Performing Arts Series
To
purchase concert tickets or a season pass, please call Laura Wright,
Special Events Coordinator, at (Ocala) 352-854-2322 ext. 1416, (Citrus)
352-746-6721 ext. 1416, or (Levy) 352-493-9533 ext. 1416.
A
season pass is for one admission to each of the four concerts: $70 for
unreserved seats at Lecanto concerts only, $80 for reserved seats at
Lecanto concerts only, and $90 for reserved seats at Ocala concerts
only.
Join
us for a transformative experience as Tibetan lamas, dressed in
magnificent costumes, take the stage and play horns, trumpets, drums
and bells to promote world healing and an introduction to Tibetan
culture. The famed singers of Tibet’s greatest monastery have performed
their sacred music and dance to full houses in many American preeminent
theaters and performance venues, including Carnegie Hall and the
Ravinia Festival. The Drepung Loseling monks are featured performing
these traditional Tibetan chants on the Golden Globe-nominated
soundtrack of the motion picture “Seven Years in Tibet,” starring Brad
Pitt. They have shared the stage with Paul Simon, Philip Glass, Sheryl
Crow, Michael Stipe, the Beastie Boys and many others.
The
group will also spend the week on campus creating a mandala sand
painting, in which millions of grains of colored sand are painstakingly
laid into place to form a painting symbolizing the earth and its
inhabitants. You can visit the Webber Center to view the mandala
creation from Oct. 20 to 22. Call the Webber Center Gallery at
352-873-5809 for information.
Lecanto: Sunday, Oct. 18 (3 p.m.) |
Ocala: Monday, Oct. 19 (7:30 p.m.) |
$20 unreserved seat / $22 reserved seat
|
$25 reserved seat |
This
fearless and timely portrayal of Franklin D. Roosevelt brings to life
issues faced by this country not only during the Great Depression and
World War II, but also by contemporary American society. Ed Asner stars
in this solo performance drama based upon Dore Schary’s Broadway hit
“Sunrise at Campobello.” The play chronicles FDR’s White House years,
including the well-known “fireside chats,” his encounters with the
Supreme Court and Congress, his personal life and his legacy as a
president scorned by some and admired by others.
Asner,
who has enjoyed a successful TV, film and voice acting career, is the
recipient of seven Emmy Awards (“Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Lou Grant”),
16 Emmy nominations, five Golden Globe Awards and member of the TV
Academy Hall of Fame.
Lecanto: Sunday, Nov. 22 (3 p.m.) |
Ocala: Monday, Nov. 23 (7:30 p.m.) |
$25 unreserved seat / $27 reserved seat
|
$30 reserved seat |
Forbidden
Broadway was first seen at Palsson's Supper Club on New York's Upper
West Side in January 1982. An unemployed actor, Gerard Alessandrini,
wanted a showcase for his talents. He decided to assemble some of the
musical parodies of Broadway shows he had written since childhood into
a nightclub act. Critics and audiences were wowed and it has since
become New York's longest-running musical comedy revue. Forbidden
Broadway has won Drama Desk, Obie and Outer Critics Circle awards. Most
of its victims (stars and casts) make a point of stopping by to see
what Gerard Alessandrini has done to them.
As long as Broadway and Hollywood exist, there will be a Forbidden, poking, prodding, teasing, pleasing, jeering and cheering, but always with love.
Lecanto: Sunday, Jan. 10 (3 p.m.) |
Ocala: Monday, Jan. 11 (7:30 p.m.) |
$22 unreserved seat / $24 reserved seat
|
$27 reserved seat |
Pride.
Sorrow. Love. Passion. Universal themes that touch and transcend the
boundaries of the many cultures in America. Through its purity of form,
rhythms and intensity, flamenco strikes primal chords in the emotions
of audiences of all ages, all cultures and all degrees of exposure to
the arts. Originally from Andalusia, the southern region of Spain,
flamenco developed from the interaction of the many cultures that
inhabited this region for centuries.
Flamenco Vivo
is one of the nation's premier flamenco and Spanish dance companies.
The group’s performances uphold the purity and traditions of flamenco
and classical Spanish dance while pushing the boundaries of the art
form in new directions. The company’s dramatic works are accompanied by
a full band of onstage musicians which highlights the very rhythmic
nature of the flamenco art form. Rapid costume changes marked by
vibrant colors, hauntingly beautiful music, frenzied guitar rhythms and
a constant interplay between female and male dancers will keep the
audience members at the edge of their seats.
Ocala: Saturday, Feb. 27 (7:30 p.m.) |
Lecanto: Sunday, Feb. 28 (3 p.m.) |
|
$20 unreserved seat / $22 reserved seat |
