Theater
Let's Broadway (玩。全百老匯) is a production by Lancreators (嵐創作體) and presents various musical numbers from Broadway favorites such as Chicago, The Producers, Grease and Hairspray.
Metropolitan Hall (城市舞台), 25 Bade Rd Sec 3, Taipei (台北市八德路三段25號)
* Today and tomorrow at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,000 and are available through ERA ticketing outlets or online at www.ticket.com.tw
Italian Puppet Show: Sandrone (義大利木偶戲：桑得羅尼) by Taiyuan Puppet Theater Company (台原偶戲團) follows the hilarious exploits of Fagiolino and his friend Sandrone, the Laurel and Hardy of the Italian puppet stage.
* Nadou Theater (納豆劇場), 79 Xining N Rd, Taipei (台北市西寧北路79號)
* Tomorrow at 3pm
* Tickets are NT$200
A Touch of Zen (神武不二) is a unique theatrical experience by Taipei-based drumming performance group U-Theater. Using traditional Chinese martial arts and qigong as the basis of the performance, the performance is a reflection on the relationship between percussion and meditation.
* National Sun Yat-sen University (高雄中山大學逸仙館), 70 Lienhai Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市蓮海路70號)
* Tomorrow at 2:30pm and 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$350 to NT$2,000 and are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artstickets.com.tw
Mom is So Annoying (媽媽好討厭) tells the amusing story of two daughters who, after being scolded by their mother, wish that she would disappear. To their astonishment, their mother does in fact disappear and their initial feelings of joy soon turn to sadness as they anxiously await her return.
* Tomorrow at 7:30pm at the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Hsinchu County (新竹縣文化局演藝廳), 146 Hsiancheng 9th Rd, Chupei City, Hsinchu County (新竹縣竹北市縣政九路146號); Thursday at 7:30pm at the Keelung Cultural Center (基隆文化局演藝廳), 181 Hsinyi 1st Rd, Keelung City (基隆市信一路181號)
Rueibin Chen Piano Concert (鋼琴大師陳瑞斌音樂會). Born in 1967 in Tainan, the internationally renowned pianist started his career as a concert pianist at the age of 10 when he made his debut with Taipei Symphony Orchestra and subsequently pursued his studies in Vienna. Since his European debut in the Grossensaal of the Konzerthaus in Vienna at the age of 16, he has been named the Principal soloist of “Moldova” Iasi and Tirgu Mures Philharmonic Orchestra in Romania. Organized by the Capriccio Chamber Orchestra (綺想室內樂團) and sponsored by the Motech Culture and Art Foundation (茂迪文化藝術基金會), the program will feature the world premiere of Huang Hui-ling’s (黃慧鈴) new composition Formosa Ballade (福爾摩沙), a classical work that incorporates Taiwanese classical music and folk traditions, such as Taiwanese Aboriginal culture, Hakka folk songs, and Taiwanese ballades. Others works in the program include Beethoven’s Sonata No.7 in D Major, Op.10, No.3 and Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor “Quasi una fantasia,” Op.27, No.2, which is widely known as the ”Moonlight” sonata, and Liszt’s Sonata in B minor. Tonight will be the final concert of Chen’s Taiwan tour.
* At the Tainan Municipal Arts Center (台南市立文化中心演藝廳), 332 Chungshan E Rd Sec 3, Tainan City (台南市中華東路三段332號)
* Tickets range from NT$500 to NT$3,600 and are available through ERA ticketing
* Tonight at 7:30pm
* Tomorrow at 7:30pm
* Tickets are NT$200 to NT$400 and are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artstickets.com.tw
The Half-Mile Great Wall (半里長城) by Ping Fong Acting Troupe (屏風表演班) takes a humorous look at the building of the Great Wall.
* Chungli Arts Center (中壢藝術館音樂廳), 16 Chungmei Rd, Chungli City, Taoyuan County (桃園縣中壢市中美路16號)
* Tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,500 and are available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artstickets.com.tw
Classical Music
Chang Yu-fang Cello Recital (張玉芳大提琴獨奏會). Chang will present a program including Brahms' Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in e minor, Op.38, Crumb's Sonata for Solo Violoncello, and Britten's Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op.65.
* At the Forum Auditorium (十方樂集音樂劇場演奏廳), 4, Ln 187, Minzu W Rd, Taipei City (台北市民族西路187巷4號)
* All tickets cost NT$250 and are available through NTCH ticketing or call Music Forum at (02) 2593-5811
* Tonight at 7:30pm
National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra's Journey of Wide World Music V —Capriccio Espagnol (國立台灣交響樂團世界音樂之旅系列五—西班牙隨想). The concerts will feature guest conductor Heiko Mathias Forster, whose next important position will be the Generalmusikdirektor of the New Philharmonic Westphalia beginning this September, and pianist Ning An (安寧), whose recent Carnegie Hall debut, an all-Chopin program presented by the Chopin Foundation of the United States, was highly praised. Joined by the NTSO, the concert will include a program of Falla's Noches en Los Jardines de Espana and El Sombrero de Tres Picos, Rimski-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol, Chabrier's Espana, and Ravel's Alborada del Gracioso.
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