Rosanne Cash, Branford Marsalis among performers in Modlin’s 2013-14 season

One of RVA’s leading performing arts venues announced its upcoming season, which features national acts and a local favorite.

June 27, 2013; 7:20 AM • by Nathan Cushing

The University of Richmond’s Modlin Center for the Arts has announced its 2013-14 season. The upcoming season features Grammy winner Rosanne Cash; Jazz legend Branford Marsalis; National Theatre of London productions; UR’s ensemble-in-residence, eighth blackbird; and much more.

Here’s the schedule (performances at different venues are noted):

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September

• September 8th • Grammy-winner Steep Canyon Rangers perform with special guests Joy Kills Sorrow
• September 25th • Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens)
• September 26th • Broadcast of National Theatre of London production Othello.
• September 29th • Encore broadcast of Othello.

October

• October 3rd & 4th • Contemporary dance group KEIGWIN + COMPANY
• October 6th • Songs for Soprano with violist Paul Neubauer, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, and singer Susanna Phillips
• October 16th • Artist Voices Series: Anna Deavere Smith leads Engaging the World: The Role of the Artist in Society
• October 17th • Broadcast of National Theatre of London production Macbeth.
• October 18th • Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
• October 25th • Opera Colombine’s performed by eighth blackbird

November

• November 8th • Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas
• November 13th • “World Blues” featuring the Taj Mahal Trio, Vusi Mahlasela, and Fredericks Brown featuring Deva Mahal
• November 15th • Shanghai Quartet w/ Peter Serkin
• November 17th • Encore broadcast of Macbeth
• November 19th • Dance group CONTRA-TIEMPO (at CenterStage)

December

• December 5th • John Pizzarelli Swing 7

January

• January 20, 2014 • Broadcast of National Theatre of London production Coriolanus.
• January 22, 2014 • Artist Voices Series: Anne Bogart
• January 23-24, 2014 • Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and SITI Company’s A Rite
• January 26, 2014 • Pedrito Martinez Group (Afro-Cuban soul music)
• January 31, 2014 • Monologist Mike Daisey performs All Stories Are Fiction

February

• February 1, 2014 • Snarky Puppy (jazz)
• February 7, 2014 • King’s Singers perform The Great American Songbook
• February 8, 2014 • Comedian Kathleen Madigan
• February 12, 2014 • Fred Hersch Trio
• February 15, 2014 • “A Night of Mali Music” featuring Fatoumata Diawara and Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
• February 16, 2014 • Encore broadcast of Coriolanus
• February 19, 2014 • Venice Baroque Orchestra and cellist Mario Brunello perform

March

• March 2, 2014 • Caladh Nua
• March 4, 2014 • Acting Company’s performance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
• March 5, 2014 • Pianist Emanuel Ax
• March 8-9, 2014 • Circa’s 61 Circus Acts in 60 Minutes
• March 2, 2014 • Rosanne Cash
• March 13-14, 2014 • Moscow Festival Ballet’s production of Cinderella
• March 19, 2014 • eighth blackbird
• March 20-21, 2014 • Ethan Lipton & his Orchestra’s No Place To Go (at CenterStage’s Rhythm Hall)

April

• April 5, 2014 • An Evening with Leo Kottke and Loudon Wainwright III
• April 7, 2014 • Takács Quartet
• April 11, 2014 • Jazz legend Branford Marsalis
• April 26-27, 2014 • Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

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