In a playground of paper, light, music and magic, a whimsical story about childhood friendship comes to life when one young girl meets a particularly sly and silly fellow—her shadow! Specifically crafted with younger kids in mind, Me and My Shadow was devised for a child’s level of comprehension and perspective, and its deceptively clever staging is intriguing for all ages. Collaboratively created by Zoë Barry, Dave Brown, Geoff Cobham, Roz Hervey, Nathan O’Keefe, Astrid Pill and Bob Weatherly, Me and My Shadow is directed by Dave Brown, Roz Hervey and Geoff Cobham and stars Sarah Brokensha and Tim Overton.

The performance has a running time of 45 minutes with no intermission. The show was created with 4-7 year-olds in mind. Tickets can be purchased here.

I’m thrilled to be giving away FOUR tickets on Saturday, October 19th at 11am, 3pm or 7pm.

To win, just comment below and let me know your favorite New Vic play (if you haven’t been to the theater, just say so).

You can get additional entries by doing one of or more of the following:

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Winner will be selected randomly.  This giveaway will end on Monday, September 29h at noon EST. Winner will be posted here, on the Culture Mom Facebook page and via email and will have 24 hours to accept their prize.

Disclosure: I was not compensated to write this post, however the tickets for the giveaway are sponsored by the production.

Tony Award-winning playwright Rupert Holmes’ stage adaptation of A Time to Kill, John Grisham’s best-selling novel, will open on Broadway on Sunday, October 20, 2013, at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). This new Broadway play holds the distinction of being the first-ever John Grisham property to be adapted for the stage. Ethan McSweeny will direct, with previews beginning Saturday, September 28th. Sebastian Arcelus, Chike Johnson, Patrick Page, Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins, Emmy Award winner Tom Skerritt, Fred Dalton Thompson, John Douglas Thompson and Ashley Williams plus Dashiell Eaves, J.R. Horne, John Procaccino, Tijuana Ricks and Lee Sellars will star.

A Time to Kill, the popular courtroom drama, tells the emotionally charged, now-iconic story of a young, idealistic lawyer, Jake Brigance, defending a black man, Carl Lee Hailey, for taking the law into his own hands following an unspeakable crime committed against his young daughter. Their small Mississippi town is thrown into upheaval, and Jake finds himself arguing against the formidable district attorney, Rufus Buckley, and under attack from both sides of a racially divided city. This drama is a thrilling courtroom battle where the true nature of what is right and what is moral are called into question.

Tickets are available now at The John Golden Box Office (252 West 45th Street), online at Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200.

I’m thrilled to be giving away TWO tickets.

To win, just comment below and let me know your favorite John Grisham novel.

You can get additional entries by doing one of or more of the following:

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Winners will be selected randomly.  This giveaway will end on Monday, September 8th at noon EST. Winner will be posted here, on the Culture Mom Facebook page and via email and will have 24 hours to accept their prize.  The voucher will be eligible for weekday performances in October.

Disclosure: I was not compensated to write this post, however the tickets for the giveaway are sponsored by the production.

Founded in 1983, Korea’s Suwon Civic Chorale has been hailed as a ‘world-class choral ensemble’ bringing forth premiere harmonies. Since its formation, the group has staged 115 regular performances and over 800 tours, concerts and media appearances which have delighted the citizens of Suwon City, Korea. Now, the group is broadening its stage to include a global audience, and in the process continues to foster Suwon as an international city of music.

The Suwon Civic Chorale has served as cultural ambassadors in Africa (Uganda) after an official invitation by the Kampala Capital City, Makerere University, and the African Institute of Music in August 2011. Critics praised the performance raving, “The harmony of Suwon Civic Chorale was heart touching and sounded beautifully. The quality of sound was flawless and well-orchestrated. The perfect ensemble and blending and the exquisite and sophisticated harmony were marvelous enough to captivate souls.”

This year, the Suwon Civic Chorale celebrates its 30^th anniversary with a tour of the United States launching October 2013. In addition to their appearance on the 2013 Distinguished Concerts International Series (DCINY), the group will perform at Yale University and several Korean Churches throughout New York, Washington DC and Philadelphia.  The NYC details are as follows:

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Saturday October 19, 2013 at 7:30pm

Featuring The Suwon Civic Chorale (Korea)

Director: In-Gi Min, Director

Spend the evening immersed in a cultural nest of harmonies from foreign lands. Featuring beauitful, moving, orginial choral pieces by renowned Korean composers Sung-Hyun Yoon, Jung-Sun Park, JeeYoung Kim, Ki-Young Kim, and Gyun-Yong Lee.

 Tickets: $50 General Admission

On Sale Now!  Call CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or visit www.lincolncenter.org. For more information on group sales or other special offers, please contact us at 212-707-8566 x307 or BoxOffice@DCINY.org.

I’m thrilled to be giving away FOUR tickets to The Beauty of Korean Song at Lincoln Center!!!

To win, just comment below and let me know if you’ve taken the kids to a show like this, or if this will be your first time. Please note that you do not have to have kids to enter!  Feel free to take your friends, members of your extended family or whoever you like!

You can get additional entries by doing one of or more of the following:

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Winners will be selected randomly.  This giveaway will end on Friday, October 4th at noon EST. Winner will be posted here, on the Culture Mom Facebook page and via email and will have 24 hours to accept their prize.

Disclosure: I was not compensated to write this post, however the tickets for the giveaway are sponsored by the production and I will be getting a set myself.

Clearly, this giveaway is not for kids.  Yes, a lot of people (particularly publicists) seem to think as The Culture Mom, I’m all about the kids. They refer to me as “mommy blogger” and send me information about everything kid-related.  Little do they realize that I am SO much more than that.  I love a good night out with my husband or my girl-friends, sinking my teeth into a show about and only for adults.

And VENUS IN FUR by David Ives is just that.  Now, I have to admit that I have not seen it yet (I will). But I hear it’s VERY steamy, and VERY exciting.  The show goes behind the scenes at an audition, where a man (a playwright) and a woman (actress) blur the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, love and sex.  Hugh Dancy and Nina Arianda star in this show, and I will not anything else, but I think that it’s a hot ticket!

You can enter to win a pair of  tickets to VENUS IN FUR right here! Here’s how to enter:

1) You must be a Culture Mom Facebook Fan and a Venus in Fur Facebook Fan to enter.

Then finish the following sentence in the comment section below: “I want to see this show because…”

YOU MUST LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFO – Twitter or Email in the entry to be considered!

2) For a second entry, leave a second comment after tweeting the following:

I entered to win a pair of tickets to see @venusinfurbway via @TheCultureMom.   http://bit.ly/H8mqGQ #broadway #newyorkcity

Winners will be chosen on Friday, April 6th at noon.  The winner will have 24 hours to accept the prize or it will go to the runner-up.  Tickets can be used through April 24th only and are not valid for Saturday and Sunday performances.

Disclosure: Giveaway courtesy of  Venus in Fur.

The film features a stellar cast with Zac Efron, Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, and Betty White.  Here’s the plot: A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

The film shares the cause and effect of cutting down one of natures oxygen resources  The Tree’s.  The Once-ler, bewitched by the beauty of the Truffulas, greedily chops them down so he can mass produce versatile garments, called “Thneeds” out of the Truffula’s colorful tufts.  As the trees swiftly disappear, so do the Brown Bar-ba-loots, the Swamee-Swans and the Humming-Fish.  The wise old Lorax continuously warns the Once-ler but his words of wisdom are for naught as the “Thneed” business booms and the Once-ler is blinded by greed.  What will it take for the Once-ler to learn his lesson?  Will the Truffula trees become extinct or is there hope for regeneration?

 I certainly like that the film delivers a very important message – that we all have the power to change the world, no matter how small our efforts may seem.  To me, that is exactly what I want my children to grow up believing and a message that I try to instill in them everyday.

Today here on the Culture Mom you can win a The Lorax Prize Pack ($25 Fandango Gift Card, Truffula Tree Pencils and a Fuzzy Moustache.) Contest ends midnight, March 15th 2012.   Just leave a comment telling me your favorite Dr. Seuss book.

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Disclosure: This giveaway was sponsored by the folks at Universal Pictures.

If you live in or near NYC, this is an incredible opportunity to take your family to both see and hear  a group of four young cellists, who happen to be siblings and travel the world making music.

They are the Werner Chamber Quartet and they’re coming to Carnegie Hall late next month. Each of the four young musicians, who range in age from 18 and 22, will perform double duty, playing solo works on the cello while taking turns accompanying each other on the piano in works by Schumann, Beethoven, Boccherini, Stravinsky, Glière and César Franck, in addition to arrangements for four celli of Bach’s Chaconne and Bizet’s Carmen Fantasy. The concert will take place as part of DCINY’s Distinguished Concerts Artist Series on Saturday, March 24 at 2:00pm at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall.

The Werner Chamber Quartet has been featured on National Public Radio’s “From the Top” and has been presented by the Music Guild Series in Los Angeles, Montana State University’s Guest Artist Series, and have been invited as soloists with the Bozeman, Billings, and Great Falls Symphony Orchestras. During the summers, the quartet studies and performs at festivals abroad, including Peter de Grote Festival, La Ferme de Villefavard, and the Congress de Luthiers in France. The quartet has had private audiences with renowned cellists Laszlo Varga, Michel Strauss of the Paris Conservatory, and Bernard Greenhouse. Members of the quartet have studied with cellist Richard Aaron and Hans Jensen, as well as with pianist Brian Johnson.

Helene, 22, is in her senior year at Yale University. Lucien, 21, is a junior at Harvard University, where he will be joined by his sister Mariel, 19, this fall, currently studying music in Chicago. Andree, the youngest cellist at 18, is a senior in high school. The Werner Quartet is well known in and around Montana for their contributions to important community organizations, including the Rescue Mission for the Homeless and the Wyoming Girls School. They share their music in support of the arts and education, and especially for organizations that encourage opportunities for young musicians.

Now in its 5th season, Distinguished Concerts International, offers spectacular opportunities to emerging and established artists, bringing them to New York’s legendary venues. The next concerts in the Distinguished Concerts Artist Series at Weill Recital Hall include will features the Pianist Program from the Orange County High School of the Arts, on May 29th.

Tickets: www.carnegiehall.org or 212-247-7800 or in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office and cost $50 each.

Or you can enter to win a pair of  tickets to the Werner Chamber Concert Quartet concert at Carnegie Hall right here!

All you have to do to win is leave a comment below and let me know if you’ve been to Carnegie Hall before.  Please be sure to leave an email address or Twitter handle IN YOUR RESPONSE below (this is important!)

Winners will be chosen on Friday, March 12th at noon.  The winner will have 24 hours to accept the prize or it will go to the runner-up.

Disclosure: Giveaway courtesy of  DCINY.