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This upcoming week is one parents either love or dread. It’s the winter school break. For many it’s an opportunity to vacation in a warm sunny climate for others, it’s – “What do I do with the kids for a full week in winter?”
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WAM announced its 2024 season yesterday and we’re going to hear about the planned productions and initiatives.Co-Founding Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, friend of the program, recently abdicated that position and this morning we get to meet the new AD – Genée Coreno – she joins me in studio along with Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston.
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With the play “The Mountaintop,” the Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY is proving Black History Month is not just a fabricated event to entertain African-American audiences. The work shows how the history of the United States is a shared experience between all races.
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The weather doesn’t indicate it is summer, but the entertainment calendar suggests otherwise.
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Tony Award winner with the voice of a cool angel, Laura Benanti, will perform “Nobody Cares,” a three-night comedy show at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City February 2 through February 4.“Nobody Cares” features all original music co-written with Todd Almond and is directed by the genius Annie Tippe. The performances will be recorded and distributed by Audible.
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In this region, we are gifted with many major museums. There’s the New York State Museum and the Albany Institute of History and Art - both in Albany. There’s the Tang Teaching and Art Museum on the Skidmore Campus in Saratoga, and the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls.
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“Giving Tuesday,” is a day set aside to donate to not-for-profits. This upcoming weekend is another opportunity to help organizations in need. You might call it “Party for the Arts”.
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The Schenectady Civic Players will be presenting Florian Zeller’s play "The Father" from January 19– January 28.In the Play: 80 year-old André was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter, Anne, and her husband, Antoine. Or was André an engineer, whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing his pajamas, and he can’t find his watch. He is starting to wonder if he’s losing control.This morning we meet a whole crew from the production: Director David Rook and actors Gary Maggio and Colleen Lovett.
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Theater is an always changing art form. For many there is nothing like the joy of attending a great musical; while others prefer the intensity of a good drama. The only thing that might challenge either is the laughter generated by a well-written comedy.
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Alexis Soloski is a prize-winning New York Times culture reporter and a former lead theater critic at The Village Voice. She has taught at Barnard College and at Columbia University, where she earned her PhD in theater. "Here in the Dark" is her first novel.