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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Uptown Shakespeare in the Park
July 6-28
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Memnon
World Premiere at The Getty
September in Los Angeles
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American Theatre and the Classical Theatre of Harlem present ICONS, co-produced with Venus Radio Theatre
This episode: Super Barretto by Nelson Diaz-Marcano, performed by Hiram Delgado, which imagines an interview with the Puerto Rican percussionist and bandleader of the 1960s. Raymundo “Ray” Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929-Feb. 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well…
NEA Awards CTH $75,000
The Classical Theatre of Harlem is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $75,000.00. This grant will support CTH’s free summer production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Carl Cofield, which will transport audiences into a world of…
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The Classical Theatre of Harlem provides theatrical productions and theatre-based educational and literary programs at little or no cost to underserved communities in Harlem and beyond.
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ICONS: Harlem Renaissance in Motion
Unheard, unseen voices of this pivotal moment in American history are brought to life through half-hour radio dramas written by playwrights of color. Brought to you in partnership with Playbill, Broadway Podcast Network, and Venus Radio Theater. Hear a new episode every week.
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Single Petal of a Rose
Jazz virtuosos Jeremy Ajani Jordan and Mark Dover perform the iconic piece and speak about Duke Ellington’s genius inside the newly renovated Dorothy Maynor hall at Harlem School of the Arts.
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THE MUCK | A Radio Play
An idyllic journalist returns to his poverty-stricken hometown of the Muck in the American South to write an article about the forgotten suicide of his childhood friend, but in his quest to honor his friend’s legacy, he discovers he’s not the only one still hurting from this tragedy.
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