An off-Broadway hit, this nail-biting story centers on an Afghan man who was an interpreter for the U.S. A reimagining of the opera Carmen featuring music by Georges Bizet and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, this rarely performed African-American Broadway musical is set in the 1940s in a parachute factory.Ī comedic adaptation of the holiday classic A Christmas Carol is up next, December 3-18, followed by Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury, February 4-19, 2023. Sign up for ON Culture, Leslie Dinaberg’s semi-weekly newsletter offering a snapshot view of the best of local culture and fun happenings in the worlds of music, theater, visual art, film, dance, books, lectures, and more.ĮTC: Looking ahead a bit, the 44th season of Ensemble Theatre Company - its 10th anniversary of presenting shows at the New Vic Theater - kicks off the season with Carmen Jones, October 8-23.
This comedy of “good intentions and bad manners,” written by renowned Latina playwright Karen Zacarias ( Mariela in the Desert, The Book Club Play, Legacy of Light, The Sins of Sor Juana, The Sun Also Rises) is the story of Pablo, a high-powered lawyer and his wife, Tania who think they are living the American dream until they move next door to community stalwarts Virginia and Frank.Ī disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spirals into an all-out war of taste, class, privilege, and entitlement, and in the end, no one comes out smelling like a rose. PCPA’s ‘Native Gardens’ | Credit: Courtesy
Want more theme park news? Subscribe to the Theme Park Rangers newsletter at /newsletters or the Theme Park Rangers podcast at /travel/attractions/theme-park-rangers-podcast. This year, at the end of the Star song, my co-worker who had never been to CP before - a Candlelight Virgin, if you’ll forgive me - leaned over and said “Well, that’s my favorite.” And somehow it weaves in “We Three Kings of Orient Are.” Audience members inevitably bounce in their seats to it and give it a rapturous round of applause. It’s as predictable as the answers to “Hey, Dewayne, do you like the Spider-Man ride?” or “Shall we have some barbecue mutton?” or “What college has the best basketball tradition?” or “Shouldn’t there be a way to revive ‘All My Children’?” This song, which I’m prone to calling “When They Saw the Star,” is not from my childhood. If you know me at all, you knew this was going to be No. Even if that whole King George II theory is true, most of us aren’t his subjects these days.Īdvertisement 1. On the other hand, let’s not give the evil eye to non-standers. Just embrace it you’ve been sitting a while at this point anyway. (Last year, I watched a kid in the chorus sing it so … vigorously … that I feared he’d fall off the riser.) I’m still thrown by people who are surprised by the we-all-stand aspect of HC, a practice that dates back to the 1750s. The intricately woven Handel piece, part of “Messiah,” gets your attention and appears to be unusually fun to sing. Let’s begin with the program’s stirring climax. Here are my five favorites, including a toe-tapper. The production sticks primarily to classic holiday, mostly churchy tunes. But it’s the music and the arrangements that bring me back every year. The event has its share of pomp, passed-out singers and heralding trumpets. It’s the retelling of the Christmas story through mass choir, orchestra and celebrity narrators. My go-to holiday experience at Walt Disney World is, without doubt, Epcot’s Candlelight Processional.
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