Westfield News Group ArtsBeat 2/28/18

Westfield News Group ArtsBeat for 2/28/18. News about Goodspeed Musicals, Hartford Stage, Barrington Stage, CT Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Summer Series, WAM and more. http://thewestfieldnews.com/arts-beat-214/

News from Mark G Auerbach Public Relations / March 2018

We’re proud to share our clients’ activities.

The People

Kevin Rhodes conducts The Springfield Symphony in his Star Wars & Star Trek Sci-Fi Spectacular on March 3. The Maestro then returns to the Vienna State Opera Ballet for the first of four programs, a return of the full-length ballet Raymonda. His spring season in Vienna includes a repertory program of works by Balanchine, Neumeier and Robbins; a repertory program highlighting British choreographers; and the annual Nureyev Gala, which commemorates Nureyev’s 80th birthday. For details:http://kevinrhodesconductor.com/

Jeanne Yocum, publisher of the award-winning blog Succeeding in Small Business, releases her new book, The Self-Employment Survival Guide: Proven Strategies to Succeed as Your Own Boss. Published by Rowman and Littlefield, the book is available for pre-order on Amazon prior to its launch date on April 8. Jeanne will premiere the book in Durham, NC on April 10. For details: https://www.succeedinginsmallbusiness.com/the-self-employment-survival-guide/

Zasco Productions in Chicopee, MA provides.fully-integrated, turn-key creative and technical production solutions for corporate, educational, non-profit, theatrical, entertainment, and broadcast events  For details: http://www.zasco.com/  Zasco also owns BigVideo Screen. http://www.bigvideoscreen.com/

The Events

The Big Broadcast!, The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke’s 13th annual recreation of a live swing era radio broadcast, returns to Chapin Auditorium on Saturday, March 3. The program includes a 100th Birthday salute to Ella Fitzgerald. Mark Gionfriddo conducts and directs. WWLP’s Brian Lapis stars as emcee Fred Kelley. Tickets are on sale  at the UMass Fine Arts Center Box-Office and Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley. Snow date is March 4..For details: 413-545-2511 or www.fineartscenter.com

The Capitol Steps return to Western New England with their 2018 Cheaper Than Therapy Tour, with performances April 20 at Northampton’s Academy of Music, and April 21 at The Warner in Torrington, CT. Produced by The Mike Thornton Agency. For Northampton tickets: https://www.aomtheatre.com/  For Torrington tickets:. https://www.warnertheatre.org/  

My Lai, the opera commissioned and performed by Kronos Quartet, features score by Jonathan Berger and libretto by client Harriet Scott Chessman. After performances in New York, My Lai tours to Berkeley, CA on March 4; Los Angeles on March 9, and Ames, Iowa on March 21. For details: http://harrietchessman.com/events/.

More Shameless Self-Promotion

89.5fm/WSKB. ArtsBeat Radio will return to airwaves weekly in late May. Meanwhile, the next program airs on Wednesday, March 21 at 9AM,. And, for the month of March, I’m producing and hosting The Westfield News Show on 89.5fm/WSKB. Tune in Thursdays 6AM-8AM on Comcast Ch.15 in Westfield, or streamed via www.wskb.org or www.westfieldtv.org

My ArtsBeat columns and theatre reviews for Westfield News Group, Succeeding in Small Business and Take Magazine are catalogued at Random Notes From a P.R. Guy: http://mgauerbach.blogspot.com/

Here’s to Spring!

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ArtsBeat Radio on 89.5fm/WSKB 2/21/18

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Westfield News Group ArtsBeat for 2/21/18. Maestro Kevin Rhodes conducts a Star Wars/Star Trek Pops at the Springfield Symphony before heading to the Vienna State Opera Ballet, and The Big Broadcast! returns to South Hadley. http://thewestfieldnews.com/arts-beat-213/

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