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The Influence of Rock Music on Social and Political Changes in Russia, 1980s-Present

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

“Playing rock music in the USSR was like fighting for freedom. Opposing the hypocrisy and pressure of the Soviet system, musicians tried to build a new Russia without totalitarian ideology, without censorship and the imperialistic pattern of behaviour. Rock was an active cultural and social force. When the USSR collapsed, rock music became part of the mainstream and lost its…

Rehearsal for Truth 2019: Audience (Czech Republic)

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States

PLAY, TALKBACK, AFTERPARTY. "Audience" centers on a meeting between brewery manager Sladek and employee Vanek. While the manager is clearly opening too many beers and inducing binge drinking, it is less clear what he wants from Vanek. "Audience" (1975) is the first of Vaclav Havel’s partly autobiographical one-act plays known as the “Vanek Trilogy” (followed by Protest (1978) and Mistake…

Rehearsal for Truth 2019: In Conversation, Havel in America

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States

MODERATED DISCUSSION. Pavla Niklova, Director of Vaclav Havel Library Foundation (VHLF), has invited participants from the oral history collection Havel Conversations and authors of the new book Havel v Americe (Havel in America)—featuring interviews from the project—to share their experiences. The event will also honor the achievements of Ambassador William Luers, Director of the Iran Project and Adjunct Professor at…

Children puppet show: Daddy Is a Hero

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States

"Daddy is a Hero" is a humorous, immersive story about a family: love between parents and a brother and sister who stick together even though they fight. Love helps them to overcome dragons, illnesses, and more. This performance also includes live music. The show is performed by an independent puppet theater company LokVar - two actors with large and small…

Una Donna Fantasiusa

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Un nonologo Una Donna Fantasiusa - Un nonologo Idea by/starring Eleonora Micali Written and directed by Stefano Maria Palmitessa A true story, where fiction is just background to scenes from real life narrated in this monologue or - better - a "nonologo" , as author Stefano Maria Palmitessa likes to call the memories, sensations, and jokes that the protagonist lived during…

Italian Dialect Theater

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

From 1900 to Today On the Italian Stage is a series of lectures conceived and led by Laura Caparrotti that journeys into the history of Italian Theater to explore its language, and its contribution to Italian society and world theater. This lecture will focus on Italian dialect theater from the 20th century to present times, especially in the ouvre of…

Terra Matta

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

In Scena! Fall presents Presented by In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY Fall Edition Terra Matta Based on the diaries of Vincenzo Rabito Adapted and interpreted by Stefano Panzeri Terra Matta is adapted from the extraordinary autobiography of a Sicilian laborer at the beginning of the century, written between 1968 and 1975 on an old Olivetti. It is a monumental work: 1027…

Blarney Star: Siobhán, and Willie Kelly

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Siobhán grew up in a musical family in County Clare. Her husband Willie, though born in New Jersey, is very much on the same musical wavelength, sharing Siobhán’s devotion to the old-time style of east Clare and east Galway.

A “Furiosus” Preview

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Roberto Scarcella Perino's Opera Comes to New York Composer Roberto Scarcella Perino's latest opera Furiosius, based on Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, with a libretto by Flora Gagliardi, will receive its American premiere in May, 2020. The composer will be giving a presentation of the work in the company of Professors Eugenio Refini (NYU) and Lina Bolzoni (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa), featuring…

Documentary Theater: Mediterranean Migrant Monologues

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place, New York City, NY, United States

The Mediterranean Migration Monologues (“Mittelmeer-Monologe”) tell the stories of Naomie from Cameroon and Yassin from Libya, who find themselves on a boat to Europe. It also tells of brutal coast guards, dubious sea rescue centers, and activists who fight against migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea. The activists are part of the project AlarmPhone as well as the German non-governmental…