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“di nuovo Buonasera” by and with Gigi Proietti - May 14th/June 7th - Teatro Sistina - Roma

Posted on May 8th, 2009 by admin.
Categories: Roma da teatro - Theater Roma, ROMA.

May 14th – June 7th
“di nuovo Buonasera” by and with Gigi Proietti
Teatro Sistina (Via Sistina 129 – Roma)
www.ilsistina.com

Description: Gigi Proietti is the Italian version of any comedy talent you can think of. He’s part Robin Williams, part Billy Crystal, and a lot Roman! You don’t need to understand Italian to truly enjoy his acts. He plays with the words, with sound, with caricatures, he sings, dances and acts. He has it all! And now for many decades, he makes the Italian people laughing… He is a true example of what a great actor and artists should be. WE LOVE HIM. We believe that tickets are already going fast, as usually happens with Proietti, so we encourage you to get your ticket today. You won’t regret it!

Descrizione: Dopo il clamoroso successo ottenuto a Roma, oltre 170.000 spettatori tra Teatro Brancaccio e Gran Teatro, Gigi Proietti riprende lo spettacolo “ Buonasera” premiato con il Biglietto d’Oro Agis- Eti. Lo show sarà un omaggio al Varietà, quel Varietà povero che è stato l’avanspettacolo, che fece tanto divertire e ancora oggi diverte il pubblico di ogni età, condizione e censo. Una contaminazione di generi e stili nella tradizione degli spettacoli di Proietti, pezzi di repertorio a firma illustre, una chicca d’autore “ Pericolosamente” di Eduardo De Filippo; parodie storiche, personaggi vecchi e nuovi… balletti, canzoni, poesie… In scena un corpo di ballo coreografato da Fabrizio Angelini, la figlia Susanna, attrice, e ancora la fedelissima compagnia di Gigi, tra cui Marco Simeoli, che lo accompagneranno nello spettacolo. Dal sito del Sistina.

With/Con: Gigi Proietti e Fabrizio Angelini, Loredana Piedimonte, Marco Simeoli, Claudio Pallottini, Susanna Proietti

Ballerini (in ordine alfabetico) Claudia Antonelli, Tatiana Biagioni, Elia Eleonora Bonin, Valeria Brambilla, Federica Capra, Roberto Colombo, Fabiana De Nicolo, Marco Di Folco, Vasco Giovanelli, Laura Pucini, Marco Rea

Orchestra (in ordine alfabetico) Mario Vicari maestro d’ orchestra Ludovico Angelomè, Raffaele Arzilli, Massimo Buzzi, Umberto Corvasce, Michele Makarovic, Muzio Marcellini, Massimo Pirone, Gianluca Pizzorno, Luca Rocco
Scritto da/Written by Gigi Proietti
Regia/Directed by Gigi Proietti

Type: Comedy

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The Merchant of Venice - Brooklyn Academy of Music - 6-17 Maggio

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by admin.
Categories: NY da Teatro - Theatre NY, NEW YORK.


May 6–9, 12–16 at 7:30pm
 May 10 & 17 at 3pm

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Watermill Theatre (UK) and Propeller production
Directed by Edward Hall
Set design by Michael Pavelka
Lighting design by Ben Ormerod
BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton Street)
www.bam.org

Artist Talk with Propeller
May 7, post-show (free for same-day ticket holders)
BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton Street)

“Edward Hall’s superb, all-male company Propeller proves again the value of a true ensemble and a director who treats Shakespeare’s plays as if they’d just been written.” —The Guardian

Edward Hall and Propeller aim to rediscover Shakespeare by staging his plays with great clarity, speed, and imagination. Their adherence to the original men-only tradition onstage underscores Shakespeare’s intricate tanglings between the sexes and animates the physical life of the production with the poetry of the text.

Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is a work that poses still-incendiary questions about truth, morality, and prejudice. The story revolves around Shylock, an observant Jewish moneylender caught between his faith’s strictures and the demands of Christianity. In this astute production, Hall and the company reveal the play’s underlying absurdities—the virtue in vice and vice in virtue—while delivering an unsparing rendition of the harrowing bargain at its core.

About the artists
Director Edward Hall, a member of a major theatrical family, made his U.S. directorial debut in 2003 with Rose Rage at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre—a production which he and Roger Warren adapted from Henry VI parts I, II, and III. This production subsequently transferred to the Duke Theater in New York, where it received four Jeff Awards including Best Play, Best Director, and Best Ensemble Cast. The original production, for which he received an Olivier Award Nomination for Best Director and the TMA Award for Best Touring Production, opened with Propeller at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury, U.K. and subsequently toured to the Haymarket Theatre in London, as well as internationally. He made his New York directorial debut with Propeller at BAM with A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Spring 2004, which was nominated for several Drama Desk Awards. Hall and Propeller returned to BAM in 2005 with The Winter’s Tale as part of the Next Wave Festival and subsequently in spring 2007 with a double-bill of The Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night. A former director with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Hall has received a South Bank Show Award for Henry V for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Career highlights include directing Natasha Richardson on Broadway in A Streetcar Named Desire and Kenneth Branagh in an acclaimed National Theatre production of Edmond. He also directed the Olivier Award nominated production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the National Theatre.
The all-male Propeller was formed in 1997 in conjunction with the Watermill Theatre to create an ensemble for Edward Hall’s Henry V and has been praised for its original interpretations of Shakespeare’s works including Henry V, The Comedy of Errors, Rose Rage, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Winter’s Tale. Both Henry V and The Comedy of Errors toured extensively in Europe, South America, and the Far East. Hall and Propeller aim to perform Shakespeare’s plays with a contemporary aesthetic while maintaining emphasis on the spoken word, and to continue developing relationships between performers and audiences. “Working with a minimum of money and fuss, and a maximum of ingenuity and imagination,” says The Daily Telegraph (U.K.), “Propeller has become one of the finest and most distinctive acting ensembles in the country.”

The Watermill Theatre (U.K.), a year-round, regional producing theater created in the mid-60s, is a converted 19th-century mill situated in gardens beside the Lambourn River in the Berkshire countryside. The Watermill Theatre has brought new energy to its historic space, featuring a wide range of productions, youth theater, education, and outreach. A floor plan conducive to the Shakespearean presentation of plays “in the round” and the building’s small size provide the opportunity for theatergoers to receive an intimately authentic theater experience. The theater’s professional reputation for producing quality work attracts high caliber artists and production personnel, which in turn creates opportunities for works to tour throughout the world.

Designer Michael Pavelka is an award-winning international scenographer who has designed over 130 productions worldwide, many of which have been new plays and new musicals.  He is a longstanding collaborator with director Edward Hall and has won Manchester Evening Standard Awards for Hall’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Galileo (for best production and best design, respectively). He was awarded the Barclays Theatre Award for Best Touring Production for his work on Rose Rage in 2002 and his designs for ensemble performance have been developed at major companies including The Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the National Theatre, and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Lighting designer Ben Ormerod has varied and award-winning work that covers theater, dance and opera.  He is hailed as one of the most exciting lighting designers in the U.K. Ormerod has designed for the Bristol Old Vic, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has worked with Edward Hall on many productions such as Rose Rage, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Winter’s Tale.
Artist Talk with Propeller

On Thursday, May 7, members of Propeller will present an Artist Talk in the Harvey Theater, immediately post-performance.

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“La voce naturale-Giving Voice” by Alessandro Fabrizi - Filmstudio - From May 8th

Posted on May 6th, 2009 by admin.
Categories: Roma da Cinema - Cinema Roma, Roma da teatro - Theater Roma, ROMA.

From May 8th
La Voce Naturale-Giving Voice by Alessandro Fabrizi

Filmstudio
Via degli Orti d’Alibert, 1/c-Roma – Tel. 0645439775

www.myspace.com/givingvoicethemovie

Description: A beautiful documentary by the great director Alessandro Fabrizi, on a workshop by Kristin LInklater, voice and text coach, with 15 actors from different part of the globe. The subject is the Metamorphosis by Ovidio in the English version by Ted Hughes. The location is the island of Stromboli, of the Aeolian Islands. The documentary s funny, intense and compelling. And the black island is always there…

Descrizione: Stromboli, Sicilia. Kristin Linklater, insegnante di voce e text coach, conduce un gruppo internazionale di 15 attori in un percorso di esplorazione delle proprie voci e di alcune storie dalle Metamorfosi di Ovidio nella versione in lingua inglese di Ted Hughes (1997). E´ la prima fase di un processo che porterà alla creazione di uno spettacolo (”Metamorfosi - 7 storie da Ovidio”) da presentare agli abitanti dell’Isola. Stromboli, un vulcano in attività, fa da sfondo e da interlocutore: le voci degli attori e le storie di Ovidio inevitabilmente intrecciano un dialogo con il fuoco, l’acqua, il vento, la sabbia nera, le rocce. Un paesaggio in costante mutamento, nella continua metamorfosi dei suoi elementi. Gli attori e le loro voci cambiano in risposta agli stimoli che provengono dall’isola, dalla tecnica Linklater, dalle immagini contenute nei testi delle 7 storie. Mentre il regista vigila e assorbe, per dare forma intellegibile e comunicativa a quanto viene messo in gioco.  Il tema del film è la metamorfosi; d’altra parte non è proprio in quest’ambito che si muove l’attore, per mestiere? Nella metamorfosi, nella trasformazione… Dalla presentazione de La Voce Naturale

With/Con: Noel Arthur - Adonis
Isabelle Byloos - Procne and Thisbe
Ken Cheeseman - Pandion and Jove
Christian Crahay - Tereus and Cinyras
Luca De Bei - Tiresias
Paula Langton - Juno and a Woman
Kristin Linklater - Myrrha’s Nurse
Manuela Mandracchia - Echo and Philomela
Laura Mazzi - Venus
Gabriele Parrillo - Prometheus
Marco Quaglia - Hippomenes
Alessandro Quattro - Aminia
Maya Sansa - Myrrha
Fabrice Scott - Pyramus
Kate Udall - Atalanta
Valentino Villa - Narcissus

Un documentario di Alessandro Fabrizi
Montaggio di Barbara Galli
Musica di Gianluca Misiti
Fotografia di Roberto De Amicis e Enrico Parenti

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The Big Lebowsky Party - Interactive at Midnight - IFC Center - 8-9 Maggio

Posted on May 5th, 2009 by admin.
Categories: New York da cinema - Cinema New York, NY da divertimento -Fun NY, NEW YORK.

May 8 & 9 - Midnight- Mezzanotte!
THE BIG LEBOWSKI Party
IFC Center
www.ifccenter.com.

Descrizione: Siete fan accanitissimi del Big Lebowsky? Sapete il film a memoria, collezionate reliquie, vi vestite come i protagonisti del film, ne ripetete le gesta? Beh, questo party e’ per voi! Come gia’ succede per altri film-culto, tipo il The Rocky Horror Picture Show, cinema independenti offrono questo tipo di evento a mezzanotte. Ci saranno varie attivita’ prima e durante la proiezione del film e  se tutto va bene, potrete anche essere premiati con lo specialissimo Lebowsky Prize.

Description: The creators of IFC Center’s previous smash midnight hit, The Buffy The Vampire Slayer Sing-Along, return with two new midnight shows in May that bring your favorite cult movies to life!
The Coen Brothers’ 1998 comedy THE BIG LEBOWSKI has inspired countless bowling parties, drinking games, its own fan convention (Lebowskifest) and even a book dedicated purely to its unstoppable cult following (I’m A Lebowski, You’re A Lebowski). In bringing this oddball slacker classic back, we’re not only showing the film—but making it a party! Before the film, join us and test your skill at Nintendo Wii Bowling on the big screen, as well as contests of rug peeing (Yes, rug peeing!), trivia, impressions, and the f-word speed round. Winners get special Lebowski prizes and a chance to show off their bowling shirts to an adoring crowd. From IFC presentation.

IFC Center
323 Avenue of the Americas at West 3rd Street
Box office:  212 924-7771
Tickets: $15 general admission/$12 for IFC Center members

Subways: F,V,B,D,A,C,E W 4th.
Quartiere/Area: Village
Tipo/Type: Sing-along – Cinema interattivo

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“Corpo di Stato” by Marco Baliani - May 7th - Casa Italiana at NYU - New York

Posted on May 4th, 2009 by admin.
Categories: NY da Teatro - Theatre NY, NEW YORK.

May 7, 2009, 6 p.m.
Corpo di Stato
By and With Marco Baliani
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
24 West 12th Street (between 5th and 6th avenue)

www.nyu.edu/pages/casaitaliana/events.html

Descrizione: Un ottimo attore e uno spettacolo forte. Un’occasione unica e rara di vedere un attore di grande calibro recitare a New York. Il monologo parte da uno dei fatti piu’ oscuri o comunque drammatici, fondamentali, indimenticabili dell’Italia degli ultimi decenni per raccontare una generazione che con questi fatti  ha dovuto fare I conti per molto tempo.

Description: Actor, writer and director Marco Baliani will be performing “Corpo di Stato” (Body of State), a show on Aldo Moro’s kidnapping, one of the most tragic events in recent Italian political history. The discovery of the lifeless body of Aldo Moro in the baggage compartment of a red Renault on May 9 1978 brings an end to his 55 days in captivity. Fifty-five days that shocked Italy and opened wounds still unhealed. BODY OF STATE is a historical account and an unsparing, open portrait of the generation that split during the crisis of conscience triggered by the Moro kidnapping, but also the story of one man who discovered his vocation in theatre as he lived through it. In his monologue, Baliani reconstructs the story and ruthlessly interrogates himself about his role in the events, driven by a need to understand and confront the meaning of justice and responsibility. The performance moves between two levels: with the great events of national history as the background, the little histories, as Calvino called them, illuminate history with minute but intense tales of life, memory, and lived experience.

In Italian with English supertitles followed by a Q&A with the Director

Subways: F, V 14 street, N, R, Q, W, 6 Union Square-14 street

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Umbria Jazz - Presentation of the Summer Festival - New York - May 5-8

Posted on May 1st, 2009 by admin.
Categories: New York da sentire - Music New York, NEW YORK.

Umbria Jazz a NY
5-7 Maggio – 6pm
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
686 Park Avenue
www.iicnewyork.esteri.it/IIC_Newyork

Descrizione: Una presentazione della stagione estiva di Umbria Jazz con tanto di magnifici concerti. Il 5 Maggio, Danilo Rea , il 6 Enrico Pieranunzi, il 7 e l’8 Roberta Gambarini. Non crediamo di dover aggiungere altro.

Description: Umbria Jazz, the Internationally recognized jazz festival, flys to NY to present the summer events. To make the occasion sweeter, Umbria Jazz will offer three out-of-this-world concerts. May 5th a solo by pianist Danilo Rea, May 6th another solo by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, and May 7th and 8th a concert by vocalist Roberta Gambarini. No need to say more!

Subways: 6 fermata 68 street

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