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What You Will
Tony Award-winner Roger Rees brings one-man show to Edison Theatre Nov. 20
Nov. 3,
2009 --
Olivier and Tony Award-winning actor Roger Rees is probably best known to American audiences for his work on the small screen — as the dashing English tycoon Robin Colcord on Cheers, as British Ambassador Lord John Marbury on The West Wing and, most recently, as Dr. Colin Marlow on Grey's Anatomy. But next month Rees, a 22-year veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), will return to the stage with What You Will, a side-splitting one-man-show that combines the Bard's greatest soliloquies with colorful observations about the acting life and offbeat (and occasionally bawdy) tales of theatrical disaster.
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Remember Me
Parson Dance and East Village Opera Company bring ambitious rock-opera to Edison Theatre Nov. 14 and 15
Oct. 27,
2009 --
It's a timeless tale: two rivalrous brothers vie for the love of a single woman. But Remember Me, the ambitious new collaboration between Parsons Dance Company and the East Village Opera Company (EVOC), is anything but old-fashioned. Combining contemporary dance with live and recorded music as well as video projections, aerial choreography and special effects, Remember Me is at once rock-opera and opera that really rocks. Next month these two internationally renowned companies will return to Edison Theatre to present Remember Me as part of the 2009-10 OVATIONS Series.
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Sleeping Beauty Wakes
GrooveLily returns to Edison Theatre Oct. 2 and 3
Sept. 15,
2009 --
Fairytales do come true — sort of. Just ask Sleeping Beauty, whose 900 years of enchanted rest finally come to an end in a modern-day sleep disorder clinic, far from the land of far far away. Welcome to Sleeping Beauty Wakes, an artfully twisted take on the classic children's story, by theatrical power-pop trio GrooveLily. In October these acclaimed indie troubadours will return to St. Louis for a pair of performances as part of the Edison Theatre OVATIONS Series.
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underground
David Dorfman Dance at Edison Theatre Sept. 25 and 26
Sept. 8,
2009 --
"Does what you do make a difference?" "Is violence ever justified?" "When can activism become terrorism, or vice versa?" Such provocative questions lie at the heart of underground, an ambitious evening-length multimedia dance piece by acclaimed choreographer David Dorfman. On Sept. 25 and 26 Dorfman — a Washington University alumnus — will return to Edison Theatre with his company, David Dorfman Dance, to launch the 2009-10 OVATIONS Series.
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OVATIONS
Edison Theatre announces 2009-10 line-up
May 12,
2009 --
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Theater is challenging, educational and inspiring. It is also, lest we forget, fun! For its 2009-10 season, Washington University's Edison Theatre will present more than a dozen events by nationally and internationally renowned performing artists. The flagship OVATIONS Series will range from provocative dance and multimedia rock opera to funk-infused klezmer (or is that klezmer-infused funk?) and whimsical twists on literary classics. Meanwhile the popular ovations for young people series will offer specially priced Saturday matinees for audiences of all ages.
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Diavolo
Acclaimed Los Angeles dance company at Edison Theatre March 27 and 28
March 18,
2009 --
Doors that dance, chairs that twirl, a cage that doubles as a gymnast's apparatus. Welcome to the world of Diavolo, the high-flying Los Angeles company known for examining the funny, frightening and unexpected ways individuals interact with their environments. Next week Diavolo will return to St. Louis and perform two shows for the Edison Theatre OVATIONS Series, as well as a special matinee for the ovations for young people series.
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Masterful musicians
Ahn Trio to dazzle audiences Feb. 28 at Edison Theatre
Feb. 13,
2009 --
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Born in Seoul, Korea, and educated at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York, the Ahn Trio — sisters Maria, Lucia, and Angella — will return to Edison Theatre Saturday, Feb. 28, to present a piano-trio repertoire with commissioned works by some of today's most visionary composers.
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Wonderboy
Joe Goode Performance Group at Edison Theatre Feb. 20 and 21
Jan. 21,
2009 --
Superpowers aren't all they're cracked up to be.
Take Wonderboy, the new collaboration by San Francisco choreographer Joe Goode and master puppeteer Basil Twist. Blessed with uncanny empathy and superhuman sensitivity, the title character is virtually paralyzed by everyday sights and sounds — the clash of bells, the glare of sunlight, a young man passing on the street. Yet Wonderboy is not without resources, nor without courage. In February the Joe Goode Performance Group will bring its three-foot-tall wooden hero to St. Louis as part of the Edison Theatre OVATIONS Series.
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King Henry V and The Spy
The Guthrie Theater & The Acting Company team up for two shows Feb. 13 and 14
Jan. 9,
2009 --
The price of glory. The brutality of war. A lawless free-fire zone brimming with loyalists and revolutionaries. In February two powerhouses of American theater, The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company, will join forces to present a pair of adventure classics at Washington University's Edison Theatre. On Feb. 13 director Davis McCallum will lead a cast of 12 in William Shakespeare's epic King Henry V. Then, on Feb. 14, John Miller-Stephany, associate artistic director of the Guthrie, will direct Jeffrey Hatcher's world premiere adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's The Spy.
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Photo booth helps people move beyond appearances
Human Race Machine will provide unique way to discuss race and identity at Washington University
Jan. 5,
2009 -- The inauguration of the first African-American president on January 20, held in such close proximity to the annual commemoration of the birth of Martin Luther King Jr. on January 19, as well as the "Big Read" community book discussion on "To Kill a Mockingbird," provided the impetus for the Assembly Series to take on a project featuring the Human Race Machine (HRM).
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