We are delighted to welcome you to the 2017-18 Lyric Theatre @ Illinois season! We are showcasing a wide range of sung theatre this year, from classical masterpieces to children’s stories to edgy off-Broadway titles to absurdist political satire.
September brought us [title of show], a coproduction with Allerton Park, Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell’s hilarious and moving exploration of the lives of young creative minds in today’s New York City. In November, Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm, with a breathtakingly beautiful score by Engelbert Humperdinck. Gingerbread houses, dew fairies, witches, and angels ushered in the holidays for every age.
In December, we explored Russia and the Revolution of 1917 with Tschaikovsky, Borodin, and Prokofiev scenes surrounding the workshop of Black Square, a new opera by a creative team that has recently been at the center of artistic and political events at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
February brings Mozart’s Don Giovanni to the Tryon Festival Theatre, directed and sung by Nathan Gunn in his directorial debut! March, two workshops of new operas, written by women for women, in cooperation with American Opera Projects and the Prototype Festival. And finally, She Loves Me, Harnick and Bock’s charming musical about a pair of perfume shop clerks—is the tension between them secretly love?
Now in our fourth year, Lyric Theatre continues to grow rapidly. At clinics and masterclasses around North America, Europe, and Asia we are being recognized as leaders in the 21stcentury development of performers, pedagogy, production, and new works. We’re excited to share our community here at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts with the world.
September brought us [title of show], a coproduction with Allerton Park, Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell’s hilarious and moving exploration of the lives of young creative minds in today’s New York City. In November, Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm, with a breathtakingly beautiful score by Engelbert Humperdinck. Gingerbread houses, dew fairies, witches, and angels ushered in the holidays for every age.
In December, we explored Russia and the Revolution of 1917 with Tschaikovsky, Borodin, and Prokofiev scenes surrounding the workshop of Black Square, a new opera by a creative team that has recently been at the center of artistic and political events at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
February brings Mozart’s Don Giovanni to the Tryon Festival Theatre, directed and sung by Nathan Gunn in his directorial debut! March, two workshops of new operas, written by women for women, in cooperation with American Opera Projects and the Prototype Festival. And finally, She Loves Me, Harnick and Bock’s charming musical about a pair of perfume shop clerks—is the tension between them secretly love?
Now in our fourth year, Lyric Theatre continues to grow rapidly. At clinics and masterclasses around North America, Europe, and Asia we are being recognized as leaders in the 21stcentury development of performers, pedagogy, production, and new works. We’re excited to share our community here at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts with the world.
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