Harold Clurman Arts Series Upcoming Events

MAD
presents
Decade at a Glance
Created and Directed by Joan Evans

Feb 11, 12, 13, (Thurs - Sat)
Feb 17, 18, 19, (Wed- Friday)
March 6,7 (Sat-Sunday)
All shows begin at 7:30pm
Running time 65 minutes

Ticket price:$18
Tickets available at Theatermania.com
Tickets also available at the theater.
Student discount tix available at the door: $5
Location: The Stella Adler Studio, 31 W. 27th St., New York, NY

DECADE AT A GLANCE is a physical theater work about the Great Depression. Inspired by the photographs of Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, this highly visual work moves from a breadline 1929, to an unemployment line, 2009, and centers around a group of people from the Dustbowl. DECADE AT A GLANCE is character-based theater, which uses movement, documentary text and music to help tell the story. All of the music is performed live by the 15 member physical acting ensemble, who sing depression era songs, play violin, guitar, flute, and ukulele.

The Harold Clurman Poetry Reading Series
presents
Michael O'Keefe
Monday, February 22 at 7pm

This event is free and open to the public.
Call (212)689-0087 for reservations.
Location: The Stella Adler Studio, 31 W. 27th St., New York, NY

Michael O'Keefe has garnered both Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. He's appeared in the films Michael Clayton, Frozen River, The Pledge, Ironweed, The Great Santini and Caddyshack. Television audiences will remember him as "Fred" on Roseanne. Other TV appearances also include The West Wing, Law and Order, House M.D., The Closer and Brothers and Sisters. He's appeared on Broadway in Reckless, Side Man, The Fifth of July and Mass Appeal, for which he received a Theater World Award.

As a writer his lyrics were in the Grammy winning song, Longing in their Hearts, which was composed and sung by Bonnie Raitt. He's also written with Irish singer songwriter Paul Brady and numerous other composers. His writing has appeared in BOMB, Lake Affect and Chaparral. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College.

David Oppenheim Music Center
presents
Noah Getz, saxophonist
Thursday, March 11 at 7pm

This event is free and open to the public.
Call (212)689-0087 for reservations.
Location: The Stella Adler Studio, 31 W. 27th St., New York, NY

Dr. Noah Getz made his Carnegie Hall debut as the recipient of the National Alliance for Excellence Grand Prize. He has presented solo recitals for the Dame Myra Hess Series, World Saxophone Congress XIII, MOSA Concert Series Saxophone Summit and performed the debut of Fernando Benadon's Hidden Charges with the Empyrean Ensemble. Dr. Getz received a first-round Grammy nomination for his contribution with the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet to America's Millennium Tribute to Adolphe Sax, Vol. V, and has a solo album, Crosscurrents, on the Albany label. After an extensive audition, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Henry Brant selected Dr. Getz to perform his Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra for the first time in fifty years.

Dr. Getz is the saxophonist in the Levine Jazz Quintet which has performed at Blues Alley, the Swiss Embassy, the Washington Convention Center, and for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Symphony with a Twist pre-concert.

He has presented masterclasses at UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, Florida State University and the Conservatory of Puerto Rico. Dr. Getz is a Musician-In-Residence at American University in Washington, DC. As Artist-in-Residence for the David Oppenheim Residency program, Dr. Getz collaborated with David Amram and presented recitals at the Harold Clurman Concert Series.

David Oppenheim Music Center
presents
Chiara Curtoni, vocalist
Thursday, March 25 at 7pm

This event is free and open to the public.
Call (212)689-0087 for reservations.
Location: The Stella Adler Studio, 31 W. 27th St., New York, NY

Chiara Curtoni is an Italian singer-songwriter currently living in New York. While in Italy, she completed her classical and jazz training, collaborating with artists and institutions in both genres. She performed in NYC for the first time in 2005, invited by the "Italian Women in Jazz Festival", and after that experience decided to move to NY. Her music reflects a vast span of influences, ranging from Italian songrwriters, to the MPB (Brazilian Popular Music), to the Jazz world in its many flavors. Her concert "Kaleidosongs", based on her most recent original compositions, features a band with some of the finest musicians in the NY scene.