Theodore J. Cicero, Ph.D.,
serves as the University's vice chancellor for research
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Edison Theatre
to observe 30 years of OVATIONS!
By Liam Otten Edison Theatre will celebrate 30 years of exuberant dance, rich musical traditions and classic and cutting-edge theater with its 2002-03 OVATIONS! Series.
The 2002-03 season will include a range of established figures and emerging talents -- from returning favorites to St. Louis premieres -- as well as a new installment in the popular ovations! for young people series, which offers specially priced Saturday matinees geared to audiences of all ages. "For 30 years, St. Louis has been challenged, educated and inspired by Edison's eclectic mix of music, dance and theater, blending the classical with the contemporary," said Charlie Robin, managing director. "The 2002-03 OVATIONS! Series represents the breadth and diversity of the past three decades while taking a firm step forward." The season opens Sept. 28-29 with an original, co-commissioned work, Vo-Du Macbeth, written by Lenwood Sloan of the National Spirit Project based in New Orleans. An adaptation of William Shakespeare's great tragedy, Vo-Du Macbeth is set in New Orleans at the end of the Civil War and told from the cultural viewpoint of the gens de coulour libre, or free people of color. The piece is inspired by Orson Welles' landmark 1936 production for the federal Works Progress Administration, which famously set the tale in Haiti amidst African drums, dancers and costumes. Theater lovers also can look forward to a primal, elemental take on Shakespeare's Hamlet, from the French expatriate Theatre de la Jeune Lune (Theatre of the New Moon). On a completely different note, Australia's Umbilical Brothers greet the 21st century with Thwak, their comic, cult-hit mix of mime, mayhem and audio acrobatics. And Spalding Gray, the master of monologue and frequent Edison guest, returns with two shows: his classic Swimming to Cambodia and his latest life-update in Black Spot. For music lovers, Laurie Anderson returns with her trademark combination of pop, poetry, art and technology, while Klezmer "super-group" Isle of Klezbos joins up with cowpoke revivalists Cowboy Envy for an evening of all-female vocalization. Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Schwarz dips into a songbook that ranges from Godspell and Pippin to Disney's Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The Korean-born Ahn Trio -- one of the world's finest (not to mention most glamorous) chamber ensembles -- performs for both the OVATIONS! Series and ovations! for young people. Once again, Edison Theatre will join forces with Dance St. Louis to present some of the finest dance companies working today. The Limón Dance Company remains dedicated to the repertoire of founder and American dance icon José Limón (1908-1972) while also commissioning new works by major contemporary choreographers including Donald McKayle and Billy Siegenfeld. Rhythm in Shoes returns to the Edison with special musical guests the Red Clay Ramblers in Rambleshoe! -- their latest collage of traditional and old-time American, English and Irish forms -- while New York's Ballet Hispanico refashions ballet, modern and Latin dance in the image of contemporary Hispanic-American culture. In addition to the Ahn Trio, the ovations! for young people lineup features Kim and Reggie Harris in Music and the Underground Railroad, which recalls one of the most remarkable chapters in American history through songs, stories and narratives; and The Little Theatre of the Deaf in The Giving Tree & Other Stories, inspired by Shel Silverstein's classic tale of unconditional love. For more information or to request a season brochure, call the Edison Theatre Box Office at 935-6543. |
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