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Date |
Place |
Event |
Description |
Genre |
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Fri., 10/2; |
Desales |
You Can’t Take It With You |
Act 1’s 40th
Anniversary Season opens with the Pulitizer
Prize-winning masterpiece by the undisputed masters of American comedy.
Called by the New York Times, “the best comedy these authors have ever
written,” Kaufman and Hart’s hilarious love story pits the rather
unconventional Sycamore family—a bunch of mad eccentrics—against the rich,
conservative Kirby family. The Sycamores agree to an air of normalcy for an
introductory dinner party, but when the Kirbys
arrive on the wrong evening, a wild night of harebrained and happy lunacy
ensues. |
Play |
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Fri.; 10/16; |
Lehigh |
LU Philharmonic |
Program includes Mozart’s
best-known piano concerto, No. 21, as well as Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.
4.Baker Hall |
Symphony |
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Fri., 11/ 6; |
Lehigh |
Twelfth Night |
Twelfth Night by
William Shakespeare. Misplaced love. Mistaken identity. Cross dressing &
disguise—Sound like your house? The liberating spirit of the Lord of Misrule
brings great mirth when this beloved comedy of gender-bending identity,
romance and mockery of the pompous is vividly brought to life! |
Play |
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Wed., 12/2; |
Muhlenberg’s Studio Theatre |
NEW VISIONS 2009 |
Senior directors present plays in repertory: (1) The Increased
Difficulty of Concentration, By Vaclav Havel (2) Uncommon
Women and Others, By Wendy Wasserstein |
Plays |
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Sat., 1/16; |
R/C 11, Reading (or
Allentown |
Metropolitan Opera
Simulcast |
Carmen – Georges
Bizet: One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen "is about sex,
violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom," says Olivier
Award-winning director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizet's
drama. "It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy, in
every sense. And I think it should be shocking." Elīna
Garanča sings the seductive gypsy of
the title for the first time at the Met, opposite Roberto Alagna
as the obsessed Don José. Approximate running
time 4 hours / 2 intermissions |
Opera |
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Wed., 2/3; 8:00 pm; $22 |
Lafayette College |
Rennie Harris Puremovement |
Rennie Harris’s award-winning company returns to the
Williams Center stage, following memorable presentations of the full-evening
works Rome & Jewels and Facing Mekka. This time
his Puremovement dancers
share the richness of repertory works, from the gritty and riveting 1990s
masterpiece Students of the Asphalt Jungle to more recent creations
showcasing the diverse forms of hip-hop dance—popping, locking, electric boogaloo, and b-boying. `Puremovement delighted audiences with gravity-defying
grace and breathtaking physicality in its recent Kimmel Center season and
residency performances at Jacob’s Pillow. An artistic treasure of
Philadelphia’s urban culture, Rennie Harris has
perfected a creative voice in dance that combines the rough-hewn turmoil of
the street with an uncommon spiritual quest, rich in personal discovery and
sociological understanding. |
Modern Dance |
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Fri., 2/19; |
Moravian College |
Waiting
for Godot |
Waiting
for Godot by Samuel Becket. The
quintessential existential absurdist play. (Try saying that 3 times
fast!) Two characters wait on a road for a mystery person named Godot. Open to interpretation, the play raises
questions about meaning and meaninglessness in life. For further information 610-861-1489. |
Play |
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Fri., 2/16;
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Kutztown University |
The Lower Depths |
The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky. Maxim Gorky’s most famous
work paints a portrait of people fallen into homelessness, from misdeeds,
mistakes, or mere misfortune. Peopled with colorful, realistic characters,
the play is at once unflinching and darkly comic, despairing and hopeful.
This production, reset from 1900s Russia to present-day America, examines how
society perpetuates the underclass it despises, the struggle to maintain
humanity in the face of poverty, and the choices people make to try to pull
themselves from the depths. Performed by KU students under the direction of
theatre professor Roxane Rix. |
Play |
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Fri., 3/19; |
Lehigh |
Black Box Theatre |
Full-length plays, new
works, college scholar thesis performances and student directing projects.
Further information is available two weeks prior to scheduled performances.
Free; no tickets required |
Plays |
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Tue., 3/9, 8:00 p.m., $22 |
Lafayette College |
Flamenco Vivo Carlota
Santana |
Pride. Sorrow. Love.
Passion. Through its universal themes, purity of form, rhythm, and intensity,
flamenco strikes primal chords in audiences of all ages, all cultures, all degrees of exposure to the arts. Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana is one of the finest practitioners of the art of
flamenco, one of the world’s richest expressions of folklore, which developed
in Andalusia from the interaction of the many cultures that inhabited the
region for centuries. |
Dance (Ethnic) |
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Sun., 4/11; 7 pm; $37 |
Lehigh |
Moscow Festival
Ballet: Coppelia |
The charming fairytale
about an irresistible doll so lifelike that she nearly divides two real-life
lovers is performed by leading dancers from across Russia. Founded in 1989 by
the legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Radchenko, the company brings together the highest
classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies. Under
the direction of Radchenko, the company continues
to expand its repertoire. |
Ballet |
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Friday, 4/30; |
Muhlenberg’s Empie Theatre |
Blood Wedding |
Blood Wedding, By Federico Garcia Lorca. The story is based on a
newspaper fragment which told of a family vendetta and a bride who ran away
with the son of the enemy family. Lorca uses it to investigate the subjects
which fascinated him: desire, repression, ritual, and the constraints and
commitments of the rural Spanish community in which the play is rooted. |
Play |