UpdatesUpdateshttp://www.trinityonmain.org/updates/2012-03-30T17:19:05ZSquarespaceAnnual Gala is announced!http://www.trinityonmain.org/updates/2012/3/30/annual-gala-is-announced.html[Your Name Here]2012-03-30T17:16:32Z2012-03-30T17:16:32ZThe Annual Gala goes Carribean this year with "A Night in the Carribean" on June 9th. We will have a live steel drum band playing, will have a silent auction and a live auction (hosted by WTIC's Ray Dunaway) and food with a tropical flair by Michael's Catering.

Have fun at a great event for a great cause!

For more info, please click here

]]>Tickets now on sale!http://www.trinityonmain.org/updates/2012/3/7/tickets-now-on-sale.html[Your Name Here]2012-03-07T16:59:50Z2012-03-07T16:59:50ZOnline tickets have just been added for a bunch of shows, including:

  • March 24th: Shared Rhythms from Japan, Brazil and Cuba
  • April 6-21st: Of Mice and Men
  • May 4th: Othello
  • May 10th: British Invasion Show starring Ticket to Ride and Satisfaction

Tickets can be purchased here: http://www.trinityonmain.org/online-tickets/

be the first to buy!

]]>Advocate Coverhttp://www.trinityonmain.org/updates/2012/1/6/advocate-cover.html[Your Name Here]2012-01-06T16:49:16Z2012-01-06T16:49:16Z

This week's Advocate cover talks about Betty Harris's big comeback- guess where that comeback concert is occuring? HERE at Trinity-on-Main on Saturday January 7th @ 7pm

]]>Happy New Year!http://www.trinityonmain.org/updates/2012/1/3/happy-new-year.html[Your Name Here]2012-01-03T16:45:45Z2012-01-03T16:45:45ZHappy 2012 from your friends at Trinity-on-Main!

]]>New Year's Eve changeshttp://www.trinityonmain.org/updates/2011/12/27/new-years-eve-changes.html[Your Name Here]2011-12-27T17:25:16Z2011-12-27T17:25:16ZWe've made some adjustments to the New Year's Eve event. There will no longer be a dinner, instead all concert ticketholders are welcome to come early (6pm) to enjoy hors d'oeuvres and to stay after the 7pm concert for music and champagne! Tickets are only $35 for patrons, $20 adults and $15 seniors. Quite the bargain!

]]>League of Women Voters Event Announcedhttp://www.trinityonmain.org/updates/2011/11/23/league-of-women-voters-event-announced.html[Your Name Here]2011-11-23T16:23:03Z2011-11-23T16:23:03ZThe New Britain Area League of Women Voters is presenting a program on the “Role of the Federal Government in Public Education”.  The program will be held on Monday, November 28th, 7 PM at Trinity on Main, 69 Main St. in New Britain.  Access to the event will be from the rear entrance of the building and will be held in the Catherine Stockman room on the 2nd floor.  The event is free and open to the public.  Light refreshments will be served. 

          The presentation is a culmination of a study done by the New Britain Area League of Women Voters together with the Greater Hartford League and focuses on questions that examine the extent that the Federal Government should be involved in public education.  The public is invited to come and add to the discussion, however, only league members can be involved in the consensus vote on the questions. 

]]>Happy Thanksgivinghttp://www.trinityonmain.org/updates/2011/11/22/happy-thanksgiving.html[Your Name Here]2011-11-22T16:07:41Z2011-11-22T16:07:41ZHappy Thanksgiving everybody-

have a safe and wonderful holiday!

 

The office will be closed Thursday, November 23rd and Friday, November 24th

]]>New Britain Youth Theater Holiday Performancehttp://www.trinityonmain.org/updates/2011/11/16/new-britain-youth-theater-holiday-performance.html[Your Name Here]2011-11-16T15:40:39Z2011-11-16T15:40:39ZNEW BRITAIN YOUTH THEATER TO PERFORM

“I’M GETTING NOTHIN’ FOR CHRISTMAS”

AT TRINITY-ON-MAIN PEFORMANCE CENTER

 

New Britain, CT – New Britain Youth Theater will produce the premiere of an original holiday play, I’m Getting Nothin’ for Christmas, on December 9, 10 and 11 at Trinity-on-Main Performance Center in downtown New Britain.

I’m Getting Nothin’ for Christmas tells the story of three children who get themselves on Santa’s naughty list, and it takes sneaking to the North Pole and the help of every good elf there to set things right and uncover a mischievous plot. The play, which includes familiar Christmas songs, was written by Connecticut playwright Denise Clapsaddle, author of last season’s A Children’s Christmas Carol based on the Dickens classic. The production will be directed by NBYT Executive Artistic Director David B. Sousa.

“This is a fun, fast-paced show where Year Without a Santa Claus meets Ocean’s Eleven in a children’s Christmas caper,” said Sousa, adding that the show stars children ages 6 through 14 and is appropriate for audiences of all ages. The large cast of forty-eight children has come together from New Britain, Berlin, Bristol, Farmington Hamden, Hartford, New Haven, Newington, North Haven, Plainville, Portland, Southington, Thomaston, Torrington, Watertown, Windsor and Woodbury. The production’s venue, Trinity-on-Main, was formerly Trinity United Methodist Church until 2000 when the building was nearly demolished. It is now a 300-seat performance space which was renovated last season with new seating and carpeting.

I’m Getting Nothin’ for Christmas will be performed at Trinity-on-Main Performance Center, located at 69 Main Street in New Britain. Performances are Friday, December 9, at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, December 10, at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.; and Sunday, December 11, at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $10 for children, students, and seniors. Special group rates are available for parties of ten or more. Tickets may be reserved by calling New Britain Youth Theater at 860-515-8115 or may be purchased online through a link at www.nbyt.org.

For more information about New Britain Youth Theater, please visit the company’s website at www.nbyt.org.

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About New Britain Youth Theater

New Britain Youth Theater was founded in 2010 to provide after-school programming to the Consolidated School District of New Britain, to produce a season of performances by and for children and young adults, and to offer classes and summer programs. The theater reaches children and their families in Greater New Britain, Greater Hartford, the Farmington Valley, and throughout Connecticut. NBYT is dedicated to enriching the lives of children and young adults by encouraging creative thinking, fostering self-confidence and self-esteem, and developing general life skills through involvement in low-cost programs in the performing arts. NBYT maintains its administrative office at Trinity-on-Main Performance Center in downtown New Britain, and operates programs throughout Greater New Britain. New Britain Youth Theater is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

]]>"Tales of Hoffmann" Opera Reviewhttp://www.trinityonmain.org/updates/2011/11/8/tales-of-hoffmann-opera-review.html[Your Name Here]2011-11-08T13:53:22Z2011-11-08T13:53:22ZMUSIC TRIUMPHS OVER NATURE AT TRINITY-ON-MAIN
 
by LARRY KELLUM
 
On Nov.4, Offenbach's final, greatest, and most serious opera 'TALES OF HOFFMANN' miraculously came to fruition at Trinity-on-Main after a devastating week of October snow and subsequent power failures and cast changes that plagued rehearsal schedules for this opening production from the Conn. Lyric Opera, now beginning its eighth season of bringing opera to New Britain and surrounding cities. But, as they say in the theater business, a disastrous rehearsal week means a spectacular opening night, and this was exactly the case on Nov.  4.
 
'HOFFMANN" is a bizarre, but gorgeous opera that revolves around the tales told by the titular character as he relives three tragic romances in his unhappy life. Offenbach (best known for his 'Can-Can" used in Shop-Rite commercials) never lived to see the success of this work, and thus, there are several versions of the piece circulating throughout today's opera world. Regardless of how it is presented, it requires a large cast and an opera company of stature to pull it off.
 
This  was a performance that can be labeled in the opera industry as an evening of deluxe casting. Deluxe casting can be defined as when established singers who are used to, and fully capable of, singing much longer and far more demanding roles appear onstage in shorter, less taxing parts that don't even tap half of their potential resources. Such was the case with three out of the five principals in this production. Jurate Svedaite (double duty as the prostitute Giulietta and the dying singer Antonia) is a great Tosca; Galina Ivannikova (the trouser role of Nicklausse) the newest Amneris in "Aida" on the international circuit; and Sarah Asmar (the doll Olympia with her own added high Fs when only high Es are called for) is an up-and-coming Lucia di Lammermoor. Patrons left the house wishing they could have heard so much more from all three.
 
That said,the evening ultimately still belonged to Michael Wade Lee in the title role. Looking and acting the part of the tormented poet to perfection, he poured out so much honey, cream and satin into the theater that this should, and could, be one of his greatest accomplishments to date, and end up becoming a signature role for this rising tenor star. Newsworthy headlines, however, were made when Jason Switzer flew in on a four day notice to replace an exiting bass-baritone  as the multiple villains who ruin Hoffmann's three romances in each scene. He may not have looked Satanic or ugly enough, but his huge, black, major league voice and tall, imposing presence earned his a glorious ovation at the final curtain. More  remarkable, he hadn't sung this opera in seven years and rose to the challenge like a trouper.
 
As is always the case with CLO productions, the orchestra of choice was the esteemed Conn. Virtuosi Chamber, conducted by Adrian Sylveen. To quote a Trinity employee, Sylveen goes into such a "zone" when he conducts, so vigorously and spiritually immersed in his craft is he that, occasionally, his forces will drown out the singers, but with musicianship of this caliber, this reporter says let 'er rip! Another feather in the CLO's cap is its recent collaboration with the Mystic Ballet, the final step in making an opera company complete.
 
For more information and tickets to future opera productions at Trinity, or the wonderful holiday concerts planned by the Virtuosi Orchestra, please visit ctlyricopera.org, www.thevirtuosi.org or call 860-229-2072.
]]>Comedy postponedhttp://www.trinityonmain.org/updates/2011/10/18/comedy-postponed.html[Your Name Here]2011-10-18T17:52:00Z2011-10-18T17:52:00ZThe comedy show that was scheduled for Thursday, October 20th has been postponed until January 4th. If you have tickets please contact the box office at 860-229-2072 to make arrangements

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