The shipwrecked hero Ulysses is the inspiration for this encore performance by Les Délices, with special guest soprano Clara Rottsalk. Selections from Jean-Féry Rebel’s little-known opera Ulysse provide the centerpiece, with a focus on a love triangle between the witch Circe, Ulysses, and his wife Penelope. Works by Thomas-Louis Bourgeois and Elisabeth Jacquet de la (more…)

Bang on a Can co-founder Michael Gordon blends “the fury of punk rock, the nervous brilliance of free jazz and the intransigence of classical modernism” (The New York Times). He’s constantly staking out new territory—a quest exemplified by Hyper, his musical manifestation of a never-ending staircase that, curiously, delivers the climber back to the point (more…)

Two of last season’s biggest successes reunite for this performance, as electrifying vibraphonist, Warren Wolf joins the Aaron Diehl Trio. Diehl’s passion, technical mastery, and love of both jazz and classical music find a partner in Wolf, his friend and a fellow young bandleader with “firecracker assurance” (New York Times). The quartet’s dynamic sounds draws (more…)

An uncensored tour-de-force, HBO Def Poet and award-winning playwright and actor Brian Dykstra takes The Playroom Theater with his highly charged and hilarious new solo comedy, Brian Dykstra Selling Out. In this wildly funny theatrical event, Dykstra questions everything from the corrupting influence of money to the pursuit of happiness in a powerful performance that (more…)

An uncensored tour-de-force, HBO Def Poet and award-winning playwright and actor Brian Dykstra takes The Playroom Theater with his highly charged and hilarious new solo comedy, Brian Dykstra Selling Out. In this wildly funny theatrical event, Dykstra questions everything from the corrupting influence of money to the pursuit of happiness in a powerful performance that (more…)