Arts
& Entertainment
Penn State Intercom......May
1, 2003
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| "Broadway Bound," by Neil Simon, opens up the summer theatre season with 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. show times beginning June 2 in the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255. |
Recitals
The School of Music has scheduled the following recitals for University Park campus:
* Friday, May 2: noon, String Chamber Concert, Esber Recital Hall; and
* Sunday, May 4: 8 p.m. Ann Marie Rigler, organ, faculty recital, 110 Music Building I.
Poetry reading
"A Gathering of the Arts," the Pennsylvania College of Technology Library's Fourth Annual Poetry Reading, will be presented Tuesday, May 6, at the college.
The "Gathering" will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the courtyard of the Learning Resources Center. The event is free to the public.
The program will include music, original poetry and a graphic-arts display performed and presented by students, staff and faculty.
For information about the Penn College Library, call (570) 327-4523, or visit http://www.pct.edu/library/ on the Web.
Orchestra concert
The Pennsylvania Centre Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Douglas Meyer, will present a concert, "Masters of the Arts," at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 10, in the Esber Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
Tickets cost $20 for adults, $18 for seniors, $10 for students and $6 for children under 12. Tickets are available at the orchestra office and at the door.
For information, call Kristina Roberts at (814) 234-8313.
CPA season announced
The Nittany Valley debut of "Miss Saigon," a concert by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with pianist Garrick Ohlsson and two performances of Shakespeare's "Othello" by Guthrie Theater highlight the Center for the Performing Arts 2003-2004 season. Series subscriptions, featuring discount prices, go on sale this month.
For tickets, information or a season brochure, contact the Arts Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX, or check the Web at http://www.cpa.psu.edu/.
The schedule follows. Performances are in Eisenhower Auditorium unless otherwise indicated. Performances, dates and times are subject to change.
* "The Music Man," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2;
* Bruce Sledge, tenor, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8, Esber Recital Hall;
* "Miss Nelson is Missing," Omaha Theater Company for Young People, 2 p.m. Oct. 19;
* Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr, harpsichord, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Schwab Auditorium;
* Patti Austin and the Count Basie Orchestra, A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23;
* Drummers of West Africa, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28;
* Linda Eder, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5;
* Zehetmair Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11, Schwab Auditorium;
* "The Mystery of King Tut," Theatreworks/USA, 2 p.m. Nov. 16;
* Cassandra Wilson, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18;
* Krasnoyarsk Dance Company of Siberia, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20;
* "The Nutcracker," Louisville Ballet, 8 p.m. Dec. 5 and 2 p.m. Dec. 6;
* "Handel's Messiah," State College Choral Society and Nittany Valley Symphony, 2 p.m. Dec. 14;
* "Miss Saigon," 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 and 22, 8 p.m. Jan. 23, and 2 and 8 p.m. Jan. 24;
* Chi, acrobats from China, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28;
* "Kiss Me Kate," 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29;
* "Tosca," Russian State Opera, 8 p.m. Jan. 31;
* "Sound Stage," Zeitgeist with Paul Dresher, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3
* Leila Josefowicz, violin, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5, Schwab Auditorium;
* Newport Jazz Festival, 50th Anniversary Tour, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10;
* Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12;
* Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Gatti, music director, Garrick Ohlsson, piano, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17;
* Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, The Flight Project, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24;
* "Seussical the Musical," 2 p.m. Feb. 29;
* "The Mikado," Carl Rosa Opera, 7:30 p.m. March 18;
* "Othello," Guthrie Theater, 8 p.m. March 26 and 8 p.m. March 27;
* Wynton Marsalis Septet, 7:30 p.m. April 1;
* Dawn Upshaw, soprano, 7:30 p.m. April 7, Schwab Auditorium; and
* "The Sound of Music," 7:30 p.m. April 14.