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Mahaiwe Announces Spring Season for 2008 - December 18, 2007
GREAT BARRINGTON - The winter and spring lineup at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will have something for everyone, according to Beryl Jolly, executive director.
"We're delighted to offer a diverse and dynamic spring season with a broad array of popular favorites and unique opportunities," she said.
Program highlights span all areas of the performing arts, including dance - Paco Pena Flamenco (January) and "Best of Momix" (March); comedy and drama - Capitol Steps (February) and the Acting Company’s "The Tempest" (April); headliners - Robert Cray Band (February) and Judy Collins (June); family shows - Trinity Irish Dance Company and Flying Karamazov Brothers (February), and The Metropolitan Opera "Live in HD" season matinees January through May.
Tickets will be on sale to Friends of the Mahaiwe beginning Friday, Dec. 21, to the public on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. Call the box office at 413-528-0100 or visit www.mahaiwe.org.
This is the second season in collaboration with Chris Silva and Stephen LaMarca of the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who are continuing in their role as programming and marketing consultants for the Mahaiwe.
This season includes seven operas, three dance companies, two comedies, two staged plays, two Grammy-winning singer-songwriters, and two film traditions, all at the restored historic Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.
Musical performances include multiple Grammy Award-winning Robert Cray Band (Feb. 24); plus a special Mahaiwe Presents event of singer Judy Collins (June 1).
Other dance companies coming to the newly enhanced Mahaiwe stage include Trinity Irish Dance Company (Feb. 16); families were kept in mind for several events, including the Metropolitan Opera's "Hansel and Gretel" (Jan. 1). Tickets for students and children are discounted for family events.
Metropolitan Opera broadcasts for "LIVE in HD" (exceptions noted) are "Hansel and Gretel" (sung in English); Verdi's "Macbeth" (Jan. 12), sung in Italian; Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" (March 1); starring Karita Mattila, sung in Italian; Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" (March 22), starring Wagnerian singers Deborah Voigt and Ben Heppner and sung in German; Britten's "Peter Grimes" (March 29), sung in English; Puccini's "La Boheme" (April 5), starring the Angela Gheorghiu and sung in Italian; Donizetti's "La Fille du Regiment" (May 10), starring Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Florez that critics in London have called "the operatic show of the season," sung in French.
Following up on last year's sold-out romantic event, "A Valentine Special" is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. with cinematic and romantic classic "It Happened One Night" (1934).
Mahaiwe's 2008 screenings will be presented with Southern Berkshire Film Festival every Monday evening at 7 from January through June. The price is $6 for the Monday Night at the Movies series. Nearby Castle Street Cafe offers a "Dinner and a Movie" menu.
January films are "The Baker's Wife" (1938) with Charles Maulin (French with English subtitles); "The Blue Angel" (1930) with Marlene Dietrich; "Three Penny Opera" (1931) with Rudolf Forster; and "The Philadelphia Story" (1940) with Cary Grant, James Stewart and Katherine Hepburn. In addition, the Mahaiwe will host Berkshire International Film Festival in May for the second year in a row.
Community-based organizations producing shows include the Berkshire Bach Society, Close Encounters with Music's chamber concerts, Monument Mountain Regional High School pops concert with Rolf Smedvig, Steiner School's Voice IV a cappella competition, The PhilanthroBee's Free Fundraiser and more.
Friends of the Mahaiwe enjoy special prices and benefits. For annual contributions of $65 or more, there is a ticket of 10 percent or more to most events and a priority ordering period in addition to a range of perks offered per event.
For ticket information or a free season brochure call the box office at 413-528-0100 Tuesdays – Saturdays noon to 6 and three hours prior to showtimes, or go to www.mahaiwe.org . |
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