Seamlessly blending illusion, acrobatics, magic, and whimsy, MOMIX sends audiences flying down the rabbit hole in Moses Pendleton’s newest creation, ALICE, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland. “I don’t intend to retell the whole Alice story” Pendleton says, “but to use it as a taking off point for invention.” Join this dazzling company on a mind-bending adventure, as Alice encounters time-honored characters including the undulating Caterpillar, a lobster quadrille, frenzied White Rabbits, a mad Queen of Hearts, and a variety of other surprises. Filled with visual splendor and startling creative movement, Alice reveals that nothing in MOMIX’s world is as it seems!
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, based on one of Hollywood’s most beloved romantic stories of all time, springs to life with a powerhouse creative team led by two-time Tony Award®-winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell, an original score by Grammy® winner Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, and a book by the movie’s legendary director Garry Marshall and screenwriter J. F. Lawton. PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL will lift your spirits and light up your heart. Are you ready to fall in love all over again?
Recommended for ages 12 and up.
Schuur’s much-laureled career includes two Grammy Awards — each for Best Jazz Vocal Performance — on Timeless (1986) and Diane Schuur and The Count Basie Orchestra (1987). Both were released by GRP Records, the label that had launched her recording career. Schuur scored three additional Grammy nominations for subsequent albums “Pure Schuur” and “Love Songs”, as well as for the individual track “The Christmas Song.” Schuur’s music has explored almost every locale on the American musical landscape, and her attendant studio collaborations — showcasing her pitchperfect execution and three-and-a-half-octave vocal range — are a who’s who of American originators in a plethora of styles. They include the albums Heart To Heart with B.B. King and Swingin’ for Schuur with Maynard Ferguson, alongside assorted tracks with Stan Getz, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Mark Knopfler and Jose Feliciano, among countless others. Distinguished producers who have joined forces with Schuur include Phil Ramone “Friends For Schuur”, André Fisher “Pure Schuur, In Tribute”, Barry Manilow “Midnight”, Steve Buckingham “The Gathering”, Dave Grusin “Schuur Thing, Deedles, Timeless” Al Schmitt “Blues for Schuur, Love Walked In” and Oscar Castro-Neves “Schuur Fire”.
For the last thirty-two years, THE PEKING ACROBATS® have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs and display their technical prowess at such arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility, and control. THE PEKING ACROBATS are often accompanied by live musicians who skillfully play traditional Chinese instruments; the time-honored Chinese music coalesces with high-tech special effects and awe-inspiring acrobatic feats, creating an exuberant entertainment event with the festive pageantry of a Chinese Carnival.
Join your friends and neighbors for the annual Randolph Lions Club Soup Supper. Delicious soups including chicken noodle, vegetable, potato, and chili will be served, along with a variety of desserts. There will also be pecan halves available for purchase, just in time for the holidays. They will accept all free will donations, with the proceeds supporting community activities and scholarships for local students.
Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production of the iconic musical phenomenon returns to the stage. The production won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival garnering unprecedented reviews and accolades. Appealing to both theater audiences and concert music fans, this production pays tribute to the historic 1971 Billboard Album of the Year while creating a modern, theatrical world that is uniquely fresh and inspiring. With lyrics and music by Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winners Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, “JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR” is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ as seen through the eyes of Judas. Reflecting the rock roots that defined a generation, the legendary score includes “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Superstar.”
On 9/11, the world stopped. On 9/12, their stories moved us all. This stirring and inspiring musical takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of the small town in Newfoundland that opened their homes to 7,000 stranded travelers on 9/11. During that fateful week, cultures clashed and nerves ran high—but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. Celebrate the best of humankind and the best in all of us at COME FROM AWAY.
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION is a 140-minute show celebrating the Last Live Radio Variety show with Garrison Keillor’s stand-up on the beauty of being 80. Comedy sketches (Guy Noir, Private Eye. The Lives of the Cowboys. Duane’s Mom. Ruth Harrison, Reference Librarian) with the Royal Academy of Radio Acting with sound-effects wizard Fred Newman. An extended commercial for Powdermilk Biscuits on the subject: Cheerfulness Is A Choice. Also a word or two from the American Duct Tape Council, Real Hot Coffee, Guy’s Shoes, and the Ketchup Advisory Board. Features with Rich Dworsky and the Guy’s Hot Shoe Band, rags and stomps and blues. An audience sing-along intermission and the latest News from Lake Wobegon where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and the children are all above average.
Under the direction of Charles Bruffy, the Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale will perform in the new St. Isidore’s Catholic Student Center in its first ever appearance in Manhattan. Founded in 1982, the 24-voice choir has garnered international recognition for artistic merit, having been praised for its refined sound, phrasing and flawless intonation.
The Kansas City Chorale has an award-winning collection of albums that have debuted atop the Classical Billboard charts and have garnered 6 Grammy awards along with 16 nominations since 2007.
The Chorale will perform its beloved “Wintersong” program that features lavish choral tapestries and ethereal adaptations of favorite carols and holiday tunes, a perfect pairing to the lush cathedral acoustic and visual splendor of the new chapel at St. Isidore’s.
Jim Brickman’s captivating Christmas concert experience dazzles audiences with his signature piano style and soothing vocals.
A heartwarming evening of music and laughter fill the air with the sounds of Yuletide carols, classics and all of Brickman’s biggest hits.
Come celebrate the spirit of the season with faith, love and togetherness, and be part of the fun with Jim Brickman’s “A Joyful Christmas.”