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Bringing You the World’s Best
Written By: Mary Adair Trumbly - Highlands PAC | Issue: 2016/11 - November
The Highlands Performing Arts Center presents Live via Satellite performances from Moscow and London during November.
The National Theatre of London will offer three encore productions – “One Man, Two Guvnors,” “Frankenstein”and “Hamlet.”
“One Man, Two Guvnors,” will be presented on Saturday, November 5, at 1:00 P.M. Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance by James Corden, this was a runaway hit both in London’s West End and on Broadway. The Daily Mail called it the “Funniest show on the planet.”
At 12:55 P.M. Sunday, November 6, The Bolshoi Ballet will present an encore performance of “The Bright Stream.” Alexei Ratmansky invokes the genius of Shostakovich’s score at The Bolshoi, creating a laugh-out-loud masterpiece with its bits of slapstick comedy, hilarious deceptions and false identities. The Bolshoi bursts with vivid life and bright spirits in Ratmansky’s brilliantly choreographed smash.
Academy Award-nominee Benedict Cumberbatch takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy in the encore presentation of “Hamlet,” 1:00 P.M. Saturday, November 12. “This is a ‘Hamlet’ for a world on the edge: a warning from history, and a plea for new ideas from a new generation,” says Variety.
Two versions of the classic “Frankenstein” will be presented at 1:00 and 7:00 P.M. Saturday, November 19. Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle, this thrilling production features Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered Creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development, and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.
Tickets are available at the door, online at highlandspac.org or by calling (828) 526-9047. Highlands Performing Arts Center is located at 507 Chestnut Street.
