50th anniversary of the West Side Story creation live in english from November 20th at the Théatre du Chatelet

West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics). The story is based loosely on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which was, in turn, based on a narrative poem by Arthur Brooke entitled The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (1562).


Set on Manhattan's Upper West Side, the musical explores the rivalry between two teenage gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The young protagonist, Anton ("Tony"), who belongs to the white gang, falls in love with Maria, the sister of the leader of the rival Puerto Rican gang. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theater. Bernstein's score for the musical has become extremely popular; it includes "Something's Coming", "Maria", "America," "Somewhere," "Tonight", "Jet Song", "I Feel Pretty", "One Hand, One Heart", and "Cool".


The original 1957 Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince, marked Stephen Sondheim's Broadway debut. It ran for 732 performances (a successful run for the time), before going on tour. The production garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical in 1957, but the award ultimately went to Meredith Willson's The Music Man. The show has enjoyed an even longer-running London production, a number of revivals and international success, and spawned an innovative, award-winning 1961 musical film of the same name.

From an original concept by Jerome Robbins
Mucic composed by Leonard Bernstein
Livret Arthur Laurents
Lyrics Stephen Sondheim
Original Choreography Jerome Robbins

Musical Direction Donald Chan
Director & Choreography by Joey McKneely

Decors Paul Gallis
Costumes Renate Schmitzer
Lights Peter Halbsgut
Sound Rick Clarke
Orchestra: The West Side Story Orchestra

Originally Produced in Broadway by Robert E. Griffith & Harold S. Prince in partnership with Roger L. Stevens

Coproduction with Michael Brenner for BB Promotion, in partnership with Paul Szilard & Sundance Productions, N.Y.

Show lenght : about 02 hours & 30 minutes

West Side Story
Bernstein /Robbins
From November 20th to January 1st,2008

Théâtre du Châtelet
www.chatelet-theatre.com
1, Place du Châtelet, 75001 Paris

Reservation : 01 40 28 28 40
Phone: +33 (0)1 40 28 28 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 40 28 29 01

Ticket prices:
- normal price: 23 €
- discount (under 26 and unemployed): 12€
- groups: 19 € (information and bookings: +33 (0)1 42 56 90 10)
- children: free entrance for children under 9 (except for Christmas Concerts). Infants (less than 3) are not allowed into the venue, except for concerts specifically aimed at them.

The Berbers Crazy Nights until December 29th at Le Cabaret Sauvage

The Berbers Crazy Nights are back at the Cabaret Sauvage. This is happening somewhere between Algiers and Marrakech, Parc de la Villette, the Parisian winter can't do without it, the most diverse public know how it breathes joy, surprise… and coriander soup ! It's called "The Berber Crazy Nights," and it's at the Cabaret Sauvage in November!

Karim Ziad, Hassan Idbasaid and Abdenour Djemai will be the Maestro of these Berbers Crazy Nights.
They're cooking a team of 8 for their toes, their rhythmic articulation and sensual flexibility, and there goes the fantasia!
They're coming from everywhere: acrobats, dancers from all latitudes, trapezist crazy loops... You'll suddenly discover that the dancer is that cashier you met just a moment ago and that your neighbor is making a quite convincing contortionist !

There is live music, eating, dancing, it is a real souk.
At night, try it Berber and crazy and if you ever come through, you'll come back for more.

Show from Thursdat to Saturday at 07:30pm
Admission: 22 € / 19 € Reduced (students, job seekers, child-12 years) outside rental fees
Diner-Show from 07:30pm :50 € (FNAC administration fee non included)

reservation : Fnac, Virgin and 01 42 09 01 09
Monday to Friday from 02pm to 06pm

Cabaret Sauvage
Parc de la Villette
211 avenue Jean Jaurès - 75019 Paris
tel administration : 01 42 09 03 09
fax : 01 42 09 11 17
e-mail : cabaret@cabaretsauvage.com

Accès piéton par le 59 bd Mac Donald

Métro : Porte de la Villette (Line 7)

Bus : Stop Porte de la Villette
PC2 Porte d’Italie / Porte de la Villette
PC3 Porte Maillot / Porte des Lilas
75 Pont Neuf
139 Saint-Ouen Place d’Armes
150 Pierrefitte / Stains
152 Le Blanc-Mesnil
249 Dugny Centre Ville
609 C Stalingrad / Aulnay sous Bois
Bus de nuit : Garges Sarcelles / Aubervilliers Pantin Quatre Chemins

Parking Villette Nord / Cité des Sciences
Entrance at 61 bd Mac Donald

KINOTAYO Digital Japanese film festival from november 13 to 20th 2007

2nd Edition of KINOTAYO : The Kinotayo Festival will take place within Paris downtown, Paris area, and throughout France. Screenings will take place everyday from 6 pm and through the day during the week end (no screening on Sunday evening)
Mains screening rooms in Paris : Maison de la culture du Japon, Elysées-Biarritz (see below)


More than 10 long runs have been selected out of last 18 months Japan launches.
They represent all creative styles and subjects. 2 « Golden Sun's» will be awarded based on audience vote as in 2006.

Miss Kaori Momoi will be the President of the 2007 edition and will attend the Festival together with 6 other Directors who will have a dialogue with the audience.
How to attend ?
Tickets will be sold at the entrance of each screening, membership cards will be
offered by Festival Partners and allow to participate to the vote and win a large Flat Screen LCD Funai TV set everyday.


The main Kinotayo screening room will be:
L’Elysées-Biarritz
22/24 rue Quentin Bauchart
75008 Paris

Program :
Ichijiku No Kao (Face of a Fig Tree)
Director: Kaori Momoi
With : Hanako Yamada, Kaori Momoi, Saburo Ishikura
Duration : 94 mn

Ashita No Watashi No Tsukurikata (How to become Myself)
Director: Jun Ichikawa
With : Riko Narumi, Atsuko Maeda, Mariko Ishihara, Yoshizumi Ishihara
Duration : 97 mn Inspiré d’une nouvelle de Kaori Mado.

Zukan Ni Nottenai Mushi (The Bug that’s not in the Guide)
Director: Satoshi Miki
With : Yusuke Iseya, Rinko Kikuchi, Suzuki Matsuo
Duration : 103 mn

Strawberry shortcakes
Director: Hitoshi Yazaki
With : Chizuru Ikewaki, Noriko Nakagoshi, Yuko Nakamura, Tohko Iwase, Ryo Kase, Masanobu Ando
Duration : 127 mn

Matsugane rancha Jiken (The Matsugane Potshot Affair)
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
With : Hirofumi Arai, Takashi Yamanaka, Miwa Kawagoe, Yuichi Kimura, Tomokazu Miura
Duration : 112 mn

Life can be so wonderful
Director: Osamu Minorikawa
With : Ryuhei Matsuda, Mikako Ichikawa, Hitomi Katayama, Miyuki Matsuda, Akira Emoto
Duration : 72 mn

Yokohama Mary
Director: Takayuki Nakamura Documentaire.
With : Michiko Godai, Ganjiro Nagato, Yoko Yamazaki
Duration : 92 mn

Kûchû Teien (Hanging Garden)
Director: Toshiaki Toyoda
With : Kyoko Koizumi, Itsuji Itao, An Suzuki, Masahiro Hirota
Duration : 113 mn

Tantei Jimusho 5 (Story of Detective 5)
Director: Kaizo Hayashi
With : Hirotaka Narimiya, Hiroyuki Miyasako

Aria
Director: Takushi Tsubokawa
With : Masayuki Shionoya, Mariko Takahashi, Shotiro Kataoka
Duration : 105mn

Jin-Roh, the wolf brigade
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
With : Yoshikazu Fujiki, Sumi Mutoh, Yukihiro Yoshida
Duration : 100mn

The rake's progress in English at the "Theatre des Champs-Elysées" November 07th, 09th & 11th, 2007

The Rake's Progress is an opera in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto written by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth which Stravinsky had seen on May 2, 1947 in a Chicago exhibition.




The story concerns the decline and fall of one Tom Rakewell, who deserts Anne Trulove for the delights of London in the company of Nick Shadow, who turns out to be the Devil. After several misadventures, all initiated by the devious Shadow, Tom ends up in Bedlam. The moral of the tale is: "For idle hearts and hands and minds the Devil finds a work to do."


The opera will be performed and sung in English (with French over-title)
duration : about 02 hours 30 minutes

featuring:
Gregory Reinhart, Trulove
Olga Peretyatko, Ann Trulove
Thomas Randle, Tom Rakewell
David Pittsinger, Nick Shadow
Nuala Willis, Mother Goose
Elsa Maurus, Baba the Turk
Simeon Esper, Sellem, the asylum guard

Frédéric Chaslin, Musical Director
André Engel, Director

Nicky Rieti, decors
Chantal de la Coste, costumes
André Diot, lights
Françoise Grès, choregraphy

Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 's choir

The Rake's Progress
details

Wednesday november 7th, 07:30pm
Friday november 9th, 07:30pm
dimanche november 11th, 05:00pm

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
http://www.theatrechampselysees.fr
15 avenue Montaigne
75008 Paris
reservations : 01 49 52 50 50
administration : 014952 50 00

Metro : station Alma-Marceau or Franklin-Roosevelt (line 9)
RER: station Pont de l'Alma (line C)
Bus : lignes 42, 63, 72, 80, 92

Parking : Alma-Geaorge V
Entrance at corner of Avenue George V & Avenue Montaigne
Special theatre deal : available for the performance duration (+ one free hour). Payment at the gate - direct exit without waiting

Crazy Horse A star is (re)born

After eight weeks of rework done, the cabaret re-open with a new stage, new acts, new dancers, new projections, new costumes and newer music...
Not to mention the eternal ingredient: the ever changing woman, sexy, bewitching, astonishing, everlasting...

The Crazy Horse Paris cabaret specialises in the "art of the nude". The revue blends sensuality and artistic expression, celebrating femininity through... various tableaux. Grace, beauty, humour and imagination are the main ingredients of the show at this landmark of Paris nightlife.
Beautiful women, breathtaking choreography, stunning light displays, and film combine to invent and re-invent the female form as art.
Trained in ballet, all the dancers are perfectly integrated into the full choreography of the piece, creating the most stunning possible visual effect through their movement and bodies. The effect is awe-inspiring.


Enjoy an exceptional moment of beauty and sensuality in this legendary Parisian nightspot.
A cosy setting where Charles Aznavour made his debut between two dance numbers and which is always abuzz with personalities from all over the world. The Crazy Horse, this mythical cabaret celebrates and showcases woman in all her wonderful forms with dancing and lights. The show lasts one and a half hours and is made up of variety numbers that bring humour and derision to the fantasy and aesthetics of this fabulous world. You can opt for the show, with two drinks or a half-bottle of champagne included in the admission price, or the show plus a meal (either before or after the revue) in one of the cabaret’s partner restaurants.

From Sunday to Friday 8.30pm and 11pm - Saturday:7.30pm-9.45pm and 11.50pm
SHOW & 2 drinks: 90 €
SHOW & ½ champagne:110 €
DINNER AND SHOW: Take advantage of our dinner offers, before or after the show, at one of our prestigious partner restaurants.
- Chez Francis 135/160 €
- Devez 135/160 €
- Le Fouquet’s 170 €
Bateaux Mouches 170€ (dinner-cruise)

Since october 16th, 2007 gold square tickets will be at 100€ and 120€ in the Diamond square.

CRAZY HORSE
www.lecrazyhorseparis.com
12 avenue Georges V
75008 PARIS

Metro: Alma Marceau, line 9
Metro: Champs-Elysées Clémenceau, line 1
Bus : 72. 43. 80. 63. 92. Stop @ Alma Marceau

Show Times:
Sunday to friday: 20:30pm and 11:00pm
Saturday: 07:30pm, 09:45pm and 11:50pm