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cinemaEXHIBITIONS
Programs
FREEFALL 2012 - WINTER 2013
WHERE THE PERFORMING ARTS LIVE
FREE EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, CINEMA SERIES
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARYFOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
DOROTHY AND LEWIS B. CULLMAN CENTER
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A collaboration with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
In 1962, Lincoln Center initiated a program to commission posters by prominent artists for the then newly-built performing arts complex. The brainchild of philanthropist Vera List and her husband, the poster program expanded in 1970 to include limited-edition, signed, and numbered fine art prints. The exhibition presents a selection of posters and prints from the program’s past 50 years by renowned artists Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol, among others.
PLAZA CORRIDOR GALLERYSEPTEMBER 19, 2012 THROUGH JANUARY 5, 2013
Lincoln Center’s Posters And Prints 50 YEARS OF THE VERA LIST PROGRAM
EXHIBITIONS
RIGHT: © 1967 ANDY WARHOL/ ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORKPHOTO © LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
BELOW: ALEX KATZ, DAYLILIES, 1992SCREEN PRINT, 14 X 40 INCHES© ALEX KATZ 1992, COURTESY OF LINCOLN CENTER VERA LIST ART PROJECT
40 Lincoln Center Plazawww.nypl.org/lpa
Admission to all LPA programs is free and on a first come, first served basis. For programs taking place in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, doors open 30 minutes prior to each program unless otherwise noted.
For Sunday afternoon and Tuesday Jazzmen programs, please enter by 111 Amsterdam Avenue just south of 65th Street. LPA's exhibitions, collections, and other services are not open to the public on Sundays.
All programs are subject to last minute change or cancellation. For the latest information, visit us online at www.nypl.org/events/programs/lpa or call 212.642.0142.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is deeply grateful to the participants who donate their time to the Library’s series. The Library gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman. Additional support for exhibitions has been provided by Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg and the Miriam and Harold Steinberg Foundation.
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ReproductionsVisit the Library’s online Digital Gallery
(digitalgallery.nypl.org) to view more than 800,000
images from the collections available for purchase
as decorative prints framed and unframed or as
TIFF files for editorial or commerical use. For further
information, visit www.nypl.org/express.
For Students and TeachersThe New York Public Library offers many programs for
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CONTENTS
3 EXHIBITIONS
8 PUBLIC PROGRAMS
18 LPA CINEMA SERIES
JACQUELINE Z. DAVIS
Barbara G. and Lawrence A. Fleischman Executive Director The New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsDorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Exhibit Information: 212.870.1630
Free admission
Exhibition Hours:
Monday, Thursday12 noon- 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday12 noon - 6 p.m.
SundayClosed
Building Tours:
Group tours are available by appointment. Call 212.870.1605.
NEW! BRUNO WALTER AUDITORIUM TICKET POLICY
Due to the increasing popularity of our public programs, the Library for the Performing Arts will now distribute free tickets for programs at the Bruno Walter Auditorium*. Tickets are distributed to patrons via a line at the Amsterdam Entrance one hour prior to each program. There is a limit of one ticket per person. NB: Tickets are not available for advance reservations and the saving of seats is not permitted. Thank you.
*Tickets are not distributed for the Gotham Jazzmen performances. For these programs, the doors open at 11:45 a.m.
This survey features striking images of the
theater and dance photographer's 40 year
career drawn from the archives that LPA
acquired from Swope in 2010. Highlights
include two of her early projects: rehearsals
of the original production of West Side Story
and those documenting George Balanchine
and Igor Stravinsky creating the ballet Agon.
Additional photographs capture the New
York City Ballet and Martha Graham
companies, for which Swope was official
photographer, as well as works for the
New York Shakespeare Festival and
numerous Broadway-bound shows.
VINCENT ASTOR GALLERYSEPTEMBER 27, 2012 THROUGH JANUARY 26, 2013
Martha Swope: In Rehearsal
TOP: (FROM LEFT) PRODUCERS ROBERT GRIFFITHS AND HAROLD PRINCE, JEROME ROBBINS, STEPHEN SONDHEIM, LEONARD BERNSTEIN, ARTHUR LAURENTS AND GERALD FREEDMAN (ON WINDOW SILL), SYLVIA DRULIE, AND OLIVER SMITH AT A REHEARSAL FOR WEST SIDE STORY, 1957.PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTHA SWOPE, MARTHA SWOPE COLLECTION, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
BOTTOM: GEORGE BALANCHINE AND IGOR STRAVINSKY, BACKGROUND, CREATING AGON ON NEW YORK CITY BALLET DANCERS ARTHUR MITCHELL AND DIANA ADAMS, 1957. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTHA SWOPE, MARTHA SWOPE COLLECTION, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. BALANCHINE IS A TRADEMARK OF THE GEORGE BALANCHINE TRUST.
LEFT: MARTHA SWOPE. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTHA SWOPE ASSOCIATES. MARTHA SWOPE COLLECTION, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
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An exhibition organized by the Kent State University Museum.
Katharine Hepburn knew the importance of costume in defining character and drawing the audience into a story. She had a sure sense of what would work for her. Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen includes costumes Katharine Hepburn kept in her personal collection of performance clothes, wardrobe which she wore for publicity, and examples of “rebel chic” from her casual and rehearsal wear. Augmented with film stills, posters and playbills, the exhibition spans her long career in theater, film, and television. Wonderful designers are represented with stage costumes by Valentina, Howard Greer, Cecil Beaton, and Jane Greenwood, as well as film costumes by Walter Plunkett, Irene, Muriel King, and Margaret Furse. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts presentation will also include costume research, sketches and comments from Hepburn’s correspondence, and scripts and notebooks in the Katharine Hepburn Papers of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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DONALD AND MARY OENSLAGER GALLERYOCTOBER 18, 2012 THROUGH JANUARY 12, 2013
Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen
museumABOVE: MAKE UP CASE USED BY KATHARINE HEPBURN FOR STAGE AND SCREEN WORK. KATHARINE HEPBURN COLLECTION, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FASHION MUSEUM
PUBLICITY PHOTO OF KATHARINE HEPBURN AS “TRACY LORD” IN THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (STAGE PRODUCTION). SHUBERT THEATRE 3/28/1939 – 3/30/1940. PRODUCED BY THE THEATRE GUILD. DIRECTED BY ROBERT B. SINCLAIR. WRITTEN BY PHILLIP BARRY. SCENIC DESIGN BY ROBERT EDMOND JONES. MISS HEPBURN’S COSTUMES BY VALENTINA.
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THURSDAY
September 13 at 6:00 p.m.
Fashion on Broadway
Celebrity stylist and NY Resident Magazine columnist George Brescia hosts a seminar on the Fall 2012 trends and how they match up with Broadway stars and their own personal styles.
TUESDAYS
September 18 and 25 at 12:00 p.m.
Dixieland Jazz
Presented by the Gotham Jazzmen.
TUESDAY
September 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Celtic Cross Over: The Impact of Celtic Nations on New York from Broadway to Wall St.
Join us for a discussion on the unique role of Celtic cultural enterprises in New York City and, by extension, the rest of the United States. Our panel will explore the interplay of the arts and business and how Celtic drama, music, and literature have built on this relationship to travel throughout America.
Presented by Origin Theatre Company.
MONDAY
September 24 at 6:00 p.m.
Songbook @LPA
A concert of new music by Broadway composers and lyricists, sung by Broadway vocalists. Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul and directed by John Znidarsic.
THURSDAY
September 27 at 6:00 p.m.
John Cage Unbound
Come celebrate the launch of NYPL's "John Cage Unbound: A living Archive" with live performances from artists featured on the website http://exhibitions.nypl.org/johncage. A panel discussion will follow.
SATURDAY
September 29 at 2:30 p.m.
Con Brio Ensemble
A concert featuring Loeffler’s Two Rhapsodies, Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello, and Faure’s Quartet in C minor opus 15; with Alan Hollander, oboe; Anton Miller, violin; Rita Porfiris, viola; Hamilton Berry, cello; and Diana Mittler-Battipaglia, piano.
SUNDAY
September 30 at 2:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
Jia-Yi He, harmonica
A concert presented by the world-class harmonica virtuoso, accompanied by pianist Jenny He.
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George Brescia
MONDAY
October 1 at 6:00 p.m.
life upon the wicked stage: new books in the performing arts
Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life by Stephen Michael Shearer
In what is the first critical biography detailing Patricia Neal’s impressive film career (The Day the Earth Stood Still, Breakfast at Tiffany's) and remarkable personal life, Shearer shares his honest and comprehensive portrait of the Oscar winning actress who lived her life with determination and bravado.
TUESDAYS
October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 at 12:00 p.m.
Dixieland Jazz
Presented by the Gotham Jazzmen.
THURSDAY
October 11 at 6:00 p.m.
Lincoln Center’s Posters and Prints: 50 Years of the Vera List Program
Delmar Hendricks, the first director of Lincoln Center’s Vera List Poster and Print program, looks back at philanthropist Vera List and the celebrated artists commissioned by the program.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Lincoln Center’s Posters and
Prints: 50 Years of the Vera List Program.
OCTOBER
OCTOBER 11
LITHOGRAPH BY LARRY RIVERS, POSTER FOR TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF LINCOLN CENTER, 1979© PHOTO COURTESY OF LINCOLN CENTER VERA LIST ART PROJECT
SATURDAY
October 13 at 2:30 p.m.
Global Rhythms
Yamaha pianist Alexander A. Wu performs a new program which celebrates the heart and soul of cultures from across the continents, with music by Albeniz, Brubeck, Tan Dun, Gershwin, Fred Hersh, Jobim, Piazzolla, and Satie.
This program is presented in conjunction with the Daniel Pearl Foundation’s 11th Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days.
SUNDAY
October 14 at 2:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
L'Amore della Musica
The woodwind quintet performs the last movement of Schubert's Death and the Maiden quartet arranged by Simeon Loring, as well as delightful renditions of Mozart's The Magic Flute Overture, Bernstein's Candide Overture, and Gounod's Petite Symphonie.
MONDAY
October 15 at 6:00 p.m.
Pierrot at 100
To explore and illuminate Arnold Schoenberg’s melodrama Pierrot Lunaire on the occasion of its 100th birthday, conductor Jennifer Peterson leads her company operamission in an interactive performance of the elusive masterwork, featuring mezzo-soprano Jennifer Berkebile. The performers join select Schoenberg authorities in both verbal and musical interplay for this unique presentation.
THURSDAY
October 18 at 6:00 p.m.
life upon the wicked stage: new books in the performing arts
Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic
A panel discussion on Katharine Hepburn and her dual roles as hard-working actress and fashion icon with the book’s contributors: Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Nancy MacDonell, Judy Samelson, and Kohle Yohannan. Moderated by Jean Druesedow.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen and the publication of Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic by Skira/Rizzoli.
SATURDAY
October 20 at 1:30 p.m.
The New York Opera Forum
A concert version of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea.
SUNDAY
October 21 at 2:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
Wendy Brown, mezzo-soprano and David Holkeboer, pianist
A recital of classical and contemporary songs by Bach, Schumann, Wolf, Debussy, Bernstein, and Weill.
MONDAY
October 22 at 6:00 p.m.
League of Professional Theatre Women: Oral History Project
New Post columnist Michael Riedel in conversation with acclaimed Broadway actress and singer Christine Ebersole. Presented by the League of Professional Theatre Women.
SATURDAY
October 27 at 2:30 p.m.
L’apres midi en France
Megan Emigh and Riko Higuma present an afternoon of French music for flute and piano, from a charming baroque sonata by Leclair
to the lush romanticism of Saint-Saens and Widor, culminating in Boulez’s Sonatine.
SUNDAY
October 28 at 2:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Vocalist Leslie Fornino presents her new one-woman show, featuring songs and stories that deal with relationships and - of course - love. With Richard Danley, piano; Saadi Zain, bass; and Mike Campenni, percussion.
MONDAY
October 29 at 6:00 p.m.
Songbook @LPA
A concert of new music by Broadway composers and lyricists, sung by Broadway vocalists. Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul and directed by John Znidarsic.
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WEDNESDAY
November 7 at 6:00 p.m.
If Love Were All: Noël Coward on Love
A program about love that’s sought, found, lost, and regained through the words and music of The Master. Devised and narrated by Barry Day, featuring Anna Bergman, Amanda Squitieri, and special guests.
THURSDAY
November 8 at 6:00 p.m.
Forgotten Melodies: The Songs of Claude Debussy (I)
In the first of a two part series celebrating the 150th year of Debussy's birth, pianist Matthew Odell and friends perform some of Debussy's familiar and rarely heard songs from the Library's manuscript collection.
THURSDAY
November 15 at 6:00 p.m.
Unsinkable Women: Stories and Songs from the Titanic
Deborah Jean Templin performs her new play about women who survived the Titanic, based on actual diaries, letters, and interviews; musical direction by C. Colby Sachs.
SATURDAY
November 17 at 2:30 p.m.
Raj Bhimani, piano
A solo recital of works by Beethoven, Brahms, Brenet, and Ravel.
SUNDAY
November 18 at 1:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
The New York Opera Forum
A concert version of La Favorite by Gaetano Donizetti.
MONDAY
November 19 at 6:00 p.m.
Introducing… Bob Dylan
Fifty years ago this year, Bob Dylan released his eponymous debut album. To mark the occasion, songwriter and Dylan interpreter Howard Fishman curates an evening saluting the living legend's most recent album release (due September 2012). Fishman and a roster of special guests respond to Dylan's newest offering as they salute this vibrant, working artist whose power to inspire and beguile remains - a half century later - undiminished.
SATURDAY
November 24 at 2:30 p.m.
Nick Dinnerstein, cello
A recital featuring two major works for cello, both written in 1915: Sonata for Solo Cello by Kodaly and Sonata for Cello and Piano by Debussy.
MONDAY
November 26 at 6:00 p.m.
Songbook @LPA
A concert of new music by Broadway composers and lyricists, sung by Broadway vocalists. Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul and directed by John Znidarsic.
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THURSDAY
November 1 at 6:00 p.m.
DREAM/CAGE
John Sorensen's Jumble Shop Theater celebrates John Cage's 100th birthday with a “performance assemblage” that honors the serious playfulness of the great American composer/poet/dance collaborator/visual artist/philosopher/mushroom collector. The program gives special attention to Cage's works in the 1940s and 1950s for prepared piano and voice, and includes the premiere of a Cage-based electro-acoustic aria performed by soprano Wonjung Kim.
SATURDAY
November 3 at 2:30 p.m.
Fascinating Rhythm: A 75th Anniversary Concert for George Gershwin
Pianist Phillip Dyson performs works by composers including Jerome Kern, Fats Waller, and Scott Joplin and of course, George Gershwin, featuring the complete solo piano arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue.
SUNDAY
November 4 at 2:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
Max Lifchitz & The North/South Consonance Ensemble
A program of music from the Americas.
MONDAY
November 5 at 6:00 p.m.
life upon the wicked stage: new books in the performing arts
Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman by Patricia Bosworth
The author, in conversation with Foster Hirsch, reveals what is behind the public image of her longtime friend Jane Fonda.
TUESDAYS
November 6, 13, 20, and 27 at 12:00 p.m.
Dixieland Jazz
Presented by the Gotham Jazzmen.
NOVEMBER 4
Max Lifchitz
NOVEMBER
The Private Life of a Public WomanJane Fonda
P A T R I C I A B O S W O R T H
Bosworth goes behind the image of an
American superwoman, reveal ing Jane
Fonda — more power ful and vulnerable
than ever expected — whose struggles
for high achievement, love, and success-
ful motherhood mirror the confl icts of a
generation of women.
In the hands of this seasoned, tenacious biographer, the evolution of one of the century’s most controversial
and successful women becomes nothing less than a great, enthralling American life. Jane Fonda emerged from a heart-breaking Hollywood family drama to be-come a ’60s onscreen ingénue and then an Oscar-winning actress. At the top of her game she risked all rising against the Vietnam War and shocking the world with a trip to Hanoi. Later, while becom-ing one of Hollywood’s most committed feminists, she financed her husband Tom Hayden’s political career in the ’80s with exercise videos that began a fitness craze and brought in millions of dollars. Just as interesting is Fonda’s next turn, as a Step-ford Wife of the Gulfstream set, marrying Ted Turner and seemingly walking away from her ideals and her career. Fonda’s is a story of the blend of deep insecurity, magnetism, bravery, and de-termination that fuels the most inspiring and occasionally infuriating public lives. Finally here is Fonda and all the lives she’s led.
PAT R I C I A B O S W O R T H, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, has known Fonda since they were students at the Actors Studio and has been writing about her since 1968. Bosworth has also written acclaimed biographies of Mont-gomery Clift, Diane Arbus, and Marlon Brando. She lives in New York.
“Watching Jane Fonda wrestle with her many passions has been one of the most fas-cinating stories of the past fifty years. Brilliant, beautiful, achingly vulnerable, self- wounding, Fonda is one of the greatest film stars to ever appear on the screen. Her life deserves to be reevaluated as it is in Patricia Bosworth’s Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman.” — Alec BAldwin
“Jane Fonda was born with beauty and talent. Now she’s blessed with a biographer who knows Hollywood and understands the human condition. Nothing about Fonda’s life (her obsession with her looks, her lovers, her husbands, her money, and her elusive father) escapes the keen eye of Patricia Bosworth, who tells the life story of one of the most intriguing women of our era. You will be enthralled.”
— Kitty Kelley, author of Oprah: A Biography
“Patricia Bosworth’s brilliant detective work has unearthed so much about Jane Fonda that I didn’t know — so much feeling, so much courage, so much hurt. It reveals Fonda as the archetypal woman of her generation: a woman torn between love and work, family and accomplishment. Bosworth’s book is far from another Hollywood biogra-phy; it is a human portrait and, at the same time, a major American life. Reading this book, living Jane’s life along with her, is an adventure and a pleasure.”
— williAm mAnn, author of Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn
“Far more than a spellbinding biography. Jane Fonda sweeps the reader into a cultural history of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, when this icon helped define the causes of the era. The access gained by Bosworth is impressive — lovers, stepmothers, and ex-husbands share their secrets, adding to what will certainly become the definitive portrait of a woman conflicted, torn between ferocious ambition, family, and feminist causes. Bosworth’s rendering of Fonda’s interior chaos becomes a revealing probe into the female psyche.” — GAil Sheehy, author of Passages
“Patricia Bosworth has written an irresistible biography of the accomplished, contro-versial actress whose roles onscreen and off helped define a generation. Whether you love Jane Fonda or abhor her, Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman is a detailed and generous exploration not only of the contradictory world Fonda grew up in but of the many people who shaped her.”
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SUNDAY
December 9 at 2:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
Holiday Songbook
A concert of new holiday music by Broadway composers and lyricists, sung by Broadway vocalists. Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul and directed by John Znidarsic.
MONDAY
December 10 at 6:00 p.m.
Holiday Songbook
A concert of new holiday music by Broadway composers and lyricists, sung by Broadway vocalists. Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul and directed by John Znidarsic.
SATURDAY
December 15 at 2:30 p.m.
Colleagues in Concert
A duo recital for violin and piano, performed by Eric Grossman and Susan Kagan. The program will feature Grieg’s Sonata in G, Schubert’s Sonata in A, D 574, and Beethoven’s Sonata in E-flat, Op. 12, No. 3.
SUNDAY
December 16 at 2:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
Deck the Halls
Harwood Management Vocal Artists perform traditional holiday music.
SATURDAY
December 1 at 2:30 p.m.
Haul Out the Holly
Join musical director and conductor Phil Hall and his PhilHallmonics in celebrating the songs of the season.
SUNDAY
December 2 at 1:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
The New York Opera Forum
A concert version of Die Zauberflote by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
MONDAY
December 3 at 6:00 p.m.
Broadway Rarities
Presented by cabaret artist Steve Ross.
TUESDAYS
December 4, 11, and 18 at 12:00 p.m.
Dixieland Jazz
Presented by the Gotham Jazzmen.
THURSDAY
December 6 at 6:00 p.m.
Forgotten Melodies: The Songs of Claude Debussy (II)
Pianist Matthew Odell presents the second concert in his series, celebrating the 150th year of Debussy's birth with some of Debussy's familiar and rarely heard songs from the library's manuscript collection.
SATURDAY
December 8 at 2:30 p.m.
The Musical Parlor of Emily Dickinson
Presented by Music Division Chief George Boziwick and the Red Skies Music Ensemble, this program recreates the intimate setting of music-making in the Dickinson home. A selection of popular ballads, minstrel tunes, and Irish dance music from Emily’s own music book illustrates in performance, pictures, and commentary how the Dickinsons collected, listened to, and performed the music of their time.
DECEMBER
DECEMBER 1
PhilHallmonic Society
DECEMBER 6
Matthew Odell
DECEMBER 8
SATURDAY
January 5 at 2:30 p.m.
Benjamin Bradham: From Beethoven to Barber
A program of keyboard music by Scarlatti, Chopin, and Beethoven, closing with Barber’s Sonata in E-flat minor.
SUNDAY
January 6 at 2:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
Ayako Yonetani, violin and Evan Solomon, piano
A recital of duets from the Baroque and Classical eras.
MONDAY
January 7 at 6:00 p.m.
Oral History with ATPAM Women Press Agents and Managers
The Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers join the League of Professional Theatre Women's Oral History series with a panel discussion of women who have contributed to their fields of expertise in theatrical management and press promotion. Moderated by Paul Libin, Vice President of Jujamcyn Theatres.
TUESDAYS
January 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 12:00 p.m.
Dixieland Jazz
Presented by the Gotham Jazzmen.
SATURDAY
January 12 at 2:30 p.m.
Nearer to East - Chamber Music from the Arab World
Avoiding exotic and orientalist clichés, this thoughtful program of contemporary classical music from the Arab world and beyond brings together a collection of passionate, eloquent, and bold works reflecting the past yet speaking in the idioms of the present. Composers represented in this performance include Karim Al-Zand, Kinan Azmeh, Halim El-Dabh, Bushra El-Turk, Mohammed Fairouz, Zaid Jabri, and Kareem Roustom, and features soprano Christine Moore and the new music ensemble Lunatics at Large.
SUNDAY
January 13 at 1:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
The New York Opera Forum
A concert version of Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano.
SATURDAY
January 19 at 2:30 p.m.
Welcome Home Concert
After a 12-year performing hiatus in North America, clarinetist Silvio Scambone returns to New York with a varied program of new chamber works, along with standard, neo-classical pieces, and some heartwarming vocal arrangements.
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January 23 at 2:30 p.m.
Joy in Singing
An art song master class led by American tenor Paul Sperry.
SATURDAY
January 26 at 2:30 p.m.
The Crossroads of the Soul
Chamber16 presents L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale), Igor Stravinsky’s darkly witty, theatrical piece, along with piano and violin solos by Messiaen and Scriabin. The program features Sharon Gunderson, violin; John Tarbet, conductor; Wayne Britton, narrator; Mary Bopp, piano; and Jay O’Brien, percussion.
SUNDAY
January 27 at 2:30 p.m.
on a sunday afternoon
Annual Collegiate Concert
Presented by The New York Viola Society.
MONDAY
January 28 at 6:00 p.m.
Songbook @LPA
A concert of new music by Broadway composers and lyricists, sung by Broadway vocalists. Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul and directed by John Znidarsic.
WEDNESDAY
January 30 at 2:30 p.m.
Joy in Singing
An art song master class led by American tenor Paul Sperry.
THURSDAY
January 31 at 6:00 p.m.
Etudes and Studies
counter)induction, winner of an ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming, will present a concert of works by Debussy, Chopin, Paganini, Hosokawa, and Berio, including a premiere of Book of Etudes by Douglas Boyce and a new work by Ryan Streber.
Series produced by Cheryl Raymond, Manager, Public Programs and Special Events, and Betsey Perlmutter, Assistant Manger of Public Programs.
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September 22 Romance under climate extremes (and other obstacles)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Directed by Charles F. Reisner 70 minutes with Buster Keaton
screening with
Just a Husband (1927)
Directed by Harry Sweet 20 minutes with Arthur Housman
October 6Mr. Laurel & Mr. Barrymore....
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Directed by John S. Robertson 70 minutes with John Barrymore
screening with
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925)
Directed by Percy Pembroke 20 minutes with Stan Laurel
November 10Of Hobos and Circuses
The Live Wire (1925)
Directed by Charles Hines 80 minutes with Johnny Hines
screening with
Remember When? (1925)
Directed by Harry Edwards 20 minutes with Harry Langdon
Live musical accompaniment for all screenings by Ben Model
The Silent Clowns Film Series is programmed by Ben Model, Bruce Lawton, and Steve Massa.
THURSDAY
October 4, 6:00pmJerry Lewis: He Makes Me Laugh
A special tribute to the legendary film comedian
Written and produced by Ron MacCloskey
SATURDAYS AT 2:30 P.M. BRUNO WALTER AUDITORIUM
Silent Clowns Film Series
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September 20Meet the Scholar
Author David Spaner will discuss his book Shoot It!: Hollywood Inc. and the Rising of Independent Film.
October 18Meet the Maker
Amy Ruhl will screen and discuss her fantastical biopic How Mata Hari Lost Her Head and Found Her Body. (2011, 22 minutes)
October 25Meet the Maker
Augusta Palmer will screen and discuss her documentary The Hand of Fatima. (2009, 75 minutes)
December 6Meet the Scholar
Author Adam Abraham will do a presentation on his book When Magoo Flew: The Rise and Fall of Animation Studio UPA.
Meet the Maker series curated by DavidCallahan, Principal Librarian, Reserve Filmand Video Collection." "Meet theScholar series curated by John Calhoun,Librarian, Billy Rose Theatre Division
The LPA Cinema Series is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
THURSDAYS AT 6:00 P.M. 3RD FLOOR SCREENING ROOM
Meet the Scholar/Maker
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The Hand of FatimaDECEMBER 6SEPTEMBER 20
On the last Wednesday of the month David Vaughan will introduce and screen a film or video. Seating is limited and is on a first come first served basis.
August 29Channels/Inserts
David Vaughan will introduce and screen Channels/Inserts in the third floor media screening room, first showing the Charles Atlas 1982 videodance of the work and then a performance recording at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, Massachusetts on July 10, 1993.
September 26La Fille mal gardée
David Vaughan will introduce and screen La Fille mal gardée, choreography by Frederick Ashton, from the 1962 BBC-TV telecast with the original cast directed by Margaret Dale.
David Vaughan, archivist of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and author of Merce Cunningham/65 Years and Frederick Ashton and His Ballets, will be present on Wednesday afternoons in The Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center for conversations with dance researchers. The Library has books, the Library has video and film recordings, the Library has reference materials, and now, besides our valued and knowledgeable staff, the Library will have an extraordinary human resource to answer questions regarding 20th Century Ballet, Post-Modern Dance, and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
David Vaughan will be in on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Appointments are not necessary, but can be made by emailing [email protected]. You can also request a meeting by signing in at the A/V desk on the third floor of the Library.
LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 2:00 P.M.
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SEPT 19 THROUGH JAN 5Lincoln Center’s Posters and Prints: 50 years of the Vera List ProgramPlaza Corridor Gallery
SEPT 27 THROUGH JAN 26Martha Swope: In Rehearsal Vincent Astor Gallery
THU SEPT 13 Fashion on Broadway 6:00 p.m.
TUE SEPT 18 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
TUE SEPT 18 Origin Theatre play reading 6:30 p.m.
THU SEPT 20Meet the Scholar: David Spaner 6:00 p.m.
SAT SEPT 22Silent Clowns Film Series: Romance Under Climate Extremes (and Other Obstacles) 2:30 p.m.
MON SEPT 24 Songbook @LPA 6:00 p.m.
TUE SEPT 25 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
WED SEPT 26 Dance Historian Is In Screening 2:00 p.m.
THU SEPT 27 John Cage Unbound 6:00 p.m.
SAT SEPT 29Con Brio Ensemble 2:30 p.m.
SUN SEPT 30 On A Sunday Afternoon: Jia-Yi He, harmonica 2:30 p.m.
THROUGH JAN 5Lincoln Center’s Posters and Prints: 50 years of the Vera List ProgramPlaza Corridor Gallery
OCT 18 THROUGH JAN 12Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and ScreenDonald and Mary Oenslager Gallery
THROUGH JAN 26Martha Swope: In Rehearsal Vincent Astor Gallery
MON OCT 1 Life Upon The Wicked Stage Series: Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life by Stephen Michael Shearer 6:00 p.m.
TUE OCT 2 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
THU OCT 4Jerry Lewis: He Makes Me Laugh 6:00 p.m.
SAT OCT 6Silent Clowns Film Series: Mr. Laurel & Mr. Barrymore.... 2:30 p.m.
TUE OCT 9 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
THU OCT 11 Lincoln Center’s Posters and Prints: 50 Years of the Vera List Program 6:00 p.m.
SAT OCT 13Global Rhythms 2:30 p.m.
SUN OCT 14On A Sunday Afternoon: L'Amore della Musica 2:30 p.m.
MON OCT 15Pierrot at 100 6:00 p.m.
TUE OCT 16 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
THU OCT 18 Life Upon The Wicked Stage Series: Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic 6:00 p.m.
Meet the Maker: Amy Ruhl 6:00 p.m.
SAT OCT 20The New York Opera Forum 1:30 p.m.
SUN OCT 21On A Sunday Afternoon: Wendy Brown, mezzo-soprano and David Holkeboer, pianist 2:30 p.m.
MON OCT 22League of Professional Theatre Women: Oral History Project 6:00 p.m.
TUE OCT 23 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
THU OCT 25Meet the Maker: Augusta Palmer 6:00 p.m.
SAT OCT 27 L’apres midi en France 2:30 p.m.
SUN OCT 28 On A Sunday Afternoon: What's Love Got To Do With It? 2:30 p.m.
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In our Fall 2012 Season, we celebrate the anniversaries and prolific careers of Arnold Schoenberg, John Cage, Bob Dylan, and Claude Debussy in four programs as
diverse as the composers themselves.
CAGE NOV 1
100TH BIRTHDAY
DEBUSSY NOV 8 & DEC 6
150TH BIRTHDAY
DYLAN NOV 19
50TH DEBUT ALBUM ANNIVERSARY
SCHOENBERG OCT 15
PIERROT LUNAIRE'S 100TH BIRTHDAY
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CALENDAR FALL 2012MON DEC 10 Holiday Songbook 6:00 p.m.
TUE DEC 11 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
SAT DEC 15 Colleagues in Concert 2:30 p.m.
SUN DEC 16 On A Sunday Afternoon: Deck the Halls 2:30 p.m.
TUE DEC 18 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
THROUGH JAN 5Lincoln Center’s Posters and Prints: 50 years of the Vera List ProgramPlaza Corridor Gallery
THROUGH JAN 12Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and ScreenDonald and Mary Oenslager Gallery
THROUGH JAN 26Martha Swope: In Rehearsal Vincent Astor Gallery
SAT JAN 5 Benjamin Bradham: From Beethoven to Barber 2:30 p.m.
SUN JAN 6 On A Sunday Afternoon: Ayako Yonetani, violin and Evan Solomon, piano 2:30 p.m.
MON JAN 7 Oral History with ATPAM Women Press Agents and Managers 6:00 p.m.
TUE JAN 8 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
SAT JAN 12 Nearer to East: Chamber Music from the Arab World 2:30 p.m.
SUN JAN 13 On A Sunday Afternoon: The New York Opera Forum 1:30 p.m.
TUE JAN 15 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
SAT JAN 19 Welcome Home Concert 2:30 p.m.
TUE JAN 22 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
WED JAN 23 Joy in Singing 2:30 p.m.
SAT JAN 26 The Crossroads of the Soul 2:30 p.m.
SUN JAN 27 On A Sunday Afternoon: Annual Collegiate Concert 2:30 p.m.
MON JAN 28 Songbook @LPA 6:00 p.m.
TUE JAN 29 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
WED JAN 30 Joy in Singing 2:30 p.m.
THU JAN 31 Etudes and Studies 6:00 p.m.
MON OCT 29 Songbook @LPA 6:00 p.m.
TUE OCT 30 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
THROUGH JAN 5Lincoln Center’s Posters and Prints: 50 years of the Vera List ProgramPlaza Corridor Gallery
THROUGH JAN 12Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and ScreenDonald and Mary Oenslager Gallery
THROUGH JAN 26Martha Swope: In Rehearsal Vincent Astor Gallery
THU NOV 1 DREAM/CAGE 6:00 p.m.
SAT NOV 3 Fascinating Rhythm: A 75th Anniversary Concert for George Gershwin 2:30 p.m.
SUN NOV 4 On A Sunday Afternoon: Max Lifchitz & The North/South Consonance Ensemble 2:30 p.m.
MON NOV 5 Life Upon The Wicked Stage Series: Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman by Patricia Bosworth 6:00 p.m.
TUE NOV 6 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
WED NOV 7If Love Were All: Noël Coward on Love 6:00 p.m.
THU NOV 8 Forgotten Melodies: The Songs of Claude Debussy (I) 6:00 p.m.
SAT NOV 10Silent Clowns Film Series: Of Hobos and Circuses 2:30 p.m.
TUE NOV 13 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
THU NOV 15 Unsinkable Women: Stories and Songs from the Titanic 6:00 p.m.
SAT NOV 17 Raj Bhimani, piano 2:30 p.m.
SUN NOV 18 On A Sunday Afternoon: The New York Opera Forum 1:30 p.m.
MON NOV 19 Introducing…Bob Dylan 6:00 p.m.
TUE NOV 20 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
SAT NOV 24 Nick Dinnerstein, cello 2:30 p.m.
MON NOV 26 Songbook @LPA 6:00 p.m.
TUE NOV 27 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
THROUGH JAN 5Lincoln Center’s Posters and Prints: 50 years of the Vera List ProgramPlaza Corridor Gallery
THROUGH JAN 12Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and ScreenDonald and Mary Oenslager Gallery
THROUGH JAN 26Martha Swope: In Rehearsal Vincent Astor Gallery
SAT DEC 1 Haul Out the Holly 2:30 p.m.
SUN DEC 2 On A Sunday Afternoon: The New York Opera Forum 1:30 p.m.
MON DEC 3 Broadway Rarities 6:00 p.m.
TUE DEC 4 Dixieland Jazz 12:00 p.m.
THU DEC 6 Forgotten Melodies: The Songs of Claude Debussy (II) 6:00 p.m.
Meet the Scholar: Adam Abraham 6:00 p.m.
SAT DEC 8 The Musical Parlor of Emily Dickinson 2:30 p.m.
SUN DEC 9 On A Sunday Afternoon: Holiday Songbook 2:30 p.m.
CALENDAR FALL 2012
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