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September
28

Are you a huge fan of La LuPone? Is Pinchas Zuckerman all over your iPod? Can’t get enough Bill T. Jones?

Wiley Hausam hopes so, and he hopes you’ll want the chance to not only see these stars on stage, but mingle with them and others after they perform at Purchase College’s Performing Arts Center.

Hausam, the center’s executive director, has something for pretty much everyone this year, from classical music and dance to film and family programming. For theater, he’s relying on the school’s excellent conservatory.

New this year is a series of post-show meet-and-greet opportunities. Patrons who purchase in advance and pay $100 in addition to the regular ticket price, have the opportunity to meet Patti LuPone on Oct. 3, Lang Lang (Nov. 14), Bill T. Jones (Feb. 12), Pinchas Zukerman (March 14) and the Mark Morris Dance Group (March 19). To make reservations for these special receptions, call Anthony Busti at 914-251-6213.

Hausam has four stages to fill at the sprawling complex on Anderson Hill Road — The Concert Hall, the Recital Hall, the Pepisco Theatre and The Repertory Theatre — in a season that opens next weekend.

For a complete season overview, go to www.artscenter.org, but here are some highlights.

From the world of dance, Rockland resident Bill T. Jones — who choreographed the Tony-winning “Spring Awakening” and brings “Fela” to Broadway this season — has his mind on Abraham Lincoln as well.

On Feb. 12, Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zanes Dance Company will present the New York premiere of the brand-new “Fondly Do We Hope … Fervently Do We Pray,” inspired by the life and legacy of the 16th president.

Also in dance, the Mark Morris Dance Company arrives March 19 with a varied program set to live music.

Among the offerings for children is the age-old story of Jason and the Argonauts, given new life Oct. 18, thanks to Visible Fictions, two actors, many action figures and one golden fleece.

In classical music, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will be at Purchase twice this season. First on Oct. 2 with violinist Janine Jansen and then again with pianist Angela Hewitt on Jan. 31, 2010.

Chinese pianist Lang Lang brings his virtuosity to Purchase Nov. 14, and violinist Pinchas Zuckerman will be here March 14.

Hausam has programmed a series of Sunday afternoon chamber-music concerts: Tokyo String Quartet (Oct. 25); Imani Winds (Dec. 13); and an all-Beethoven program by the Daedalus Quartet (April 11).

Harlan Jacobson continues his Talk Cinema program of new and independent film on select Tuesdays through May.

And Broadway and jazz lovers will get a twofer on April 24 when jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and his wife, Broadway vet Jessica Molaskey make their way up Anderson Hill Road.

This entry was posted on Monday, September 28th, 2009 at 1:35 pm by Peter D. Kramer.
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