Jazz in NYC: The Manhattan Transfer at Sony Hall

Jazz in NYC: The Manhattan Transfer at Sony Hall

Legendary New York vocal group brings back all that jazz in wide variety of styles to Sony Hall on June 20, 2018

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The Manhattan Transfer; photo credit John Abbott / Image courtesy of EKA

Summer nights in June are the best time to reminiscence about your favorite melodies and performers, so the concert by venerable The Manhattan Transfer group is exactly that kind of jazz. In other words, it is what you call ” a cherry on top” to any night out in New York City.

Well known to the public by numerous hits right from its first performances in the 70th and via a multitude of acclaimed albums released with the major record houses, the four singers had stayed true to their original vision for the musical genre. They toured extensively incorporating the sounds of the places they visited with more colors and vibrancy at each and every turn.

The group’s performance on June 20, 2018 in the heart of Manhattan theater district at Sony Hall, made to deliver the most sophisticated audio experience, will delight every jazz connoisseurs. Click here for tickets.

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Theater in NYC: Love and Intrigue by Maly Drama Theater of St. Petersburg at BAM

Theater in NYC: Love and Intrigue by Maly Drama Theater of St. Petersburg at BAM

Love, deception, and a curse of class boundaries in a delicious production by Lev Dodin and Maly Drama Theater of St. Petersburg

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Love and Intrigue by Maly Drama Theater of St. Petersburg, E. Boyarskaya and D. Kozlovsky; photo credit V. Vassiliev / Image courtesy of BAM

Maly Drama Theater of St. Petersburg is returning to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) with a remarkable production of “Love and Intrigue” on June 6-16, 2018. The original play was written by Friedrich Schiller in 1787 under the title Kabale und Liebe. It was later used by Guiseppe Verdi for his opera Luisa Miller. The fact that it was extremely popular in the 18th century as it is now is an attestation to the universal values of love and morality. The dramatic plot is as potent now as it was back then if not even more so. And while some may think that theatricality is taking rein in the finale, the production looks fresh and exceptionally compelling.

With its acclaimed cast of such beloved actors as Danila Kozlovsky as Ferdinand, Ksenia Rappoport as Lady Milford, Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Ekaterina Tarasova alternating as Louise, the performance promises to be a delicious fete for every theater lover.

For tickets click here