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Bits and Pieces 03.30.23

Tue, 03/28/2023 - 09:05
Mila Tina, on drums, and Vanessa Acero will be at the Southampton Arts Center with a program of dance, calisthenics, yoga, martial arts, breathwork, and air drumming.
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Opera and Musicals
The Met: Live in HD will return to the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor with a simulcast of Robert Carsen's staging of Giuseppe Verdi's 1893 opera "Falstaff" on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. 

The baritone Michael Volle stars in the title role of the caddish knight who is tormented by a trio of clever women. The comedy is an amalgamation of scenes from Shakespeare, primarily from "The Merry Wives of Windsor." While the opera is set in the early 15th century, the current Met production locates the action in mid-20th-century England. 

Tickets are $35.

London's Theatre Royal is the source of a screening of "Kinky Boots" at Bay Street on Saturday evening at 8. With songs by Cyndi Lauper, a script by Harvey Fierstein, and direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchel, the play garnered six Tony Awards and an Olivier Award.

Also from the Theatre Royal is "42nd Street," set for April 8 at 8 p.m. Directed by Mark Bramble, co-author of the book for the original Broadway and West End productions, the musical includes such standards as "Lullaby of Broadway" and "We're in the Money." 

Tickets for each screening are $35 and $31.50 for children.

Classical Piano
Jung-eun Kim, a prizewinning classical pianist from Korea, is up next in the Rising Stars Piano series at the Southampton Cultural Center. Set for Saturday at 6 p.m., the program will include works by Bach-Petri, Chopin, Schumann, and Gershwin.

Since making her solo debut at the age of 11 in Changwon, South Korea, Ms. Kim has won many competitions, such as the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition. She has performed in South Korea with the Changwon Philharmonic and the Konkuk Symphony, as well as here with Pianofest last summer.

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. They are free for students under 21.

Feminine Fire
RitmoFit XP is coming to the Southampton Arts Center. The RitmoFit experience is a collaboration between Mila Tina, a Chilean drummer, performance artist, and self-defense instructor, and Vanessa Acero, a Colombian athlete, fitness instructor, and wellness coach.

Together they will host "A Wellness Journey to Power: Feminine Fire" tomorrow evening at 7:30 at the arts center. The program will feature inclusive interval training that blends elements of tabata, dance, calisthenics, yoga, martial arts, breathwork, and air drumming.

Participants have been asked to take their own bottled water. Vendors will have snacks, giveaways, and raffles on offer. Tickets are $45, $35 for members of the center.

Creative Healing
The Healing Arts series will resume at the Watermill Center on Saturday at 10 a.m. with "Journey to Your Muse," a guided meditation led by Mikki Baloy, focused on tapping into one's inner creative self.

Ms. Baloy has studied with shamans, ritual keepers, and mystics and has practiced shamanic healing for more than a decade. The session will combine the shamanic tradition of drumming with the ancient Greek practice of summoning the muses for divine inspiration.

The cost is $25; registration is via the center's website.

Diamond, ELO, and the King
This weekend's programs at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead include the music of Neil Diamond, the Electric Light Orchestra, and Elvis Presley. Tomorrow at 8 p.m., Robert Neary will enhance Mr. Diamond's songs with stories behind them. Tickets are $39 to $59.

"Evil Woman: The American E.L.O." will feature the music of the British band, including such hits as "Evil Woman," "Don't Bring Me Down," and "Telephone Line." Admission is $59 to $69.

Not one but three Elvis impersonators will take the theater's stage on Sunday afternoon at 4, covering the King from the 1950s through the Vegas years of the '70s. Tickets range from $59 to $85.

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