“The 2010 Fall Season will introduce an exciting agenda of music, dance, and theatre performances. The lineup includes internationally acclaimed Grammy, Tony, Emmy, and Academy award-winning performing artists." - Dean Robert Bucker
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“In this new season, we will depart from traditional styles and introduce to our audience artists that are on the leading edge of contemporary music. We are thrilled to present the genre-bending collaboration between John Doe and The Sadies. The fusion of traditional country songs with a modern sound stretches the boundaries of conventional music classifications.” - Dean Robert Bucker John Doe is a founding member of the seminal LA punk rock outfit X and the country spin-off band The Knitters. Doe’s solo career began with 1990’s Meet John Doe, and he has since garnered worldwide acclaim. Entertainment Weekly calls his work, “rip-roarin’ and warm-hearted,” Q deems it “the tightest, finest and most morally acute music of the last 20 years,” and The Boston Globe praises its “striking emotional territory...” The band, The Sadies has become as renowned for its collaborations as it is for its own releases. They’re the live band on Neko Case’s The Tigers Have Spoken and co-wrote songs with Case for her last album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, and they’ve recorded albums with The Mekons’ Jon Langford (The Mayor of the Moon) cult soul legend Andre Williams (Red Dirt) and others. Entertainment Weekly said of the band, “Toronto's Sadies earn both halves of the "country rock" tag, tearing through honkytonk, rockabilly, surf, electric bluegrass, and heavy psychedelic rock with virtuosic soul and unhinged brawn.” Dallas Good - guitar, keyboards, vocals Travis Good – guitar, vocals, fiddle Mike Belitsky – drums Sean Dean – upright bass John Doe and The Sadies joined forces for Country Club, an album of classic country covers and originals, which was released in April 2009 on Yep Roc Records. “Country Club is the result of a drunken promise or threat I made to Travis & Dallas [Good, of The Sadies] the first night we played together in Toronto. These happen all the time but it's rare that anyone remembers them the morning after, let alone follows through and makes it a reality. I'm really glad we did,” chuckles solo artist John Doe about the series of events that led to his new project with cosmic roots rockers The Sadies. By including varying yet equally beloved movements within the country music pantheon, Doe and The Sadies were able to cover their heroes while filtering the pop sensibilities of 60s Nashville through the electric honky tonk of Bakersfield, CA. Doe remarks, “We're not sure why it sounds like it's from the sixties. Maybe that's our favorite era of country music or maybe that's what we listened to when we first learned how to play it. But what was called ‘Countrypolitan’ always seemed one of the coolest hybrids of country music. But we agreed quickly & completely that there were going to be no string sections, horns or choirs. Bakersfield vs. Nashville was never a dispute . . . Bakersfield!” Dallas Good of The Sadies continues, “The songs chosen were very ambitious, and while we haven't re-invented the wheel we have created a cohesiveness between several hit country & western singles and our own styles.” Despite the innovation of melding the sounds of Nashville and Bakersfield, timeless sounds abound. All of it driven by Doe’s singular vocals, the dueling thousand pound chops of the guitar-wielding Good brothers and The Sadies’ world class rhythm section of Mike Belitsky and Sean Dean.
“The November 1st performance of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra will usher in a new era in California State University, Northridge programming. The Valley Performing Arts Center provides us with a venue that can accommodate a 100-piece internationally recognized symphony orchestra for the first time.” - Dean Robert Bucker Celebrating its 65th Anniversary in 2008, the MOSCOW STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (MSSO) is acclaimed as one of the greatest orchestras from a cultural tradition rich with extraordinary symphonic ensembles. Founded in 1943 by Lev Steinberg, the MSSO quickly established a reputation as one of the premier interpreters of the Russian “classic” composers. Under the subsequent leadership of Nikolai Anosov and Leo Ginzburg, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra developed relationships with the most prominent Russian Twentieth Century musicians and composers, including many premieres of Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Myaskovsky, and Gliere. The Orchestra also had the distinction of performing under the directorship of the well-known Soviet female conductor, Veronika Dudarova. In addition to its regular appearances at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and performances throughout Russia, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra has been enthusiastically received throughout the major musical centers of the world. The MSSO has engaged in extensive international touring, visiting over 50 countries under Kogan and performing 20-50 concerts abroad each year, including the most prestigious concert halls of Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Japan, Hong Kong, North Korea, South Korea, Australia, and the United States. Since Pavel Kogan assumed the positions of Music Director and Chief Conductor in 1989, the MSSO has steadily expanded its repertoire beyond the classics of Russian and Western symphonic literature to include contemporary compositions from both Russia and abroad. In 1970, at the age of 18, Pavel Kogan won First Prize and the Gold Medal at the Sibelius International Violin Competition in Helsinki. This led to engagements in recital and as soloist with the world’s leading orchestras of Russia, Europe, Japan, and the United State, including the Philadelphia Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1974, at the age of 22, Kogan made his conducting debut with Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) Philharmonic Orchestra, and subsequently focused more on conducting. He is now considered one of the top conductors in Russia, appearing frequently with the leading orchestras of Europe and the United States. In 1989, Pavel Kogan was named music director and chief conductor of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (MSSO). Under his leadership, the MSSO has become one of the most respected ensembles in Russia.
Evoking the lyricism of Shakespeare’s sonnets, Romeo and Juliet exquisitely embodies the brief joy of youthful passion and ecstasy. Timeless and deeply moving, they love each other passionately as only teenagers can while their families’ mutual disdain and prejudice lead to revenge and an irreversible fate. Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Jesse L. Martin, Frances Conroy, David Ogden Stiers, Keith David, Jeffrey Wright and Rainn Wilson are but a handful of actors whose careers have been developed by The Acting Company. Honored by the TONY® Awards for Excellence in Theater, The Company has won the Obie, Audelco, Citibank’s Excellence in Education and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards. Since its founding in 1972 by the legendary John Houseman and Margot Harley, The Acting Company has performed 133 productions touring to 48 states and ten foreign countries. See for yourself what makes The Acting Company the most respected and praised touring repertory theater in America.
“Ed Asner will become FDR in his dramatic presentation of the life and times of this 20th century leader.” - Dean Robert Bucker Ed Asner, recipient of seven Emmy Awards (“Mary Tyler Moore Show”, “Lou Grant”) and 16 nominations, five Golden Globe Awards, and member of the TV Academy Hall of Fame, will star in the solo performance drama, “FDR,” based upon Dore Schary’s Broadway hit “Sunrise at Campobello”, which ran 70 weeks on Broadway. FDR explores the life of one of America’s best-loved presidents and the events and decisions that shaped a nation. This powerful play follows the iconic president as he reflects on his years in office, from inauguration to the trials of World War II. Mr. Asner’s New York City Theatre credits include Ivanov, The Tempest, Face of a Hero, King Henry V, and Born Yesterday. Other theatrical credits include Woyzck, Volpone, Windoweis Houses, Dybbuk, Red Gloves, Murder in the Cathedral, Miss Julie, The Seagull, Peer Gynt, Juno and the Paycock, and Oedipus Rex. Additional Television work includes appearances as a recurring guest star on the television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and an Emmy Award Winning role as Captain Davies in the mini-series Roots.
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