In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY In honor of the new OnStage! Festival & Award, which premiered in Rome, Italy this past January, In Scena! features a special reading of the first OnStage Award winner for New American Plays: The Girlfriend Written by Leland Frankel Directed by Carlotta Brentan With Rob Glascott, Victoria Ratermanis and Carlotta Brentan Olivia "Liv" Hughes…
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY A Passion (Una Passione) Written by Valentina Diana Directed by Vinicio Marchioni Performed by Marco Vergani Presented by Anton An actor appears on an empty stage. The blockbuster production he’s in has been canceled, and no one has told him. He has always been an extra and tonight, alone, he will perform for you…
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY This panel is part of the 2019 In Scena! Italian Theater Festival. This year, the festival is presenting a series of conversations on the topic of Gender. What does Gender mean in 2019? How do different groups of people (youths, women, the LGBTQ community...) feel about the term? Is there a 'gender issue'? Prior to a…
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY What Remains On Mobbing, Shocking, and Other Amenities (Quel Che Resta– A proposito di mobbing, shocking e altre amenità) By & With Monica Faggiani Assistant Director Silvia Soncini Presented by Teatro dell’Allodola – Le Irriverenti A story of “ordinary madness” concerning mobbing and other power dynamics, told by a woman. With self-irony, the protagonist tries…
Deutsches Haus at NYU and Archipelago Books present the book launch of Robert Musil’s Intimate Ties (“Vereinigungen”), and a conversation among the acclaimed author and translator of Intimate Ties, Peter Wortsman; the literary scholar and translator Kathrin Holzermeyr-Rosenfield; Fatima Naqvi, professor of German and Film Studies at Rutgers University; and moderated by the writer and translator Tess Lewis. About the…
Presented by the OREL Foundation in partnership with USC Thornton School of Music’s Polish Music Center Vienna University’s exil.arte Center and Polish Cultural Institute New York Daniel Wnukowski, piano HANDEL Keyboard Suite Vol. 1, No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432 RATHAUS Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 20 CHOPIN 24 Preludes, Op. 28 Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski makes his New…
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY A Cottage of One’s Own (Un Cottage Tutto Per Sè) Written & Performed by Natalia Magni Directed by Sonia Barbadoro Presented by Magnitudo Nove Orsetta, a 40-year-old single woman, pressed by her mother and worried friends, decides to make her dream come true: move to a country cottage with a husband and children, to…
Willing to investigate his personal past, as well as to contribute to a broader national remembrance duty, Philippe Apeloig took on the challenge to photograph the street plaques that commemorate the Parisian victims of WWII. Their presences remind us of an act of courage, a tragic destiny, or a sacrificed life. On Saturday, May 4, at 4pm, join Philippe Apeloig…
This past year, tensions between the Polish government and the international Jewish community rose following a controversial law making it an offense for anyone to accuse Poland of participating in the Holocaust or other Nazi crimes. According to the U.S. State Department, this law “could undermine free speech and academic discourse.” In this context, exploring the history of Polish-Jewish relations…
Price: $15 general admission $11/$9 seniors, students/youth Followed by a conversation with lead actress Marie Bäumer As part of Panorama Europe 2019, the Goethe-Institut is pleased to present the New York premiere of Emily Atef’s film 3 Days in Quiberon. Actress Marie Bäumer accomplishes an amazing feat in Atef’s engrossing drama about an extensive interview that Romy Schneider gave while staying at…