Provost Film Series: The Time that Remains
Pollak TheatreA humorous heartbreaking film that depicts the life of Palestinian Arabs living as a minority in Israel.
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On Screen/In Person: The Exquisite Corpse Project
Pollak TheatreIn The Exquisite Corpse Project, five writers are presented with a surprising challenge: each must write 15 pages of a movie, having read only the previous five pages of the script. Combining documentary and narrative, this unique film is both an absurd comedy. There will be a Q&A with the film maker after the screening.
Met Opera: RUSALKA Encore
Pollak TheatreThe great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora Zajick is Ježibaba, and dynamic young maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium.
$23
National Theatre of London: War Horse
Pollak TheatreThe National Theatre’s original stage production of War Horse, broadcast live from London’s West End to cinemas.
Since its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007, War Horse has become an international smash hit, capturing the imagination of four million people around the world.
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France. Filled with stirring music and songs, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-size puppets by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage.
$22
Met Opera: PRINCE IGOR
Pollak TheatreBorodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero, with the founding of the Russian nation as the backdrop.
Encore: Sun. March 30 at 1:00 p.m
$23
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Pollak TheatreFor almost 40 years, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, have been performing hilarious and technically impressive parodies of the world’s most-loved ballets. Performing in tutus, tiaras and tights, this all-male ballet company specializes in hilarious twists on the classics such as Swan Lake and Giselle, with equal parts comedy and technical prowess. Devoted fans and newcomers alike will be awed and delighted by the company’s loving knowledge of dance, comic approach, and the astounding fact that men can, indeed, dance en pointe without falling flat on their faces.
$35; $45
Art Now: Jennifer Levonian – Stop Motion Painter
The Great Hall AuditoriumJennifer Levonian creates animations and paintings in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to delivering an artist lecture and screening a few of her short films, Jennifer will lead a workshop on stop motion animation.
Free
NEW DATE: National Theatre of London: Frankenstein
Pollak TheatreNational Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Frankenstein returns to cinemas as part of the National Theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
$22
Provost Film Series: Fill the Void
Pollak TheatreA young Hasidic Jewish woman is pressured into an arrange levirate marriage to an older widower.