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The annual Tommy Jarrell celebration — to commemorate the life and music of the influential local musician, is set for Feb. 24-Feb. 26 at the Historic Earle…
This month, Theatre Now is producing staged readings of new musicals Fountain of You and The Pelican, presented in repertory with their full developmental production of The Jury now running at the Jeffrey & Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres.
Ricky Ian Gordon had two operas premiere in a five-night span. “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” debuted at New York City Opera on Jan. 27, 14 years after it was first commissioned by the Minnesota Opera from Gordon and librettist Michael Korie. “Intimate Apparel” opened at Lincoln Center Theater on Jan. 31, about 11 years after he started to compose it with Pulitizer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, and runs through March 6. Gordon says they each took "separate compartments in your brain.” “Intimate,” scored for two pianos, was staged breezily on a turntable, while “Finzi” was played by a 15-piece orchestra with a more tempered pace.