{"id":44805,"date":"2025-10-09T09:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=44805"},"modified":"2025-10-09T09:21:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:21:32","slug":"on-stage-with-a-new-name-brandywine-valley-symphony-opens-85th-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=44805","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: With a new name, Brandywine Valley Symphony opens 85th season"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/div>\n
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The Brandywine Valley Symphony<\/a> will present its debut concert on October 12 in the Duffy Arts Center of\u00a0Malvern Preparatory School<\/a> (418 South Warren Avenue, Malvern, bvsymphony.org<\/a>) and Chester County will be in its DNA.<\/div>\n

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Actually, the concert is a debut in name only — because of the orchestra\u2019s new name.<\/div>\n
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A few months ago, the orchestra performed its final concert as the Kennett Symphony<\/a> with an outdoor show at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square.<\/div>\n
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This weekend\u2019s concert will mark the beginning of the orchestra\u2019s 85th season.<\/div>\n

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The orchestra is moving into its next phase in style by performing a popular piece by West Chester\u2019s internationally acclaimed composer Samuel Barber.<\/div>\n
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The first concert of the season is\u00a0\u201cMasterworks 1: Where the River Meets the Sky<\/a>\u201d in the Duffy Arts Center of\u00a0Malvern Preparatory School<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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With its Georgian Revival design and state-of-the-art 600-seat theater, the Duffy Arts Center is magnificent in both architecture and acoustics, providing an ideal setting for the Symphony\u2019s first performance at this venue.<\/div>\n
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The program features Barber\u2019s \u201cEssay No. 1,\u201d Edvard Grieg\u2019s \u201cPiano Concerto in A minor\u201d with guest pianist\u00a0Anna Shelest, and Robert Schumann\u2019s \u201cSymphony No. 3 — Rhenish.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Barber was an American composer, pianist,\u00a0conductor<\/a>,\u00a0baritone<\/a>, and\u00a0music educator<\/a> — and one of the most celebrated composers of the mid-20th century.<\/div>\n
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Principally influenced by nine years of composition studies with\u00a0Rosario Scalero<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Curtis Institute<\/a>\u00a0and more than 25 years of study with his uncle, the composer\u00a0Sidney Homer<\/a>, Barber\u2019s music was influenced by traditional 19th-century harmonic language and formal structure embracing lyricism and emotional expression.<\/div>\n
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However, he adopted elements of modernism after 1940 in some of his compositions, such as an increased use of dissonance and chromaticism in the\u00a0\u201cCello Concerto<\/a>\u201d\u00a0(1945) and\u00a0\u201cMedea\u2019s Dance of Vengeance<\/a>\u201d\u00a0(1955).<\/div>\n
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Barber was adept at both instrumental and vocal music. His works became successful on the international stage and many of his compositions enjoyed rapid adoption into the classical performance canon.<\/div>\n
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He received the\u00a0Pulitzer Prize for Music\u00a0twice — for his opera\u00a0\u201cVanessa\u201d\u00a0(1956\u20131957) and for the\u00a0\u201cConcerto for Piano and Orchestra\u201d\u00a0(1962).<\/div>\n
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Barber was born in\u00a0West Chester, the son of Marguerite McLeod (n\u00e9e Beatty) and Samuel Le Roy Barber. He was born into a comfortable, educated, social, and distinguished American family.<\/div>\n
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His father was a physician, and his mother was a pianist of English-Scottish-Irish descent.<\/div>\n
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His maternal aunt,\u00a0Louise Homer, was a leading\u00a0contralto\u00a0at the\u00a0Metropolitan Opera. His uncle,\u00a0Sidney Homer, was a composer of American\u00a0art songs.<\/div>\n
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A\u00a0child prodigy, Barber became profoundly interested in music at a very young age, and it was apparent that he had great musical talent and ability.<\/div>\n
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He began studying the piano at the age of six and at age seven composed his first work,\u00a0\u201cSadness,\u201d a 23-measure solo piano piece in C minor.<\/div>\n
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At the age of 10, Barber wrote his first operetta,\u00a0\u201cThe Rose Tree,\u201d to a libretto by the family\u2019s cook. At the age of 12, he became an\u00a0organist\u00a0at a local church.<\/div>\n
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At the age of 14, Barber entered the youth artist program at the\u00a0Curtis Institute of Music\u00a0in Philadelphia, where he ultimately spent 10 years developing his talents as a triple prodigy in composition, voice, and piano.<\/div>\n
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During his initial studies at Curtis, he simultaneously attended and graduated from West Chester High School (later\u00a0West Chester Henderson High School), during which time he composed his school\u2019s alma mater which is still in use.<\/div>\n
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After an illustrious career which spanned more than a half-century, Barber\u2019s time ran out.<\/div>\n
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Barber was hospitalized on and off between 1978 and 1981 while undergoing treatment for cancer. He died of the disease in January 1981 at his\u00a0apartment in Manhattan at the age of 70.<\/div>\n
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The funeral was held at the\u00a0First Presbyterian Church of West Chester\u00a0three days later and he was buried in the\u00a0Oaklands Cemetery, which is located at 1042 Pottstown Pike.<\/div>\n
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On Sunday, the Brandywine Valley Symphony will bring Barber\u2019s music to life when it performs his \u201cEssay No. 1.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Barber\u2019s \u201cEssay for Orchestra\u201d resembles but is not equivalent to a first movement of a symphony. It was written in 1937, ostensibly at the behest of Arturo Toscanini, and given its premiere the following year, along with Barber\u2019s \u201cAdagio for Strings.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The musical \u201cessay,\u201d a form of Barber\u2019s own rather clever invention and one with which he had some previous success over a decade earlier in his \u201cThree Essays for Piano,\u201d is a medium much like its more familiar literary counterpart.<\/div>\n
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As with a written essay, the idea behind a musical essay is the development of a complex, well-reasoned, thoughtful work drawn from a single melodic thesis.<\/div>\n
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The idea behind \u201cEssay No. 1\u201d is a mysterious and understated theme, initially presented by the string section. This is followed by a more dramatic section largely dominated by woodwind, strings and piano, culminating in a powerful return to the original theme before the music ebbs away.<\/div>\n
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Another composition to be featured in Sunday\u2019s concert will be Edvard Grieg\u2019s \u201cPiano Concerto in A minor\u201d with pianist Anna Shelest as soloist.<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0\u201cPiano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16,\u201d composed by\u00a0Grieg\u00a0in 1868, was the only\u00a0concerto\u00a0Grieg completed.<\/div>\n
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It is one of his most popular works and is among the most popular of\u00a0the genre. Grieg was only 24 years old at the time of the composition.<\/div>\n
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Grieg scored the concerto for solo piano, two\u00a0flutes, two\u00a0oboes, two\u00a0clarinets, two\u00a0bassoons, four\u00a0horns, two trumpets, three trombones,\u00a0timpani\u00a0and\u00a0strings\u00a0(violins,\u00a0violas,\u00a0cellos\u00a0and\u00a0double basses).<\/div>\n
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Grieg\u2019s beloved Piano Concerto was the product of a particularly happy period in the Norwegian composer\u2019s life.<\/div>\n
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A native of Ukraine, Anna Shelest received her early music education at the Kharkiv Special Music School. She received her master\u2019s degree from The Juilliard School in New York City, where she studied with Jerome Lowenthal.<\/div>\n
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Hailed as the \u201cfemale reincarnation of Liszt\u201d and \u201ca piano lioness,\u201d she has since performed throughout the world as both a soloist and chamber musician, including appearances with the Cincinnati, Montreal, and Netherlands Symphony Orchestras, as well as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.<\/div>\n
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Schumann\u2019s \u201cSymphony No. 3\u201d, also known as the\u00a0Rhenish, is the last symphony composed by\u00a0the German pianist\/composer. It premiered in February 1851 in\u00a0D\u00fcsseldorf — conducted by Schumann himself.<\/div>\n
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The symphony as a whole captures Schumann\u2019s response to the Rhineland at its most euphoric. The whole symphony was sketched and orchestrated in a mere five weeks.<\/div>\n
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There are two forces at work in the Symphony \u2013 an essential formal conservatism and an exuberant rhythmic and melodic inventiveness.<\/div>\n
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These three compositions will mark the maiden voyage for the newly named symphony.<\/div>\n
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Kennett Symphony,\u00a0which began in 1940 as a small volunteer community orchestra in\u00a0Kennett Square, has evolved a lot over the last eight decades and had two other monikers \u2013 Kennett Symphony Orchestra and Kennett Symphony of Chester County.<\/div>\n
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The ensemble has steadily grown by using professional musicians and talented conductors. The Symphony embraces its proud legacy of presenting timeless classics to audiences in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Main Line, and Chester County.<\/div>\n
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From 1988-2013, the orchestra, which then was known as the Kennett Symphony of Chester County, blossomed under the leadership of\u00a0Mary Woodmansee Green, Pennsylvania\u2019s first woman to be appointed conductor of a professional symphony.<\/div>\n
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When Green retired, she was succeeded by current Artistic Director\u00a0Michael Hall.<\/div>\n
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The 2025\u20132026 season features one special event, one salon concert with food and spirits, three full-orchestra Masterworks concerts, and three chamber music performances highlighting brass, woodwind, and string ensembles.<\/div>\n
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According to Hall, \u201cOur orchestra continues to thrive, deepening its artistic excellence while strengthening connections throughout the Brandywine Valley.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThis season honors the great symphonic tradition while embracing new perspectives and innovative experiences. From the intimacy of chamber concerts to the grandeur of our season finale beneath the stars at Longwood Gardens, we welcome audiences of all ages to experience the power, beauty, and inspiration of live orchestral music.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The new BVS season continues next month.<\/div>\n
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On November 23 at 3 p.m., the\u00a0Salon Concert<\/a>\u00a0in the Grand Ballroom of\u00a0Mendenhall Inn<\/a>\u00a0in Chadds Ford offers an intimate and immersive experience.<\/div>\n
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It features Tchaikovsky\u2019s \u201cSerenade for Strings,\u201d light appetizers, and drinks. The performance is hosted by Michael Hall with stories, musical examples, and multimedia projections that bring the work to life. Tickets include hors d\u2019oeuvres and a beverage, with a cash bar available.<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0Holiday Concert<\/a>\u00a0with the BVS Brass Quintet is scheduled for December 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the\u00a0Chester County History Center<\/a>\u00a0in West Chester.<\/div>\n
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Surrounded by over 300 years of history, audiences will enjoy arrangements celebrating the holidays with the joyful sounds of carols and festive classics.<\/div>\n
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The 2026 portion of the 2025\/2026 season includes the\u00a0Family Concert<\/a>\u00a0with the BVS Woodwind Quintet on February 28,<\/div>\n
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\u201cMasterworks 2: Songs Without Borders<\/a>\u201d on March 22 at the\u00a0Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center<\/a>\u00a0in West Chester, the Mother\u2019s Day Concert<\/a>\u00a0with the BVS String Quartet on May 9 in the Copeland Lecture Hall at\u00a0Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library<\/a> and \u201cMasterworks 3: Made in America<\/a>\u201d on June 25 in the Open Air Theatre at\u00a0Longwood Gardens<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Video link for Samuel Barber — https:\/\/youtu.be\/QOYx8HetpH4<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Video link for Brandywine Valley Symphony — https:\/\/youtu.be\/7Jbrh567kFI<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The concert on October 12 will start at 3 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Tickets, which are $65 for adults and $20 for students and children, include a pre-concert talk and a post-concert Q&A with the conductor, soloist, and musicians.<\/div>\n
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Two very well-known \u2013 and very popular \u2013 classical pieces will also be featured at shows in Philly this weekend by one of the nation\u2019s premier ballet companies.<\/div>\n
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Philadelphia Ballet<\/p><\/div>\n

Now through October 12, the Philadelphia Ballet is presenting performances of \u00a0\u201cBol\u00e9ro\u201d and \u201cCarmen\u201d at \u00a0the Academy of Music (Broad and Locust streets, Philadelphia, 215-893-1999,\u00a0www.philadelphiaballet.org<\/a>).<\/div>\n

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The ballet pieces are set to music that has become familiar to even those who are unfamiliar with classical music \u2013 especially because of their use in movie soundtracks.<\/div>\n
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\u201cBol\u00e9ro\u201d\u00a0is a 1928 work for large orchestra by French composer\u00a0Maurice Ravel. It is one of Ravel’s most famous compositions.<\/div>\n
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It is usually played as a purely orchestral work, only rarely staged as a ballet.<\/div>\n
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\u201cBol\u00e9ro\u201d\u00a0gained international attention after it featured prominently in the 1979 romantic comedy\u00a0\u201c10,\u201d costarring\u00a0Dudley Moore\u00a0and\u00a0Bo Derek.<\/div>\n
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The other familiar piece is \u201cCarmen.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cCarmen\u201d\u00a0is an opera in four acts by the French composer\u00a0Georges Bizet. The opera was first performed by the\u00a0Op\u00e9ra-Comique\u00a0in Paris in 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalized its first audiences.<\/div>\n
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\u201cCarmen\u201d has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical\u00a0canon; the \u201cHabanera\u201d and \u201cSeguidilla\u201d from Act 1 and the \u201cToreador Song\u201d from Act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias.<\/div>\n
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The opera is written in the genre of\u00a0op\u00e9ra comique\u00a0with musical numbers separated by dialogue. It tells the story of the downfall of Don Jos\u00e9, a na\u00efve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery\u00a0gypsy\u00a0Carmen.<\/div>\n
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The Philadelphia Ballet translates the music into flowing movement.<\/div>\n
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The ballets are performed\u00a0under the guidance of artistic director Angel\u00a0Corella. The ballet is based on the choreography of George Balanchine.<\/div>\n
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Born in Madrid, Spain,\u00a0Corella\u00a0joined American Ballet Theatre in 1995 and was quickly promoted to principal dancer. In his 17-year career with ABT, he established himself as one of the greatest male dancers of his time.<\/div>\n
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Corella\u00a0has also appeared as a guest artist with the Royal Ballet in London, the Kirov Ballet in Russia, and New York City Ballet. From 2008-2014, he served as director for his own company, the Barcelona Ballet.<\/div>\n
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Philadelphia Ballet\u2019s\u00a0\u201cCarmen\u201d is a raw and riveting exploration of desire, freedom, and betrayal, brought to life through the power and intensity of the dancers, and set to Georges Bizet\u2019s iconic operatic score.<\/div>\n
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With \u201cBol\u00e9ro,\u201d the ballet\u2019s daring feats of athleticism entrance audiences with deliberate, percussive movements that build in a performance-long crescendo.<\/div>\n
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Video link for Philadelphia Ballet — www.facebook.com\/reel\/775813261993681<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Performances are October 9 and 10 at 7:30 p.m., October 11 at noon and 6 p.m. and October 12 at 2 and 7 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Ticket prices start at $62.<\/div>\n
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This should have been the penultimate weekend for the current run of the World Premiere of Kathryn Grody\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Unexpected 3rd:\u00a0A Radical, Rollicking Rumination on the Optimism of Staying Alive\u201d \u2013 but the show\u2019s run has been extended.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe Unexpected 3rd:\u00a0A Radical, Rollicking Rumination on the Optimism of Staying Alive\u201d is now running through October 26 at People\u2019s Light (39 Conestoga Road, Malvern, www.peopleslight.org<\/a>).<\/div>\n
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The Obie-winning artist\u2019s solo show explores getting old, dealing with identity and reinvention with fierce humor and radical honesty.<\/div>\n
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This raw, poetic and darkly funny show invites audiences into Grody\u2019s intimate reflections on aging, identity and staying true to one\u2019s self — no matter what the world expects of you.<\/div>\n
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Following sold-out readings at the 2024 Kiln New Works Festival at People\u2019s Light,\u00a0\u201cThe Unexpected 3rd\u201d\u00a0returns to the theatre that helped spark its development, now taking center stage as the season opener.<\/div>\n
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According to Grody, \u201cThe transition into elderhood is not just bewildering but equal parts empowering, mysterious and absurd. \u201cThis show is about living truthfully, unapologetically and with unyielding curiosity at 78 and beyond. It feels especially right to debut it at People\u2019s Light, a place that embraces honesty, complexity and the full spectrum of being human.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Directed by acclaimed regional theatre director and Grody\u2019s longtime friend and collaborator Timothy Near, the production playfully blurs the line between personal monologue and theatrical memoir, inviting audiences of all generations to reflect on what it means to grow older in a culture obsessed with staying young.<\/div>\n
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At its core,\u00a0\u201cThe Unexpected 3rd\u201d\u00a0is a dynamic and real-time contemplation of a universal question:\u00a0What happens when you\u2019re no longer who you were but not yet someone else?<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe Unexpected 3rd\u201d through October 26 on the Steinbright Stage at People\u2019s Light.<\/div>\n
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Ticket prices start at $35.<\/div>\n
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The Candlelight Theatre (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) is presenting \u201cRagtime: The Musical\u201d now through October 26.<\/div>\n
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\u201cRagtime\u201d blends fictional narratives with authentic historical figures and events.<\/div>\n
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The story focuses on Coalhouse Walker, Jr., — and his beloved Sarah. Walker is a Black pianist who buys a Model T Ford and sets off a series of events that span all levels of New York City society<\/div>\n
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It also features magician Harry Houdini, industrialist Henry Ford, celebrity party girl Evelyn Nesbit, civil rights leader Booker T. Washington, architect Stanford White, anarchist Emma Goldman, a wealthy white family living in suburban New Rochelle led by matriarch Mother and Tateh (a Jewish Latvian immigrant who becomes a movie director) and his little girl.<\/div>\n
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The show explores themes of racism, injustice, hope, and dreams amid the changes in society, music, and culture rising in New York City \u2014 and across America.<\/div>\n
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Three social castes in turn-of-the-century New York introduce themselves to the audience.<\/div>\n
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The first is an upper-class white family from\u00a0New Rochelle \u2014 the Little Boy (Edgar), his Father (who runs a fireworks factory), Mother, Mother\u2019s Younger Brother, and Grandfather. They live a genteel life and enjoy a lack of racial and ethnic diversity.<\/div>\n
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The second is the Black residents of\u00a0Harlem, including a beautiful young woman named Sarah, who adores the pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr.<\/div>\n
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The third are immigrants from Europe on the\u00a0Lower East Side, among them \u201cTateh,\u201d a Jewish artist from\u00a0the Baltic states and his young daughter.<\/div>\n
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These three worlds are connected by narration from the luminaries\u00a0\u2014 J. P. Morgan,\u00a0Henry Ford,\u00a0Booker T. Washington,\u00a0Emma Goldman,\u00a0Harry Houdini, and\u00a0Evelyn Nesbit.<\/div>\n
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Even though \u201cRagtime\u201d is set in the early 20th century, it shares troubling topics with today\u2019s world \u2013 stifling prejudice, xenophobia and unrelenting racism.<\/div>\n
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The show will run now through October 26.<\/div>\n
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Tickets, which include pre-show dinner and free parking, are $75.50 for adults, $35 for children (ages 4-12) and $35 for \u201cShow Only.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Dinner and Show times: Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances, 6 p.m. for meal and 8 p.m. for show; Sunday Matinees, 1 p.m. for meal and 3 p.m. for show; Wednesday Matinees, 11 a.m. for meal and 1 p.m. for show.<\/div>\n
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Candlelight\u2019s Quizzo Night is scheduled for October 20 and the monthly Candlelight Comedy Club will be held on October 23 with Dennis Rooney and Lori Palminteri.<\/div>\n
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Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) is hosting Antje Duvekot and Seth Glier on October 9 and Open Mic Night on October 11.<\/div>\n
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On October 3, Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester,\u00a0www.uptownwestchester.org<\/a>) will present Theatre Rock Live on October 10 and The Drifters on October 12.<\/div>\n
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Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985,\u00a0www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>) will have Kate Gaffney\u2019s Corner featuring\u00a0Larkspur Gunther on October 9, The Boneshakers and GeminiDrag on October 10 and the Girke-Davis Project on October 12.<\/div>\n
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Jamey\u2019s will also present the Philadelphia Blues Society 2025 Blues Festival at Temple University\u2019s Ambler Campus on October 11 with Danielle Miraglia, The Philly Blues Kings with Clarence Spady and Kate Gaffney, Erin Harpe & Jim Countryman, Billy the Kid and The Regulators, The Mikey Junior Band and Solomon Hicks.<\/div>\n
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Elkton Music Hall (107 North Street, Elkton, Maryland,\u00a0www.elktonmusichall.com<\/a>) will have The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra on October 9, The Collingwood on October 10, Chris Knight Band on October 11 and Pokey LaFarge & His Band on October 15.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times The Brandywine Valley Symphony will present its debut concert on October 12 in the Duffy Arts Center of\u00a0Malvern Preparatory School (418 South Warren Avenue, Malvern, bvsymphony.org) and Chester County will be in its DNA. Actually, the concert is a debut in name only — because of the orchestra\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7529],"tags":[15258,6518,13995],"class_list":["post-44805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-brandywine-valley-symphony","tag-featured","tag-philadelphia-ballet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44806,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44805\/revisions\/44806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}