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LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, RAISE YOUR PENS: Proctor’s Theatre continues
to move forward in establishing itself as an all-purpose arts
center. They recently—and by recently, I mean since the last
time I had the chance to write an Art Beat—announced that
they are going to host a “new works/new plays” theater festival
in April 2008. The selected plays will be presented in repertory
over a three-week period, in their new performance space Upstairs
@ 440, in the 440 Arts Center Building; Broadway vet Kevin
Maguire will be the artistic director. So, right now,
they are accepting “new, full-length plays” for consideration.
Send your scripts to: Proctor’s Theatre, Attn: Kevin Maguire,
432 State St., Schenectady, NY 12305. The deadline for submission
is June 15.
GOOD BYE AND GOOD LUCK: The director of the Hyde Collection
recently announced his resignation. Randall Suffolk,
who first joined the Glens Falls museum as curator in 1995
and was officially named director in 2000, is leaving to become
the executive director of the Philbrook Museum of Art
in Tulsa, Okla. “My time at the Hyde has been a blessing,”
Suffolk said in a press release. The Hyde also noted, approvingly,
that attendance increased by 60 percent—and memberships by
40 percent—during Suffolk’s tenure. The museum is in the process
of forming a search committee to find a new director.
—Shawn
Stone
sstone@metroland.net
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PHOTO:
Martin Benjamin
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Lovin’
Alvin
The
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre appeared for a two-night
engagement at Proctor’s Theatre in Schenectady this week.
Tuesday (May 1) night’s performance began with The River,
in which the dancers performed a mix of moderately classical
pieces; the middle set, Shining Star, had a 1970s theme,
with music by Earth, Wind and Fire. Both nights’ performances
ended with Revelations, a collection of semi-traditional,
spiritually tinged works with which AAADT traditionally ends
the majority of their shows. Tuesday’s audience ate up every
bit of the performance; they sang along to the gospel numbers
and swayed in unison before they cheered in a unanimous standing
ovation.
—Kathryn
Lurie
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