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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Thursday, May 30, 2013
Other Desert Cities
Lyman Wyeth is an actor-politician in the Ronald Reagan mold. His impeccable wife Polly never has a strand of hair out of place. Now retired, their life in a wealthy Palm Springs enclave is upset when relatives arrive for the holidays. Son Trip is a TV reality show producer; Polly's sister Silda is a wisecracking liberal just out of rehab; most troubling is daughter Brooke, who announces that she is about to publish a revealing memoir. This 2012 Tony-nominated Broadway sensation by Jon Robin Baitz is an entertaining look at unruly family politics. Rob Ruggiero directs.
05/30/2013 - 06/30/2013
O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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The Kreutzer Sonata
Pozdynyshev, an enigmatic stranger in a smoky rail car, weaves a tale of love, loss and betrayal. His sensuous wife plays piano while his old friend plays violin, the Kreutzer Sonata between them, powerful and evocative. Was Beethoven's music the soundtrack to their illicit passion, or has Pozdynyshev made a terrible mistake? Irish playwright Nancy Harris adapted Tolstoy's classic novella into a theatrical experience. Richard McMillan stars, Alan Stanford directs.
05/30/2013 - 06/22/2013
Stephen Foster Memorial Pittsburgh, PA
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Honeck, Rossini & Strauss
Manfred Honeck conducts Rossini's exciting William Tell Overture -- famously used as the theme music for the Lone Ranger radio and television shows. Symphony #93 is the first of 12 “London symphonies” composed by Haydn and showcases the composer's humor. Strauss' tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) depicts a hero's journey from the battlefield to finding peace.
05/31/2013 - 06/02/2013
05/31 - 8:00 pm
06/01 - 8:00 pm
06/02 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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42nd Street
Broadway razzle-dazzle at its best. Fired from her first Broadway show, starry-eyed actress Peggy Sawyer thought she’d never see her name in lights, but fate had other plans. Come and meet those dancing feet in this Tony Award®-winning musical. The toe-tapping, foot-stomping score includes such classics as "We’re in the Money," "42nd Street" and "Lullaby of Broadway."
05/31/2013 - 06/09/2013
Location: Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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Flute Recital
Suzanne Levinson, flute, with Raymond Blackwell, piano & baritone, and Margaret Kenney, oboe & English horn, in a program by French, Dutch, Australian, American, Bohemian, and British composers. 412 882-9300.
06/01/2013
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Baldwin United Methodist Church, 5001 Baptist Rd., Pittsburgh, PA
Radio Golf by August Wilson
Pittsburgh Playwrights becomes one of the few theatres in the world to present all ten plays of August Wilson's Pittsburgh Century Cycle in the order of their Broadway appearance. Mark Clayton Southers, Art Terry, Wali Jamal with Kevin Brown and Chrystal Bates under the direction of Eileen J. Morris bring Wilson's characters to life as they tell the story of Harmond Wilks and his evolution in the Historic Hill District.
06/01/2013 - 06/29/2013
Time: various
937 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Artists on Art Gallery Talk: Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Get to know the intriguing artists creating exceptional work in our own backyard. AAP award-winners Nancy McNary Smith, Erika Osborne, and Chuck Johnson discuss their art and the works of their peers.
06/02/2013
Time: 2:30 pm
4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Encore! (SOLD OUT!)
SOLD OUT. (Donations still welcome.) PYSO's annual fundraising party & concert raises funds for scholarships, program support, and 2014's overseas tour. WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham will emcee. Music Director Lawrence Loh and the full Orchestra will encore their favorites from the 2012-13 season, including Strauss's Voices of Spring, a Dvorak Slavonic Dance, and Bizet's Farandole.
06/02/2013
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, 4141 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Opera singers serenade you with a mix of opera and musical theatre favorites such as "Sull'aria" from The Marriage of Figaro, "Largo al factotum and "Una voce poco fa" from The Barber of Seville, "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, and "Au fond du temple saint" from The Pearl Fishers. Bring your own chairs and blankets; leashed pets welcome.
06/02/2013
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Hartwood Acres Amphitheatre
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Brazilian Pianist & Composer Andre Mehmari
Mooka Entertainment presents an evening with Brazilian pianist & composer André Mehmari with special guest Kenia. Mehmari is a truly unique talent, who plays and composes in both jazz and classical music realms with Brazilian influences. He's been called a "mix of Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin."
06/04/2013
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Campbell Memorial Chapel, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
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