Arts & Culture
Department of Drama Presents 鈥楺uilters鈥 a joyous, moving, musical celebration from the American Frontier
The memories, hopes, dreams and prayers of the indomitable women of the American frontier enliven this hauntingly beautiful musical. Based on oral histories from the pioneers of the prairie states, 鈥淨uilters鈥 celebrates with unassuming honesty and simplicity the fears, joys,…
黑料不打烊 Stage鈥檚 鈥楾he Brothers Size鈥 moving to leading theaters in South Africa
黑料不打烊 Stage鈥檚 production of Tarell Alvin McCraney鈥檚 The Brothers Size, directed by Producing Artistic Director Timothy Bond, will move to leading theaters in South Africa, made possible by support from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. 鈥淭he Brothers Size鈥 began rehearsing…
Ping Chong & Company part of disabilities panel discussion at Newhouse
黑料不打烊鈥檚 ArtsEngage and the Goldring Arts Journalism Program welcome members of Ping Chong & Company for a panel discussion about its theatrical production 鈥淚nside/Out 鈥 voices from the disability community.鈥 The discussion is part of Undesirable Elements, an ongoing…
VPA鈥檚 Cas Holman wins Design Distinction from I.D. Magazine
Cas Holman, assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts鈥 Department of Design, had her design for the Children鈥檚 Workyard Kit, a custom play feature for the High Line on Manhattan’s West Side,…
鈥楻ed,鈥 sizzling bio-drama of famed painter Mark Rothko, to run at 黑料不打烊 Stage March 7-25
Play won 2010 Tony Award for Best Play The 2010 Tony Award-winner for Best Play, 鈥楻ed鈥 is an intense and exciting bio-drama of the famed abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko at the time that he was working on a commission…
VPA鈥檚 John Laverty produces new album 鈥楻ock Stars,鈥 featuring two renowned musicians
John Laverty, professor of applied music and performance in the College of Visual and Performing Arts鈥 Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music, has produced the new album 鈥淩ock Stars鈥 on Mark Records, which features soloists Joseph…
鈥楾he Lower Depths鈥: Provocative portrait of outcasts from master of Russian realism
A masterpiece of Russian realism, 鈥淭he Lower Depths,鈥 was Maxim Gorky鈥檚 first great play, and its premiere production in 1902 helped establish the reputation of the famed Moscow Art Theatre and its influential director, Constantine Stanislavsky. Presented by the Department…
Independent filmmaker awarded Burton Blatt Institute Prize for Arts Leadership
The 2012 Burton Blatt Institute Prize for Arts Leadership has been awarded to Sharon Greytak, an independent filmmaker and film professor at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, for her entire body of work and its importance to the…
SU鈥檚 Ray Smith Symposium presents expert on early modern English drama Feb. 23-24
The Ray Smith Symposium in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of 鈥淪ex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment鈥 with a mini-residency by an expert in early modern English drama. Thomas King,…
Non-stop music in 鈥楥aroline, or Change鈥
Two powerhouses of the American theater, playwright Tony Kushner (鈥淎ngels in America鈥) and composer Jeanine Tesori (鈥淭horoughly Modern Millie鈥 and 鈥淪hrek: The Musical鈥), join forces on a musical of startling creativity and refreshing originality (don鈥檛 be surprised when the washing…