Guild Hall is open. Below are our upcoming events.
Saturday November 10 at 1pm
Guild Hall present The Met: Live in HD screening of Adès’s The Tempest—Met Premiere
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of his own work, with baritone Simon Keenlyside starring as Prospero. Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala in this inventive staging.
$22 General Admission / $15 Students
The John Drew Theater in the Dina Merrill Pavilion at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806; Tickets online at GuildHall.org or at Box Office 3 hours prior to curtain; theatermania.com; or 1.866.811.4111
SPONSORS
Grand Tier: Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore A. Ranieri, in memory of Mrs. Antonina S. Ranieri, Judy and Alex Laughlin, and The East Hampton Star
Dress Circle: Ann Cestone, in memory of her sister Gloria, Diane and Bill Dreher, Teddy Greenbaum, Barbara Horgan, Theodore J. Israel and Laurel Cutler, Andrew Jacobyansky and Ralph Gibson, Irene and Sidney Silverman, and Dr. Alan York
Balcony Circle: Nicole Bigar, Susan L. Blair, Channing Daughters Winery, Andrée Dean, Maria and Dan DelRio, Janet O’Brien Catering, Joan and Robert Osborne, James Earl Potter, and Mary Anne Szabaga
Family Circle: James Armstrong, Thomas Brooks, John Calder, Edmund and Lisa Cohen, Carol Curreri, James Dauria, Carol and Julien David, Ann and George Davis, Arlene Davis, Bunny and Jeff Dell, Judy and Walter Distler, Dr. Carol J. Eagle, Merete Evans, James A. Fox, Tina Fredericks, Teresa Gardian, Dorothy and Morton Goldfarb, Bernard Goldhirsch, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Haber, Seija Hurskainen, Marjorie Jonas, Cynthia Parker Kaback, Phyllis and Karl Kessler, Marianne Koerner, Marcia Kimmelman and Melvin Lewis, Robert F. Luckey, Marjorie and Arthur Ludlow, Joan Marter, Elinor McDade, Terrence McNally, Katherine and Geroge Meckert, Melvin Mendelssohn, Anthony Newman, Marjorie A. Ogilvie, Nan Orshefsky, Joanna Paitchell-Lee, Carolyn Preische, Cecilia Sampaio, Janet Samuels, Betty G. Schlein, Anita Sheldon, Dorothy and Walter Sinclair, and James Spool
Tuesday, November 13 at 7:30pm
Guild Hall and The Naked Stage present FREE Staged Readings: Mizlansky / Zilinsky or “Schmucks” by Jon Robin Baitz
Lead Artist: Josh Gladstone
Featuring: Featuring Isaac Klein, Joe Pallister, Josh Perl, Dan Renkin, Kate Mueth, Josh Gladstone, Stephen Hamilton, and Robert Anthony
Set in the ever-so-sleek and slick Hollywood of the ’80s, this dizzily funny, yet jarringly sober play revolves around the manic film producer Davis Mizlansky who is on the brink of being done in by the IRS. Desperate to save himself, and morals be damned (if he ever had any to begin with), he comes up with a scheme he’s sure will save the day—and might just make him some money to boot.
Free Admission
The John Drew Theater in the Dina Merrill Pavilion at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806; GuildHall.org
All staged readings at Guild Hall are sponsored in part by Dina Merrill and Ted Hartley.
Saturday November 17 at 11am
Gallery Talk with John Berg
Wasserstein Gallery
John Berg was the Art Director for Columbia Records. He was nominated for 29 Grammys and won four. In a 25-year career with Columbia Records, he designed over 5,000 record covers. Milton Glaser noted “Art Direction, that most mysterious profession, is essentially an activity of intervention. On the one hand, it basically consists of locating and gathering fragments of visual material and putting them in some appropriate relationship to one another; on the other, it involves finding the right person to do something for you and making him or her do it well. It is in this latter activity where the practice of art direction is most subtle and illuminating.” Berg’s works include the first Bob Dylan album, Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” all the Chicago albums and Bruce Springsteen’s’ “Born To Run.” FREE Admission
The Museum at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806, GuildHall.org
Saturday November 24 at 2pm
Guild Hall presents The Paper Bag Players presentation of “Saddles and Sunshine”
There is nothing like an old-fashioned “Western Welcome” to get a live show off to a rousing start! When The Paper Bag Players cowboys and cowgirls gallop onto the stage in the all-new show, singing and wishing you a great big “Howdy!” you’ll be up on your feet, clapping and singing along! The live performance combines funny stories, charming characters, lively music, dancing and lots of opportunities for the audience to be a part of the fun. Created especially for children ages 3 through 8—there is enough fun in this show to entertain the entire family! And Ted, Laura, Amy, Kevin and John at the electric piano are all back to guarantee every moment is full of theatrical magic.
$16 Adults / $13 Kids
The John Drew Theater in the Dina Merrill Pavilion at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806; Tickets online at GuildHall.org or at Box Office 3 hours prior to curtain; theatermania.com; or 1.866.811.4111
Tuesday, November 27 at 7:30pm
Guild Hall and The Naked Stage presents FREE Staged Readings: The Best Play Ever…Seriously! by Mike Anderson
Lead Artist: Isaac Klein Featuring Meghan O’Neill and Ted Schneider
The Best Play Ever… Seriously! is the story of Harris Fynneman, neighborhood mailman and village idiot, who awakes one morning after drunkenly blacking out to discover he has written the best play ever… seriously. Unfortunately, no one, including himself, believes this. With the help of his wife and a suspicious Professor, Harris journeys to discover the terrifying truth behind his unintentional stumble into genius. Slapstick, Shakespeare, sodomy, strippers, suicide, Snuggles the Cat, and a lot of things that don’t start with “S”, are all rolled into this theatrical burrito of awesomeness. The Best Play Ever… Seriously! has got something to offend everyone. Due to high levels of hilarity, bringing a change of underwear is recommended.
Free Admission
The John Drew Theater in the Dina Merrill Pavilion at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806; GuildHall.org
All staged readings at Guild Hall are sponsored in part by Dina Merrill and Ted Hartley.
Friday November 30 at 7pm
Crossroads Music presents On The Air @ Guild Hall
Hosted by Cynthia Daniels
$20 General Admission / $18 Members / $10 Students
The John Drew Theater in the Dina Merrill Pavilion at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806; Tickets online at GuildHall.org or at Box Office 3 hours prior to curtain; theatermania.com; or 1.866.811.4111
On View thru Sunday January 6, 2013
Frank Wimberley – Winner of the 2010 Annual Guild Hall Members Exhibition
Spiga Gallery
Frank Wimberley, winner of the 72nd Annual Guild Hall Artist Members Exhibition (2010), was selected by Ben Gennochio, former art critic for The New York Times and current Editor in Chief of Art & Auction Magazine. Frank Wimberley, a noted Abstract painter, has been a part-time Sag Harbor resident for the last 40 years. He has exhibited widely both on the East End and in New York City. Wimberley’s work incorporates an exciting use of color, gesture and form to create canvases that are heavily textured and layered. Wimberley is esteemed for his masterful abstractions, in which he translates his responses to material, texture, light, and color into powerful visual experiences. Using unusual manipulations of his materials, he creates works that demonstrate his belief in the unlimited possibilities of abstraction as a driving force.
The Museum at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806, GuildHall.org
On View thru Sunday January 6, 2013
Fritz Leddy, Part II
Moran Gallery
Guest Curator: Doug Kuntz
This exhibition will focus on the works of Fritz Leddy, the Chief of the East Hampton Police Department from 1937 to 1968. Leddy took photographs for the Department, as well as for himself. Over a span of ten years surrounding World War II, Leddy took over 2000 photographs around the village of East Hampton. He was more than a serious amateur and used a large format camera that produced negatives of about 4 x 5 inches, all of them quite rich in detail. In 1999, twelve years after his death, boxes of his negatives were found in the basement of the Police Station and were developed for a 2006 exhibition at Guild Hall.
The Museum at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806, GuildHall.org
Lead Sponsor: Ellin and Ronald Delsener; Co-Sponsors: Joan and Robert Osborne, Gina and Robert Rattenni; additional support from Loretta Orion and Hugh King.
On View thru Sunday January 6, 2013
John Berg
Wasserstein Gallery
John Berg was the Art Director for Columbia Records. He was nominated for 29 Grammys and won four. In a 25-year career with Columbia Records, he designed over 5,000 record covers. Milton Glaser noted “Art Direction, that most mysterious profession, is essentially an activity of intervention. On the one hand, it basically consists of locating and gathering fragments of visual material and putting them in some appropriate relationship to one another; on the other, it involves finding the right person to do something for you and making him or her do it well. It is in this latter activity where the practice of art direction is most subtle and illuminating.” Berg’s works include the first Bob Dylan album, Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” all the Chicago albums and Bruce Springsteen’s’ “Born To Run.”
The Museum at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806, GuildHall.org
On View thru Sunday January 6, 2013
ABSTRACTION: Selections from the Guild Hall Museum Permanent Collection
Woodhouse Gallery
Featuring many of the first generation Abstract Expressionist artists, including works by Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Willem de Kooning and Ibram Lassaw.
The Museum at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806,
