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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will stage the Bay Area Premiere of Hershey Felder’s musical play Hershey Felder: Chopin in Paris. Felder returns to the TheatreWorks stage August 19 – September 11 as brilliant Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin, illuminating an exclusive piano lesson with this musical master.
Tony Kushner's Angels in America has joined the lineup of National Theatre at Home, the official streaming service of London's National Theatre. Marianne Elliott's production was filmed during its 2017 run at the National, prior to its Broadway engagement the next year. The filmed Angels in America features nearly the exact same cast lineup as the New York run, led by Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield as Roy Cohn and Prior Walter, respectively, roles for which they would eventually win Tonys. To watch, subscribe here. The full production is also available as an audio play, which you can p...
It was a sweltering day when Justin Randolph Thompson and I sat down outdoors for coffee—and a renewed commitment. The Florentine has always given space to Black History Month Florence as the cultural initiative has evolved since its foundation in 2016, but in 2021 we feel compelled to dive deeper and broaden an awareness of Black culture in Florence. In addition to a regular column, this month’s issue contains an extended special edited by BHMF, which will be accompanied by online chats on our Facebook pages and YouTube channels. It’s our hope that the Italian media will follow s...
Chronicle Staff February 1, 2021Updated: February 4, 2021, 7:06 am Jiab Prachakul ‘Stand-by,’ 2020 Photo: Jiab Prachakul, Courtesy of Friends Indeed Gallery The Chronicle’s guide to notable arts and entertainment happenings in the Bay Area. First Jiab Prachakul show ‘14 Years’ comes to Friends Indeed Gallery Jiab Prachakul’s highly anticipated first-ever American exhibition, “14 Years,” comes to the Friends Indeed Gallery this month. Prachakul, the winner of the 2020 BP Portrait Award, was born in Nakhon Phanom, a small town on the Mekong River in northeast Thail...
Hershey Felder as Sholem Aleichem in BEFORE FIDDLER Good news for Hershey Felder fans and musical theater lovers everywhere! TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is launching the New Year with three world premiere livestreamed performances in partnership with Hershey Felder Presents Live from Florence. First up is Hershey Felder as Sholem Aleichem in BEFORE FIDDLER, presented live at 5pm PST on Sunday, February 7, 2021 (with streaming on-demand access through February 14). Decades before the megahit musical Fiddler on the Roof first delighted audiences, there was Sholem Aleichem and his beloved cha...