by Senior Reviewer Maytal Wichman
The holidays are around the corner and before you head to the airport to visit relatives or drive upstate to go skiing be sure to add a new tradition: the gorgeous and hysterical ballet of Peter and the Wolf. Why hysterical? Because fashion designer and TV personality Isaac Mizrahi will narrate the famous Prokofiev story – to which he has written a libretto. I have seen this production over the past several years and it just gets more and more clever each time.
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Isaac Mizrahi narrates and directs Sergei Prokofiev’s charming children’s classic. Ensemble Signal (conducted by Oliver Hagen from 12/7-8 and Brad Lubman from 12/13-15) performs the music, and the cast, wearing costumes by Mizrahi, performs choreography by John Heginbotham, bringing the 30-minute story to life for the young and young at heart.
Cast: Derrick Arthur, Kristen Foote, Marjorie Folkman, Mayfield Haynes, Daniel Pettrow, Macy Sullivan, Gus Solomons
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In conjunction with the Sunday, December 8, 2:30pm performance and in partnership with the Guggenheim’s education department and Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing there will be a Children’s Book Illustrator Series event. Two-time Caldecott Medal winning illustrator Chris Raschka, will read from his illustrated telling of Peter & The Wolf at 1:30 pm, followed by the performance. Tickets for this special event are $100/$95 member and include a signed copy of Chris Raschka’s Peter & the Wolf.
Show Dates and Times
When: December 7 at 1 pm, 2:30 pm and 4 pm
December 8 at 2:30 pm and 4 pm
December 13th at 6:30 pm
December 14 at 1 pm, 2:30 pm and 4 pm
December 15th at 2:30 pm and 4 pm
Where: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Peter B. Lewis Theater
1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
New York, NY 10128
Enter via ramp at 5th Ave and 88th St.
Price: $45 per person; $40 for members. Everyone needs a ticket regardless of age.
Click here to purchase tickets or call the box office (212) 423-3575
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Photos by Robert Altman
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I was not compensated for this post. I received tickets.
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Senior Reviewer Maytal Wichman is a freelance writer and has written for several blogs, including The Huffington Post. She has been living in the New York City area for nineteen years and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature as well as a Law Degree. Maytal is a stay-at-home mom to three kids, ages 12, 10 and 7.
Isaac Mizrahi didn t intend for his Peter in the Wolf to become a holiday tradition, but the Guggenheim keeps asking him back each December to recreate his production of Prokofiev s iconic children s symphony. And he s thrilled.