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Superheroes Who Are Super Fundraiser
Join Save the Day Productions from 5pm-7pm for a happy hour with guest bartender Daniel Student dressed in a superhero costume – all tips go to benefit Save The Day Productions! A quizzo style game about Super Heroes that will leave your inner nerd screaming for more – hosted by Captain America himself, Jerry Rudasill!
Suggested donation: $5.
Chris’ Jazz Cafe
1421 Sansom Street
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INTERACT THEATRE & MURAL ARTS COLLABORATE TO PREMIERE NEW PLAY ADDRESSING CRIME IN PHILADELPHIA
INTERACT THEATRE & MURAL ARTS
COLLABORATE TO PREMIERE NEW PLAY
ADDRESSING CRIME IN PHILADELPHIA
CITY OF NUMBERS
mixtape of a city…
Written by Sean Christopher Lewis
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
Please Note: CITY OF NUMBERS contains adult language.
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OVERVIEW:
WHAT: CITY OF NUMBERS
mixtape of a city…
Written & Performed by Sean Christopher Lewis
Directed by Matt Slaybaugh
WHEN: January 22 – February 21, 2010
Tuesdays & Wednesdays @ 7 p.m.; Thursdays – Saturdays @ 8 p.m.; Sundays @ 2 p.m.; Saturday, January 23 @ 2 p.m.
PRICE: $16 Previews
$25 Tuesdays – Thursdays
$29 Fridays – Sundays
Discounts available for groups, seniors and students
WHERE: On the Mainstage of The Adrienne, 2030 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
INFO / RESERVATIONS: InterAct Theatre Company Box Office
Phone: 215.568.8079
Online: www.InterActTheatre.org
PHOTOS from the Opening Night Reception now on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=138407&id=49107703151
Little Shop of Horrors
11th Hour Theatre Company and Theatre Horizon present:
Little Shop of Horrors
Music by Alan Menken, Book by Howard Ashman
Directed by Megan Nicole O’Brien
11th Hour Theatre Company and Theatre Horizon are bringing audiences back to Skid Row one more time as they present the Center City run of their inventive reimagining of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s classic Little Shop of Horrors. This production debuted at Montgomery County’s Centre Theatre. Now, this fresh take on a musical gem will hit the boards at the Independence Black Box at the Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street, running from November 27-December 20, 2009. The show will open on Thursday, December 3. Tickets cost $27 – $30. There is a three dollar discount for all tickets purchased online. Tickets for preview performances cost $17 – there is no discount on preview tickets. Tickets are available at www.11thhourtheatrecompany.org or by calling the box office at 267-987-9865.
Steve Pacek as Seymour in 11th Hour’s Little Shop of Horrors
11th Hour and Theatre Horizon will take audiences downtown to Skid Row, where depression is the status quo and most people are dying to get out. Director Megan Nicole O’Brien and the artistic team have set out to create a sense of realism with the show, doing away with the typical cartoonish set, performances, and staging that have traditionally been paired with productions. On Skid Row, audiences will meet flower shop clerk Seymour who sets out to win the heart of the beautiful Audrey and escape their miserable life in the ghetto. Seymour and Audrey are co-workers at Mushnik’s Skid Row Florists. While browsing the wholesale flower district, a sudden eclipse of the sun drops a weird plant in Seymour’s way. He brings it back to the shop and names it Audrey II. Will this plant offer escape? Or will it the plant’s deadly appetite open up a new found blood lust in Seymour.
“This show is a lot grittier. We wondered what it would be like if this really was Skid Row. We looked at what these characters would be like if they really existed,” said director Megan Nicole O’Brien. “We didn’t want Seymour to be that cartoony, ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ caricature that people are used to. I really always felt that there is something lost with Audrey played as the traditional blond bombshell stereotype. I really wanted audiences to hear what she had to say. I always saw her as a gentle, sweet, and kind person. She has wisdom for other people, but not so much for herself. As we created the show, we really thought about who these people would be in real life.”
Steve Pacek, one of the founders of 11th Hour Theatre Company, appears as Seymour. Melinda Bass, who was part of 11th Hour’s Barrymore Award-winning ensemble for World Goes ‘Round, is joining the cast as Audrey. Bass replaces Maggie Lakis. Lakis has left the cast to join the New York cast of Avenue Q, reprising the roles she played on the First National Tour. Laura Giknis, Alex Keiper, and Candace Thomas are appearing as Chiffon, Ronette, and Crystal, the sassy denizens of Skid Row. Carl Clemons-Hopkins plays Audrey’s sadistic dentist boyfriend. Paul McElwee is appearing as Mushnick. M.K. Hines voices the deadly plant, Audrey II while Craig Patrick O’Brien controls and manipulates it.
11th Hour co-founder O’Brien directs the show. Noted local director and puppet designer Aaron Cromie designed the puppets that serve as Audrey II. Shelley Hicklin is setting the lights and Lauren Perigard designed the costumes. Jenn Rose choreographed the show and Mark Valenzuela designed the sound. Dan Kazemi serves as Music Director. He recently won the Barrymore Award for the musical direction of Avenue X.
“We wanted the audience to hear what these people had to say,” said O’Brien. “We wanted the show to have a voice that is relevant to this point in time.”
About 11th Hour Theatre Company
11th Hour Theatre Company is a not-for-profit company committed to expanding one of the truly great American art forms…musical theatre. As one of only two companies in the city dedicated to producing musical theatre, 11th Hour focuses on the intimate relationship that forms between artist and audience when music, theatre and dance come together to entertain, educate and inspire.
Location: Prince Music Theater
1412 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia,PA19103
Dates: November 27, 2009- December 20, 2009: Wednesday – Sunday
Saturday November 28th @ 8pm (Preview)
Sunday November 29th @ 2pm & 7pm (Previews)
Wednesday December 2nd @ 6:30pm (Preview)
Thursday December 3rd @ 7pm (Opening Night)
Friday December 4th @ 8pm
Saturday December 5th @ 8pm
Sunday December 6th @ 2pm
Wednesday December 9th @ 6:30pm
Thursday December 10th @ 6:30pm
Friday December 11th @ 8pm
Saturday December 12th @ 8pm
Sunday December 13th @ 2pm
Monday December 14th @ 7pm (Industry Night)
Thursday December 17th @ 6:30pm
Friday December 18th @ 8pm
Saturday December 19th @ 8pm (only)
Sunday December 20th @ 2pm
Curtis Chamber Orchestra
Curtis Chamber Orchestra
Mischa Santora, conductor
Sarah Kwak, violin
Fora Baltacigil, double bass
Friday, December 4, 2009 | Perelman Theater
Brahms • Bottesini • Stravinsky
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Conductor Mischa Santora leads the always excellent Curtis Chamber Orchestra in a program of Brahms, Bottesini and Stravinsky. Two Curtis graduates – Sarah Kwak, violin and Fora Baltacigil, double bass – join the group as soloists.
Chamber Orchestra announces All-Haydn
 The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphiaopens its 45th Anniversary Season with All-Haydn Conductor’s Podium to be dedicated in memory of Concert pair generously sponsored by Centocor Music Director Ignat Solzhenitsyn conducts; |
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| The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, a founding resident company of theKimmel Center for the Performing Arts, announces the first concert pair of its 45th Anniverary Season. All-Haydn on September 20 and 21st features Wendy Warner in Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D Major. The Orchestra will also perform Symphonies Nos. 16 and 49, with Music Director Ignat Solzhenitsyn conducting in the Kimmel Center’s intimate Perelman Theater.
Said Maestro Solzhenitsyn of the upcoming concerts: “We open our season together with the marvelous Wendy Warner, in a celebration of Josef Haydn that ranges across the inexhaustible panoply of his mercurial moods.” The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia is honored to announce the dedication of the Dr. Hubert J.P Schoemaker Memorial Conductor’s Podium during its season-opening concert. Dr. Schoemaker, a friend and supporter of Maestro Solzhenitsyn and the orchestra, was a leading biotechnology scientist and entrepreneur. Dr. Schoemaker co-founded Centocor, one of the world’s first biotechnology companies, as well as Neuronyx, a development stage stem cell therapy company. Dr. Schoemaker’s energy and inspiration catalyzed the region’s biotechnology and venture capital industries. Beyond his commitment to science, he was also a devoted patron of the arts. In appreciation of his extraordinarily accomplished life, the orchestra is proud to name the Conductor’s Podium in his memory. “Speaking, I know, for the Board, staff and all the musicians of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, we are so honored to have the opportunity to express our gratitude for the exceptionally generous support of Dr. Hubert J. P. Schoemaker by naming our Conductor’s Podium after him,” said William H. Roberts, President of the Chamber Orchestra. “Dr. Schoemaker has made a lasting impact through his generosity and enthusiasm for music, and particularly for the work of the Chamber Orchestra, and this dedication is an appropriate way to preserve the memory of his care for musical excellence and his ardent efforts to help the Chamber Orchestra achieve it.” |
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Fringe Preview + Artist Talk Back
Featured Event for April 4th:
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival Preview, FREE, at the Arts Bank (Broad & South St), 7pm
Other things to do nearby: Explore South Street west of Broad St. When’s the last time you appropriately enjoyed a PBR in a dive bar like Bob & Barbara’s? Listen to live music at the Tritone? Dined on Jamaican Jerk chicken? Or tried a vegan Philly cheesesteak at Govinda’s Cafe? Its time to check out South St west of Broad.
| The Big Reveal: A Philadelphia Live Arts Festival Meet the Artist Preview + Reception with Headlong Dance Theater
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Like most people, you’ve probably left a contemporary dance performance scratching your head… at least once that you’ll admit to. But you enjoy dance (or your partner does) and you’ll soon find yourself there again, perhaps still scratching your head. If this describes your situation, then take heed: go to previews or artist talk backs, like the one at the Arts Bank featuring Tere O’Connor and the Headlong Dance Theater on April 4th (besides it makes for a great cheap date). If this doesn’t describe you because you understand contemporary dance, it speaks to you in ways you never thought imaginable and you’re absolutely enthralled and inspired by it, then take heed: go to previews or artist talk backs, like the one at the Arts Bank featuring Tere O’Connor and the Headlong Dance Theater on April 4th (besides it makes for a great cheap date). On April 4th, the choreographers of Headlong Dance Theater will be discussing their newest work. In an evening of dance exploration that will perk your intellect and imagination, Headlong’s three co-directors will unveil to one another their previously top-secret creations inspired by the choreographic philosophy of Tere O’Connor who emphasizes deep structure and process in the creation of dances. Using the same six dancers, the three Headlong choreographers work separately for the first time in their 15 year collaboration. Discoveries made from these three early dance creations will lead to a fourth work which will premiere at the 2009 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. Share in the excitement, dialogue, food, and wine!
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Where am I goin’? South Street became well-known for its nightlife between Front Street and 7th St [or so] moving west. Arguably, this ‘cool’ place to hang out has seen better days: independently owned businesses have closed or moved elsewhere, larger chains have moved in (and some are also closing) and the hip vibe that section once felt has faded. This is not to say there isn’t much to do still in that neighborhood: there certainly is, but, like our brave pioneering forefathers, much of it has moved west… The Arts Bank is located on South St at Broad and makes a great starting point to explore South St west of Broad. Crossing Broad Street may seem a daunting task, but the journey is well worth it. With restaurants like the Jamaican Jerk Hunt (featured in the wedding scene in In Her Shoes), Pico De Gallo, and Govinda’s Vegetarian Cafe, your tastebuds and wallet (all very moderately priced) will thank you. And bars like Bob & Barbara’s and the Tritone with their live music, no or low cover charges, and cheap drinks make it affordable to go to town. All within two blocks.
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Two Blocks West of Broad on South St
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Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead
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William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead
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Tickets are $10 for PhilaCulturati Readers (orig. $20) Show Dates/Times: March 12 at 8pm* March 13 at 8pm March 14 at 8pm and 12am^ March 15 at 3pm March 19 at 8pm March 20 at 8pm March 21 at 8pm and 12am^ March 22 at 3pm March 26 at 8pm March 27 at 8pm March 28 at 8pm Click here to purchase tickets or call (800) 595-4TIX. *Preview performance – pay-what-you-can. Phone reservations or walk-up only. ^Zombie Costume Night – Tickets $10, with free drink coupon if you dress in costume.
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| Dinner at The Black Sheep at 17th and Latimer
15% off Dinner with ticket stub
For beer lovers, The Black Sheep maintains the staples on draught: your Guiness, Hoegarden, Stella Artois, Chimay and PBC Rowhouse Red are ready to fill your pint. The bottled beer selection fills in the gaps, and the bar also boasts a decent wine selection, as well. Order a glass of Ancoro Pinot Grigio, The all day bar menu features the classic american gastro-pub favorites such as the gourmet burger, steamed mussels, fried calamari, baked mac and cheese, and quesadillas. The dinner entrees offer a variety you may not expect at an Irish pub: NY Strip Frites, Grilled Filet of Salmon, Sauteed Crab Cakes, Crispy Duck with Orange Plum Glaze or Pan Seared Rack of Lamb.
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