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Robert Brustein, a giant of the American theater, dies at 96
There was nothing shy about Robert Brustein, who died Sunday, Oct. 29, at the age of 96. The American Repertory Theater founder was fearless about taking on all comers be they Tom Stoppard, August Wilson or Tony Kushner. He would rail, in his erudite way, about the perceived sins of the A.R.T.’s main rival in…
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Dramatic comedy opens Thursday at SCCC
The fantasy-filled, dramatic comedy “She Kills Monsters” is the fall production at Sussex County Community College’s (SCCC) Performing Arts Center. “She Kills Monsters” tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio after the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she finds…
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Yellow Brick Road performance planned for Chocolate Church Arts Center
Gerald Brann as Elton John of the Yellow Brick Road tribute band. Photo courtesy of Yellow Brick Road A Yellow Brick Road 2023 A Tribute To Elton John show is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. in Bath.Brann not only bears an uncanny resemblance to the…
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CULTURE: THE SLOW DEATH OF CLASSICAL DANCE
Sassi is ready to endure every difficulty to prove her loyalty and to protect her love. She is left stranded in a deserted forest, seeking out her lover. She roams with a parched throat and teary eyes between the worn-out tree trunks. Yet, despite all the difficulties, she does not give up. In a parallel…
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Decorated St. Louis dance company focusing on ‘becoming’ in new season
The ensemble will kick off its run with a gala in the first week in November where it will preview some of its diverse works. ST. LOUIS — Contemporary dance is one of many forms that make up the St. Louis performing arts scene. The highly decorated Big Muddy Dance Company, which has been around since…
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The sounds of the series: Community sing, five concerts featured in ECU performing arts season
Much has changed in the years since Russian-born French pianist Alexander Brailowsky took the stage at East Carolina as a solo artist in the inaugural concert of what would become the S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series. In the more than six decades since, the series, named for former ECU assistant dean of student affairs…
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Join The Festival Disney Music Program At Walt Disney World
Calling all educators! Here is a program from Disney that you simply must learn more about. It’s called Festival Disney, and it’s a music program held by the Imagination Campus in Walt Disney World, where students can improve performance skills and gain a competitive edge, all while enjoying the opportunity to explore the Walt Disney…
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It’s an award-winning week in CT arts from ‘Angels in America’ to Jason Alexander
To make the Hartford Courant’s arts picks for this week, it helps to have a Pulitzer Prize. Eugene O’Neill, whose name adorns a theater center near his childhood home in New London, had four of them. Tony Kushner got one for “Angels in America,” which students are performing at Western Connecticut State University, and Bruce…
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ECU initiative to give performing arts greater reach
When East Carolina launched a performing arts series in 1962, it was to help bring the arts to eastern North Carolina. Now, as the S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series enters its 62nd season, it is finding new ways to offer cultural opportunities to the surrounding community. ECU Shares the Arts, the newest SRAPAS initiative,…
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COAST Players begin ‘Seussical’ performances on Thursday
The COAST Players are inviting audiences to journey with them next week both to the Planet of Who, home to the smallest of the small, and to the jungle of Nool, home to the largest of all. The College of The Albemarle Student Players will begin performances of “Seussical,” a musical comedy based on the…