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Tag: American Repertory Theater
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Arts & Culture
Let them both eat cake
For the first time, Harvard’s American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and the Yale Repertory Theatre (Yale Rep) are collaborating on a stage production: the world premiere of “Marie Antoinette.”
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Arts & Culture
From ‘Emma’ to ‘Charlie Brown’
Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theatre (HRST) welcomes Harvard undergraduates of all ages and majors to participate in its summer repertory company. The 30 Harvard students participating in the 2012 HRST program and have been collaborating on three plays since mid-May.
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Arts & Culture
Strong showing for musicals with A.R.T. ties
“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” and “Once” — two shows with pre-Broadway origins at the American Repertory Theater — had a boffo night at Sunday’s Tony Awards, taking home the prizes for best musical revival and best musical, respectively.
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Arts & Culture
A.R.T. reaps Tony Awards notice
Diane Paulus, artistic director of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), and her reimagined production of “Porgy and Bess” nabbed 10 Tony Award nominations, and another musical with ties to the A.R.T. grabbed 11.
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Campus & Community
Guthrie in the outdoors
Harvard will host a live outdoor simulcast of the American Repertory Theater’s production of “Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie” on May 17. Tickets are available May 3.
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Campus & Community
Take a seat, and listen
A festive seasonal staple, the entertainment series known as “The Chairs Revue,” which offers musical and theatrical performances by students and faculty and occasional appearances from members of the American Repertory Theater, is back for daily performances through April 26.
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Campus & Community
Paulus honored for directing excellence
The American Repertory Theater Artistic Director Diane Paulus is the recipient of the Drama League’s 2012 Founders Award for Excellence in Directing.
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Campus & Community
May 14 memorial for David Wheeler
A memorial service has been set for longtime A.R.T. resident director David Wheeler, who died Jan. 4.
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Arts & Culture
Devoted to the stage
Anatoly Smeliansky is the founding director of the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. As part of the program, he is spending the month at Harvard leading a series of classes on the history of theater and drama.
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Campus & Community
Harvard launches city lecture series
Harvard is launching a lecture and program series in the Boston and Cambridge public libraries. President Drew Faust will give the inaugural address of the new John Harvard Book Celebration on Jan. 10.
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Campus & Community
Former A.R.T. resident director dies
David Wheeler, longtime resident director and later associate artist of the American Repertory Theater, died Jan. 4.
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Arts & Culture
A show fit for royalty
“The Snow Queen,” the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, has been reworked in an imaginative stage adaptation at the American Repertory Theater. It will be performed through Dec. 31.
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Arts & Culture
A song cycle reborn
Rick Burkhardt and his team of collaborators recast the song cycle by Austrian composer Franz Schubert to both deepen and lighten the experience of his somber work “Winterreise.” It is at the A.R.T. from Dec. 7 through Jan. 8.
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Arts & Culture
Making ‘Nixon in China’
Three major players in contemporary music reconvened at Harvard, their alma mater, to discuss their groundbreaking opera “Nixon in China,” based on Nixon’s seminal visit in 1972.
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Arts & Culture
The Power of Theater
Diane Paulus Artistic Director, American Repertory Theater Professor of the Practice of Theater, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Arts & Culture
‘Nixon in China’ and at Harvard
Harvard President Drew Faust will host a panel discussion Nov. 15 with the alumni behind the groundbreaking opera “Nixon in China” as part of Harvard’s 375th anniversary celebration.
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Arts & Culture
The disciplines of dance
Harvard’s new director of the OFA Dance Program, Jill Johnson, brings a love of movement and a boundless curiosity to the post and a desire to connect her disciplines to a range of academic pursuits.
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Campus & Community
Reimagining ‘Summertime’
Students from the Boston Collegiate Charter School reinterpreted the classic song “Summertime” from George Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess” as part of a two-day workshop conducted by the A.R.T./MXAT Institute.
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Arts & Culture
‘Porgy’ in the park
Common Spaces, the initiative that encourages community in and around Harvard Yard, kicked off its fall programming with four songs by the cast of the American Repertory Theater’s “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.”
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Arts & Culture
‘Porgy and Bess,’ made new
A.R.T. reimagines the classic Gershwin opera, with help from some Harvard undergraduates.
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Arts & Culture
The artistic side of science
The new Transit Gallery in Gordon Hall at Harvard Medical School lets students and staffers appreciate the fine arts while getting from place to place.
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Arts & Culture
A.R.T. nabs six Elliot Norton Awards
The 2011 Elliot Norton Awards, awarded on May 23 at the Paramount Theatre in Boston, honored the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) with six awards in the Large Theater category.
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Arts & Culture
The spirituality of the stage
Actress and playwright Amy Brenneman and longtime collaborator Sabrina Peck, both Harvard graduates, reunite at the American Repertory Theater to present their play about spirituality, fame, and a debilitating illness.
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Campus & Community
A provost’s view across a decade
Steven E. Hyman, who is stepping down after leading Harvard’s sweeping expansion into interdisciplinary research, recalls the challenges and changes of his long tenure.
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Arts & Culture
Theater’s new frontiers
Offbeat Director John Tiffany, whose company stages productions in unlikely locales, is using a fellowship year at Radcliffe to explore the ways that people communicate, complete with tics.
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Arts & Culture
The timelessness of war
In a collaboration with the American Repertory Theater and the Theater of War, members of the military and civilians attended a reading of the ancient Greek drama “Ajax and Philoctetes” and took part in a discussion about the psychological impact of war.
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Campus & Community
Obama honors Robert Brustein
The American Repertory Theater’s (A.R.T.) founding director Robert Brustein was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama at a ceremony in the White House on March 2.
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Arts & Culture
Hooray for Harvardwood
As a liberal arts college, Harvard doesn’t train its students for jobs in Hollywood. But student clubs, a liaison network, and individual drive prompt some toward entertainment careers, a fact reflected in this year’s Oscar nominees.
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Arts & Culture
A call to action, amid acting
A.R.T.’s “Prometheus Bound” ties the ancient Greek play to modern human rights.
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Arts & Culture
Art for art’s sake
Students stepped outside their comfort zones and explored their creative sides as part of a new range of programs offered during winter break.
