February 14, 2018
Arts Roundup: Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, Jerusalem Quartet, and Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic
This week in the arts, aboard the S.S. American with the Musical Theater Program’s “Anything Goes,” listen to the Jerusalem Quartet’s warm, full sound, and see a Persian epic portrayed on stage with music and shadow-puppetry.
Cole Porter’s Anything Goes
Cole Porter’s Anything Goes
March 2 – March 18 | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse
All aboard the S.S. American! You’re in for rollicking good time on the high seas, complete with love, deception, celebrity-chasing, and probably even a glimpse of stocking (shocking!) Many of Cole Porter’s most infectious—and enduring—songs come from Anything Goes, including “De-Lovely,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” and, of course, “Anything Goes”. This giddy, salty, wisecracking musical-comedy will put a smile on your face and a tap in your toe.
Jerusalem Quartet
Jerusalem Quartet
7:30 p.m., March 13 | Meany Theater
For nearly a quarter century, the Jerusalem Quartet has toured the world, earning rave reviews for its warm, full sound and precise balance of voices — a balance so finely tuned that The New York Times recently described the ensemble as “a single instrument with 16 strings.” They return to Meany Center with a program dominated by two of Bohemia’s cultural treasures, Janáček and Dvořák, as well as a glimpse of young Beethoven, with the composer’s first quartet.
Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic
Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic
8:00 p.m., March 14 | Meany Theater
Feathers of Fire tells the magical tale of starcrossed lovers Zaul and Rudabeh from the 10th-century Persian epic Shahnameh (The Book of Kings). This all-ages adventure updates the classic shadow play traditions of Asia and the Near East with breathtaking cinematic “live animation,” shadow-casting actors and puppets along with projected imagery. Featuring an original score by the acclaimed Iranian-American musical team, Loga Ramin Torkian & Azam Ali.
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