Just Around The Corner
Noteworthy Events In The Capital Region
Central Pennsylvania Youth
Ballet Concerts
Whitaker Center, Harrisburg
October 27-28
 The
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet will open its 2001-2002 season with two
concerts held the weekend of October 27. The first is the Choreoplan
Showcase, an event that culminates in a never before seen dance created by
four choreographers over a 10-day period. The Showcase will take the
Sunoco Performance Theatre stage on October 27 at 5 p.m. Kicking off the
event will be Footlights, a pre-performance discussion providing insight
into each choreographer’s creative process. The performance will be
followed by Sans Souci, a ballet from the mind of the Ballet’s resident
choreographer Alan Hineline that received rave reviews in The New York
Times.
Capping off the weekend is a performance of The Storybook Ballets. Held
October 28 at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., the performance is the first in a
series designed to bring some of the most beloved children’s stories to
life. The first Ballet is a telling of Madeline and the Red Shoes.
For tickets and information, call THE BOX at 214-ARTS. All tickets are
$10.
Lech Walesa
Messiah College
November 2
Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa will be speaking at
Messiah College’s Susquehanna Valley Lyceum on November 2 at 8 p.m.
Walesa’s lecture is titled “Democracy — The Never-Ending Battle.”
Named by Time magazine as one of the 20 most influential leaders of the
20th century, Walesa first gained attention in 1980 when he sparked a
social revolution known as “solidarity” during the Lenin Shipyard strike
in Communist Gdansk, Poland. Following the speech, Walesa entered into
negotiations with the government and convinced it to grant legal
recognition to Solidarity and the right to form independent unions and to
strike to workers. Although Solidarity was outlawed in 1982, Walesa
continued to lead the revolution as an underground organization and was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for his freedom efforts.
Walesa became the first democratically elected president in 1990 and
played a crucial role in the transformation of political and economic
reform in Poland and Eastern Europe.
Walesa has been awarded a number of honorary degrees, including those from
Harvard University and the University of Paris. He has also been awarded
the Medal of Freedom, the Award of Free World, and the European Award of
Human Rights. Currently, he is leading the Lech Walesa Institute in its
efforts to “advance the ideals of democracy and free market reform
throughout Eastern Europe and the rest of the world.”
Lech Walesa will be at Brubaker Auditorium in Messiah College’s Eisenhower
Campus Center on November 2 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12.50 and $15 and can
be purchased by calling 691-6036.
The Broadway Tenors
Hershey Theatre
November 3
Three of Broadway’s top leading men will be on stage for the
first time at the Hershey Threatre on November 3 at 8 p.m. Featuring the
work of Broadway’s greatest composers, The Broadway Tenors welcomes Brian
d’Arcy James, Hugh Panaro, and Stephen Bogardus.
Just off the role of Burrs, the brutal vaudevillian, in the Manhattan
Theatre Club’s production of Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party, Brian d’Arcy
James will soon originate the role of Sidney Falco in the pre-Broadway
workshop production of Malvin Hamlisch’s The Sweet Smell of Success.
James’ Broadway credits include roles in Lincoln Center’s Carousel, Blood
Brothers, and the national tour of Les Miserables. He received a Drama
League Award for his portrayal of Barrett in the Broadway and first
national touring production of Titanic.
Hugh Panaro comes to the Hershey Theatre stage with a number of
prestigious credits under his belt. Since his West End debut as Ravenal in
original London company of Showboat, Panaro has been featured as Raoul in
The Phantom of the Opera, Marius in Les Miserables, created the role of
Jonathan in the pre-Broadway workshop of Alan Menkin/Tim Rice’s King
David, and was Tom Martin in Jerome Kern’s Sweet Adeline. Most recently
Panaro starred in the Los Angeles production of Martin Guerre.
Rounding out the trio is Stephen Bogardus. A Broadway veteran, Bogardus
has appeared on stage in High Society, King David, Les Miserables, The
Grapes of Wrath, Chess, and Love! Valour! Compasison! for which he
received a Tony Award nomination and an Obie Award. He originated the role
of Whizzer in the 1981 off-Broadway production of William Finn’s March of
the Falsettos and reprised the role nine years later in Falsettoland. Last
season, Bogardus starred on Broadway as Gabriel Conroy in James Joyce’s
The Dead, a role that he also played in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
The Broadway Tenors will be at the Hershey Theatre on November 3 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $30-$40 and can be purchased by calling 534-3405. For more
information, visit
hersheytheatre.com.
Art Studio Tour 2001
Various sites
November 3-4
 Twenty-one
Lancaster, Lebanon, and Dauphin county artists are opening their studios
and galleries to the public as part of the Art Studio Tour 2001. The
participating artists include some of the area’s finest painters, potters,
sculptors, jewelry makers, and stained glass craftsmen, in addition to a
number of other mediums.
Free to the public, the event will be held November 3 and 4. The studios
will be opened 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on November 3 and 12 p.m.-5 p.m. on November
4. Brochures with maps depicting tour locations are available at the
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster Galleries West in Elizabethtown, Art
Association of Harrisburg and Susquehanna Art Museum in Harrisburg,
William Ris Gallery in Camp Hill, Fire Company Gallery in Campbelltown,
Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery in Annville, Lebanon Picture Frame and Fine Art,
and the Hershey Public Library.
For more information, visit
art-studio-tour.com.
Concert: Kitka
Rose Lehrman Arts Center, Harrisburg Area
Community College
November 9
Founded in the San Francisco Bay area, the female vocal
ensemble Kitka has been wowing audiences with their “otherworldly” music
since 1979. Widely heralded for their hauntingly beautiful renditions of
the vocal music of Eastern Europe, the members of Kitka make use of only
the pure unaccompanied voice during their performances. Their vast
repertoire ranges from ancient village duets to complex choral works and
from early music to contemporary theatre. They also sing in a number of
languages, including Albanian, Bosnian, Hungarian, Yiddish, and ancient
Greek, among others.
The obvious European influence on the group’s singing makes Kitka’s style
very “different from your Western bel canto (classical) style singing,”
said Shira Cion, the group’s executive director. “The classic Balkan voice
is a much more natural voice, as if you were turning your speech into a
song … the whole body is used as a resonator; it’s a very athletic kind of
singing fit for filling the fields during harvest of calling from one
mountain top to the next.”
The group has been featured on the soundtracks to a number of films,
including Braveheart, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, and several
television documentaries. They have also appeared on stage with such
notable artists as SoVoSo (formerly Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra), the San
Francisco Girls Chorus, and Rafael Manriquez, among many others. Most
recently, Kitka is set to venture into popular music when they
collaborates with David Crosby and his new band, CPR.
Kitka will perform at the Rose Lehrman Arts Center on November 9 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and senior citizens. Call
the Box Office for tickets at 231-7673.
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