Hancher releases 2007-08 schedule

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By David Burke | Monday, April 30, 2007 10:29 AM CDT | () comments

“Daily Show” comedian and actor Lewis Black, dance groups Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, and the Broadway musicals “My Fair Lady,” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “Movin’ Out” are among the offerings for the 2007-08 season at Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Brochures were mailed to Hancher subscribers Thursday for the auditorium’s 35th season. More information is available at the Hancher Web site, www.hancher.uiowa.edu.

Black, who recently had movie credits in “Man of the Year,” “Accepted” and “Unaccompanied Minors,” will perform Sept. 22. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performs a work commissioned by the Hancher on Oct. 12, and Ailey’s troupe performs April 8-9.

Broadway touring companies of “My Fair Lady” will perform Dec. 12-15; “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” based on the movie, is March 7-8, and “Movin’ Out,” featuring the music of Billy Joel and choreography of Twyla Tharp, is April 4-6.

Also on the schedule are:

Tango Buenos Aires, “The Four Seasons,” Sept. 20; Rinde Eckert, “Horizon,” Oct. 4; the Orion String Quartet, Oct. 9; Pat Metheny Trio, Oct. 10; Cirque Works’ “Birdhouse Factory,” Oct. 19-20; Russian Patriarchate Choir, Nov. 1; Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Nov. 6; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Nov. 8; DBR and The Mission, Nov. 9; Rockapella Holiday, Dec. 5; Sweet Honey in the Rock, Dec. 8;

Turtle Island String Quartet, with Stefon Harris, Jan. 26; LA Theatre Works’ “Top Secret: Battle For the Pentagon Papers,” Jan. 30; Gil and Orli Shaham, Feb. 10; Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “The Love Songs of Duke Ellington,” Feb. 12; Pablo Ziegler and Claudia Acuña, Feb. 23; Axis Theatre Company’s “The Number 14,” Feb. 24; Simon Shaheen and Qantara, Feb. 29;

Angélique Kidjo, March 6; State Ballet of Georgia’s “Giselle,” March 11; Ying Quartet and Tod Machover, March 29; Robert and Rebecca Bluestone, “Woven Harmony,” April 11; Emerson String Quartet and Wu Han, April 13; Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey, May 11; and Rubberbandance, June 14.