Theater/Musical: The Last Ship, Neil Simon Theatre, NYC, Jan. 2014

A gorgeous and captivating show. You cannot deny the musical imagination of Sting, his emotional insights, and and his ability to capture emotion in song. Great characters on stage and a threading storyline that richly unfolded.  A great piece of theatrical storytelling - I wish that "The Last Ship" could play on Broadway for years to come.

Theater: The Woodsman at 59E59, Jan. 2015

From the web:
When a lonely woodsman falls for the slave of a powerful witch, will their love be enough to protect them from her wrath? From the forgotten writings of L. Frank Baum, Strangemen & Co. present a unique perspective on a classic story utilizing Bunraku puppetry and song.

Music: Ligeti String Quartet No. 1(Metamorphoses Nocturnes)

The following performance was found on Youtube.
Published on Feb 24, 2013
Performers: Federico Nathan, Nora Stankowsky violines, Mirelys Morgan viola , Natalia Diaz cello

We saw this amazing piece by Ligeti performed by other artists at Juilliard in Jan. 2015.

More about the composer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Ligeti):

György Sándor Ligeti (Hungarian: Ligeti György Sándor [ˈliɡɛti ˈɟørɟ ˈʃaːndor]; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" and "one of the most innovative and influential among progressive figures of his time".^[1]

Born in Transylvania, Romania, he lived in Hungary before emigrating and becoming an Austrian citizen.

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Apart from his far-reaching interest in different types of music from Renaissance to African music, Ligeti was also interested in literature (including the writers Lewis Carroll, Jorge Luis Borges, and Franz Kafka), painting, architecture, science, and mathematics, especially the fractal geometry of Benoît Mandelbrot and the writings of Douglas Hofstadter.^[12]

Theater/Opera: The Scarlet Ibis, HERE Theater, January 2015

"Life is so big and the world is so small."

This is how life appears to the weak but precocious child affectionately nicknamed by his older brother as 'Doodle.'

With gifted singers and live musicians, the intimate story took shape and flew.