January 2012
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WatchOn the latest edition of WNET’s This Week at Lincoln Center, the 14th season of American Songbook is featured. Next week, Keren Ann, Thurston Moore, Gavin Creel and Stephen Oremus and Leslie Kritzer will perform in The Allen Room as part of the series, which runs through Feb. 11.
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CD Review: Bang on a Can All-Stars →
Congratulations to the Bang on a Can All-Stars for the outstanding review of their new CD, Big Beautiful Dark and Scary, in The Star-Ledger today! “The musicians once again show that they have the technical skill to play anything,” wrote reporter Ronni Reich. “More important, they also have the sensitivity and flexibility to adapt to varied styles — and make even complex works...
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WatchViolinist Frank Peter Zimmerman, the New York Philharmonic’s 2011-2012 Artist-in-Residence, is featured on this week’s edition of WNET’s This Week at Lincoln Center.
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WatchAmerican Songbook artist LaChanze stopped by Good Day New York this morning to talk about her upcoming concert tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. in The Allen Room. She also sang “I’m Here” from her Tony Award-winning performance in The Color Purple. Have a listen!
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Does Your Nonprofit Need Legal Counsel About Using... →
Here’s an early review on Beth Kanter’s leading blog on nonprofits and social media giving high marks to Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits by Lincoln Center’s General Counsel Lesley Rosenthal, just released on the John Wiley & Sons/Lincoln Center label.
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Putting the Hip-Hop in History as Founding Fathers... →
“Is ‘The Hamilton Mixtape,’ from which 12 numbers were performed, a future Broadway musical? A concept album? A multimedia extravaganza in search of a platform?” asks Stephen Holden of The New York Times in his story today on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s performance last Wednesday night as part of Lincoln Center’s 2012 American Songbook season. “Does it even...
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WatchThis week’s edition of WNET’s This Week at Lincoln Center features the New York City Ballet’s all-Balanchine program in celebration of the choreographer’s birthday.
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Win Gavin Creel and Stephen Oremus tickets! →
You’re just two steps away from getting a chance to see Gavin Creel and Stephen Oremus live in The Allen Room on Feb. 4, as part of this year’s exciting American Songbook season. First, check in with the 2012 Songbook artists on Foursquare to see which places in New York City they find most inspiring. Then, submit a quick entry about what spot inspires you in the city for a shot...
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Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series Presents... →
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and its music director, Manfred Honeck, come to New York for Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series on Sunday, February 26, at 3 PM. Maestro Honeck and the PSO bring a new, commissioned work and two favorites of the symphonic repertoire to this Avery Fisher Hall concert. Brilliant American virtuoso Hilary Hahn joins the orchestra for Prokofiev’s soaring...
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Top Latino events in Nueva York, Jan. 11-17 →
The New York Daily News listed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s sold-out American Songbook concert tonight at 8:30 p.m. in The Allen Room as one of the top Latino events in NYC this week! Lincoln Center’s 2012 American Songbook season runs until Feb. 11.
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...And another Lin-Manuel Miranda feature on... →
“I’m excited that we’re performing some hip-hop at the ‘American Songbook’ series. You hear ‘American Songbook’ and you picture this sort of golden age of music, but there’s a lot of music that is very American that has been part of our songbook for a while now, and I’m excited to sort of bring that flavor to the series,” said Lin-Manuel Miranda when asked about kicking off Lincoln...
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American Songbook's Lin-Manuel Miranda in The New...
Photo by The Lindler Studio, LLC, 2011
He’s Taking the ’Hood to the 1700’s By ERIK PIEPENBURG Published: January 6, 2012
“WHY hasn’t anyone done a hip-hop version of Alexander Hamilton’s life?” Lin-Manuel Miranda wondered aloud recently. ”It’s a hip-hop story. It’s Tupac.”
Sure, both men’s lives were marked by boastfulness, torrid sexual exploits and gun duels. But it takes a cultural omnivore...
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"Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of... →
With her book Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits, Lesley Rosenthal, the astute General Counsel of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, has created the indispensable guide for the most common legal, governance, and fundraising compliance issues facing nonprofits.
She distills to the essentials the legal context of a million public charities in the U.S. in a clear and accessible...
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WatchThe latest edition of WNET’s This Week at Lincoln Center takes a look at the Metropolitan Opera’s presentation of Charles Gounod’s Faust, directed by Des McAnuff. This co-production with the English National Opera transports the work into the mid-1900s.
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