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2014 SEASON the Alex: It’S Not Just a Landmark, It’S a Destination 2014 SEASON The Alex: It’s not just a landmark, it’s a destination. A LETTER FROM THE GLENDALE ARTS BOARD CHAIR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Welcome to our 2014 Season, our 88th year more than 2,500 performances under our Be sure to check out the last few pages of the as a Glendale icon, and the 20th year as a belts and almost a million patrons through brochure as they highlight all the benefits of Performing Arts and Entertainment Center… our doors, the Alex is as bright as the neon being a Glendale Arts Member. In short, Welcome to the Alex! spire that illuminates Glendale’s Downtown. We thank you for your continued support and As you flip through the pages of this brochure We’d like to invite you to become a part we look forward to seeing you at the Alex! you’ll see a wonderfully diverse schedule of the Glendale Arts and Alex Theatre filled with world-class dance and music, film, family. This year, we are launching a newly fresh talent, and, even a live conversation revamped Glendale Arts Membership or two. From the Los Angeles Chamber Program. As a Glendale Arts Member, you’ll Orchestra to the Glendale Youth Orchestra, play a key role in helping to sustain the the Glendale Pops to Arturo Sandoval and growth of the Alex Theatre and ensure the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Celebrate Dance, the historic venue remains a place to gather, be Los Angeles Ballet, and Chelsea Handler, the entertained, educated, and challenged. Plus, Harry Hull Elissa Glickman Alex proves once again, it’s more than just a you’ll receive discounts off of participating Board Chair CEO landmark, it’s a destination. performances, invitations to private events and receptions, as well as discounts from As we enter the next chapter in the Alex local businesses and restaurants. This is Theatre’s story, we are amazed at how far a great way to show your support and see we’ve come over the past two decades. With some wonderful performances and events. WWW.GLENDALEARTS.ORG n WWW.ALEXTHEATRE.ORG n DANCE Los Angeles Ballet This powerhouse of inspired flamenco returns to its roots with Herencia Flamenca (Flamenco History), providing audiences with a rare chance to witness fierce, blazing renditions of flamenco puro on stage and experience a dynamic vision of a life of pride, passion, sorrow, and love. Herencia Flamenca May 31, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. June 1, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. WWW.ALEXTHEATRE.ORG Los Angeles Ballet Artistic Directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary Quartet – March 15, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Return to a Strange Land / Jiří Kylián World Premiere / Christopher Stowell World Premiere / Sonya Tayeh Stars and Stripes / George Balanchine La Sylphide – June 7, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. plus George Balanchine’s Serenade Known for its superb stagings of the Balanchine repertory, stylistically meticulous classical ballets, and its commitment to new works, Los Angeles Ballet has become recognized as a world-class company that has presented 24 productions encompassing 50 works, including 15 commissioned world premieres. “Celebrate Dance has become one of the dance season’s most highly anticipated events. The 2013 edition lived up to its billing and was filled with outstanding choreography and dancers that surely pleased everyone’s dance palate. We give a standing ovation to the production team for putting the show in high style. n DANCE Can’t wait for next year’s show!” —Performing Arts LIVE JAMIE NICHOLS PRESENTS Celebrate Dance Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY, BPM beatsperminute, Commonality Dance Company, LEVYdance, LollieWorks, Marrow Dance, Mizerany Dance, SoleVita Dance Company Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. “Celebrate Dance has become one of the dance season’s most highly anticipated events. The 2013 edition lived up to its billing and was filled with outstanding n MUSIC choreography and dancers that surely pleased everyone’s dance palate. We give Music Director Jeffrey Kahane a standing ovation to the production team for putting the show in high style. Mozart, Beethoven & Haydn – January 25, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. Can’t wait for next year’s show!” —Performing Arts LIVE Bach’s Birthday – March 22, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto – April 26, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. Bach & Mozart: Double Concertos – May 17, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Founded in 1968, LACO was created as an artistic outlet for the recording industry’s most gifted musicians. Envisioned as an ensemble that would allow conservatory-trained players to balance studio work and teaching with pure artistic collaboration at the highest level, LACO has established itself among the world’s top musical ensembles. WWW.ALEXTHEATRE.ORG n MUSIC In 2009, Glendale Arts, along with a group of community leaders and volunteers, believed Glendale deserved a world class orchestra ... and the Glendale Pops Orchestra was born. Three spectacular seasons and many and varied exhilarating performances later, the Glendale Pops is poised to present more fine music under the baton of Artistic Director/Conductor Matt Catingub. Glendale Pops Orchestra PRESENTED BY THE DOWNTOWN GLENDALE ASSOCIATION Fusion — Jazz That Rocks Hidden Treasures with vocalist Carol Welsman An Evening with Martin Short Glendale Pops proudly returns to the Alex Theatre Join us at the Alex Theatre for a jazzy, spicy, and and the Glendale Pops stage when Rock meets Jazz. Matt Catingub and the sultry evening celebrating new and newly discovered Emmy- and Tony-Award-winning performer Martin Glendale Pops fuse the music of Blood talent. Internationally acclaimed singer and pianist Short joins the Glendale Pops. Short, a celebrated Sweat & Tears, Steely Dan, and Chicago into a high Carol Welsman joins Matt Catingub and his world- comedian and accomplished performer on television, energy musical experience you won’t soon forget. class orchestra for a night of swing, Latin, R&B, film, and stage, helps celebrate the grand reopening pop, and jazz. of the historic Alex Theatre. Walk the red carpet April 12, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. in grand Alex Theatre style for a one-night-only May 10, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. experience that will have you laughing, singing, and talking for a long time to come. June 21, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. WWW.ALEXTHEATRE.ORG EDUCATE n SUPPORT n INSPIRE Special Ticket Offer – see details on facing page Save the Music 2 – February 15, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. Save the Music: A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit the Arturo Sandoval Institute, Glendale Arts, and the Glendale Educational Foundation. ASI is dedicated to preserving instrumental music education in public schools and universities worldwide. Arturo Sandoval and His Big Band Jazz trumpeter, classical artist, pianist, and composer Arturo Sandoval has been nominated for a Grammy 17 times and won six times; he has also received six Billboard Awards and one Emmy Award. Sandoval thrilled the Alex Theatre audience in 2013 and returns this year for Save the Music 2. EDUCATE n SUPPORT n INSPIRE The Arturo Sandoval and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy programs both benefit local schools’ art and music education and programs. Buy The Concert – February 22, 2014 at 7:15 p.m. a ticket to both events and get a Glendale Pops ticket for free! Big Bad Voodoo Daddy gets lowdown and hip with jazz-blues-rock-swing-funk tunes and gets everyone into the spirit with ample jumpin’ and jivin’. The Glendale High Jazz Band will open for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Arturo Sandoval and His Big Band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy The Concert benefits music and art programs at Verdugo Woodlands and Franklin Magnet Schools and GUSD middle and high school band programs. WWW.ALEXTHEATRE.ORG THE ALEX THEATRE: 1925–PRESENT THE EARLY YEARS: FROM VAUDEVILLE TO The Alex ended 1925–1940 CINEMA: 1940–1990 regular operations on September 26, 1991 The Alexander Theatre first The 100-foot neon-lit Art Deco with Terminator 2: opened on September 4, 1925. marquee and tower were added Judgment Day. The “Alexander” was named in 1940. They were designed after the young son of C.L. by renowned theatre architect In the spring of Langley, who developed the S. Charles Lee. At the time 1992, the Glendale Theatre project. the marquee and tower were Redevelopment added, the Theatre’s name was Agency purchased In 1934, the Alexander officially shortened to “Alex.” the Alex and presented daily matinees restoration began and double features for every Following a distinguished role stage performances waned in in December of 1992. On New program. Ticket prices were 30 in Vaudeville history, the Alex the 1930s. Year’s Eve in 1993, the Theatre and 40 cents. became a leading preview and reopened as a performing arts first-run movie house when live Elizabeth Taylor, Bing Crosby, and entertainment center. Charlie Chaplin, Ginger Rogers, Barbara Stanwyk, and In 1995, the Glendale Robert Taylor were among the Redevelopment Agency fundraising, and management of Hollywood stars who slipped leased the Theatre to the Alex the Theatre. into the auditorium to see their Regional Theatre (ART) Board, In 2008, the ART Board became new releases. a non-profit corporation which Glendale Arts, a private non- oversaw programming, rentals, The City of Glendale designated profit organization charged the Alex Theatre as a local with managing landmark in 1977. the Alex as well as developing A NEW CENTER community FOR ARTS & resources and ENTERTAINMENT: programming 1991–2010 that benefit the community. For 60 years the Alex hosted first-run blockbusters such as In 2009, Glendale Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Arts launched the and The Hunt for Red October.
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