“As You Like It” Headlines 67th Annual Shakespeare Festival, Feb. 18-28
The headline production of Hofstra University’s 67th Annual Shakespeare Festival is As You Like It, one of theater’s greatest comedies in which “All the world’s a stage/And all the men and women merely...
View ArticleDance Program Performs Annual Spring Concert
Hofstra University’s Dance Program will present its annual Spring Dance Concert, at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, April 14-17, 2016. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. on...
View ArticleExploring the Creative Process, April 19 & 20
Creativity is essential to all academic fields – not just the arts, but education, science, medicine, language and business. How one can be more creative in his or her thinking, leadership and research...
View Article“All Roads Lead to Phantom”
Kaitlyn Davis’s childhood wish was to play Christine Daaé in Phantom of the Opera. Growing up on Long Island, she performed in so many community theater productions she had to be homeschooled. After...
View ArticleArt Activism
Hofstra Drama presents We Are Pussy Riot or EVERYTHING IS P.R. Having the courage to stand up and demonstrate against state authority, and risking your life to speak out on behalf of your beliefs is...
View ArticleFall Dance Features Limón’s “Psalm”
A suite from Psalm, a dance originally choreographed by José Limón in 1967, will be performed as part of the Fall Dance Concert presented by Hofstra University’s Dance Program, Thursday through Sunday,...
View ArticleSpring Dance Welcomes Tap Enthusiast
“Tuning the Space” by guest choreographer and self-described “tap enthusiast” Luiza Karnas will be featured in Hofstra’s Spring Faculty Dance Concert, April 11-14. Karnas is a dance artist and educator...
View ArticleDance Concert Brings Alumni Talent Back to Campus
One Breath, a work by Adjunct Professor Amy Marshall, is based on the idea of coming together as the human race. To bring the dance to Hofstra’s stage for the Fall 2019 Dance Concert, she is...
View ArticleHofstra Opera Theater Performs “The Magic Flute”
Mozart’s musical fairy tale, The Magic Flute, will be performed by Hofstra Opera Theater at the Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater, John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus. The plot of the opera...
View ArticleMusic Prof to Perform in “To America” Concert
Eric Davis, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, will be part of a unique concert at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn titled “To America.” Inspired by the poetry of James Weldon Johnson, who is buried...
View ArticleStudent’s Play Tackles Global Problem of Human Trafficking
By Madie Mento ‘21 The hardships and heartbreak faced by victims of sex trafficking is the focus of Stained Glass, written by Margaret Engel ’21. This original one-act play has been given the coveted...
View ArticleACE Celebrates 55 Years with a Virtual Concert
By Dary Felix ‘22 The American Chamber Ensemble (ACE), Hofstra’s professional music ensemble in residence, is hosting a 55th anniversary celebration concert on their YouTube channel this Sunday,...
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Musical Celebrates the Essential “Working” Class
Working, a musical celebrating the people in the essential jobs that keep our communities running, will be performed by Hofstra University’s Department of Drama and Dance, March 19-28. Tickets to […]...
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Hofstra Dance Springs Back to the Stage
For the first time since fall 2019, Hofstra Dance will perform the works of faculty and guest choreographers at the Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater at the John Cranford Adams […] The post Hofstra...
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Sharing Opera’s Beauty and Timelessness
Hofstra University’s Music Department opened Matthew Cerillo’s eyes to all he could accomplish as a young artist. Performing with the Hofstra Opera Theater taught him how the great works of […] The...
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Dance Debut in the Park
Julia Neto began dance lessons when she was three, launching an obsession she never outgrew. Her talent and drive – combined with professional connections she forged at Hofstra – have […] The post...
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Alum Brings Her Cabaret to the NY Stage
Hofstra music alum Christina Pecce is returning to New York this week to perform on stage for the first time since the COVID-19 shutdown. Pecce’s original one-woman cabaret, Witches and […] The post...
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Hofstra Stage Reopens for “Everybody”
by Avery Rudd ’22 Just as Broadway has reopened for enthusiastic New York City audiences, Hofstra’s Drama Program is preparing for a return to live theater with the play Everybody […] The post Hofstra...
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A Concert to Celebrate the Holydays
Sweet Honey In The Rock®, a performance ensemble rooted in African American culture and tradition, is performing a free concert, titled “Celebrating the Holydays,” at Hofstra University on Friday,...
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Guest Artists Return for Fall Dance Concert
Students at this year’s Fall Dance Concert are celebrating a return to the stage by performing choreography by guest artists Janis Brenner, Liz Gerring and Frederick Earl Mosley and faculty […]
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