George Bernard Shaw and the poet Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas (the intimate friend of Oscar Wilde) through their letters to one another in the 1930s and 1940s.
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“Harold and Maude” May 15-18, 22-25. Showtimes TBA. (Downtown Arts Center, 141 E. Main St.) A suicidal 19-year-old boy finally learns how to truly live when he meets a delightfully wacky octogenarian.
Broadway LIVE Lexington Opera House, 401 W. Short St. (859) 233-4567 www.lexingtonoperahouse.com. Unless otherwise noted, show times are 8 p.m. Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; and 1 and 6 p.m. Sundays. “Elf” Nov. 14-16. The hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole, based on the beloved 2003 movie starring Will Ferrell. “Guys and Dolls” Jan. 23-25, 2015. Bustling with gamblers, gangsters, and sassy showgirls and set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, this oddball romantic comedy is considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, featuring a cast of vivid characters who have become legends in the canon. “Peter and the Starcatcher” Feb. 6-8, 2015. A magical evening of madcap fun. Hailed by The New York Times as “the most exhilarating storytelling on Broadway in decades,” this Tony-winning comedy — a swashbuckling prequel to Peter Pan — takes a hilarious romp through the Neverland you never knew. “The Great Gatsby” March 13-15, 2015. The sweep, poetry and grandeur of America’s most celebrated novel comes to life in the Montana Repertory Theatre’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, adapted by Simon Levy. “Sister Act” April 24-26, 2015. Featuring original music by eight-time Oscar winner Alan Menken (“Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Little Shop of Horrors”), “Sister Act” tells the story of Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime and the cops hide her in the last place anyone would think to look — a convent.
2015 season. Visit their website or www.tadoo.com for a full listing of events. Show times at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Lyle Lovett and his Large Band Sept. 4
1 Hall Drive, Richmond, Ky. (859) 662-7469 www.ekucenter.com Note: This is just a handful of some of the highlights for EKU Center’s 2014-
David Sedaris April 14, 2015 Roseanne Cash April 25, 2015
Gaelic Storm Sept. 17 Crystal Gayle and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Sept. 19 An Evening with Garrison Keillor Sept. 25 Ben Sollee Oct. 16 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Christmas Dec. 12 Gregory Porter Feb. 7, 2015 Alton Brown Live: Edible Inevitable Tour Feb. 11, 2015 “The Price is Right: Live!” Feb. 18, 2015
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Experience” March 26, 2015
Kodo — One Earth Tour: Mystery Feb. 28, 2015 Kronos Quartet: WWI Chronicles March 19, 2015 “Rave On! The Buddy Holly
Lexington Philharmonic Various locations. www.lexphil.org. (859) 233-4226. Bolero & Barnatan. Sept. 20. Singletary Center for the Arts. Pianist Inon Barnatan, recently appointed the New York Philharmonic’s first Artist-in-Association, joins LexPhil for Tchaikovsky’s iconic Piano Concerto No. 1. Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture” completes the evening with Cuban rhythms, followed by French composer Ravel’s “Alborada del gracioso” and “Bolero.”
by a combined mass choir of regional collegiate choral groups from EKU, Berea College, Transylvania University, UK, with a SCAPA children’s’ choir and soloists at the Singletary Center for the Arts for a grand presentation of Orff’s “Carmina Burana” paired with Scriabin’s symphonic poem, “The Poem of Ecstasy.” Tchaikovsky & Crouching Tiger. Feb. 13, 2015. Singletary Center for the Arts. Guest conductor Kayoko Dan kicks off the second half of the 2014-2015 season with music for cello composed by contemporary Chinese composer, Tan Dun, inspired by his Oscar-winning film score “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” The piece features LexPhil principal cellist Benjamin Karp, and is presented alongside Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” and Tchaikovsky’s classic “Symphony No. 2.”
Heroes: Eroica & Icarus. Oct. 17-18. Lexington Opera House. Music by minimalist composer Phillip Glass makes its first appearance on a LexPhil program with the narrated film “Icarus: At the Edge of Time,” a multimedia experience in film and orchestral score, featuring narration by Kentucky poet laureate Frank X Walker at the Lexington Opera House.
Ainadamar — Fountain of Tears. April 17-18, 2015. Lexington Opera House. Osvaldo Golijov's contemporary Spanish-language concert-opera, “Ainadamar — Fountain of Tears” is presented at the Lexington Opera House in a first-time collaboration with Kentucky Opera. Focusing on the lasting impact of the poet Lorca on generations of artists around the world, Golijov's score highlights tango, Flamenco, and Klezmer styles in a multi-media program of orchestral music, opera, dance and visual imagery.
Carmina Burana. Nov. 14. Singletary Center for the Arts. LexPhil will be joined
Symphonie Fantastique. May 15, 2015. Singletary Center for the Arts. The sea-
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