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Category: 2017-18 Season

April 2, 2018

Program Notes: Songs of Freedom

Under the direction of Grammy Award-winning drummer, Ulysses Owens Jr., the 1960’s are explored through the work of three prolific artists: Joni Mitchell, Abbey Lincoln, and Nina Simone. To effectively deliver this vast repertoire, the program features vocalists Theo Bleckmann, Alicia Olatuja, and Joanna Majoko.

April 5, 2018 | LOEB PLAYHOUSE SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PERFORMANCE PARTNER Purdue University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Center Songs of Freedom WITH MUSIC DIRECTION BY ULYSSES OWENS JR. FEATURING THEO BLECKMANN, ALICIA OLATUJA, AND JOANNA MAJOKO Purdue Convocations...
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March 30, 2018

Click your heels three times…The Ruby Slippers

Each pair of ruby slippers is estimated at a value of $1.5 million, making them the most expensive Hollywood memorabilia known. They have been dubbed by some as "The Holy Grail" of all Hollywood nostalgia.  Despite their incredible fame, the...
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March 29, 2018

The Phenomenon of The Wizard Of Oz

"For nearly forty years this story has given faithful service to the Young in Heart; and Time has been powerless to put its kindly philosophy out of fashion. To those of you who have been faithful to it in return...
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February 14, 2018

The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)

Program for Orlando Consort: Voices Appeared Silent Cinema and Medieval Music The Passion of Joan of Arc February 23, 2018 / St. Thomas Aquinas VOICES APPEARED: SOUND AND VISIONS BY DONALD GREIG Voices Appeared is Jeanne d’Arc’s gnomic explanation of...
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January 24, 2018

“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”

When the Tony Awards were handed out in June of 2014, the stylishly comic musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, took home four trophies, including the biggest: Best Musical. “It was the most incredible thing,” says author Robert...
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January 24, 2018

Q&A with “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” writers Steven Lutvak and Robert Freedman

https://live-convocations.pantheonsite.io/event/gentlemans-guide-love-murder/ I just wanted to talk to you about the whole process of putting Gentleman’s Guide up on Broadway and winning the Tony Award.  As they say in Sound of Music, let’s start at the very beginning.  How did you...
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January 24, 2018

Q&A with “A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder” director, Darko Tresnjak

Well, I thoroughly enjoyed the show and I think it’s quite safe to say that a great deal of the success of the show is in the staging and just the absolute fun of it. Why don’t we start with...
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January 19, 2018

“Freedom Riders” family matinee explores one of the most critical chapters of the civil rights movement

Freedom Riders is the newest play from Mad River Theater Works. It explores valiant and courageous personalities behind one of the most critical chapters in the history of the civil rights movement, the freedom riders.

ABOUT THE SHOW Freedom Riders is the newest play from Mad River Theater Works. It explores valiant and courageous personalities behind one of the most critical chapters in the history of the civil rights movement, the freedom riders. The play demonstrates the...
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January 8, 2018

Program Notes: Jiji, guitar

Jiji is an award-winning guitarist from South Korea. Her repertoire includes classical sonatas and electronically tinged soundscapes from her own works as a performer and DJ.

Jiji is an award-winning guitarist from South Korea. Her repertoire includes classical sonatas and electronically tinged soundscapes from her own works as a performer and DJ. Jiji, guitar Faces of Modernity FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2018 / 8:00 PM / LOEB PLAYHOUSE...
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January 8, 2018

Pre-Concert Reflection: wild Up’s FUTURE FOLK

What is folk music? Purdue instructional developer Daniel Guberman discusses the evolution of folk from Lomax’s field recordings to the instant gratification of the 21st century.

By Daniel Guberman, Ph.D. | Purdue University Instructional Developer | Center for Instructional Excellence What is folk music?  This should be an easy question for me, a music scholar, but in reality, the answer continues to elude me and become...
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January 5, 2018

What’s your FUTURE FOLK name?

wild Up creates a communal concert of sound/noise/experience by merging the old-world with the modern era. What does FUTURE FOLK mean to you?

wild Up is the go anywhere, play anything music collective led by Artistic Director/Conductor Christopher Rountree. With FUTURE FOLK wild Up creates a communal concert of sound/noise/experience that celebrates old-world ways of living in the modern era. wild Up and the audience will...
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December 19, 2017

Behind the scenes of Cabaret

Learn how the talented actors & musicians in Cabaret are one in the same. Go behind the scenes first, then reserve your seat at the Kit Kat Club January 11.

Go behind the scenes with "Fraulein Kost" of Cabaret to learn how these talented actors & musicians are one in the same. Cabaret national tour stops at Purdue's Elliott Hall of Music January 11 Reserve your spot at the Kit...
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