El Paso Scene 2013-2014 Performing Arts Guide

2013-2014
PERFORMING
ARTS GUIDE
Your annual gui de to area per formi ng
arts groups and season schedul es
UTEP Theatre &Dance opens its
season with Living Out at the Studio
Theatre Sept. 21-30. See Pages 17, 19
12-year-old piano sensation Umi Garret
highlights Showtime! El Pasos 80th
season Feb. 20 at the Abraham Chavez
Theatre. See Pages 7, 10
El Paso Opera begins 20th season,
leading up to La Bohme April 10
and 12 . See Pages 4, 11
Season Sponsor of the
Performing Arts Guide:
El Paso Convention &
Performing Arts Centers
See Pages12, 13
Major Sponsors:
El Paso Symphony
Orchestra
El Paso Opera
Showtime! El Paso
UTEPDepartment of
Theatre & Dance
Co-Sponsors:
El Paso Chopin Festival
El Paso Pro-Musica
El Paso Summer
Music Festival
El Paso Electric presents Broadway in El Paso
Jersey Boys closes season May 28-June 1
See Pages 16, 20
Bohuslav
Rattay takes
over the baton
as Music
Director of
the El Paso
Symphony.
See Pages 2, 18
Page 2 El Paso Scene 2013-2014 Performing Arts Guide
September 2013
The Odd Couple El Paso Playhouse,
2501 Montana, presents the female version of
Neil Simons comedy classic Aug. 16-Sept. 7.
Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and
2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 mil-
itary/students with ID; $5 students under 18).
Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
Greater Tuna No Strings Theatre
Company opens its season with the comic
favorite by Jaston Williams, Ed Howard and Joe
Sears Aug. 23-Sept. 8 at the Black Box
Theatre in Las Cruces. Directed by Ceil
Herman. This send-up of small town morals
and more features a colorful cast of characters
inhabiting Tuna, Texas. Tickets: $12 ($10 stu-
dents and seniors over 65). Information/reser-
vations: (575) 523-1223 or no-strings.org.
Matices Culturales - The annual series is
presented by Amigos de la Fundacion
Mascareas at Auditorio Benito Juarez, Ignacio
Ramirez at Vicente Guerrero Av. in front of
Parque Borunda. Performances are 6 p.m.
Tickets: $800 (Pesos). Information: 612-3175
or 612-4075. In El Paso: 544-5118. Web: fmas-
carenas.org.
Sept. 7: Guitarist Paco Padilla
Sept. 28: Mexican band Son del Montn.
The band fuses traditional Mexican styles with
elements folk, modern and other musical styles.
Encores and overtures El Paso Opera
kicks off its 20th anniversary season with its
largest fundraiser at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at
Camino Real Ballroom, 101 S. El Paso, with
New York City Opera star Lauren Flanigan,
Marie Gaiey and singers from El Paso Opera
Young Artists Program. Black tie optional.
Tickets: $125 ($300 for two; $1,20 table for
ten). Information: 581-5534 or epopera.org.
Pickamania! Mimbres Region Arts
Council celebrates folk, bluegrass and
Americana acoustic musical traditions Sept.
13-15 in Gough Park in Silver City, N.M.
Saturdays headliners are Rani Arbo and Daisy
Mayhem from the East Coast. Sundays headlin-
er is Celtic music group Solas. Admission is free
to most events. Information: (575) 538-2505 or
mimbresarts.org.
Solas Flickinger Center for the Performing
Arts in Alamogordo begins its 2013-14 Premier
series with the traditional Irish American music
group at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17. Ticket
information: (575) 437-2202 or flickinger-
center.com.
Abbey Road Showtime! El Paso presents
opens its 80th season with the Beatles tribute
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at the
Abraham Chavez Theatre. Originally formed in
Northeast Ohio in 1983, Abbey Road is rated
in the top five of Beatles Tribute bands in the
world. Abbey Road performs with the same
guitars, Vox amplifiers and drums that the Fab
Four used in their concerts, and has five cos-
tume changes from Ed Sullivan to Sgt. Pepper.
Ticket information: 544-2022 or showtimeelpa-
so.com.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra: Heart
of Gold - The Symphony opens its season
under direction of its new maestro Bohuslav
Rattay at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20-21 in the Plaza
Theatre with guest pianist Van Cliburn Gold
Medalist Vadym Kholodenko performing
Tchaikovskys Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 23, B-
flat minor and Symphony No. 5, op. 74, B
minor, Pathtique. Tickets: $15-$40 ($8-$10
students). Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
An intimate lunch and recital with Kholodenko
is Sept. 21. Reservations required through the
symphony.
The Boys in the Band El Paso
Community Colleges Theater Ensemble opens
its 9th season with the Mart Crowley play
2013-2014 Performing Arts Calendar
Following are performing arts events events in El Paso and southern
New Mexico listed by month. Events that overlap months are listed in the
first month they occur. All events and dates are subject to change. Please
call the number or check the website to confirm event information.
An overview of area performing arts organizations with
contact information and ticket prices begins on Page 15.
For updates of this event schedule, please pick up a current copy of El Paso
Scene (published monthly) or check our website, www.epscene.com
El Paso Scene Performing Arts Guide
Randy Limbird, Editor &Publisher
Lisa Kay Tate, Assistant Editor
El Paso Scene, P.O. Box 13615, El Paso TX 79913
Phone: (915) 542-1422 FAX: (915) 542-4292
web: www.epscene.com email: epscene@epscene.com
Season Sponsor
El Paso Convention &
Performing ArtsCenters
12, 13, 16, 20
Sponsors
El Paso Symphony 3, 18
ElPaso Opera 4, 11
Showtime El Paso! 7, 17
UTEP Theatre & Dance 17, 19
Co-Sponsors
El Paso Chopin Festival 3, 14
El Paso Pro-Musica 5, 6
El Paso Summer Music Festival 8, 9
Pl ease turn to Page 4
El Paso Scene 2013-2014 Performing Arts Guide Page 3
For information, call (915) 584-1595, email chopinfest@sbcglobal.net or visit www.elpaso-chopin.com
Sponsored by El Paso Community College and The El Paso Chopin Piano Festival Society
Lucy Scarbrough
Saturday,
Nov. 2
Founder and Artistic
Director of El Paso
Chopin Festival, and
judge in the National
Chopin Competition.
Winner of National
Teaching Excellence
Award of U. T. Austin.
~... a soloist of rare
power and sensitivity.
THE 2013 EL PASO

PIANO FESTIVAL
All concerts are
at 7:00 p.m.
at the Chamizal
National Memorial
800 S. San Marcial
Admission is FREE and
open to the public.
Early arrival encouraged!
Mei-Ting Sun
Saturday,
Oct. 19
First prizes in
National Chopin
Piano Competition,
Bartok-Kabalevsky-
Prokofiev
International Piano
Competition and
Morocco
International Piano
Competitions.
Our 19th Encore Season!
Krystian Tkaczewski
Saturday,
Oct. 5
Winner of first or
second prize in com-
petitions in Greece,
Italy, Macedonia,
Spain, and the U.S.
Founder and artistic
director of the
Chopin International
Piano Competition
in Hartford, Conn.
PIANO CONCERTS
IN EL PASO
Sept. 20-22 and Sept. 27-29 at the EPCC
Transmountain Campus Forum. At a well-
planned birthday party for a friend, a sponta-
neous game of truth or dare has serious con-
sequences for nine gay men who reveal more
than expected secrets from their past. Mature
subject matter. Directed by Hector Serrano.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30
p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15 ($10 non-EPCC stu-
dents and military, $7 EPCC students.
Information: 831-5056 or epcc.edu/theater.
A Salute to Sun Records Doa Ana
Arts Council opens its 2013/14 Performance
Art Series with the musical tribute to Elvis
Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis at 7 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 21, at the Rio Grande Theatre, at 211
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Robert Shaw,
who stars as young Elvis, performed a sold-out
tribute to Johnny Cash at the theatre last year.
Tickets: $25 and $35. Information: (575) 523-
6403 or RioGrandeTheatre.com.
Yang and Olivia Liu Las Cruces Civic
Concert Association opens its season with the
husband-and-wife violin and piano duo at 7:30
p.m. Sept. 22 at the Rio Grande Theatre in
Las Cruces. Their diverse program ranges from
classical to traditional Chinese music. Ticket
information: (575) 521-4051 or
lascrucescca.org.
Living Out The UTEP Department of
Theatre and Dance begins it Countdown to
the Centennial season with Lisa Loomers play
dealing with immigration Sept. 25-29 in the
Fox Fine Arts Studio Theatre. Directed by
Lluvia Almanza. Living Out is a story about an
illegal immigrant and the woman who hires her
as a nanny. While similar in some ways, differ-
ences in race, class and status keep the women
from truly knowing each other. Both women
must make difficult decisions while realizing
that sacrifices may come at a greater price.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Wednesday through
Saturday and 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets:
$13 ($11 seniors, military, group, UTEP alumni
and non-UTEP students; $9 UTEP students;
ages 4-12): 747-5118 or
theatredance.utep.edu.
LCSO with Eric Ruske Las Cruces
Symphony Orchestra, directed by Lonnie Klein,
opens its Classics series with guest Eric Ruske,
horn, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 28-29, at NMSUs Atkinson Music
Recital Hall. Selections include Ponchiellis
Dance of the Hours, Glieres Concerto for
Horn, Debussys Claire de Lune and Ravels
Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2. Tickets:
$35, $40 and $45. Information: (575) 646-3709
or lascrucessymphony.com.
Red American Southwest Theatre
Company opens its season with John Logans
play Sept. 27-Oct. 6, at NMSUs Center for
the Arts. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Famed
Painter Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest
commission in the history of modern art, but
now faces the challenge of creating work that
lives up to its promise and price tag. Tickets:
$17 ($14 seniors 65 and older and NMSU fac-
ulty/staff; $10 students 3-17 and NMSU stu-
dents; $5 high school students). Preview per-
formance is 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26. Tickets: $10.
Information: (575) 646-4515.
Night of the Living Dead El Paso
Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents Lora Allen
Ohms adaptation of the George Romero zom-
bie cult classic Sept. 27-Oct. 27, with a spe-
cial Halloween showing Thursday, Oct. 31.
Directed by Moy Hinojos. Showtimes are 8
p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 military/students
with ID; $5 students under 18). Information:
532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
October 2013
Gypsy Romance The Hungarian State
Folk Ensemble performs at 8 p.m. Oct. 2, at
the Spencer Theater for Performing Arts in
Alto, N.M. The company of 48 dancers and live
orchestra performs a joyful journey through
time, past and present. Tickets: $56-$59
(includes a beer and brat fest at 6 p.m.)
Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872
or spencertheater.com.
Tom Lea: Grace Note In A Hard
World The original one-act play by
Frontera Repertory Theatres Camilla Carr
starring theatre and film veteran Ray Barker is
Oct. 4-6, at the Philanthropy Theatre in the
Plaza Theatre annex. The play chronicling the
life of the famed artist was commissioned by
the Tom Lea Institute and will be presented as
part of Tom Lea Month, an annual monthlong
celebration of the artist who was born and
raised in El Paso. It focuses on Leas early years
as a child, art student and apprentice.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and
2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $25-$35; available
through Ticketmaster.
The School for Lies Las Cruces
Community Theatre presents David Ives com-
edy based on Molires The Misanthrope
Oct. 4-20. Written entirely in verse, Ives trib-
ute to Molire adds farcical flourishes to the
story.
Directed by Brandon Brown. Performances are
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays. Tickets: $10 ($9 seniors, students,
military; $8 per person for groups of 10 or
more; $7 children under six). Information:
(575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
El Paso Chopin Piano Festival The
2013 fall series of piano are 7 p.m. Oct. 5 and
19 and Nov. 2 at Chamizal National Memorial.
Admission is free, but people are advised to
arrive early; concerts are almost always stand-
ing room only. Information: 584-1595 or
chopinfest@sbcglobal.net. Web: elpaso-
chopin.com.
Oct. 5 Krystian Tkaczewski. Tkaczewski
has been called a Polish virtuoso and has per-
formed concerts on four continents and in 15
countries. Tkaczewski is also the founder and
artistic director of the Chopin International
Piano Competition in Hartford and the Artistic
Director of the Chopin Society of Connecticut.
Oct. 19 Mei-Ting Sun. Critically acclaimed
pianist Sun began his life on the concert stage
at the prestigious Spring of Shanghai Festival in
1986 at age five. Most recently he made con-
cert tours in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Argentina,
Spain, the U.S., China, and Poland. In 2010, the
bicentenary of Chopins birth, Sun toured
around the globe performing the complete
works of Chopin for solo piano published dur-
ing Chopins lifetime, and in 2011 he performed
Contd from Page 3
By MaryAnne Talbot
A
dventure, passion, celebration,
tradition and a touch of the
avant-garde. This year, El Paso
Opera promises all this as it launches its
benchmark 20th Season.
The seasons most spectacular produc-
tion will be La Bohme, Puccinis classic
five-hankie masterpiece about young
artists living in Paris in the 1830s. The
opera will be staged April 10 and 12,
2014 at the Abraham Chavez Theater.
Also planned is Novella Bohme, six
engaging weekly performances on
Thursday evenings at Ardovinos Desert
Crossing, starting February 20, 2014.
David Grabarkewitz, El Paso Operas
artistic and general director, says this
popular opera is dear to his heart. He
was 19 when he first saw La Bohme,
without supertitles, and didnt really
understand all of it until Mimi dies. At
that moment I started to weep, so pro-
foundly. I think it is a great work of art.
He says the story draws him back again
and again. Its probably the most-direct-
ed opera by me. I must have directed
Madama Butterfly and Bohme probably
a dozen times.
For this production, Grabarkewitz is
more or less starting from scratch, with
new costumes, new staging, new sets
for El Paso audiences. Bohme is going
to be a wonderful, traditional produc-
tion.
Danielle Walker of the Los Angeles
Opera will play Mimi amazing voice,
amazing presence, the best Mimi I could
hope for. Rudolpho will be played by
Won Whi Choi, a graduate of the
Manhattan School of Music.
Grabarkewitz has cast the finest young
talent he could find, because, as he
points out, La Bohme is about kids
arriving in Paris after the French
Revolution. Theyre looking for the
center of the artistic world. We will cele-
brate the fact that they are young people
coming to Paris to make life happen.
Six kids come up, one comes down,
and they all mourn. That is the story.
That is the hardest part of the story.
He says the enduring message of La
Bohme is simple: I dont want you to
forget me. Love is worth the effort.
The Operas season begins with its 20th
Anniversary Gala and Opera for All con-
cert, hosted by Americas most famous
baritone, Sherrill Milnes, and featuring
international, national and local artists.
Milnes has had a long and varied opera
career. He is a prolific recording artist,
often in partnership with Plcido
Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. He was
associated with the Metropolitan Opera
from 1965 until 1997.
The evening is set for Nov. 9; it begins
with the Opera for All performance at
the Abraham Chavez Theatre and contin-
ues with the Gala dinner at the El Paso
Museum of Art.
And this year, for the first time, El Paso
Operas season includes a collaboration
with Ballroom Marfa. Grabarkewitz says
the idea is to produce chamber opera by
working composers. The partnership will
result in three productions.
The first, the widely acclaimed Vidas
Perfectas (Perfect Lives), is Robert
Ashleys groundbreaking opera on the
relationship between music and lan-
guage; it will be staged in El Paso in
May 2014.
Grabarkewitz points out that through
the years, opera always commented on
current times. He says now is the perfect
time to look forward by producing new
works and extending El Pasos cultural
ties to Santa Fe and Chihuahua.
After 20 years, were reflecting. How
do we perpetuate the art form? I couldnt
be more excited. This is a dream world
for me, to continue to create partnerships
and operas that describe what the human
world is doing. Theres nothing better
than to create new works about the times
were living in.
El Paso Operas 20th Season:
Sunday, Sept. 8: Encores & Overtures,
Camino Real Ballroom, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 9: 20th Anniversary
Gala and Opera for All. Performance,
Abraham Chavez Theatre, 6 p.m. Dinner:
El Paso Museum of Art, 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays, Feb 20-March 27: Novella
Bohme, Ardovinos Desert Crossing,
doors open at 5 p.m.
Sunday, March 30: Georgianna S.
Davanelos Young Artist Concert, First
Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 10, and Saturday, April
12: La Bohme, Abraham Chavez
Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
May: Vidas Perfectas. Watch for more
announcements.
For information on El Paso Operas
20th Season, visit epopera.org or call the
Opera at 915-581-5534.
MaryAnne Talbot is a
graphic designer and media
manager for El Paso Opera
Operas 20th season
offers La Bohme
Sherrill Milnes
the complete 32 Sonatas of Beethoven series in
New York and Shanghai.
Nov. 2 Lucy Scarbrough. Scarbrough
founded and directed the El Paso Community
College Arts Festival, the El Paso Civic
Orchestra and in 1995, she founded and is the
artistic director of El Paso Chopin Piano
Festival. She served on the Chopin Foundation
of the United States Selection Jury for the
Seventh and Eighth National Chopin
Competitions.
Heroes No Strings Theatre presents the
hilarious and heartbreaking play by Gerard
Sibleyras, translated by Tom Stoppard, Oct.
11-27 at the Black Box Theatre in Las Cruces.
Directed by larrychandler. Tickets: $12 ($10
students and seniors over 65).
Information/reservations: (575) 523-1223 or
no-strings.org.
EPPM-100 performance El Paso Pro-
Musica presents the special concert event with
cellist Zuill Bailey and pianist Navah Perlman
Oct. 15, El Paso Museum of Art. Tickets: $100.
Information: 833-9400 or eppm.org.
The Diamonds - Grant County Community
Concert Association opens its season with the
popular group from the 50s and 60s at 7:30
p.m. Oct. 15 at WNMU Fine Arts Center
Theater in Silver City. The Diamonds 1957 hit
Little Darlin has been dubbed the National
Anthem of Rock and Roll and has sold 20 mil-
lion copies to date. Admission: $20 ($5 stu-
dents 17 and younger). Information: (575) 538-
5862 or gcconcerts.org.
Kris Delmhorst and Jeffrey Foucoult
The critically acclaimed musicians perform at
7:30 p.m. Oct. 18, at the Buckhorn Opera
House in Pinos Altos as part of the Mimbres
Region Arts Councils Folk Series. Tickets: $20
($15 members). Information: (575) 538-2505
or mimbresarts.org.
Thriller Odyssey Dance Theatres
spooktacular show is 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18,
at the Spencer Theater for Performing Arts in
Alto, N.M. Thriller is a theatrical dance with
creepy ghouls in dance numbers that include
Death of a Sugarplum Fairy, Frankenstein &
Frankenstein, Jasons Jam, Dem Bones,
Children of the Corn and River of Blood
Dance. Tickets: $56-$59. Information: (575)
336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or
spencertheater.com.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra:
American Romance - The Symphony,
directed by maestro Bohuslav Rattay, performs
with guest violinist Giora Schmidt 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 18-19 in the Plaza Theatre. Selections
include Smetana Vitanas The Moldau,
Barbers Violin Concerto, op. 14 and Howard
Hensons Symphony No. 2, op. 20,
Romanitic. Tickets: $15-$40 ($8-$10 stu-
dents). Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
A talk on Whats Modern About Modern Art
with Rattay and museum director Michael
Tomor is noon Thursday, Oct. 17, at El Paso
Museum of Art. Lunch follows; RSVP required.
Rattay and Tomor will also give a pre-concert
talk at 6:30 p.m. at El Paso Museum of Art.
Cocktails served at 6 p.m.
9 to 5: The Musical UTEP Dinner
Theatre opens its UTEP Centennial season
with the musical comedy based on the 1981
movie with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton
and book by Patricia Resnik Oct. 18-Nov. 3.
Pushed to the boiling point by their boss, three
female co-workers concoct a plan to get even
with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical
bigot. Showtime is 7 p.m. Wednesday through
Sunday, with dinner matinee at 1:30 p.m. Oct.
20 and non-dinner matinees Oct. 27 and Nov.
3. Tickets: $33-$45 ($30-$40 Wednesday and
Thursday and Sunday dinner matinees; $16-$26
non-dinner matinee). Information: 747-6060 or
utep.edu/udt.
Viva Verdi! JSEnterprises, ELP, opens its
inaugural season of recitals and concerts
focused on the classical, vocal arts with a bilin-
gual and multi-media lecture/recital at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 20, at First Christian Church, 901
Arizona. The performance is entered on the
illustrious life and career of opera composer
Giuseppe Verdi, honoring the bicentennial of
his birth. Admission is free. Information:
JSEnterprisesELP@gmail.com.
Ring of Fire Flickinger Center for the
Performing Arts in Alamogordo presents the
Johnny Cash tribute at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.
22, as part of its Premier Series. Ticket infor-
mation: (575) 437-2202 or
flickingercenter.com.
Bach to the Future Showtime! El Paso
presents the modern twist to the music of
Beethoven and Bach at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 24, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. Bach
to the Future is composed of chart-topping
pianist Michael Silverman, pioneer of cutting-
edge electronic percussion Rob Silverman,
musical-arrangement connoisseur Matt
Bollinger and electric violinist Andrew Driscoll.
so.com.
Little Shop of Horrors El Paso
Community Colleges Theater Ensemble pres-
ents the musical comedy by Howard Ashman
and Alan Menken Oct. 24-27 and Oct. 30-
Nov. 3, at the EPCC Transmountain Campus
Forum. Directed by Keith Townsend. This hor-
ror Motown and doo-wop-era rock musical
and audience favorite is about a hapless florist
shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on
human blood and flesh. Showtime is 8 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Children 7 and older welcome. Tickets: $15
($10 non-EPCC students and military, $7 EPCC
students). Information: 831-5056 or
epcc.edu/theater.
Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra
Mimbres Region Art Council hosts the sympho-
ny at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at WNMU Fine
Arts Center Theatre in Silver City, as part of its
Performance Series. Ticket information: (575)
538-2505, 1-888-758-7289 or mimbresarts.org.
This years performance will focus on classics
by Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Featured soloist is
violinist Philippe Quint.
Cinderella El Paso Youth Ballet presents
the classic fairy tale at 7:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25-27, at
UTEPs Magoffin Auditorium. Tickets: $10, $15
and $20. Information: 760-6062 or elpasocon-
servatoryofdance.org.
The Scarlet Letter The UTEP
Department of Theatre and Dance presents
Phyllis Nagys adaptation of the classic
Hawthorne novel Oct. 25-Nov. 3 in the Fox
Fine Arts Wise Family Theatre. Professional
actress Kathryn Smith-McGlynn will take on the
role of Hester Prynne. Directed by Chuck
Gordon. Pearl, Hesters illegitimate daughter, is
played by an adult woman and is the narrator
for the play. The play preserves the familiar
story of Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth
and Arthur Dimmesdale while casting a modern
perspective on its tragic events. Showtime is 8
p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2:30
p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $13 ($11 seniors, military,
group, UTEP alumni and non-UTEP students;
$9 UTEP students; ages 4-12): 747-5118 or
LCSO with Phillipe Quint Las Cruces
welcomes guest violinist Phillipe Quint at 7:30
p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26-27,
at NMSUs Atkinson Music Recital Hall.
Selections include Brhamss Academic Festival
Overture, and Tchaikovskys Concerto for
Violin and Symphony No. 2. Tickets: $35, $40
and $45. Information: (575) 646-3709 or
lascrucessymphony.com.
Straight No Chaser Broadway in El
Paso Series kicks off its 10th anniversary with
the return of the a capella group at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 27, at the Plaza Theatre. With a
massive fan base, more than 35 million views
on YouTube, and numerous national TV appear-
ances, they are the real deal a captivating
sound of ten voices coming together to make
extraordinary music with a sense of humor.
Tickets: $37.50 and $47.50 (Ticketmaster).
Julliard String Quartet El Paso Pro-
Musica presents the legendary chamber music
ensemble beginning its 36th season Tuesday,
Oct. 30, El Paso Scottish Rite Temple.
November 2013
James and the Giant Peach
American Southwest Theatre Company pres-
ents the classic family tale by Roald Dahl at 7
p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at NMSUs Center for the
Arts. James longs for escape and finds an amaz-
ing adventure with new friends, danger and
challenges. Tickets: $5. Information: (575) 646-
4515.
Million Dollar Quartet Broadway in El
Paso presents the Tony-winning Broadway
musical at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, at the Plaza
Theatre, inspired by the electrifying true story
of the famed recording session that brought
together rock n roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny
Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the
first and only time. (Ticketmaster).
Anthony Kearns Grant County
Community Concert Association presents the
Irish tenor at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at WNMU Fine
Arts Center Theater in Silver City. Admission:
$20 ($5 students 17 and younger). Information:
(575) 538-5862 or gcconcerts.org.
Golden Dragon Acrobats Mimbres
Region Art Council hosts Chinas celebrated
acrobats at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at
WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre in Silver City,
as part of its Performance Series. World
renowned impresario Danny Chang and chore-
ographer Angela Chang combine award-win-
ning acrobatics, traditional dance, spectacular
costumes, ancient and contemporary music and
theatrical techniques. Ticket information: (575)
538-2505, 1-888-758-7289 or mimbresarts.org.
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The 2013-2014 season for El Paso Pro-
Musica is set to take music lovers on a
journey to classical and beyond.
El Paso Pro-Musica Artistic Director
Zuill Bailey is looking forward to shar-
ing the seasons offerings with audiences.
I am very proud of this season,
Bailey said. The artists performing for
the 2013-2014 season are the finest in
the world and I am privileged to bring
them to El Paso for incredible concerts
and amazing educational outreach.
The season opens with a special event
featuring pianist Navah Perlman, an El
Paso Pro-Musica favorite, alongside
Bailey, her long-time musical collabora-
tor on cello, for a special EPPM 100
event on Oct. 15 at El Paso Museum of
Art, and at NMSUs Atkinson Recital
Hall in Las Cruces Oct. 16.
Bailey takes great pride in also
announcing that the Juilliard String
Quartet, featuring two new dynamic
players plus Baileys teacher at Juilliard,
Joel Krosnick will perform at the El
Paso Scottish Rite Temple Oct. 30.
Once again, Pro-Musica continues its
tradition of starting the new year in full
gear with the 2014 El Paso Pro-Musica
Chamber Music Festival in both El Paso
and Las Cruces. The festival kicks off
with the free weekly Bach's Lunch,
presented by the El Paso Museum of Art
and sponsored by United Bank of El
Paso Del Norte Thursdays Jan. 9-Feb. 4.
Other Festival highlights include the
annual collaboration with the El Paso
Symphony Orchestra, the Classic Film
Series, to be held each Saturday at the El
Paso Museum of Art, and a special pres-
entation of the Complete Chopin
Nocturnes by pianist Piers Lane.
Other festival guests include violinists
Paul Rosenthal and Kurt Nikannen,
pianists Natasha Paremsky, and Maria
Asteriadou, violist Stephanie Meyers,
Rubens String Quartet and guitarist
David Leisner, as well as the return of
Rob Kapilow of NPRs What Makes It
Great. The popular Classic Film Series
is will also return for 2014, along with a
special event to be announced.
The Main Series concludes March 15
with a concert featuring Carter Brey,
principal cellist of the New York
Philharmonic, and 11-year-old compos-
er/prodigy Emily Bear. At UTEPs Fox
Fine Arts Recital Hall. Bear will present
her new jazz CD Diversity, which fea-
tures Bailey for the second EPPM 100
event of the season.
Tickets for most individual shows are
$25; $20 seniors and military and $5 for
students. Special EPPM events tickets
are $100. Season packages available.
For more information, call 833-9400 or
visit eppm.org
Navah Perlman, Juilliard String
Quartet on Pro-Musica schedule
Beyond Therapy! El Paso Playhouse,
2501 Montana, presents Christopher Durangs
screwball comedy Nov. 8-30. Directed by
Kevin Mullins. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8
seniors, $7 military/students with ID; $5 stu-
dents under 18). Information: 532-1317, elpa-
soplayhouse.com.
Opera For All El Paso Operas 20th
anniversary gala performance is 6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Abraham Chavez
Theatre. The performance is hosted by
Americas most famous baritone, Sherrill
Milnes, and features top international and
national opera performers along with talented
local artists. Tickets: $35. Information: 581-
5534 or epopera.org.
A celebratory dinner follows at 7:30 p.m. El
Paso Museum of Art. Tickets: $100 (perfor-
mance/dinner combo: $150).
LCSO Youth Concert Las Cruces
presents its annual youth concert free to Las
Cruces fourth graders Nov. 14 at NMSUs
Atkinson Music Recital Hall. Information: (575)
646-3709 or lascrucessymphony.com.
Broadway Revisited Broadway leg-
ends Dale Kristien and Bill Hutton present an
evening of music from their distinguished
careers at 8 p.m. Nov. 16, at the Spencer
Theater for Performing Arts in Alto, N.M. The
pair will perform songs from Phantom of the
Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat and more. Tickets: $66-$69
Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872
RichterUzer Las Cruces Civic Concert
Association presents the Russian guitar and
cello duo at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Rio
Grande Theatre in the Las Cruces. Brad
Richter and Viktor Uzer blend classical, world
and rock music and have performed globally as
a duo and as solo artists. Ticket information:
(575) 521-4051 or lascrucescca.org.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra: La
Danza Clasica - The Symphony, conducted
by Bohuslav Rattay, performs at 7:30 p.m. Nov.
22-23 in the Plaza Theatre. The symphony and
guest Peter Soave, bandoneon, perform Verdis
La Forza del Destino, overture, Piazzollas
Aconcagua, Concerto for Bandoneon and
Mendelssohns Symphony No. 4, op. 90, A
major, Italian. Tickets: $15-$40 ($8-$10 stu-
dents). Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
A Christmas Carol American
Southwest Theatre Company presents the
musical adaptation of Charles Dickenss classic
with lyrics by Tom Smith and music by Roger
Butterfly Nov. 22-Dec. 8 at NMSUs Center
for the Arts. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $17.
Preview performance is 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21.
Tickets: $10.Information: (575) 646-4515.
My Sinatra Flickinger Center for the
musical featuring the songs of Frank Sinatra at 7
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, as part of its Premier
Series. Ticket information: (575) 437-2202 or
Blue Corn The Journey Doa Ana
Arts Council hosts New Mexico performer
Robert Mirabels presentation featuring the
Jemez Pueblo Dancers at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
23, at the Rio Grande Theatre, at 211
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces, as part of the
councils Performance Series. Tickets: $25 and
$35. Information: (575) 523-6403 or
RioGrandeTheatre.com.
Jim Currys Tribute to John Denver
Acclaimed performer Jim Curry performs the
music of the late John Denver at 8 p.m. Nov.
29, at the Spencer Theater for Performing Arts
in Alto, N.M. Currys voice was heard on the
CBS-TV movie Take Me Home: The John
Denver Story. Tickets: $76-$79. Information:
(575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or
spencertheater.com.
Nora No Strings Theatre presents Ingmar
Bergmans adaptation of Henrik Ibsens classic
play The Doll House Nov. 29-Dec. 15 at the
Black Box Theatre in Las Cruces. Directed by
Ceil Herman. Tickets: $12 ($10 students and
seniors over 65). Information/reservations:
(575) 523-1223 or no-strings.org.
December 2013
The Gothard Sisters Showtime! El Paso
presents the Irish fiddle and step dancing
troupe at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, at the
Abraham Chavez Theatre. The all-female Irish
music and dance group from the Pacific
Northwest, USA. The three sistersperform
new Celtic arrangements of well-known tradi-
tional tunes and popular songs, as well as their
own original compositions from their
sevenrecorded studio albums, as heard on
their most recent release, Compass. Ticket
information: 544-2022 or showtimeelpaso.com.
Come Blow Your Horn Las Cruces
Community Theatre presents the Neil Simons
first Broadway comedy smash Dec. 6-22.
Directed by Patrick Payne. Alan Baker, a thir-
tysomething swinging bachelor with time,
money and women to spare, welcomes rebel-
lious and eager 21-year-old brother Buddy into
his den of iniquity while their horrified parents
can only watch and pray. Performances are 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets: $7-$10. Information: (575) 523-1200
or lcctnm.org.
Santa Fe Opera Holiday Show Doa
Ana Arts Council presents the jazz-crossover
star in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at
the Rio Grande Theatre, at 211 Downtown
Mall in Las Cruces. Tickets are complimentary;
DAAC Premiere Series ticketholders receive
reserved seating in advance; all others available
at the door. Information: (575) 523-6403 or
EPHCC Holiday Concert The El Paso
Symphony Youth Orchestras, directed by
Andres Moran, performs at its annual holiday
concert for El Paso Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Plaza
Theatre. Ticket information: 525-8978 or
epsyos.org.
LCSO with Ilya Yakushev Las Cruces
Symphony Orchestra welcomes guest pianist
Ilya Yakushev at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 7-8, at NMSUs Atkinson Music
Recital Hall. Tickets: $35, $40 and $45.
Information: (575) 646-3709 or lascrucessym-
phony.com.
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Showtime! El Paso celebrates 80 years
of bringing quality performances to the
Sun City for its 2013-2014 season.
As El Pasos second-oldest performing
arts organization, Showtime El Paso has
entertained nearly 600,000 people in the
El Paso region.
Some of the performers who graced El
Pasos stages as a result of the organiza-
tion included Vladimir Horowitz, Nelson
Eddy, Lily Pons and Yehudi Menuhin,
along with a variety of music, dance and
theatre. This years shows span the spec-
trum of musical genres ranging from
classical to Irish music, 50s and 60s
nostalgia and classic and modern jazz.
The anniversary season opens with The
Beatles tribute, Abbey Road Sept. 19.
The group prides itself on tight har-
monies, flawless note for note renditions
of Beatles hits, customtailored cos-
tumes, vintage instruments, Liverpudlian
dialect and precise attention to every
detail. They have worked to perfect
their show to become one of the most
musically and visually satisfying Beatle
tribute acts in the world, from the music
itself to the Beatles onstage banter.
On Oct. 24 is Bach to the Future, the
modern twist to the music of Beethoven
and Bach. The group consists of pianist
Michael Silverman pioneer of cutting-
edge electronic percussion Rob
Silverman, musical-arrangement con-
noisseur Matt Bollinger and electric vio-
linist Andrew Driscoll, all who come
together to merge the timeless music of
Bach and Beethoven with new and inno-
vating sounds.
The Gothard Sisters, and Irish fiddle
and stepdancing group, performs Dec. 5.
The young trio of sisters from the Pacific
Northwest, have won awards in both the
United States and Ireland for their talent,
as well as releasing seven studio albums.
All three are well versed in the violin,
but also add guitar, bodhran and voice to
their repertoire.
The first performance of 2014 is Jesse
Lynch Jazz 101, an interactive music
journey through the history of jazz on
Jan. 23.
Lynch has played piano for popular
veterans Daniel Rodriguez and The
American Tenors, as well as performing
on his own playing everything from
Beethoven and bop to free jazz and con-
temporary compositions. Through his
Jazz 101 show, he is joined by bass and
drums and leads audiences on a journey
through the evolution and history of jazz
including greats Joplin, Charlie Parker
and Louis Armstrong, with a music and
multi-media presentation. His show has
been praised by critics as well as by fel-
low musicians.
Jesse is one of the most talented and
versatile musical souls I have ever
worked with, jazz bassist Ford James
says of Lynch. His playing is technical-
ly exceptional and inspired no matter
what style he is performing. He brings
an egoless, open and creative energy to
any ensemble playing with a sensitivity
and maturity rarely found in players
twice his age.
Twelve-year-old worldwide piano phe-
nomenon Umi Garrett performs Feb. 20.
Since her 2009 appearance on The Ellen
DeGeneres Show, Garrett has received
requests to perform worldwide and
appeared regularly with symphony
orchestras around the world, and has
released the CD, Just For You.
DeGeneres was right when she first
told audiences that Garrett is going to
be very well known.
The season concludes March 28 with
the celebrated vocal group, The Tokens,
known for their iconic hit The Lion
Sleeps Tonight.
In addition to their most famous and
well-loved song, The Tokens have also
produced several hits in their 40 years of
performing including One Fine Day
Hes So Fine, See You In
September, I Got Rhythm, Tie A
Yellow Ribbon, Knock Three Times,
Denise and more. Their concerts are
highlighted with hit songs, comedic rou-
tines and audience participation.
All performances are 7:30 p.m. at the
Abraham Chavez Theatre. Season tickets
are $85 for six shows, and tickets are
open seating and interchangeable for any
of the seasons six shows. Family pack-
ages available for $205 and youth season
packages are $35. Parking passes also
available. For more information, call
544-2022 or visit showtimeelpaso.com.
Showtime El Paso! was born in 1933 as
El Paso Community Concerts as part of
the nationwide community concert
movement that began on the East Coast.
In New York, the managers at
Columbia Artists had come up with a
bold plan: Raise the money for touring
acts in advance through a network of
locally based organizations, who would
sell a whole season at a time,
Showtime! El Pasos history reads.
Thus was born Community Concerts.
Community Concerts went nationwide to
establish non-profit, all-volunteer organi-
zations and to expand the touring net-
work for the selected artist. El Paso
joined this network within its first few
years. The first El Paso concert was held
in 1934, and the 1933-1934 concert
series officially established the begin-
ning of El Paso Community Concert
Association.
In 2003, when the Community
Concerts effort dissolved, the all-volun-
teer group continued to act independent-
ly and officially changed its name to
Showtime! El Paso.
Showtime season
spans all genres
Abby Road opens the Showtime El
Paso season Sept. 19
Green Days American Idiot
Broadway in El Paso presents the direct-from-
Broadway smash-hit musical at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 9, at the Plaza Theatre.
American Idiot tells the story of three lifelong
friends, forced to choose between their dreams
and the safety of suburbia. Based on Green
Days Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum
album and featuring the hits Boulevard of
Broken Dreams, 21 Guns, Wake Me Up
When September Ends, Holiday and the
blockbuster title track, American Idiot.
Contains adult content and strong language.
(Ticketmaster)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents
Barbara Robinsons family holiday favorite Dec.
13-22. Directed by Rachel Mullins. Showtimes
are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7
military/students with ID; $5 students under
18). Information: 532-1317,
elpasoplayhouse.com.
Three Redneck Tenors The singin
cousins, Billy Joe, Billy Bob and Billy Billee, per-
form their Christmas Spec-tac-yule-ar show
at 8 p.m. Dec. 14, at the Spencer Theater in
Alto, N.M. Arranged by award-winning com-
poser Craig Bohmler, theres nothing old-fash-
ioned about this energetic performance of clas-
sics like Sleigh Ride, White Christmas
Silent Night and many more. Tickets: $76-
$79. Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-
7872 or spencertheater.com.
A Christmas Carol The UTEP
their annual adaptation of Charles Dickens
Christmas classic Dec. 15 and Dec. 20-21, in
the Fox Fine Arts Wise Family Theatre.
Adapted by Chuck Gordon. Showtime is 8 p.m.
Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $13
($11 seniors, military, group, UTEP alumni and
non-UTEP students; $9 UTEP students; ages 4-
12): 747-5118 or theatredance.utep.edu.
Mariachi Christmas Flickinger Center
for the Performing Arts in Alamogordo pres-
ents its holiday performance at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 17, as part of its Premier Series. Ticket
center.com.
The Nutcraker El Paso Youth Ballet
presents Tchaikovskys Christmas classic at
7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 19-20, at
UTEPs Magoffin Auditorium. Tickets: $15, $20
and $25. Information: 760-6062 or elpasocon-
servatoryofdance.org.
The Nutcracker Ruidoso Dance
Ensembles annual performance of
Tchaikovskys Christmas classic is 2 and 7 p.m.
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21-22, at the
Spencer Theater for Performing Arts in Alto,
N.M. Tickets: $32. Information: (575) 336-
4800, (888) 818-7872 or spencertheater.com.
January 2014
Spiders Web El Paso Playhouse, 2501
Montana, presents the Agatha Christie mystery
Jan. 3-25. Directed by Alexander Wright.
El Paso Pro-Musica Chamber Music
Festival The annual festival is Jan. 9-Feb.
4 with performances by Rubens String Quartet,
guitarist David Leisner, pianist Piers Land and a
collaboration between NPRs What Makes It
Great host Rob Kapilow and El Paso
Symphony Orchestra. Various venues.
Mike + Ruthy The acoustic songwriting
team of Ruth Ungar and Mike Merenda per-
form at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, at the
Buckhorn Opera House in Pinos Altos, N.M. as
part of the Mimbres Region Arts Councils Folk
Series. Tickets: $20 ($15 members).
Information: (575) 538-2505 or
mimbresarts.org.
New Mexico Philharmonic Flickinger
Center for the Performing Arts in Alamogordo
presents the celebrated Albuquerque-based
orchestra at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, as part of
its Premier Series. Ticket information: (575)
437-2202 or flickingercenter.com.
Annie Get Your Gun Las Cruces
Symphony Orchestra presents its the fully
staged production of the Irving Berlin musical
Jan. 17-19, at NMSUs Atkinson Recital Hall,
directed by Mark Medoff with conductor
Lonnie Klein. Tickets: $35, $45 and $55.
phony.com.
Man of La Mancha The five-time Tony
Award winning musical is 8 p.m. Jan. 21, at the
N.M. This comic tragedy based on Miguel de
Cervantess classic novel of Don Quixote fea-
tures timeless hits like Im Only Thinking of
Him, and The Quest (The Impossible
Dream). Tickets: $66-$69. Information: (575)
336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or
spencertheater.com.
Jesse Lynch Jazz 101 Showtime! El Paso
presents an interactive music journey through
the history of jazz at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
23, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. As a
pianist, composer, arranger, improviser, and
educator, Lynch regularly performs in any num-
ber of musical styles from Beethoven to Bop,
to free jazz and contemporary composition.
so.com.
Jesse Lynchs Jazz 101 Grant County
jazz ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at WNMU
Fine Arts Center Theater in Silver City.
Admission: $20 ($5 students 17 and younger).
Information: (575) 538-5862 or gcconcerts.org.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra: A Tale
of Two Strausses - The Symphony, con-
ducted by Bohuslav Rattay, performs with guest
cellist Zuill Bailey and guest violinist Kurt
Nikkanen at 7:30 p.m. Jan 24-25 in the Plaza
Theatre, in collaboration with El Paso Pro-
Musicas Chamber Music Festival. Selections
include J. Strausss Die Fledermaus Overture
and An der schnen blauen Danua, op. 314,
On The Beautiful Danube, Mozarts Adadio
for violin and orchestra K.261, E major and
Rondo for violin and orchestra K.373, C major,
Rozsas Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello
and orchestra, Opl 29a, Theme and
Variations, and R. Strausss Der
Rosenkavalier op. 29. Tickets: $15-$40 ($8-
$10 students). Information: 532-3776 or
epso.org.
Romance/Romance No Strings
Theatre presents the musical by Barry Harman
and Keith Herrmann Jan. 24-Feb. 16 at the
Black Box Theatre in Las Cruces. Directed by
Karen Caroe. Tickets: $12 ($10 students and
seniors over 65). Information/reservations:
(575) 523-1223 or no-strings.org.
Young Peoples Concerts The El Paso
Symphony Orchestra presents the 74tj season
of free programs for area fifth-graders at 10:30
a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday,
Jan. 29-31, at the Plaza Theatre. The public is
invited on a space-available basis; call for avail-
ability. Information: 532-3776.
Three Viewings El Paso Playhouse,
2501 Montana, presents three monologues set
in a funeral home, written by Jeffrey Hatcher,
Jan. 31-Feb. 2. Directed by Ivan Sandlin.
Smokey Joes Cafe UTEP Dinner
Theatre presents the musical of jukebox clas-
sics written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
(Hound Dog, Poison Ivy, Jailhouse Rock.)
Jan. 31-Feb. 15. Showtime is 7 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. Call for dates for
dinner and non-dinner matinees. Tickets: $33-
$45 ($30-$40 Wednesday and Thursday and
Sunday dinner matinees; $16-$26 non-dinner
matinee). Information: 747-6060 or
utep.edu/udt.
The Foreigner Las Cruces Community
Theatre presents Larry Shues award-winning
comic romp Jan. 31-Feb. 16. Directed by
Mike Wise. This comedy by the author of The
Nerd enjoyed a sold-out premiere in
Milwaukee before moving on to a long run off-
Broadway. The play demonstrates what can
happen when a group of devious characters
must deal with a stranger who (they think)
knows no English. Performances are 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets: $10 ($9 seniors, students, military; $8
per person for groups of 10 or more; $7 chil-
dren under six). Information: (575) 523-1200
or lcctnm.org.
February 2014
Cirque Montage Flickinger Center for
the Performing Arts in Alamogordo presents
the Cirque du Soleil-style circus straight from
Branson, Mo. at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, as
part of its Premier Series. Ticket information:
(575) 437-2202 or flickingercenter.com.
Cirque Montage Doa Ana Arts
Council presents the circus starring former
Cirque du Soleil members at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 2, at the Rio Grande Theatre, at 211
Downtown Mall in Las Cruces . Tickets: $25
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By Lynn Provenzano
The El Paso Summer Music Festival
launches its 10th Season!
The name of this non-profit organiza-
tion implies a cluster of musical celebra-
tions. In fact, the El Paso Summer Music
festival (EPSMF) was birthed out of a
celebratory concert in honor of Michael
Salzman and the inauguration of a piano
scholarship in his name for the UTEP
Music Department. What has evolved is
a group that celebrates the power of clas-
sical music. The festival is now a year-
long flurry of activity supporting motiva-
tional youth programs fueled by the
commitment of its volunteer board of
directors. Summer is the culmination of
the seasons work through recognition,
awards, performances, and outreach.
Clearly, the border community benefits
from EPSMFs programs. Recognition is
given yearly to El Pasos outstanding
supporters of the Arts. The organization
has awarded step-up instruments to eight
young musicians since its inception.
EPSMF has sponsored three consecutive
years of music competitions that deliv-
ered cash awards to its winners.
Potpourri Concerts have been the signa-
ture summer events featuring local,
national and international musicians.
In 2009, EPSMF hosted NPRs radio
show From the Top, where El Pasoan
Natanya Washer received the $10,000
Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award
and the El Paso Choral Society Young
Ladies Choir performed. The show put
EPSMF and El Paso on national air-
waves. In June 2013, EPSMF hosted
From the Top again at the Plaza Theatre
with violinist Wesley Yu, EPSMFs first
competition winner.
The Competition for Young Musicians
is open to the public and invites musi-
cians (ages 8 to 19) of instrument or
voice to apply. Finalists are selected
through an extensive application process
to compete in recitals. The winner
receives $2,000 and the opportunity to
perform in an EPSMF event.
The Instruments for Young Lives pro-
gram assist stalented classical instrumen-
talists (ages 8 to 18) with unmet finan-
cial need. Gifted instruments are one-
time awards. Recipients participate in
EPSMFs outreach and community lead-
ership programs. Applicants must be
U.S. citizens pursuing their music educa-
tion while demonstrating exceptional tal-
ent, academic achievement and discipline.
Stay tuned into the El Paso Summer
Music Festival! More information and
applications for EPSMF programs are
available at www.epsmf.org.
EPSMF events are made possible with the
support of the Museums & Cultural Affairs
Department and the Texas Commission for the
Arts and the El Paso Community Foundation.
Lynn Provenzano is President,
EPSMF Board of Directors
Summer Music Fest now
works all year for youth
EPSYOs Winter Concert The El Paso
Symphony Youth Orchestras, directed by
Andres Moran, perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
2, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. Ticket
information: 525-8978 or epsyos.org.
The Tale of Pobrero El Campesino
The UTEP Department of Theatre and Dance
annual dance concert is Feb. 7-16, in the Fox
Fine Arts Wise Family Theatre. Showtime is 8
p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets:
$13 ($11 seniors, military, group, UTEP alumni
and non-UTEP students; $9 UTEP students;
ages 4-12): 747-5118 or
LCSO with Amit Peled Las Cruces
welcomes guest cellist Amit Peled with narrator
Delano Lewis at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 8-9, at NMSUs Atkinson Music
Recital Hall. Selections include Leonard
Bernsteins Overture to Candide and
Symphonic dances from West Side Story,
Victor Herberts Concerto No. 2 and Aaron
Coplands Lincoln Portrait. Tickets: $35, $40
lascrucessymphony.com.
The Fantasticks The steampunk style
performance of the romantic classic is 8 p.m.
Feb. 14, at the Spencer Theater for
Performing Arts in Alto, N.M. The worlds
longest-running production of any kind, The
Fantasticks featured hits like Try to
Remember and Soon Its Gonna Rain.
Presented by Nebraska Theatre Caravan, it fea-
tures and atmospherically rich steampunk tech-
nology, incorporating elements of Victorian
Goth, science fiction and fantasy. Tickets: $66-
$69. Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-
7872 or spencertheater.com.
Almost, Maine El Paso Playhouse, 2501
Montana, presents nine short plays on love by
John Cariani Feb. 14-March 8. Directed by
Corey Dlask. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8
seniors, $7 military/students with ID; $5 stu-
dents under 18). Information: 532-1317, elpa-
soplayhouse.com.
Umi Garrett Showtime! El Paso presents
the 12-year-old world-wide piano phenomenon
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at the
Abraham Chavez Theatre. In May 2009, 8-year-
old Umi appeared on NBCs The Ellen
DeGeneres Show as her first public broadcast
performance. Umis most recent accomplish-
ments in include winning the first prizes at the
13th Osaka International Music Competition in
Japan, The Chopin International Competition in
Budapest, Hungary in June, and Bradshaw and
Buono International Piano Competition in New
York. Ticket information: 544-2022 or show-
timeelpaso.com.
Laurie Rubin Las Cruces Civic Concert
Association presents the mezzo-soprano at
7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Rio Grande Theatre in
Las Cruces. Rubins recent career highlights
include her UK solo recital debut performance
at Wigmore Hall in London, her solo recital
debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and
the title role in Rossinis La Cenerentola.
Ticket information: (575) 521-4051 or
lascrucescca.org.
Novella Bohme El Paso Opera hosts
six engaging weekly performances at 5 p.m.
Thursdays Feb. 20-Marcy $27 at Ardovinos
Desert Crossing in Sunland Park. Presented in
English and Spanish. Cost: $10. Information:
581-5534 or epopera.org.
Cotton Patch Gospel El Paso
ents Tom Keys and Russell Treyzs folk rock
musical, based on the Cotton Patch Version of
Matthew and John by Clarence Jordan, Feb.
20-23 and Feb. 27-March 2 at the EPCC
Transmountain Campus Forum. Directed by
Keith Townsend. Showtime is 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The story
retells the life of Jesus as if in modern day, rural
Georgia. Though the setting and the styling of
the language greatly differs from the original
telling of the Gospels, the plot structure and
the message of the story stays true to the his-
torical recording in The Gospel. Children 7 and
older welcome. Tickets: $15 ($10 non-EPCC
students and military, $7 EPCC students).
Information: 831-5056 or epcc.edu/theater.
El Paso Symphony
Orchestra:Carmina - The Symphony,
conducted by Bohuslav Rattay, performs Orffs
Carmina Burana at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21-22 in
the Plaza Theatre, in collaboration with UTEP
Choral Union and Concert conducted by Dr.
Elisa Fraser Wilson. Tickets: $15-$40 ($8-$10
students). Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Aunt Raini American Southwest Theatre
Company presents an original play by Tom
Smith Feb. 21-March 9 at NMSUs Center for
the Arts. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $17.
A successful gallery owner must confront
whether documentaries left to her should be
judged as significant historical artwork or
reminders of her aunts horrific past. Preview
performance is 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20. Tickets:
$10. Information: (575) 646-4515.
Umi Garrett Grant County Community
Concert Association presents the 9-year-old
piano prodigy at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at WNMU
Fine Arts Center Theater in Silver City.
Glenn Miller Orchestra The celebrat-
ed Swing Era dance band performs at 3 p.m.
Feb. 23, at the Spencer Theater for
Performing Arts in Alto, N.M. The orchestras
hit tunes include In The Mood, Chattanooga
Choo Choo and Moonlight Serenade.
Tickets: $66-$69. Information: (575) 336-4800,
(888) 818-7872 or spencertheater.com.
March 2014
Hair The Tony-winning 1960s rock musi-
cal is 3 p.m. March 2, at the Spencer Theater
for Performing Arts in Alto, N.M. Multi-cultural
cast singing a long list of chart topping hit songs,
including Aquarius, Let the Sun Shine In,
Good Morning, Starshine and Easy To Be
Hard. Adult content. Tickets: $76-$79.
Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872
Red Molly The Americana trio performs at
7:30 p.m. March 7, at the Buckhorn Opera
House in Pinos Altos, N.M. as part of the
Mimbres Region Arts Councils Folk Series.
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Since 2004 Red Molly has been bringing audi-
ences to their feet with gorgeous three-part
harmonies, crisp musicianship, and their warm,
engaging stage presence. This past year, they
were invited to open multiple shows for music
legend Willie Nelson. Their new CD Light in
the Sky spent 20 weeks on the Americana
Music Associations Top 40 radio chart. Tickets:
$20 ($15 members). Information: (575) 538-
2505 or mimbresarts.org.
Vocaldente Flickinger Center for the
Performing Arts in Alamogordo presents the a
capella quintet at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8, as
part of its Premier Series. Ticket information:
The Women of Lockerbie No Strings
Theatre presents the play by Deborah
Brevoort March 14-30 at the Black Box
Theatre in Las Cruces. Directed by Nikka
Ziemer. The play is a moving exploration of
how grief changes over time. Tickets: $12 ($10
students and seniors over 65).
Information/reservations: (575) 523-1223 or
no-strings.org.
Carter Brey El Paso Pro-Musica presents
the principal cellist for New York Philharmonic
Saturday, March 15. Location to be
announced. Information: 833-9400 or
eppm.org.
The Firebird and Rodeo Ruidoso
Dance Ensemble presents a doubleheader per-
formance at 2 and 7 p.m. March 15, at the
N.M. The ensemble will perform both the
Russian fairy tale The Firebird by Stravinsky
and a humorous love story set to Aaron
Coplands Rodeo. Tickets: $30. Information:
(575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or
spencertheater.com.
Bring In On: The Musical Broadway
in El Paso presents the musical inspired by the
hit film series at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 17,
at the Plaza Theatre. The show tells the story
of the challenges and unexpected bonds
formed through the thrill of extreme competi-
tion. (Ticketmaster)
The Lion in Winter Las Cruces
Community Theatre presents the James
Goldman play that inspired the Oscar-winning
film March 18-April 3. Directed by Monte H.
Wright. King Henry II of England wants the
kingdom to stay united after his death, but all
three of his sons want to rule and it is likely to
be torn apart by revolution. Henry favors the
youngest John, while Eleanor favors the eldest,
Richard. Middle son Geoffrey hopes to play
both ends against each other and come out on
top. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $10 ($9
seniors, students, military; $8 per person for
groups of 10 or more; $7 children under six).
Information: (575) 523-1200 or lcctnm.org.
Letters Home Flickinger Center for the
Performing Arts in Alamogordo presents a per-
formance honoring veterans at 7 p.m. Saturday,
March 20, as part of its Premier Series. Ticket
center.com.
Terri Hendrix The singer/songwriter per-
forms at 7:30 p.m. March 21, at the Buckhorn
Opera House in Pinos Altos, N.M. as part of
the Mimbres Region Arts Councils Folk Series.
With more than a dozen albums in her catalog,
she seems equally comfortable with blues, folk,
story songs, ballads, folk-rock, country and
New Orleans-style jazz. Tickets: $20 ($15
members). Information: (575) 538-2505 or
mimbresarts.org.
The Arabian Nights The UTEP
Mary Zimmermans adaptation of the classic
tale March 21-30, in the Fox Fine Arts Wise
Family Theatre. Directed by Rebecca Rivas.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets: $13 ($11 seniors, military,
Bella Electric Strings The powerhouse
string group performs at 8 p.m. March 22, at
the Spencer Theater for Performing Arts in
Alto, N.M. Led by rock violinist and arranger
Nina Di Gregorio, the classically-trained musi-
cians have rocked audiences worldwide with
their blistering solos and unique arrangements
of songs by Queen, Led Zepplin, the Beatles
and more. Tickets: $56-$59. Information: (575)
336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or
spencertheater.com.
The Tokens Showtime! El Paso concludes
the season with the vocal group behind the hit
The Lion Sleeps Tonight at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
March 28, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre.
Other hits that theyve produced over the past
40 years such as One Fine Day, Hes So
Fine, See You In September, I Got
Rhythm, Tie A Yellow Ribbon, Knock Three
Times, Denise and many more. Ticket infor-
mation: 544-2022 or showtimeelpaso.com.
Harvest Queen El Paso Playhouse,
2501 Montana, presents an original play written
and directed by Ken Forestal March 28-April
19. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday
and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7
military/students with ID; $5 students under
18). Information: 532-1317,
elpasoplayhouse.com.
Georgianna S. Davanelos Young Artist
Concert The young artist concert is 7:30
p.m. March 30, at First Baptist Church, sup-
porting El Paso Young Artist Performers.
Tickets: $15 in advance; $20 at the door.
Information: 581-5534 or epopera.org.
EPSO KidsPalooza Concert El Paso
Symphony Orchestra presents it annual con-
certs as part of Downtown KidsPalooza March
29 at the Plaza Theatre. Details to be
announced. Ticket information: 525-8978 or
epsyos.org.
EPSYO and EPSO Side-by-Side
Concert Performers from El Paso
Symphony Youth Orchestras and El Paso
Symphony Orchestra combine forces at the 7th
annual Side-by-Side performance at 3 p.m.
March 30 at the Plaza Theatre, in conjunction
with Downtown KidsPalooza. Ticket informa-
tion: 525-8978 or epsyos.org.
West Side Story The history-making
Broadway musical is 3 and 8 p.m. March 31, at
the Spencer Theater in Alto, N.M. This ground-
breaking new production is one of the most
memorable musicals and greatest love stories
of all time, and features a rivalry between two
teenage street gangs of different ethnic back-
grounds, as well as a tale of unrequited love
inspired by Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet.
Tickets: $63-$66 matineed; $66-$69 evening.
Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872
April 2014
Rave On Flickinger Center for the
Buddy Holly tribute at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1,
as part of its Premier Series. Ticket informa-
tion: (575) 437-2202 or flickingercenter.com.
Pavlo and his Band Grant County
Greek god of the guitar at 7:30 p.m. April 3
at WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater in Silver
City. Pavlo introduced his infectious signature
6-String VS Greek Bouzouki sound in 1998,
and has since recorded nine albums, and per-
forms more than 150 shows a year worldwide.
Butterflies Are Free El Paso
ents the comedy hit by Leonard Gershe April
4-6 and 11-13 at the EPCC Transmountain
Campus Forum. Directed by Hector Serrano.
A blind young man seeking independence cre-
ates problems with his mother and his new
roommate as he struggles to become self-
reliant. Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday;
2:30 p.m. Sunday. Children 7 and older wel-
come. Tickets: $15 ($10 non-EPCC students
and military, $7 EPCC students. Information:
831-5056 or epcc.edu/theater.
LCSO with Ray Anthony Las Cruces
welcomes guest Ray Anthony, trumpet at 7:30
p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 5-6, at
NMSUs Atkinson Music Recital Hall. Selections
include Respighis Ancient Airs and Dances,
Haydns Concerto for Trumpet, Coplands
Quiet City and Mendelssohns Symphony No.
3 (Scottish). Tickets: $35, $40 and $45.
phony.com.
La Bohme El Paso Opera closes its
season with the Italian opera by Luigi Illica and
Giuseppe Giacosa at 7:30 p.m. April 10 and
12 at the Abraham Chavez Theatre. Based on
the novel Scnes de la vie de bohme by
Henri Murger, the opera centers on young bo
hemians living in the Latin Quarter of Paris in
the 1840s. Tickets: $20-$90. Information: 581-
5534 or epopera.org.
A pre-show dinner is planned with Desiree
Mays, renowned opera guest speaker and
author of Opera Unveiled at the pre-show
dinner and Opera Talks. Cost: $39.
The Misanthrope American Southwest
Theatre Company concludes its season April
18-May 4 at NMSUs Center for the Arts.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. The play, considered
Molires best-known work, is about a man
whose sour view of mankind forces him into
isolation. Tickets: $17. Preview performance is
7:30 p.m. April 17. Tickets: $10. Information:
(575) 646-4515.
Emily Bear El Paso Pro-Musica presents
the 11-year-old music prodigy at 7:30 p.m.
April 17 at UTEPs Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall.
Bear will also perform works from her chart-
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By Carol McNeal
The largest producer of live events in
the greater El Paso region, the El Paso
Convention and Performing Arts Centers
recently conducted a soft launch of their
brand new event-driven website,
ElPasoLive.com, and, while the site is
still considered to be a work in progress,
public feedback continues to be over-
whelmingly positive.
The new user-friendly interface fea-
tures state-of-the-art interactivity, com-
patibility with smart phones, computers
and tablets, direct access to event infor-
mation and instant access for ticket pur-
chases. An attractive and inviting back-
ground image on the site showcases a
vibrant evening in downtown El Paso
that depicts the high energy of the El
Paso nightlife scene.
Its fun and easy to navigate
ElPasoLive.com. Simply click on the
CALENDAR link, find the event that
interests you on the event list, click on
MORE INFO for information or click on
BUY TICKETS for direct access to
make a ticket purchase. Heres the fun
part: now you can even find and choose
your own seats!
ElPasoLive.com provides a wealth of
information about city-owned buildings
managed by SMG, including the El Paso
Convention Center, the Abraham Chavez
Theatre, the Plaza Theatre, the
Philanthropy Theatre, the Alcantar Sky
Garden, Arts Festival Plaza, McKelligon
Canyon Pavilion and McKelligon
Canyon Amphitheatre. This information
is provided for use by promoters, build-
ing users, media outlets and performing
artists but the primary consideration in
developing the new site was focused on
ease of use for the general public.
Event information and ticket purchase
capability must be easily accessible to
accommodate todays ticket buyers who
make a decision to attend an event and
expect and often demand a simple
process to follow. ElPasoLive.com
developers believe that the new site
offers all that and more.
Its important to note that all El Paso
Convention and Performing Arts Centers
events (now El Paso Live events) are
included on the new site. Information
regarding free series events like Alfresco
Fridays!, Cool Canyon Nights, Movies
in the Canyon and Dancing in the City is
easily found on the new site. In addition
to performance events, users can find
information on all public events sched-
uled in the buildings mentioned above.
Users have the opportunity to register
for event email information and theres a
real advantage to this opportunity
because email subscribers get early
notice of upcoming events and often are
sent advance opportunities to purchase
tickets ahead of the general public.
ElPasoLive.com is innovative, easy and
fun to useso check it out because its
like a lot of new things happening in our
city. EL PASO. ITS ALL GOOD.
Carol McNeal is Director, Facilities
Sales and Marketing, EPCPAC
Introducing ElPasoLive.com
topping jazz CD, Diversity, produced by
Quincy Jones, with cellist Zuill Bailey, bassist
Carlitos del Puerto, and drummer Francisco
Mela at a special event April 16 to be
announced. Tickets: $25 ($20 seniors and mili-
tary/ $5 students) Information: 833-9400 or
eppm.org.
Hank & My Honky Tonk Heroes
Jason Petty stars in this nostalgic look at Hank
Williams impact on country music at 8 p.m.
April 19, at the Spencer Theater in Alto, N.M.
Pettys Obie-winning performance brings
Hanks musical hits like Move It On Over,
Wine Me Up, Kawliga, Moanin The
Blues, Why Baby Why and Legend In My
Time back to life. Tickets: $56-$59.
Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872
Rock of Ages Broadway in El Paso pres-
ents the worldwide party musical at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 22, at the Plaza Theatre, with a
mix of 28 rockin 80s tunes including Dont
Stop Believin, We Built This City, The Final
Countdown, Wanted Dead or Alive, Here
We Go Again, Cant Fight This Feeling and I
Want to Know What Love Is. In 1987 on the
Sunset Strip, a small town girl meets a big city
rocker in L.A.s most famous rock club, and
they fall in love to the greatest songs of the
80s. Adult content. (Ticketmaster)
Midori Grant County Community Concert
Association and Partners in Performance pres-
ent the violinist at 7:30 p.m. April 24 at
WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater in Silver
City. Admission: $20 ($5 students 17 and
younger). Information: (575) 538-5862 or
gcconcerts.org.
One Act Play Festival Las Cruces
Community Theatre host the return of its one-
act showcase April 24-May 10, featuring-
works by area playwrights and directors.
El Paso Symphony Orchestra: Raising
the Roof The Symphony, concludes its
season under direction of its new conductor
Bohuslav Rattay with guest Andrew Spencer,
timpani, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April
25-26, in the Plaza Theatre. Ticket informa-
tion: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Here We Almost Are The UTEP
Department of Theatre and Dance closes its
season with an original play written and direct-
ed by Department Chairman Joel Murray April
25-May 4, in the Fox Fine Arts Wise Family
Theatre. Showtime is 8 p.m. Saturday and 2:30
p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $13 ($11 seniors, military,
Murderers No Strings Theatre presents
the mystery by Jeffrey Hatcher April 25-May
11 at the Black Box Theatre in Las Cruces.
Directed by Ceil Herman. Tickets: $12 ($10
students and seniors over
65).Information/reservations: (575) 523-1223
or no-strings.org.
Les Miserables UTEP Dinner Theatre
presents the award-winning musical, later to be
an Academy Award-nominated film for it official
Centennial Production April 25-May 17.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through
Sunday. Call for dates for dinner and non-din-
ner matinees. Tickets: $33-$45 ($30-$40
Wednesday and Thursday and Sunday dinner
matinees; $16-$26 non-dinner matinee).
Information: 747-6060 or utep.edu/udt.
May 2014
AJ Croce Doa Ana Arts Council presents
the jazz-crossover star in concert at 7 p.m.
Friday, May 2, at the Rio Grande Theatre, at
211 Downtown Mall in Las Cruces, as part of
the councils Performance Series. Croce will
perform his original hits as well as music by his
father, the late Jim Croce. Tickets: $25 and
$35. Information: (575) 523-6403 or
Gary Lewis and The Playboys The
classic oldies band performs at 8 p.m. May 3,
at the Spencer Theater in Alto, N.M. Known
for hits like Sealed With A Kiss, Gary Lewis
(son of Jerry Lewis) was the first and only artist
during the 1960s to have his first seven releases
reach Billboard magazines Top 10 on the Hot
100 chart. Tickets: $56-$59. Information: (575)
336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or
spencertheater.com.
LCSO with Janet Sung Las Cruces
Symphony Orchestra concludes its Classics
series with guest violinist Janet Sung at 7:30
p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 3-4, at
NMSUs Atkinson Music Recital Hall. Tickets:
$35, $40 and $45. Information: (575) 646-3709
or lascrucessymphony.com.
Wild Women of Song Flickinger Center
for the Performing Arts in Alamogordo con-
cludes its season with singer Pamela Roses
tribute to the lives and times of women song-
writers of the Tin Pan Alley era at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 6, as part of its Premier Series.
Ticket information: (575) 437-2202 or
Deathtrap El Paso Playhouse, 2501
Montana, closes its anniversary season with the
Ira Levin mystery May 9-31. Showtimes are 8
p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: $5-$10. Information: 532-1317, elpaso-
playhouse.com.
EPSYOs Season Finale El Paso
Symphony Youth Orchestras season finale con-
cert is 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the Plaza
Theatre. Information: 525-8978 or epsyos.org.
Jersey Boys The Tony Award-winning hit
about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four
Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy
DeVito and Nick Massi concludes Broadway in
El Pasos 10th anniversary season May 29-June
1, at the Plaza Theatre. Showtime is 2 and 7:30
p.m. Thursday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and
8 p.m. Saturday. This is the story of how four
blue-collar kids became one of the greatest
successes in pop music history. They wrote
their own songs, invented their own sounds
and sold 175 million records worldwide all
before they were 30. The show features their
hit songs Sherry, Big Girls Dont Cry, Rag
Doll, Oh What a Night and Cant Take My
Eyes Off You. Contains authentic profane
Jersey language. Tickets: $40 and $60 mati-
nees; $50 to $75 evenings. (Ticketmaster)
Vidas Perfectas (Perfect Lives) El
Paso Operas Opera on the Edge and Ballroom
Marfa presents the Robert Ashleys ground-
breaking opera that treats us to new percep-
tions on the relationship between music and
language in May. Details to be announced.
Ticket information: 581-5534 or epopera.org.
Silver City Blues Festival The 19th
annual event Memorial Day weekend in Silver
City is sponsored by the Mimbres Region Art
Council. Information: (575) 538-2505 or mim-
bresarts.org.
June 2014
Ruthless! The Musical Las Cruces
Community Theatre closes its season with the
musical comedy by Joel Paley and Marvin Laird
June 6-22. Directed by Autumn Gieb. Eight-
year-old Tina Denmark knows she was born to
play Pippi Longstocking, and she will do any-
thing to win the part in her school musical
including murdering the leading lady.
Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $10 ($9 seniors,
students, military; $8 per person for groups of
10 or more; $7 children under six).
House of Blue Leaves No Strings
Theatre presents the John Guare farce June 6-
22 at the Black Box Theatre in Las Cruces.
Directed by Tom Smith. Tickets: $12 ($10 stu-
dents and seniors over 65). Information/reser-
vations: (575) 523-1223 or no-strings.org.
Summer Repertory El Paso Community
College Performers Studios 2014 Summer
Repertory Season runs in June and July at the
Transmountain Campus Forum. This season will
include award-winning musicals Pippin,
Nunsense A-Men! and more. Information:
831-5056 or epcc.edu/theater.
July 2014
Pop Goes the Fort El Paso Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Bohuslav Rattay, will
perform patriotic and Broadway pops music
7:30 p.m. Friday, July 4, at Fort Blisss Biggs
Park. Admission is free and the public is wel-
come. Information: 532-3776 or epso.org.
Chess UTEP Dinner Theatre closes the
season with the musical by ABBAs Benny
Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaes, with lyrics by Sir
Tim Rice July 11-27. Showtime is 7 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. Call for dates for
dinner and non-dinner matinees. Tickets: $33-
$45 ($30-$40 Wednesday and Thursday and
Sunday dinner matinees; $16-$26 non-dinner
matinee). Information: 747-6060 or
utep.edu/udt.
Gilbert and Sullivan Company of El
Paso The company celebrates its 45th with
a classic G&S comic opera in the summer.
Details to be announced. Information: 591-
6210 or GandSelpaso.org.
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The name may be slightly different but
the mission is the same: El Paso Chopin
Piano Festival will continue to bring
quality piano performances this fall cele-
brating the legacy of Frederic Chopin.
Sponsored by El Paso Community
College and El Paso Chopin Festival
Society, the El Paso Chopin Piano
Festival (formerly El Paso Chopin Music
Festival), will host a trio of fall recitals
Oct. 5 and 19 and Nov. 2.
The festivals opening recital Oct. 5
features Polish Virtuoso, Krystian
Tkaczewski. The Tarnow, Poland native
studied in both Poland and the United
States, and has performed in 15 coun-
tries. His debut performance at Carnegie
Hall in 2007 was very well received, and
Anthony Aibel of the New York Concert
Review wrote Tkaczewski showed
devotion and a natural affinity for the
music of his homeland.
On Oct. 19 is a performance by
acclaimed pianist Mei-Ting Sun. Sun
began his performing life at age five
debuting at the prestigious Spring of
Shanghai Festival in 1986. He has since
played in many of the worlds greatest
concert halls on five continents and 19
countries.
His numerous awards include first prize
at the 7th National Chopin Piano
Competition in 2005. One of his career
highlights was tour across the globe per-
forming the complete works of Chopin
for solo piano published during Chopins
lifetime in 2010 in honor of Chopins
200th birthday and performing two com-
plete 32 Sonatas of Beethoven series in
New York and Shanghai in 2001.
The Boston Globe described his work
as a miracle of lightness, speed and
precision of articulation and pianistic
shimmer.
The festival concludes Nov. 2 with
audience favorite and El Paso Chopin
Festival founder Lucy Scarbrough.
Scarbrough is known for her standing-
room-only concerts. In addition to her
numerous awards for her musical abili-
ties and community service, Chopin
served on the Chopin Foundation of the
United States Selection Jury for the
Seventh and Eighth National Chopin
Competitions in 2005 and 2010. She was
also recognized by the President of the
United States for her humanistic contri-
butions to the arts in El Paso.
Lucy Scarbrough is a highly respected
musician, commented Evanston
Symphony conductor Hans Levy Heniot.
When she is going to perform, we
know the Recital Hall will be filled.
Festival concerts are at 7 p.m. on
Saturdays at Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial.
Admission is free, but people are
advised to arrive early; concerts are
almost always standing room only. For
more information, contact the festival at
584-1595, chopinfest@sbcglobal.net or
elpaso-chopin.com.
Chopin Fest offers 3 free concerts
Amigos de la Fundacion
Mascareas, A.C.
Friends of the Mascareas Foundation in
Juarez present a schedule of cultural
events, plus the annual Expoarte visual,
performing and culinary arts event.
Information: (001-52-656) 612-3175 or
612-4075 in Juarez; 544-5118 in El Paso.
Online: fmac@prodigy.com.mx or fmas-
carenas.org.
Matices Culturales 2013
Sept. 7: Guitarist Paco Padilla
Sept. 28: Son del Montn
All performances are at the Benito Juarez
Auditorium at el Parque Borunda in
Juarez. Tickets are 800 pesos. The 2014
series to be announced.
Bruce Nehring Consort
The consort was founded by El Paso Pro-
Musica founder Bruce Nehring who has
been a strong influence in El Pasos classi-
cal and choral music scene since 1967. The
consort presents to El Paso the master-
works of the centuries and pursues the
marriage of sound and setting by holding
concerts in some of the communitys most
beautiful churches and chapels.
Mailing address is P.O. Box 3708, El Paso,
TX 79923. Information 532-5874 or
brucenehringconsort.org.
El Paso Chopin Piano
Festival
The El Paso Chopin Piano Festival was
founded in 1995 by Dr. Lucy Scarbrough,
Musician in Residence at El Paso
Community College, and is sponsored by
El Paso Community College and El Paso
Chopin Piano Festival Society. In its histo-
ry, more than 20,000 music lovers have
enjoyed the Festivals tradition of fine
music presented free of charge.
Mailing address is 260 Puesta del Sol, El
Paso, TX 79912. Information: 584-1595,
chopinfest@sbcglobal.net or elpaso-
chopin.com.
2013 Performances
Oct. 5: Krystian Tkaczewski
Oct. 27: Mei-Ting Sun
Nov. 10: Lucy Scarbrough
Performances are at Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Admission
is free, early arrival recommended.
EPCC Dept. of Drama
El Paso Community Colleges
Performers Studio directors are Keith
Townsend, Hector Serrano and Lisa
McNiel. In addition to performances dur-
ing the school year, the department hosts
and annual Summer Repertory series.
Information: 831-5056 or epcc.edu/theater
2013-2014 Season
Sept. 20-29: The Boys in the Band
Oct. 24-Nov. 3: Little Shop of Horrors
Feb. 20-March 2: Cotton Patch Gospel
April 4-13: Butterflies Are Free
2014 Summer Repertory shows include
Pippin, Nunsense A-Men and more. Dates
to be announced.
Performances are at EPCCs
Transmountain Forum Theatre, 9670
Gateway North (off Diana). Tickets are
$15 ($7 EPCC students/faculty/staff and
seniors with ID; $10 non-EPCC
students/military with ID). Box office
opens at 6 p.m. evening shows; 12:30 p.m.
matinees.
El Paso Convention and
Performing Arts Center
(CPAC)
CPAC produces, promotes, markets and
manages events in the El Paso Convention
Center, Plaza Theatre, Abraham Chavez
Theatre, McKelligon Canyon
Amphitheatre and other city of El Paso
owned venues. Broadway in El Paso, now
in its 10th anniversary season, is presented
at the Plaza Theatre for Performing Arts.
Other venues operated by the Convention
and Performing Information: 534-0609
or elpasolive.com
Broadway in El Paso 2013-2014
Oct. 27: Straight No Chaser
Nov. 3: Million Dollar Quartet
Dec. 9: Green Days American Idiot
March 17: Bring It On The Musical
April 22: Rock of Ages
May 28-June 1: Jersey Boys
Five show packages are $195-$315; four
show packages (minus Jersey Boys) are
$150-$245. Straight, No Chaser can be
added to each package for $37.50-$47.50.
Season tickets information: 231-1111.
Individual tickets available through
Ticketmaster: 544-8444 or
ticketmaster.com.
El Paso Playhouse
El Paso Playhouse, El Pasos longest-run-
ning community theate, is at 2501
Montana, El Paso, TX 79903. Information:
532-1317, elpasoplayhouse@scbglobal.net
or elpasoplayhouse.com
Season Schedule
July 5-27: All My Sons
Aug. 16-Sept. 7: The Odd Couple
Sept. 27-Oct. 31: Night of the Living
Dead
Nov. 8-30: Beyond Therapy
Dec. 13-22: The Best Christmas Pageant
Ever
Jan. 3-25: Spiders Web
Jan. 31-Feb. 2: Three Viewings
Feb. 14-March 8: Almost, Maine
March 28-April 19: Harvest Queen
May 9-31: Deathtrap
Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 military/stu-
dents with ID).
El Paso Opera
Now celebrating its 20th anniversary sea-
son, El Paso Opera is made possible with
the support of the City of El Paso
Museums and Cultural Affairs Department
and the Texas Commission on the Arts. In
October, 2014, the Opera and UTEP will
collaborate for a special presentation of
Opera Bhutan. Director is David
Grabarkewitz.
The Operas offices are at 310 N. Mesa,
Suite 601. Information: 581-5534, 01-
1800-681-9250 (in Mexico),
infor@epopera.com or epopera.org
Season Schedule
Sept. 8: Encores & Overtures
Nov. 9: Sherrill Milnes hosts 20th
Anniversary Gala for Opera for All
April 10 & 12: La Boheme
Feb. 20-March 27: Novella Bohme
March 30: Georgianna S. Davanelos
Young Artists Concert
May 2014: Vidas Perfectas
Performances are at Camino Real Grand
Ballroom for Encores and Overtures,
Abraham Chavez Theatre for Opera For
All and La Boheme, First Baptist
Church for Young Artists Concert and
Ardovinos Desert Crossing for Novella
Bohme. Vidas Perfectas performances
in Marfa and El Paso; locations to be
announced.
Encores & Overtures tickets: $125
($300 couples; $12.50 table for 10).
Opera for All tickets are $35 ($150
combo with post-show dinner). La
Boheme tickets are $20-$90, ($18-$81
for subscribers). Vidas Perfectas perform-
ance free for season subscribers.
El Paso Pro Musica
Founded in 1977, El Paso Pro-Musica
has established itself as the premiere
chamber music organization in the region.
Along with a dynamic Main Series Season,
the El Paso Pro-Musica Chamber Music
Festival each January includes world
renowned musicians, educational outreach,
free Bachs Lunch programs at the El
Paso Museum of Art, and a free film
series. Artistic Director is Zuill Bailey.
Executive Director is Felipa Solis.
Offices are at 6557 North Mesa, El Paso,
Texas 79912. Information: 833-9400, 833-
9425, info@eppm.org or eppm.org.
Season Schedule
Oct. 4: Golden Age Exhibit Special
Concert Zuill Bailey
Oct. 15: EPPM 100 event; Zuill Bailey
and Navah Perlman
Oct. 30: Julliard String Quartet
Jan. 9-Feb. 4: El Paso Pro-Musica
Chamber Music Festival
March 15: Carter Brey
Performances are planned at El Paso
Museum of Art, Fox Fine Arts Recital
Hall-UTEP, Atkinson Recital Hall-NMSU,
Scottish Rite Temple, Plaza Theater with
other venues to be announced.
Tickets are $25 ($20 seniors and military,
$5); available in advance or at the door at
all concerts. Oct. 15 performance tickets:
$100. Season tickets are $225 ($180 sen-
iors/military, $45 students) for El Paso
Main Series and Festival; $75 ($60 sen-
iors/military, $15 students) for Las Cruces
Series shows; $300 ($240 seniors/military,
$60 students) for El Paso/Las Cruces and
Festival shows. Ticket Packages available
the EPPM office, by calling 833-9400 or
online at eppm.org.
El Paso Symphony
Orchestra
Now in its 83rd season. The symphonys
pre-concert events include the Backstage
Pass dress rehearsal and casual dinner,
Opening Notes, pre-concert discussions
one hour before the classical concerts.
After a two-year search, the Symphony
Welcomes its new conductor, Bohuslav
Rattay.
Mailing address is P.O. Box 180, El Paso,
TX 79942. Information: 532-EPSO (3776),
epsoorg@htg.net or epso.org.
Season Performances
Sept. 20-21: Guest pianist Vadym
Kholodenko, Van Cliburn Gold Medalist
Oct. 18-19: Guest violinist Giora
Schmidt
Nov. 22-23: Guest musician Peter Soave,
bandoneon
Jan. 24-25: Guest cellist Zuill Bailey and
guest violinist Kurt Nikkanen
Jan 29-Feb. 1: 74th annual Young
Peoples Concerts
Feb. 21-22: Carmina with UTEP
Choral union and Concert
March 30: Side-By-Side Concert with
EPSYO
April 25-26: Guest Andrew Spencer, tim-
pani
Individual tickets are $15, $20, $30, $35
and $40. Season tickets are $63, $87,
$150, $171 and $201. Ticket information:
532-3776.
El Paso Symphony Youth
Orchestras
The El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras
were founded in 2005 as an Educational
Program of the El Paso Symphony
Orchestra. Its current director is Andres
Moran. New to the orchestra are conduc-
tors Cindy Cabada and Osvald Mendoza.
The symphony includes talented young
musicians age 8-22 from throughout the El
Paso area. Information: 525-8978 or
EPSYOs.org.
2013-2014 Season
Nov. 17: Fall Concert
Dec. 7: Holiday Concert
Feb. 2: Winter concert
March 30: Side-by-Side Concert with
El Paso Symphony Orchestra
May 10: Season Finale Concert
Performances are at the Plaza Theatre for
the Performing Arts, 125 Pioneer Plaza
and Abraham Chavez Theatre. Ticket
information to be announced.
El Paso Wind Symphony
The El Paso Wind Symphony, founded by
its current director Dr. Ron Hufstader in
1995, is a professional concert band com-
posed of music teachers and business peo-
ple from the El Paso area. The basic sea-
son for the El Paso Wind Symphony con-
sists of 5 concerts. These performances
include a Holiday concert along with other
theme concerts at UTEPs Fox Fine Arts
Recital Hall. They also perform at the
Chamizal each July 4. The 2013-2014 sea-
son to be announced. Mailing address is
P.O. Box 22038, El Paso, TX 79913.
Information: 760-5599 or elpasowindsym-
phony.com.
El Paso Youth Ballet
The ballet is the resident company of El
Paso Conservatory of Dance, directed by
Marta Katz. The ballet is open to interme-
diate and advanced dancers ages 11-21.
The conservatory is at 1060 Doniphan
Park Circle Ste H, El Paso, Texas 79922.
Performances are at UTEPs Magoffin
Auditorium. Tickets are $10, $15 and $20
Guide to Performing
Arts Organizations
for Cinderella and $15, $20 and$25 for
The Nutcracker. Information: 760-6062
or elpasoconservatoryofdance.org.
Cinderella, Oct. 25-27
The Nutcracker, Dec. 19-20.
Gilbert and Sullivan
Company of El Paso
The Gilbert and Sullivan Company of El
Paso (G&S) was founded in late 1969 by
its first artistic director, the late Joan
Quarm.The company is committed to pro-
ducing and presenting the operettas of W.
S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan and other
allied endeavors to the general public.
Artistic Director is Stephanie J. Conwell.
Mailing address is 10132 Cork El Paso,
TX 79925. Information: 591-6210, 584-
9319 or GandSelpaso.org.
Performances are held each summer in El
Paso and Las Cruces.
Kids-N-Co.
Kids-N-Co. is a non-profit organization
that provides a quality theater experience
and hands-on theatrical training to area
youth. Camps and classes are offered for 5
to 21-year-olds. Five mainstage plays are
presented each season by teenagers and
adults. Mailing address is P.O. Box
971333, El Paso, TX 79997. Information:
351-1455, kidsnco.org or
epkidsnco1@aol.com.
Performances are at Kids-N-Co.
Education and Performance Center, 1301
Texas and the Chamizal National
Memorial. Season and ticket information
to be announced.
JSEnterprises, ELP
JSEnterprises presents its Inaugural
Season of recitalsand concerts focused on
the classical, vocal arts. Information:
JSEnterprisesELP@gmail.com.
The season begins with Viva Verdi! a
bilingual and multi-media Lecture/Recital
centered on the illustrious life and career
of opera composer Giuseppe Verdi Oct. 20
at First Christian Church, 901 Arizona.
Admission is free.
Future concerts will include Popular
Songs ofYesteryear andSolo Voice & the
String Quartet. Dates and locations to be
announced.
Lola Productions, Inc.
For over 13 years, Lola Productions has
been committed to the arts and culture in
El Paso by presenting internationally
renowned theatrical and musical stage pro-
ductions ranging from jazz and off-
Broadway, to family-oriented stage extrav-
aganzas and speakers. Lola Productions is
the presenting company of Juanita
Vasquez. Information: lolaproduca-
tions98@yahoo.com.
Season and ticket information to be
announced.
Music Forum El Paso
Music Forum El Paso begins it 25th sea-
son this year and is a non-profit presenter
of free concerts. Its mission is to promote
classical music and musicians in the
greater El Paso area through performances,
educational outreach and fundraising
efforts. Information: musicforum-
elpaso.org. Performances are at El Paso
Museum of Art. Admission is free, but
memberships for supporters available start-
ing at $15. Season to be announced.
Showtime! El Paso
Formerly El Paso Community Concerts,
the organization began in 1934 as part of
the nationwide Community Concerts net-
work. The El Paso association renamed
itself in 2003 but remains a non-profit
organization dedicated to the founding
principles of Community Concerts, provid-
ing a variety of top-class entertainment at
a very affordable season subscription rate.
Mailing address is P.O. Box 3797, El
Paso TX 79923. Information: 544-2022 or
showtimeelpaso.com
2013-2014 Season
Sept. 19: Abbey Road
Oct. 24: Back to the Future
Dec. 5: The Gothard Sisters
Jan. 23: Jesse Lynch Jazz 101
Feb. 20: Umi Garrett
March 28: The Tokens
All performances are at the Abraham
Chavez Theatre, 1 Civic Center Plaza.
Season tickets are $85 ($35 youth and stu-
dent). Family season packages are $205.
Parking passes are $25 (covers all five
shows). Individual tickets to be
announced.
UTEP Dinner Theatre
The University of Texas at El Paso
Dinner Theatre, originally called the Union
Dinner Theatre, started in 1983 when cur-
rent dinner theatre director Gregory Taylor
was a graduate student at the university.
The Theatres Union Ballroom is at 207
Union West, El Paso, TX 79968-0552 (on
the UTEP campus). Information: 747-
6060, utep.edu/udt, udt@utep.udu.
2013-2014 Season:
Oct. 18-Nov. 3: 9 to 5 The Musical
Jan. 31-Feb. 15: Smokey Joes Cafe
April 25-May 17: Les Miserables
July 11-26: Chess
All performances are at the Union
Ballroom. Tickets: $30-$45 for dinner
shows; $16-$26 non-dinner matinee.
Tickets available at the University Ticket
Center: 747-5234 or utep.edu/tickets.
UTEP Department of
Music
The UTEP Department of Music is locat-
ed in the Fox Fine Arts Center, which con-
tains a 485-seat Recital Hall. The adjoin-
ing 1,200-seat Magoffin Auditorium hous-
es the departments opera, ballet and large
music ensemble productions. Ensembles
include: UTEP Ballet, The Jazz Lab
Ensemble, Marching Miners and
Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble,
Chorale, Chorus and Jazz Singers.
Department Chair is Lowell Graham.
The department is located Fox Fine Arts
Center, Room M301, 500 West University
Ave, El Paso, Texas 79968-0552.
Information: 747-5606, music@utep.edu
or music.utep.edu.
Performances are at UTEPs Fox Fine
Arts Recital Hall and Magoffin
Auditorium. Season and ticket information
to be announced.
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Carol McNeal
The cornerstone of live entertainment
across all major cities in America is a
Broadway series. But why does
Broadway work? And why has the
Broadway in El Paso series presented by
El Paso Electric become so popular?
The simplest answer is that throughout
history people have demonstrated a
strong interest in musical entertainment
and New York City, specifically
Broadway Avenue, responded to that
interest. As more and more musicals
were developed in New York, people
from all over the continent flocked to the
Broadway theatres, but not everyone
could afford the expense of a trip to New
York City, hotel accommodations,
expensive theatre tickets and all the inci-
dental expenses involved in such a trip.
Today in El Paso we are fortunate to
benefit from the forward-thinking entre-
preneurs who worked with Broadway
producers in New York to make it possi-
ble to bring the Great White Way to our
city. But it wasnt an easy task they pur-
sued and while years of experience and
the resulting knowledge have now eased
the process, it remains an awesome
undertaking. Venue planning begins to
take place two years in advance in most
cases, and for bigger shows, an earlier
start is required. All shows have to be
specially redesigned to travel, auditions
for touring talent have to be conducted,
agreement with venues throughout the
country have to be considered, every set
has to be constructed to fit into a tractor-
trailer and, in many cases, the on-site
construction process must be completed
in seven or eight hours. Travel for the
casts and crew is a test of their
endurance because many shows rest in a
city for only one or two nights. Local
crews report to work in the very early
morning hours and often work around
the clock to prepare and restore the the-
atre for Broadway productions.
So by now you are probably thinking
that there are a lot of obstacles to pro-
ducing Broadway touring shows and that
is certainly a valid thought. So why
bother, you might be asking. Broadway
musicals, even those with trusty, old
familiar titles continue to be in very high
demand in our country and across the
world. We like to see stories, old and
new, unfold. We like to hear familiar
show music and we embrace the oppor-
tunity to see Broadway shows in our
hometown.
Broadway subscribers in El Paso can
enjoy the same coveted seats year after
year, they are offered the opportunity to
purchase their season tickets over a peri-
od of time each year, they have the
opportunity to become familiar with
other subscribers and, best of all, when a
show is added onto the series, sub-
scribers are offered a chance to purchase
tickets prior to any public sales.
Broadway in El Paso has evolved from
its early roots in El Paso to todays pres-
entation of longer-running professional
equity shows like Mamma Mia,
WICKED and Jersey Boys. This
evolution has taken place because of
strong support and demand provided by
Broadway audiences in El Paso.
The 2013-2014 Broadway in El Paso
series will offer El Pasoans musical
opportunities for everyone. Straight No
Chaser (Oct. 27) returns to our city as a
response to amazing feedback from the
El Paso audience that saw their show last
year. And just a week later, the unforget-
table Million Dollar Quartet (Nov. 3),
Tony Award-winning story of Elvis
Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis
and Carl Perkins performing red-hot
rock n roll in a Nashville recording stu-
dio for one and only one night offers the
audience a peek into the lives of four
amazingly talented performing artists.
The highly acclaimed smash Broadway
hit, Green Days American Idiot (Dec.
9) comes to us directly from Broadway
and is based on Green Days Grammy
Award-winning, multi-platinum album
featuring hits like Boulevard of Broken
Dreams, the show takes the American
musical where its never gone before.
Bring It On: The Musical (March 17)
will offer colorful characters, fresh
sounds and explosive dance with aerial
stunts that is described as bitingly rele-
vant. Friendship, forgiveness and deter-
mination are highlighted in the Bring It
On: The Musical journey.
Described as the worldwide party
musical, Rock of Ages (April 22) is a
five-time Tony Award winner (2009) that
offers audiences an awesomely good
time about dreaming big, playing loud
and partying on! The show features the
greatest of the great 80s music.
And finally, blockbuster Jersey Boys
(May 28 June 1, 8 shows) loads into
the Plaza Theatre for the first time. A
Tony winner for Best Musical (2006),
Jersey Boys has stolen the hearts of
audiences throughout the world. This is
a dont miss show for all theatre fans.
Excitement is building for Broadway in
El Paso and its due to the phenomenal
support of local audiences that these
great and current shows have agreed to
perform on our beautiful Plaza Theatre
stage. The future is bright and continued
demand and support will ensure that the
series will continue to grow and prosper
while attracting the biggest and best of
Broadway with attractive and reasonable
pricing.
Why Broadway? Because we El
Pasoans, like others throughout the
world, simply love it!
Carol McNeal is Director, Facilities
Sales and Marketing, EPCPAC
Broadway in El Paso
is annual hit series
Straight No Chaser performs Oct. 27
UTEP Department of
Theatre and Dance
Each season, the department, hosts a
variety of popular and original plays that
highlight the many talents of the universi-
tys students and faculty. Department chair
is Dr. Joel Murray.
This year, the department will help UTEP
celebrate its 100th anniversary with a
Countdown to the Centennial season
Mailing address is 500 West University
Ave., Fox D 371, El Paso, TX 79968.
Information: 747-5146 or utep.edu/theatre
2013-2014 Season
Sept. 25-29: Living Out
Oct. 25-Nov. 3: The Scarlet Letter
Dec. 15-21: A Christmas Carol
Feb. 7-16: The Tale of Pobrero El
Campesino
March 21-30: The Arabian Nights
April 25-May 4: Here We Almost Are
All performances are at UTEPs Fox Fine
Arts Wise Family Theatre or Studio
Theatre. Tickets: $13 ($11 seniors, mili-
tary, group, UTEP alumni and non-UTEP
students; $9 UTEP students; ages 4-12)
Theatre box office: 747-5118.
Southern New Mexico
American Southwest
Theatre Company
Formed in 1984 by Tony Award winning
playwright Mark Medoff and Dr. Bruce
Street, American Southwest Theatre
Company is a company of theatre profes-
sionals and guest artists that work along-
side NMSUs Department of Theatre Arts.
Department Head is Tom Smith.
Mailing address is Box 30001, Dept.
3072, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001.
Information: (575) 646-4515, 1-800-525-
ASTC or theatre.nmsu.edu/astc
2013-2014 Season:
Sept. 27-Oct. 6: Red
Nov. 1: James and the Giant Peach
Nov. 22-Dec. 8: A Christmas Carol
Feb. 21-March 9: Aunt Raimi
April 18-May 4: The Misanthrope
All performances are the NMSU Center
for the Arts, 1000 E. University Avenue in
Las Cruces. Tickets: $17 ($14 seniors 65
and older and NMSU faculty/staff; $10
students 3-17 and NMSU students; $5 high
school students). Tickets: $10. Season
packages available.
Doa Ana Arts Council
and Rio Grande Theatre
Doa Ana Arts Council, Inc. (DAAC) is
a non-profit organization working to
improve the quality of life in Las Cruces
and Southern New Mexico through the
performing, visual and literary arts.
Mailing address is P.O. Box 1721, Las
Cruces, NM 88004. Information: (575)
523-6403, theatremgr@daarts.org or info-
daac@daarts.org or riograndetheatre.com
2013-2014 Performance Series:
Sept. 21: A Salute to Sun Records
Nov. 23: Blue Corn, The Journey
Dec. 7: Santa Fe Opera Holiday Show
Feb. 2: Cirque Montage
May 2: AJ Croce
All performances at the Rio Grande
Theatre, 211 N. Downtown Mall in Las
Cruces, N.M. Prices vary depending on
event. Every Other Tuesday performances
are free. Ticket information: (575) 523-
6403.
Flickinger Center for
Performing Arts
The Flickinger Center, which celebrates
its 25th anniversary this year, was created
to offer area communities a place to enjoy
world-class entertainment, from local tal-
ent to performers from around the world.
The centers summer Tailgate Series bring
live music to the Alamogordo Museum of
Space History.
The center is at 111 New York Ave. in
Alamogordo, NM 88310. Information:
2013-2014 Premiere Series:
Sept. 17: Solas
Oct. 22: Ring of Fire
Nov. 23: My Sinatra
Dec. 17: Mariachi Christmas
Jan. 17: Cirque Montage
March 8: Vocaldente
March 20: Letters Home
April 1: Rave On
May 6: Wild Women of Song
Season tickets are $115-$251. Individuals
show tickets vary.
Grant County Community
Concert Association
Mailing address is P.O. Box 2722, Silver
City, NM 88062. Information: (575) 538-
5862, gccca@gcconcerts.org or
gcconcerts.org.
2013-2014 Season:
Oct. 15: The Diamonds
Nov. 6: Anthony Kearns
Jan. 24: Jesse Lunch Jazz 101
Feb. 22: Umi Garrett
April 3: Pavlo and His Band
April 24: (season extra); Midori
All performances are at WNMUs Fine
Arts Center in Silver City, N.M. Individual
tickets: $20 ($5 students 17 and younger).
Season packages are $45.
Las Cruces Civic Concert
Association
Established by Las Crucens in 1945, the
non-profit, all volunteer presents national
and international musical events, and has
been entertaining Las Cruces for more
than years. Mailing address is P.O. Box
16112, Las Cruces, NM 88004
Information: (575) 521-4051
Venue: Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N.
Downtown Mall,
2013-2014 Season
Sept. 22: Yang and Olivia Liu
Nov. 19: RichterUzer
Feb. 20: Laurie Rubin
All performances are in the Rio Grande
Cruces. Individual show tickets: $20; sea-
son tickets: $55.
Las Cruces Community
Theatre
Now in their 51st season, the theatre was
founded in 1963 by New Mexico State
University graduate student Michael
Coquat. The theatre has performed in its
current location in the Las Cruces
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UTEPs Department of Theatre and
Dance is helping to celebrate the univer-
sitys 100th birthday with their
Countdown to the Centennial Season for
2013/2014.
Development Director Adriana
Dominguez said they feel every fortu-
nate every year to have an annual dance
concert highlighting their departments
growing and very talented dance pro-
gram with The Tale of Pobrero El
Campesino, will be a featured perform-
ance celebrating UTEPs Centennial Feb.
7-16, 2014 in the Fox Fine Arts Wise
Family Theatre.
This performance of original choreog-
raphy is inspired by Stravinskys
Pestruska, Gershwins Three
Preludes, and UTEPs close relationship
with the Kingdom of Bhutan. The title
piece is billed as a new ballet of politics
and love in revolutionary Mexico thats
based on ballets beloved puppet,
Petrushka. In addition, a new dance,
The Call of the Raven, is based on the
principles of the pre-Buddhist religion of
Bon still practiced in Bhutan.
Through The Tale of Pobrero El
Campesino, we are able to spotlight our
extremely gifted dance faculty while tak-
ing the audience through a cultural and
historical (with many liberties) journey
that celebrates 100 years of UTEP
through the stunning art of dance,
Dominguez said.
Other performances at the Wise Family
Theatre this season feature guest per-
formers, new looks at timeless classics
and performances that have become a
family tradition with The Scarlet
Letter, A Christmas Carol and The
Arabian Nights.
The departments adaptation of
Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet
Letter by Phyllis Nagy is Oct. 25-Nov.
3 and takes a
contemporary
slant as it fea-
tures an adult
Pearl, Hesters
illegitimate
daughter, as
narrator of the
play. The role
of Hester will
be played by
professional
actress Kathryn
Smith-McGlynn, who has guest-starred
in shows such as Friday Night Lights
and In Plain Sight.
A Christmas Carol,the tale of
Ebenezer Scrooges journey of joy and
revelation, has become a UTEP holiday
tradition, with this years performances
set for Dec. 15-21. Based on Charles
Dickenss story, this elaborate produc-
tion has been adapted for stage by Chuck
Gordon.
In the spring is Mary Zimmermans
adaptation of The Arabian Nights
March 21-30. The story of
Scheherazades endeavor to save her
own life through strategic storytelling
and prolonged endings over the course
of 1,001 nights will include a mixture of
both familiar and not-so-familiar
fables.
Studio Theatre productions include the
season-opener Living Out, a look at
undocumented immigrants who enter
the United States everyday in order to
seek better lives for them and their fami-
lies. The story, to be performed Sept.
25-29, is of one such immigrant and the
woman who hires her as a nanny.
According to the plays description dif-
ferences in race, class and status keep
the women from truly knowing each
other, although they are similar in some
ways. Both women must also make dif-
ficult decisions while realizing that sacri-
fices may come at a greater price.
The spring Studio Theatre production
and season finale is the world premier of
an original play written and directed by
Department Chairman Joel Murray.
Here We Almost Are, is set for April
25-May 4 and takes a look at those long-
ing to return to the turbulent times of the
1960s. Two aging divorced hippie
wannabes, who are broken down on a
deserted logging road on their way to
Yasgurs farm (home of the iconic 1969
Woodstock Festival), find a piano has
simply appeared on the roof of their
airstream trailer.
This sets off a bizarre night of every-
thing from rattlesnake bites to psyche-
delic drug trips to a sexually frustrated
serial killer with a tree branch for a leg,
the plays synopsis reads. Against this
backdrop of craziness, the couple des-
perately tries to rekindle the spirit of the
60s in order to revive their long-gone
romance and discover why they have
been put on this earth.
In addition to this seasons dynamic
offerings, Dominguez said the depart-
ment will continue to grow and surprise
audience as the university enters its sec-
ond century.
The Department continues to strive to
be student-centered to develop students
original voices, she said. We plan to
continue to provide our students with a
nationally and internationally competi-
tive education.
With both student and audience devel-
opment in mind, the department is ready
to take on the future.
Through diverse and innovative pro-
ductions and opportunities, the UTEP
Department of Theatre and Dance hopes
to continue serving the talented students
of UTEP and engaging the Paso Del
Norte community for the next 100
years, Dominguez said.
Showtime for most performances is 8
p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m.
Ticket prices for all shows $13; $11 for
non-UTEP students and groups of 10 or
more, UTEP Faculty/Staff, seniors and
military; $9 UTEP alumni with card,
UTEP students and children age 4-12.
There will also be additional buy-one-
get-one-free ticket specials offered
throughout the season including UTEP
Alumni Night, UTEP Faculty and Staff
Night, Military Night and El Paso City
Employee Night. For information, call
747-5118 or visit theatredance.utep.edu.
UTEP Theatre & Dance begins
Countdown to the Centennial
Smith-McGlynn
Downtown Mall since 1977, and is an all-
volunteer non-profit organization. The the-
atre is at 313 Downtown Mall in Las
Cruces. Mailing address is P.O. Box 1281,
Las Cruces, NM 88004-1281.
2013-2014 Season
Aug. 2-18: Dames at Sea
Oct. 4-20: The School of Lies
Dec. 6-22: Come Blow Your Horn
Jan. 31-Feb. 16: The Foreigner
March 28-April 13: The Lion In Winter
April 24-27: One Act Play Festival
June 6-22: Ruthless! The Musical
Season tickets $50 for adults and $45 for
seniors, military and students. Individual
show tickets are $10 for adults, $9 for sen-
iors, military and students, $8 each for
groups of ten or more and $7 for children
under age 6.
Las Cruces Symphony
Orchestra
The Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra at
New Mexico State University, under the
direction of Maestro Lonnie Klein, offers
classical, pops concerts, youth/family con-
certs and a Chamber Orchestra concert.
Mailing address is P.O. Box 1622Las
Cruces, NM 88004. Information: (575)
646-3709, operations@lascrucessympho-
ny.com or lascrucessymphony.com.
2013-2014 Season
Sept. 28-29: Eric Ruske, horn
Oct. 27-28: Philippe Quint, violin
Nov. 14: Youth Concert
Dec. 7-8: Ilya Yakuskev, piano
Jan. 17-19: Irving Berlins Annie Get
Your Gun
Feb. 8-9: Amit Peled, cello
April 5-6: Ryan Anthony, trumpet
May 3-4: Janet Sung, violin
Performances are at New Mexico State
University Atkinson Recital Hall, 1075 N.
Horseshoe; and the Las Cruces Convention
Center, 680 E. University in Las Cruces.
Season tickets are $165-$240; $35, $40
and $45 for individual Classics Series con-
certs; $35, $45 and $55 for Annie Get
Your Gun.
Mimbres Region Arts
Council
The Mimbres Region Arts Council just
completed its 34th year and has been rated
the No. 1 Local Arts Council in New
Mexico by New Mexico Arts multiple
times. Offices are at 1201 Pope Street,
Silver City, N.M. Mailing address is PO
Box 1830, Silver City, NM 88062.
Information: (575) 538-2505, info@mim-
bresarts.org or mimbresarts.org
Season:
Sept. 13-15: Pickamania
Oct. 25: Las Cruces Symphony
Orchestra, presented with GCCCA
Nov. 8: Golden Dragon Acrobats
Memorial Day weekend: Silver City
Blues Festival
Folk Series:
Oct. 18: Kris Delmhorst and Jeffrey
Foucoult
Jan 17: Mike + Ruthy
March 7: Red Molly
March 21: Terri Hendrix
Performance series shows are at WNMU
Fine Arts Center in Silver City; Folk
Series are at the Buckhorn Saloon in Pinos
Altos. Folk Series and Performance Series
tickets are $20 ($15 MRAC members);
Blues festival and Pickamania! perform-
ances are free.
NMSU Department of
Music
The New Mexico State University
Department of Music was established as
an independent department in 1962. In
addition to its many vocal and instrumen-
tal ensembles, the Atkinson Music Recital
Hall is also home to Las Cruces
Symphony Orchestra, Dona Ana Lyric
Opera, Mesilla Valley Concert Band and
New Horizons Orchestra.
Performances are at the NMSU Atkinson
Music Recital Hall in Las Cruces.
Information: (575) 646-2421 or
nmsu.edu/~music/. Season schedule to be
announced.
No Strings Theatre
Company
No String Theatre Company is a commu-
nity-based non-profit organization dedicat-
ed to expanding theater horizons in Las
Cruces. Artistic Director is Ceil Herman.
Mailing address is 430 N. Downtown
Mall in Las Cruces, 88001. Information:
(575) 523-1223, no-strings.org or
nstcbbt@zianet.com
2013-2014 Season
Aug. 23-Sept. 8: Greater Tuna
Oct. 11-27: Heroes
Nov. 29-Dec. 15: Nora
Jan. 24-Feb. 16: Romance/Romance
March 14-30: The Women of Lockerbie
April 25-May 11: Murderers
Performances are at the Black Box
Cruces. Individual show tickets are.
Tickets: $12 ($10 students and seniors
over 65). Season packages available.
Reservations: (575) 523-1223 or no-
strings.org.
Spencer Theater for the
Performing Arts
The Spencer Theater for Performing Arts
opened in 1997, creating a year round
venue for a variety of world-class perform-
ances. The theater is at 108 Spencer Road,
Airport Highway 220 in Alto, NM 88312
Information: (888) 818-7872 or (575) 336-
4800 or spencertheater.com
2013-2014 Fall/Winter/Spring Season:
Oct. 2: Gypsy Romance
Oct.18: Thriller
Nov. 16: Broadway Revisited
Nov. 29: Jim Currys Tribute to John
Denver
Dec. 14: Three Redneck Tenors
Dec. 21-22: Ruidoso Dance Ensemble
presents The Nutcracker
Jan. 21: Man of La Mancha
Feb. 14: The Fantasticks
Feb. 23: Glenn Miller Orchestra
March 2: Hair
March 15: Ruidoso Dance Ensemble
presents The Firebird and Rodeo
March 22: Bella Electric Strings
March 31: Westside Story
April 19: Hank and My Honky Tonk
Heroes
May 3: Gary Lewis and The Playboys
2014 summer season to be announced.
Individual ticket prices vary. Season tick-
et packages available.
Contd from Page 17
By Rosemary Flores, EPSO
A
fter a two-year search, the El Paso
Symphony Orchestra has a new
Music Director, Bohuslav Rattay.
A native of the Czech Republic, 41-year-
old Bohuslav Rattay is a busy ambassa-
dor for classical music, working with
orchestras across the globe to produce
symphonic works of all kinds to a diverse
audience. Our newly appointed Music
Director also serves as Music Director for
the Midland Symphony Orchestra and the
Lake Charles Symphony Orchestra.
Bohuslav combines impassioned and vir-
tuosic musicianship with a determination
to bring great music into the lives of all
people. He brings to El Paso 31 years of
musical training that began with playing
the bassoon at age 10, he studied at the
Prague Conservatory for six years, played
in an orchestra for 15 years, and holds
degrees from Rice University in Houston
and the Peabody Institute of Music in
Balitmore. He is also a pretty good bari-
tone singer! He made a living by singing
when he first moved to the United States
in 1993.
Bohuslav was born into a musical fami-
ly in Prague. His father played trombone,
his grandfather played violin and his
uncle is a concert cellist and a member of
a famous string quartet. Bohuslav knows
music but he also loves to cook, sail, hike,
ride his motorcycle and travel.
Bohuslav made his first appearance as
official music director at the free 4th of
July concert at Biggs Field in front of a
crowd of over 12,000, many of whom
were the brave men and women who
proudly serve our country. He spent sev-
eral weeks in El Paso over the summer
planning a tremendous season for us,
which includes collaborations with the El
Paso Museum of Art, the University of
Texas at El Paso and El Paso Pro-Musica,
and house hunting.
Bohuslav returned to El Paso in mid-
August to move into his new home, get
acclimated to his new surroundings, and
prepare for the El Paso Symphonys
2013-2014 season, which opens at 7:30
p.m. Sept. 20 and 21 at the Plaza Theatre
with pianist Vadym Kholodenko, the
2013 Gold Medal Winner of the Van
Cliburn International Piano Competition,
performing Tchaikovskys Piano
Concerto No. 1. Appropriately titled
Heart of Gold this concert also fea-
tures another Tchaikovsky favorite,
Symphony No. 6 Pathtique.
On October 18-19, Bohuslav and
Michael Tomor, director of the El Paso
Museum of Art, will team up for a pre-
concert discussion on American
Modern, Art & Music at 6:30 p.m. at
the El Paso Museum of Art. The sym-
phony concerts will follow at 7:30 p.m.
at the Plaza Theatre with music by
American composers Barber (Violin
Concert featuring Giora Schmidt) and
Howard Hanson (Symphony No. 2
Romantic).
In November, Bohuslav brings us La
Danza Clasica, featuring bandoneon
player Peter Soave performing
Piazzollas Concerto for Bandoneon and
Orchestra, Aconcagua with its distinctive
tango rhythms. The Nov. 22-23 program
also includes Mendelssohns Symphony
No. 4 Italian, which incorporates
saltarello a leaping Italian folk dance
and elements of a tarantella, a devil-
ishly fast dance from southern Italy.
El Paso Pro-Musicas music director
and concert cellist Zuill Bailey will join
Bohuslav and the symphony on the stage
January 24-25 for the 9th annual collab-
oration between the El Paso Symphony
Orchestra and El Paso Pro-Musicas
Chamber Music Festival.
After 15 years, the El Paso Symphony
Orchestra will again perform Carl Orffs
popular choral work Carmina Burana
February 21-22. This will be the first
time, though, it will be performed on the
Plaza Theatre stage. Considered a spec-
tacle, the Symphony will be joined by
UTEPs Choral Union and Concert
Chorale, Dr. Elisa Fraser Wilson, as con-
ductor plus outstanding guest singers
from the El Paso/Juarez region.
Bohuslav has plans to Raise the Roof
for the season finale April 25-26, which
features timpanist Andrew Spencer per-
forming Grammy Award-winning com-
poser Michael Daughertys Raise the
Roof. Daugherty is an American com-
poser, pianist and teacher. He is influ-
enced by popular culture, Romanticism,
and Postmodernism, and is one of the
most widely performed American con-
cert music composers of his generation.
Daughertys notable works include his
Superman comic book-inspired
Metropolis Symphony for Orchestra.
Bohuslav Rattay has planned an ambi-
tious season is ready to lead EPSO and
El Pasos growing arts community confi-
dently into a promising future. We hope
you will join us for his freshman season!
For a complete listing of the El Paso
Symphonys 2013-2014 season and
information visit our website at
www.epso.org or call us at (915) 532-
3776.
Rosemary Flores is Operations Manager
for the El Paso Symphony Orchestra.
EPSO opens season
with new conductor
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