BOSTON CONSERVATORY
Have you been watching the TV series Smash? Well one of the leads vying for the part of Marilyn Monroe, is former American Idol finalist Katherine McPhee. What you might not have known is that Katherine perfected her craft at the Boston Conservatory.
The Conservatory produces many of Broadway’s working actors such as:
Jason Michael Snow (The Book of Mormon),
Erick Buckley (The Addams Family)
Allison Blackwell (The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess).
I am so happy to announce that Boston Conservatory is now offering an MFA in MUSICAL THEATRE. They are only the second university in the nation offering this advanced degree and I couldn’t be happier. Oh to be young again.
MFA
At Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts it’s Alex Katz prints. 85 year old Katz born in 1927 has created some of the most recognizable images in contemporary art. “I’ve always been very interested in people’s ideas of the here and now,” says Alex Katz. “I want to paint in the present tense.”
RAGS TO RICHES
America’s story might be one of accomplishment in spite of adversity. Who better to exemplify this than George Gershwin son of a Russian immigrant and school drop out and Scott Joplin, son of a freed slave?
Now Basically Broadway and the City of Newton Community Education celebrate the intertwined lives of these two giants with a matinee lecture and concert on Saturday June 2.
They are bringing in Smithsonian lecturer and Steinway artist Robert Wyatt.
Wyatt will play the iconic works of both composers and he details their lives.
He is not only an exquisite pianist but a charming raconteur.
You won’t want to miss this exceptional event.
SATURDAY JUNE 2 at 2 PM
BRIMMER AND MAY SCHOOL IN CHESTNUT HILL
BOSTON POPS
Still need more Gershwin. No problem. The Boston Pops has many Gershwin events. Here’s just one.
People of all ages are welcome to a George Gershwin matinee Family Concert at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 12. The Family Concert will feature a performance by the winner of the BSO Youth Concerto Competition, and children 18 and under receive a 50% ticket discount.
BOSTON BALLET
Boston Ballet presents Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote, April 26 – May 6, at The Boston Opera House. The vibrant, lavish masterpiece, last presented in 2006, was first staged by Nureyev for Boston Ballet in 1982 when he danced the leading role of Basilio. Rudolf Nureyev first choreographed his version of Don Quixote in Vienna in 1966 and it would later become one of his major successes.
ART
WOODY SEZ
The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie
With words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie comes to life in a joyous, toe-tapping, and moving theatrical portrait
that uses Woody’s words and songs, performed by the company of four actor/singers playing over twenty instruments. The audience is taken on a voyage through Guthrie’s
fascinating, beautiful, and sometimes tragic life, capturing the heart and spirit of
Woody Guthrie and the stories of America.
HUNTINGTON THEATRE
Due to popular demand, the Huntington Theatre Company has extended the run of its production of The Luck of the Irish, to May 6.