Hancher

It truly is a family affair when Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy bring their Celtic—by way of Cape Breton, Canada—music to the stage for a holiday party.

Ten guys. No instruments. One unmistakable sound. A cappella powerhouse Straight No Chaser is bringing the holiday cheer to Hancher Auditorium. Since a video of the group’s quirky take on “The 12 Days of Christmas” went viral in 2006, Straight No Chaser has been in the studio and on the road bringing a cappella music to its ever-growing fan base. The guys in the group know just where to find the groove to put your family in a holiday mood.

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Trumpeter Terence Blanchard is a musical force, equally respected as a jazzman and as a composer and performer of music for film. Blanchard will lead The E-Collective in a night of fusion and R&B flavored music drawn from their record Breathless, the title track of which is a call for social justice.

The Blue Hour is a new work created collaboratively by five female composers—Caroline Shaw, Shara Nova, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Angélica Negrón, and Rachel Grimes. Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist Luciana Souza joins A Far Cry in performance of The Blue Hour.

Ethan Lipton is rumpled, self-deprecating, and brilliant. No Place to Go is a story of work, outsourcing, and identity—and a potential career move to Mars.

Ethan Lipton is rumpled, self-deprecating, and brilliant. The Outer Space is a bittersweet, off-kilter tale of a couple headed for space—but the interstellar sailing isn’t always smooth.

Established in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and arts aficionado Lincoln Kirstein, New York City Ballet is one of the foremost dance companies in the world. The program will include choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, and Jerome Robbins.

“Joshua Bell doesn’t stand in anyone’s shadow.” So declares the New York Times, and when Bell steps into the light on the Hancher stage with his 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin, he’ll demonstrate why.

Two worlds collide in the Lincoln Center Theater production of this “breathtaking and exquisite” (New York Times) musical. One of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s finest works, The King and I boasts a score of beloved classics.

In fiction, nonfiction, and comics, G. Willow Wilson has distinguished herself as a writer of remarkable originality and insight. In her lecture, Wilson uses the challenges Ms. Marvel—a Pakistani-American Muslim teenager—faces as a parallel for the challenges of a misunderstood generation.