On the Main Stage
Anna Karenina
April 3 — May 6, 2012
Tolstoy’s classic story of love and marriage in
Imperial Russia comes to our Main Stage in a new
adaptation by Kevin McKeon, adaptor of Snow
Falling on Cedars.
This tragic love story has been called by some the greatest novel ever written—it certainly has one of the most famous first lines: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” When Anna’s husband refuses…More
It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues
May 22 — June 24
“Looking for a sure cure to the blues? Latch on to a
ticket for It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues.
More than a musical feast… it is a potent blend of
visual eloquence and historical sweep that engages
the eye and touches the heart, while its songs
soothe the ear, occasionally work mischief on the
funny bone and always raise the spirits.” —The
New York Times
From African chants and Delta spirituals…More
In the Ellyn Bye Studio
Black Pearl Sings!
April 24 — June 17, 2012
In 1935 Texas, Susannah, an academic and song
collector for the Library of Congress, visits a
high-security prison where she meets Pearl, an
African-American woman imprisoned for murder who
longs to leave prison and find her lost daughter.
Hoping to record the treasure trove of spirituals
and African folk songs that only Pearl knows—and
make her reputation on the discoveries—
