Joyce Rudolph
What could be more romantic than watching a husband and wife make
beautiful music together?
That's what the Glendale Symphony Orchestra has planned for tonight
when its Music Director and Conductor Sidney Weiss and his wife, Jeanne,
perform together during the all-Mozart concert at The Alex Theatre in
Glendale.
This is the second concert of the orchestra's 76th season and it
begins at 8 p.m.
The program is Overture to Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Concerto in A major
for Piano, K. 488, featuring Jeanne on piano, Concerto in A major for
Violin, K.219 featuring Sidney on violin and Symphony No. 35, K. 385
"Haffner."
Subscription tickets for the remaining series concerts are available
from the symphony office, 401 N. Brand Blvd., Suite 520, Glendale, CA
91203. For information, call 500-8720. Single seats, priced from $15 to
$45, are on sale at The Alex box office, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, or
through Telecharge at (800) 233-3123. Visit the symphony on line at
www.glendalesymphony.org.
A lovely dinner along Brand Boulevard followed by the concert is just
the way to start a romantic Valentine's weekend. Enjoy!
SPECIAL EVENTS
Colony producing last play before move to Burbank
The Colony Studio Theatre has opened its last production before it
moves to Burbank's Media City Center mall in the former Natural History
Museum space.
"A Shayna Maidel" by Barbara Lebow, continuing until April 9, will be
the final Mainstage production at the company's Silver Lake home of 25
years.
The play is directed by Scott Segall, who has directed the critically
acclaimed Colony hits "Incident At Vichy" and "Morning Star."
It tells the moving sotry of two sisters reunited in New york in 1946
after 18 years of separation. One has spent her life in America while the
other has survived the Nazi concentration camps in Poland. Together, they
overcome the cultural and historical divides that separate them and
discover the meaning of family in this haunting, award-winning drama.
Tickets are $20 to $26. Shows are at 8 p.m. Thursdays through
Saturdays with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. The Colony Studio Theatre is at
1944 Riverside Drive in Silver Lake. For reservations, call (323)
665-3011.
Barbara Beckley, producing director, says that as soon as constuction
is complete, the company will move in April to its new location.
It will be the culmination of four years working with the city of
Burbank. She says the group will announce the name of the opening show
soon.
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