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Hirshhorn’s long association with visual artists. SUPERSTAR PERFORMERS, POWERHOUSE
On the other end of the size spectrum, The Baker Museum POPS AND EXPANDED DANCE

along with the Naples Botanical Garden is hosting an exhibition The upcoming orchestra season is heavy with sensational visiting
of monumental sculptures by artist Kevin Box. The works will be artists, from household names—violinist Joshua Bell and pianist
displayed on the Artis—Naples’ Kimberly K. Querrey and Louis A. Hélène Grimaud—to notable younger artists making their debuts
Simpson Cultural Campus and at the garden. Box’s metal sculptures with the orchestra—rising conductor Eric Jacobsen and cellist Sol
resemble giant origami creations. A work of his unfolded origami Gabetta. Several Naples Philharmonic favorites return, including
models will also be on display at the museum. pianists Kirill Gerstein, Vladimir Feltsman and Lilya Zilberstein.
Guest conductors include Labadie, Jacobsen and Roberto Abbado.

Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly has another exciting
Pops season created to amp up the nostalgia with tributes to
Broadway’s best divas, the music of celebrated film composer John
Williams and the 1980s. Plus, Artis—Naples is one of the first
venues where Everly is performing a new program with the Doo
Wop Project, an a capella group that tracks the lineage of tight
vocal harmonies from the Crests and Belmonts to today’s radio
hits. Hayes Hall favorite Stuart Chafetz returns to remember the
’80s with a spectacular concert.

With the addition of a third Miami City Ballet performance this
year, the dance program now provides ballet lovers five nights of
impeccable programming. MOMIX blends dance and illusion into
a performance The Huffington Post says creates the feeling “we have
just interfaced with genius.” And American dance legend Twyla
Tharp continues the celebration of her company’s 50th year with a
special performance.

“We are continuing to deepen our artistic scope with the hope
of delighting our current patrons and reaching new audiences in
the community,” van Bergen said. “The ever increasing support from
Southwest Florida makes it possible for us to explore bold new
offerings and expand popular programs and series.”

BIGGER BROADWAY

The season begins with six performances of 42nd Street, from
December 26-29.This tale of a plucky, young Broadway hopeful
who catches her big break by accident has delighted audiences for
decades since its Tony winning run started in 1980. A Gentleman’s
Guide to Love and Murder, January 17-22, has taken the theater
world by storm during its short, four-year history, winning four
Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Don’t miss this hilarious
send-up of British aristocracy.

If you love the music of Carole King, then don’t wait until it’s
too late to see Beautiful—The Carole King Musical, February 7-12.
Telling the popular singer-songwriter’s story through her own
music, this soaring show is Some Kind of Wonderful.

The bumbling Bottom brothers can’t escape the shadow of their
more famous playwright counterpart, William Shakespeare, in
Something Rotten!, March 14-19.But a soothsayer named Thomas
Nostradamus thinks he might have found their big break in this
uproariously funny musical.

The Broadway season finishes with one of the most beloved
musicals of all time, Cabaret, April 12-16.A young British cabaret
singer and a struggling American writer fall in love as Nazi Germany
begins to rise in 1930s Berlin in this touring version of the 2014
Broadway revival.