The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Calendar of Public Programs
2008-2009 Season

 

• About the Programs at the Performing Arts Library
  
  
• Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
  
  
• Noël Coward at the Performing Arts Library
  
  
• Recent Programs - Audio/Video Archive
  
  
• Alan Bennett program -- April 2006
  
  
• Donnell@LPA
  
  

Programs take place in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Admission to all programs is free and generally first come, first served, although tickets are occasionally required. For information, please call (212) 642-0142 or e-mail lpaprog@nypl.org.

Thursday, September 18, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Remembering Uta
Barbara Barrie, Richard Easton, Hal Prince, and Fritz Weaver reminisce about the life and work of Uta Hagen. Moderated by Foster Hirsch.

Saturday, September 20, 2008, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Dances of Bhutan
Core of Culture's Executive Director Joseph Houseal joins with videographer Gerard Houghton to introduce films from their gift to the Jerome Robbins Dance Divison.

Monday, September 22, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Readings and Reminiscences
Katie Finneran, Laila Robins, and Victor Slezak read from materials in the Uta Hagen Papers and share their memories of Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 6:00 PM
Directing the Irish: From Page to Stage
Panel presented as part of the festival 1st Irish 2008. Panelists include George Heslin, Charlotte Moore, Brian Murray, David Sullivan, and M. Burke Walker. Moderated by Rebecca Nesvet.

Thursday, September 25, 2008, 6:00 PM
Before Out Was In: Life After Dark with Arnold, Bette, the Baths, and the Boys
A talk by Patrick Pacheco.

Friday, September 26, 2008, 7:30 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Dafnis Prieto Sextet
Performance of selections from the Sextet's new album, Taking the Soul for a Walk.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Buddhist Dances of the Himalaya: Ladakh
Screening of Core of Culture's breakthrough documentation of sacred Buddhist dance in the Himalaya. Introduced by Joseph Houseal, Core of Culture's Executive Director.

Thursday, October 2, 2008, 6:30 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Uta Hagen's Acting Class: Discussion with Karen Ludwig, Rochelle Oliver and Austin Pendleton
Uta Hagen the teacher will be discussed by Karen Ludwig, Austin Pendleton, and Rochelle Oliver. Moderated by Carol Rosenfeld. The program will also feature excerpts from the DVD Uta Hagen's Acting Class.

Saturday, October 4, 2008, 3:00 PM
Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Panel with Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson, and Tim Wiles. Moderated by George Boziwick.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
Never Say Die, b&w, 82 minutes (Directed by Elliott Nugent, 1939). With Bob Hope and Martha Raye. A hypochondriacal millionaire is convinced he is dying when his medical tests are mixed up with a dog's. Plus The Chevy Show with Bob Hope, b&w, 60 minutes, 1956. With Bob Hope, James Cagney, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz.

Friday, October 10, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Derek Jarman
Derek (Directed by Issac Julien, 2008), 76 minutes. Written and narrated by Tilda Swinton. A portrait of filmmaker Derek Jarman.

Saturday, October 11, 2008, 3:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Politics and Poker: Theater Songs for an Election Season
Performance by Constance Green and Ellen Lang, sopranos; Irwin Reese, tenor; John Shelhart, baritone; and Robert Rogers, piano. Songs from Fiorello, 1776, Of Thee I Sing, Mr. President, and other shows. The singers are members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
The Cat and the Canary, b&w, 72 minutes (Directed by Elliott Nugent, 1939). With Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. Relatives hoping to gain access to a fortune must spend a night in a haunted house. Preceded by an excerpt from The Cat and the Canary,(Directed by Radley Metzger, 1979). Director Radley Metzger will be in person to speak about Bob Hope, Nydia Westman, and the various screen versions of John Willard’s 1922 play.

Thursday, October 16, 2008, 5:00 PM
Lincoln Center Artists
Jeremy McCoy, double bass; Linda Hall, piano; with guest artist Whitney Crockett, bassoon
Works by J.S. Bach, Giovanni Bottesini, and George Philipp Telemann. Mr. McCoy and Mr. Crockett are members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Ms. Hall is Assistant Conductor with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Friday, October 17, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Derek Jarman
Caravaggio, 90 minutes (Directed by Derek Jarman, 1986). With Nigel Terry, Tilda Swinton, Sean Bean, Robbie Coltrane, and Michael Gough. The life and art of the great Renaissance painter.

Saturday, October 18, 2008, 3:00 PM
Greek-American Folklore Society
Dance performance by the Astoria, New York based group. The Society is dedicated to the preservation and instruction of the history and traditions of Hellenic folk culture.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
Monsieur Beaucaire, b&w, 93 minutes (Directed by George Marshall, 1946). With Bob Hope and Joan Caulfield. The barber to King Louis XV of France is nearly executed, but his life is spared when he agrees to impersonate a duke. Plus The Bob Hope Show, color, 60 minutes, 1966. With Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Joan Collins, and Phyllis Diller.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Raks Sharki: The Magic of Middle Eastern Movement
A performance with commentary by Morocco and the Casbah Dance Experience.

Thursday, October 23, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
"Perilous Stuff": Margaret Webster's Production of Othello with Paul Robeson and Uta Hagen
Lecture by Milly S. Barranger on the landmark 1942 production of Shakespeare's play, which was directed by Margaret Webster and starred Paul Robeson as Othello, Uta Hagen as Desdemona, and Jose Ferrer as Iago. Dr. Barranger, author of Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater, is Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita of Theatre History and Theory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Friday, October 24, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Derek Jarman
The Last of Englad, 87 minutes, (Directed by Derek Jarman, 1987). With Tilda Swinton and Spencer Leigh. In the form of collage, this film offers a consideration of England in the age of Thatcher.

Saturday, October 25, 2008, 3:00 PM
New York, New York: A World of Black Baseball and Black Music
Presentation with Lawrence D. Hogan and Robert Cvornyek.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
The Iron Petticoat, color, 87 minutes (Directed by Ralph Thomas, 1956). With Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn. A Russian aviatrix who lands in West Germany is shown the sweet side of capitalism by an American captain. Plus The Bob Hope Show, color, 60 minutes, 1969. With Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, George Burns, and Diana Ross & The Supremes.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 8:00 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner in conversation with Bob Santelli of The GRAMMY Museum
There is an admission charge for this program. For information and reservations, e-mail RSVP_ny@grammy.com, or call (212) 245-5440.

Thursday, October 30, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Panel on Uta Hagen
Edward Albee, Mitchell Erickson, and Anne Kaufman talk about their work and friendship with Uta Hagen. Moderated by Richard Mawe.

Friday, October 31, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Derek Jarman
Wittgenstein, 69 minutes, (Directed by Derek Jarman, 1993). With Karl Johnson, Michael Gough, Tilda Swinton, and John Quentin. Jarman infuses this story of the noted 20th-century Austrian philosopher with a contemporary sensibility.

Saturday, November 1, 2008, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Marilyn Nonken, piano; with guest artists Sharla Nafziger, soprano; Gregor Kitzis, violin; and Christopher Oldfather, pianist
Works by Erich Itor Kahn and Morton Feldman. This performance is a re-creation of a concert co-presented by the Library in 1952. The Eric Itor Kahn manuscripts and the Composers' Forum archive are housed in the Music Division.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tour, b&w, 57 minutes, 1957. With Bob Hope, Jayne Mansfield, and Jerry Colonna. Plus Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tour, color, 90 minutes, 1966. With Bob and Dolores Hope, Joey Heatherton, and Phyllis Diller.

Friday, November 7, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Derek Jarman
Blue, 76 minutes, (Directed by Derek Jarman, 1993). An audio composition of voices, music, and sound effects, played out against an unchanging screen of blue.

Saturday, November 8, 2008, 3:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
The HB Studio: The Early Years
Panel with Mary Anthony, Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach, Edward Morehouse, and Jesse Feiler (moderator)

Monday, November 10, 2008, 5:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Elmira Darvarova, violin; Ronald Carbone, viola; Samuel Magill, cello
Works by Schmitt, Schubert, and Ysaye.

Saturday, November 15, 2008, 3:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Classical Guitar Recital
Performance by Kazim Cokogullu, Joao Kouyoumdijan, and Gohar Vardanyan.

Monday, November 17, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Remembering Uta and Herbert
Readings and Reminiscences by Arthur French, David Hyde Pierce, and Marian Seldes. The program will also include a musical finale with David Hyde Pierce and Jason Danieley.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
Beau James, color, 105 minutes (Directed by Melville Shavelson, 1957). With Bob Hope and Vera Miles. The story of Jimmy Walker, the colorful and controversial mayor of New York City. Plus "The Bob Hope Show," color, 60 minutes, 1973. With Bob Hope, Ann-Margret, John Denver, The Jackson Five, Bobby Riggs.

Friday, November 21, 2008, 7:30 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, with special guests Harvey Wainapel and Felipe Salles
Performance of selections from the album Canto do Rio. The Library is proud to participate in the 3rd Annual Latin American Cultural Week, a celebration of Latin American arts and artists, with music, theater, visual arts, literature, and lectures in venues throughout NYC, November 5-21. LACW is a program of PAMAR (Pan American Musical Art Research) founded and directed by Uruguayan pianist Polly Ferman. For more information, visit www.pamar.org.

Saturday, November 22, 2008, 3:00 PM
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580): A 500th Birthday Celebration
Ripley's Game
Screening of a 2002 film. Directed by Liliana Cavani and starring John Malkovich. The films settings include Palladio's Villa Emo and Teatro Olimpico. The film will be introduced by musicologish Randy Mickelson.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memories
Bob Hope: America's Entertainer, color, 90 minutes (Written and produced by Linda Hope, 1998). Plus Chrysler Theater: Her School for Bachelors, color, 60 minutes, 1964. With Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Cass Daley, Jackie Coogan, Linda Hope. Personal appearance by Linda Hope, Bob’s daughter.

Saturday, November 29, 2008, 3:00 PM
Dances of Bhutan: Screening
Final of three programs celebrating Core of Culture's gift to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Thursday, December 4, 2008, 6:00 PM
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580): A 500th Birthday Celebration
Teatro Olimpico: A Palladian Entertainment: Elizabeth Baber, soprano; Priscilla Smith, soprano & winds; Grant Herreid, tenor, lute, & winds; Charles Weaver, baritone & lute; Paul Shipper, bass, recitations, & winds
In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Palladio, the early music and theater company Bottom's Dream presents selections suitable for the fabled entertainments of a Palladian villa, including madrigals and canzonets by composers such as Lassus, Williaert, Zarlino, Cipriano da Rore, and poetry by Dante, Petrarch, Guarini, and Tasso. The program will also include music composed by Andrea Gabrieli for the inaugural performance at Palladio's Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza in 1585.

Saturday, December 6, 2008, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Music from China
Chinese music performed on traditional instruments.

Monday, December 8, 2008, 6:00 PM
A Challenge for the Artist: Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof in the American Theater
Fritz Weaver and Rochelle Oliver in "Darling Papalop": Letters Between Uta Hagen and Her Father
Readings from correspondence between Uta Hagen and Oskar Hagen. These letters represent a subset of the treasures in the Uta Hagen Papers.

Thursday, December 11, 2008, 6:00 PM
Making Dance and/or Making a Living
This panel has been posponed. The new date, in Spring 2008, will be announced shortly.

Monday, December 15, 2008, 6:00 PM
Treasures of the Music Division
Artur Kaganovskiy, violin; Eszter Szilveszter, viola; Jesse Levy, cello; Tomoya Aomori, double bass; Maxim Anikushin, piano
Works by Beethoven (the "Archduke" trio) and others composers.

Monday, January 5, 2009, 6:00 PM
Victor Spinetti: A Very Private Diary
A one-man program, presented in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd (UK) in co-operation with Victoria Mather, Brian Kirk, Guildfords Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Pleasance.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 7:30 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Donny McCaslin Group
Performance of selections from the album, In Pursuit

Thursday, January 8, 2009, 6:00 PM
Victor Spinetti: A Very Private Diary
A one-man program, presented in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd (UK) in co-operation with Victoria Mather, Brian Kirk, Guildfords Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Pleasance.

Saturday, January 10, 2009, 3:00 PM
Victor Spinetti: A Very Private Diary
A one-man program, presented in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd (UK) in co-operation with Victoria Mather, Brian Kirk, Guildfords Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Pleasance.

Thursday, January 22, 2009, 6:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
A House Divided: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Readings by Dana Ivey and actors, with commentary by Eric Foner. Professor Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. His best-known books are Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War, Nothing But Freedom: Emancipation and Its Legacy, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction, and Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World, an edited collection of original essays.

Thursday, January 29, 2009, 6:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
Eliot Feld in Conversation with Harold Holzer
Mr. Feld, the choreographer of the ballet "Lincoln Portrait" will discuss the work with Mr. Holzer, Co-Chair of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Committee. The program will include a screening of the ballet.

Thursday, February 5, 2009, 6:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
Bryan Wagorn, piano; with guest artists Katharine Dain, soprano; Matthew Wolf, tenor; Ilana Setapen, violin; Nimrod David Pfeffer, piano
Re-creation of a performance attended by Abraham Lincoln on March 24, 1864. The program includes works by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (who performed his works on the 1864 concert); Beethoven, Ernst, Gumbert, Paganini, and Verdi.

In the March 24, 1864 entry for his Notes of a Pianist, Gottschalk wrote: "Concert at Washington. The President of the United States and his lady are to be there. I have reserved seats for them in the first row. The Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, accompanies them. Mrs. Lincoln has a very ordinary countenance. Lincoln is remarkably ugly, but has an intelligent air, and his eyes have a remarkable expression of goodness and mildness. After an encore I played my fantasia, The Union, in the midst of great enthusiasm."

Saturday, February 7, 2009, 3:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
Patriotism and Politics: The Story Behind Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait"
Lecture by Vivian Perlis.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 8:00 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Bucky and John Pizzarelli
Jazz guitarists Bucky and John Pizzarelli in conversation with Bob Santelli of The GRAMMY Museum. There is an admission charge for this program. For information, e-mail RSVP_ny@grammy.com, or call (212) 245-5440.

Friday, February 20, 2009, 7:30 PM
Duke Jazz Series and Talks
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
Performance of selections from the album, Mental Weather.

Saturday, February 28, 2009, 3:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
"O Captain My Captain": An Afternoon of Art Songs Inspired by Lincoln and His Time
Songs include "The Assassination" (Norman Dello Joio); "Dear Youth" (Daron Hagen); "Lincoln Letters" Christopher Berg); "War Scenes" (Ned Rorem); "O Captain, My Captain" (Kurt Weill); "O Captain, My Captain" (Lee Hoiby); "A Great Hope Fell" and "A Letter from Annie Davis to Abraham Lincoln" (Jake Heggie); and others. Performers include James Rodgers, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Jayn Rosenfeld, flute; Erika Switzer, piano.

Saturday, March 21, 2009, 3:00 PM
Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts
James Martin, Baritone
Emancipation's Jubilations - Spirituals and songs that led a nation

A recital based on songs Lincoln heard at a contraband camp (slaves who had escaped slavery), including "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen," "Every Time I Feel the Spirit," "I Thank God that I Am Free at Last," "John Brown's Body," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Didn't My God Deliver Daniel," "Go Down, Moses," "I Ain't Got Weary Yet," "I've Been in the Storm So Long," "Steal Away," and "Praise God from Whom All Blessing Flow." According to Aunt Mary Dines, a free black woman employed at the White House, Lincoln used to sing along with them.