WELCOME BACK, ROYCE HALL.Byline: Reed Johnson Reed Cameron Johnson (born December 8, 1976 in Riverside, California) is an outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League East division of Major League Baseball. He weighs 180 lb (82 kg) and is 5'10" tall. Daily News Staff Writer It doesn't sing and it can't dance a lick. But its debut may be the most anticipated event of the upcoming season at the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Center for the Performing Arts. Royce Hall Royce Hall is a building on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Designed by the Los Angeles firm of Allison & Allison (James Edward Allison, 1870-1955, and his brother David Clark Allison, 1881-1962) in the Italian Romanesque Revival style and completed , the majestic Romanesque auditorium that's been a Westwood landmark since 1929, will reopen April 15, 1998, with the world premiere Noun 1. world premiere - (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 engagement of a new Philip Glass/Robert Wilson opera, ``Monsters of Grace Monsters of Grace is a multimedia chamber opera in 13 short acts directed by Robert Wilson, with music by Philip Glass and libretto from the works of 13th-century Sufi mystic Jalaluddin Rumi. .'' Badly damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. , the 1,828-seat venue is being fully renovated and restored to its historic condition. For years, its elegant architecture has supplied a focal point focal point n. See focus. for the center's eclectic, cosmopolitan programming. In addition to the Glass/Wilson opera, Royce Hall also will host appearances this season by the famed Metropolitan Opera Orchestra of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, violin virtuoso Mark O'Connor This article is about the American musician. For the English football (soccer) player, see Mark O'Connor (footballer). Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961 in Seattle, Washington) is widely considered to be the most prominent fiddler of his generation, and a and well-traveled Irish folk musicians Andean
The remaining schedule will be split among seven different venues, including UCLA's Schoenberg Hall and Freud Playhouse, the Wiltern Theatre The Wiltern Theatre and adjacent 12-story Pellissier Building are an Art Deco landmark located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as simply the Wiltern. , Veterans Wadsworth Theater, Bel-Air Presbyterian Church, Sunset Canyon Amphitheater and Japan American Theatre. Michael Blachly, the center's director, says that Royce's reopening will restore a ``framework'' to the season that's been absent the past three years. ``As much as anything, it's a symbol of the program in all its entirety,'' Blachly said Wednesday. ``As one of the most acknowledged concert halls in the nation, it's just a wonderful space in which to create and develop work.'' The 1997-98 season will commence Sept. 2 with a three-week return visit by Tap Dogs, the Australian tap-dancing troupe. Its official opening act will be ``Umabatha: The Zulu Macbeth,'' performed in Zulu with English subtitles by a company of 80 actors, dancers, drummers and singers (Oct. 2-5). ``Monsters of Grace'' is being touted by UCLA as ``the first major artistic collaboration on a full-length evening work'' by composer Glass and director-designer Wilson since their massive ``Einstein on the Beach'' (1976). At this point little is known about the new piece, which the two have been working on for the last three years. ``Monsters'' will run for 14 performances, April 15-30. Characteristically, the season will be divided among theater, dance, chamber music, jazz and recitals, with smatterings of Celtic, acoustic and 20th-century music, World Music, vocal performances and family events. New this year will be a three-event cabaret series, spotlighting Kitty Carlisle Hart Kitty Carlisle Hart (also billed as Kitty Carlisle) (September 3 1910 – April 17 2007)[1][2][3] was an American singer, actress and spokeswoman for the arts. , Nancy Dussault and Lucie Arnaz. Blachly hopes the new series will lend legitimacy to cabaret as an art form. In Los Angeles, he said, cabaret performances historically have been treated as a way to showcase new writers and singers for the benefit of the recording industry. Here's a short list of probable seasonal highlights: The Vietnamese Water Puppets, a 1,000-year-old special-effects spectacle performed by 3-foot-tall puppets on a giant pool of water. (Oct. 11-12) Cellist Yo-Yo Ma joins a nine-piece tango band in a tribute to Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, ``Tango Apasionado.'' (Dec. 5) Britain's irreverent, athletic DV8 Physical Theatre This article is about DV8 Physical Theatre. For other uses, see DV8 (disambiguation) DV8 Physical Theatre was formed in 1986 by an independent collective of dancers who, they claim, had become frustrated and disillusioned with the preoccupation and direction of most , in its West Coast debut, performs ``Enter Achilles,'' a work that explores issues of modern masculinity while breaking down the barriers between dance, theater and personal politics. (Oct. 30-Nov. 2) Trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis, with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, performs classical music in public for the first time in 10 years in ``Marsalis/Stravinsky.'' (May 3) ``Pearls for Pigs,'' written and directed by experimental theater artist Richard Foreman, about an actor who feels his sanity is being attacked by the artifice of the theater. (Nov. 5-9) ``Monk on Monk,'' a son's birthday tribute to his father, the late, great Thelonius Monk Sr., featuring the T.S. Monk Sextet. (Oct. 10) Rambert Dance/London, formerly Ballet Rambert, returns to L.A. for the first time in 15 years with innovative classical and contemporary works. (March 6-7) Obie-winning performance artist Danny Hoch introduces his new piece, ``A Progress in Work: Evolution of a Homeboy/Locked Down.'' (Nov. 20-22) Hungary's Bartok Quartet performs the complete Bartok Cycle. (Feb. 24-25) Broadway muse Kitty Carlisle Hart combines personal anecdotes and show tunes in ``My Life on the Wicked Stage.'' (Oct. 17) Season subscriptions can be purchased in discount themed packages (dance, jazz, chamber music) from $44 to $219. Tickets and ``Choose-Your-Own'' packages, which lets patrons custom-build their own discount series to suit personal schedules and preferences, will go on sale July 1. For details or to receive a free UCLA Center for the Performing Arts season brochure, call (310) 825-2101. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: UCLA's 1997-98 seasonal highlights include Rambert Dance/London, formerly Ballet Rambert, returning to L.A. for the first time in 15 years with innovative classical and contemporary works. |
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