Der Bourgeois Bigwig

The Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Theater in collaboration with the Department of Music will present a lavish world premiere of Der Bourgeois Bigwig on November 16 at 8:00 p.m. and November 17 at 8:30 p.m. (a change from 8:00 curtain noted earlier) at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. A Talk Back where audiences can hear from the director and cast will follow the Friday evening performance. Der Bourgeois Bigwig is a new adaptation by James Magruder of the Molière comedy Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme written to complement Richard Strauss' well-known orchestral suite and incidental music from 1912. This outrageous comedy is directed by Tim Vasen, Director of the Program in Theater, with the Department of Music's Michael Pratt conducting the Princeton University Orchestra. The project is made possible in part through the university's Arts Initiative program. Tickets are $10 students and seniors, and $15 general admission and may be ordered by calling University Ticketing at 609.258.9220 or the McCarter Box Office at 609.258.2787.

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Open Studios

The Program in Visual Arts will open the studios of junior and senior certificate students on Tuesday, November 20 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts at 185 Nassau Street. Students will be on hand to show and discuss their current work. The studio visit is free and open to the public.

Joan Breton Connelly, MacArthur Award-winning archeologist

The Lewis Center for the Arts' Performance Central series will present a talk by archeologist Joan Breton Connelly entitled, "Recovering the Ephemeral: Archaeologies of Performance in the Ancient Mediterranean World," on Tuesday, November 20, at 5:00 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Frist Campus Center's Film and Performance Theater on the Princeton University campus.

Glazed and Confused - Painting and Ceramics Class Exhibit

The Program in Visual Arts presents Glazed and Confused, the Fall 2012 Painting and Ceramics Class Exhibit featuring work by students in VIS 203 - Introductory Painting, VIS 471 - Painting Without Canvas and VIS 331 - Ceramic Sculpture. The exhibition will be on view through November 21 in the Lucas Gallery. Gallery open weekdays 10 AM - 4:30 PM. This event is free and open to the public.

Broadway producer David Binder in conversation with theater critic Karen Fricker

Princeton's Program in American Studies and the Program in Theater will present "Adventures in the Theater," Tony Award-nominated producer David Binder in conversation with theater critic Karen Fricker, on Wednesday, November 28, at 4:30 p.m. in McCormick Hall, Room 106 on the Princeton campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Poet James Fenton presents the 2012 Theodore H. Holmes '51 and Bernice Holmes Lecture

James Fenton, acclaimed poet and scholar, will present a lecture entitled, “What Are We Going to Do about the New Philip Larkin?,” on Wednesday, November 28, at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ James M. Stewart ’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. The event, the 2012 Theodore H. Holmes ’51 and Bernice Holmes Lecture, is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception.

FLEET, A Collaborative Senior Dance Thesis

The Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Dance will present FLEET, a collaborative senior thesis dance concert showcasing new choreography by certificate students along with repertory by professional guest choreographers and faculty, on Friday, November 30, at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 1, at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. The students will perform works by internationally acclaimed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon staged by Jeff Edwards, New York-based choreographer Adam Barruch, and faculty member Rebecca Lazier, in addition to new dances by seniors Alta du Pont, Christina Campodonico, Emily Francis, and Lindsey Rose Augero-Sinclair with excerpts of works-in-progress by seniors AJ Brannum and Lisa Einstein.

The newsletter will not be distributed November 23, but will resume on November 30 with more exciting events.

The Lewis Center for the Arts encompasses Princeton University's academic programs in creative writing, dance, theater, and visual arts, as well as the interdisciplinary Princeton Atelier. The Center represents a major initiative of President Shirley M. Tilghman to fully embrace the arts as an essential part of the educational experience for all who study and teach at Princeton. Over 100 diverse public performances, exhibitions, readings, and lectures are offered each year, most of them free. For more information about the Lewis Center for the Arts visit princeton.edu/arts.