Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Announces its 2006 Spring Season with Eleven Engagements Featuring

Music from Alvin Slaughter/Greater Allen Cathedral Mass Choir and Band, Arrested Development/Urban Word NYC/M1, Morris Day & The Time/ & The Dap-Kings; & Oratorio from Aix-en-Provence/Les Arts Florissants/William Christie/Luc Bondy, Sir Jonathan Miller; Theater by Sydney Theatre Company/Robyn Nevin, Theatre Royal Bath/Peter Hall Company/Sir Peter Hall, Robert Wilson/National Theatre of Bergen/Norwegian Theatre of Oslo; Dance from Mark Morris Dance Group, The Forsythe Company, DanceAfrica 2006/Chuck Davis;

BAM 2006 Spring Season is sponsored by Bloomberg

BAM’s Rhythm & BAM concert series, now in its fourth year:

Stirring gospel tenor Alvin Slaughter and the powerful Greater Allen Cathedral Mass Choir and Band share an evening of praise music hosted by KISS-FM’s Nicole Brown……………………………………………page 6

Pioneering hip-hop collective Arrested Development takes the stage with rapper M1 of Dead Prez in a music/spoken word collaboration with the Urban Word NYC Teen Poetry Slam national champions...... …………………...page 7

The legendary Morris Day & The Time join forces with 's own Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings for a rousing evening of , soul, and R&B...page 8

Resplendent opera and oratorio:

William Christie conducts Les Arts Florissants in the renowned Aix-en-Provence Festival production of Handel's Hercules, directed by Luc Bondy...... ………………………page 9

Sir Jonathan Miller returns with his incomparable staging of Bach’s great oratorio, St. Matthew Passion...... ……………………………………………………………………………page 13

Three resounding theater productions:

Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett makes her U.S. stage debut in Sydney Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler...... ………………………..page 10

Ibsen’s Peer Gynt is re-imagined by director Robert Wilson in a co-production by Norway's National Theatre of Bergen and The Norwegian Theatre of Oslo………………………page 14

Renowned director Sir Peter Hall returns to BAM with Theatre Royal Bath/Peter Hall Company’s The Importance of Being Earnest, featuring Lynn Redgrave.……………...page 15

Three dynamic dance engagements:

Mark Morris Dance Group’s month-long, 25th anniversary season features three different mainstage programs—including Mark Morris' conducting debut, a film series curated by Morris, and related BAMcafé Live and humanities events...…………………………….page 11

The Forsythe Company—a new ensemble led by former Ballett Frankfurt Artistic Director and choreographer William Forsythe—makes its U.S. debut with Kammer/Kammer...... page 16

DanceAfrica 2006, in its 29th year under the artistic direction of Founding Elder Chuck Davis, features visiting company Perú Negro and local favorites Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn, Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble, and the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble...... ………………………………………………………….page 17

Brooklyn, NY, October 27, 2005---Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, has announced programming for the BAM 2006 Spring Season, which runs from January 21—May 28, 2006. The 2006 Spring Season will feature eleven mainstage theater, dance, opera, oratorio, and popular music engagements, comprising an array of international artistic expression and achievement—further complemented by humanities events, BAMcinématek series, BAMart exhibitions, and popular music programming at BAMcafé Live.

Spring Season subscription tickets go on sale Nov 8. Single tickets go on sale Dec 12. For ticket information, call BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100 or order tickets online at www.BAM.org.

Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo commented on the coming season: “BAM’s Spring Season represents our ongoing commitment to resonant international work as well as to the diversity of the American artistic experience.”

Melillo continued, “We are thrilled to present the U.S. stage debut of an enormously gifted actress, Cate Blanchett, in Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. And in further recognition of a 2006 worldwide Ibsen centennial, we welcome the return of visionary director Robert Wilson with a Norwegian 2006 Spring Season, 3 production of Peer Gynt. The renowned Sir Peter Hall—who delighted BAM audiences last spring with As You Like It—returns to direct Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, featuring the BAM debut of Lynn Redgrave.

“Our dance engagements this season include a milestone—the 25th anniversary of our friends and neighbors of the Mark Morris Dance Group. We plan to honor them with a broad, celebratory spectrum of performances, film, music, and humanities events. We are also proud to present the first U.S. performances by choreographer William Forsythe’s new ensemble, The Forsythe Company, and to continue our relationship with a unique artist in this new incarnation. Chuck Davis, who has made immeasurable contributions to dance as well as to vital cultural awareness and education, will return for the 29th year with one of BAM’s most popular programs: DanceAfrica—this year featuring a visiting Peruvian company, Perú Negro.

“In his fifteenth memorable BAM engagement since 1989, William Christie leads Les Arts Florissants in the impeccable Aix-en-Provence production of Handel’s Hercules, directed by Luc Bondy. And returning this spring is Sir Jonathan Miller’s stirring production of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion—a great director’s vision of a powerful oratorio, presented at BAM for the third and final time.

“Our Rhythm & BAM concert series—now in its fourth year—features an exciting line-up of one-night-only events: an uplifting evening of gospel music by vocalist Alvin Slaughter and the Queens-based Greater Allen Cathedral choir; a spoken word-and-music event uniting the Urban Word NYC Teen Poetry Slam national champions with hip-hop greats Arrested Development and M1 of Dead Prez; and the legendary Morris Day & The Time, joined by Brooklyn’s Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings.

“The Spring Season will also feature humanities events designed to enrich the mainstage experience, great weekend music at BAMcafé Live, engaging programming at the acclaimed BAMcinématek, and an ongoing commitment to a variety of BAMart exhibitions and new partnerships.”

BAM President Karen Brooks Hopkins added, “The Spring Season program lineup represents everything that’s unique and special about BAM—return visits by great artists we’ve known for years as well as new discoveries. We are particularly excited about welcoming Bloomberg as our presenting sponsor.”

Joseph V. Melillo, who oversees all artistic programming at BAM, became executive producer in July 1999 after joining BAM as director of the Next Wave Festival in 1983 and serving as producing director from 1992–99. Karen Brooks Hopkins, who recently marked her 25th year at BAM, was named president in July 1999 following a tenure as BAM’s executive vice president.

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Eat, Drink & Be Literary Starting in January, the Brooklyn Academy of Music in partnership with The National Book Foundation, will once again host prominent authors in the BAMcafé for literary evenings. Due to the success of the first program last year, the series has been expanded from six to nine evenings from January through June 2006. Participating authors during this series will include Jonathan Safran Foer, Gish Jen, John Sayles, Julian Barnes, Caryl Phillips, 2006 Spring Season, 4 Julia Alvarez, Jonathan Lethem, and Nicole Krauss. “Eat, Drink & Be Literary: Dinner and a Reading at BAMcafé,” will offer literary enthusiasts the chance to meet, eat, and talk before each reading in an informal setting which will include Pine Ridge wines and a buffet dinner—provided by restaurateur Great Performances. Tickets are $42 per event, available beginning November 8 via BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100 and BAM.org. In a related event, the BAMfamily Book Brunch will feature young adult author Jacqueline Woodson and special guests on Saturday, April 29 at noon. Tickets are $15 for children and $20 for adults.

BAMcinématek Highlights of BAMcinématek spring programming include the 5th annual Best of African Diaspora Film Festival (February); an evening with writer Paul Auster—with a screening of Smoke (February); films of Japanese filmmaker Hiroshi Teshigahara, which will include a one-week run of his documentary Antonio Gaudi (March); a film series curated by Mark Morris—in conjunction with his company’s 25th anniversary season—(March); our fourth annual horror series highlighting Spanish classics (March); films of Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse (April–May); and a weeklong series of films presented in conjunction with DanceAfrica 2006 (May).

Leadership support for BAMcinématek is provided by Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust and James Ottaway, Jr.

BAMfamily BAMfamily, BAM Education & Humanities’ popular spring weekend series for children and adults, features arts programming as diverse and adventurous as BAM’s mainstage productions. Now entering its eighth season, BAMfamily was created to share innovative or unfamiliar art forms with families at an affordable price. This season BAMfamily features the return of the eighth annual BAMkids Film Festival (March 4 & 5) with more than 40 films from around the world. This spring will also include the inaugural BAMfamily Book Brunch (April 29), a junior version of the successful “Eat, Drink, & Be Literary” series. The event will feature award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson and special guests. The program will include a kid-friendly buffet lunch, live music, and a reading by the author from her latest book, Show Way, followed by a Q&A, audience activities, and a book signing. Recommended age level: 8 to 12 years. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for children under 16.

MetLife Foundation is the presenting sponsor for BAMfamily.

BAMdialogues BAMdialogues is an informal series of discussions with BAM’s innovative theater, dance, and music artists, presented by BAM Education & Humanities department. The artists are interviewed by cultural commentators, scholars, and critics providing provocative and spirited discourse. Four sessions with 2006 Spring Season participants are scheduled to take place in the BAM Rose Cinemas at 6pm: On March 2, director Robyn Nevin will join Andrew Upton in a discussion of his adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler for the Sydney Theatre Company; on March 22, The New Yorker’s Alex Ross will talk about music with choreographer Mark Morris; director Sir Jonathan Miller will discuss his visionary staging of Bach's St. Matthew Passion on April 11; and choreographer William Forsythe will discuss his new Forsythe Company with dance journalist and Forsythe biographer Rosyln Sulcas on May 3. BAMdialogues tickets are $8 per event ($4 for Friends of BAM).

BAMtalk: Morris & Collaborators The 2006 Spring Season will feature a BAMtalk celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Mark Morris Dance Group. The renowned choreographer will discuss converging art forms with various collaborators: designer Isaac Mizrahi (costume designer for Platée and Falling Down Stairs, among others), painter Robert Bordo (scenic designer for several pieces, including Henry Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas), and author/illustrator Maira Kalman (scenic designer for Four Saints in Three Acts). BAMtalk: Morris & Collaborators takes place on Monday, March 6 from 7–9pm in the BAM Hillman Attic Studio. Tickets are $8 ($4 for Friends of BAM).

BAMcafé Live The BAMcafé Live series on Friday and Saturday nights presents performances by stylistically diverse artists— both established and up-and-coming. Spring BAMcafé Live highlights include a month-long residency of the 2006 Spring Season, 5 Black Rock Coalition (BRC) in February. Also slated for spring: Fort Greene Scene featuring local musicians and singers, a month-long celebration of the music that inspires Mark Morris, and the return of the Sista Factory residency, featuring outstanding female artists on the New York music scene. BAMcafé Live events have no cover charge; there is a $10 per person food/drink minimum. For information and updates, call 718.636.4100.

BAMcafé Live is sponsored by Con Edison and Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. The BAMcafé piano is provided by Deutsche Bank.

BAMart Spring BAMart programs include a January exhibition of work by the Kamoinge Workshop—a longstanding African American photographers’ collective—curated by Fort Greene artist Danny Simmons; Staff Infection—a February show of work by artists on the BAM staff; photography from the Mark Morris Dance Group archives (shown in conjunction with the company’s 25th anniversary celebration in March); an exhibition of prints and photography by Pratt Institute students (in April); Silent Auction II , the 2nd annual auction of work from the BAMart collection (in May); and a collaboration with BICA (Brooklyn Institute of Contemporary Art), which expands on BICA’s spring show “The Beautiful Game.”

Spring BAMart exhibitions are supported by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.

For Tickets and Information For tickets to or information about the BAM 2006 Spring Season, call BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100 or visit www.BAM.org (for press information, contact BAM Communications at 718.636.4129 or [email protected]).

General admission tickets to BAM Rose Cinemas are $10. Tickets are $7 for students 25 and under (with valid I.D. Monday–Thursday, except holidays), seniors, and children under twelve, and $7 for BAM Cinema Club members. Tickets are available at the BAM Rose Cinemas box office, by phone at 718.777.FILM (order by “name of movie” option), or online at BAM.org. A three-course dinner and movie package on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at BAMcafé is available for only $21 plus cost of movie ticket. For more information, call the BAMcinématek hotline at 718.636.4100 or visit BAM.org.

BAMcafé Live events have no cover charge; there is a $10 per person food/drink minimum. For information and updates, call 718.636.4100. 2006 Spring Season, 6 Rhythm & BAM

Alvin Slaughter The Greater Allen Cathedral Mass Choir and Band

Directed by Abdel R. Salaam Hosted by Nicole Brown Music curated by Limor Tomer Rhythm & BAM lighting designed by Roma Flowers

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Jan 21 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 25

For the fourth year, Rhythm & BAM features an uplifting evening of praise music, hosted by KISS-FM’s popular on-air personality Nicole Brown. The Howard Gilman Opera House will ring with the joyful sounds of gospel vocalist Alvin Slaughter and The Greater Allen Cathedral Mass Choir and Band.

Alvin Slaughter has established himself as a leading international vocal recording artist and , as well as a worship leader, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur. Starting his gospel music career as a choir member and then soloist at the Brooklyn Tabernacle, Slaughter has released six recordings through Integrity Music, and has been nominated for four Dove Awards and one Stellar Award. He has performed throughout the U.S. and England, as well as in Amsterdam, Singapore, the Cayman Islands, the Philippines, Israel, the Bahamas, Africa, Jamaica, Trinidad, Canada, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, and Grenada. According to Christianity Today, “Alvin Slaughter has the kind of voice you never forget.”

The Greater Allen Cathedral Mass Choir and Band is an integral part of the 18,000-member church community in Jamaica, Queens. The Ministry of Music, led by Reverend Gwendolin Sims Warren and Music Director Stanley Brown, consists of nine choirs and two bands comprised of over twenty instrumentalists. It also produces its own CDs including Worship at the Cathedral: Let all the People Praise You and Say Yes! Judah “Live” in Concert. Greater Allen Cathedral also serves its neighbors through the operation of a day care center, an elementary school, senior citizen housing, a charter bus operation, a resource center for women, and a health clinic.

Rhythm & BAM is part of Diverse Voices at BAM presented by Time Warner, Inc., and receives additional support from Con Edison.

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Arrested Development Urban Word NYC Hosted by M1 of dead prez

Curated by Michael Cirelli and Danny Kapilian Rhythm & BAM lighting designed by Roma Flowers

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Jan 27 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 25

As part of the fourth annual Rhythm & BAM series, BAM is delighted to present an innovative collaborative evening of spoken word and hip hop, featuring prominent hip-hop group Arrested Development led by their politically and socially conscious founder Speech; M1, the emcee/activist of hip-hop group dead prez; and the 2005 national teen poetry champions of Urban Word NYC.

The show—part theatrics, part poetry, part hip-hop performance—will feature the music of Arrested Development, the politics of hip-hop activist M1 as host, and the raw talent of NYC’s finest teen poets in a reflective performance that will intersperse song and poetry. The young poets will respond with fiery verse to the music presented by Arrested Development and M1, in a performance that will juxtapose itself back and forth between poetry, hip-hop and beyond.

Arrested Development burst onto the music scene in 1991 with a unique fusion of soul, blues, hip-hop, funk, and socially-conscious lyrics. The group has won Grammys for Best Rap Album by a Duo or Group and Best New Artist (the first hip-hop group to be so honored). They contributed the song “Revolution” to Spike Lee’s film Malcolm X and their songs “Tennessee,” “Mr. Wendel,” and “People Everyday” (a rewrite of the Sly and the Family Stone’s “Everyday People”) won them both popular and critical acclaim. Without question their sound helped to open ears and minds to acts like Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, the Roots, and countless others, paving the way for the neo-soul movement of today.

Joining Arrested Development will be the poets of Urban Word NYC (formerly known as Youth Speaks NY), which has ignited the youth spoken word and poetry scene in . Since it was established in 1999, Urban Word NYC has provided thousands of New York City teenagers with free, safe, ongoing, and uncensored writing and performance opportunities. Among the thousands of teens served every year with free writing workshops, Urban Word NYC also presents the largest local teen poetry slam in the nation. And this year, hundreds of young people from across the U.S. and Europe will convene in New York City for a week to compete and celebrate the spoken word.

Hosting the evening will be M1 of the groundbreaking hip-hop duo dead prez. Known for their provocative and intelligent lyrics, and inspired by revolutionaries such as Malcolm X and Public Enemy, Dead Prez has gained a worldwide following with fiery, cerebral music that emphasizes political and social issues.

Rhythm & BAM is part of Diverse Voices at BAM presented by Time Warner, Inc., and receives additional support from Con Edison.

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Morris Day & The Time Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Music curated by Danny Kapilian Rhythm & BAM lighting designed by Roma Flowers

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Jan 28 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 30, 35

On January 28, Morris Day & The Time and Brooklyn’s own Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings bring an evening of funk, soul, R&B—and pure entertainment—to the Borough of Kings.

“What time is it?” is the rallying cry from funk and R&B group Morris Day & The Time. Assembled by Prince in 1981, Morris Day & The Time spawned a string of hit dance singles in the 80s including “Get it Up,” “Cool,” “Jungle Love,” “777-9311,” and the song that created a dance of the same name, “The Bird.” Led by flamboyant frontman Morris Day, The Time’s infectious, multi-layered concerts are a unique musical experience that include comical skits, Zoot-suits, and dance routines. Morris’ antics with colleague Jerome Benton, along with music from the group, was captured in the cult classic film Purple Rain. Their latest album It’s About Time was released in 2004, that same year the band opened for Prince on select dates of his “Musicology” tour.

The show opens with the old-school soul of Brooklyn’s own Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. Led by smoky- voiced Sharon Jones and bassist and producer Bosco Mann, the band’s most recent album, Naturally, was said to capture the “analog swing classic of James Brown funk and the pop-minded soul of vintage Motown” (Houston Press). The Austin Chronicle says of the band: “Brooklyn took it, placed it in the trusty hand of Bosco Mann, and the funk has been better for it ever since.”

Rhythm & BAM is part of Diverse Voices at BAM presented by Time Warner, Inc., and receives additional support from Con Edison.

2006 Spring Season, 9 Hercules U.S. Premiere Music by George Frideric Handel Les Arts Florissants An Aix-en-Provence Festival Production Conducted by William Christie Directed by Luc Bondy

Set design by Richard Peduzzi Costume design by Rudy Sabounghi Lighting design by Dominique Bruguière Movement director: Michel Kelemenis

A co-production with Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Paris Opera, and the Wiener Festwochen

With William Shimell (Hercules), Joyce DiDonato (Dejanira), Ed Lyon (Hyllus), Ingela Bohlin (Iole), Katija Dragojevic (Lichas), and Simon Kirkbride (Priest of Jupiter)

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Feb 14*, 16* & 18† at 7:30pm Feb 19† at 3pm *Tickets: $35, 75, 110, 135 †Tickets: $45, 85, 125, 150

The magnificent Les Arts Florissants under Baroque music master William Christie returns to BAM with the U.S. premiere of Handel’s dramatic English opera Hercules, a rarely performed secular oratorio depicting the tragic return of the hero after a triumphant military campaign. This ancient myth is modernized by director Luc Bondy on a sparse stage, carpeted in sand and evoking a Greek amphitheater, with no other set than a shattered statue. Completing the modern staging of the Baroque opera, a 32-member choir in contemporary dress will move about the set to serve as both a traditional chorus and as spectators. Written in 1744, Hercules features some of Handel’s most daring musical compositions and vivid characterizations. “A highlight of the [Aix-en- Provence] festival,” declared Opera News of Hercules, “It is a masterpiece. The heroes may be mythical, but their problems are timeless.”

With origins in Sophocles and Ovid, Hercules considers the overwhelming and poisonous power of human jealousy. After Hercules’ long absence on a military campaign, his wife, Dejanira, fears he has died. But her lament is interrupted by the hero’s triumphant return, accompanied by an unexpected prize of conquest: the beautiful princess Iole. Assuming her husband has been unfaithful with his new slave, Dejanira’s grief turns to jealous rage and, despite all protestations of innocence from both Hercules and Iole, she brings about his untimely death.

Les Arts Florissants, founded by William Christie in Paris in 1979, takes its name from a three-century-old work by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and is widely considered to be the foremost Baroque opera ensemble. Les Arts Florissants is renowned for its crystalline renditions and reconstructions of and scores by largely French, Italian, and English seventeenth and eighteenth-century Baroque composers such as Lully, Monteverdi, and Purcell. Since 1989, Christie and Les Arts Florissants have performed seven operas and six concerts at BAM, including Atys (1989, 1992), Médée (1994), Orlando (1996), Hippolyte et Aricie (1997), Theodora (2000), Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (2002), and Les Boréades (2003), as well as concerts in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1999. Christie regularly guest-conducts orchestras and lectures on early music, and has recently established an academy for young singers called Le Jardin des Voix. Christie was the first American to become a professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (1982), was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur in 1993, and is now a French citizen.

2006 Spring Season, 10 Major support for Hercules is provided by Grand Marnier Foundation, with additional support from Anne H. Bass. Leadership support for BAM French programs is provided by The Florence Gould Foundation. Support for BAM Opera is provided by Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. Opera endowment funding has been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund for Opera & Music Theater.

Hedda Gabler U.S. Premiere By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Andrew Upton Sydney Theatre Company Directed by Robyn Nevin Set designed by Fiona Crombie Costumes designed by Kristian Fredrikson Lighting designed by Nick Schlieper Music composed by Alan John

BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Feb 28 at 8pm* Mar 1—4, 7—11, 14—18, 21—25 at 7:30pm (note: Mar 1 is press opening) Mar 4, 11, 18 & 25 at 2pm Mar 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 3pm Tickets: $30, 50, 85 *BAM and Sydney Theatre Company benefit evening. Call BAM Patron Services at 718.636.4182 for tickets.

BAMdialogue with Robyn Nevin & Andrew Upton Mar 2 at 6pm BAM Rose Cinemas Tickets: $8 ($4 for Friends of BAM)

Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett (The Aviator, Elizabeth, The Talented Mr. Ripley) makes her U.S. stage debut in the highly acclaimed Sydney Theatre Company production of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, also featuring Hugo Weaving (Lord of the Rings and Matrix trilogies). Adapted by Andrew Upton and directed by Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Robyn Nevin, Hedda Gabler premiered at Sydney Theatre Company’s Wharf 1 Theater on July 27, 2004, where it enjoyed a sold-out run. BAM will present the production with its original cast—Cate Blanchett, Annie Byron, Justine Clarke, Julie Hamilton, Hugo Weaving, Anthony Weigh, and Aden Young—coinciding with a 2006 worldwide centennial celebration of Ibsen’s work.

One of Ibsen’s most compelling and conflicted characters, Hedda Gabler is an aristocratic woman aching to be free of her middle-class husband and yet terrified of scandal. As portrayed by Blanchett, an actress of extraordinary dramatic range and intelligence, the role of Hedda Gabler is, according to Variety, “…executed with impeccable pitch and tone.” Sydney’s Sunday Telegraph calls Blanchett’s portrayal “…full of nuance and pace, pathos and ill-concealed rage.”

The Sydney Theatre Company (STC), established in 1978, is Australia’s largest and pre-eminent state theater company. Led by Artistic Director and CEO Robyn Nevin, STC operates out of The Wharf (its home venue on Sydney’s harbor), the new Sydney Theatre, and the Drama Theatre at the Sydney Opera House. The STC has provided a theatrical home for Australia’s finest talents including Judy Davis, Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, and Marcus Graham. The company’s productions tour across Australia and internationally. Annually, STC presents twelve mainstage productions, including new works by Australian writers as well as interpretations of the classics. STC also administers play development and education programs. Upcoming 2006 productions include The History Boys, Doubt, I Am My Own Wife, and Urinetown. Sydney Theatre Company made its New York debut at BAM with John Webster’s The White Devil (2001).

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Citigroup is a major sponsor for Hedda Gabler. Qantas Airways is the official airline for Hedda Gabler. Leadership support for BAM Theater is provided by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.; The Shubert Foundation; and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. This project is supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, Australian Government through the Images of Australia Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and P & O Nedloyd. BAM would like to thank the Australian Consulate General in New York for its partnership.

Mark Morris Dance Group 25th Anniversary Season

Choreographed by Mark Morris Featuring the MMDG Music Ensemble

Program A V (2001) Schumann Gloria (1981, Rev 1984) Vivaldi, Conducted by Mark Morris Grand Duo (1993) Harrison Mar 8†, 9, 10 & 11 at 7:30pm

Program B Four Saints in Three Acts (2000) Thomson Dido and Aeneas (1990) Purcell Mar 15†, 17 & 18 at 7:30pm

Program C Cargo (2005/N.Y. Premiere) Milhaud All Fours (2003) Bartók Candleflowerdance (2005/N.Y. Premiere) Stravinsky Going Away Party (1990) Bob Willis & His Texas Playboys Mar 22† & 25 at 7:30pm; Mar 23* at 7pm

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Tickets: $20, 40, 60, 70 *BAM Spring Gala: call BAM Patron Services at 718.636.4182 for tickets †MMDG Opening night cast parties: call MMDG at 718.624.8400 for tickets

Special Events

Solos, Duets & Trios Three Different Programs Mar 11, 18 & 25 at 5pm Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) James and Martha Duffy Performance Space Tickets: $40 (General Admission) Exclusively for BAM and MMDG patron-level donors BAM patrons call: 718.636.4182; MMDG patrons call: 718.624.8400

BAMcinématek: Morris & Movies A film series curated by Mark Morris Mar 6, 13, 20, 27 BAM Rose Cinemas Tickets: $10 ($7 for BAM Cinema Club members)

2006 Spring Season, 12 BAMdialogue: Morris & Music With Mark Morris & Alex Ross Mar 22 at 6pm BAM Rose Cinemas Tickets: $8 ($4 for Friends of BAM)

BAMtalk: Morris & Collaborators With Mark Morris, Isaac Mizrahi, Robert Bordo, and Maira Kalman Mar 6 at 7pm BAM Hillman Attic Studio Tickets: $8 ($4 for Friends of BAM)

BAMcafé Live: The Month of Mark Every Fri and Sat night in March BAMcafé No cover! $10 food/drink minimum

BAM celebrates the artistry of the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) on the occasion of the company’s 25th anniversary. This multi-faceted, month-long jubilee includes three different programs over three weeks in the Howard Gilman Opera House—including his critically acclaimed, large-scale dances and operas and the New York premieres of Candleflowerdance and Cargo—a film series curated by Morris, BAMcafé concerts, and humanities events.

Program A is a dynamic program of full company dances including V, a dance that exults in things profoundly mortal as well as divine “…V is a masterpiece” (San Francisco Chronicle); the hugely popular Grand Duo, inspired by Lou Harrison’s bracing score for violin and piano; and Gloria—featuring Morris in his conducting debut.

Program B features two operas including Morris’ bold and brash conception of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas; and his joyous interpretation of Virgil Thomson/Gertrude Stein’s Four Saints in Three Acts. Time magazine said of the work “Morris has created a heavenly playground full of beautiful saints who dance like angels.”

Program C includes two New York premieres: Cargo, “a beautiful, elusive dance” (Boston Globe) set to Darius Milhaud’s mysterious “La Création du Monde”; and Candleflowerdance, set to Stravinsky’s Serenade in A. Also on the program is the clever and poignant Going Away Party, performed with a live western swing band, and the austere and intense All Fours.

As part of the BAMcinématek program, Morris will curate Morris & Movies, a series of films he counts among his favorites, preceded by shorts featuring Morris and his company. Every weekend in March, BAMcafé Live presents The Month of Mark featuring the music that moves Morris—including Balkan, Western Swing, Lou Harrison, and karaoke (hosted by Morris himself).

In addition there will be two humanities events: a BAMtalk featuring Morris in conversation with collaborators designer Isaac Mizrahi, painter Robert Bordo, and author/illustrator Maira Kalman; and a BAMdialogue featuring Morris interviewed by The New Yorker music critic Alex Ross.

Mark Morris has created more than 100 dances for MMDG as well as more than a dozen commissioned works for major ballet and opera companies around the globe. The dance group, which has made BAM its principal New York performance venue, regularly performs in Boston; Fairfax, VA; Berkeley, CA; London; and at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, MA.

2006 Spring Season, 13 Forest City Ratner Companies is the presenting sponsor for the Mark Morris Dance Group engagement. Altria Group, Inc. is the premier sponsor of Mark Morris Dance Group’s 25th Anniversary Season. Major support for BAM Dance is provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance.

St. Matthew Passion Music by Johann Sebastian Bach Conducted by Paul Goodwin Directed by Sir Jonathan Miller

Lighting design by R. Michael Blanco English singing translation by Robert Shaw Originally produced by Ron Gonsalves

With Rufus Müller (Evangelist), Curtis Streetman (Jesus), mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó, soprano Suzie LeBlanc, countertenor Daniel Taylor, tenor Nils Brown, and Stephen Varcoe

BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Apr 8, 11, 12, 14 & 15 at 7:30pm Apr 9 at 3pm Tickets: $30, 55, 80, 90

BAMdialogue with Sir Jonathan Miller Apr 11 at 6pm BAM Rose Cinemas Tickets: $8 ($4 for Friends of BAM)

Following highly acclaimed and sold-out BAM engagements in 1997 and 2001, Sir Jonathan Miller returns with his English-language, casual dress production of Bach’s glorious oratorio St. Matthew Passion. The production was described by The New York Observer as “the most exhilarating [and] most important musical and dramatic event to be seen hereabouts in some time…the greatest piece of sacred music ever composed has been made new again.” One of the most frequently performed and recorded of Bach’s major works, the St. Matthew Passion has been a highlight of concert seasons and festivals around the world for more than 150 years. Featuring original baroque instrumentation, Miller’s stripped down production—without sets, costumes, or props—peels away traditional performance trappings and allows the oratorio’s core words, passion, and humanity to emerge.

First performed in the late 1720s and conceived as a devotional work commemorating Good Friday, the St. Matthew Passion is a drama of epic grandeur and is considered one of the most inspired musical treatments of the crucifixion of Christ. The text, written by Bach, is based on two chapters from the Gospel According to St. Matthew. Following the dramatic form of Baroque opera, the biblical narration unfolds in expository recitatives, meditative arias, and powerful choral movements.

Director Jonathan Miller’s career spans many different fields: author, lecturer, television producer and presenter, and director of theater, opera, and film. His involvement in opera began when he was invited to direct the British premiere of Arden Must Die by Alexander Goehr in 1974 and subsequently spent several seasons working closely with . At the , Miller directed some of his most enduring successes—The Mikado, , , The Turn of the Screw, Rosenkavalier, and Carmen. He has also directed operas for La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, and Glimmerglass Opera. In addition to 1997 and 2001 performances of St. Matthew Passion, Miller directed a production of Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea at BAM in 1996 and Così fan tutte in 2003.

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Support for BAM Opera is provided by Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc. Opera endowment funding has been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund for Opera & Music Theater.

Peer Gynt U.S. Premiere By Henrik Ibsen Direction, light, and stage design by Robert Wilson Music by Michael Galasso

A co-production of The National Theatre of Bergen, Norway and The Norwegian Theatre of Oslo, Norway

Costume and make-up design by Jacques Reynaud Co-direction by Ann-Christen Rommen

In Norwegian with English titles

Produced in association with Bergen International Festival and the Centennial Anniversary Norway 2005 Ltd

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Apr 11, Apr 13—15 at 7pm, Apr 16 at 2pm Tickets: $25, 45, 65, 80

BAM welcomes the return of stage visionary Robert Wilson in a dazzling retelling of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. First published in 1875 and among the masterpieces of world literature, this remarkable verse drama by one of Norway’s most celebrated dramatists wittily yet profoundly explores the virtues, vices and follies common in all humanity as it follows the roguish life of a charming but arrogant young man.

As envisioned by Robert Wilson, with a transcendent score composed by violin virtuoso Michael Galasso (who composed music for Wong Kar Wai’s film In the Mood for Love), Ibsen’s tour de force radiates humor, pathos, and startling beauty. Wilson’s simple dreamlike design enhances the play’s inherent symbolism, enabling this funny, bizarre play to visually take on a surreal self-reflection. The stage appears to expand beyond its physical confines; the characters who inhabit it seem to have one foot in the here and now and the other in the realm of the unconscious.

BAM’s two Ibsen productions this spring (also featuring the Sydney Theatre Company’s Hedda Gabler), offer audiences an opportunity to experience vastly different contemporary interpretations of the playwright’s work. It’s a fitting way to mark the 100th anniversary of the great dramatist’s death.

Born in Waco, Texas, Robert Wilson was educated at the University of Texas and Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute. He studied painting with George McNeil in Paris and later worked with the architect Paolo Solari in Arizona. Moving to New York City in the mid-60s, Wilson found himself drawn to the work of pioneering choreographers Merce Cunningham, and Martha Graham, among other artists. Wilson’s longstanding relationship with BAM includes the Philip Glass/Wilson epic Einstein on the Beach (1984 and 1992 Next Wave Festivals) and The CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down, Act V-the Rome Section (1986 Next Wave Festival), a work created with an international group of artists, including David Byrne. Wilson also has created works in partnership with Lou Reed, including Time Rocker (1997 Next Wave Festival) and POEtry (2001 Next Wave Festival). Most recently, Wilson teamed with Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Bernice Johnson Reagon on The Temptation of St. Anthony (2004 Next Wave Festival). Wilson has applied his unique artistic vision to traditional European operas at houses such as La Scala in Milan, the Opéra Bastille in Paris, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and The Metropolitan Opera. According to Opera News, Wilson “represents not only a vital American sensibility but one of the supreme theatrical imaginations of our time.” 2006 Spring Season, 15

Peer Gynt is made possible by Norwegian Ministry of Culture Affairs; Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; OBOS; City of Bergen; City of Oslo; Grieg Foundation; EGD Holding AS; DNO ASA; Yvonne & Bjarne Rieber; and Stein Erik Hagen. Additional support for Peer Gynt provided by The Robert W. Wilson Foundation. Leadership support for BAM Theater is provided by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.; The Shubert Foundation; and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

The Importance of Being Earnest N.Y. Premiere By Oscar Wilde Theatre Royal Bath/Peter Hall Company Directed by Sir Peter Hall Production design by Kevin and Trish Rigdon

BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Apr 18–22 & 25–29, May 2–6, 9–13 at 7:30pm Apr 22 & 29, May 6 & 13 at 2pm Apr 23 & 30, May 7 & 14 at 3pm Tickets: $30, 50, 75, 85

The BAM 2006 Spring season continues with the Theatre Royal Bath/Peter Hall Company’s production of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. The play is directed by Tony Award-winner Sir Peter Hall and stars the Academy Award-nominated actress Lynn Redgrave as Lady Bracknell.

Subtitled “a trivial comedy for serious people,” The Importance of Being Earnest is one of Wilde’s most popular plays. Set in Victorian England, the play centers on two men who have taken to bending the truth in order to generate excitement in their rather mundane lives. Jack Worthing—a straight-laced dandy—invents a brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his dull, country life behind and visit Gwendolen (daughter of Lady Bracknell) in the city. The second man, Algernon Montcrieff, coincidentally decides to take on the name Ernest when visiting Worthing’s young ward in the country. Things start to go delightfully awry when they all end up in the country together.

The production is slated to premiere in January 2006 at the Los Angeles Ahmanson Theater. The BAM engagements mark its New York premiere.

Lynn Redgrave was born into a family of renowned actors. After training at London’s Central School, she made her stage debut in 1962 (as Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Royal Court Theatre) and soon after went on to become a founding member of The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain. Her film debut came soon after in Tony Richardson’s Tom Jones. She received international acclaim in 1966 for her work in the title role in Georgy Girl for which she received an Oscar nomination. Her additional film credits include Girl with Green Eyes, The Virgin Soldiers, Shine, Gods and Monsters (Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and Academy Award nomination), Spider, and Kinsey. Her numerous Broadway credits include The Constant Wife, Black Comedy, My Fat Friend, Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Tony Award nomination), and Moon Over Buffalo. Her one-woman play Shakespeare for My Father earned her a second Tony Award nomination. In 2003 she received Drama Desk, Obie, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance off-Broadway as Miss Fozzard in Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads. The Importance of Being Earnest marks Lynn Redgrave’s BAM debut.

Sir Peter Hall is a distinguished director of plays, films, and operas, and marked his 50th year as a director in 2003. He made his debut at the Theatre Royal, Windsor in 1953 and ran the Arts Theatre, London from 1956–59 where his productions included the English language premiere of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. Peter Hall created the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960 and opened the RSC’s first London home at the Aldwych Theatre, where his productions included the premiere of Anouilh’s Becket (1962) and the opening of Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming (1965). Hall resigned as managing director of the company in 1968, but continued to direct plays 2006 Spring Season, 16 for it. He succeeded Sir Laurence Olivier as managing director of the Royal National Theatre in 1973, spending fifteen years with the company and moving it into the new theaters on London’s South Bank. From 1984–90 he was artistic director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera. In 1988 he launched the Peter Hall Company, which has mounted more than 40 productions in London, New York, Europe, and Australia, including a landmark season at the Old Vic. In 2003 the Peter Hall Company began a major collaboration with Theatre Royal Bath during which Hall directed a unique summer season of five plays, one of which, As You Like It, was presented at BAM in Spring 2005. Sir Peter Hall was knighted in 1977 for his services to British theater. He has been the recipient of many awards and nominations including two Tony Awards—for The Homecoming in 1967 and Amadeus in 1981—and an Olivier Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1999.

Leadership support for BAM Theater is provided by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.; The Shubert Foundation; and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

Kammer/Kammer U.S. Premiere A piece by William Forsythe The Forsythe Company

Text by Anne Carson and Douglas A. Martin Stage, lighting, and costumes by William Forsythe Video design by Philip Bussmann Sound design by Joel Ryan

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) May 2—6 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 40, 60, 70

BAMdialogue with William Forsythe BAM Rose Cinemas May 3 at 6pm Tickets: $8 ($4 for Friends of BAM)

Kammer/Kammer marks the first U.S. engagement of The Forsythe Company—a new dance company led by former Ballett Frankfurt Artistic Director/Choreographer William Forsythe. A dance-theater work, Kammer/Kammer is an adaptation of the novel Outline of My Lover by Douglas A. Martin and the essay Irony is Not Enough: Essay on My Life as Catherine Deneuve by award-winning poet Anne Carson.

The piece enacts a live, on-stage shooting of a film that is presented throughout the theater on wide-screen monitors. As dancing bodies confront one another on the stage, spectators glimpse them through thin gaps between shifting walls. The performance constructs relations of intimacy in an exquisite voyeuristic tension between the enticingly close and longingly far. The music of Kammer/Kammer ranges from turbulent Bach violin solos to brokenhearted country lamentation. Dancers ricochet deftly off bare mattresses framed between trompe l’oeil painted flats and hand-held video cameras. On screen, these images are displayed as lusciously composed images of the characters’ imaginings.

Kammer/Kammer had its world premiere by Ballet Frankfurt in December 2000 at Frankfurt’s Bockinheimer Depot. The Guardian (UK) comments that in Kammer/Kammer “…the elation of experiment combines with compelling drama. This is dance theatre at its most mysterious and expansive. Forsythe has outclassed himself.” William Forsythe (born in 1949 in New York) is recognized worldwide as a leading choreographer whose radical interpretation of contemporary ballet has re-defined the medium. Using the universal language of classical ballet as a foundation, Forsythe has created his own ingenious movement vocabulary. After attending the Joffrey Ballet School, Forsythe joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 1973, choreographing his first work in 1976. His 2006 Spring Season, 17 choreography is in the repertoires of renowned companies including Paris Opéra, New York City Ballet, Royal Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, and San Francisco Ballet. As artistic director and choreographer of Ballett Frankfurt (from 1984–2004), Forsythe transformed the company from an opera ballet into one of the world’s leading dance companies. Ballett Frankfurt appeared at BAM during the 2003 Next Wave Festival (with the U.S. premieres of The Room As It Was, Duo, (N.N.N.N.), and One Flat Thing, reproduced) and previously during the 2001 Next Wave Festival (with U.S. premieres of Woolf Phrase, Enemy in the Figure, and Quintett). The company also appeared at BAM in 1998 with the critically acclaimed EIDOS:TELOS. In 2005, William Forsythe inaugurated The Forsythe Company—a new, private company operating on a smaller institutional scale. The company plans to extend its artistic impact by pursuing a wide range of new and unconventional projects, and will divide its time between artistic homes in Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, and Zurich.

Kammer/Kammer is made possible, in part, with support from Anne H. Bass. Major support for BAM Dance is provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance.

DanceAfrica 2006 Legacy: African Dance in our World Artistic Director: Chuck Davis Lighting Design by William H. Grant III

Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn Perú Negro Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble and BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) May 26 & 27 at 7:30pm May 27 at 2pm May 28 at 3pm

Tickets: $20, 30, 40, 45 (Half off for children 16 and under)

DanceAfrica Bazaar: GGMC parking lots at Lafayette Avenue and Ashland Place, May 27 from 12 noon– 10pm; May 28 from 12 noon–10pm; May 29 from 12 noon–7pm; free admission

BAM’s longest running performance series—and one of America’s largest and most vibrant celebrations of African and African American dance, music, and culture—continues with the 29th annual DanceAfrica festival. Created in 1977 to heighten awareness of African culture, the festival has evolved into a positive, high-spirited Memorial Day Weekend tradition that brings together the entire community. Under the artistic direction of Founding Elder Chuck Davis, DanceAfrica 2006 Legacy: African Dance in our World features the sensational song-and-dance ensemble Perú Negro with three local favorites, Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn, Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble, and the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble—celebrating its tenth anniversary with the festival. The week-long celebration, centered around the dance performances at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, also includes the popular outdoor DanceAfrica Bazaar with over 200 vendors featuring crafts, food, and fashion; a free sculpture exhibition of artwork by BAM/Restoration students (in the BAM park between Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street at St. Felix Street); a film series at BAM Rose Cinemas; and an African dance party at BAMcafé with live music.

Known for sensual landó and festejo dances, 26-member Perú Negro combines dancing with the music of black Peru, a soulful mixture of melodic guitar, passionate singing, and percussive instruments that evolved from wooden crates Peruvian slaves once used to preserve their outlawed rhythms. Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of 2006 Spring Season, 18 Brooklyn infuses dance with theater, voice, poetry, film, and music, telling exhilarating stories of heritage and resilience. The New Jersey-based Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble combines traditional songs with an electrifying acrobatic/martial arts show featuring stilt walking and ancestral dances. An annual favorite, the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble returns to the festival for its tenth year—a prime example of youth involvement in the preservation of African heritage.

Continuing his mission to preserve and illuminate a distinct African artistic, spiritual, and cultural identity, DanceAfrica’s Artistic Director Chuck Davis brings diverse ensembles together to explore the African Diaspora and its influence on everyday, urban society. Under Davis’ leadership, BAM produced the first DanceAfrica in 1977, creating the nation’s first festival devoted to the rich legacy of African dance. Echoing the success of BAM’s festival, cities such as Chicago and Washington, DC now host annual DanceAfrica celebrations.

Morgan Stanley is the major sponsor for DanceAfrica 2006. DanceAfrica 2006 is part of Diverse Voices at BAM presented by Time Warner, Inc. Major support for BAM Dance is provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance.

Credits BAM 2006 Spring Season is sponsored by Bloomberg. Programming in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House is supported and endowed by The Howard Gilman Foundation. Programming in the BAM Harvey Theater is endowed by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Rhythm & BAM and DanceAfrica 2006 are part of Diverse Voices at BAM presented by Time Warner, Inc. Rhythm & BAM receives additional support from Con Edison. Major support for Hercules is provided by The Grand Marnier Foundation. Hercules and Kammer/Kammer are supported by Anne H. Bass. Citigroup is a major sponsor for Hedda Gabler. Forest City Ratner Companies is the presenting sponsor for the Mark Morris Dance Group engagement. Altria Group, Inc. is the premier sponsor for Mark Morris Dance Group 25th Anniversary Season. Morgan Stanley is a major sponsor for DanceAfrica 2006, with additional support from Con Edison. Leadership support for BAM French programs is provided by The Florence Gould Foundation. Major support for BAM Dance is provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Leadership support for BAM Theater is provided by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.; The Shubert Foundation; and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. JPMorgan Chase is BAM’s lead corporate partner. R/GA is the sponsor of www.bam.org. New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is the official hotel of the Spring Season. Yamaha is the official piano for BAM. The IN:NYCR Card from American Express is the presenting sponsor for BAMfans.

Spring Season supporters include: The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation; The New York City Council; The Estate of Richard B. Fisher; The Starr Foundation; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Skirball Foundation; The Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation, Inc.; The Ambrose Monell Foundation; Altman Foundation; Independence Community Bank; The Lepercq Foundation; Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.; Isak and Rose Weinman; Target; CALYON Corporate & Investment Bank; Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; The Mertz Gilmore Foundation; Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Inc.; Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust; James McLaren and Lawton Fit; The Ford Foundation; Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust; Carol and Irwin Lainoff; Rita E. and Gustave M. Hauser; The Robert W. Wilson Foundation; New York State Assembly Brooklyn Delegation; Community Affairs Department; The Jerome Robbins Foundation; Susan Baker and Michael Lynch; Qantas Airways; Estate of Martha Zalles; Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust; The Irene Diamond Fund; The Scherman Foundation, Inc.; Lily Auchincloss Foundation; Friends of BAM and BAM Cinema Club

Peer Gynt is made possible by Norwegian Ministry of Culture Affairs; Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; OBOS; City of Bergen; City of Oslo; Grieg Foundation; EGD Holding AS; DNO ASA; Yvonne & Bjarne Rieber; and Stein Erik Hagen. Additional support for Peer Gynt provided by The Robert W. Wilson Foundation.

BAM Visionary Members include: William I. Campbell and Christine Wächter Campbell, Jeanne Donovan Fisher, Judith R. and Alan H. Fishman, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, The Kovner Foundation, The MAT Charitable Foundation, Diane and Adam E. Max, The SHS Foundation, Kent Simons, Judy and Michael Steinhardt

Leadership support for BAMcinématek is provided by Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust, with additional assistance from Steiner Studios. BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a major gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthrope Rose, and have been generously supported by The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Richard B. Fisher and Jeanne Donovan Fisher, and James Ottaway, Jr. 2006 Spring Season, 19

BAMcafé Live is sponsored by Con Edison and Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. The BAMcafé piano is provided by Deutsche Bank.

Bloomberg is the presenting sponsor for Eat, Drink & Be Literary. Pine Ridge wine is generously donated by Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg. The New York Times Community Affairs Department is the media sponsor.

BAM would like to thank the Brooklyn Delegation of the U.S. House of Representatives, which—under the leadership of BAM’s district congressman, the Hon. Major R. Owens, and in close partnership with the Hon. Edolphus Towns and the Hon. Nydia M. Velazquez—has secured major Federal appropriations for BAM’s youth and community initiatives.

BAM’s education programs are supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Education, U.S. Department of Education, and by Award No. 2003-JS-FX-0113 by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs.

Tax dollars make BAM programs possible through funding from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, and National Endowment for the Arts. The BAM facility is owned by the City of New York and benefits from public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; the New York City Council; Council Speaker; Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Domenic M. Recchia, Jr.; the Brooklyn Delegation of the Council; Councilwoman Letitia James; Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz; and Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin.

General information

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, BAMcafé, and Shakespeare & Co. BAMshop are located in the Peter Jay Sharp building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (between St Felix Street and Ashland Place) in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater is located two blocks from the main building at 651 Fulton Street (between Ashland and Rockwell Places). BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn’s only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. BAMcafé, operated by Great Performances, also features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music on Friday and Saturday nights. A $21 three-course dinner at BAMcafé is available Thu-Sat for BAM Rose Cinemas ticket holders (day of screening only). BAMcafé is open Thursday-Saturday from 5pm-closing. Additionally, BAMcafé is open two hours prior to all Howard Gilman Opera House and Harvey Theater performances.

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, B to Atlantic Avenue; D, M, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street; C to Lafayette Avenue Train: Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue Bus: B25, B26, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67 all stop within three blocks of BAM Car: Commercial parking lots are located adjacent to BAM

For ticket and BAMbus information, call BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100, or visit www.bam.org.

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