Datebook: Park Avenue Armory presents ‘Circle Map’ in New York
Park Avenue Armory will host “Circle Map” — program of contemporary classical works by famous Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho on October 13-14, 2016, at Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York.Conceived...
View ArticleDatebook:Performa Biennial Set to Return Next Fall in New York
One of the anticipated art events in the United States and internationally, Performa Biennial is set to return next year from November 1 – 19, 2017, in New York. Performa has set new standards and...
View ArticleDatebook: ‘Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Movies with the SF Symphony’ in San...
The San Francisco Symphony will perform “Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Movies with the SF Symphony” in San Francisco on December 2 and December 3, 2016.The San Francisco Symphony will conduct the...
View ArticleReview: Kenneth Branagh Chases Olivier’s Ghost in ‘The Entertainer’
“Don’t clap too hard,” Kenneth Branagh tells the audience. “It’s a very old building.”If the joke is gets any reaction, it’s worth repeating, and his character Archie Rice dutifully trots it out again...
View ArticlePink Floyd to Get Retrospective at V&A as Rock Shows Multiply
Pink Floyd is getting its first major international retrospective in London as rock shows multiply.The Victoria and Albert Museum show today announced “The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains”...
View ArticleUnseen Kate Bush Photos Emerge After 30 Years: Guido Harari Interview
Kate Bush gets dressed up as an astronaut. Then she bounces crazily on a trampoline, like a naughty little girl, before cracking up laughing. Later she takes a snooze backstage, her hair in curlers....
View ArticleRaves for 'La La Land' Amp Up Oscar Chatter for the Film Musical
The 2002 Best Picture Oscar for “Chicago,” ended a long dry period for the movie musical, which had once dominated Hollywood. Such expensive bombs as “Hello, Dolly!,” “Star,” and “Doctor Doolittle,”...
View ArticleReview: Enter the Mind and Mouth of Björk at Somerset House
A new exhibition at Somerset House allows visitors to enter virtual reality with Björk as she sings songs from her new album “Vulnicura.”In “Björk Digital,” which runs through October 23, fans of the...
View ArticleDatebook: G5A Foundation, Mumbai, to Host a New Play 'Wildtrack' on September 4
A fresh new play titled "Wildtrack" will be staged at G5A Foundation, Famous Studio Lane in Mumbai on September 4 at 5:00 pm.Written and directed by Arghya Lahiri, this play talks about the long wait...
View ArticleDatebook: Jenny Hval’s ‘Blood Bitch with serpentwithfeet’ at (Le) Poisson...
Jenny Hval’s upcoming performance featuring her new album “Blood Bitch” will held at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York on September 30, 2016 at 7:00 pm.According to the Norwegian musician, the album tells...
View ArticleMust-See Play ‘The Emperor’ Probes Power, Corruption and Lies: Interview
“The Emperor” is a must-see play in London. It packs so many trump cards into an hour: The award-winning Kathryn Hunter playing 12 different roles; a controversial story based on Ethiopian ruler Haile...
View ArticleDatebook: 'Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart' at Wiener...
The production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Le Nozze di Figaro" will be staged at Wiener Staatsoper on October 21, 2016, at 19:00. Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro" is one of the most popular and most...
View ArticleDatebook: 'Cacti' to be Performed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna
One of Alexander Ekman's most successful ballet peices, 'Cacti' will be performed at the Wiener Staatsoper in Vienna on October 4, 2016. 'Cacti' was the first performance through which Wiener...
View ArticleWays of Seeing Berger: Tilda Swinton on a Legendary Critic
The thrill of watching John Berger on screen is watching him listen. In "The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger," a new documentary that’s less about the writer than an extension of his...
View ArticleDatebook: French Crime Thrillers at Austrian Film Museum, Vienna
The Austrian Film Museum in Vienna is currently hosting the retrospective “Choice of Arms. The French Crime Thriller 1958 – 2009.” Dedicated solely to the French crime cinema genre, the festival will...
View ArticleOh, What A Run! ‘Jersey Boys’ by Numbers After Record-Breaking Show
What’ll we do without the four goombahs of “Jersey Boys” lighting up Broadway with their doo-wop melodies and falsetto trills on such hits as “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Oh, What a Night,” “Sherry,” and...
View ArticleReview: Beatlemania Revived in 'Eight Days a Week'
The Beatles are putting down another musical milestone. Just over 50 years ago, the most successful pop group in history played its final public concert – now commemorated with a new film, which is a...
View ArticleDatebook: Ballet at its Best at David H. Koch Theater, New York
The American Ballet Theatre will perform from October 19 through October 30, 2016, at the David H. Koch Theater, located at Lincoln Center Plaza, New York. The two-week spectacular fall season...
View ArticleDatebook: MJDC Site Series at Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Margaret Jenkins Dance Company will perform a commissioned rendition (Inside Outside) in dialogue with Kambui Olujimi’s exhibition, “What Endures,” at Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, on...
View ArticleREVIEW: V&A’s Latest Show is a ‘60s Sensation
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) invites you to “turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream” into their exhibition of the pop and politics of the late ‘60s. “You Say You Want a...
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