Series to Feature Drama, Comedy, Ballet
Drama, comedy and ballet are on the bill for the 2010-11 Prism Series at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
The university’s premiere arts series will begin with “The Diary of Anne Frank” presented by The Barter Theatre from Abington, Va., at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall. The price for the public is $29 and $24; the cost for all students is $12 and $10. A matinee will be performed Oct. 14 as part of the Kaleidoscope school series.
Based on the published diary of German teenager Anne Frank, the play tells the story of two Jewish families in hiding from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
The beauty of the story of Anne Frank is that she left behind in her diary … the everyday thoughts, dreams and ordinary existence of an adolescent girl growing up in extremely difficult conditions while struggling with those things every adolescent experiences,” wrote Richard Rose, director of the Barter Theatre’s production.
When the play made its debut at the Cort Theatre on Broadway in 1955, it earned both a Tony Award for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
“The Barter Theatre got its name from its unique beginnings during the Depression, when an out-of-work actor returned to his native southwest Virginia and put on plays. The price of admission was 40 cents, or equivalent vegetables, eggs, dairy products or livestock. Among the famous alumni of the resident company are Oscar winners Gregory Peck, Patricia Neal, Ernest Borgnine and Ned Beatty.
A pre-show dinner will be served at 5:45 p.m. in the KOA Dining Room on campus. The cost is $20.
The second Prism series offering will cure the winter blues with a dose of comedy. The Second City’s “Fair and Unbalanced” show will treat audiences at the Bromeley Theater at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18, 2011. Tickets for the public are $24 and $20; for students, $10 and $8.
The Second City’s “Fair and Unbalanced” takes unbridled comic pleasure in the foibles of politicians, celebrities and even our significant others. No institution escapes the satiric eye of The Second City – from the blowhards of the Beltway to the Hollywood elite.
For more than 50 years, The Second City has presented the best in Chicago-style comedy. Performing a special medley of classic scenes, songs and improvisation, The Second City Touring Company is always original, daring and hilarious. Its alumni is a veritable “Who’s Who” of comedy, including Steve Carell, Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, John and Jim Belushi, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, George Wendt, Mike Myers, Ryan Stiles, Tim Meadows, Horatio Sanz, John Candy, Joan Rivers, Peter Boyle, Bonnie Hunt, Chris Farley, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, and many more.
The Second City traveling troupe will also conduct an improv comedy workshop while in Bradford.
On March 15, The Russian National Ballet Theatre will return to the Bromeley at 7:30 p.m. for a performance of “Romeo and Juliet.” The ballet’s 2009 performance of “The Sleeping Beauty” played to a sold-out crowd.
Tickets for the show are $32 and $28 for the public and $14 and $12 for students. A pre-show dinner featuring pork tenderloin with vodka-sage crème will be held in the KOA Dining Room. The cost is $20.
Shakespeare’s classic love story is set to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and told by more than 50 dancers upholding the grand tradition of Russian ballet.
Under the artistic direction of Elena Radchenko, the Russian National Ballet was founded in Moscow during the transitional period of Perestroika in the late 1980s, when many of the great dancers and choreographers of the Soviet Union’s ballet institutions were exercising their new-found creative freedom by starting new, vibrant companies.
In addition to its performance, the Russian National Ballet will hold a workshop for area dancers during its stay in Bradford. More details will be announced at a later date.
Tickets for all three shows will go on sale after the beginning of the academic year Aug. 30. For more information, call the Bromeley Family Theater box office at (814)362-5155.
Pictured, from “The Diary of Anne Frank,” Kelly Klein as Anne; and Klein with Danny Vaccaro as her father, Otto Frank, in the Barter Theatre’s production. Also pictured, a scene from the Russian Ballelt's Romeo and Juliet.
Photos courtesy of Pitt-Bradford
The university’s premiere arts series will begin with “The Diary of Anne Frank” presented by The Barter Theatre from Abington, Va., at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall. The price for the public is $29 and $24; the cost for all students is $12 and $10. A matinee will be performed Oct. 14 as part of the Kaleidoscope school series.Based on the published diary of German teenager Anne Frank, the play tells the story of two Jewish families in hiding from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
The beauty of the story of Anne Frank is that she left behind in her diary … the everyday thoughts, dreams and ordinary existence of an adolescent girl growing up in extremely difficult conditions while struggling with those things every adolescent experiences,” wrote Richard Rose, director of the Barter Theatre’s production.
When the play made its debut at the Cort Theatre on Broadway in 1955, it earned both a Tony Award for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
“The Barter Theatre got its name from its unique beginnings during the Depression, when an out-of-work actor returned to his native southwest Virginia and put on plays. The price of admission was 40 cents, or equivalent vegetables, eggs, dairy products or livestock. Among the famous alumni of the resident company are Oscar winners Gregory Peck, Patricia Neal, Ernest Borgnine and Ned Beatty.A pre-show dinner will be served at 5:45 p.m. in the KOA Dining Room on campus. The cost is $20.
The second Prism series offering will cure the winter blues with a dose of comedy. The Second City’s “Fair and Unbalanced” show will treat audiences at the Bromeley Theater at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18, 2011. Tickets for the public are $24 and $20; for students, $10 and $8.
The Second City’s “Fair and Unbalanced” takes unbridled comic pleasure in the foibles of politicians, celebrities and even our significant others. No institution escapes the satiric eye of The Second City – from the blowhards of the Beltway to the Hollywood elite.For more than 50 years, The Second City has presented the best in Chicago-style comedy. Performing a special medley of classic scenes, songs and improvisation, The Second City Touring Company is always original, daring and hilarious. Its alumni is a veritable “Who’s Who” of comedy, including Steve Carell, Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, John and Jim Belushi, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, George Wendt, Mike Myers, Ryan Stiles, Tim Meadows, Horatio Sanz, John Candy, Joan Rivers, Peter Boyle, Bonnie Hunt, Chris Farley, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, and many more.
The Second City traveling troupe will also conduct an improv comedy workshop while in Bradford.
On March 15, The Russian National Ballet Theatre will return to the Bromeley at 7:30 p.m. for a performance of “Romeo and Juliet.” The ballet’s 2009 performance of “The Sleeping Beauty” played to a sold-out crowd.
Tickets for the show are $32 and $28 for the public and $14 and $12 for students. A pre-show dinner featuring pork tenderloin with vodka-sage crème will be held in the KOA Dining Room. The cost is $20.Shakespeare’s classic love story is set to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and told by more than 50 dancers upholding the grand tradition of Russian ballet.
Under the artistic direction of Elena Radchenko, the Russian National Ballet was founded in Moscow during the transitional period of Perestroika in the late 1980s, when many of the great dancers and choreographers of the Soviet Union’s ballet institutions were exercising their new-found creative freedom by starting new, vibrant companies.
In addition to its performance, the Russian National Ballet will hold a workshop for area dancers during its stay in Bradford. More details will be announced at a later date.
Tickets for all three shows will go on sale after the beginning of the academic year Aug. 30. For more information, call the Bromeley Family Theater box office at (814)362-5155.
Pictured, from “The Diary of Anne Frank,” Kelly Klein as Anne; and Klein with Danny Vaccaro as her father, Otto Frank, in the Barter Theatre’s production. Also pictured, a scene from the Russian Ballelt's Romeo and Juliet.
Photos courtesy of Pitt-Bradford
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