The waters of Bradley Fair will be transformed into the backdrop of a grandiose outdoor stage Saturday evening as the Wichita Grand Opera presents its final performance of the season.
The Broadway musical version of Louisa May Alcott’s classic Civil War story, “Little Women,” will receive its professional Wichita premiere when the 2005 show opens Friday at Crown Uptown Theatre.
Four students who are graduating from Friends University on Saturday with fine-arts degrees in ballet will have their work showcased Friday in the Riney Fine Arts Center’s Sebits Auditorium on campus, 2100 W. University. The Student Choreography Showcase will feature classical and contemporary dancing after the style of each of the choreographers. It is free to the public and will start at 7:30 p.m. Seating will be general admission. The four student choreographers are Krissy Adams, Ryan Frier, Sophie Meyers and Taylor Osterman. Part of their coursework was choreographing a piece for the showcase. The artistry of moccasins
The Century II Convention Center was aglow with nostalgia Saturday night as the Wichita Symphony Orchestra was joined by guest conductor Michael Krajewski and guest artists A.J. Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle to perform a Simon and Garfunkel retrospective.
A large banner now covers one of the Ulrich Museum of Art’s exterior walls to set the stage for a years-long interactive art experiment of sorts that will keep the arts community — and the community at large — engaged until the return of the university’s iconic “Personnages Oiseaux.”
Chamber Music at the Barn’s 2013 season this summer will feature principal players for the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, musicians from throughout the U.S. and instruments from violas to pianos to oboes. A harpsichord will be on stage for the last concert of the season.
Images popping up across town of a wide-eyed monkey in a bright blue dress mean one thing: the Art and Book Fair is fast approaching.
Following in the tradition of the great opera companies of Europe, the Wichita Grand Opera on Wednesday acknowledged the long-standing connection between opera and ballet: it presented a single, spectacular performance of the ballet “Swan Lake” (with music by Tchaikovsky and choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov) produced by the Russian National Ballet Theatre. Based on the fact that the house was packed, it is sad that there was only one performance, because this was Russian ballet as only the Russians can perform it.
The naked truth about “The Full Monty” is that it’s a structurally uneven show, mostly due to composer-lyricist David Yasbek, who creates a couple of hauntingly lovely, show-stopping ballads plus a couple of clever comedy romps but then relegates too many other tunes to that limbo of serviceable but forgettable.
The Russian National Ballet Theatre returns to Wichita on Wednesday for a staging of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.” The classic tale about a beautiful maiden trapped in swan form by a nefarious magician and the prince whose love is determined to save her is fashioned after many popular folktales and legends.
Besides being glorious, giddy tap-dancing fun, George and Ira Gershwin’s 1930s-era “Crazy for You” contains a subtle message about pulling together as a community that Amy Baker Schwiethale thinks is particularly relevant to America’s polarized present.
The Simon and Garfunkel Retrospective performers are not imitating a legend — they simply are honoring one.
The Wichita State University Impulse Percussion Group will combine music and choreography with the help of a nationally renowned composer. After a couple of traditional percussion numbers, the WSU students will change hats and become performance artists.
After more than 40 years of painting the scenes and seasons of the Flint Hills, it’s probably safe to say that nobody has portrayed the area like Judith Mackey.
Art will document art Friday night when documentary filmmakers capture the scene of the Final Friday fine art crawl. Students in the documentary class at CityArts will position cameras and microphones as they travel from art gallery to art gallery.
“The Full Monty,” said Forum Theatre director Rick Bumgardner, is more about the tease than actual nudity on stage — although his six actors, playing fledgling male strippers, ultimately will deliver the goods in a clever bit of split-second stagecraft.
Joann Ryan always wanted to see her block in Riverside put on an art show. Last fall, she organized one, to great success. On Saturday, neighbors in the 900 block of Porter Street once again will be showing off their creativity and artistic talent in the spring offering of the Porter Street Artists and Friends event.
During the early 20th century, Wichita was a hotbed for art – specifically for printmakers. Internationally renowned printmakers, sculptors and painters sent works to exhibitions here. Other printmakers moved to Wichita to work at the Western Lithograph Co.
Wearable art will be in vogue Friday night as the catwalk for Project RunAway expands to ambitious effect.
After 15 years of performing with “Stomp,” Andres Fernandez joked that he’s one of the old-timers – make that “seasoned veterans” – of the troupe that’s known for turning dance, percussion and comedy almost into contact sports.
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