The NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development’s Program in Vocal Performance will perform Street Scene, a lively production based on Elmer Rice’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

NYU Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions Presents Street Scene, March 7-8

The NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development’s Program in Vocal Performance will perform Street Scene, a lively production based on Elmer Rice’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Street Scene tells the story of the ordinary romances, gossip, and quarrels of an East Side tenement. Directed by Steinhardt’s own William Wesbrooks, with Grant Wenaus as music director this American Opera features music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice, and book by Elmer Rice. The cast and orchestra will feature undergraduate and graduate students from the NYU Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions.

The production will run at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place. Subway lines: A, B, C, D, E, F, M (W. 4th St.), 1 (Christopher St.), N, R (8th St.), 6 (Astor Place), 6 (Bleecker St.). Tickets are $20 general admission and $5 for students/senior citizens.

For tickets, visit www.nyuskirball.org/calendar/streetscene or call the Shagan Box Office at 212.352.3101, or in person at 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South). Industry tickets may be requested by emailing steinhardt.boxoffice@nyu.edu. For press inquiries, please contact Courtney Bowe in the NYU Office of Public Affairs at 212.998.6797 or courtney.bowe@nyu.edu.

The Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is the premier venue for the presentation of cultural and performing arts events for New York University and lower Manhattan. Led by executive producer Jay Oliva (President Emeritus, NYU) and senior director Michael Harrington, the programs of the Skirball Center reflect NYU’s mission as an international center of scholarship, defined by excellence and innovation and shaped by an intellectually rich and diverse environment. A vital aspect of the Center’s mission is to build young adult audiences for the future of live performance. www.nyuskirball.org.

To learn more about NYU Steinhardt, visit: www.steinhardt.nyu.edu.

 

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