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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Legally Blonde
With music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach, Legally Blonde is based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the 2001 film starring Reese Witherspoon. It tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others, and successfully defends exercise queen Brooke Wyndham in a murder trial.
05/03/2012 - 05/13/2012
101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Brass to the Future
The 2011-12 season celebrates the Brass' 30th anniversary. Now, wthe band looksto the future, inviting you along on a journey that will define the next generation of the River City Brass: the James Gourlay era.
05/03/2012 - 05/13/2012
05/03 - 7:30 pm
05/04 - 7:30 pm
05/05 - 7:30 pm
05/06 - 3:00 pm
05/08 - 7:30 pm
05/09 - 7:30 pm
05/10 - 7:30 pm
05/13 - 3:00 pm
(various locations)
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Happy Ending and A Day of Absence
Two short satirical looks at Black and White life in the early 1960s from playwright DouglasTurner Ward. Directed by Vernell A. Lillie.
05/03/2012 - 05/19/2012
Location: Carnegie Library Auditorium, 7101 Hamilton Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic & Concert Choirs
Ronald Zollman conducts Bohuslav Martinu's Frescoes of Piero della Francesca, Barber's Violin Concerto, Frank Martin's Concerto for 7 Winds, Strings and Percussion, and more.
05/03/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: TBA
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Debussy & Ravel's Bolero
Revel in favorites by French composers Debussy and Ravel – Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, and Bolero. Witness young French pianist Lise de la Salle's PSO debut in the colorful Piano Concerto by Ravel. Manfred Honeck also welcomes the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh in Lili Boulanger's Psalm 130.
05/04/2012 - 05/05/2012
05/04 - 8:00 pm
05/05 - 8:00 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Gutenberg! The Musical!
(un)apologetic productions presents Gutenberg! The Musical! It's is the story of Bud and Doug, who wrote a musical about the single greatest invention in the world - the printing press. And now they want to share it with you and as many Broadway producers as possible so their show can get a shot at the Great White Way.
05/04/2012 - 05/12/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Highland Community Library, 330 Schoolhouse Rd., Johnstown, PA
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WSO on Broadway
Music Director Yugo Ikach invites some of his Broadway friends to dazzle you in favorite Big Apple showstoppers.
05/05/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Trinity High School, 231 Park Ave, Washington, PA
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Bold Broadway
Music Director Susan Medley conducts Broadway favorites from such legendary composers as Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Meredith Wilson, and more with jazz artists Bryan Sable, piano; Justin Bendel, bass; and Robert Rawsthorne, percussion.
05/05/2012 - 05/06/2012
Time: various
Location: various
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Pop!
Who shot Andy Warhol? Welcome to Warhol's legendary Factory, where every artist has talent, ego, and a motive to pull the trigger. As the pop icon's life flashes before his eyes, he confronts an unforgettable cast of outrageous suspects and wrestles with the meaning of his own legacy. Variety calls this wild musical collage by Maggie-Kate Coleman and Anna K. Jacobs "vibrant, hip, fresh, and a hell of a lot of fun."
05/05/2012 - 05/27/2012
1300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PA
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Bird Songs, Love Toads, and Longing Hearts
Experience beautiful and spirited music from around the world that expresses the joy and beauty of nature through traditional folk songs, spirituals, and captivating songs that tell fantastical stories! The Oakland Girls Training Choirs give a concert of beauty and joy. Training Choir II will perform songs by Handel, Britten, and Andrew Kohn.
05/05/2012
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Covenant Fellowship Church, Wilkinsburg, PA
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