Theater in Film and Music at Guild Hall
Two dramatic presentations and two evenings of lively music kick off at Guild Hall tonight at 8 with an encore telecast of National Theatre Live’s production of “Obsession,” which stars Jude Law in the adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film.
Gino (Mr. Law) is a handsome but down-at-heel drifter who meets Giuseppe and Giovanna, husband and wife, at a roadside restaurant. Irresistibly attracted to each other, Gino and Giovanna begin a steamy affair and plot to murder Giuseppe. In a tale of passion and destruction, the crime ultimately tears them apart. The production was directed by Ivo van Hove. Tickets are $18, $16 for members
On Sunday at 6, “The Pianist of Willesden Lane,” a one-woman show of music and recollection by Mona Golabek, will be presented. Ms. Golabek tells the true story of Lisa Jura, a young Jewish musician whose dreams of becoming a concert pianist are fulfilled after she is one of the children in the Kindertransport rescue operation to England at the approach of World War II.
Ms. Golabek is the daughter of Lisa Jura. Inspired and taught by her mother, she became a concert pianist who has performed at the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Center, and Royal Festival Hall. Her program is a combination of music and theater, with her own beloved music and her mother’s story of survival. Tickets are $45 to $75, $43 to $70 for members.
The music rings out tomorrow evening at 8 when Guild Hall and Taylor Barton present G.E. Smith’s “Portraits,” while Mamalee Rose and Friends, with others, will perform Wednesday at 8 p.m.
G.E. Smith, a guitar hero and for years the leader of the Saturday Night Live band, will perform with Sarah Jarosz, a winner of Grammys for Best Folk Album and Best American Roots Performance, and Paula Cole, a jazz and folk vocalist whom Rolling Stone magazine called “an extraordinary songwriter with a gorgeous voice.” Tickets range from $55 to $150, $53 and $145 for members.
Mamalee Rose will perform with Inda Eaton, Michael Weiskopf, and Kenny Harris. OCDC, a rock/alt/blues quartet, will play an opening set of music by the singer-songwriters Cynthia Daniels and Sarah Greene. Tickets are $25, $23 for members.
Tickets are no longer available for Saturday’s benefit performance by Jay Leno.