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  "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" runs at the Herb Strauss Theater January 13 through February 11
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  Thodos Dance Chicago Friday, February 3, 7:30 PM
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  Il trittico from the Royal Opera House Thursday, February 9, 7 PM
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  Marilyn Maye & Her Jazz Trio Saturday, February 11, 8 PM
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  Linden String Quartet Thursday, February 16, 8 PM
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  BIG ARTS Workshops

Thodos Dance Chicago

Friday, February 3, 7:30 PM

Thodos Dance Chicago will perform their Fosse Trilogy at BIG ARTS, as well as other pieces from their repertoire. Fosse Trilogy is an adaptation of works originally created by Bob Fosse in the early 1960s for television (a Bob Hope Special; The Ed Sullivan Show). Tony Award-winning choreographer and Fosse muse, Ann Reinking, staged this piece, with its romantic, Latin-based music, for live performances and created the transition choreography. TDC has performed in more than 50 venues in the U.S. and participated in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the International Istanbul Dance Festival, the Ankara Music and Dance Festival, and the Busan International Dance Festival in Korea.

General seating: $42, Loge: $47, Child 17 & Under: $15

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Based on the popular 1988 film of the same title, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is the Tony® and Drama Desk award-winning musical that has taken Broadway by storm. Meet Lawrence Jameson and Freddy Benson, two con men living the good life on the French Riviera. Jameson sweet-talks wealthy women out of their money. Benson is a small-time crook whose stories about his grandmother's failing health prove prosperous. The pair join forces only to discover that the town simply isn't big enough for the both of them. This hilarious battle of cons will keep you laughing, humming, and guessing until the end.

January 13 - February 11
Performances run Monday through Saturday, 8 PM
at BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater
General: $42, Child 17 & Under: $20
Series tickets: $108 for three shows

Click here to read a rave review of this production in the
Naples News.

Click here to read a fabulous review of this production in the
The Island Sun and River Weekly.

Click here to read a rockin' review of this production in
The Islander.

Opera in Cinema

Il trittico

Presented in HD from The Royal Opera House, London

Thursday, February 9, 7 PM

Puccini's Il trittico is a collection of three one-act operas: Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. The operas premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 1918 to overwhelmingly positive reviews. Il tabarro explores the dangerous nature of infidelity and how jealousy can ultimately lead a man to commit the most serious act of vengeance. Suor Angelica tells the tale of a nun sent by her family to the convent as punishment for giving birth to an illegitimate child. Gianni Schicchi sees its greedy characters rewrite a deceased family member's will so as to maintain an estate to which a local church is bequeathed.

3 hrs 45 mins, including two intermissions
Italian with English subtitles

Admission $20
Child 17 & Under: Free

Marilyn Maye

and Her Trio of World-Class Musicians

Saturday, February 11, 8 PM

Grammy Award nominee Marilyn Maye returns to BIG ARTS by popular demand. Maye has been heralded for her amazing vocal dexterity, the sheer excitement, boundless energy and authenticity of her performances, as well as the unique party atmosphere she creates wherever she appears. Stephen Holden, in a recent New York Times review declared, "As Marilyn Maye threaded her way from the stage through a packed house of cheering admirers; I overheard comparisons to Judy Garland's 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall. You can sense a similar electric connection between singer and audience." In a 2010 Wall Street Journal profile, Will Friedwald raved, "Marilyn Maye is pretty much every singer you ever wanted to hear: She has the rhythm and the musicianship of a great jazz singer, the projection and personality of a heavyweight Broadway diva and creates the intimate bond with her audiences that we demand from a cabaret artist."

General seating: $42, Loge: $47, Child 17 & Under: $15

Linden String Quartet

Thursday, February 16, 8 PM

As the Graduate String Quartet-in-Residence at the Yale School of Music, the Linden String Quartet is the grand prize winner of both the 2009 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the 2010 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition. Other awards include first prize at the 6th annual Hugo Kauder International Competition and the Coleman-Barstow prize at the 2009 Coleman National Chamber Ensemble Competition. Sarah McElravy (violin), Catherine Cosbey (violin), Eric Wong (viola), and Felix Umansky (cello) as a quartet previously served as apprentice to the Cavani String Quartet at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Described as "truly riveting" by MusicWeb International, Linden gives every indication that it is taking its place as one of the world's leading string quartets.
Program to include Schubert's String Quartet No. 12, D. 703 in C minor "Quartettsatz," Ravel's String Quartet in F Major, K.M. Murphy's Dark Energy and Beethoven's String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 4 in C minor..

General seating: $42, Loge: $47, Child: free with paying adult.
To reserve child ticket please call BIG ARTS Marks Box Office at (239) 395-0900.

"Multiples"

Exhibit Open January 19 through February 27, 2012

Monday – Saturday 1 to 4 PM

BIG ARTS invited artists to submit entries for selection in this juried theme show in Phillips Gallery. All entries include "multiples" of objects, subjects or images. Juror is Lynn Loscutoff, author, artist and teacher, from Naples, Florida and Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Artists Reception and Awards Presentation
Saturday, January 21, 5:30 to 7 PM

"The Color of Color"

featuring Pam Brodersen
and Dorothy Wallace

Exhibit Open January 19 through February 27

Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM

Digital Art by Pam Brodersen and Mosaic Tile art by Dorothy Wallace.

Artists Reception
Saturday, January 21, 5:30 to 7 PM

BIG ARTS Workshops

Now accepting enrollments

from BIG ARTS Members

Classes offered include: Art and Technology, Discussion Groups, Fine Crafts, Foreign Language, Music Lessons, Painting and Drawing, Pottery, Religion, Economics, Art History and Writing. Full workshop schedules will be mailed to BIG ARTS Members in August.

Click Here for BIG ARTS 2011-2012 Workshop Schedules