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Bobby Short on the stage of
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November 24, 2003, just prior
to his performance in the
Library's Vernon Duke series.
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Programs take place in the Bruno Walter Auditorium,
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required. For information, call (212) 642-0142 or e-mail lpaprog@nypl.org.
Saturday, August 29, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen
A Delicate Balance, color, 132 min.(Directed by Tony Richardson, 1973). With Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid, Joseph Cotten, and Betsy Blair. Based on a play by Edward Albee.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 7:30 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Drew Gress/7 Black Butterflies
Performance of selections from the commissioned work, “Rothkosonic-music from the paintings.”
Saturday, August 22, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen
The Trojan Women, color, 105 min.(Directed by Michael Cacoyannis, 1971). With Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold, and Irene Papas. Based on a play by Euripides.
Saturday, August 15, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen
Suddenly, Last Summer, b&w, 114 min. (Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1959). With Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift. Based on a play by Tennessee Williams.
Saturday, August 8, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen
Summertime, color, 100 min. (Directed by David Lean, 1955). With Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, and Darren McGavin.
Based on a play by Arthur Laurents.
Saturday, August 1, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen
State of the Union, b&w, 122 min. (Directed by Frank Capra, 1948). With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, and Adolphe Menjou. Based on a play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
Saturday, July 25, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen
Holiday, b&w, 96 min. (Directed by George Cukor, 1938). With Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, and Edward Everett Horton. Based on a play by Philip Barry.
Saturday, July 18, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen
Morning Glory, b&w, 73 min. (Directed by Lowell Sherman, 1933). With Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Adolphe Menjou. Based on a play by Zoë Akins.
Saturday, July 11, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen
The Philadelphia Story, b&w, 112 min.
(Directed by George Cukor, 1940). With Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart, and Ruth Hussey. Based on a play by Philip Barry.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Cinema Under Nazi Occupation
Les Enfants du Paradis [Children of Paradise], b&w, 195 min. (Directed by Marcel Carné, 1945). With Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Pierre Brasseur.
Thursday, June 25, 2009, 6:00 PM
A Date with Liberace
A glittering and enchanting evening of virtuoso piano solos, songs, and comic vocal selections with a narrative that looks at the life and times of Mr. Showmanship himself, Liberace. The glamorous, multi-talented female concert pianist/drag diva Jacqueline Jonée looks at Liberace's life from his humble beginnings in Milwaukee and rise to being a television matinee idol, his movie and recording career, and his conquering the stages of Carnegie Hall, Las Vegas, and Radio City Music Hall.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Cinema Under Nazi Occupation
This Land Is Mine, b&w, 103 min. (Directed by Jean Renoir, 1943). With Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, and George Sanders.
Thursday, June 18, 2009, 6:00 PM
Third Annual Drag Show Video Vérité: The Ultimate New York City Drag Show... on Video Tape
Premieres of never before publicly screened footage capturing over four decades of New York City's top male and female impersonators including rare footage of Divine, Flawless Sabrina, Charles Ludlam, Mr. Lynn Carter, Joey Arias, Rose Wood, Sherry Vine, Lady Bunny, and RuPaul. Plus a special slide show of Ves Pitt's drag portraits with live piano accompaniment. Selections made by drag historian Joe E. Jeffreys, who will introduce the program.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Cinema Under Nazi Occupation
Les Visteurs du Soir [The Devil's Envoys], b&w, 120 min. (Directed by Marcel Carné, 1942). With Arletty, Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux, and Alain Cuny.
Saturday, June 13, 2009, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Anahid Sofian Dance Company
Traditions and Visions of the Middle East
Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Cinema Under Nazi Occupation
Douce [Love Story], b&w, 104 min. (Directed by Claude Autant-Lara, 1943). With Odette Joyeux, Madeleine Robinson, Marguerite Moreno, and Jean Debucourt.
Monday, June 8, 2009, 6:00 PM
Benny Goodman at 100
The Music of Benny Goodman
Performance by Cornell University Jazz Ensemble members Miles Brown; bass; Paul Merrill, trumpet; Bobby Weinschenk, alto; Joshua Abraham, tenor; Robert Cowie, piano; Kevin Lowe, drums.
Thursday, June 4, 2009, 6:00 PM
Female Impersonator Extraordinaire: The Many Faces of Julian Eltinge (1881-1941)
Lecture by Alexis Greene.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Cinema Under Nazi Occupation
Remorques [Stormy Weather], b&w, 81 min. (Directed by Jean Grémillon, 1941). With Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, and Michèle Morgan.
Monday, June 1, 2009, 3:00 PM
"Memories of You": Martin E. Segal and Phoebe Jacobs Remember Benny Goodman
Conversation moderated by George Boziwick in celebration of the Benny Goodman centennial.
Saturday, May 30, 2009, 3:00 PM
Great Pretenders
When She Was King -- D.R.E.D.: Daring Reality Every Day
Created by Mildred Dred Gerestant, Dred's act is a gender-bending roller coaster ride alternating between man and woman, outrageous and serious, ironic and sincere. Using a blend of poetry, dance, music, and monologue, she explores the fragile, fluid definitions of sexual identity and cultural stereotypes. "A funky, fly, supernatural high, poetic and musical performance on gender fluidity." Q and A to follow.
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 6:00 PM
My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports
Screening of a feature-length documentary about the Kindertransport. A powerful account of this astonishing slice of Holocaust history, it is told with poignant intimacy by the daughter of a survivor. Filmmaker Melissa Hacker's mother, costume designer Ruth Morley, was one of the over 10,000 children who were saved in the Kindertransport movement.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Big Band/Big Screen
The Glenn Miller Story, color, 113 min. (Directed by Anthony Mann, 1953). With James Stewart, June Allyson, and Henry Morgan.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Big Band/Big Screen
Ball of Fire, b&w, 112 min. (Directed by Howard Hawks, 1941). With Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, and Gene Krupa.
Monday, May 18, 2009, 6:00 PM
What I Learned from Balanchine: An Evening with Gloria Contreras
From her New York days to her role as Mexico's leading choreographer of classical dance, this program will feature reminiscences of Gloria Contreras. Maestra Contreras's new book, What I Learned from Balanchine: Diary of a Choreographer, was published in Autumn 2008 by Jorge Pinto Books Inc.
Saturday, May 16, 2009, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Mohamed Shams, Pianist
The Egyptian pianist will perform works by Bach-Busoni, Ravel, R. Schumann, and Rageh Dawoud.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Big Band/Big Screen
Best Foot Forward, color, 99 min. (Directed by Edward Buzzell, 1943). With Lucille Ball, Harry James and his Music Makers.
Saturday, May 9, 2009, 3:00 PM
Screening: Looking Back on John Osborne
Natasha Richardson and Michael Sheen in a program of readings from the plays and journals of the great British playwright (Look Back in Anger), with introduction and commentary by John Heilpern. This program was presented live at the Performing Arts Library in April 2007 and is presented as a memorial tribute to Natasha Richardson. John Heilpern will be present to introduce the screening and talk about his 25-year friendship with "Tash".<
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 5:30 PM
Choreographers: Classically American and Black
Three choreographers whose work is featured in Dance Theatre of Harlem's repertoire and DTH's ballet master classes discuss the impact of choreographers of color on the classics. Panelists include Louis Johnson, Augustus van Heerden, Robert Garland, and Keith Saunders. Zita Allen is the moderator.
Presented in conjunction with the Library's multi-media exhibition, Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts in the Vincent Astor Gallery through May 9, 2009.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Big Band/Big Screen
The Gang’s All Here, color, 103 minutes (Directed by Busby Berkeley, 1943). With Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Benny Goodman, and the Benny Goodman Orchestra.
Saturday, May 2, 2009, 12:30 PM
Warrior Saint: The Quest for the Dramatic Joan of Arc
Screenings introduced by Foster Hirsch
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928) will be screened at 12:30; Saint Joan (Preminger, 1957) will be screened following Foster Hirsch's introduction at 3:00 p.m.
Friday, May 1, 2009, 7:30 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Ben Allison/Medicine Wheel
Performance of selections from the album, Peace Pipe.
Thursday, April 30, 2009, 4:00 PM
"On an Anniversary": J.M. Synge, 1871-1909
J.M. Synge as Inspiration for Man of Aran
Screenings with commentary by George Stoney.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance
The Night that Larry Kramer Kissed Me, color, 81 minutes (Directed by Tim Kirkman, 2000). With David Drake. Scenery by Anna Louizos.
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 3:00 PM
"On an Anniversary": J.M. Synge, 1871-1909
Threnody: Mary Anthony's Dance Set to Riders to the Sea
Conversation with the choreographer followed by a screening of Threnody.
Friday, April 24, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Treasures from the Yip Harburg Political Documentary Collection
Living Broke in Boom Times, b&w/color, 74 minutes (Directed by Pamela Yates and Peter Kinoy, 2007).
Thursday, April 23, 2009, 6:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Eric Grossman, violin; Gerald Kagan, cello; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Susan Kagan, piano
Performance of works by Bartok, Dvorak, Mozart, and Zemlinsky.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance
The Great Gatsby, color, 144 minutes (Directed by Jack Clayton, 1974). With Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. Costumes by Theoni V. Aldredge.
Monday, April 20, 2009, 6:00 PM
Warrior Saint: The Quest for the Dramatic Joan of Arc
"The Maid of Orleans": Dramatic Readings
Excerpts from plays by Anouilh, Brecht, Schiller, Shakespeare, and Shaw.
Saturday, April 18, 2009, 3:00 PM
Let Her Entertain You: The Many Faces of Gypsy Rose Lee
Striptease Was Her Best Disguise: The Art of Gypsy Rose Lee
An illustrated talk by Rachel Shteir, author of the biography Gypsy: The Art of the Tease
Friday, April 17, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Treasures from the Yip Harburg Political Documentary Collection
Eleanor Roosevelt, b&w/color, 150 minutes (Directed by Sue Williams, 2000).
Monday, April 13, 2009, 6:00 PM
"On an Anniversary": J.M. Synge, 1871-1909
Riders to the Sea: The Irish Context
Panel on aspects of the play by J.M. Synge, with Mary Burke, Howard Keeley, Lucy McDiarmid, and Abby Bender (moderator).
Saturday, April 11, 2009, 3:00 PM
Warrior Saint: The Quest for the Dramatic Joan of Arc
"The Riddle of the Ages": Joan of Arc as Depicted by Shakespeare, Shaw, and Twain
Panel with Maurice Charney, Maureen Murphy, and Rhoda Nathan.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance
The Killing, b&w, 85 minutes (Directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1956). With Sterling Hayden and Coleen Gray. Art direction by Ruth Sobatka.
Monday, April 6, 2009, 6:00 PM
Let Her Entertain You: The Many Faces of Gypsy Rose Lee
Mainly on Directing (and Writing) Gypsy and Other Musicals: Arthur Laurents in Conversation with David Saint
Arthur Laurents, who wrote the libretto for the 1959 musical Gypsy and directed the revival currently on Broadway, talks about the show and his other work. His new book, Mainly on Directing: Gypsy, West Side Story, and Other Musicals will be published by Knopf in March 2009.
Saturday, April 4, 2009, 3:00 PM
"On an Anniversary": J.M. Synge, 1871-1909
Riders to the Sea: The Opera
Performance of selections from the opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with commentary by Alain Frogley, Constance Rock, and others. This production was produced by Ms. Rock for the University of Connecticut, where it will be performed on March 28, 2009.
The opera received its first performance in 1937.
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Friday, April 3, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Treasures from the Yip Harburg Political Documentary Collection
A Tribute to Yip Harburg: The Man who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz, color, 60 minutes, 2006.
Thursday, April 2, 2009, 6:00 PM
Warrior Saint: The Quest for the Dramatic Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc: Legend and Fact
Lecture by Dr. Siobhan Nash-Marshall. Professor Nash-Marshall holds the Mary T. Clark Chair of Christian Philosophy at Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York. Her books include Joan of Arc: A Spiritual Biography.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 1:00 PM
Joy In Singing Finals
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry: A Master Class
Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance
A Streetcar Named Desire, b&w, 122 minutes (Directed by Elia Kazan, 1951). With Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando. Costumes by Lucinda Ballard.
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 6:00 PM
Making Dance and/or Making a Living
Panel with Joseph Houseal, Neil Greenberg, Laveen Naidu, and Charles Perrier. Moderated by Virginia Johnson.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance
Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe, color, 104 minutes (Directed by George Seaton, 1945). With Betty Grable and Dick Haymes. Costumes by Bonnie Cashin.
Monday, March 23, 2009, 6:00 PM
"On an Anniversary": J.M. Synge, 1871-1909
Riders to the Sea
Staged reading of the play by J.M. Synge. Directed by Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director of the Irish Repertory Theatre. The role of Maurya will be read by Frances Sternhagen. A reading of In the Shadow of the Glen will follow the reading of Riders to the Sea. Both are one-act plays.
Saturday, March 21, 2009, 3:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
James Martin, Baritone
Emancipation's Jubilations - Spirituals and songs that led a nation
A recital based on songs Lincoln heard at a contraband camp (slaves who had escaped slavery), including "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen," "Every Time I Feel the Spirit," "I Thank God that I Am Free at Last," "John Brown's Body," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Didn't My God Deliver Daniel," "Go Down, Moses," "I Ain't Got Weary Yet," "I've Been in the Storm So Long," "Steal Away," and "Praise God from Whom All Blessing Flow." According to Aunt Mary Dines, a free black woman employed at the White House, Lincoln used to sing along with them.
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 6:00 PM
Forever Young: Dance Stars of American Animation
A talk by Mindy Aloff, author of Hippo in a Tutu. Film excerpts will be shown.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 7:30 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
"O, My Offense Is Rank": Lincoln's Favorite Shakespeare Speeches
Selections from King John, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Henry IV, and other plays read by Philip Bosco, Kathleen Chalfant, and Richard Easton, with commentary by Harold Holzer.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance
She, b&w, 101 minutes (Directed by Lansing C. Holden and Irving Pichel, 1935).
With Helen Gahagan and Randolph Scott. Costumes by Aline Bernstein.
Monday, March 16, 2009, 6:00 PM
Goddesses of Light: Focus on Women Lighting Designers
Panel with Beverly Emmons, Natasha Katz, and Jennifer Tipton. Moderated by Thomas Schumacher.
Thursday, March 12, 2009, 3:00 PM
Dance Theatre of Harlem: Classically American
A discussion moderated by Alastair Macaulay. Panelists include Suzanne Farrell and Frederic Franklin.
Thursday, March 12, 2009, 5:30 PM
The Stories I Could Tell: Arthur Mitchell at 75
The Founding Artistic Director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem in Conversation with Robert Greskovic.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry: A Master Class<
Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance
Carolyn Swartz will accompany
Irene, b&w, 90 minutes (Directed by Alfred E. Green, 1926). With Colleen Moore and Lloyd Hughes. Costumes by Cora MacCreachy.
Camille, b&w, 54 minutes (Directed by Fred Niblo, 1927). With Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland. Costumes by Alice O’Neill.<
Monday, March 9, 2009, 6:00 PM
Jennifer Von Mayrhauser in Conversation with John Lee Beatty
Sponsored by the Leagure of Professional Theatre Women.
Saturday, March 7, 2009, 1:00 PM
Screenings in Celebration of Wales Week
Programs about Welsh actors Sian Phillips (1:00 p.m.,BBC-Wales) and Richard Burton (1:45 p.m., BBC-Wales); A documentary about and a concert with Welsh singer Shirley Bassey (2:30 p.m.,BBC-Wales); and a documentary about young Welsh pianist Llyr Williams (4:00 p.m., Rondo/S4C).
Thursday, March 5, 2009, 6:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Laura Hamilton, violin; Ariel Rudiakov, viola; David Heiss, cello; John Churchwell, piano
Works by Beethoven, Bridge, and R. Schumann.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry: A Master Class
Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance
Ben Model will accompany the films
Wonderful Wizard of Oz, b&w, 10 minutes (Directed by Otis Tanner, 1910). With Bebe Daniels and Hobart Bosworth. Costumes by Caroline F. Sidle.
The Whirl of Life, b&w, 75 minutes (Directed by Oliver D. Bailey, 1915). Starring Vernon and Irene Castle. Costumes by Lady Duff Gordon.
Monday, March 2, 2009, 6:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
"O, My Offense Is Rank": Lincoln's Favorite Shakespeare Speeches
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER EMERGENCY AND WILL NOT TAKE PLACE AS SCHEDULED. IT HAS BEEN RE-SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, AT 7:00 P.M.
Selections from King John, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Henry IV, and other plays read by Philip Bosco, Kathleen Chalfant, and Richard Easton, with commentary by Harold Holzer.
Saturday, February 28, 2009, 3:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
"O Captain My Captain": An Afternoon of Art Songs Inspired by Lincoln and His Time
Songs include "The Assassination" (Norman Dello Joio); "Dear Youth" (Daron Hagen); "Lincoln Letters" Christopher Berg); "War Scenes" (Ned Rorem); "O Captain, My Captain" (Kurt Weill); "O Captain, My Captain" (Lee Hoiby); "Nancy Hanks" (Katherine K. Davis); "A Great Hope Fell" and "A Letter from Annie Davis to Abraham Lincoln" (Jake Heggie); from "Lincoln the Great Commoner," and "Hush'd Be the Camps Today" (Celius Dougherty). Performers include Katherine Whyte, soprano; James Rodgers, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Jayn Rosenfeld, flute; Erika Switzer, piano.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry: A Master Class
Friday, February 20, 2009, 7:30 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
Performance of selections from the album, Mental Weather.
Thursday, February 19, 2009, 6:00 PM
Designing Women Set the Stage: Conversations with Heidi Ettinger, Christine Jones, Adrienne Lobel, and Anna Louizos
Panel moderated by Robyn Goodman, focusing on the work of women set designers.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry: A Master Class
Saturday, February 14, 2009, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing Composers Concert
Works by Paul Bowles, Jake Heggie, and Zachary Wadsworth (world premiere) performed by Katharine Dain, soprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; and Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, piano.
Friday, February 13, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Filmmakers
The City, b&w, 43 minutes,(Directed by Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke), 1939.
Original score by Aaron Copland.
Thursday, February 12, 2009, 3:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
Bicentennial Day: Readings by and about Lincoln
Readings by Arthur Mitchell and Dance Theatre of Harlem alumni dance artists Duncan Cooper and Virginia Johnson. The program will conclude with a performance of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," sung by members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Constance Green, Ellen Lang, Irwin Reese, John Shelhart), with Robert Rogers at the piano. The program will open with a ten-minute video excerpt from Lincoln Center Theater's 1993 production of Abe Lincoln in Illinois.
Thursday, February 12, 2009, 5:30 PM
Inspired by a Dream: The Dance Theatre of Harlem Story
Panel moderated by Anna Kisselgoff.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry: A Master Class
Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 8:00 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Bucky and John Pizzarelli
Jazz guitarists Bucky and John Pizzarelli in conversation with Bob Santelli of The GRAMMY Museum. There is an admission charge for this program. For information, call (212) 870-1793.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Authors on Film
Short Cuts, color, 183 minutes, (Directed by Robert Altman, 1993). Based on short stories written by Raymond Carver. With Andie MacDowell and Bruce Davison.
Saturday, February 7, 2009, 3:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
Patriotism and Politics: The Story Behind Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait"
Lecture by Vivian Perlis.
Friday, February 6, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Filmmakers
Meet the People, color, 17 minutes,
(Directed by Shelly Silver, 1986).
This Is a History of New York (The Golden Dark Age of Reason), b&w, 23 minutes,
(Directed by Jem Cohen), 1987.
Game, b&w, 40 minutes,
(Directed by Jon and Abigail Child), 1972.<
Thursday, February 5, 2009, 6:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
Bryan Wagorn, piano; with guest artists Emily Duncan-Brown, soprano; Matthew Wolf, tenor; Ilana Setapen, violin; Nimrod David Pfeffer, piano
Re-creation of a performance attended by Abraham Lincoln on March 24, 1864. The program includes works by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (who performed his works on the 1864 concert); Beethoven, Ernst, Gumbert, Paganini, and Verdi.
In the March 24, 1864 entry for his Notes of a Pianist, Gottschalk wrote: "Concert at Washington. The President of the United States and his lady are to be there. I have reserved seats for them in the first row. The Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, accompanies them. Mrs. Lincoln has a very ordinary countenance. Lincoln is remarkably ugly, but has an intelligent air, and his eyes have a remarkable expression of goodness and mildness. After an encore I played my fantasia, The Union, in the midst of great enthusiasm."
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry: A Master Class
Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Authors on Film
Devil in a Blue Dress, color, 101 minutes, (Directed by Carl Franklin, 1995). Based on the book by Walter Mosley. With Denzel Washington and Jennifer Beals.
Friday, January 30, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Filmmakers
Optic Nerve, color, 16 minutes, (Directed by Barbara Hammer, 1985).
The Ties That Bind, b&w, 55 minutes, (Directed by Su Friedrich, 1984).
Thursday, January 29, 2009, 6:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
Eliot Feld in Conversation with Harold Holzer
Mr. Feld, the choreographer of the ballet "Lincoln Portrait" will discuss the work with Mr. Holzer, Co-Chair of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. The program will include a screening of the ballet.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry: A Master Class
Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Authors on Film
Wise Blood, color, 106 minutes, (Directed by John Huston, 1980). Based on the novel by Flannery O'Connor. With Brad Dourif and Ned Beatty.
Friday, January 23, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Filmmakers
Men of Reenaction, color, 56 minutes,
(Directed by Jessica Yu, 1995).
Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley Street, color with b&w sequences, 58 minutes,
(Directed by Leah Mahan & Mark Lipman, 1996).
Thursday, January 22, 2009, 6:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
A House Divided: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Readings by Dana Ivey and James Rebhorn, with commentary by Eric Foner. Professor Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry: A Master Class<
Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Authors on Film
3 by Cheever: The Sorrows of Gin, The Five Forty Eight, O Youth and Beauty!, color, 180 minutes, (Directed by Jack Hofsiss, James Ivory, and Jeff Bleckner, 1979). Based on the short stories by John Cheever. With Edward Herrmann and Sigourney Weaver.
Saturday, January 17, 2009, 3:00 PM
Screening: An Evening with Alan Bennett
Screening of a program presented live by the Performing Arts Library in April 2006. Mr. Bennett was present to talk about his work. Scenes were performed by Eileen Atkins, Philip Bosco, Richard Easton, Christine Ebersole, and Robert Sean Leonard. The readings were directed by Jack O'Brien.
Friday, January 16, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Filmmakers
Touched, color, 65 minutes
(Directed by Lauren Chiten, 2003).
The Amateurist, color and b&w, 14 minutes
(Directed by Miranda July, 1998).
Lady, b&w, 28 minutes
(Directed by Ira Sachs, 1993).
Thursday, January 15, 2009, 6:00 PM
Lyrics by Hammerstein: Ted Chapin and Amy Asch in Conversation
With South Pacific on Broadway, Music in the Air upcoming at Encores!, Allegro about to be released in a brand-new recording, and the publication of a volume of his Complete Lyrics,The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II, Knopf, 2008.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Authors on Film
The Member of the Wedding, b&w, 91 minutes, (Directed by Fred Zinnemann, 1953).
Based on the book and play by Carson McCullers.
With Julie Harris and Ethel Waters.
Monday, January 12, 2009, 6:00 PM
Susan Hilferty in Conversation with Joe Melillo
Costume designer Susan Hilferty Wicked, Spring Awakening, Into the Woods, et. al., will be interviewed by Joe Melillo. Sponsored by the League of Professional Theatre Women.
Saturday, January 10, 2009, 3:00 PM
Victor Spinetti: A Very Private Diary
A one-man program, presented in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd (UK) in co-operation with Victoria Mather, Brian Kirk, Guildfords Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Pleasance.
Friday, January 9, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Filmmakers
Operation Filmmaker, color, 95 minutes,
(Directed by Nina Davenport, 2007).
Thursday, January 8, 2009, 6:00 PM
Victor Spinetti: A Very Private Diary
A one-man program, presented in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd (UK) in co-operation with Victoria Mather, Brian Kirk, Guildfords Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Pleasance.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 7:30 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Donny McCaslin Group
Performance of selections from the album, In Pursuit
Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Yaddo Authors on Film
Strangers on a Train, b&w, 101 minutes, (Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1951). Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith. With Farley Granger and Robert Walker.
Monday, January 5, 2009, 6:00 PM
Victor Spinetti: A Very Private Diary
A one-man program, presented in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd (UK) in co-operation with Victoria Mather, Brian Kirk, Guildfords Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Pleasance.
Monday, December 15, 2008, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Artur Kaganovskiy, violin; Eszter Szilveszter, viola; Jesse Levy, cello; Tomoya Aomori, double bass; Maxim Anikushin, piano
Works by Beethoven (the "Archduke" trio) and others composers.
Thursday, December 11, 2008, 6:00 PM
Making Dance and/or Making a Living
This panel has been posponed. The new date, in Spring 2008, will be announced shortly.
Monday, December 8, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Fritz Weaver and Rochelle Oliver in "Darling Papalop": Letters Between Uta Hagen and Her Father
Readings from correspondence between Uta Hagen and Oskar Hagen. These letters represent a subset of the treasures in the Uta Hagen Papers.
Saturday, December 6, 2008, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Music from China
Chinese music performed on traditional instruments.
Thursday, December 4, 2008, 6:00 PM
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580): A 500th Birthday Celebration
Teatro Olimpico: A Palladian Entertainment: Elizabeth Baber, soprano; Priscilla Smith, soprano & winds; Grant Herreid, tenor, lute, & winds; Charles Weaver, baritone & lute; Paul Shipper, bass, recitations, & winds
In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Palladio, the early music and theater company Bottom's Dream presents selections suitable for the fabled entertainments of a Palladian villa, including madrigals and canzonets by composers such as Lassus, Williaert, Zarlino, Cipriano da Rore, and poetry by Dante, Petrarch, Guarini, and Tasso. The program will also include music composed by Andrea Gabrieli for the inaugural performance at Palladio's Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza in 1585.
Saturday, November 29, 2008, 3:00 PM
Dances of Bhutan: Screening
Final of three programs celebrating Core of Culture's gift to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
Bob Hope: America's Entertainer, color, 90 minutes (Written and produced by Linda Hope, 1998). Plus Chrysler Theater: Her School for Bachelors, color, 60 minutes, 1964. With Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Cass Daley, Jackie Coogan, Linda Hope. Personal appearance by
Linda Hope, Bob’s daughter.
Saturday, November 22, 2008, 3:00 PM
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580): A 500th Birthday Celebration
Ripley's Game
Screening of a 2002 film. Directed by Liliana Cavani and starring John Malkovich. The films settings include Palladio's Villa Emo and Teatro Olimpico. The film will be introduced by musicologish Randy Mickelson.
Friday, November 21, 2008, 7:30 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, with special guests Harvey Wainapel and Felipe Salles
Performance of selections from the album Canto do Rio. The Library is proud to participate in the 3rd Annual Latin American Cultural Week, a celebration of Latin American arts and artists, with music, theater, visual arts, literature, and lectures in venues throughout NYC, November 5-21. LACW is a program of PAMAR (Pan American Musical Art Research) founded and directed by Uruguayan pianist Polly Ferman. For more information, visit www.pamar.org.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
Beau James, color, 105 minutes (Directed by Melville Shavelson, 1957). With Bob Hope and Vera Miles. The story of Jimmy Walker, the colorful and controversial mayor of New York City. Plus "The Bob Hope Show," color, 60 minutes, 1973. With Bob Hope, Ann-Margret, John Denver, The Jackson Five, Bobby Riggs.
Monday, November 17, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Remembering Uta and Herbert
Readings and Reminiscences by Arthur French, David Hyde Pierce, and Marian Seldes. The program will also include a musical finale with David Hyde Pierce and Jason Danieley.
Saturday, November 15, 2008, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Classical Guitar Recital
Performance by Kazim Cokogullu, Joao Kouyoumdijan, and Gohar Vardanyan.
Monday, November 10, 2008, 5:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Elmira Darvarova, violin; Ronald Carbone, viola; Samuel Magill, cello
Works by Schmitt, Schubert, and Ysaye.
Saturday, November 8, 2008, 3:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
The HB Studio: The Early Years
Panel with Mary Anthony, Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach, Edward Morehouse, and Jesse Feiler (moderator)
Friday, November 7, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Derek Jarman
Blue, 76 minutes, (Directed by Derek Jarman, 1993). An audio composition of voices, music, and sound effects, played out against an unchanging screen of blue.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tour, b&w, 57 minutes, 1957. With Bob Hope, Jayne Mansfield, and Jerry Colonna. Plus Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tour, color, 90 minutes, 1966. With Bob and Dolores Hope, Joey Heatherton, and Phyllis Diller.
Saturday, November 1, 2008, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Marilyn Nonken, piano; with guest artists Sharla Nafziger, soprano; Gregor Kitzis, violin; and Christopher Oldfather, pianist
Works by Erich Itor Kahn and Morton Feldman. This performance is a re-creation of a concert co-presented by the Library in 1952. The Eric Itor Kahn manuscripts and the Composers' Forum archive are housed in the Music Division.
Friday, October 31, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Derek Jarman
Wittgenstein, 69 minutes, (Directed by Derek Jarman, 1993). With Karl Johnson, Michael Gough, Tilda Swinton, and John Quentin. Jarman infuses this story of the noted 20th-century Austrian philosopher with a contemporary sensibility.
Thursday, October 30, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Panel on Uta Hagen
Edward Albee, Mitchell Erickson, and Anne Kaufman talk about their work and friendship with Uta Hagen. Moderated by Richard Mawe.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 8:00 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner in conversation with Bob Santelli of The GRAMMY Museum
There is an admission charge for this program. For information and reservations, e-mail RSVP_ny@grammy.com, or call (212) 245-5440.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
The Iron Petticoat, color, 87 minutes
(Directed by Ralph Thomas, 1956). With Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn. A Russian aviatrix who lands in West Germany is shown the sweet side of capitalism by an American captain. Plus
The Bob Hope Show, color, 60 minutes, 1969. With Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, George Burns, and Diana Ross & The Supremes.
Saturday, October 25, 2008, 3:00 PM
New York, New York: A World of Black Baseball and Black Music
Presentation with Lawrence D. Hogan and Robert Cvornyek.
Friday, October 24, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Derek Jarman
The Last of Englad, 87 minutes, (Directed by Derek Jarman, 1987). With Tilda Swinton and Spencer Leigh. In the form of collage, this film offers a consideration of England in the age of Thatcher.
Thursday, October 23, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
"Perilous Stuff": Margaret Webster's Production of Othello with Paul Robeson and Uta Hagen
Lecture by Milly S. Barranger on the landmark 1942 production of Shakespeare's play, which was directed by Margaret Webster and starred Paul Robeson as Othello, Uta Hagen as Desdemona, and Jose Ferrer as Iago. Dr. Barranger, author of Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater, is Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita of Theatre History and Theory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Raks Sharki: The Magic of Middle Eastern Movement
A performance with commentary by Morocco and the Casbah Dance Experience.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
Monsieur Beaucaire, b&w, 93 minutes (Directed by George Marshall, 1946). With Bob Hope and Joan Caulfield. The barber to King Louis XV of France is nearly executed, but his life is spared when he agrees to impersonate a duke. Plus
The Bob Hope Show, color, 60 minutes, 1966. With Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Joan Collins, and Phyllis Diller.
Saturday, October 18, 2008, 3:00 PM
Greek-American Folklore Society
Dance performance by the Astoria, New York based group. The Society is dedicated to the preservation and instruction of the history and traditions of Hellenic folk culture.
Friday, October 17, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Derek Jarman
Caravaggio, 90 minutes (Directed by Derek Jarman, 1986). With Nigel Terry, Tilda Swinton, Sean Bean, Robbie Coltrane, and Michael Gough. The life and art of the great Renaissance painter.
Thursday, October 16, 2008, 5:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Jeremy McCoy, double bass; Linda Hall, piano; with guest artist Whitney Crockett, bassoon
Works by J.S. Bach, Giovanni Bottesini, and George Philipp Telemann. Mr. McCoy and Mr. Crockett are members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Ms. Hall is Assistant Conductor with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
The Cat and the Canary, b&w, 72 minutes
(Directed by Elliott Nugent, 1939). With Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. Relatives hoping to gain access to a fortune must spend a night in a haunted house. Preceded by an excerpt from
The Cat and the Canary,(Directed by Radley Metzger, 1979). Director Radley Metzger will be in person to speak about Bob Hope, Nydia Westman, and the various screen versions of John Willard’s 1922 play.
Saturday, October 11, 2008, 3:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Politics and Poker: Theater Songs for an Election Season
Performance by Constance Green and Ellen Lang, sopranos; Irwin Reese, tenor; John Shelhart, baritone; and Robert Rogers, piano. Songs from Fiorello, 1776, Of Thee I Sing, Mr. President, and other shows. The singers are members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.
Friday, October 10, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Derek Jarman
Derek (Directed by Issac Julien, 2008), 76 minutes. Written and narrated by Tilda Swinton. A portrait of filmmaker Derek Jarman.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
Never Say Die,
b&w, 82 minutes (Directed by Elliott Nugent, 1939). With Bob Hope and Martha Raye. A hypochondriacal millionaire is convinced he is dying when his medical tests are mixed up with a dog's. Plus The Chevy Show with Bob Hope,
b&w, 60 minutes, 1956. With Bob Hope, James Cagney, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz.
Saturday, October 4, 2008, 3:00 PM
Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Panel with Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson, and Tim Wiles. Moderated by George Boziwick.
Thursday, October 2, 2008, 6:30 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Uta Hagen's Acting Class: Discussion with Karen Ludwig, Rochelle Oliver and Austin Pendleton
Uta Hagen the teacher will be discussed by Karen Ludwig, Austin Pendleton, and Rochelle Oliver. Moderated by Carol Rosenfeld. The program will also feature excerpts from the DVD Uta Hagen's Acting Class.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Buddhist Dances of the Himalaya: Ladakh
Screening of Core of Culture's breakthrough documentation of sacred Buddhist dance in the Himalaya. Introduced by Joseph Houseal, Core of Culture's Executive Director.
Friday, September 26, 2008, 7:30 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Dafnis Prieto Sextet
Performance of selections from the Sextet's new album, Taking the Soul for a Walk.
Thursday, September 25, 2008, 6:00 PM
Before Out Was In: Life After Dark with Arnold, Bette, the Baths, and the Boys
A talk by Patrick Pacheco.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 6:00 PM
Directing the Irish: From Page to Stage
Panel presented as part of the festival 1st Irish 2008. Panelists include George Heslin, Charlotte Moore, Brian Murray, David Sullivan, and M. Burke Walker. Moderated by Rebecca Nesvet.
Monday, September 22, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Readings and Reminiscences
Katie Finneran, Laila Robins, and Victor Slezak read from materials in the Uta Hagen Papers and share their memories of Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof.
Saturday, September 20, 2008, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Dances of Bhutan
Core of Culture's Executive Director Joseph Houseal joins with videographer Gerard Houghton to introduce films from their gift to the Jerome Robbins Dance Divison.<
Thursday, September 18, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Remembering Uta
Barbara Barrie, Richard Easton, Hal Prince, and Fritz Weaver reminisce about the life and work of Uta Hagen. Moderated by Foster Hirsch.
Friday, June 20, 2008, 3:00 PM
Making Theater and New Communities: A Talk by Michael Boyd
The Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, fresh from his epic London staging of Shakespeare's History cycle with a single company of 34 actors playing all 264 roles, talks about the principles of ensemble theater making and their relevance to contemporary life and politics -- exploring creativity and development over time over immediate exploitation of talent.
Thursday, June 19, 2008, 6:00 PM
Drag Show Video Vérité: The Ultimate NYC Drag Show…on Video Tape
An ALL NEW edition, featuring rare footage of: Adrian, Joan Jett Blakk, Lady Bunny, Agnes de Garron, Mo B. Dick, Dorian, Ethyl Eichelberger, Clover Honey, La JohnJoseph, Dean Johnson, John Kelly as Dagmar Onassis, Legs Malone, Glenn Marla, Glenda Orgasm, Rollerena, Flawless Sabrina, Sister Tui, Sweetie, Sherry Vine, Rose Wood, Holly Woodlawn, and many, many more.
And the world premiere of Taylor Mac’s music video “If You See Something Say Something.”
Plus a special slide show of Ande Whyland’s drag portraits (1980-2008) with live piano accompaniment provided by Jacqueline Jonée.
Monday, June 16, 2008, 6:00 PM
"Really Big Splashes": The Less Successful Work of Jerome Robbins
Lecture by Amanda Vaill. Ms. Vaill is the author of Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins.
Saturday, June 14, 2008, 3:00 PM
1968 plus: Contemporary Slovene Theater and Dance
Talk by Janez Jansa
The Slovene director will talk about his work. A screening of his work We Are All Marlene Dietrich FOR (2005) will follow the talk.
Thursday, June 12, 2008, 6:00 PM
1968 plus: Contemporary Slovene Theater and Dance
Pupilija, papa Pupilo and the Pupilceks -- reconstruction
Screening of a theater work directed by Janez Jansa (2006)
Thursday, June 5, 2008, 4:00 PM
The Jerome Robbins Only His Friends Knew: Christine Conrad and Daniel Stern in Conversation
Ms. Conrad is the author of Jerome Robbins: That Broadway Man. Mr. Stern, a longtime friend of Jerome Robbins, is a Trustee of the Jerome Robbins Trust and Director of the Jerome Robbins Foundation.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Tribute to Floria Lasky (1923-2007)
Floria Lasky was a specialist in entertainment law and friend and lawyer to Jerome Robbins. Today's program will feature a screening of "An Interview with Floria Lasky," in which Ms. Lasky is interviewed by Liz Smith. Videotaped on February 11, 2003, by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, with the financial assistance of the League of Professional Theatre Women. The screening will be introduced by remarks from Dr. Paul LeClerc, President, The New York Public Library; and Jacqueline Z. Davis, Executive Director, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Saturday, May 31, 2008, 2:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Sorceress of the New Piano: The Artistry of Margaret Leng Tan
Screening of a documentary (2004) by Evans Chan, preceded by a live performance by Margaret Leng Tan of John Cage's Suite for Toy Piano and other toy instrumental works. Q&A with Ms. Tan and Mr. Chan following the screening.
Thursday, May 29, 2008, 6:00 PM
Danse/Dance -- Paris/New York:
Screenings to inaugurate a cultural exchange program between Cinémathèque de la Danse and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Introduced by Patrick Bensard, the
Cinémathèque's director.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Laura Hamilton, violin; Cullan Bryant, piano
Works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ross Lee Finney, Manuel de Falla, and Pablo de Sarasate. Ms. Hamilton is Associate Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera. The concert will include a performance of Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen," the manuscript of which will be on display.
Monday, May 19, 2008, 6:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Elmira Darvarova, violin; Samuel Magill, cello; Scott Dunn, piano
Works by Alfano.
Saturday, May 10, 2008, 3:00 PM
An Afternoon with Charles Strouse
Lecture-performance by the composer of Annie, Applause, Bye Bye Birdie, and other shows. Tickets, which are free, are required and will be distributed, one per person, from 1 p.m. at the Library's entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue/65th Street.
Monday, May 5, 2008, 6:00 PM
Mary Rodgers Interviewed by Jesse Green
Sponsored by the League of Professional Theatre Women.
Saturday, May 3, 2008, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Guy Livingston, piano
Performance based on the Henry Cowell Papers, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division.
Monday, April 28, 2008, 6:00 PM
Remembering Kate
Remembering Kate: Dick Cavett and Marian Seldes
Readings and reminiscences by two of Katharine Hepburn's friends. Admission to this programs is free but tickets are required. Tickets will be distributed, one per person, from 4:00 p.m. on the day of the program at the Library's entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue/65th Street.
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 3:00 PM
Natalia Paruz, "The Saw Lady"; Margrit Zimmerman, piano
Lecture-demonstration about the musical saw.<
Thursday, April 24, 2008, 6:00 PM
Barbara Carroll, piano/vocals
The jazz performer sings her arrangements of songs from Tony Award-winning musicals.<
Thursday, April 17, 2008, 6:00 PM
Edward Albee in Conversation with Marian Seldes
The American playwright reflects on his career.
Monday, April 14, 2008, 7:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Gregory Zuber, percussion
The Metropolitan Opera's Principal Percussionist performs a program based on the Library John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.
Saturday, April 12, 2008, 3:00 PM
Remembering Kate
Remembering Aunt Kat: Katharine Houghton and Charlotte Moore
Reminiscences and readings. Admission to this programs is free but tickets are required. Tickets will be distributed, one per person, from 1:00 p.m. on the day of the program at the Library's entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue/65th Street.
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 6:00 PM
An Evening with Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
The Tony-Award winning composer/lyricist team (Ragtime) talk about their work and perform excerpts, aided by Marin Mazzie and Brian Stokes Mitchell. Ira Weitzman will moderate the program.
Saturday, April 5, 2008, 3:00 PM
Ben Franklin and the Armonica
Lecture-demonstration by Cecilia Brauer.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 1:00 PM
Joy In Singing Finals: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Monday, March 31, 2008, 6:00 PM
Remembering Kate
The Lioness in Winter: My 35-Year Friendship with Katharine Hepburn -- Anthony Harvey in Conversation with Foster Hirsch
Anthony Harvey directed The Lion in Winter, the 1968 film for which Katharine Hepburn won her third Academy Award for Best Actress. He also directed her in The Glass Menagerie (TV, 1973); Grace Quigley (1985); and This Can't Be Love (TV, 1994). Admission to this programs is free but tickets are required. Tickets will be distributed, one per person, from 4:00 p.m. on the day of the program at the Library's entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue/65th Street.
Saturday, March 29, 2008, 3:00 PM
New York Story: Jerome Robbins and His World
Lecture by Lynn Garafola
Thursday, March 27, 2008, 6:00 PM
Stage Magician: The World of Choreographer Alwin Nikolais
Panel: Claudia Gitelman, Randy Martin, Mark Franko. Performance by Peter Kyle.
Saturday, March 22, 2008, 3:00 PM
Rob Schwimmer, thereminist
Lecture-demonstration about the theremin.
Thursday, March 20, 2008, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Robert Chaussow, violin; Lanny Paykin, cello; Cory Smythe, piano
The performance will feature Beethoven's "Archduke Trio," a work for which the Music Division owns a sketch in Beethoven's hand.
Monday, March 17, 2008, 6:00 PM
Simple, These Affairs that Touch the Heart: Affect and Character in Musical Theater Song
Lecture-deomnstration by Maury Yeston. Mr. Yeston won Tony Awards for his songs for Nine and He was also nominated for additional music for Grand Hotel.
Saturday, March 15, 2008, 3:00 PM
Screening: The Colors of My Life: The Musical Theater of Michael Stewart
Screening of a performance originally presented at the Library in November, 2006. Charles Busch, Jim Dale, Melissa Errico, James Naughton, Lee Roy Reams, Charles Strouse and others perform songs from Barnum, Bye Bye Birdie, Carnival, George M., Hello Dolly, I Love My Wife, and other shows.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Monday, March 10, 2008, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Byron Janis: An Evening of Song with Pianist as Composer (and, a touch of Chopin)
Works by Byron Janis performed by Bob Cuccioli, Maya Days, Sami Gayle, Shuler Hensley, Joanne Lessner, and Karen Mason. Narrated by Pia Lindstrom. Tickets, which are free, are required for this event and will be distributed, one per person, from 4:00 P.M. on the day of the program at the Library's entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue.
Saturday, March 8, 2008, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Remembering Horowitz, Toscanini, and Heifetz
Reflections by Byron Janis
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Saturday, March 1, 2008, 3:00 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from BBC-Wales in Celebration of Wales Week
Shirley Bassey at the Faenol Festival. Screening of a 2006 concert by Dame Shirley Bassey.
Saturday, March 1, 2008, 4:00 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from BBC-Wales in Celebration of Wales Week
Petulia Clark: Blue Lady: Screening of a documentary about the singer of "Downtown."
Friday, February 29, 2008, 2:00 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from BBC-Wales in Celebration of Wales Week
The Proms in the Park: Singleton Park in Swansea plays host to a magical evening of music under the stars in the company of the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, conducted by Grant Llewellyn. Music by French composers.
Friday, February 29, 2008, 2:30 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from BBC-Wales in Celebration of Wales Week
Katherine Jenkins: More Music from Margam: The Welsh superstar presents a concert of Welsh, classical, and pop songs in a beautiful South Wales setting.
Friday, February 29, 2008, 3:15 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from BBC-Wales in Celebration of Wales Week
Bayonets and Bugles: Documentary about the Band of the Welsh Guards.
Thursday, February 28, 2008, 3:00 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from BBC-Wales in Celebration of Wales Week
Bryn Terfel at Llangollen: Screening of the Welsh bass-baritone's recital at the 2006 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.
Thursday, February 28, 2008, 4:00 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from BBC-Wales in Celebration of Wales Week
The Hills Are Alive: Songs from musical theater performed at the 2007 Faenol Festival by Bryn Terfel, Michael Ball, Connie Fisher, Ruthie Henshall, and John Owen Jones.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Saturday, February 23, 2008, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
The Music of Andre Singer
Performance by Joyce Lindorff, harpsichord; Marshall Taylor, saxophone; Wendy Stern, flute; Catharina Chen, violin; Regina Golovina, cello; and Yu Jung Park, piano. Special guests: Jean and Kenneth Wentworth.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class<
Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 6:00 PM
Remembering Kate
Zoe Caldwell and Sam Waterston
The artists will reminisce about Katharine Hepburn and read from materials in the Katharine Hepburn Papers. Admission to this programs is free but tickets are required. Tickets will be distributed, one per person, from 4:00 p.m. on the day of the program at the Library's entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue/65th Street.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Monday, February 11, 2008, 3:00 PM
Caterina Szepes, violin; Mary Hammann, viola; Gerald Kagan, cello; Susan Kagan, piano
Works by Dvorak, Mozart, and Ries.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Monday, February 4, 2008, 6:00 PM
Ruth Mayleas Interviewed by Ana Steele
Presented in collaboration with the League of Professional Theatre Women.
Saturday, February 2, 2008, 2:00 PM
Introducing Bert Williams: Burnt Cork, Broadway, and the Story of America's First Black Star
Lecture by Dr. Camille F. Forbes
Thursday, January 31, 2008, 6:00 PM
Maxim Anikushin, pianist
Performance of works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class for singers.
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 6:00 PM
Bringing Balanchine to America: Chick Austin and "the Hartford Catastrophe"
A lecture by Eugene R. Gaddis. Presented in conjunction with the "Lincoln Kirstein: Alchemist," an exhibition on display in the Vincent Astor Gallery through January 30, 2008.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class for singers.
Saturday, January 19, 2008, 3:00 PM
Screening: An Evening with Alan Bennett
In April 2006, the Library presented British playwright Alan Bennett, who introduced scenes from his plays, including Forty Years On, The Madness of George III, A Question of Attribution, Kafka's Dick, The Lady in the Van, The Old Country, and other plays. The scenes were performed by Eileen Atkins, Philip Bosco, Richard Easton, Christine Ebersole, and Robert Sean Leonard, and directed by Jack O'Brien. The program was videotaped and will be shown on the Bruno Walter Auditorium's big screen today.
Saturday, January 12, 2008, 3:00 PM
Screening: Private Lives Recalled: The Letters of Noel Coward
An entertainment with readings and songs devised and narrated by Barry Day, based on his new book The Letters of Noel Coward. Artists include Anna Bergman, Patricia Conolly, Dana Ivey, Simon Jones, Steve Ross, and David Staller. This program was written for the Library and originally performed on December 3, 2007.
Saturday, January 5, 2008, 3:00 PM
Callisto Ascending
Works by Purcell, Couperin, Byrd, S. Ives, and others, performed by Katharine Dain, soprano; Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano; Jessica Powell, viola da gamba; and Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichord
Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 3:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Dick Hyman, piano/vocals
The composer/pianist performs his settings of Shakespeare texts.
Monday, December 10, 2007, 6:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Cymbeline Refinished
George Bernard Shaw's re-written final act for Shakespeare's play, read by actors from the current Lincoln Center Theater production of Cymbeline. Directed by Charlotte Moore.
Saturday, December 8, 2007, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Judith Kellock, soprano; Janice Weber, piano
Performance of Chamber Music by Ross Lee Finney. The original manuscript for the work is housed in the Library's Music Division.
Thursday, December 6, 2007, 6:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Peter Martins In Conversation with Pia Catton on New York City Ballet's Romeo and Juliet
Monday, December 3, 2007, 6:00 PM
Private Lives Recalled: The Letters of Noel Coward
An entertainment devised and narrated by Barry Day, editor of The Letters of Noel Coward.. Performers include Anna Bergman, Patricia Conolly, Dana Ivey, Simon Jones, Steve Ross, and David Staller. Admission to this program is free and first come, first served.
Saturday, December 1, 2007, 3:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Shakespeare in Song: The Continent
Songs by Chausson, Haydn, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Stravinsky, and others.
Thursday, November 29, 2007, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Samuel Magill, cello; Linda Hall, piano; with guest artists Elmira Darvarova and Ann Lehmann, violins
Performance of works by Korngold and Kodaly. The program will feature Korngold's Suite for piano (left hand), two violins, and violoncello, op. 23. The composer's manuscript is housed in the The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division (Paul Wittgenstein Collection).
Monday, November 26, 2007, 6:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
An Evening with Paula Vogel
A program focusing on Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief. Presented in collaboration with the League of Professional Theatre Women.
Saturday, November 24, 2007, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Music from China
Performance on traditional Chinese instruments.
Monday, November 19, 2007, 6:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Shakespeare in Translation: Discussion with John Simon
A talk exploring French and German translations/adaptations.
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 3:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
An Afternoon with David Amram
Mr. Amram's guests will be Midhat Serbagi, viola; Heidi Upton, piano, Anne McKenna, soprano, David Kellett, tenor, John Ventimiglia, narrator, Gail Merrifield Papp, and Adira, Alana, and Adam Amram. Works to be performed include "The Wind and the Rain" for viola and piano; "Variations on a Theme from Macbeth from Amram's Piano Sonata; excerpts from Amram's opera Twelfth Night (libretto by Joe Papp); and songs for various productions of the New York Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Amram, who celebrates his 77th birthday on the day of this program, composed music for the New York Shakespeare Festival from 1956-1967. The New York Shakespeare Festival Archive is housed in the Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Friday, November 16, 2007, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
The Zodiac Trio
Vanessa Mollard, violin; Kliment Krylovskiy, clarinet; Riko Higuma, piano. Works by Dickinson, Grechaninov, Mozart, and others.
Saturday, November 10, 2007, 3:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Shakespeare in Song: Britain and America
Songs by Argento, Beach, Finzi, Hundley, Morley, Quilter, and others.
Thursday, November 8, 2007, 5:30 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Looking at Shakespeare: A Design Panel
A design panel with Jane Greenwood, Natasha Katz, Ming Cho Lee, and Michael Yeargan. Moderated by Mark Lamos.
Monday, November 5, 2007, 6:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Herbie: Poet of the Wild West
Reading of a play by Adam Szymkowicz, based on Hamlet. Introduced by the author, followed by discussion.
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 3:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Lar Lubovitch on Othello
Choreographer Lar Lubovitch in conversation with dance critic Anna Kisselgoff, about Lubovitch's ballet Othello. The program will also include screened excerpts from the ballet.
Thursday, November 1, 2007, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Maureen Hurd, clarinet
Lecture-recital highlighting the Music Division's Benny Goodman Collection.
Saturday, October 27, 2007, 5:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
"Brush Up Your Shakespeare:" Songs from Musical Theater
Performance by Constance Green, Ellen Lang, Irwin Reese, and John Shelhart, with Robert Rogers at the piano. Songs from The Boys from Syracuse, Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, and others.
Monday, October 22, 2007, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Jeremy McCoy, double bass; Guest artists Linda Hall, piano; Mary Hammann, viola; Stephanie Mortimore, flute
Works by Eccles, Paganini, and Schulhoff, spotlighting the Music Division's Frederick Zimmerman Collection, as well as works by Rabbath and Rachmaninoff
Saturday, October 20, 2007, 3:00 PM
Journeys in the Night: New American Theater with Circle in the Square
Lecture by Theodore Mann. The Circle in the Square Archive was recently donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Thursday, October 18, 2007, 6:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Shakespeare on the Operatic Stage
Lecture with recordings by David Hamilton
Saturday, October 13, 2007, 3:00 PM
The Theater and Theatricality of Merce Cunningham
Lecture by New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay.<
Thursday, October 11, 2007, 6:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
West Side Story Suite
Jerome Robbins' ballet introduced with commentary by Amanda Vaill. Performed by the New York City Ballet and videotaped by the Library's Dance Division in 1995.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Pamina Devi: New Dimensions in Cambodian Dance
Choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro and dance ethnologist Toni Shapiro Phim in conversation
Saturday, October 6, 2007, 3:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Nureyev and Shakespeare: Julie Kavanagh in Conversation with Robert Greskovic
Julie Kavanagh's is the author of the forthcoming book Nureyev: The Life. The program will feature screened excerpts of Nureyev in ballets of works adapted from Shakespeare.
Thursday, October 4, 2007, 6:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
"He Has Metamorphosed Me:" John Guare on His Shakespeare Adaptations
John Guare's credits include the book and lyrics for the 1971 musical version of Two Gentlemen of Verona; The General of Hot Desire, a play based on the Sonnets; as well as work on the 1999 production of Kiss Me Kate.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 4:00 PM
Nurit Tilles, piano
Performance of Sonatas and Interludes by John Cage. This performance will take place in the Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery, on the Lincoln Center Plaza Level of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 3:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Screenings: Live from Lincoln Center
A Midsummer Night's Dream, performed by The New York City Ballet company (1986), choreographed by George Balanchine. Introduced with commentary by John Goberman, Executive Producer, Live from Lincoln Center.
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 6:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
Screenings: Live from Lincoln Center
Romeo and Juliet, performed by American Ballet Theater (1988), choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan. Introduced with commentary by John Goberman, Executive Producer, and Natalia Makarova, who danced the role of Juliet.
Monday, September 24, 2007, 2:00 PM
Screening: Merce Cunningham
Beach Bird for Camera and Cage/Cunningham will be screened. Introduced with commentary by the filmmaker, Elliot Caplan.
Thursday, September 20, 2007, 6:00 PM
A Rose by Any Other Name: Adaptations of Shakespeare
An Evening with Arthur Laurents
Arthur Laurents wrote the book for the musical West Side Story, which opened on Broadway 50 years ago this month. He will talk about the musical. The live webcast of this program may be accessed at www.nypl.org/lpaprograms.
Thursday, July 26, 2007, 6:30 PM
Merce Cunningham in Conversation with Laura Kuhn
The choreographer in conversation with the Director of the John Cage Trust.
Thursday, June 28, 2007, 6:00 PM
Milly Picon and Milk and Honey: Memories of the 1961 Broadway Musical
With Stuart Hodes, Donald Saddler, and others
Wednesday, June 27, 2007, 3:00 PM
Molly Picon and Her Yiddish Music
Lecture-Concert by Dr. Diane Cypkin with Lena Pantfilova, Piano
Tuesday, June 26, 2007, 3:00 PM
The Yiddish Cinema: Molly Picon's Celebration of Jewish Life
Lecture by Eric A. Goldman
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 3:00 PM
Screenings of works choreographed by Merce Cunningham
Films selected by Michelle Potter, Curator of NYPL's Dance Division
Thursday, June 21, 2007, 6:00 PM
Drag Show Video Verite: The Ultimate NYC Drag Show on Video Tape
Screenings featuring rare footage of Kevin Aviance, Lady Bunny, Jim Bailey, Charles Busch, International Chrysis, Jane County, Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling, Ethyl Eichelberger, Rudy Giuliani, Kiki and Herb, Jimmy James, Marsha P. Johnson, Lypsinka, Shelly Mars, Rollerena, RuPaul, Sweetie, and Holly Woodlawn, plus many more. Films selected by Joe E. Jeffreys.
Thursday, June 14, 2007, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
I Gotta Make My Own Music: The Songs of Arthur Siegel (1923-1994)
Songs performed by Chris Barrett, Caroline Durham, Helen Klass, Lee Musiker, Frank Torren, Rick Unterberg, and Ronny Whyte. Mr. Siegel's songs include "Monotonous" and "Love Is a Simple Thing," both written for the show New Faces of 1952. The Arthur Siegel Papers were recently donated to the Library's Music Division.
Saturday, June 9, 2007, 3:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
Robert Silverman, piano and vocals
Jazz arrangements of songs written by composers and lyricists whose papers are in the Billy Rose Theatre Division, including Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach, E.Y. Harburg, Carolyn Leigh, and Richard Rodgers.
Thursday, June 7, 2007, 6:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Egypt and Turkey: A Dancer's Inspiration
Performance with Discussion by Serena and Dancers.
Saturday, June 2, 2007, 3:00 PM
Gregory Zuber, percussion; Linda Hall, piano; with Patricia Zuber, flute
Performance of works by Druckman, Paart, Peterson, Schwantner, Shen, and Vinao, but artists from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Thursday, May 31, 2007, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Palisades Virtuosi: Margaret Swinchoski, flute; Donald Mokrynski, clarinet; Ron Levy, piano
Performance of works by Les Six, including works by Germaine Tailleferre for which the Library has the composer's manuscript. This program will also feature lecture and commentary by Paul Somers.
Thursday, May 24, 2007, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Palisades Virtuosi: Margaret Swinchoski, flute; Donald Mokrynski, clarinet; Ron Levy, piano
Performance of works by Les Six, including works by Francis Poulenc for which the Library has the composer's manuscripts.
Saturday, May 19, 2007, 3:00 PM
Maxim Anikushin, pianist
Performance by the classical pianist
Thursday, May 17, 2007, 6:00 PM
The Turbulent Life and Times of John Osborne
A Conversation between Sir Harold Evans and John Heilpern
Saturday, May 12, 2007, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Heian Culture and The Tale of Genji
Performance by Saeko Ichinohe and Dancers.
Thursday, May 10, 2007, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Composer Leon Kirchner Interviewed by George Boziwick
George Boziwick is Chief of the Library's Music Division.
Saturday, May 5, 2007, 3:00 PM
Traditions and Visions of the Middle East
Performance by Anahid Sofian and Dancers.
Thursday, May 3, 2007, 6:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
Houdini's Legacy: The Society of American Magicians Celebrates the 75th Anniverary of the Billy Rose Theatre Division
Participants include George Schindler (emcee), Andy Dallas, Rob Friedhoffer, and Kenneth Silverman.
Friday, April 27, 2007, 3:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Joseph Anderer, Horn; Shem Guibbory, violin; Elizaveta Kopelman, piano. Guest artists Susanna Eyton-Jones, soprano; Christopher Oldfather, piano
Performance of works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Koechlin, Mozart, Schubert, and Wuorinen. The artists are members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 4:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Screening: The Aswan Folkloric Dance Troupe
Screening of a performance which was taped live at the Library's Bruno Walter Auditorium in November, 2006. The program features dances of Upper Egypt.
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 6:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Screening: Egypt Dances
Screening with commentary by filmmaker Magda Saleh.
Monday, April 23, 2007, 6:00 PM
Looking Back on John Osborne
Natasha Richardson and Michael Sheen in a program of readings from the plays and journals of the great British playwright, with introduction and commentary by John Heilpern, author of John Osborne: The Many Lives of the Angry Young Man. Tickets, which are free, are required for this program, and will be distributed, one per person, from 4:00 p.m. on the day of the program. The Library is deeply grateful to the Arvon Foundation, holder of the copyrights to the plays of John Osborne, for permission to use excerpts from the plays in this program. For information about the Arvon Foundation ("the home of good creative writing"), please visit www.arvonfoundation.org.
Saturday, April 21, 2007, 3:00 PM
Singing Isn't Just Opera
Tenor Paul Sperry presents a career-education lecture exploring non-operatic career options for singers.
Thursday, April 19, 2007, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Katherine Fong and Yoon Kwon, violins; Dov Scheindlin, viola; Joel Noyes, cello
Performance of works by Henry Cowell, Claude Debussy, and Giuseppi Verdi. The original manuscript (holograph) for Cowell's United Quartet is housed in the Library's Music Division.
Saturday, April 14, 2007, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Chitra Sundaram, dancer
American premiere performance of "Skull a.k.a. aMhas -- The Immortal Sin." The performance will be followed by a discussion between the dancer and choreographer Hari Krishnan.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 1:00 PM
Joy in Singing Finals: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Thursday, April 5, 2007, 6:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Ashraf Sewailam, bass-baritone; Sue Grace, piano
Performance of Art Songs of Egypt
Thursday, March 29, 2007, 6:00 PM
The New York Piano Quartet
Performance by Laura Hamilton, violin; Ariel Rudiakov, viola; David Heiss, cello; and John Churchwell, piano.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 3:00 PM
Joy in Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Saturday, March 24, 2007, 3:00 PM
The Toscanini Legacy 1957-2007 and Beyond
Panel with Art Fierro, Joseph Horowitz, Alex Ross, and Harvey Sachs. Moderated by George Boziwick.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 3:00 PM
Joy in Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Saturday, March 17, 2007, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
The Music of Alec Wilder
Performance by the Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet (Charley Gerard, alto saxophone,director; Chris Bacas, tenor and soprano saxophones; Tom Olin, tenor and soprano saxophones; Michael Gohler, baritone saxophone) and Guests (Eva Gerard, viola; Evan Shinners, piano; Elena McEntire, mezzo-soprano; Evan Sarzin, baritone)
Wednesday, March 14, 2007, 3:00 PM
Joy in Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Saturday, March 10, 2007, 3:00 PM
Morocco, Solo!
The acclaimed dancer/lecturer will perform the Cane Dance and the Oriental Dance. She will also give a brief talk and answer questions.
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 1:30 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
Petula Clark -- Blue Lady
Repeat screening of a documentary about the singer of "Downtown."
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 2:30 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
Shirley Bassey at the Faenol Festival
Repeat screening of a concert by Dame Shirley Bassey.
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 4:15 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
On Show: At the National Eisteddfod
Highlights from the Welsh performing arts festival.
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 5:00 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
Liane Carroll
Screening of a jazz concert from the Brecon Jazz Festival 2006.
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 6:30 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
Beautiful Mistake
Screening of a Welsh rock concert with John Cale and others.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 3:00 PM
Joy in Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Saturday, March 3, 2007, 12:30 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
Showtime Wales: Auditions for the International Music Theatre Festival in Cardiff
Screening from BBC-Wales. Young singers audition for the festival.
Saturday, March 3, 2007, 2:30 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
Shirley Bassey at the Faenol Festival
Screening of a recital by Dame Shirley Bassey.
Saturday, March 3, 2007, 4:00 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
Petula Clark -- Blue Lady
Screening of a documentary about the singer of "Downtown." Produced by BBC-Wales.
Friday, March 2, 2007, 1:30 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
On Show: A Night at the Welsh Opera
Documentary about the Welsh Opera, made on the occasion of the company's 60th anniversary.
Friday, March 2, 2007, 2:30 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
Screening of The Merry Widow
Franz Lehar's operetta performed by the Welsh National Opera. Produced by BBC Wales.
Thursday, March 1, 2007, 1:30 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
Bryn Terfel at Llangollen
Screening of the Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel's recital at the 2006 Llangollen International Musicalal Eisteddfod. Mr. Terfel sings works by Wagner; the American folk song "O Shenandoah," "Danny Boy," "The Impossible Dream," and other songs.
Thursday, March 1, 2007, 3:00 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
Valley of Song
Screening of a six-part documentary about an orchestra in rural Wales. Produced by BBC-Wales.
Thursday, March 1, 2007, 6:30 PM
Music of Wales: Screenings from Welsh Television
The Harp
Screening of a documentary about Welsh harpist Catrin Finch, who goes on a journey of discovery. Produced by BBC-Wales.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 3:00 PM
Joy in Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Saturday, February 24, 2007, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Joy In Singing Composers' Concert
Works by Charles Tomlinson Griffes and John Harbison, and a world premiere by Scott Gendel, performed by Martha Gurth, soprano; Nicole Cherniak-Hyde, mezzo-soprano; Lee Gregory, baritone; and Bradley Moore, piano
Thursday, February 22, 2007, 6:00 PM
Chevalier de Saint-Georges: The First African-American Composer
A recital-reading based on Gabriel Banat's new book, The Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Virtuoso of the Sword and the Bow. Musicians include Gabriel Banat and Kathleen Thomson, violins; Gerald Kagan, cello; Susan Kagan, piano; and others. Presented as part of African-American History Month.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 3:00 PM
Joy in Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 3:00 PM
Joy in Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class
Thursday, February 8, 2007, 6:00 PM
Lanny Paykin and Friends
Works by Bach, Chopin, Reger, Wieniawski, and a world premiere by Theodore Wiprud.
Saturday, February 3, 2007, 3:00 PM
"Any Man Who Can Do That I Forgive Everything:" Jerome Robbins and Fiddler on the Roof
Panel featuring Mrs. Boris Aronson, Sheldon Harnick, Austin Pendleton, Joseph Stein, and others. Moderated by Amanda Vaill, author of Somewhere, a biography of Jerome Robbins (Broadway Books, 2006).
Friday, February 2, 2007, 3:00 PM
Abraham Appleman, violin; Gerald Kagan, cello; Susan Kagan, cello
Works by Mendelssohn and Schubert
Thursday, February 1, 2007, 6:00 PM
"Ten Degrees North of Terrific:" The Creation of Jerome Robbins Fancy Free
Lecture by Amanda Vaill, author of Somewhere, a biography of Jerome Robbins (Broadway Books, 2006)
Saturday, January 27, 2007, 3:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
Screening: The Colors of My Life: The Musical Theater of Michael Stewart
A screening of the program which was presented live at the Performing Arts Library in November. Starring Anna Bergman, Klea Blackhurst, Charles Busch, Jim Dale, Barry Day, Melissa Errico, James Naughton, Francine Pascal, Jon Peterson, Lee Roy Reams, Steve Ross, Evan Stern, Charles Strouse, and KT Sullivan.
Saturday, January 27, 2007, 3:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
Screening of The Colors of His Life: The Music Theater of Michael Stewart
Screening of the program presented at the Library on November 20. Performers include Charles Busch, Jim Dale, Melissa Errico, James Naughton, Steve Ross, Charles Strouse, and K.T. Sullivan.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy in Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class/performance
Saturday, January 20, 2007, 3:00 PM
Arturo Toscanini: Homage to the Maestro
Seth B. Winner, sound engineer of the Toscanini Legacy since 1988, presents rare and unique audio selections from the collection, housed in the Library's Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. This program will focus on Toscanini's last concert (April 4, 1954) as well as the memorial broadcast presented the day after his death.
Thursday, January 18, 2007, 6:00 PM
Arturo Toscanini: Homage to the Maestro
Seth B. Winner, sound engineer of the Toscanini Legacy since 1988, presents rare and unique audio selections from the collection, housed in the Library's Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. This program will highlight rehearsals, broadcast and non-broadcast concerts from the incomparable Toscanini Legacy, digitally restored for the presentation.
Thursday, December 14, 2006, 6:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
Queer Theater History: Engaging Archival Evidence
A talk/panel with Robin Bernstein, Michael Schiavi, and Kevin Winkler. The participants were contributors to the book Cast Out: Queer Lives in the Theater (The University of Michigan Press, 2006).
Monday, December 11, 2006, 6:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
Hey Look Me Over: The Lyrics of Carolyn Leigh
Steve Ross and special guests perform an evening dedicated to the lyricist of How Now Dow Jones, Little Me, Peter Pan, and Wildcat as well as such songs as "Witchcraft" and "Young at Heart." Special guests include Margery Beddow, George Costacos, Diane Findlay, Michelle Nicklas, Jane White, Julie Wilson, and Sara Zahn. The Carolyn Leigh Papers were donated to the Theatre Division by her family.
Saturday, December 9, 2006, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Samuel Magill, cello; Linda Hall, piano
The program will include Louis Gruenberg's Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (arr. for cello and piano), and other works.
Thursday, December 7, 2006, 6:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Spandita Rekha: The Vibrating Line as Classical Odissi Dance
Lecture-demonstration by Oopali Operajita
Saturday, December 2, 2006, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Music from China
Red Azalea: A recital by Wang Guowei, erhu and Helen Lin, piano
Thursday, November 30, 2006, 6:30 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
New York Miniaturist Ensemble
Performance by Erik Carlson, violin; Claire Bryant, cello; Michael Caterisano, percussion. The program will include short works by John Cage, as well as a number of world premieres.
Saturday, November 25, 2006, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Judith Kellock, soprano; Thomas Meglioranza, baritone; Reiko Uchida, piano
Featured works include Debussy: Les Papillons; Schubert: Leiden der Trennung; and works from the Pierre Bernac Collection.
Monday, November 20, 2006, 6:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
The Colors of My Life: The Musical Theater of Michael Stewart
An entertainment by Barry Day and Francine Pascal. Starring Anna Bergman, Klea Blackhurst, Charles Busch, Jim Dale, Barry Day, Melissa Errico, James Naughton, Francine Pascal, Jon Peterson, Lee Roy Reams, Steve Ross, Evan Stern, Charles Strouse, and K.T. Sullivan. Michael Stewart's credits include books for Bye Bye Birdie, Carnival, Hello Dolly; book and lyrics for I Love My Wife; and lyrics for Barnum. The Michael Stewart Papers were donated to the Theatre Division by his family.
Tickets, which are free, are required for this event and will be distributed, one per person, from 4:00 p.m. on the day of the program (November 20) at the Library's entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, just south of 65th Street.
Saturday, November 18, 2006, 3:00 PM
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): A Centennial Celebration
The Songs of Shostakovich
Performance
Thursday, November 16, 2006, 6:00 PM
Goddesses and Fantasy Objects: Italian Ballerinas of the 19th Century
Lecture by Lynn Garafola
Monday, November 13, 2006, 3:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
Yesterdays: The Magical World of Otto Harbach
A celebration of the life and work of the lyricist and book writer whose credits include Roberta, The Desert Song, The Firefly, No No Nanette, and many other shows. Songs include "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "Every Little Movement Has a Meaning All It's Own," "Cuddle Up a Little Closer," "Love Nest," and "Who?" Performers include Constance Green, Ellen Lang, Jason Hendrix, Irwin Reese, and Robert Rogers at the piano. The Otto Harbach Papers were donated to the Theatre Division by his family.
Thursday, November 9, 2006, 6:00 PM
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): A Centennial Celebration
Artur Kaganovskiy, violin; Daniel Beliavsky, piano
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87, and other works
Saturday, November 4, 2006, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Dance as Fluid Sculpture: The Example of Odissi
Performance by Oopali Operajita. Virtuoso classical Indian dancer Oopali Operajita has been called “the best Odissi interpreter today” by India’s most respected dance critic, P V Subramanian, (Subbudu), of The Statesman, New Delhi, and “absolute empress of the dance” by Marie Claire, Paris. She was born into a distinguished family in Orissa and began her study of Bharatanatyam at the age of six, with S. Meenakshi and Veena G Visalakshi, in Rishi Valley. Simultaneously, she studied Odissi for five years with Debaprasad Das, and later, for twelve continuous years, with Odissi’s greatest guru, Kelucharan Mohapatra. When Mohapatra returned to performing after a hiatus of twenty years, in the dance-drama Konarka, he cast Operajita in the female lead opposite him. Operajita has performed extensively in India and in several countries abroad. In 1990, she was appointed distinguished Fellow on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, where, over a period of many years, she created an enduring understanding of India, its complex and rich history, and its myriad cultural and art forms. Operajita’s several international awards include a Canada Council Arts Award, a Senior Performing Arts Fellowship from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, nominations for an Outstanding Established Artist Award from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and a Harry Schwalb Award for Excellence in the Arts from Pittsburgh Magazine.
A choreographer of eminence, Operajita has contributed significantly to enhancing the Odissi repertoire. She has collaborated with American choreographer Mark Taylor and light artist Seth Riskin, in Pittsburgh, to produce major dance pieces in the early 1990s. A noted scholar and critic of dance and other arts, Operajita earned an MA in English from Delhi University and was a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Fellow at Canada’s Dalhousie University, where she wrote her thesis on Lawrence Durrell under the supervision of celebrated Canadian poet, Andrew Wainwright. She holds an MAPW (the equivalent of an MBA in Writing, Communication Planning and Design), from Carnegie Mellon University.
Operajita has worked with and continues to work as adviser to several of India’s leaders.
Friday, November 3, 2006, 3:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
From Stanislavsky to Eric Morris: The Evolution of Acting Demonstrated through Scenes from Never-Produced Clifford Odets
Lecture-demonstration by Eric Morris. The Clifford Odets Papers were donated to the Theatre Division by his family.
Thursday, November 2, 2006, 6:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Asswan Folkloric Dance Group
A performance by the company, which is from Upper Egypt.
Saturday, October 28, 2006, 3:00 PM
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): A Centennial Celebration
Maxim Anikushin, piano; Daniel Andai and Artur Kaganovskiy, violins; Kenji Bunch, viola; Andrey Tchekmazov, cello; Benjamin Baron, clarinet; Jane Elias, narrator
Shostakovich: Quintet, op. 57 in G minor;
Stravinsky: Suite from "L'Histoire du soldat;"
Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf"
Thursday, October 26, 2006, 6:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
Betty Corwin Interviewed by Harriet Slaughter
The Founding Director of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive discusses her work. Sponsored by the League of Professional Theatre Women.
Saturday, October 21, 2006, 3:00 PM
Sophie Maslow: A Tribute to Her Life and Work
Julie Arenal, Carmen De Lavallade, Lynn Frielinghaus, Paula Levine,
Muriel Manings, Donald McKayle, Bonnie Oda Homsey (moderator)
Thursday, October 19, 2006, 6:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Western Performing Arts in a Middle Eastern Setting: The Egyptian Experiment
Conversation between Nimet Habachy and Magda Saleh
Monday, October 16, 2006, 6:00 PM
An Evening with Simon Gray
The British playwright will discuss his work and introduce readings of scenes from his plays, which will be read by Bianca Amato, Richard Easton, Dana Ivey, Julian Ovenden, Roger Rees, and Richard Short. Directed by Simon Gray. The program will feature readings from Close of Play, The Common Pursuit, Japes, The Late Middle Classes, The Old Masters, Otherwise Engaged, Quartermaine's Terms, and the world premiere readings from Little Nell.
Saturday, October 14, 2006, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
The Holocaust Memorial Cantata: Lecture-Screening
Marta Ptaszynska, Professor of Composition at the University of Chicago, donated her manuscript for The Holocaust Memorial Cantata to the Library's Music Division several years ago. In this program, she will discuss the work and present a screening of a performance of the work, conducted by Sir Yehudi Menuhin.
Saturday, October 7, 2006, 3:00 PM
Howling Near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance
Lecture by Marcia B. Siegel
Thursday, October 5, 2006, 6:00 PM
Mirror Dance: A Tale of Twin Cuban Ballerinas, Love, and Politics
Margarita de Saa in conversation with filmmakers Frances McElroy and Maria Teresa Rodriguez. The discussion will be followed by a screening of Mirror Dance.
Tuesday, October 3, 2006, 6:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
The Art of Boris Aronson
Conversation about the great theater designer. Panelists include Lisa Aronson, Hal Prince, and David Rockwell. Moderated by Foster Hirsch.
Saturday, September 30, 2006, 3:00 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
Screening: Excerpts from the Performing Arts Library's Theatre Programs
Video clips include Julie Harris reminiscing about Sean O'Casey; Cherry Jones reading monologues by Tennessee Williams; Lauren Hutton talking about Lillian Gish; Robert Anderson and Teresa Wright reading correspondence from the Lillian Gish Papers; Irene Worth in programs on Lillian Gish and Ellen Terry; David Strathairn and Marcia Gay Harden in scenes from Chekhov; members of the Stratford Festival of Canada; and Philip Bosco reading a monologue from Shaw's Man and Superman. The excerpts will be introduced with commentary by Alan Pally, the Library's Producer.
Thursday, September 28, 2006, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Maya Hartman, piano
Ms. Hartman will perform works for which the Music Division holds the composers' manuscripts (holographs). Works by Arthur Berger, Charles Griffes, and W.A. Mozart will be on the program.
Monday, September 25, 2006, 6:30 PM
The Billy Rose Theatre Division at 75: Treasures from the Archives
Sean O'Casey and Eugene O'Neill: Readings
This program will feature readings of rare correspondence from the Theatre Division, including letters from Eugene and Carlotta O'Neill to Lillian Gish; letters from the O'Neill's to Brooks Atkinson; letters from Sean O'Casey to Lillian Gish and Brooks Atkinson; as well as readings of scenes from Mourning Becomes Electra. The program will also feature a reading of the "Last Will and Testament of Silverdene Emblem O'Neill," written for his Dalmation by Eugene O'Neill. Actors include Penny Fuller, Jennifer Van Dyck, and Jonathan Walker. This program will take place at the Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 West 22nd Street, New York City. Tickets, which are free, will be distributed, one per person, from two hours before showtime on the day of the program.
Thursday, June 29, 2006, 6:00 PM
Man or Superman?: The Art of George Bernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw On, and In, Love: A lecture by A.M. Gibbs
Mr. Gibbs is Emeritus Professor of English at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, and a leading authority on the life and work of George Bernard Shaw.
Thursday, June 22, 2006, 6:30 PM
ART & ACTIVISM: Contemporary LGBT Arts and Protest
Unities: Music of Pride and Celebration, a performance by Anthony de Mare, piano
Performance featuring the world premiere of "Aphorisms" (2006) by Joseph Hallman (texts by Arthur Rimbaud and Federico Garcia Lorca), and works by Frederic Rzewski, Lou Harrison, Rodney Sharman (text by Peter Eliot Weiss), Fred Hersch, Leonard Bernstein, and Jerome Kitzke (text by Allen Ginsberg and Jerome Kitzke). Followed by a panel feature Mr. de Mare, Mr. Hallman, Mr. Hersch, Mr. Kitzke, and Mr. Sharman.
For more information on LGBT programs throughout the month of June see the Art & Activism website.
Saturday, June 17, 2006, 4:00 PM
ART & ACTIVISM: Contemporary LGBT Arts and Protest
Kings and Queens of New York City: A Drag Summit
With Storme DeLarverie, DIYAA (fka DRED), Flawless Sabrina, Murray Hill, Taylor Mac, and Sade Pendavis. Moderated by drag historian Joe E. Jeffreys, Kings and Queens of New York City brings together some of drag's best known names. The trans-generational congress reflects on the history of drag as it considers its changing faces, fashions, and future; and consists of a multi-media discussion, performance event, and exhibition exploring male and female impersonation.
For more information on LGBT programs throughout the month of June see the Art & Activism website.
Monday, June 12, 2006, 6:30 PM
Two by Two: Clifford Odets Meets Richard Rodgers, a Musical Reunion
Original 1970 Broadway cast members of Two by Two, a musical version of Clifford Odets's Flowering Peach, are united to reminisce and present contrasting scenes and musical numbers. Participants include Marilyn Cooper, Joan Copeland, Michael Karm, Tricia O'Neil, and Walter Willison.
Saturday, June 3, 2006, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Mystic Circles: Islamic and Sufi Poetry and Movement Vocabulary in North Indian Kathak Dance
Lecture-demonstration by Rani Khanam. Ms. Khanam is visiting the United States with a fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council.
Thursday, May 25, 2006, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Adam Brown, classical guitar
Performance of works by Carlos Chavez and others.
Monday, May 22, 2006, 6:00 PM
The Three Sisters
Reading of Clifford Odets's adaptation of Chekhov's play, based on an unproduced and unpublished manuscript in the Library's Clifford Odets Papers. Starring Marisa Tomei, Elizabeth Marvel, Annie Parisse,Brian Murray, Ben Shenkman, Chris Messina, Campbell Scott, Peter Kybart, Kristin Linklater, Meredith Zinner, Jeffrey Glaser, Richard Topol, Steven Skybell, Luke Robertson. Directed by Lawrence Sacharow. Presented in celebration of the centennial of Clifford Odets (1906-1963).
Saturday, May 20, 2006, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Joachim Andersen: Chopin of the Flute, a lecture-recital by Kyle Dzapo, flute, with Linda Mark, piano
Sara Dana Watson married one of the foremost musicians of the late 19th century. After his death in 1909, she worked at The New York Public Library and donated personal first-edition copies of Andersen's compositions and annotated concert programs. This material tells a fascinating story of turn-of the-century musical life in Berlin and Copenhagen.
Thursday, May 18, 2006, 6:00 PM
Winners of the 2005 Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers
Performance by the award-winning young singers.
Saturday, May 13, 2006, 3:00 PM
Songs of a Better Place
This program is inspired by Enrico Caruso's recording of the aria "O Paradiso," which was used by Clifford Odets in his play Awake and Sing. The program will feature Caruso's recording and live performances of other songs of longing for a better place.
Saturday, May 6, 2006, 3:00 PM
Screening: An Evening with Alan Bennett
On April 24, the Library present Alan Bennett in a program which featured readings from his plays by Eileen Atkins, Philip Bosco, Richard Easton, Christine Ebersole, and Robert Sean Leonard. Today's program (May 6) will be a screening of that program in its entirely and will feature readings of scenes from many of Mr. Bennett's plays.
Thursday, May 4, 2006, 6:00 PM
Good Songs for Bad Times (or, The Songs We Sang to See Us Through)
An entertainment by Barry Day with Anna Bergman, Klea Blackhurst,Heather Hawkins, Simon Jones,and Evan Stern. With Music Director Steve Ross.
Saturday, April 29, 2006, 3:00 PM
Blue Skies: Irving Berlin's Hollywood
Talk by David Leopold
Monday, April 24, 2006, 6:00 PM
An Evening with Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett will talk about his work and introduce readings of scenes from many of his plays, including Forty Years On, Kafka's Dick, The Lady in the Van, Single Spies, The Madness of George III, and others. Actors include Eileen Atkins, Philip Bosco, Richard Easton, Christine Ebersole, and Robert Sean Leonard. Directed by Jack O'Brien. There will be limited seating for this program. Tickets, which are free, are required and will be distributed, one per person, from 4:00 p.m. on April 24 at the Library's entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, near 65th Street.
Saturday, April 22, 2006, 3:00 PM
Untold Stories
A talk with readings by Alan Bennett, based on his new autobiography.
Thursday, April 20, 2006, 6:00 PM
Ondine
Ondines, Loreleis, and Witches
Meagan Miller and Lexa Ferrill, sopranos; Lee Gregory, baritone; and Lydia Brown, piano, perform songs by Corigliano, Gershwin, Gilbert and Sullivan, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, Parry, Schubert, Schumann, and others.
Songs by Busoni, Corigliano, Gershwin, Gibbs, Gilbert & Sullivan, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, H. Parry, Rodgers & Hart, Schubert, C. & R. Schumann, and Stanford.
Saturday, April 15, 2006, 3:00 PM
Selma Jeanne Cohen: A Tribute to Her Life and Work
Selma Jeanne Cohen: Next Week, Swan Lake, Approaches to Dance History and Criticism
Screening with commentary by George Dorris, Mindy Aloff, Jack Anderson, and Marcia Siegel.
Saturday, April 8, 2006, 3:00 PM
Dance Literacy: How Books and Oral Histories Contribute to a Dancer's Imagination
Panel with Mindy Aloff, Allegra Kent, Susan Kraft, Al Pischl, and Nancy Reynolds.
Wednesday, April 5, 2006, 1:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs with Commentary by Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing Finals
Saturday, April 1, 2006, 3:00 PM
Ondine
Palisades Virtuosi with Bob McGrath, singer/narrator, guest artist
Works by Barab, Lampkin, Somers, and Schroth. Mr. McGrath is "Bob" from "Sesame Street." The program will feature two world premieres: "Ondine" by Paul Somers, and "The Sea Nymph" by Godfrey Schroth.
Thursday, March 30, 2006, 6:00 PM
Ondine
Ron Levy, piano; Margaret Swinchoski, flute, and Laura Hamilton, violin, guest artists
Works by Chaminade, Chopin, Ravel, Reinecke, and others.
Saturday, March 25, 2006, 3:00 PM
Selma Jeanne Cohen: A Tribute to Her Life and Work
Selma Jeanne Cohen: Pursuit of the Avant Garde
Screening with commentary by Camille Hardy, Charles Woodford, and Nancy Dalva.
Thursday, March 23, 2006, 6:00 PM
Let's Go on with the Show: Irving Berlin's Broadway
Panel with Theodore S. Chapin, Bobbi Baird, David Leopold, Russell Nype, and others.
Saturday, March 18, 2006, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Percussia: Ingrid Gordon, percussion; Jan Vinci, flute
Contemporary works by Asian composers and Western composers inspired by Asian music.
Thursday, March 16, 2006, 6:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
The Concept
New version with hip-hop music of the groundbreaking performance art play performed by Daytop Village's recovering drug addicts. Introduction by Lawrence Sacharow (the work's creator and director) on the ancient Asian sources that influenced the production. Followed by a panel with Mr. Sacharow and the cast.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing
Master class in art song, with Paul Sperry. Each class will be preceded by a short talk offering practical advice for singers at the start of their careers. The March 15 program will begin with Diane Zola's comments on programs for young artists at the Houston Grand Opera.
Saturday, March 11, 2006, 3:00 PM
Light, Movement, Design, Duration: Preserving Robert Wilson at the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
1 RECONSTRUCTING 2 EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH
Excerpts from Einstein on the Beach, the 1976 opera by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass. Commentary by Archivist Sarah Ziebell Mann
Thursday, March 9, 2006, 6:00 PM
Light, Movement, Design, Duration: Preserving Robert Wilson at the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
1 HAVE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE 2 NO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
Selections from the Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, with commentary by Archivist Sarah Ziebell Mann
Wednesday, March 8, 2006, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class in art song, with Paul Sperry. Each class will be preceded by a short talk offering practical advice for singers at the start of their careers.
Saturday, March 4, 2006, 3:00 PM
A Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of W.A. Mozart
Natsuko Uemura, Harpsichord
Performance of works by W.A. Mozart and others.
Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class in art song, with Paul Sperry. Each class will be preceded by a short talk offering practical advice for singers at the start of their careers. The March 1 program will begin with Arlene Shrut's comments on the New Triad for Collaborative Arts.
Saturday, February 25, 2006, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Songs of Vincent Persichetti and Lowell Liebermann
Performance of songs by composer Vincent Persichetti, whose manuscripts are housed in the Library's Music Division. Artists include Rachel Watkins, soprano; James Martin, baritone; and Christopher Oldfather, piano.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing
Master class in art song, with Paul Sperry. Each class will be preceded by a short talk offering practical advice for singers at the start of their careers. The February 22 program will begin with Jane Marsh's comments on how to prepare for auditions.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 3:00 PM
Barbara Cook Master Class
Ms. Cook's master class will feature six students (Marvin Avila, Randy Blair, Amanda Guillett, Jessica Klein, Kendall Lima, and James Rodgers), focusing on the songs of Irving Berlin. Limited seating. Tickets will be distributed, one per person, from 1:00 p.m. on the day of the program at the Library's Plaza Level Information Desk. This program will be simultaneously webcast at www.nypl.org/lpaprograms.
Saturday, February 18, 2006, 3:00 PM
Selma Jeanne Cohen: A Tribute to Her Life and Work
Selma Jeanne Cohen: New York's First Terpsichologist
Screening with commentary in honor of the late Ms. Cohen. Speakers include Ilene Fox and Elizabeth Aldrich.
Thursday, February 16, 2006, 6:00 PM
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast Commemorative Program
Hosted by Alan Wagner. With James Conlon, Andrea Gruber, and Johan Botha.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing
Master class in art song, with Paul Sperry. Each class will be preceded by a short talk offering practical advice for singers at the start of their careers. The February 15 program will begin with John Gingrich's comments on how to prepare for management.
Saturday, February 11, 2006, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Ephraim's Harp
The vocal ensemble Ephraim's Harp, with founder/director Lisa DeSpain, will perform a concert exploring shape-note singing and other forms of early American music.
Thursday, February 9, 2006, 6:00 PM
The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York
Lecture by Robert W. Snyder
Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Master class in art song, with Paul Sperry. Each class will be preceded by a short talk offering practical advice for singers at the start of their careers. The February 8 program will begin with Margo Garrett's comments on the Stearns Institute for Young Artists at the Ravinia Festival.
Saturday, February 4, 2006, 3:00 PM
Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics
Lecture by Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Thursday, February 2, 2006, 6:00 PM
Shem Guibbory, violin; Lino Gomez, clarinet; Molly Morkoski, piano
Works by Bright Sheng and Shostakovich
Wednesday, February 1, 2006, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing
Master class in art song, with Paul Sperry. Each class will be preceded by a short talk offering practical advice for singers at the start of their careers. The February 1 program will begin with David Blackburn's comments on the New York International Opera Auditions.
Friday, January 27, 2006, 3:00 PM
A Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of W.A. Mozart
Bruno Eicher, violin; Gerald Kagan, cello; Susan Kagan, piano
Works by W.A. Mozart, including Sonata in G major for piano and violin, K. 301; Trio in C major for piano, violin, and cello, K. 548; Sonata in C major for piano and violin, K. 296; and Trio in G major for piano, violin, and cello, K. 564. Mr. Eicher is First Violin in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. The manuscript for the Sonata in C major, in Mozart's hand, is one of the great treasures of the Library's Music Division and will be on display on the day of the performance.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing
Master class in art song, with Paul Sperry. Each class will be preceded by a short talk offering practical advice for singers at the start of their careers. The January 25 program will begin with Paul Sperry's general advice for young singers.
Saturday, January 21, 2006, 3:00 PM
Maxim Anikushin, piano
Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 in C minor, Op. 111;
Bartok: Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20, Nos. 1-8;
Barber: Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op. 38 (arranged for two pianos. Guest artist: Yung-Wook Yoo, piano.
Thursday, January 19, 2006, 6:00 PM
The Right Audition to Get the Part: Geoffrey Johnson and Friends
As a service to young actors, the Library is presenting a series with Geoffrey Johnson, who has been a casting director for 40 years. He cast cast 150 shows, including Amadeus, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Producers.
Saturday, January 14, 2006, 3:00 PM
A Celebration of Juilliard Dance: 1985 to the Present
Panel discussion with Sarah Adriance, Eddie Buggie, Trevor Carlson, Linda Kent, Elizabeth Konopka, and Lawrence Rhodes (moderator)
Thursday, January 12, 2006, 6:00 PM
A Celebration of Juilliard Dance: The Martha Hill Years
Panel discussion with June Dunbar, Daniel Lewis, Elizabeth McPherson, Janet Soares (moderator), Michael Uthoff, and Hortense Zera.
Thursday, December 15, 2005, 6:00 PM
An Evening with John Simon
A talk about music by the eloquent and provocative critic
Tuesday, December 13, 2005, 3:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Listening Means Seeing More: The Unique World of French Radio Theater
Two-part program exploring plays written for radio, many commissioned and produced by France Culture, Radio France's cultural station. Excerpts chosen by Sabine Bosson, Director of Entr'Actes-SACD, playwright Jean Larriaga, and Blandine Masson of France Culture, with commentary by Ms. Bosson and Mr. Larriaga.
Monday, December 12, 2005, 3:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Listening Means Seeing More: The Unique World of French Radio Theater
Two-part program exploring plays written for radio, many commissioned and produced by France Culture, Radio France's cultural station. Excerpts chosen by Sabine Bosson, Director of Entr'Actes-SACD, playwright Jean Larriaga, and Blandine Masson of France Culture, with commentary by Ms. Bosson and Mr. Larriaga.
Saturday, December 10, 2005, 1:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Claude Regy, Le Passeur
Screening of a documentary about the French director, 92 minutes
Saturday, December 10, 2005, 3:30 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Junebug Symphony
Screening of a theatrical work by James Thierree, 76 minutes
Thursday, December 8, 2005, 1:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Brook by Brook
Documentary about Peter Brook by his son. 70 minutes.
Thursday, December 8, 2005, 3:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
La Tragedie d'Hamlet
Peter Brook's production of Shakespeare's Hamlet, starring Adrian Lester and Natasha Parry. 132 minutes.
Thursday, December 8, 2005, 6:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Richard II
Fiona Shaw stars as Richard II in this production of Shakespeare's play. 128 minutes.
Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 1:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Le Complexe de Thenardier
In a country at war, two women of different generations clash and tear each other apart in a merciless struggle where each word is a weapon. Jose Pliya's play uses beautiful, original and picturesque language in a new take on the universal themes of servitude, subjugation, and possession. Arte, 2002. 73 minutes.
Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 3:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Viol
A modern-day tragedy based on a true story. A devastating duel of love and hate between two women. Arte, 2003. 94 minutes.
Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 6:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Oncle Vania
Jean-Baptiste Mathiew's filming of Julie Brochen's production of Chekhov's play. 120 minutes
Tuesday, December 6, 2005, 2:30 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Au soleil meme la nuit
The fascinating rehearsals of Tartuffe which form the narrative thread of this documentary are also used to show the day-to-day life of the Theatre du Soleil and its director, Ariane Mnouchkine. Arte, 1997, 3 hours. In French with English subtitles.
Monday, December 5, 2005, 2:30 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Phedre
Screening of Patrice Chereau's production of Racine's tragedy. Arte, 2003. 140 minutes.
Monday, December 5, 2005, 6:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
La veillee des abysses
World premiere screening of a work by James Thierree. This screening will be introduced by Gabrielle Babin Gugenheim, Director of Performing Arts, Arte, who will talk about the work of Arte. 83 minutes.
Saturday, December 3, 2005, 3:00 PM
A Festival of Arte Dance Films
Screenings of Fase by A.T. De Keersmaker; Solo by Michele Noiret; and a documentary about Sylvie Guillem. Introduced by Gabrielle Babin Gugenheim, Arte's Director of Performing Arts.
Thursday, December 1, 2005, 6:00 PM
An Evening with John Simon
A talk about film by the eloquent and provacative critic
Saturday, November 26, 2005, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Morocco and the Casbah Dance Experience
Dances of Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia
Saturday, November 19, 2005, 3:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Lecture by Emmanuel Wallon
The speaker, who is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Drama Studies, University of Paris, will discuss issues related to contemporary theater in France.
Friday, November 18, 2005, 3:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Lecture by Emmanuel Wallon
The speaker, who is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Drama Studies, University of Paris, will discuss issues related to contemporary theater in France.
Thursday, November 17, 2005, 6:00 PM
The Right Audition to Get the Part: Geoffrey Johnson and Friends
As a service to young actors, the Library is presenting a series with Geoffrey Johnson, who has been a casting director for 40 years. He has cast 150 shows, including Amadeus, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Producers.
Saturday, November 12, 2005, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Pathways to the Sacred Harp -- Lecture by George Boziwick with vocal demonstration by Lisa de Spain and Ephraim's Harp Singers
The history of the music of the sacred harp traced through the Music Division's collection of American sacred harp music.
Thursday, November 10, 2005, 6:00 PM
Drama and the Dancer: Coaching and Preparation
Anna Kisselgoff and Magda Saleh explore the interpretation of a role in drama-ballet, with examples drawn from Assafiev's Fountain of Bakhchisarai.
Thursday, November 3, 2005, 6:00 PM
An Evening with John Simon
A talk about theater by the eloquent and provocative critic
Tuesday, November 1, 2005, 6:00 PM
Blacklisting During the McCarthy Era
Conversation with Madeline Gilford, Sondra Gorney, and Lee Grant, sponsored by the League of Professional Theatre Women
Thursday, October 27, 2005, 6:00 PM
The Making of Ballets Russes
Frederic Franklin and Raven Wilkinson, two principal Ballets Russes dancers, discuss the making of the film with Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine. The program will feature screenings of archival materials in greater length than could be included in the film.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005, 3:00 PM
Man or Superman?: The Art of George Bernard Shaw
Shavian Musicals
Many of Shaw's plays have been adapted for the musical theater. This program will feature songs from Androcles and the Lion, The Chocolate Soldier, Her First Roman, My Fair Lady, and others, performed by Constance Green, Ellen Lang, Irwin Reese, and John Russell, with Robert Rogers at the piano. The singers are members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Ervin Drake, who wrote Her First Roman, based on Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, will talk about his adaptation.
Monday, October 24, 2005, 6:00 PM
Man or Superman?: The Art of George Bernard Shaw
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Reading of Shaw's play that was called "morally rotten" when it premiered in New York in October 1905. Cast members were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct. Today's reading, which will be directed by Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director of the Irish Repertory Theater, features Dana Ivey as Mrs. Warren.
Saturday, October 22, 2005, 3:00 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
An Afternoon with Lucien and Micheline Attoun: Supporters of New Dramatic Writing Since 1971
The directors of Theatre Ouvert in a program about their work. Readings by actors Marc Forget and Genevieve Morritt.
Thursday, October 20, 2005, 6:00 PM
Kurt Weill: Songs of Hard Times and War
Performance sponsored by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
Wednesday, October 19, 2005, 6:30 PM
Ballets Russes Screening
Sneak preview of a new film by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine. Mr. Geller and Ms. Goldfine have fashioned a dazzlingly entrancing ode to the revolutionary twentieth-century troupe known as the Ballets Russes. The filmmakers will introduce the film.
Saturday, October 15, 2005, 3:00 PM
Man or Superman?: The Art of George Bernard Shaw
Shaw's Man in America: The Rise and Fall of Arnold Daly
Lecture by Dr. Rhoda Nathan, President of the Bernard Shaw Society.
Arnold Daly (1875-1927) was an American actor-producer who was deeply committed to presenting Shaw's plays on the American stage.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 6:30 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
England Meets New England: Manchester Music Festival Chamber Orchestra (Ariel Rudiakov, Artistic Director)
Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten; Sonata for String Orchestra by William Walton; Articles Nor'east by Robert J. Bradshaw (New York premiere). Mr. Bradshaw will donate the manuscript for the new work to the Library's Music Division.
Saturday, October 8, 2005, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Music from China
Classical and contemporary music performed on traditional instruments
Thursday, October 6, 2005, 6:00 PM
The Right Audition to Get the Part: Geoffrey Johnson and Friends
As a service to young actors, the Library is presenting a series with Geoffrey Johnson, who has been a casting director for 40 years. He cast cast 150 shows, including Amadeus, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Producers.
Saturday, October 1, 2005, 3:00 PM
Maxim Anikushin, piano
Mr. Anikushin will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky.
Friday, September 30, 2005, 3:00 PM
Man or Superman?: The Art of George Bernard Shaw
Why Shaw Still Matters
Panelists include Leonard Conolly, J. Ellen Gainor, Martin Meisel, Charlotte Moore, and Stanley Weintraub
Thursday, September 29, 2005, 6:00 PM
Man or Superman?: The Art of George Bernard Shaw
A Superabundance of Foulness: Mrs. Warren's Profession, New York, 1905
Lecture by Leonard Conolly about Shaw's play, which was referred to by The New York Herald as having "a superabundance of foulness."
Leonard Conolly holds degrees from the University of Wales Swansea (B.A. and Ph.D.) and McMaster University (M.A.). He has taught at the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Alberta, the University of Guelph, and Trent University, where he is currently Professor of English. Dr. Conolly is General Editor of the twelve-volume series Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw (in progress, University of Toronto Press), and Series Editor for the Broadview Editions series of literary texts, for which he has recently completed an edition of Mrs Warren’s Profession. He is also preparing a study of Shaw’s relationship with the BBC for the University of Toronto Press. In 1983 Dr. Conolly was instrumental in arranging for the archives of the Shaw Festival to be deposited in the University of Guelph Library. The Shaw Festival archives formed the basis of what has since become the largest collection of Canadian theatre archives anywhere. In 1999 the archives were named the L.W. Conolly Theatre Archives. A frequent participant in the annual Shaw Festival seminars, and essayist for Shaw Festival programs, Dr. Conolly is also a member (Corresponding Scholar) of the Shaw Festival Company. He is also a founding member of the International Shaw Society, Literary Adviser to the Estate of Bernard Shaw, and Consultant Editor for the Adam Matthews microfilm publication of selected Shaw manuscripts held at the British Library.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 3:00 PM
Man or Superman?: The Art of George Bernard Shaw
An Afternoon with Lady Susanna Walton
William Walton wrote the music for the film version of Shaw's Major Barbara (1941). His widow will talk about her husband's work and introduce a screening of the film, which was directed by Gabriel Pascal and stars Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, and Sybil Thorndike. Shaw wrote the script, adapting his play. The Library will show the British Film Institute's Director's Cut of this film which has never been seen in the United States.
Saturday, September 24, 2005, 2:30 PM
Act French: A Season of New Theater from France
Tambours sur la digue (Drums on the Dam)
Screening of a work created by Ariane Mnouchkine and Theatre du Soleil. Ms. Mnouchkine donated the film to The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts when she appeared on the stage of the Library's Bruno Walter Auditorium in July 2005.
Monday, September 19, 2005, 6:00 PM
Man or Superman?: The Art of George Bernard Shaw
Shavian Readings
Readings from Major Barbara, Man and Superman, Mrs. Warren's Profession, and other works by George Bernard Shaw, read by Philip Bosco, David Harbour, Jennifer Van Dyck, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson.
Saturday, September 17, 2005, 4:30 PM
Man or Superman?: The Art of George Bernard Shaw
Shaw in Perspective: Eric Bentley Interviewed by Michael Riedel
Eric Bentley was born in England in l9l6, became an American citizen in l948, and was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in l998. He made a reputation in America as scholar, theater critic, stage director, cabaret singer, commentator on the cultural scene and, last not least, playwright. His best known books are The Life of the Drama and Bentley on Brecht. His best known play is Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been. His Bernard Shaw came out in l947 and was reissued with a new preface in 2002. Bentley's essays on Shaw are in several later books. Bentley also edited Shaw on Music, a collection of Shaw's music criticism. Bentley was Professor at Columbia and received an honorary doctorate from the New School.
What is Bentley's perspective on Shaw in 2005? Michael Riedel of the New York Post and host of Channel l3's program "Theatre Talk" will find out.
Thursday, September 15, 2005, 6:00 PM
An Evening with Hal Prince (Simultaneous Webcast)
Hal Prince in conversation with Foster Hirsch. Mr. Hirsch's book, Harold Prince and the American Musical Theatre (expanded edition) has recently been published. This program will be webcast live at http://www.nypl.org/lpaprograms.
Saturday, August 20, 2005, 1:00 PM
Dancemaker
Screening of a documentary about noted American choreographer Paul Taylor. Produced and directed by Matthew Diamond.
Saturday, August 20, 2005, 3:00 PM
Dancemaker
Screening of a documentary about noted American choreographer Paul Taylor. Produced and directed by Matthew Diamond.
Thursday, August 18, 2005, 3:00 PM
DEVPRIV
Screening of a documentary about noted American choreographer Paul Taylor. Produced and directed by Matthew Diamond.
Thursday, August 18, 2005, 6:00 PM
Dancemaker
Screening of a documentary about noted American choreographer Paul Taylor. Produced and directed by Matthew Diamond.
Saturday, July 23, 2005, 1:00 PM
Moliere
Screening of Ariane Mnouchkine's highly acclaimed and rarely shown film dramatizing the life of one of France's great theatrical figures. 1978. 4 hours.
Friday, July 22, 2005, 3:00 PM
An Afternoon with Ariane Mnouchkine
The distinguished director will talk about her company, Théâtre du Soleil, and introduce a screening of Au soleil même la nuit, a documentary focusing on the rehearsals for the company's production of Tartuffe. The three-hour film was produced by Arte, 1997.
Thursday, June 30, 2005, 3:00 PM
Screening: Kim Hunter on A Streetcar Named Desire
On the 50th anniversary of Streetcar, the Library presented the original Stella in a program of reminiscences. Tapes on November 24, 1997.
Saturday, June 25, 2005, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Sachiyo Ito and Company
Dances of Okinawa
Thursday, June 23, 2005, 2:30 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Le Sang d'un Poete
Screening of the first film in Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy.
Thursday, June 23, 2005, 4:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Orphee
Screening of the second film in Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy.
Thursday, June 23, 2005, 6:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Le Testament d'Orphee
Screening of the third film in Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy.
Saturday, June 18, 2005, 3:00 PM
Grant Johannesen, pianist
We are deeply saddened to note the passing of the distinguished pianist Grant Johannesen on Easter Sunday. Today's program will consist of video and audio clips from Mr. Johannesen's many performances for the Library.
Monday, June 13, 2005, 6:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Orpheus Descending: A Look Back
Lisa Aronson and Lois Smith in conversation with Foster Hirsch. Ms. Smith played the role of Carol in the original production of Williams' play, on which Mrs. Aronson assisted her husband, scenic designer Boris Aronson.
Thursday, June 9, 2005, 6:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
East Meets West: The Performing Arts of Egypt
Discussion featuring Nimet Habachy, Mona Mikhail, and Magda Saleh
Wednesday, June 8, 2005, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Contemporary Legend Theater Lecture-Demonstration
Wu Hsing-kuo and Wei Hai-min, the Taiwanese company's artistic director and lead actress, present a program about Kingdom of Desire, their version of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Tuesday, June 7, 2005, 3:00 PM
America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 100
Exhibition curators Lynn Garafola and Norton Owen in conversation
Saturday, June 4, 2005, 3:00 PM
An Afternoon with Geraint Wyn Davies
The Welsh-born actor will read from the Library's collection of original letters from Tennessee Williams to Cheryl Crawford, his producer and confidante. These fascinating and personal letters are among the most moving and treasured documents in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection.
Thursday, June 2, 2005, 6:00 PM
Agnes deMille: A Centennial Celebration
The Art of Agnes De Mille
Panel featuring Gemze De Lappe, Jerry Mitchell, Jonathan Prude, and others. Moderated by Theodore S. Chapin.
Thursday, May 26, 2005, 6:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
The New York Piano Quartet
Works by Brahms, Mozart, and others, performed by Laura Hamilton, violin; Ariel Rudiakov, viola; David Heiss, cello; and Warren Jones, piano.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 6:00 PM
Stars on Stage: Eileen Darby's Photographs of Broadway's Golden Age
Mary Henderson and John Lahr will discuss the life and art of theatrical photographer Eileen Darby.
Saturday, May 21, 2005, 1:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Black Orpheus
Screening of the 1959 movie, directed by Marcel Camus. Starring Breno Mello and Marpessa Dawn.
Saturday, May 21, 2005, 3:30 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Black Orpheus
Screening of the 1959 movie, directed by Marcel Camus. Starring Breno Mello and Marpessa Dawn.
Thursday, May 19, 2005, 6:00 PM
Winners of the 2005 Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers
Performance by the award winners, sponsored by the Kurt Weill Foundation
Saturday, May 14, 2005, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
New Directions in Indian Dance II
Lecture by Dr. Sunil Kothari
Friday, May 13, 2005, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
New Directions in Indian Dance I
Lecture by Dr. Sunil Kothari
Thursday, May 12, 2005, 6:00 PM
The Gregory Hines Collection Of American Tap Dance: Screenings from the Dance Division's New Acquisition
Announcement of a major new acquisition of film and video, with screenings from the new collection.
Saturday, May 7, 2005, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Pierrot Lunaire
Performance of the work by Arnold Schoenberg. The Marya Freund Papers, housed in the Music Division, contain a great deal of unpublished correspondence related to the work. Also on the program will be a trio by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Performers include Brenda Patterson, soprano; Roy Gussman, clarinet; Ronald Carbone, viola; Samuel Magill, cello; Scott Dunn, conductor
Thursday, May 5, 2005, 6:00 PM
Agnes deMille: A Centennial Celebration
Agnes de Mille: Dance Modernism in the American Musical
Lecture by Liza Gennaro
Saturday, April 30, 2005, 3:00 PM
Grant Johannesen, pianist
We are deeply saddened to note the passing of the distinguished pianist Grant Johannesen on Easter Sunday. Today's program will consist of video and audio clips from Mr. Johannesen's many performances for the Library.
Thursday, April 28, 2005, 6:00 PM
Disco Panel
Panel with Vince Aletti, Frank Crapanzano, Tom Silverman, and Judy Weinstein. Moderated by Monica Lynch.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Pennies from Heaven: The Life and Songs of Arthur Tracy, The Street Singer
Performance by Steve Ross, Gregory Moore, and Victor Prieto about the life and work of the great artist known as "The Streetsinger." The program will feature a special appearance by Joe Franklin.
Saturday, April 23, 2005, 3:00 PM
Richard Rodney Bennett and Scott Dunn: A Performance for Piano, Four-Hands
Works by Lord Berners, Walton, Lambert and Ravel will be on the program.
Thursday, April 21, 2005, 6:00 PM
Gillian Lynne In Conversation with Keith Baxter
The choreographer/director of Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which is soon to open in New York, will talk about her distinguished career.
Saturday, April 16, 2005, 3:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Orpheus in Poetry
Lecture by John Simon
Thursday, April 14, 2005, 6:00 PM
Composers Perspective
Performance with commentary by Gabriella Frank, composer-pianist; Susanna Eyton-Jones, soprano; and Shem Guibbory, violin. Guests artists include Joanna Maurer, violin; Ronald D. Carbone, viola; David Heiss, cello; and Jeffrey Levine, double bass. Works by Bolcom (arr. Frank), Frank, Bartok, and Ginastera will be on the program.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 6:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Laura Hamilton and Friends
Laura Hamilton, violin; Steven Eldredge, piano; guest artists Annamae Goldstein, violin; Craig Mumm, viola; Frederic Hand, guitar; and Lanny Paykin, cello, performing works by Dvorak, Hindemith, Saint-Saens, Boccherini, and Ravel
Saturday, April 9, 2005, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
An Afternoon with Jane Jarvis
Performance/chat with the venerable jazz pianist. Benny Powell, trombone, will also be on the program. Ms. Jarvis has donated her archives to the Music Division.
Thursday, April 7, 2005, 7:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Palisades Virtuosi
Margaret Swinchoski, flute; Donald Mokrynski, clarinet; and Ron Levy, piano; with guest artists
The Orpheus Male Chorus, performing works by Gluck, (arr. Parloff), Levy (world premiere), and others
Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 1:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
A program featuring the best singers from the season's Joy In Singing series.
Monday, April 4, 2005, 3:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Orpheus in the Underworld
Offenbach's operetta performed by members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.
Saturday, April 2, 2005, 3:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Find My Way Home: The Orpheus of John Kelly
Lecture-screening with the performance artist/choreographer, whose Bessie Award winning version of the Orpheus myth will be screened. This program was originally scheduled for January 22 but was postponed due to severe weather concerns.
Thursday, March 31, 2005, 6:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Orpheus in Song: 19th and 20th Century Settings
Settings of "Orpheus with His Lute" by William Schumann, Richard Hundley, Charles Manney, Carl Busch, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Ivor Gurney, performed by Natalie Kikkenborg, mezzo soprano; Scott Murphree, tenor; and Daniel Billings, baritone.
Thursday, March 24, 2005, 6:00 PM
Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater
Women's Work: Margaret Webster's Granddaughters
A program exploring opportunities for today's women directors. Produced in collaboration with the Women's Project.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Today's master class for young singers will be preceded by a short talk by Daron Hagen on Lotte Lehmann.
Monday, March 21, 2005, 6:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
An Evening with Trisha Brown
Ms. Brown will talk about her production of L'Orfeo, which she directed and choreographed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1999.
Saturday, March 19, 2005, 3:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Light-Water-Sound-Heat: A Concert-Video Presentation
Gregory Zuber, percussion; with Patricia Zuber, flute and Thomas Kovachevich, artist. Works by Druckman, Farr, Kovachevich (premiere), Takemitsu, and Zuber. Gregory Zuber is Principal Percussionist, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. The Jacob Druckman Papers are housed in the Library's Music Division.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Today's master class for young singers will be preceded by a short talk by Robert Osborne on Henry Cowell. The Henry Cowell Papers are housed in the Library's Music Division.
Monday, March 14, 2005, 6:00 PM
Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater
Margaret Webster Remembered
A program of readings and reminiscences in celebration of the centennial of one of the theatrical giants of the Twentieth Century. Participating artists include Marian Seldes.
Saturday, March 12, 2005, 3:00 PM
Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater
Perilous Stuff: Margaret Webster's Production of Othello with Paul Robeson and Uta Hagen
Lecture by Milly Barranger
Thursday, March 10, 2005, 6:00 PM
Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater
The Play's the Thing: The Theatrical Life of Margaret Webster
Lecture by Milly Barranger, author of Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater (University of Michigan Press, 2004).
Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Today's master class for young singers will be preceded by a short talk by Danielle Woerner on composer Otto Luening. The Otto Luening Papers are housed in the Library's Music Division.
Saturday, March 5, 2005, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Wales
New Dance in Wales
Screenings of new work in Welsh contemporary dance.
Thursday, March 3, 2005, 6:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Opera for a New Dance: Gluck's Orfeo and Ideas of Choreographic Modernism
Lecture by Dr. Lynn Garafola
Wednesday, March 2, 2005, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Today's master class for young singers will be preceded by a short talk by Paul Sperry on Pierre Bernac, the French singer with whom Mr. Sperry studied. Mr. Sperry was instrumental in helping the Library to acquire many of Bernac's manuscripts. Included in the collection are several original manuscripts by Francis Poulenc.
Saturday, February 26, 2005, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Wales
Waltz of My Heart: The Life and Work of Ivor Novello
Screening of a musical entertainment created for the Library by Barry Day and first performed in the Library's series in November 2001. Later performed at the First Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre in Wales. The February 26 program is a screening of the premiere performance, featuring Barry Ingham, Lorna Dallas, and members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.
Thursday, February 24, 2005, 6:00 PM
A is for Arlen, or, Did He Write that, Too?
Musical entertainment by Barry Day performed by Klea Blackhurst, Eric Comstock, Barbara Fasano, and Steve Ross
Wednesday, February 23, 2005, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Today's master class for young singers will be preceded by a short talk by Judith Kellock on Alma Mahler.
Saturday, February 19, 2005, 3:00 PM
Back in the Day... 'Til Now: Disco's Lasting Legacy
A panel exploring the history and impact of Disco. Panelists include Mel Cheren, Johnny Dynell, Michael Fesco, and Chi Chi Valenti. Moderated by David Noh.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 3:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Jon Manasse, clarinet; Bruno Eicher, violin; Nancy Wu, violin; Désirée Elsevier, viola; Susan Kagan, piano; Kevin Murphy, piano
Works by Beethoven, Bruch and Dvorák performed by members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Saturday, February 12, 2005, 3:00 PM
The Music of Norman Dello Joio and John Musto
Performance by Jacquelyn Wagner, soprano; Albert Lee, tenor; Michael Barakat, baritone; Christopher Oldfather, pianist. The Norman Dello Joio Papers are housed in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division.
Thursday, February 10, 2005, 6:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Live on Stage: A Century and a Half of Theater in Egypt
Lecture by Dr. Mona Mikhail
Wednesday, February 9, 2005, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Today's master class will be preceded by a short talk on Pauline Viardot by Jamie Ard.
Saturday, February 5, 2005, 3:00 PM
Not So Ridiculous: The Theatrical World of Charles Ludlam
Panel discussion with David Kaufman, Leandro Katz, Lola Pashalinski, and Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt. Moderated by Joe E. Jeffreys. With a special performance by Black-Eyed Susan.
Friday, February 4, 2005, 3:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Bruno Eicher, violin; Nancy Wu, violin; Ronald Arron, viola; Gerald Kagan, cello; Susan Kagan, piano
Works by Mozart, Raff, and Schubert. Mr. Eicher and Ms. Wu are members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Mr. Kagan was a member a the Orchestra from 1963-2002.
Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy in Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Today's master class will be preceded by a short talk by Margo Garrett on "Le Papillon," an early Debussy song recently published for the first time. The manuscript is in the Library's Music Division.
Saturday, January 29, 2005, 3:00 PM
Grant Johannesen, pianist
The performance will include Sonata in F-sharp, Op. 78 (Beethoven); Sonata in B minor, Op. 58 (Chopin); Ballade Op. 19a (Faure); Six Intermezzos, Op. 4 (Schumann).
Thursday, January 27, 2005, 6:00 PM
Performing Arts of Wales
A Conversation between Gwyn Hughes Jones and Robert Lloyd
The Welsh singers, currently appearing at the Metropolitan Opera, will talk about their work and the musical traditions of Wales.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Joy In Singing: Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
The master class will be preceded by a talk by Paul Sperry, who will give a general overview of the Library's song collections.
Friday, January 21, 2005, 3:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Anna Rabinova, violin
Performance by the New York Philharmonic violinist with guest artists Arash Amini, cello; Steven Gerber and Margarita Zelenaia, pianists. Works by Steven Gerber, Jose Luis Greco (American premiere), David Winkler (world premiere), and Margarita Zelenaia.
Thursday, January 20, 2005, 6:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Assaff Weisman, piano
Works by Keren, Mozart, and Liszt
Saturday, January 15, 2005, 3:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
Adam Brown, guitar; Erik Carlson, violin
Music from the film Black Orpheus and other works.
Thursday, January 13, 2005, 6:00 PM
Transatlantic currents in dance modernism
Claudia Gitelman will discuss her editing and annotation of the letters for publication by the University of Wisconsin Press (Liebe Hanya: Mary Wigman's Letters to Hanya Holm, 2003.) Wendy Perron, Editor of Dance Magazine and Dorothy Perron will read passages from the letters. The original letters are housed in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dance Division.
Saturday, January 8, 2005, 3:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
The Fugitive Kind
Screening of Sidney Lumet's film, based on Tennessee Williams's Orpheus Descending.
Thursday, January 6, 2005, 3:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
The Fugitive Kind
Screening of Sidney Lumet's film, based on Tennessee Williams's Orpheus Descending.
Thursday, January 6, 2005, 6:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
The Fugitive Kind
Screening of Sidney Lumet's film, based on Tennessee Williams's Orpheus Descending.
Saturday, December 18, 2004, 4:00 PM
Charles Dickens and Miriam Margolyes: A Journey
An insight into Dickens' characters, literature and travels by one of the United Kingdom's most distinguished actresses, one of Dickens' most ardent admirers.
Thursday, December 16, 2004, 6:00 PM
Balanchine on Film
Screenings from the Library's Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recording Moving Image (Dance Division)
Saturday, December 11, 2004, 3:00 PM
Orpheus with His Lute
The Two Worlds of Stravinsky's Orpheus
Lecture by Dr. Maureen Carr, Professor of Music Theory, Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Carr's lecture will focus on the Stravinsky/Balanchine Orpheus.
Thursday, December 9, 2004, 6:00 PM
Merely Marvelous
With Each Word Your Tenderness Grows: The Life and Lyrics of Dorothy Fields
Songwriter/jazz pianist David Lahm, the son of Dorothy Fields, and his wife, cabaret singer Judy Kreston, will perform songs by Fields as well as songs by Lahm. The program will also feature Mr. Lahm's reminiscences of his mother.
Saturday, December 4, 2004, 3:00 PM
Hellenic Festival
Anahid Sofian and Dancers
Dances inspired by Greek music and themes, including "Ode," a dance at twilight inspired by a Greek folk song, adapted by Vangelis; and "Greek Cabaret Dance," a spirited dance noted for its lively footwork and speedy cymbals.
Thursday, December 2, 2004, 6:00 PM
Elaine Stritch Interviewed by John Lahr
Sponsored by the League of Professional Theatre Women
Tuesday, November 30, 2004, 6:00 PM
Mexico Now
Samuel Magill, cello; Grant Johannesen, piano
Sonatas by Robert Casadesus, Carlos Chavez, and Francis Poulenc.
Saturday, November 20, 2004, 3:00 PM
Mexico Now
Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano; Max Lifchitz, piano
Performance of works by Mexican composers.
Thursday, November 18, 2004, 6:00 PM
Balanchine on Film
Screenings from the Library's Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recording Moving Image (Dance Division)
Saturday, November 13, 2004, 3:00 PM
Hellenic Festival
The Folk Music of Greece
Lecture-performance by Demetri Tashie and other artists
Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 3:00 PM
Mexico Now
Independent Dance Groups of Mexico: New Acquisitions
This program will feature screenings of new films acquired by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The screenings will be introduced by Juan Manuel Diaz Medina.
Monday, November 8, 2004, 6:00 PM
The World Music Institute
A Roundtable Discussion
Saturday, November 6, 2004, 3:00 PM
Hellenic Festival
Dimitri Kavrakos, bass; Teresa Moore, soprano; Tania Papayiannopoulou and Yannis Xylas, pianists
Works by Greek composers and of composers inspired by Greek themes, including Nikos Astrinidis, Pavlos Karrer, Yiannis Konstantinidis, Charles Spinks, and Richard Strauss.
Thursday, November 4, 2004, 6:00 PM
Mexico Now
David Witten, piano
Performance of works by Mexican composers.
Saturday, October 30, 2004, 3:00 PM
Hellenic Festival
Performance by Styliani Tartsinis, saxophone; Yannis Xylas, piano; guest artists Kathy Yiannoudes, soprano; Alexandra Skendrou, mezzo soprano; Constantinos Yiannoudes, baritone
Performance of works by Greek composers and of works inspired by Greek themes. The program will feature music by Nikos Astrinidis, Warren Benson, Brian Elias, Manolis Kalomoiris, Yiorgos Kazasoglou, Dimitris Michailidis, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Thursday, October 28, 2004, 6:00 PM
Hellenic Festival
An Evening with Nikos Astrinidis
The Greek composer will talk about his work and about Greek music in general. The program will feature a performance of songs by Astrinidis by Helen Fousteris, soprano; and Yannis Xylas, piano,
Saturday, October 23, 2004, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
The Music of Arthur Berger
Performance by Maria Tegzes, Soprano; Joel Krosnick, Cello; Geoffrey Burleson and Gilbert Kalish, Pianists. The Arthur Berger Papers were recently donated to the Music Division.
Thursday, October 21, 2004, 6:30 PM
Sixty Years of Cultural Coverage at The New York Times: Arthur Gelb's Eyewitness Account
Arthur Gelb was hired by The New York Times in 1944, as a night copyboy, the paper's lowliest position. When he retired, he was its managing editor. Mr. Gelb's book, City Room (2003), will be published in paperback in Autumn 2004.
Monday, October 18, 2004, 6:30 PM
Moss Hart: A Centennial Celebration
A program honoring the author and director, featuring Kitty Carlisle Hart with special guests Richard Easton, Anne Kaufman, Paula Laurence, Sloane Shelton, and others. Directed by Lonny Price. Produced in collaboration with Lincoln Center Theater. Tickets, which are free, are required for this program and will be distributed, one per person, from 4:30 p.m. on the day of the program.
Saturday, October 16, 2004, 3:00 PM
Hellenic Festival
Greek-American Folklore Society
Performance by the Astoria, New York based dance group
Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 7:30 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Manchester Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, Ariel Rudiakov, Artistic Director; Ruth Laredo, pianist, guest artist
Works by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Philip Lasser (New York Premiere). Mr. Lasser will donate the manuscript of his new work to the Library's Music Division.
Saturday, October 9, 2004, 3:00 PM
Songfellows
Campaign songs performed by the male quartet
Thursday, October 7, 2004, 3:00 PM
Merely Marvelous
Swing Time
A screening of the 1936 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Directed by George Stevens. The songs, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, include the Academy Award-winning "The Way You Look Tonight."
Thursday, October 7, 2004, 7:00 PM
Merely Marvelous
Swing Time
The evening screening of Swing Time will be introduced by Jerry Mitchell, who recently choreographed Never Gonna Dance, last season's Broadway show based on Swing Time. Of Mr. Mitchell's choreography for the show, New York Magazine critic John Simon wrote, "And then there is the show's strongest suit, the dances by the master choreographer Jerry Mitchell. These produce wonders right and left... A comic number like the "I Won't Dance" tap dance in Grand Central Terminal is as exhilarating as anything you've ever seen, and several others are only a hop and a skip behind."
Saturday, October 2, 2004, 3:00 PM
Music From China
Musicians include Wang Guowei, erhu; Sun Li, pipa;
Susan Cheng, ruan; Helen Yee, yangqin; and Gao Renyang, dizi; with guest singers Sandia Ang, Amy Chen, and Qian Yi, performing regional folk songs, Cantonese lullabies and tunes, Suzhou narrative songs, and Kun opera songs.
Thursday, September 30, 2004, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
The Music of Ross Lee Finney
Miranda Cuckson, violin, and Thomas Sauer, piano, will perform works by American composer Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997), whose manuscripts are housed in the Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Thursday, September 23, 2004, 6:00 PM
From Lincoln Square to Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors: The Journey of New York Artist Ademola
A conversation in conjunction with the artist's exhibition.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004, 6:30 PM
Merely Marvelous
An Evening with Barbara Carroll
Ms. Carroll will inaugurate the Library's 2004-2005 season with the first program in a series celebrating the centennial of lyricist Dorothy Fields. Tickets, which are free, are required for this program and will be distributed, one per person, from 4:30 p.m. on the day of the program. The program will also feature double bassist Jay Leonhart.
Monday, August 30, 2004, 6:30 PM
Sophocles' Elektra
with Marisa Tomei, Kathleen Chalfant and David Strathairn
A specially staged reading of Sophocles’ Elektra, an ancient classic text with great contemporary relevance. Conceived and directed by Lawrence Sacharow, translated by Anne Carson, featuring Marisa Tomei (Electra), Kathleen Chalfant (Clytemnestra), David Strathairn (Paedagogus), Laila Robins, (the Chorus), and Heather Tom (Chrysothemis). A forum, Democracy: Ancient Greece and Modern America (The Gods of Violence and Compassion), will follow the reading, with a discussion on violence, retribution and compassion with Robert Thurman (President of Tibet House) and the cast.
Presented as part of the Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues & Ideas, a citywide cultural festival designed to inspire, instigate, and support civic engagement through the arts, taking place from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2.
www.imagine04.org
Saturday, June 26, 2004, 3:00 PM
A Tribute to Ellen Terry
Screening of Irene Worth's one-woman show, which premiered at the Library on December 2, 1997. The program was created for the Library with the assistance of Sir John Gielgud. Ellen Terry was Sir John's great aunt.
Thursday, June 24, 2004, 5:30 PM
The Sleeping Beauty
Screening of the ballet with Margot Fonteyn, filmed by Victor Jessen in 1949/1950 during various performances of the Sadler's Wells Ballet.
Saturday, June 19, 2004, 3:00 PM
The City and the Theater
A lecture by Dr. Mary C. Henderson based on the new edition of her book on the theaters of New York City.
Thursday, June 17, 2004, 5:30 PM
Margot Fonteyn in Performance: Excerpts from films and television appearances
A program of screenings.
Saturday, June 12, 2004, 3:00 PM
Gregory Zuber and Friends
An afternoon of music featuring percussion instruments, performed by Gregory Zuber of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Other artists include Javier Diaz, James Ognibene, Patricia Wolf Zuber and others. Works by Richard Rodney Bennett, Claude Debussy, Teruyuki Noda, Jo Kondo, Arvo Part, and Dan Senn.
Friday, June 11, 2004, 3:00 PM
Morocco and the Casbah Dance Experience
Performance of dances of the Middle East.
Wednesday, June 9, 2004, 6:00 PM
An Evening of Balanchine Films: The Early Years
Screenings of "Cotillon," "La Valse," "Concerto Barocco," "Western Symphony," and "Four Temperaments."
Thursday, June 3, 2004, 6:00 PM
Winners of the 2003 Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers
Performance by Richard Todd Adams, tenor; Amy Justman, soprano; and Misty Ann Sturm, soprano. With Thomas Rosenkranz at the piano.
Thursday, May 27, 2004, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Opera Fantasies for Strings
Performance by Lanny Paykin, cello; Ron Levy, piano; guest artist Laura Hamilton, violin. Works by Paganini, Mozart/Kraft, Barab, and Rossini and Castelnuovo Tedesco.
Thursday, May 20, 2004, 5:30 PM
The Sleeping Beauty
Screening of the ballet with Margot Fonteyn, filmed by Victor Jessen in 1949/1950 during various performances of the Sadler's Wells Ballet.
Thursday, May 13, 2004, 6:00 PM
League of Professional Theatre Women
Frances Sternhagen interviewed by Joan Vail Thorne.
Monday, May 10, 2004, 6:00 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
Johnny G and Noël C: A Conversation Piece about a 50-Year Friendship
An new entertainment by Barry Day about the friendship and collaboration between John Gielgud and Noël Coward. The program, which features actors Richard Easton, Simon Jones and Hayley Mills, will include scenes from Coward's plays with which Gielgud was associated, including The Constant Nymph, Nude with Violin, Private Lives, and The Vortex.
Saturday, May 8, 2004, 3:00 PM
Dances, Chants and Drum Rhythms of Haiti
Lecture-performance by Jean-Léon Destiné and others. This program is part of the Library's celebration of the 200th anniversary of Haitian independence.
Thursday, May 6, 2004, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Grant Johannesen, piano
Mr. Johannesen will perform the music of Johannes Brahms, including Three Intermezzos, Op. 118; 51 Exercises, WoO 6 (a demonstration; and Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Book I. The original manuscripts for the Exercises and the Variations, in Brahms' hand, are in the Library's Music Division.
Saturday, May 1, 2004, 3:00 PM
An Afternoon with Katherine Dunham
Ms. Dunham, one of the most venerable figures in the world of dance, will talk about her work in Haiti. The program will also feature screenings of Ms. Dunham's films of Haitian dance. This program is presented in celebration of the bicentennial of Haitian independence.
Thursday, April 29, 2004, 6:00 PM
An Evening with Arthur Laurents
A talk given by the author of West Side Story, Gypsy, The Way We Were, The Time of the Cuckoo, and many other works.
Saturday, April 24, 2004, 2:30 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
Gielgud on Screen: Chekhov and Shakespeare
Swan Song, (1992, 23 minutes), directed by Kenneth Branagh, based on a work by Anton Chekhov, will be screened, followed by Prospero's Books (1991, 124 minutes) directed by Peter Greenaway, based on The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
Thursday, April 22, 2004, 5:30 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
Gielgud on Screen: Chekhov and Shakespeare
Swan Song, (1992, 23 minutes), directed by Kenneth Branagh, based on a work by Anton Chekhov, will be screened, followed by Prospero's Books (1991, 124 minutes) directed by Peter Greenaway, based on The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
Monday, April 19, 2004, 6:30 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
A Tribute to Sir John Gielgud in Song, Sonnet and Story
Steve Ross will emcee a program focusing on songs from a few of Sir John's favorite musicals (Chu Chin Chow, Showboat); songs by Ivor Novello and Noel Coward; and reminiscences and readings by friends and colleagues of Sir John Gielgud, including Paula Laurence, Remak Ramsey, Donald Saddler, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson. Singers Lynette Knapp and Gregory Moore will also be on the program. Jim Dale will perform special material for the occasion.
Saturday, April 17, 2004, 3:00 PM
Dancing with Cuba
Lecture by Alma Guillermoprieto based on her new memoir (Pantheon, 2004)
Thursday, April 15, 2004, 6:00 PM
Moham - A Magnificent Obsession
Chitra Sundaram will perform Moham, a solo dance-theater work exploring a Tevaram (a 6th-8th century ballad from South India). It tells the story of a metaphorical woman who abandons all -- parents, conventions, even her own name and self for her love of Tyagesa, the Shiva-aspect deity of Tiruvarur.
Saturday, April 10, 2004, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Paul Sperry, Tenor
The 70th anniversary recital by the distinguished tenor. The program will include songs for which the Library's Music Division houses the composer's manuscripts.
Wednesday, April 7, 2004, 1:00 PM
Joy In Singing Finals
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Saturday, April 3, 2004, 3:00 PM
Sattriya: The Classical Dance of Assam
Lecture by Arshiya Sethi. The talk will feature video examples of the dance of Assam, a state in the north east of India.
Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 7:00 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
A Canadian Tribute to Sir John Gielgud by Actors from the Stratford Festival of Canada
Domini Blythe, Brent Carver, Barry MacGregor, Lucy Peacock, and Stephen Russell will read scenes from plays with which Sir John Gielgud was associated and from the original correspondence from Sir John Gielgud to Lillian Gish and others in the collections of the Library's Billy Rose Theatre Collection. The program will be introduced by Pamela Wallin, Canadian Consul General in New York.
Saturday, March 27, 2004, 3:00 PM
Yearning for the Spiritual Ideal: The Influence of India on Western Dance
Lecture by Vincent Warren, Curator, Bibliotheque de la Danse de L'Ecole Nationale de Ballet Contemporaine (Montreal)
Thursday, March 25, 2004, 6:00 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
This Gives Life to Thee: Shakespeare's Sonnets in the Work of Sir John Gielgud
Lecture-reading by John Simon, based on Shakespeare's Sonnets which Gielgud incorporated into his Ages of Man one-person performance
Saturday, March 20, 2004, 2:30 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
A Chopin Master Class with Byron Janis
The distinguished pianist will conduct a public master class with five students. Mr. Janis will devote approximately one half-hour to each student. This program is associated with the series honoring Sir John Gielgud, who had a particular affection for the music of Chopin. Students include pianists Michael Berkowsky; Andrew Le; Natalia Lavrova; Daniel Spiegel; and Lu Wang.
Wednesday, March 17, 2004, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Tuesday, March 16, 2004, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Laura Hamilton, violin; David Heiss, cello; John Churchwell, piano
Works by Beethoven and Mozart will be performed. A sketch of the Beethoven piece ("Archduke" trio) in the composer's hand, is one of the great treasures of the Library's Music Division. Ms. Hamilton and Mr. Heiss are members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Monday, March 15, 2004, 6:00 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
An Evening of Anton Chekhov
Readings of scenes from plays by Chekhov with which Sir John Gielgud was associated. Directed with commentary by Lawrence Sacharow. Performers: Tom Bloom, Robert Sean Leonard, Lizbeth Mackay, and Jennifer Westfeldt.
Saturday, March 13, 2004, 3:00 PM
Budd Schulberg Interviewed by Robert Armin
Mr. Schulberg will talk about his work as a writer of Hollywood screenplays, television dramas, and Broadway musicals (What Makes Sammy Run?).
Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Saturday, March 6, 2004, 3:00 PM
Merce Cunningham: The Modernizing of Modern Dance
Lecture by Roger Copeland based on his new book.
Thursday, March 4, 2004, 6:00 PM
Poetry in Motion: Stravinsky and Balanchine's Musical Bond, a lecture with performance by Charles M. Joseph
Igor Stravinsky and George Balanchine were joined by a deep musical bond. Not only did the composer understand dance, but perhaps more importantly the choreographer was a knowledgeable musician who identified with Stravinsky's musical intentions. The coherence that both artists brought to their work stems from a mutual understanding of each other's art form. Balanchine was well versed in music theory and often turned to composition as a way of expressing himself. A few of his short compositions will be performed as part of this presentation. As a focus, "Apollo" will be used to demonstrate how the choreographer and composer worked together in structuring this signature ballet.
Wednesday, March 3, 2004, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Saturday, February 28, 2004, 2:00 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
Lillian Gish, a Dedicated Life: Her Art, Her Friendships, Her Country
Screening of Irene's Worth one-woman show, which premiered at the Library on March 6, 1997. The program was created for the Library with the assistance of Sir John Gielgud, a great friend of Ms. Worth's. Sir John appeared with Lillian Gish in Hamlet in New York in 1936.
Saturday, February 28, 2004, 4:00 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
A Tribute to Ellen Terry
Screening of Irene Worth's one-woman show, which premiered at the Library on December 2, 1997. The program was created for the Library with the assistance of Sir John Gielgud. Ellen Terry was Sir John's great aunt.
Thursday, February 26, 2004, 6:00 PM
Before the New York City Ballet: George Balanchine in the 1940s
Lecture by Nancy Reynolds
Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Saturday, February 21, 2004, 3:00 PM
Balanchine in Paris
Lecture by Lynn Garafola
Thursday, February 19, 2004, 6:30 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde
Lecture by Merlin Holland (Wilde's grandson) based on his new book
Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Wednesday, February 11, 2004, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Monday, February 9, 2004, 6:00 PM
Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud
The Importance of Being Earnest
Estelle Parsons will direct a reading of Oscar Wilde's play, with which Sir John Gielgud was closely associated as director and as John Worthing. The cast will include Douglas Sills as Algernon Moncrieff, Henry Stram as John Worthing, Estelle Parsons as Lady Bracknell, Simon Jones as Canon Chasuble, Melissa Leo as Miss Prism, Katie Macnichol as Cecily, Laurie Williams as Gwendolen, and Denis Holmes as Merriman/Lane.
Wednesday, February 4, 2004, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Saturday, January 31, 2004, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Guy Livingston, pianist
Performance of works by George Antheil. The Library's Music Division houses the George Antheil Music Manuscript Collection.
Thursday, January 29, 2004, 6:00 PM
Grant Johannesen, pianist
Performance of works by Claude Debussy
Wednesday, January 28, 2004, 3:00 PM
Joy In Singing
Art Songs and Commentary with Paul Sperry
Saturday, January 24, 2004, 3:00 PM
Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke at 100
Cabin in the Sky: Georgi Balanchivadze, Vladimir Dukelsky, Boris Aronson and Katherine Dunham's Afro-Americana
Lecture by Constance Valis Hill
Thursday, January 22, 2004, 6:00 PM
Music by Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg
Performance by Susanna Eyton-Jones, soprano; Mayuki Fukuhara, violin; Shem Guibbory, violin; Veronica Salas, viola; Michael Finckel, cello; Frank Daykin, piano; Allen Shawn, speaker. Composer Allen Shawn is the author of Arnold Schoenberg's Journey. Berg's Sieben Fruhe Lieder (1907) and Schoenberg's String Quartet #2, Op. 10
will be performed.
Saturday, January 17, 2004, 1:00 PM
Alvin Ailey: A Portrait
A panel featuring Sarita Allen, Carmen de Lavallade, Hector Mercado, Dorene Richardson, Dudley Williams. Moderator: Zita Allen
Saturday, January 17, 2004, 4:00 PM
The Magic Carpet of Touring
A panel featuring Stanley Plesant, Paul Szilard, William Hammond, Calvin Hunt, Chenault Spence. Moderator: Liz Thompson. The participants will tell the tale of how the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater blazed a path across the continents to become one of America's most successful and long-lived touring companies.
Thursday, January 15, 2004, 5:00 PM
Music of Franz Schubert
Performance by Ming-Feng Hsin, violin; Nancy Wu, violin; Ronald Arron, viola; Gerald Kagan, cello; Leigh Mesh, double bass; Susan Kagan, piano. The program will feature Trio for piano and strings, No. 2 in E-flat major D 929; and Quintet for piano and strings in A major, D 667 ("Trout").
Friday, January 9, 2004, 4:00 PM
Shylock
Written and performed by Gareth Armstrong.
Thursday, January 8, 2004, 6:00 PM
Shylock
Written and performed by Gareth Armstrong. "Armstrong is nothing short of incredible... It is an exceptional piece of theatre. Everyone should see it." -- Independent (London) on Sunday
Thursday, December 18, 2003, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Norman Dee, flute; Josephine Chan Yung, piano
Works by Bach, Debussy, Ibert, Kauder and Schumann
Thursday, December 11, 2003, 6:00 PM
Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke at 100
Art Songs of Vernon Duke and Libby Larsen
Performance featuring songs by Vernon Duke and by Libby Larson
Thursday, December 4, 2003, 6:00 PM
Writing in Motion: Body - Language - Technology
Lecture/performance by Kenneth King
Monday, November 24, 2003, 6:30 PM
Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke at 100
An Evening with Bobby Short
Mr. Short will perform music by Vernon Duke. Tickets, which are free, are required for this event and will be distributed, one per person, from 4:30 pm on the day of the performance, at the Library's 111 Amsterdam Avenue (just south of 65th Street) entrance.
Saturday, November 22, 2003, 3:00 PM
Music of Silk and Bamboo: Sizhu Music of Southern China
Performance by Music From China, with traditional Chinese instruments.
Thursday, November 20, 2003, 6:00 PM
Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke at 100
Samuel Magill, cello; Scott Dunn, piano; Lucian Rinando, flute
Chamber music of Vernon Duke and Sergey Prokofiev, including Duke's Tema con variazioni for flute, cello and piano (1930) and Concerto in C for cello and piano (1946); and Prokofiev's Sonata in C major, op. 119 for cello and piano (1949).
Saturday, November 15, 2003, 1:00 PM
Films of India with Ismail Merchant
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Screening of a film directed by Karan Johar. Produced by Yash Johar and Karan Johar for Yash Raj Films (India, 2001).
Saturday, November 15, 2003, 5:00 PM
Films of India with Ismail Merchant
Saathiya
Screening of a film directed by Shaad Ali. Produced by Yash Chopra for Yash Raj Films (India, 2002)
Friday, November 14, 2003, 1:00 PM
Films of India with Ismail Merchant
Heat and Dust
Screening of a film produced by Ismail Merchant. Directed by James Ivory.
Friday, November 14, 2003, 4:00 PM
Films of India with Ismail Merchant
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Screening of a film directed by Aditya Chopra. Produced by Yash Chopra (India: Yash Raj Films, 1995).
Thursday, November 13, 2003, 1:00 PM
Films of India with Ismail Merchant
In Custody
Screening of a film directed by Ismail Merchant.
Thursday, November 13, 2003, 3:30 PM
Films of India with Ismail Merchant
Cotton Mary
Screening of a film directed by Ismail Merchant.
Thursday, November 13, 2003, 6:00 PM
An Evening with Ismail Merchant
Lecture and reminiscences by the great producer/director, who is half the internationally renowned Merchant/Ivory team.
Thursday, November 13, 2003, 8:00 PM
Films of India with Ismail Merchant
The Mystic Masseur
Screening of a film directed by Ismail Merchant.
Saturday, November 8, 2003, 3:00 PM
Backwards and Forwards: Influence and Originality in Prokofiev's Operas
Lecture by Scott Eyerly
Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 3:00 PM
Judith Kellock, soprano; Xak Bjerken, piano
Songs by Hugo Wolf
Thursday, October 30, 2003, 6:00 PM
Shakespeare Without Words: Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet
Lecture by Richard Philp, Editor Emeritus, Dance Magazine.
Monday, October 27, 2003, 6:00 PM
Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke at 100
You Took Me By Surprise: The Unknown Show Music of Vernon Duke
With Max Wilk, narrator; Michael Lavine, music director; Ellen Hanley, George S. Irving and other special guests. Ms. Hanley and Mr. Irving appeared with Bette Davis in Vernon Duke's musical Two's Company.
Saturday, October 25, 2003, 3:00 PM
Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke at 100
An Afternoon with Donald Saddler
Mr. Saddler, who choreographed Doris Day to Vernon Duke's music in the film April in Paris, will talk about his work on the 1952 film, which will be screened.
Thursday, October 23, 2003, 6:00 PM
Grant Johannesen, piano
A performance of works by Prokofiev with commentary by the artist, one of the major American musicians to have toured the Soviet Union during the 1960s.
Saturday, October 18, 2003, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Adam Brown, guitar
Performance of works by Chavez, Bach and Britten. The Library's Music Division houses the Carlos Chavez Collection.
Tuesday, October 14, 2003, 3:00 PM
Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke at 100
Songs from Cabin in the Sky and other Vernon Duke Musicals
Constance Green, soprano; Ellen Lang, mezzo soprano; Irwin Reese, tenor; John Shelhart, bass, will perform songs from Vernon Duke's best known musical and other shows. The singers are members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.
Saturday, October 11, 2003, 3:00 PM
Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke at 100
Walk a Little Faster: History and Reconstruction of the Vernon Duke/E.Y. Harburg Musical Revue
Lecturer-performer Anna Wheeler Gentry will discuss her work reconstructing the 1932 show. With performance by Ms. Gentry and pianist Vicki Ohl.
Thursday, October 9, 2003, 6:30 PM
Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke at 100
A Centennial Tribute to Vernon Duke
Music by Vernon Duke, performed on the eve of his centennial. Artists include pianists Richard Rodney Bennett and Scott Dunn, with special guests Kay Duke Ingalls (the composer's widow), Linc Milliman (double bass) and singers Pinky Winters and Angelina Reaux.
Saturday, October 4, 2003, 3:00 PM
Hanna Lachert, violin
Beethoven sonatas performed by the New York Philharmonic violinist.
Thursday, October 2, 2003, 6:00 PM
Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical "Follies"
A talk by Ted Chapin based on his new book, published by Alfred A. Knopf. Mr. Chapin, President and Executive Director of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, began his career as a directorial assistant on the original Broadway production of "Follies" and other shows.
Saturday, September 27, 2003, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Winona Fifield, violin; Nathan Fifield, piano
Performance of works by Henry Cowell, Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland. The Henry Cowell Papers are housed in the Library's Music Division.
Thursday, September 25, 2003, 6:30 PM
Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke at 100
An Evening with Barbara Carroll
The legendary jazz/cabaret pianist/vocalist will perform songs by Vernon Duke. Double bass player Jay Leonhart will be on the program.
