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2010-11 Broadway and More Series

The 2010-2011 Broadway and More Series includes Oklahoma!, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, The National Philharmonic of Poland, Tango Buenos Aires and The Russian National Ballet Theatre:  Romeo and Juliet.

All dates and artists subject to change due to availability.

OklahomaOKLAHOMA!                                   
Friday, October 22
8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $30, $25, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, two Academy Awards, a Grammy and a special Tony Award, OKLAHOMA! is the classic American musical that launched the remarkable songwriting collaboration of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Set in turn of the century Oklahoma, against a backdrop of the high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys, OKLAHOMA! is the cherished love story of Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl. Featuring such favorite numbers as “People Will Say We’re In Love,” “Oh What A Beautiful Mornin’,“ and “Surrey With A Fringe On Top,” this landmark musical is a true treasure that can be enjoyed over and over again!

“The Great American Musical!”                                The New York Times

Teachable Moments:  Musical History, Western film genre and history of Americana.

 

Legally Blond  Legally Blonde  
(Legal Professionals Night)                  
Monday, November 1
8:00 p.m.                               
Tickets: $35, $30, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff
$10 Discount Legal Professionals

It's here, and it's "AN ELLE OF A SHOW" (TIME Magazine). 

The hilarious MGM film is Broadway's new smash hit musical, and now LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL is coming to you.  Legally Blonde follows sorority star Elle Woods, an underestimated blonde who doesn't take "no" for an answer.  When her boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.  After turning Broadway and MTV hot pink, this “Feel-Good Song and Dance Juggernaut” (New York Magazine) is “The Best New Musical Around!” (WOR).
Sponsored by Allen Orthopedic

Teachable Moments: Pop culture. Study of American sterotypes of women and social roles.

THE COLOR PURPLEThe Color Purple (Sold out)
Thursday, January 27 
8:00 p.m.  
Tickets: $40, $35, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff

THE COLOR PURPLE, a soul-stirring musical based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the moving film by Steven Spielberg.  It is the unforgettable and inspiring story of a woman named Celie, who finds her unique voice in the world. Nominated for eleven Tony® Awards, THE COLOR PURPLE is a landmark theatrical event, a celebration of love, and a Broadway phenomenon.  With a joyous GRAMMY®-nominated score featuring jazz, gospel and blues, THE COLOR PURPLE is capturing the hearts of young and old, and uniting audiences in a community of joy. 
           
“A ROOF-RAISING STORY OF TRIUMPH!”  --Michael Kuchwara, AP

"A SOARING, EPIC TALE. It made a JOYFUL noise in my heart."  --Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

"BLESSED WITH TALENT.  A bright odyssey of survival and triumph with a fairy-tale sense of wonder." --Ben Brantley, New York Times
Sponsored by First Bank

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Teachable Moments: Literature study of works by Alice Walker. History study of African-American life in rural Georgia, African-American missionaries in West Africa. Musical study of evolution of the blues and African-American-influenced music. A Timeline of Blues, Jazz and Soul Singers.

 

National Philharmonic of PolandThe Opole Philharmonic of Poland
Friday, February 4
8:00 p.m.  
Tickets: $30, $25, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff

The history of the Opole, Philharmonic of Poland can be traced back to the years immediately following World War II. One of Poland’s leading Orchestra’s, the Opole, Philharmonic of Poland was founded in 1947 and became the resident Orchestra of Opole. In 1952, a major Performing Arts Center was built in the city of Opole as permanent home to the Opole, Philharmonic of Poland. In June of 1969, the Orchestra was awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Poland the State Award for Arts Excellence in honor of the great Polish Composer Jósef Elsner.

The Opole, Philharmonic of Poland has performed with most outstanding piano, violin, and vocal soloists in the world. Since 1960, the Orchestra has participated regularly in prestigious Polish cultural events such as the Festival of Contemporary Music in Wroclaw, the Chopin Festival in Duszniki, the Moniuszko Festival in Kudowa-Zdrój, Poznan Musical Spring, and the International Festival of Oratorio and Cantata Music in Wroclaw. The Opole, Philharmonic of Poland has toured extensively abroad to countries as far reaching as Spain, France, Holland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, South America, Hungary, Japan and most recently to Italy and Germany where the Philharmonic performed music of contemporary Polish composers to great critical and popular acclaim.

Teachable Moments:  European Music Traditions Polish culture and the origins of national orchestra.

 

Tango Buenos AiresTango Buenos Aires
(Health Care Professionals Night)
Tuesday, March 1
8:00 p.m.  
Tickets: 30, $25, $15 / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff
Health Care Providers - $10 Discount

Tango Buenos Aires has become one of Argentina’s great cultural exports, known throughout the Americas, Europe and the Far East as the most authentic and uncompromising representative of the Tango.

Tango Buenos Aires was created for the "Jazmines" festival at the famous Buenos Aires cabaret "Michelangelo" by renowned composer and tango director Osvaldo Requena.  The company met with tremendous success and was immediately added to the season of the General San Martin Municipal Theatre.

In 1986, the company traveled to the United States in order to represent Argentina at the Latin-American Festival, which took place at the Delacorte Theatre in New York City's Central Park during the month of August.  This event was followed by an extensive tour throughout the United States, along with trips to Mexico, Puerto Rico and El Salvador, followed by a return to the United States via Miami and San Francisco. 
Sponsored by Scotland Health Care System

Teachable Moments: History of Tango and Latin America.

 

The Russian National Ballet: Romeo & Juliet The Russian National Ballet:  Romeo & Juliet         
(Educators Night)           
Thursday, April 14
8:00 p.m.  
Tickets: $30, $25, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff
Educators $12

The Russian National Ballet Theatre was founded in Moscow during the transitional period of Perestroika in the late 1980s, when many of the great dancers and choreographers of the Soviet Union's ballet institutions were exercising their new-found creative freedom by starting new, vibrant companies dedicated not only to the timeless tradition of classical Russian Ballet but to invigorate this tradition as the Russians began to accept new developments in the dance from around the world.

The company, then titled the Soviet National Ballet, was founded by and incorporated graduates from the great Russian choreographic schools of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Perm.  The principal dancers of the company came from the upper ranks of the great ballet companies and academies of Russia, and the companies of Riga, Kiev and even Warsaw.  Today, the Russian National Ballet Theatre is its own institution, with over 50 dancers of singular instruction and vast experience, many of whom have been with the company since its inception. In addition to their upcoming tour, beginning in January 2011 the company will embark upon a 4-month coast-to-coast tour of the United States.

Teachable Moments: Literature study of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, The intertwined history of Ballet and Russia, Russian Culture, Classical Ballet versus Modern Ballet.

OTHER TOURING EVENTS MAY BE FOUND UNDER SPECIAL EVENTS.

*$15 seats for each show may be limited visibility (obstructed view), depending on the set up of the stage for each individual show and this is not determined until the stage is set day of show. These seats are in sections 1, 5, 6 & 14.

Updated: Thursday, July 7, 2011

 
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