC, explores the work of 10 artists whose works aestheticize apocalypse. Each, in his or her way, engages with the possibility of apocalypse and the sublimity of the experience of overpowering forces of nature. Some explore human experience as it relates to it, and some to the willingness to face catastrophe and survive it.
Charming Our Way to the Top! @ Weber State University Department of Performing Arts (January 18, 19, 7:30 p.m, Browning Center)
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Charming Our Way to the Top! Selected for ACTF Region VIII CompetitionWho: Weber State University Department of Performing ArtsWhat: "Charm," by Kathleen Cahill, directed by Tracy Callahan Recommended for mature audiences onlyWhen: January 18, 19, 7:30 p.m. Where: Eccles Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Weber State University Department of Performing Arts´ fall production of "Charm" has been selected for American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) Region VIII competition, presented February 15 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. The play, written by Kathleen Cahill, directed by Tracy Callahan, will also be presented at WSU for two fundraising performances, January 18-19, at 7:30 pm in the Eccles Theatre.
All tickets to the WSU performances are $15, general admission, and no comp tickets will be honored for these two performances. The play is recommended for adults.Tickets are available in advance at Dee Events Center Tickets, the Browning Center Box Office, 1-801-626-7000 or weberstatetickets.com or at the Browning Center Box Office beginning one hour before the performance. It is recommended that tickets be purchased well in advance as there is very limited seating and most performances sold out during its fall semester run.
In a quixotic and "abstract" way, the play tells the story of Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), a writer at the center of the American Transcendentalist movement and the avant garde of feminism. Ralph Waldo Emerson selected her to edit "The Dial," the leading publication of the Transcendentalists that also included Henry Thoreau, Nathanial Hawthorn and Orestes Bronson. All of these men and others are characters in this play. Later, Horace Greeley and the New York Tribune hired her as the first full-time book reviewer in journalism and the publication´s first female editor. Fuller´s life as a critic and journalist also took her to Italy where she was a witness to the 1848 revolutions in the Italian states. She was not your typical 19th century women! 2010 was the bicentennial of Fuller´s birth and a website devoted to her (margaretfuller.org) is still available on line.
The 45th Annual KCACTF Region VIII Festival, February 14-16, 2013, returning to the Los Angeles Theatre Center, is one full day shorter than past festivals in a cost cutting measure. Most of the costs accrued are in lodging and meals so shorterning the event by one day saves everyone a lot.
The only major change will be the scheduling of the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions. Preliminary rounds are on Thursday. The semifinal rounds will be held on FridaySaturday´s schedule will be consistant with past festivals. In addition to sending the play to festival, several members of the cast of Charm as well as other department students will be attending e Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions.
For more information, contact director Tracy Callahan, tcallahan@weber.edu or 801 626-7886 For more information about the playwright: kathleencahill10@comcast.netFor more informaiton about KCACTF Region VIII: John H. Binkley (818) 677-6497 o john.h.binkley@csun.edu
photos available on request.
Weber State University Department of Performing Arts´ fall production of "Charm" has been selected for American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) Region VIII competition, presented February 15 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. The play, written by Kathleen Cahill, directed by Tracy Callahan, will also be presented at WSU for two fundraising performances, January 18-19, at 7:30 pm in the Eccles Theatre.
All tickets to the WSU performances are $15, general admission, and no comp tickets will be honored for these two performances. The play is recommended for adults.Tickets are available in advance at Dee Events Center Tickets, the Browning Center Box Office, 1-801-626-7000 or weberstatetickets.com or at the Browning Center Box Office beginning one hour before the performance. It is recommended that tickets be purchased well in advance as there is very limited seating and most performances sold out during its fall semester run.
In a quixotic and "abstract" way, the play tells the story of Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), a writer at the center of the American Transcendentalist movement and the avant garde of feminism. Ralph Waldo Emerson selected her to edit "The Dial," the leading publication of the Transcendentalists that also included Henry Thoreau, Nathanial Hawthorn and Orestes Bronson. All of these men and others are characters in this play. Later, Horace Greeley and the New York Tribune hired her as the first full-time book reviewer in journalism and the publication´s first female editor. Fuller´s life as a critic and journalist also took her to Italy where she was a witness to the 1848 revolutions in the Italian states. She was not your typical 19th century women! 2010 was the bicentennial of Fuller´s birth and a website devoted to her (margaretfuller.org) is still available on line.
The 45th Annual KCACTF Region VIII Festival, February 14-16, 2013, returning to the Los Angeles Theatre Center, is one full day shorter than past festivals in a cost cutting measure. Most of the costs accrued are in lodging and meals so shorterning the event by one day saves everyone a lot.
The only major change will be the scheduling of the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions. Preliminary rounds are on Thursday. The semifinal rounds will be held on FridaySaturday´s schedule will be consistant with past festivals. In addition to sending the play to festival, several members of the cast of Charm as well as other department students will be attending e Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions.
For more information, contact director Tracy Callahan, tcallahan@weber.edu or 801 626-7886 For more information about the playwright: kathleencahill10@comcast.netFor more informaiton about KCACTF Region VIII: John H. Binkley (818) 677-6497 o john.h.binkley@csun.edu
photos available on request.
NEWS: “DANCING WITH THE STARS” PROS AMONG THOSE ANNOUNCED AS GUEST ARTISTS IN UTAH SYMPHONY PROGRAM
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“DANCING WITH THE STARS” PROS AMONG THOSE ANNOUNCED AS GUEST ARTISTS IN UTAH SYMPHONY PROGRAMCast featuring Chelsie Hightower, Dmitry Chaplin and Tristan MacManus also includes “American Idol,” and “So You Think You Can Dance” favorites Randi Lynn Strong, David Hernandez and Gina Glocksen.
SALT LAKE CITY— Utah Symphony | Utah Opera today released the final roster of talent competition television stars scheduled to appear in the upcoming Utah Symphony performances of “Ballroom with a Twist,” choreographed by “Dancing with the Stars” Emmy-Nominated Louis Van Amstel.
The show, which opens in Abravanel Hall Friday and Saturday, February 1 and 2 at 8 p.m., will feature dancing and vocals by ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” pros Chelsie Hightower, Dmitry Chaplin and Tristan MacManus, FOX’s “American Idol” finalists Gina Glocksen, David Hernandez and Von Smith, and FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance” finalists Randi Lynn Strong, Legacy Perez and Jonathan Platero.
Chelsea Hightower, a fan favorite who, like Dmitry Chaplin, appeared as a finalist on “So You Think You Can Dance“ before garnering a recurring ‘pro’ spot on “Dancing With The Stars,” also has Utah ties, along with Randi Lynn Strong. Both female dancers lived in Utah Valley prior to their reality television careers.
Many Utahns will also likely recognize vocalist David Hernandez, who competed against Utah-favorites David Archuleta and Brooke White in season 7 of “American Idol.”
More information about the Utah Symphony performances of “Ballroom with a Twist” will be announced after the holiday season. Press photos are available by contacting Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Public Relations Manager Hilarie Ashton (hashton@usuo.org, (801) 656-7385).
Cast Breakdown
“Dancing with the Stars” ProsDmitry Chaplin (Seasons 9, 12)
Chelsie Hightower (Seasons 8-12, 14-15)
Tristan MacManus (Seasons 12-15)
“American Idol” FinalistsGina Glocksen (Season 6)
David Hernandez (Season 7)
Von Smith (Season 8)
“So You Think You Can Dance” FinalistsLegacy Perez (Season 6)
Jonathan Platero (Season 5)
Randi Lynn Strong (Season 5)Dmitry Chaplin (Season 2)
Chelsie Hightower (Season 4)
SALT LAKE CITY— Utah Symphony | Utah Opera today released the final roster of talent competition television stars scheduled to appear in the upcoming Utah Symphony performances of “Ballroom with a Twist,” choreographed by “Dancing with the Stars” Emmy-Nominated Louis Van Amstel.
The show, which opens in Abravanel Hall Friday and Saturday, February 1 and 2 at 8 p.m., will feature dancing and vocals by ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” pros Chelsie Hightower, Dmitry Chaplin and Tristan MacManus, FOX’s “American Idol” finalists Gina Glocksen, David Hernandez and Von Smith, and FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance” finalists Randi Lynn Strong, Legacy Perez and Jonathan Platero.
Chelsea Hightower, a fan favorite who, like Dmitry Chaplin, appeared as a finalist on “So You Think You Can Dance“ before garnering a recurring ‘pro’ spot on “Dancing With The Stars,” also has Utah ties, along with Randi Lynn Strong. Both female dancers lived in Utah Valley prior to their reality television careers.
Many Utahns will also likely recognize vocalist David Hernandez, who competed against Utah-favorites David Archuleta and Brooke White in season 7 of “American Idol.”
More information about the Utah Symphony performances of “Ballroom with a Twist” will be announced after the holiday season. Press photos are available by contacting Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Public Relations Manager Hilarie Ashton (hashton@usuo.org, (801) 656-7385).
Cast Breakdown
“Dancing with the Stars” ProsDmitry Chaplin (Seasons 9, 12)
Chelsie Hightower (Seasons 8-12, 14-15)
Tristan MacManus (Seasons 12-15)
“American Idol” FinalistsGina Glocksen (Season 6)
David Hernandez (Season 7)
Von Smith (Season 8)
“So You Think You Can Dance” FinalistsLegacy Perez (Season 6)
Jonathan Platero (Season 5)
Randi Lynn Strong (Season 5)Dmitry Chaplin (Season 2)
Chelsie Hightower (Season 4)
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The Sublime is Light and Easy-to-Assemble by Venessa Gromek @ UMOCA ( Jan. 4-April 20, 2013, Salt Lake City)
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UMOCA Presents The Sublime is Light and Easy-to-Assemble
by Venessa Gromek: Jan. 4-April 20, 2013
Salt Lake City—The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to announce a new exhibition in the Locals Only Gallery, The Sublime is Light and Easy-to-Assemble by Venessa Gromek. The Locals Only Gallery is one manifestation of UMOCA’s commitment to the local art community, ensuring that Utah artists always have a presence at the museum.
Drawing on notions of the sublime in both nature and design, Gromek’s “Tents” series addresses the intersection of the outdoor industry with the aesthetics of modern sculpture. Gromek reorients the purpose of a portable shelter by complicating its basic function, as these forms are neither enterable nor protective. Rather these porous and impenetrable structures elicit ideas revolving around abstraction, experimentation, and materiality, providing an innovative way to conceptualize how the great outdoors can influence contemporary art practice.
“Tent design has advanced drastically in the outdoor industry—what used to be tepees and simple triangular forms are now turning into complex shapes that are pushing the boundaries of the materials used,” said artist Venessa Gromek. “By creating sculptures constructed of tent poles and lace, I am countering the traditionally heavy and masculine sculpture seen in art history,” Gromek added. “Each sculpture’s inherent relationship to a tent contextualizes them with landscape issues, while their form with issues related to modern sculpture; all of which are focused on providing a level of the sublime to the viewer.”
Not only do these sculptures conflate the line between utility and creativity, but also between masculinity and femininity. The stretchy lace fabric, smooth curvy lines, and delicate weightlessness of these tents challenge the density and rough geometric forms often seen in modernist sculpture and design. In this way, Gromek continues in the vein of a nonfigurative style that is reminiscent of twentieth-century artistic production, yet her sculptures also harken back to the dichotomy between craft and fine art. Stitched pieces of colorful fabric stretched across bending metal poles confuse the seemingly opposing contrast of needlework and workmanship, which is also a defining element of the artist’s work.
“Gromek invites new ways of imagining spatial relations that intersect histories of radical architecture with Unabomber couture,” said Aaron Moulton, senior curator at UMOCA. “Confusing heavy-metal formalism and the ability to pick up and go, these deceptive forms detach a viewer from any sense of easy assembly or protection leaving a poignant address of our own fragility in the landscape.”
Please join us for the opening reception on Fri., Jan. 4, 7-9 p.m. There will be a Q & A with the artist on Fri., Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
About UMOCA
The award-winning Utah Museum of Contemporary Art exhibits groundbreaking artwork by local, national, and international artists. Four gallery spaces provide an opportunity for the community to explore the contemporary cultural landscape through UMOCA’s exhibitions, films, events, classes, and presentations.
Founded in 1931, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art has been recognized as Best Museum in the State of Utah for 2011 and 2012 and is a four-time recipient of funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation.
Located at 20 S. West Temple; open Tuesday-Thursday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Saturday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday. Admission is free. For more information call (801) 328-4201 or visit www.utahmoca.org.
by Venessa Gromek: Jan. 4-April 20, 2013
Salt Lake City—The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to announce a new exhibition in the Locals Only Gallery, The Sublime is Light and Easy-to-Assemble by Venessa Gromek. The Locals Only Gallery is one manifestation of UMOCA’s commitment to the local art community, ensuring that Utah artists always have a presence at the museum.
Drawing on notions of the sublime in both nature and design, Gromek’s “Tents” series addresses the intersection of the outdoor industry with the aesthetics of modern sculpture. Gromek reorients the purpose of a portable shelter by complicating its basic function, as these forms are neither enterable nor protective. Rather these porous and impenetrable structures elicit ideas revolving around abstraction, experimentation, and materiality, providing an innovative way to conceptualize how the great outdoors can influence contemporary art practice.
“Tent design has advanced drastically in the outdoor industry—what used to be tepees and simple triangular forms are now turning into complex shapes that are pushing the boundaries of the materials used,” said artist Venessa Gromek. “By creating sculptures constructed of tent poles and lace, I am countering the traditionally heavy and masculine sculpture seen in art history,” Gromek added. “Each sculpture’s inherent relationship to a tent contextualizes them with landscape issues, while their form with issues related to modern sculpture; all of which are focused on providing a level of the sublime to the viewer.”
Not only do these sculptures conflate the line between utility and creativity, but also between masculinity and femininity. The stretchy lace fabric, smooth curvy lines, and delicate weightlessness of these tents challenge the density and rough geometric forms often seen in modernist sculpture and design. In this way, Gromek continues in the vein of a nonfigurative style that is reminiscent of twentieth-century artistic production, yet her sculptures also harken back to the dichotomy between craft and fine art. Stitched pieces of colorful fabric stretched across bending metal poles confuse the seemingly opposing contrast of needlework and workmanship, which is also a defining element of the artist’s work.
“Gromek invites new ways of imagining spatial relations that intersect histories of radical architecture with Unabomber couture,” said Aaron Moulton, senior curator at UMOCA. “Confusing heavy-metal formalism and the ability to pick up and go, these deceptive forms detach a viewer from any sense of easy assembly or protection leaving a poignant address of our own fragility in the landscape.”
Please join us for the opening reception on Fri., Jan. 4, 7-9 p.m. There will be a Q & A with the artist on Fri., Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
About UMOCA
The award-winning Utah Museum of Contemporary Art exhibits groundbreaking artwork by local, national, and international artists. Four gallery spaces provide an opportunity for the community to explore the contemporary cultural landscape through UMOCA’s exhibitions, films, events, classes, and presentations.
Founded in 1931, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art has been recognized as Best Museum in the State of Utah for 2011 and 2012 and is a four-time recipient of funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation.
Located at 20 S. West Temple; open Tuesday-Thursday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Saturday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday. Admission is free. For more information call (801) 328-4201 or visit www.utahmoca.org.
JANUARY 2013 ACTIVITIES @ OGDEN NATURE CENTER (Various dates in January, Ogden)
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JANUARY 2013 ACTIVITIES AT THE OGDEN NATURE CENTER
Wild Wednesdays: Hibernation – Bedtime Stories Are For The Bears
Wednesday, January 2, 3:45 pm
Free for ONC members
$2 children / $3 seniors / $4 adults
All ages welcome
Find out what animals are true hibernators in winter and summer and who sleeps under the ice. Please meet in the Visitor Center.
Preschool Discovery Days – Frozen Landscapes
Choose a date and time:
Friday, January 4 or Monday January 7
9:30 am, 11 am or 1 pm on any of the dates above
$5 per child/parent member
$6 per child/parent non-members
Ages 3-5
Discover the complicated patterns of crystals and snow flakes, enjoy cocoa, songs and fun! Make a salt crystal snowflake to take home. Learn about the creature comforts of the plants and animals of the Nature Center’s frozen landscape. Programs are one hour. Pre-registration is required. Please call 801-621-7595 to register and for details. Limited space available.
Winter Photography Class
Tuesday, January 8, 6:30 – 8 pm
$5 members / $7 non-members
Ages: 12-adult
Join photographer and instructor Shaun Nelson for a class on how to take nature photographs in winter. Pre-registration is required. Call 801-621-7595 to register. Registration closes at 4:30 pm on January 7.
Picture-Perfect Winter Photo Contest
Shoot pictures: January 2-31, 2013
Entry deadline: Monday, February 4
Awards ceremony: Saturday, February 9 at 10 am at the Ogden Nature Center
$5 per entry
Open to ages 8 – adult
Entries will be accepted in two age groups -- ages 8-15 and ages 16-adult
Winter is a terrific time to capture the wonders of Ogden Nature Center, so grab your camera and enter the Center's second annual "Picture Perfect Winter Photo Contest.” Photos must be shot at Ogden Nature Center between Jan. 2 and Jan. 31, 2013, during regular center hours. Entries must be in one of two categories: 1) General Nature Shots, which includes wild animals, or 2) Resident Animals, which encompasses Ogden Nature Center’s caged education animals and the Nature Center’s two resident wild turkeys. Entrants may enter only one photo in each category for their age group. Photos submitted for judging must be no larger than 8x10 inches and must be mounted on cardboard or foam board. Please no frames or glass. Include the entrant's full name, age, telephone number, e-mail address, street address and entry category on the back
Wild Wednesdays: Snow Tracks – What’s the Trick to Tracking?
Wednesday, January 9, 3:45 pm
Free for ONC members
$2 children / $3 seniors / $4 adults
All ages welcome
Explore the trails with an Ogden Nature Center teacher/naturalist as you identify local animal species and solve print puzzles in the snow. Dress for the weather. Please meet in the Visitor Center.
Wild Wednesdays: The Bear Facts – Big, Hairy and a Little Scary!
Wednesday, January 16, 3:45 pm
Free for ONC members
$2 children / $3 seniors / $4 adults
All ages welcome
Explore the wonderful world of bears with an Ogden Nature Center teacher/naturalist. Investigate the lives of black bears, grizzly bears and their polar bear cousins to the North. Please meet in the Visitor Center.
Scout Saturdays
January 19, February 16 and March 16
9 am – Native vs. Invasive
10 am – Conservation
11 am – Venomous Reptiles
Cost $5 per scout
The Ogden Nature Center provides the perfect outdoor classroom for scout activities. Have an Ogden Nature Center teacher/naturalist help your scout pass off merit badge requirements during these 45-minute classes. Reservations and a non-refundable deposit are required. For more information on the requirements for each badge please refer to the website: www.ogdennaturecenter.org/education/scouting-programs.
Yoga for the New Year! Kundalini Yoga 8-Week Session
Monday, January 21 through March 11 from 6:30 – 7:45 pm
$45 members / $55 non-members
Ages: adults
Level: beginners to intermediate
This Kundalini Yoga class is ideal for beginners or for those who want a gentle Kundalini practice. Bring your own yoga mat and blanket. Wear loose, comfortable clothing, and we recommend not eating for at least two hours before the start of class. Taught by instructor Bruce Fisk. Please pre-register by call 801-621-7595.
Wild Wednesdays: Good Night, Sleep Tight
Wednesday, January 23, 3:45 pm
Free for ONC members
$2 children / $3 seniors / $4 adults
All ages welcome
Are you a night owl or the early bird that gets the worm? Find out what adaptations make critters nocturnal, diurnal or crepuscular. Test your detective skills in a Whooo’s Awake Challenge. Please meet in the Visitor Center.
Winter Wonders: Snowshoe Photo Scavenger Hunt & Birdfeeder Craft
Saturday, January 26, 10:30am to 12 noon
$3 for members/ $6 for non-members
All ages welcome
Discover the details of winter during this fun photo scavenger hunt! Snowshoe or walk the Ogden Nature Center trails while searching for a list of things you might have otherwise overlooked. We won’t be collecting objects during this hunt -- bring a digital camera or a phone camera to capture your discoveries. Once you have observed all the items listed, return to the education building and share your findings. If you locate everything, your reward will be to make your own winter birdfeeder to take home and attract birds to your yard.
Wild Wednesdays: Exciting Eagles
Wednesday, January 30, 3:45 pm
Free for ONC members
$2 children / $3 seniors / $4 adults
All ages welcome
Join Ogden Nature Center teacher/naturalists for special appearances by Sundance, the Golden Eagle and Des Ta Te, the Bald Eagle! These two eagles will be on hand to help teach about eagle ecology. Learn why we must protect these special birds and their important place in the history of our country. Please meet in the Visitor Center.
Address, Phone and Registration Information
Class sizes are limited to ensure a quality experience. Call in reservations over the phone and pay with a credit card or come in person to pay with cash or checks. The Ogden Nature Center reserves the right to change instructors or cancel classes due to circumstances beyond our control including, illness, inclement weather or low attendance. The Ogden Nature Center is located at 966 W. 12th Street in Ogden, Utah. For more information, please visit www.ogdennaturecenter.org <http://www.ogdennaturecenter.org> or call 801-621-7595.
Please note
The Ogden Nature Center will be closed from 1 pm on Saturday, December 24 through Sunday, January 1. We will re-open on Monday, January 2, 2012.
Wild Wednesdays: Hibernation – Bedtime Stories Are For The Bears
Wednesday, January 2, 3:45 pm
Free for ONC members
$2 children / $3 seniors / $4 adults
All ages welcome
Find out what animals are true hibernators in winter and summer and who sleeps under the ice. Please meet in the Visitor Center.
Preschool Discovery Days – Frozen Landscapes
Choose a date and time:
Friday, January 4 or Monday January 7
9:30 am, 11 am or 1 pm on any of the dates above
$5 per child/parent member
$6 per child/parent non-members
Ages 3-5
Discover the complicated patterns of crystals and snow flakes, enjoy cocoa, songs and fun! Make a salt crystal snowflake to take home. Learn about the creature comforts of the plants and animals of the Nature Center’s frozen landscape. Programs are one hour. Pre-registration is required. Please call 801-621-7595 to register and for details. Limited space available.
Winter Photography Class
Tuesday, January 8, 6:30 – 8 pm
$5 members / $7 non-members
Ages: 12-adult
Join photographer and instructor Shaun Nelson for a class on how to take nature photographs in winter. Pre-registration is required. Call 801-621-7595 to register. Registration closes at 4:30 pm on January 7.
Picture-Perfect Winter Photo Contest
Shoot pictures: January 2-31, 2013
Entry deadline: Monday, February 4
Awards ceremony: Saturday, February 9 at 10 am at the Ogden Nature Center
$5 per entry
Open to ages 8 – adult
Entries will be accepted in two age groups -- ages 8-15 and ages 16-adult
Winter is a terrific time to capture the wonders of Ogden Nature Center, so grab your camera and enter the Center's second annual "Picture Perfect Winter Photo Contest.” Photos must be shot at Ogden Nature Center between Jan. 2 and Jan. 31, 2013, during regular center hours. Entries must be in one of two categories: 1) General Nature Shots, which includes wild animals, or 2) Resident Animals, which encompasses Ogden Nature Center’s caged education animals and the Nature Center’s two resident wild turkeys. Entrants may enter only one photo in each category for their age group. Photos submitted for judging must be no larger than 8x10 inches and must be mounted on cardboard or foam board. Please no frames or glass. Include the entrant's full name, age, telephone number, e-mail address, street address and entry category on the back
Wild Wednesdays: Snow Tracks – What’s the Trick to Tracking?
Wednesday, January 9, 3:45 pm
Free for ONC members
$2 children / $3 seniors / $4 adults
All ages welcome
Explore the trails with an Ogden Nature Center teacher/naturalist as you identify local animal species and solve print puzzles in the snow. Dress for the weather. Please meet in the Visitor Center.
Wild Wednesdays: The Bear Facts – Big, Hairy and a Little Scary!
Wednesday, January 16, 3:45 pm
Free for ONC members
$2 children / $3 seniors / $4 adults
All ages welcome
Explore the wonderful world of bears with an Ogden Nature Center teacher/naturalist. Investigate the lives of black bears, grizzly bears and their polar bear cousins to the North. Please meet in the Visitor Center.
Scout Saturdays
January 19, February 16 and March 16
9 am – Native vs. Invasive
10 am – Conservation
11 am – Venomous Reptiles
Cost $5 per scout
The Ogden Nature Center provides the perfect outdoor classroom for scout activities. Have an Ogden Nature Center teacher/naturalist help your scout pass off merit badge requirements during these 45-minute classes. Reservations and a non-refundable deposit are required. For more information on the requirements for each badge please refer to the website: www.ogdennaturecenter.org/education/scouting-programs.
Yoga for the New Year! Kundalini Yoga 8-Week Session
Monday, January 21 through March 11 from 6:30 – 7:45 pm
$45 members / $55 non-members
Ages: adults
Level: beginners to intermediate
This Kundalini Yoga class is ideal for beginners or for those who want a gentle Kundalini practice. Bring your own yoga mat and blanket. Wear loose, comfortable clothing, and we recommend not eating for at least two hours before the start of class. Taught by instructor Bruce Fisk. Please pre-register by call 801-621-7595.
Wild Wednesdays: Good Night, Sleep Tight
Wednesday, January 23, 3:45 pm
Free for ONC members
$2 children / $3 seniors / $4 adults
All ages welcome
Are you a night owl or the early bird that gets the worm? Find out what adaptations make critters nocturnal, diurnal or crepuscular. Test your detective skills in a Whooo’s Awake Challenge. Please meet in the Visitor Center.
Winter Wonders: Snowshoe Photo Scavenger Hunt & Birdfeeder Craft
Saturday, January 26, 10:30am to 12 noon
$3 for members/ $6 for non-members
All ages welcome
Discover the details of winter during this fun photo scavenger hunt! Snowshoe or walk the Ogden Nature Center trails while searching for a list of things you might have otherwise overlooked. We won’t be collecting objects during this hunt -- bring a digital camera or a phone camera to capture your discoveries. Once you have observed all the items listed, return to the education building and share your findings. If you locate everything, your reward will be to make your own winter birdfeeder to take home and attract birds to your yard.
Wild Wednesdays: Exciting Eagles
Wednesday, January 30, 3:45 pm
Free for ONC members
$2 children / $3 seniors / $4 adults
All ages welcome
Join Ogden Nature Center teacher/naturalists for special appearances by Sundance, the Golden Eagle and Des Ta Te, the Bald Eagle! These two eagles will be on hand to help teach about eagle ecology. Learn why we must protect these special birds and their important place in the history of our country. Please meet in the Visitor Center.
Address, Phone and Registration Information
Class sizes are limited to ensure a quality experience. Call in reservations over the phone and pay with a credit card or come in person to pay with cash or checks. The Ogden Nature Center reserves the right to change instructors or cancel classes due to circumstances beyond our control including, illness, inclement weather or low attendance. The Ogden Nature Center is located at 966 W. 12th Street in Ogden, Utah. For more information, please visit www.ogdennaturecenter.org <http://www.ogdennaturecenter.org> or call 801-621-7595.
Please note
The Ogden Nature Center will be closed from 1 pm on Saturday, December 24 through Sunday, January 1. We will re-open on Monday, January 2, 2012.
NEWS:Call for Entries -- Picture Perfect Winter Photo Contest
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Call for Entries -- Picture Perfect Winter Photo Contest
Ogden, UT – Calling all photographers -- at all skill levels! The Ogden Nature Center is holding its second annual Picture Perfect Winter Photo Contest. Winter is a terrific time to capture the wonders of the Ogden Nature Center. And yes – there is much beauty to be found -- even without snow! So grab your camera (film or digital) and come out to shoot an entry.
Schedule:
Jan. 2 - January 31, 2013 – shoot your winter pictures at the Ogden Nature Center
Entry deadline: Monday, February 4 at 4:30 pm
Awards: Winners will be announced in the LS Peery Education Center at the Ogden Nature Center at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 9
Requirements:
• There is a $5 fee for each entry
• Entries must be shot at the Ogden Nature Center during regular center hours. No after-hours shots will be permitted.
• Entrants will be divided into two age groups: 8-15 and 16-adult
• Entrants may submit photos in two categories -- one entry per category:
• Ogden Nature Center’s resident animals including resident birds, reptiles & arachnids in cages and the Nature Center’s two wild turkeys
• General nature shots – includes the Nature Center’s deer and all other wild critters, in addition to the landscape.
• Photos submitted for judging must be no larger than 8 x 10 inches and mounted on cardboard or foam board no larger than 8 x 10 inches (no frames or glass, please).
• Please print the entrant’s full name, age, phone number, e-mail, street address and entry category (resident animals or general nature shots) on the back of entry board.
For more information, please contact Susan Snyder at 8801-621-7595 or ssnyder@ogdennaturecenter.org <mailto:ssnyder@ogdennaturecenter.org> .
Ogden, UT – Calling all photographers -- at all skill levels! The Ogden Nature Center is holding its second annual Picture Perfect Winter Photo Contest. Winter is a terrific time to capture the wonders of the Ogden Nature Center. And yes – there is much beauty to be found -- even without snow! So grab your camera (film or digital) and come out to shoot an entry.
Schedule:
Jan. 2 - January 31, 2013 – shoot your winter pictures at the Ogden Nature Center
Entry deadline: Monday, February 4 at 4:30 pm
Awards: Winners will be announced in the LS Peery Education Center at the Ogden Nature Center at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 9
Requirements:
• There is a $5 fee for each entry
• Entries must be shot at the Ogden Nature Center during regular center hours. No after-hours shots will be permitted.
• Entrants will be divided into two age groups: 8-15 and 16-adult
• Entrants may submit photos in two categories -- one entry per category:
• Ogden Nature Center’s resident animals including resident birds, reptiles & arachnids in cages and the Nature Center’s two wild turkeys
• General nature shots – includes the Nature Center’s deer and all other wild critters, in addition to the landscape.
• Photos submitted for judging must be no larger than 8 x 10 inches and mounted on cardboard or foam board no larger than 8 x 10 inches (no frames or glass, please).
• Please print the entrant’s full name, age, phone number, e-mail, street address and entry category (resident animals or general nature shots) on the back of entry board.
For more information, please contact Susan Snyder at 8801-621-7595 or ssnyder@ogdennaturecenter.org <mailto:ssnyder@ogdennaturecenter.org> .
NEWS: UTAH SYMPHONY TO MAKE A SPLASH WITH “WATER MUSIC”
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UTAH SYMPHONY TO MAKE A SPLASH WITH “WATER MUSIC”
SALT LAKE CITY— The Utah Symphony, under the direction of conductor Nicholas McGegan, will dive into a lyrical adventure as they pay musical homage to the sea in a concert featuring Handel’s colorful “Water Music,” one of his most famous symphonic works.
The orchestra will also perform a flood of other enchanting works including “The Swan of Tuonela,” by Jean Sibelius, Benjamin Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes,” and Felix Mendelssohn’s “The Fair Melusina,” January 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall. Also on the program are two violin concertos by Vivaldi and Bach, featuring Utah Symphony Concertmaster Ralph Matson.
Like the explorers of old, composers have forever been drawn to the mystical nature of water in all its stunning variety.
Folklore and legends spring to life in Mendelssohn’s alluring symphonic poem, “The Fair Melusina.” This work ripples with mythical imagery as shifting moods reflect the beauty, suspicion and sorrow of the mysterious water spirit Melusine.
Finnish composer Jean Sibelius originally composed his tone poem “The Swan of Tuonela” as a prelude for an opera in 1893, but instead, revised and used it as one of the four movements of his “Lemminkäinen Suite.” In this expressive piece, one can hear the somberness as the swan glides majestically around the black waters surrounding Tuonela, the Kingdom of Death.
Handel was commissioned by King George I to compose a new creation for his summer boating party on July 17, 1717. The concert was performed on a barge by 50 musicians. The king and his guests listened from the nearby royal barge as numerous other boats floated down the River Thames. Handel’s beloved work shimmers with ever-changing tempos, gushing harmonies, and lively themes.
Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes” was composed for his opera “Peter Grimes,” and are heard during the various scene changes. The interludes “Dawn,” “Sunday Morning,” “Moonlight,” and “Storm,” transport the listener from one location to another, expressing the turbulence of the characters with an underlying swell of foreboding. Britten cleverly turned the interludes into a concert piece, placing them in a different order so they would flow freely and independently.
McGegan and Toby Tolokan, Utah Symphony Vice President of Artistic Planning, will present a free pre-concert chat each night, one hour prior to the start of the performance on the orchestra level of Abravanel Hall.
Single tickets for the performances range from $18 to $53 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office (123 W. South Temple) or by visiting www.utahsymphony.org. Discounted student tickets will be available on the date of the performance. Season ticket holders and those desiring group discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). All ticket prices are subject to change and availability. Ticket prices will increase $5 when purchased on the day of the performance.
Nicholas McGegan, ConductorNicholas McGegan is loved by audiences and orchestras for performances that match authority with enthusiasm, scholarship with joy, and curatorial responsibility with evangelical exuberance. Through twenty-seven years as its music director, McGegan has established the San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorale as the leading period performance ensemble in America and brought it to the forefront of the 'historical' movement worldwide thanks to notable appearances at Carnegie Hall, the London Proms, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and the International Handel Festival, Göttingen where he was artistic director from 1991 to 2011.
Active in opera as well as the concert hall, he was principal conductor of Sweden's perfectly preserved 18th-century theatre Drottingholm 1993-96, running the annual festival there. And he has been a pioneer in the process of exporting historically informed practice beyond the small world of period instruments to the wider one of conventional symphonic forces, guest-conducting orchestras like the the New York, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong Philharmonics, the Chicago, St. Louis, Toronto and Sydney Symphonies, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Northern Sinfonia and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, as well as opera companies including Covent Garden, San Francisco, Santa Fe and Washington.
Born in England, McGegan was educated at Cambridge and Oxford and taught at the Royal College of Music, London. He was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2010 “for services to music overseas.” His awards also include the Halle Handel Prize; an honorary professorship at Georg-August University, Göttingen; the Order of Merit of the State of Lower Saxony (Germany); the Medal of Honour of the City of Göttingen, and an official Nicholas McGegan Day, declared by the Mayor of San Francisco in recognition of two decades' distinguished work with the Philharmonia Baroque.
But as McGegan said when a journalist talked admiringly of his work with an orchestra: 'I'm not working with them. I'm having fun with them'. It makes a difference.
Ralph Matson, Violin
Ralph Matson was appointed Utah Symphony Concertmaster in 1985. He began his violin studies in Detroit with Emily Mutter Austin. Matson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College and a master's degree from the Yale School of Music. His principal teachers were Joseph Silverstein and Steven Staryk. He was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra, and prior to his Utah Symphony appointment, was Assistant Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra.
Matson's solo appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra and the Utah Symphony include collaborations with Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Leonard Slatkin, Sir Neville Marriner, Eiji Oue, Joseph Silverstein, Keith Lockhart, and Pavel Kogan. Since 1996, he has participated in the Grand Teton Music Festival where he is Concertmaster of the Festival Orchestra.
Program
SALT LAKE CITY— The Utah Symphony, under the direction of conductor Nicholas McGegan, will dive into a lyrical adventure as they pay musical homage to the sea in a concert featuring Handel’s colorful “Water Music,” one of his most famous symphonic works.
The orchestra will also perform a flood of other enchanting works including “The Swan of Tuonela,” by Jean Sibelius, Benjamin Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes,” and Felix Mendelssohn’s “The Fair Melusina,” January 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall. Also on the program are two violin concertos by Vivaldi and Bach, featuring Utah Symphony Concertmaster Ralph Matson.
Like the explorers of old, composers have forever been drawn to the mystical nature of water in all its stunning variety.
Folklore and legends spring to life in Mendelssohn’s alluring symphonic poem, “The Fair Melusina.” This work ripples with mythical imagery as shifting moods reflect the beauty, suspicion and sorrow of the mysterious water spirit Melusine.
Finnish composer Jean Sibelius originally composed his tone poem “The Swan of Tuonela” as a prelude for an opera in 1893, but instead, revised and used it as one of the four movements of his “Lemminkäinen Suite.” In this expressive piece, one can hear the somberness as the swan glides majestically around the black waters surrounding Tuonela, the Kingdom of Death.
Handel was commissioned by King George I to compose a new creation for his summer boating party on July 17, 1717. The concert was performed on a barge by 50 musicians. The king and his guests listened from the nearby royal barge as numerous other boats floated down the River Thames. Handel’s beloved work shimmers with ever-changing tempos, gushing harmonies, and lively themes.
Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes” was composed for his opera “Peter Grimes,” and are heard during the various scene changes. The interludes “Dawn,” “Sunday Morning,” “Moonlight,” and “Storm,” transport the listener from one location to another, expressing the turbulence of the characters with an underlying swell of foreboding. Britten cleverly turned the interludes into a concert piece, placing them in a different order so they would flow freely and independently.
McGegan and Toby Tolokan, Utah Symphony Vice President of Artistic Planning, will present a free pre-concert chat each night, one hour prior to the start of the performance on the orchestra level of Abravanel Hall.
Single tickets for the performances range from $18 to $53 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office (123 W. South Temple) or by visiting www.utahsymphony.org. Discounted student tickets will be available on the date of the performance. Season ticket holders and those desiring group discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). All ticket prices are subject to change and availability. Ticket prices will increase $5 when purchased on the day of the performance.
Nicholas McGegan, ConductorNicholas McGegan is loved by audiences and orchestras for performances that match authority with enthusiasm, scholarship with joy, and curatorial responsibility with evangelical exuberance. Through twenty-seven years as its music director, McGegan has established the San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorale as the leading period performance ensemble in America and brought it to the forefront of the 'historical' movement worldwide thanks to notable appearances at Carnegie Hall, the London Proms, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and the International Handel Festival, Göttingen where he was artistic director from 1991 to 2011.
Active in opera as well as the concert hall, he was principal conductor of Sweden's perfectly preserved 18th-century theatre Drottingholm 1993-96, running the annual festival there. And he has been a pioneer in the process of exporting historically informed practice beyond the small world of period instruments to the wider one of conventional symphonic forces, guest-conducting orchestras like the the New York, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong Philharmonics, the Chicago, St. Louis, Toronto and Sydney Symphonies, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Northern Sinfonia and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, as well as opera companies including Covent Garden, San Francisco, Santa Fe and Washington.
Born in England, McGegan was educated at Cambridge and Oxford and taught at the Royal College of Music, London. He was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2010 “for services to music overseas.” His awards also include the Halle Handel Prize; an honorary professorship at Georg-August University, Göttingen; the Order of Merit of the State of Lower Saxony (Germany); the Medal of Honour of the City of Göttingen, and an official Nicholas McGegan Day, declared by the Mayor of San Francisco in recognition of two decades' distinguished work with the Philharmonia Baroque.
But as McGegan said when a journalist talked admiringly of his work with an orchestra: 'I'm not working with them. I'm having fun with them'. It makes a difference.
Ralph Matson, Violin
Ralph Matson was appointed Utah Symphony Concertmaster in 1985. He began his violin studies in Detroit with Emily Mutter Austin. Matson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College and a master's degree from the Yale School of Music. His principal teachers were Joseph Silverstein and Steven Staryk. He was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra, and prior to his Utah Symphony appointment, was Assistant Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra.
Matson's solo appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra and the Utah Symphony include collaborations with Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Leonard Slatkin, Sir Neville Marriner, Eiji Oue, Joseph Silverstein, Keith Lockhart, and Pavel Kogan. Since 1996, he has participated in the Grand Teton Music Festival where he is Concertmaster of the Festival Orchestra.
Program
| Felix Mendelssohn | Die schöne Melusine, Op. 32 |
| Jean Sibelius | "The Swan of Tuonela", No. 2 from Legends, Opus 22 |
| Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto for Violin in E-flat major, Op. 8, No. 5PrestoLargoPrestoRalph Matson, Violin |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto No. 1 in A minor for Violin and String OrchestraI. [No tempo indicated]II. AndanteIII. Allegro assaiRalph Matson, Violin |
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| George Frideric Handel | Suite No. 2 in D major from Water MusicI. Andante-AllegroII. Alla HornpipeIII. MinuetIV. LentementV. Bourrée |
| Suite No. 3 in G major from Water MusicI. [No tempo indicated]II. RigaudonIII. [No tempo indicated]IV. MenuetV. [No tempo indicated]VI. [No tempo indicated]VII. [No tempo indicated] | |
| Benjamin Britten | "Four Sea Interludes" from Peter Grimes, Opus 33aI. Dawn: Lento e tranquilloII. Sunday morning: Allegro spiritosoIII. Moonlight: Andante comodo e rubatoIV. Storm: Presto con fuoco |
"Wild About Fiber Arts" Exhibition @ Utah Cultural Celebration Center (January 10-February 26, WVC)
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Wild About Fiber Arts: A Celebration of Utah FiberArts on Display atUtah Cultural Celebration Center
WHAT: "Wild About Fiber Arts" Exhibition at Utah Cultural CelebrationCenter
WHEN: January10 - February 26, 2013
ExhibitMondaythrough Thursday, 9:00 - 6:00 p.m.Fridayand Saturday by arrangement.
OpeningReception & Awards CeremonyThursday,January 106:00- 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: UtahCultural Celebration Center1355West 3100 SouthWVC,UT 84119
WHO: Everyoneis welcome to attend the Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony and galleryexhibit during hours of operation free of charge.
WHY: TheUtah Cultural Celebration Center and Mary Meigs Atwater Weavers Guild are proudto announce their biennial art exhibit featuring Utah´s finest contemporaryfiber artists. Come experience hand crafted, decorative and functional artincluding weaving, spinning, surface design and baskets.
TheOpening Reception features Nadine Sanders, known as "The Singing Weaver", whowill make a special musical presentation on creativity and motivation. All are welcome to attend the free opening reception with artists, withmusic and refreshments Thursday, January 10, 2013.
For moreinformation about this and other exhibits or events at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, call 965-5100 or visit www.culturalcelebration.org. Exhibit sponsored in part bythe Utah Arts Council and the Salt Lake County Zoo Arts and Parks Program.
WHAT: "Wild About Fiber Arts" Exhibition at Utah Cultural CelebrationCenter
WHEN: January10 - February 26, 2013
ExhibitMondaythrough Thursday, 9:00 - 6:00 p.m.Fridayand Saturday by arrangement.
OpeningReception & Awards CeremonyThursday,January 106:00- 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: UtahCultural Celebration Center1355West 3100 SouthWVC,UT 84119
WHO: Everyoneis welcome to attend the Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony and galleryexhibit during hours of operation free of charge.
WHY: TheUtah Cultural Celebration Center and Mary Meigs Atwater Weavers Guild are proudto announce their biennial art exhibit featuring Utah´s finest contemporaryfiber artists. Come experience hand crafted, decorative and functional artincluding weaving, spinning, surface design and baskets.
TheOpening Reception features Nadine Sanders, known as "The Singing Weaver", whowill make a special musical presentation on creativity and motivation. All are welcome to attend the free opening reception with artists, withmusic and refreshments Thursday, January 10, 2013.
For moreinformation about this and other exhibits or events at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, call 965-5100 or visit www.culturalcelebration.org. Exhibit sponsored in part bythe Utah Arts Council and the Salt Lake County Zoo Arts and Parks Program.
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A Troubie Reinvention: Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReinDOORS
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Tickets for the annual Troubadour Theatre Company holiday shows are consistently some of the most sought after in L.A. and loyal Troubie fans know to get them early. Each show delivers the company’s unique brand of theatre magic wrapped up in circus ribbons, physical theatrics, dazzling music, and that trademark fearless swan dive into the depths of improvised comedy. All that to say that it’s one crazy good time for both audience and actors.
This year’s holiday treat takes the famous story of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and mixes it with the music of Jim Morrison and the Doors to create a new Christmas one-of-a-kind favorite, Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReinDOORS. Picture Rick Batalla reinventing the lizard king as Santa Claus, bare-chested, without his Ho Hos (they’re hard to get right now), in red spandex and plenty of attitude, and then picture him later in an ‘80s purple unitard as Moonracer, the Lion King on the Island of Misfit Toys and you’ll get the idea. He’s a smart retort just waiting to happen and, as you’d expect, he happens all over the stage.
Sharon McGunigle’s costumes give the players the visual liftoff that helps these characters jump off the page. Hermey’s (Kyle Nudo) bright yellow larger than life comb over wave, Sam the Snowman’s (Paul C. Vogt) dropped crotch snow suit, Blitzen’s (Beth Kennedy) fluorescent green pillow baby bump, and Mrs. Claus’s (Lisa Valenzuela) Paula Dean wig all provide opportunity for comedy just by existing onstage. And if you give this gang an opening for a joke, you can be certain they’ll go after it with everything they’ve got.
It’s a tall order trying to top last year’s wildly successful A Christmas Westside Story, which featured unparalleled production numbers (choreographed by Molly Alvarez, who also provides the great dance moves in Rudolph) and a perfect marriage of story and humor like no Troubie show before. But each show has its own distinctive style and director Matt Walker and the gang have taken a sweeter, more intimate direction with Rudolph that accentuates the storytelling while still delivering the Troubies’ high-energy ability to delight the senses. Plus, the regulars are in fine form and don’t disappoint.
As the charming narrator, Vogt gives us his folksy-funny spin on Burl Ives’ Sam the Snowman, covering the many transitions between scenes. Andy Lopez plays a hysterical Little Elf (one of the many sight gags that are well worth their short stage time) who blows in the wind in Santa’s sleigh. Kennedy is the perfect little homemaker (um, not) as Rudolph’s mother, Blitzen, and Walker does double duty as Charlie-in-the-Box on the Island of Misfit Toys and also plays Rudolph’s hard-headed dad, Donner.
Donner’s psychedelic trip is one of the two sensational big scenes in the show. This one comes complete with an all-out circus rendezvous featuring a lovely aerial hoop sequence by Caroline Gross and a myriad of circus tricks, juggling sequences, and magic tricks that even includes Walker doing some plate spinning with the audience.
The other is the climactic scene in which Rudolph takes to the skies with his glowing red nose to save Christmas. Blitzen’s Tab addiction almost does Kennedy in but she rallies in time to set up ground control (with a little help from a member of the audience) and goes in for the assist to make sure we have a happy ending. Even Dan Waskom as Bomi, the Abominable Snow Monster, gets his shining moments. On tall stilts, and covered head to toe in white furry fleece that must have taken an entire bolt of fabric, he quite literally commands the stage. There are a few larger than life Abominable gags that are fun and unexpected, just like you’d hope to see from the Troubies, and if you haven’t already heard about them, I’m not going to spoil the surprise here.
And yet it’s the romantic sweetness of Clarice (Molly Alvarez) and Rudolph (Steven Booth) that gives this heartwarming tale its traditional “awww” factor. The pair are absolutely adorable and you’ll fall in love with every pretty doe-eyed glance and shy smile they exchange.
Candy-coated stage designs and whimsical lighting effects by Jeffrey McLaughlin and Jeremy Pivnick, respectively, make Rudolph glow like a winter wonderland. Eric Heinly's house band also never disappoints, rocking out on re-imagined songs by The Doors that include “Hello I Love You,” “Touch Me,” “Riders on the Storm,” “Don’t You Love Her Madly,” “Light My Fire,” and “Break on Through (To The Other Side).”
There is one non-DOORS tune that makes an appearance in the show, and well it should. As the finale joins cast and audience in a “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” sing-along, it’s one more holiday show in the books for Walker and his comedy commandos of Toluca Lake. An annual holiday tradition for locals anywhere in a 50-mile radius, make sure you get your tickets and get in on the jokes now…before these ReinDOORS go down in history.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReinDOORS
The Troubies @ the Falcon Theatre
Tickets: (818) 955-9101
4252 Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA
www.falconTheatre.com
www.troubie.com
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| Molly Alvarez (Clarice), Matt Walker (Donner), Steven Booth (Rudolph), Beth Kennedy (Blitzen), Rick Batalla (Santa) & Lisa Valenzuela (Mrs. Claus). Photos by Chelsea Sutton. |
Tickets for the annual Troubadour Theatre Company holiday shows are consistently some of the most sought after in L.A. and loyal Troubie fans know to get them early. Each show delivers the company’s unique brand of theatre magic wrapped up in circus ribbons, physical theatrics, dazzling music, and that trademark fearless swan dive into the depths of improvised comedy. All that to say that it’s one crazy good time for both audience and actors.
This year’s holiday treat takes the famous story of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and mixes it with the music of Jim Morrison and the Doors to create a new Christmas one-of-a-kind favorite, Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReinDOORS. Picture Rick Batalla reinventing the lizard king as Santa Claus, bare-chested, without his Ho Hos (they’re hard to get right now), in red spandex and plenty of attitude, and then picture him later in an ‘80s purple unitard as Moonracer, the Lion King on the Island of Misfit Toys and you’ll get the idea. He’s a smart retort just waiting to happen and, as you’d expect, he happens all over the stage.
Sharon McGunigle’s costumes give the players the visual liftoff that helps these characters jump off the page. Hermey’s (Kyle Nudo) bright yellow larger than life comb over wave, Sam the Snowman’s (Paul C. Vogt) dropped crotch snow suit, Blitzen’s (Beth Kennedy) fluorescent green pillow baby bump, and Mrs. Claus’s (Lisa Valenzuela) Paula Dean wig all provide opportunity for comedy just by existing onstage. And if you give this gang an opening for a joke, you can be certain they’ll go after it with everything they’ve got.
It’s a tall order trying to top last year’s wildly successful A Christmas Westside Story, which featured unparalleled production numbers (choreographed by Molly Alvarez, who also provides the great dance moves in Rudolph) and a perfect marriage of story and humor like no Troubie show before. But each show has its own distinctive style and director Matt Walker and the gang have taken a sweeter, more intimate direction with Rudolph that accentuates the storytelling while still delivering the Troubies’ high-energy ability to delight the senses. Plus, the regulars are in fine form and don’t disappoint.
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| Dan Waskom and Paul C. Vogt |
Donner’s psychedelic trip is one of the two sensational big scenes in the show. This one comes complete with an all-out circus rendezvous featuring a lovely aerial hoop sequence by Caroline Gross and a myriad of circus tricks, juggling sequences, and magic tricks that even includes Walker doing some plate spinning with the audience.
The other is the climactic scene in which Rudolph takes to the skies with his glowing red nose to save Christmas. Blitzen’s Tab addiction almost does Kennedy in but she rallies in time to set up ground control (with a little help from a member of the audience) and goes in for the assist to make sure we have a happy ending. Even Dan Waskom as Bomi, the Abominable Snow Monster, gets his shining moments. On tall stilts, and covered head to toe in white furry fleece that must have taken an entire bolt of fabric, he quite literally commands the stage. There are a few larger than life Abominable gags that are fun and unexpected, just like you’d hope to see from the Troubies, and if you haven’t already heard about them, I’m not going to spoil the surprise here.
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| Steven Booth and Molly Alvarez |
Candy-coated stage designs and whimsical lighting effects by Jeffrey McLaughlin and Jeremy Pivnick, respectively, make Rudolph glow like a winter wonderland. Eric Heinly's house band also never disappoints, rocking out on re-imagined songs by The Doors that include “Hello I Love You,” “Touch Me,” “Riders on the Storm,” “Don’t You Love Her Madly,” “Light My Fire,” and “Break on Through (To The Other Side).”
There is one non-DOORS tune that makes an appearance in the show, and well it should. As the finale joins cast and audience in a “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” sing-along, it’s one more holiday show in the books for Walker and his comedy commandos of Toluca Lake. An annual holiday tradition for locals anywhere in a 50-mile radius, make sure you get your tickets and get in on the jokes now…before these ReinDOORS go down in history.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReinDOORS
The Troubies @ the Falcon Theatre
Tickets: (818) 955-9101
4252 Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA
www.falconTheatre.com
www.troubie.com
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Cortes Alexander's Have A Swell Holiday Show was...Swell!
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There’s no denying it was a Swell night at Sterling’s Upstairs at the Federal on December 10th, thanks to Cortes Alexander and his Have a Swell Holiday Show. It was my first introduction to the charming performer, and it was also my first time at Sterling’s new supper club, where producer Michael Sterling has continued his tradition of presenting some of the finest musical theatre artists and nightclub entertainers L.A. has to offer.
Sterling moved to his present location in April, following a successful six year run at his original venue, Upstairs at Vitello’s in Studio City. The Federal’s sophisticated ambience offers a cool, uptown vibe and an intimate setting that highlights an ever-changing array of artists and music, perfect for a historic building in the NoHo Arts District that has itself had many different lives.
Alexander’s set list featured an eclectic mix of styles, from jazz to musical theatre to pop, with holiday favorites that slipped between his original songs like twinkling lights peeking out from a Christmas tree. He began the show with his own arrangement of Bricusse & Newly’s “Pure Imagination,” setting the tone for the evening with an enchanting invitation to travel in a world of his creation. Entertaining stories followed to introduce some of his original compositions. Among them were “Driving Song,” a smooth, slow composition about his first car, “LA to Paris,” a touching ode to love, and “Marguerite,” inspired by the cow in Hal Prince’s backyard.
He talked about touring the world with Liza Minnelli, good and bad reviews he’s received, and how you can see his mother – well, her back at least – in the rain scene of Singing in the Rain. She was responsible for instilling in Alexander a joy for music and an ever-optimistic love of life as they tooled down the open road in their VW bus singing at the top of their lungs. His heartfelt remembrances were moving, and often humorous.
In the spirit of the season, Alexander included several luscious holiday songs including a jazzy version of “Winter Wonderland” arranged by Jason Robert Brown, Kay Thompson’s arrangement of “Jingle Bells,” and his own arrangement of “The Christmas Song.” It doesn’t matter how many times I hear that song, I love it every time and his version is quite special.
Back-up was provided by the outstanding Swell Girls, Melissa Bailey and Julie Garnye, each featured in a big way; Bailey on a terrific arrangement she and Alexander created for “Slow Boat to China/Shanghai” by Frank Loesser and Garnye on the beautiful “Any Day Now.” The band was first-rate, led by musical director John Boswell on piano and included Norman Ludwin on bass, Terry Schoenig on percussion, and Paul Landry on guitar. Landry’s feature on the charming “Love on a Greyhound Bus” was a highlight.
A nice guy with a big personality and a charming way with a song – that’s Cortes Alexander. Spend an evening with him the next time he appears in L.A.
Cortes Alexander’s Have a Swell Holiday, Sterling’s Upstairs at the Federal, 5303 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. You can check out upcoming shows at Sterling’s Upstairs online at www.msapr.net. For reservations call (818) 754-8700.
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| Cortes Alexander. Photos by Eric Schneider |
There’s no denying it was a Swell night at Sterling’s Upstairs at the Federal on December 10th, thanks to Cortes Alexander and his Have a Swell Holiday Show. It was my first introduction to the charming performer, and it was also my first time at Sterling’s new supper club, where producer Michael Sterling has continued his tradition of presenting some of the finest musical theatre artists and nightclub entertainers L.A. has to offer.
Sterling moved to his present location in April, following a successful six year run at his original venue, Upstairs at Vitello’s in Studio City. The Federal’s sophisticated ambience offers a cool, uptown vibe and an intimate setting that highlights an ever-changing array of artists and music, perfect for a historic building in the NoHo Arts District that has itself had many different lives.
Alexander’s set list featured an eclectic mix of styles, from jazz to musical theatre to pop, with holiday favorites that slipped between his original songs like twinkling lights peeking out from a Christmas tree. He began the show with his own arrangement of Bricusse & Newly’s “Pure Imagination,” setting the tone for the evening with an enchanting invitation to travel in a world of his creation. Entertaining stories followed to introduce some of his original compositions. Among them were “Driving Song,” a smooth, slow composition about his first car, “LA to Paris,” a touching ode to love, and “Marguerite,” inspired by the cow in Hal Prince’s backyard.
He talked about touring the world with Liza Minnelli, good and bad reviews he’s received, and how you can see his mother – well, her back at least – in the rain scene of Singing in the Rain. She was responsible for instilling in Alexander a joy for music and an ever-optimistic love of life as they tooled down the open road in their VW bus singing at the top of their lungs. His heartfelt remembrances were moving, and often humorous.
In the spirit of the season, Alexander included several luscious holiday songs including a jazzy version of “Winter Wonderland” arranged by Jason Robert Brown, Kay Thompson’s arrangement of “Jingle Bells,” and his own arrangement of “The Christmas Song.” It doesn’t matter how many times I hear that song, I love it every time and his version is quite special.
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| Cortes Alexander and The Swell Girls, (L-R) Julie Garnye and Melissa Bailey. |
Back-up was provided by the outstanding Swell Girls, Melissa Bailey and Julie Garnye, each featured in a big way; Bailey on a terrific arrangement she and Alexander created for “Slow Boat to China/Shanghai” by Frank Loesser and Garnye on the beautiful “Any Day Now.” The band was first-rate, led by musical director John Boswell on piano and included Norman Ludwin on bass, Terry Schoenig on percussion, and Paul Landry on guitar. Landry’s feature on the charming “Love on a Greyhound Bus” was a highlight.
A nice guy with a big personality and a charming way with a song – that’s Cortes Alexander. Spend an evening with him the next time he appears in L.A.
Cortes Alexander’s Have a Swell Holiday, Sterling’s Upstairs at the Federal, 5303 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. You can check out upcoming shows at Sterling’s Upstairs online at www.msapr.net. For reservations call (818) 754-8700.
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What's Happening Around Town For December 14, 2012
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In the Heights
Teatro Nuevos Horizontes is presenting the west coast regional premiere of In The Heights now through December 22 at Casa 0101 in Boyle Heights, 2102 East 1st. Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033. The story explores three days in the characters’ lives in the New York City Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights. In the Heights is directed by Rigo Tejeda and produced by Olga Durazo, with choreography by Daniel Lazareno and musical direction by Olga Durazo. It features Michael Torrenueva (Usnavi), Parissa Koo (Nina Rosario), Benjamin Perez (Kevin Rosario), Graciela Valderrama (Camilla), James Oronoz (Benny), Melissa Anjose (Vanessa), Phillip Garcia (Sonny), Carole Ann Salerno (Abuela Claudia), Vivian Lamolli (Daniela), Chrissi Erickson (Carla), Chris Marcos (Graffiti Pete), Felix Sotelo (Piragua Guy), and ensemble members Marissa Herrera, Daniel Ferguson, Andy Eubanks, April Sheets, Brittany Freeth, Shafik Wahhab, Michael Gallardo, Yvonne Senat, Fernando Nunez, and Brenda Perez. www.tnhcompany.com.
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Eden Espinosa Album Release Party
Borderlight Records is proud to present Eden Espinosa’s Debut Album Release Party on Monday, December 17 at Dim Mak Studios in Hollywood. Come join Eden and her friends and celebrate the release of her highly anticipated debut album, Look Around, available December 18. Espinosa and the same amazing musicians who performed on her album will perform the entire CD tracklist. The event will last all night, so come prepared to experience an epic night of music. Joining Eden and her band will be Tracie Thoms and Ty Taylor, with additional performances by Paul David, Sarah Mears, and Stefanie Sidler. Paul David is master of ceremonies. Dim Mak Studios, 6356 Hollywood Blvd. 2nd Floor, Hollywood, CA 90028. Showtime is 8:00 pm. Click Here for tickets. Look Around is scheduled for release on December 18 on all major online retailers including Cd Baby, iTunes, and Amazon. Eden will also host a live chat on her website www.edenespinosa.com on December 14, 9pm EST.
ALBUM TRACK LIST:
1. I’m Not That Girl, Wicked
2. Stone Cold Sober, The Existents
3. Petrified, Taboo
4. I Know The Truth, Aida
5. I Miss The Mountains, Next To Normal
6. With You, Ghost
7. Once Upon A Time, Brooklyn
8. One Song Glory, Rent
9. Look Around, Will Rogers Follies
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A West Hollywood Holiday
Ryan O’Connor and Musical Mondays Los Angeles has announced a list of scheduled performers for A West Hollywood Holiday at Musical Mondays LA Monday, December 17 at 10:00 pm. Performers scheduled to appear include Deborah Craig, Curt Hansen, Frankie Grande, Jen Malenke, Haviland Stillwell, Sarah Wolter, Craig Taggart, Joe Donohoe, and The Tinsletone Carolers. The show will also feature a special ticket giveaway for New Year’s Eve with Idina Menzel at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Philharmonic. Musical Mondays Los Angeles is a weekly celebration of musical theatre in West Hollywood co-produced and hosted by Ryan O’Connor and Scott Nevins and featuring VJ Keith Jacobson. Jacobson plays videos from Broadway and movie musicals followed by a LIVE show at 10pm. Admission is always FREE. Eleven Nightclub is located at 8811 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069. For more information visit www.eleven.la or www.facebook.com/groups/musicalmondaysla.
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Steve Ross is Puttin’ On The Ritz
Legendary Manhattan-based singer/pianist Steve Ross brings his critically acclaimed Puttin’ on the Ritz… The Music of Fred Astaire to Vitello’s Upstairs Jazz and Supper Club for two performances only, Saturday, January 12 and Sunday, January 13, 2013. Ross’ show weaves together a string of over two dozen songs from Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Kern and Arthur Schwartz, along with anecdotes and/or observations about Astaire, the songwriters, and the dance partners; especially Astaire’s sister Adele, who was initially thought to be the star of Astaire’s act. Ross sings from the heart on such songs as “Fascinating Rhythm,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “They All Laughed,” and “Cheek to Cheek.” Tickets are $35 on Saturday, January 12 at 8:00 pm with the dinner seating beginning at 7:00 pm; and $25 on Sunday, January 13 at 7:00 pm with the dinner seating beginning at 5:30 pm. Tickets may be purchased online at www.ticketweb.com or www.vitellosjazz.com. For more information, call Vitello’s at (818) 769-0905. Vitello’s Upstairs Jazz and Supper Club is located at 4339 Tujunga Avenue, Studio City, CA 91604.
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Belz! A Jewish Vaudeville Musical
Belz! A Jewish Vaudeville Musical, written and directed by Pavel Cerny, opens March 2, 2013 at the Whitefire Theatre. The show depicts 50 years (1918- 1968) in the life and career of fictional Jewish stand-up comic Hugo Schwartz as he emerges from Ukraine to Prague, Vienna, the Catskills, and finally to Broadway. It follows both the momentous world events of the turbulent early to mid- 20th Century, as well as the history of Cabaret entertainment during that period. The show is filled with songs and Jewish jokes. Cerny has directed and produced works from every genre in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria and the United States. His most recent local stage credits include Circus Welt, Komitas, Nathan the Wise, A Lovely Place for a Picnic, Love, Sex, Violence, etc. and Three Sisters or Perestroika. Belz! Runs March 2 – April 14, 2013 at the Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. For reservations call (800) 838-3006 or go to www.brownpapertickets.com/event/276015.
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The Circus is Coming to Town
Storybook Theatre’s The Circus is Coming to Town is set to open at Theatre West on March 22, 2013. It’s the ultimate interactive musical with the kids in the audience joining the ringmaster, animal trainer and clown to become the acts in the circus. The show features lots of songs as the kids learn that they have talents of their own as they put on their own show. It’s a happy, original show with a huge amount of opportunities for audience participation and perfect entertainment for kids aged 3 to 9. Book & lyrics are by Lloyd J. Schwartz; music is by Brian Feinstein. The show is directed by Elliot Kevin Schwartz and produced by Barbara Mallory Schwartz. Storybook Theatre has presented musicals for children at Theatre West for over 25 years. The Circus is Coming to Town runs Saturdays at 1:00 pm March 22 – July 6, 2013 at Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, in Los Angeles, 90068 (near Universal City and Studio City). There is free parking in a lot across the street. For reservations and information call (818) 761-2203 or visit www.theatrewest.org.
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In the HeightsTeatro Nuevos Horizontes is presenting the west coast regional premiere of In The Heights now through December 22 at Casa 0101 in Boyle Heights, 2102 East 1st. Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033. The story explores three days in the characters’ lives in the New York City Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights. In the Heights is directed by Rigo Tejeda and produced by Olga Durazo, with choreography by Daniel Lazareno and musical direction by Olga Durazo. It features Michael Torrenueva (Usnavi), Parissa Koo (Nina Rosario), Benjamin Perez (Kevin Rosario), Graciela Valderrama (Camilla), James Oronoz (Benny), Melissa Anjose (Vanessa), Phillip Garcia (Sonny), Carole Ann Salerno (Abuela Claudia), Vivian Lamolli (Daniela), Chrissi Erickson (Carla), Chris Marcos (Graffiti Pete), Felix Sotelo (Piragua Guy), and ensemble members Marissa Herrera, Daniel Ferguson, Andy Eubanks, April Sheets, Brittany Freeth, Shafik Wahhab, Michael Gallardo, Yvonne Senat, Fernando Nunez, and Brenda Perez. www.tnhcompany.com.
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Eden Espinosa Album Release PartyBorderlight Records is proud to present Eden Espinosa’s Debut Album Release Party on Monday, December 17 at Dim Mak Studios in Hollywood. Come join Eden and her friends and celebrate the release of her highly anticipated debut album, Look Around, available December 18. Espinosa and the same amazing musicians who performed on her album will perform the entire CD tracklist. The event will last all night, so come prepared to experience an epic night of music. Joining Eden and her band will be Tracie Thoms and Ty Taylor, with additional performances by Paul David, Sarah Mears, and Stefanie Sidler. Paul David is master of ceremonies. Dim Mak Studios, 6356 Hollywood Blvd. 2nd Floor, Hollywood, CA 90028. Showtime is 8:00 pm. Click Here for tickets. Look Around is scheduled for release on December 18 on all major online retailers including Cd Baby, iTunes, and Amazon. Eden will also host a live chat on her website www.edenespinosa.com on December 14, 9pm EST.
ALBUM TRACK LIST:
1. I’m Not That Girl, Wicked
2. Stone Cold Sober, The Existents
3. Petrified, Taboo
4. I Know The Truth, Aida
5. I Miss The Mountains, Next To Normal
6. With You, Ghost
7. Once Upon A Time, Brooklyn
8. One Song Glory, Rent
9. Look Around, Will Rogers Follies
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A West Hollywood HolidayRyan O’Connor and Musical Mondays Los Angeles has announced a list of scheduled performers for A West Hollywood Holiday at Musical Mondays LA Monday, December 17 at 10:00 pm. Performers scheduled to appear include Deborah Craig, Curt Hansen, Frankie Grande, Jen Malenke, Haviland Stillwell, Sarah Wolter, Craig Taggart, Joe Donohoe, and The Tinsletone Carolers. The show will also feature a special ticket giveaway for New Year’s Eve with Idina Menzel at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Philharmonic. Musical Mondays Los Angeles is a weekly celebration of musical theatre in West Hollywood co-produced and hosted by Ryan O’Connor and Scott Nevins and featuring VJ Keith Jacobson. Jacobson plays videos from Broadway and movie musicals followed by a LIVE show at 10pm. Admission is always FREE. Eleven Nightclub is located at 8811 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069. For more information visit www.eleven.la or www.facebook.com/groups/musicalmondaysla.
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Steve Ross is Puttin’ On The RitzLegendary Manhattan-based singer/pianist Steve Ross brings his critically acclaimed Puttin’ on the Ritz… The Music of Fred Astaire to Vitello’s Upstairs Jazz and Supper Club for two performances only, Saturday, January 12 and Sunday, January 13, 2013. Ross’ show weaves together a string of over two dozen songs from Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Kern and Arthur Schwartz, along with anecdotes and/or observations about Astaire, the songwriters, and the dance partners; especially Astaire’s sister Adele, who was initially thought to be the star of Astaire’s act. Ross sings from the heart on such songs as “Fascinating Rhythm,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “They All Laughed,” and “Cheek to Cheek.” Tickets are $35 on Saturday, January 12 at 8:00 pm with the dinner seating beginning at 7:00 pm; and $25 on Sunday, January 13 at 7:00 pm with the dinner seating beginning at 5:30 pm. Tickets may be purchased online at www.ticketweb.com or www.vitellosjazz.com. For more information, call Vitello’s at (818) 769-0905. Vitello’s Upstairs Jazz and Supper Club is located at 4339 Tujunga Avenue, Studio City, CA 91604.
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Belz! A Jewish Vaudeville Musical
Belz! A Jewish Vaudeville Musical, written and directed by Pavel Cerny, opens March 2, 2013 at the Whitefire Theatre. The show depicts 50 years (1918- 1968) in the life and career of fictional Jewish stand-up comic Hugo Schwartz as he emerges from Ukraine to Prague, Vienna, the Catskills, and finally to Broadway. It follows both the momentous world events of the turbulent early to mid- 20th Century, as well as the history of Cabaret entertainment during that period. The show is filled with songs and Jewish jokes. Cerny has directed and produced works from every genre in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria and the United States. His most recent local stage credits include Circus Welt, Komitas, Nathan the Wise, A Lovely Place for a Picnic, Love, Sex, Violence, etc. and Three Sisters or Perestroika. Belz! Runs March 2 – April 14, 2013 at the Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. For reservations call (800) 838-3006 or go to www.brownpapertickets.com/event/276015.
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The Circus is Coming to Town
Storybook Theatre’s The Circus is Coming to Town is set to open at Theatre West on March 22, 2013. It’s the ultimate interactive musical with the kids in the audience joining the ringmaster, animal trainer and clown to become the acts in the circus. The show features lots of songs as the kids learn that they have talents of their own as they put on their own show. It’s a happy, original show with a huge amount of opportunities for audience participation and perfect entertainment for kids aged 3 to 9. Book & lyrics are by Lloyd J. Schwartz; music is by Brian Feinstein. The show is directed by Elliot Kevin Schwartz and produced by Barbara Mallory Schwartz. Storybook Theatre has presented musicals for children at Theatre West for over 25 years. The Circus is Coming to Town runs Saturdays at 1:00 pm March 22 – July 6, 2013 at Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, in Los Angeles, 90068 (near Universal City and Studio City). There is free parking in a lot across the street. For reservations and information call (818) 761-2203 or visit www.theatrewest.org.
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A Snow White Christmas - Pasadena Playhouse's New Holiday Tradition
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Mirror, Mirror on the wall – whose is the loveliest Panto of them all? Well, in Pasadena it’s the Playhouse, which has begun a new holiday tradition with this year’s debut of Lythgoe Productions’ A Snow White Christmas. By combining the best of the genre’s British elements and refashioning them for an American audience, writer Kris Lythgoe and director Bonnie Lythgoe have created a sparkling new family entertainment that will put a smile on the face of even the Grinchiest uncle.
You know the story: Hated by the Wicked Queen (Charlene Tilton) because of her beauty, Snow White (Ariana Grande) is taken to the woods to be killed by the Queen’s court jester, Muddles (Jonathan Meza) and her Huntsman, Herman (David Figlioli). Unable to perform the task, they tell her to run away to the miners’ cottage in the woods where she will be safe but she must never return to the palace. When the Queen consults her Magic Mirror (pre-recorded by Neil Patrick Harris) and finds that Snow White is still alive, she poisons her with an apple. Snow White falls into a deep sleep, is eventually awakened by true love’s kiss, and she and Prince Harry (Curt Hansen) live happily ever after.
Grande is as sweet and lovely a Snow White as there ever could be and breathes life into a pop song like nobody’s business. Screams from the audience are an obvious sign of the television star’s popularity among the teens and younger set, and she rewards them with dazzling vocals throughout the show. Hansen makes a roguish prince with dashing good looks, perfect diction, and a comical array of princely poses that includes some serious raised eyebrow choreography.
As the Queen, Tilton puts on her best smoky-throated villainess persona, whom the audience takes great pleasure in booing, and her interactions with Harris – perfectly wry and nuanced as her Magic Mirror – only fuel her anger. Figlioli gives a rich performance as Herman the Huntsman and Meza charms everyone with Muddles’ quick wit, rubbery moves, and easygoing audience banter. It’s the seven dwarves, however, who steal the show with their long-awaited entrance. Played by local children cast from a rigorous audition, they embody the individual personalities of the costumed characters and are absolutely delightful.
Vivid backdrops, bright crayon-colored costumes, and fascinating lighting effects that come and go like magic help create the fairytale world. The score consists of pop songs that enhance the traditional story. Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” becomes Snow White’s answer for why the Wicked Queen hates her; Huey Lewis and the News’ “Power of Love” marks Prince Harry’s search for one particular princess, and Bruno Mars’ “Lazy Song” is a charming introduction for the dwarves who sing about taking a day off from mining. “YMCA,” “Thriller,” and “Toxic,” plus six other chart-topping hits, make up the rest of the score, plus there’s a special sing-a-long for the audience too. Musical director Michael Orland puts it all together beautifully. Add a live miniature pony onstage, Spencer Liff’s Dancers, and more topical jokes than you can imagine, and you’ve got a classic in the making.
A Snow White Christmas also comes with a pre-show Winter Wonderland of family activities, games, and photos with Santa Claus, making Pasadena Playhouse the hot holiday destination this Christmas. Actually, with snow flurries inside the theatre and out, make that a frosty destination. It’s lively, fun, and a perfect way to celebrate the season. And once you’ve taken your kids to a Panto at the Playhouse, you can bet they’ll never let you miss another.
A Snow White Christmas
December 12 – 30, 2012
Lythgoe Family Productions @ Pasadena Playhouse
39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
Tickets: (626) 356-7529
www.pasadenaplayhouse.org
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| L to R: Blitzen, Jonathan Meza, Ariana Grande. Photos by Philicia Endelman. |
Mirror, Mirror on the wall – whose is the loveliest Panto of them all? Well, in Pasadena it’s the Playhouse, which has begun a new holiday tradition with this year’s debut of Lythgoe Productions’ A Snow White Christmas. By combining the best of the genre’s British elements and refashioning them for an American audience, writer Kris Lythgoe and director Bonnie Lythgoe have created a sparkling new family entertainment that will put a smile on the face of even the Grinchiest uncle.
You know the story: Hated by the Wicked Queen (Charlene Tilton) because of her beauty, Snow White (Ariana Grande) is taken to the woods to be killed by the Queen’s court jester, Muddles (Jonathan Meza) and her Huntsman, Herman (David Figlioli). Unable to perform the task, they tell her to run away to the miners’ cottage in the woods where she will be safe but she must never return to the palace. When the Queen consults her Magic Mirror (pre-recorded by Neil Patrick Harris) and finds that Snow White is still alive, she poisons her with an apple. Snow White falls into a deep sleep, is eventually awakened by true love’s kiss, and she and Prince Harry (Curt Hansen) live happily ever after.
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| Ariana Grande and Curt Hansen |
Grande is as sweet and lovely a Snow White as there ever could be and breathes life into a pop song like nobody’s business. Screams from the audience are an obvious sign of the television star’s popularity among the teens and younger set, and she rewards them with dazzling vocals throughout the show. Hansen makes a roguish prince with dashing good looks, perfect diction, and a comical array of princely poses that includes some serious raised eyebrow choreography.
As the Queen, Tilton puts on her best smoky-throated villainess persona, whom the audience takes great pleasure in booing, and her interactions with Harris – perfectly wry and nuanced as her Magic Mirror – only fuel her anger. Figlioli gives a rich performance as Herman the Huntsman and Meza charms everyone with Muddles’ quick wit, rubbery moves, and easygoing audience banter. It’s the seven dwarves, however, who steal the show with their long-awaited entrance. Played by local children cast from a rigorous audition, they embody the individual personalities of the costumed characters and are absolutely delightful.
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| David Figlioli and Curt Hansen with Drowsy Dwarf |
Vivid backdrops, bright crayon-colored costumes, and fascinating lighting effects that come and go like magic help create the fairytale world. The score consists of pop songs that enhance the traditional story. Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” becomes Snow White’s answer for why the Wicked Queen hates her; Huey Lewis and the News’ “Power of Love” marks Prince Harry’s search for one particular princess, and Bruno Mars’ “Lazy Song” is a charming introduction for the dwarves who sing about taking a day off from mining. “YMCA,” “Thriller,” and “Toxic,” plus six other chart-topping hits, make up the rest of the score, plus there’s a special sing-a-long for the audience too. Musical director Michael Orland puts it all together beautifully. Add a live miniature pony onstage, Spencer Liff’s Dancers, and more topical jokes than you can imagine, and you’ve got a classic in the making.
A Snow White Christmas also comes with a pre-show Winter Wonderland of family activities, games, and photos with Santa Claus, making Pasadena Playhouse the hot holiday destination this Christmas. Actually, with snow flurries inside the theatre and out, make that a frosty destination. It’s lively, fun, and a perfect way to celebrate the season. And once you’ve taken your kids to a Panto at the Playhouse, you can bet they’ll never let you miss another.
A Snow White Christmas
December 12 – 30, 2012
Lythgoe Family Productions @ Pasadena Playhouse
39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
Tickets: (626) 356-7529
www.pasadenaplayhouse.org
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Cathy Rigby is PETER PAN Lands at the Pantages in January
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Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan returns to the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood for two weeks only, January 15 – 27, 2013, and take it from me, this is one wonderful show you don’t want to miss. This current tour of Peter Pan originated at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts in June and it is terrific! [Click Here to see the review]
Cathy Rigby made her professional debut as ‘Dorothy’ in The Wizard of Oz twenty-nine years ago. Since then, she has starred in the national tour of Annie Get Your Gun, Meet Me in St. Louis, Paint Your Wagon, They’re Playing Our Song and as the ‘Cat in the Hat” in Seussical both on Broadway and on tour. However, Peter Pan remains Cathy’s favorite. “One of the greatest gifts of my theatrical career has been the opportunity to play ‘Peter Pan’. The thrill of seeing the faces of children as I fly over their heads sprinkling fairy dust and having the chance (eight times a week) to relive the adventure of a perfect “make believe” childhood.” Her greatest joy is the reaction, letters and emails that she receives from countless children and adults alike.
Joining Cathy is Broadway’s Brent Barrett as Mr. Darling/Hook. Brent has entertained millions of fans around the world from Broadway to the West End, concerts halls, recording studios, film and television. Kim Crosby (Cinderella in the original Into the Woods, Guys and Dolls, Jerry’s Girls) returns to play Mrs. Darling.
Peter Pan recounts the adventures of the three Darling children as they fly away from their nursery into the magic and wonder of Never Land. It is in Never Land that they encounter the cunning and evil Captain Hook, villainous pirates, a crafty crocodile and a sprightly fairy, Tinker Bell. The score, a joint effort by Moose Charlap, Carolyn Leigh, Jule Styne and Betty Comden and Adolph Green remains a favorite of children and adults alike and features such classics as “I Gotta Crow,” “Neverland” and “I’m Flying.”
The production is directed by Glenn Casale who directed the 1999 Tony® Award nominated and Emmy winning Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan. The flying sequence choreographer is Paul Rubin, "The Fly Guy", who has choreographed some of the most memorable flying sequences from the Tony® Award winning Broadway production of Wicked to Cathy Rigby's Emmy Award winning DVD of Peter Pan. The creative team includes Patti Columbo (Choreographer), Bruce Barnes (Musical Director), Michael Gilliam (Lighting Design), Julie Ferrin (Sound Design), Sean Boyd (Fight Director) and Julia Flores (Casting Director).
Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan has a running time of 2 hours and 15 Minutes including intermission and is recommended for All Ages. (Please note that in consideration of audiences, no one under 3 will be admitted to the theatre.) Orchestra level tickets start at just $25. Tickets may be purchased at the Pantages Box Office, at all Ticketmaster outlets, or online at www.BroadwayLA.org. The Pantages Theatre is located at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard, just east of Vine Street.
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| Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan. Photo by Michael Lamont. |
Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan returns to the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood for two weeks only, January 15 – 27, 2013, and take it from me, this is one wonderful show you don’t want to miss. This current tour of Peter Pan originated at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts in June and it is terrific! [Click Here to see the review]
Cathy Rigby made her professional debut as ‘Dorothy’ in The Wizard of Oz twenty-nine years ago. Since then, she has starred in the national tour of Annie Get Your Gun, Meet Me in St. Louis, Paint Your Wagon, They’re Playing Our Song and as the ‘Cat in the Hat” in Seussical both on Broadway and on tour. However, Peter Pan remains Cathy’s favorite. “One of the greatest gifts of my theatrical career has been the opportunity to play ‘Peter Pan’. The thrill of seeing the faces of children as I fly over their heads sprinkling fairy dust and having the chance (eight times a week) to relive the adventure of a perfect “make believe” childhood.” Her greatest joy is the reaction, letters and emails that she receives from countless children and adults alike.
Joining Cathy is Broadway’s Brent Barrett as Mr. Darling/Hook. Brent has entertained millions of fans around the world from Broadway to the West End, concerts halls, recording studios, film and television. Kim Crosby (Cinderella in the original Into the Woods, Guys and Dolls, Jerry’s Girls) returns to play Mrs. Darling.
Peter Pan recounts the adventures of the three Darling children as they fly away from their nursery into the magic and wonder of Never Land. It is in Never Land that they encounter the cunning and evil Captain Hook, villainous pirates, a crafty crocodile and a sprightly fairy, Tinker Bell. The score, a joint effort by Moose Charlap, Carolyn Leigh, Jule Styne and Betty Comden and Adolph Green remains a favorite of children and adults alike and features such classics as “I Gotta Crow,” “Neverland” and “I’m Flying.”
The production is directed by Glenn Casale who directed the 1999 Tony® Award nominated and Emmy winning Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan. The flying sequence choreographer is Paul Rubin, "The Fly Guy", who has choreographed some of the most memorable flying sequences from the Tony® Award winning Broadway production of Wicked to Cathy Rigby's Emmy Award winning DVD of Peter Pan. The creative team includes Patti Columbo (Choreographer), Bruce Barnes (Musical Director), Michael Gilliam (Lighting Design), Julie Ferrin (Sound Design), Sean Boyd (Fight Director) and Julia Flores (Casting Director).
Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan has a running time of 2 hours and 15 Minutes including intermission and is recommended for All Ages. (Please note that in consideration of audiences, no one under 3 will be admitted to the theatre.) Orchestra level tickets start at just $25. Tickets may be purchased at the Pantages Box Office, at all Ticketmaster outlets, or online at www.BroadwayLA.org. The Pantages Theatre is located at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard, just east of Vine Street.
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