Summer's here, and with summer comes lots of music, dance, and theatre
to top off your evenings. Listed below are a few of the free
events which are taking place right now this summer. Most listings are
cross-linked to those websites that contain the relevant info about these
events -- at least to those websites that can be found, and are accessible
-- and also to Metrobeat NY, as it
provides a wealth of info on other events.
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Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggiero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci
Georges Bizet's Carmen
All shows on Wednesday at 7:30pm, at the Summerstage. Gates open at 6:30, so come early for a chance (actually, its a horserace no thanks to the summerstage folks) to sit on a chair front row, off-center, or bring something to place on the dirt -- there is no grass at the playfield.
Last year's festival theme was "Brave New Worlds", with music and dance from North America, the Caribbean, and the cultures of India, Brazil, China, Spain, and Korea. There were two nights of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre, a brash and young dance company with a plenty of energy and attitude. Sonny Rollins and other jazz greats performed for the crowd one night, while Chico Hamilton, and other jazz greats performed another. Since it was the 100th b'day of Leon Theremin, there was one work which featured six thereminists going at it at once.
This year events include a lot of Caribbean music, and dance.
Jazz fans should appreciate Diane Schuur and Buddy Colette on stage.
Electronic and experimental music from the Deep Listening Band to Joshua
Fried can be heard. Your favorite subway musicians surface for a day.
Among the dance companies performing are the Paul Taylor Dance Company,
Douglas Dunn & Dancers, and Ballethnic of Atlanta.
All the advance tickets -- two per person -- are usually gone by 1:30 or
something (advanced ticket seekers usually start waiting in line as early
as 10-11am). No tickets you say? You can always get in by waiting on the
standby line starting at around 6:30pm at the Delacorte Theater (you
stand/sit in line until 7:45pm when they start handing out the remaining
tickets of the patrons and sponsors of the theater who didn't want them
that day -- its rare to not get into the theater via standby unless its
opening night, or the last few nights of a production. Tickets are also
distributed the same day in select locations in all five boroughs at the
same time, see their
website for details.
As part of the Hudson River Park Conservancy summer festival, see below for locations Expanded Arts presents:
Alice In Wonderland:
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
The Taming of the Shrew:
Henry IV, Parts I and II:
Macbeth
The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
The Comedy of Errors
One last note -- a "PSA" one would say -- be vigilant for people cutting
into the line. There are people who show up at the last moment to sneak
into the front. Don't give them any opportunity to do so, inform your
neighbors in front and behind you, and point them out to the person handing
out the tickets. It might be you left on line that won't get a ticket, a
tough lesson to learn.
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