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Karel Mark Chichon conducts. $16-$23. An
encore presentation is April 6 at 6:30 p.m.
$15-$21. 276-669-2091, www.cinemark.com
• APRIL 16 & 20: The Metropolitan
Opera’s Live in HD presents Donizetti’s
“Roberto Devereux” at 12:55 p.m. at
Tinseltown Theater, Bristol, Va. In this
climactic opera of the Tudor queen trilogy,
soprano Sondra Radvanovsky plays
Queen Elizabeth I, forced to sign the death
warrant of the nobleman she loves, Roberto
Devereux. Tenor Matthew Polenzani
is Devereux, and mezzo-soprano Elīna
Garanča and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien
complete the principal quartet in the bel
canto masterpiece, conducted by Donizetti
specialist Maurizio Benini. As with the
earlier “Anna Bolena” and “Maria Stuarda,”
the production is by Sir David McVicar, who
with this staging completes an enormously
ambitious directorial accomplishment. $16$23. An encore presentation is April 20 at
6:30 p.m. $15-$21. 276-669-2091, www.
cinemark.com
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• APRIL 30: The Metropolitan Opera’s
Live in HD presents Strauss’s “Elektra” at
12:55 p.m. at Tinseltown Theater, Bristol,
Va. The director Patrice Chéreau (“From
the House of the Dead”) didn’t live to see his
“Elektra” production, previously presented
in Aix and Milan, make it to the stage of the
Met. But his overpowering vision lives on
with soprano Nina Stemme, who portrays
Elektra’s primal quest for vengeance.
Legendary mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier
is chilling as Elektra’s fearsome mother,
Klytämnestra. Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka
and bass Eric Owens are Elektra’s troubled
siblings. Chéreau’s musical collaborator, EsaPekka Salonen, conducts. $16-$23. An
encore presentation is May 4 at 6:30 p.m.
$15-$21. 276-669-2091, www.cinemark.com
Storytelling
• APRIL 5, 12, 19 & 26: The
International Storytelling Center,
Jonesborough, Tenn., hosts the Jonesboro
Storytellers Guild. Four tellers perform at
7 p.m. Members are tellers of tales, singers
of songs, workers of magic or honest liars.
www.storytellersguild.org, 423-913-2166
• Bachelor of Music degrees in Performance,
Education, and Jazz
• Competitive scholarships, by audition
• Dedicated faculty
• All-Steinway School
• Master classes with renowned artists
Music
• Numerous vocal and instrumental ensembles
• New Marching Band
Life Is Better
with
PO Box 70661 | Johnson City, TN | 423-439-4270 | www.etsu.edu/music
• APRIL 25: The Jonesborough Yarn
Exchange performs at The International
Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, Tenn. The
group performs a scripted, one-hour radio
show featuring stories from the region, as
well as local music. Tickets are $5 for adults,
$1 for children. Seating is limited. 423-7531010, www.storytellingcenter.net
• APRIL 28: Milligan College
storytelling students share their talents
and the art of storytelling at 4 and 7 p.m. in
Milligan’s McGlothlin-Street Theatre located
in the Gregory Center. Story genres vary
widely and include everything from personal
stories to biblical accounts and children’s
stories to folk tales. This event serves as the
students’ fall semester final exam and as an
opportunity for the storytelling students to
showcase the work they have accomplished
under Dr. Bruce Montgomery, professor of
communications. Free and open to the public.
www.milligan.edu/arts
Theater
• APRIL 1: Comedian James Gregory
performs at Paramount Bristol, Bristol, Tenn.,
at 8 p.m. He is not politically correct. Much
of his humor is centered on observations
of crazy relatives and people obsessed
with the slightest change in weather
conditions. He delights in poking fun at
modern sensitive parents and out-of-control
environmentalists. $22-$32. 423-2748920www.paramountbristol.org
• APRIL 2: In the debut of her onewoman show, Milligan College senior Laura
Mixon portrays musical characters of all
ages, from a precocious 4-year-old to a
wizened crone. Enjoy an evening of laughter
and music at 7:30 p.m. in Milligan’s Mary B.
Martin Auditorium located in Seeger Chapel,
Milligan College, Tenn. Mixon is a vocal
performance major with a theater minor. This
performance is free and open to the public.
www.milligan.edu/arts
• APRIL 5-24: “George Orwell’s
1984” is on Barter Theatre’s Stage II,
Abingdon, Va. Winston Smith is a cog in
the giant machine of the state. Physically
and mentally under the omnipresent eye of
Big Brother, Winston uncovers indisputable
proof that the Leader is lying. Desiring to
escape, he commits another crime by falling
in love with Julia, which brings a deeper
blur between propaganda and reality. With
the brutal “help” of four Party Members,
Winston is forced to confess his “ThoughtCrimes” before an unseen inquisitor, and the
audience, which acts as a silent witness. This
is a ferocious and provocative adaptation of
one of the most prescient works of literature
of the last century. 276-628-3991, www.
bartertheatre.com
• APRIL 7-17: Northeast State theater
department presents “One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest,” in the Performing
Arts Theater on campus, Blountville, Tenn.
What is sane? What constitutes normal or
abnormal behavior? Can an individual follow
a rigid set of social standards? And who
enforces those standards on the individual?
Evening performances are at 7:30 p.m.,
April 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16. Matinees
performances are at 2:30 p.m., April 10 and
17. $10 general admission and $8 for groups
of 10 or more. Free to Northeast State
students with ID. Ages 15 and older. 423354-5169 www.northeaststate.edu
• APRIL 8 & 9: The King University
Theatre Department presents “As
You Like It” during alumni weekend,
Dogwood Weekend. The play continues