Blues for an Alabama Sky

May 5/6 - May 5/28

Berlind Theater

In a Depression-era Harlem apartment building, a close-knit group of friends has become a chosen family. New roommates Angel and Guy — a recently fired blues singer and a promising costume designer with Paris in his sights — live across the hall from Delia, a social worker who sparks a relationship with the hardworking doctor Sam. Their lives are upturned when Southern newcomer Leland arrives and falls hard for Angel, who is torn between a stable life in New York City and an exhilarating overseas adventure with Guy. Angel chooses her path, but the decision leads to devastating consequences that shift the trajectory of everyone’s futures and long-held dreams.

By Pearl Cleage

Directed by McCarter's Associate Artistic Director Nicole A. Watson

Harold in Italy featuring Roberto Diaz

May 5/13 - May 5/14

Richardson Auditorium

Internationally renowned violist Roberto Díaz is soloist in Berlioz's programmatic Harold in Italy which musically evokes a young man's wandering among the mountains, a group of pilgrims, a lover's serenade, and a gathering of wild brigands. Study for Orchestra spotlights the compositional work of Westminster College graduate Julia Perry, and Gershwin's popular An American in Paris recalls the sights and sounds of the City of Light. Saturday, May 13, 2023 - 8:00pm Sunday, May 14, 2023 - 4:00pm

B.D. Lenz at Small World Coffee

May 5/13, 7:00 PM

Small World Coffee

Mix together the styles of Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, and Stevie Ray Vaughn and you have the recipe for contempo-jazz guitarist B.D. Lenz. The New Jersey native has played guitar since his early teens, is a graduate of Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, and has studied with such masters as Mike Stern, Vic Juris, and Charlie Banacos along the way.