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DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

A 150,000 square foot building with 177 rooms and 384 doors, the Marie P. DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts has begun to make an impact on life at Notre Dame on the same scale as its size. Carefully designed for both public performance and for teaching and learning, the DeBartolo contains five acoustically isolated individual venues: the Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Concert Hall, the Patricia George Decio Mainstage Theatre, the Michael Browning Family Cinema, the Regis Philbin Studio Theatre, and the Chris and Anne Reyes Organ and Choral Hall. Located on the southern edge of campus, the Performing Arts Center draws the South Bend community onto campus at the same time that it serves the needs of Notre Dame students, faculty, and staff.

Be sure to see our ND Presents Series also.

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  DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

  100 Performing Arts Center
  Notre Dame, IN 46556

  Phone: 574-631-2995

  Fax: 574-631-9411

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• Upcoming Events

  09/10/10	An Irish Homecoming with Cherish the Ladies and Maura O'Connell DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  09/17/10	Ahn Trio DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  09/23/10	Esperanza Spalding: Chamber Music Society DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  10/01/10	Pomerium DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  10/08/10	Regina Carter and Billy Childs DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  10/22/10	Omaha Theater Company presents: If You Give a Cat a Cupcake DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  10/27/10- 10/29/10	Sean Curran Company DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  11/07/10	Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Jeremy Denk (piano) DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  11/10/10- 11/11/10	Luna Negra Dance Theater with special guests Turtle Island Quartet and Paquito D’Rivera DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  11/18/10- 11/20/10	Addicted ... a comedy of substance DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  12/09/10- 12/12/10	A Kodachrome Christmas DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

• Member Reviews

  • Event Name: Four Sheets to the Wind (2008)
    "Profound -ly sad true and hilarious"
    Review posted by: shayleycay from south bend, IN, Jan 30, 2010
    

    What a soul shaker of a movie, it really moved me deeply and I will be pondering over it for a long time I plan to own it and share it with friends. Check it out if you missed it.

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    What a soul shaker of a movie, it really moved me deeply and I will be pondering over it for a long time I plan to own it and share it with friends. Check it out if you missed it.

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  • Event Name: The American President (1995) (CANCELLED)
    "CANCELLED"
    Comment posted by: Kyle Fitzenreiter, Marketing Manager for the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center from Notre Dame, Indiana, Aug 19, 2008
    

    Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event is now CANCELLED. We apologize for any inconvenience. Any questions about this event may be directed to the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Ticket... Expand

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    Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event is now CANCELLED. We apologize for any inconvenience. Any questions about this event may be directed to the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Ticket Office at 574-631-2800. Collapse

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  • Event Name: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
    "One Word--AWESOME!"
    Review posted by: Robijo from South Bend, Indiana, Jan 23, 2008
    

    The night was bitter cold, but the music and Wynton Marsalis warmed you to the core. The orchestra's interpretation of the music was beautiful, and Wynton provided wit, pizazz and a fair amount of... Expand

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    The night was bitter cold, but the music and Wynton Marsalis warmed you to the core. The orchestra's interpretation of the music was beautiful, and Wynton provided wit, pizazz and a fair amount of jazz education to the mix! A must see if (when) they come back next year! Collapse

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  • Event Name: Mon Oncle (1958)
    "Tati's Masterpiece"
    Review posted by: Patrick Mauck from Elkhart, IN, USA, Sep 19, 2006
    

    Mon Oncle is the film where Tati's theme of conflict between the modern world and our humanity is best seen. Hulot is a man out of step with the world of machines, but meshes perfectly into the more... Expand

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    Mon Oncle is the film where Tati's theme of conflict between the modern world and our humanity is best seen. Hulot is a man out of step with the world of machines, but meshes perfectly into the more bohemian and human world that he inhabits. The Paris that Tati shows us is a combination of a hilariously grotesque modern quarter and the crumbling, dirty, beautiful Paris that the average Parisian lives in. It's clear which world is superior to Tati. Tati's sense of play and humor are more sophisticated than those seen in modern film comedies. He passes up many opportunities for cheap laughs, and I cannot recall anybody getting hit in the testicles or any of the other cheap gags that seem to fill the screen in today's comedies. All in all, a superior film that any lover of sophisticated film should see. Collapse

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  • Event Name: Capote (2005)
    "An Excellent Film!"
    Review posted by: Jean from South Bend, IN, Dec 01, 2005
    

    Truly, this has been one of the most fascinating movies I've seen in quite a while. The seriousness of the crimes echoed throughtout the quiet intensity of the movie. There was no loud score to... Expand

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    Truly, this has been one of the most fascinating movies I've seen in quite a while. The seriousness of the crimes echoed throughtout the quiet intensity of the movie. There was no loud score to dramatize the scenes, just the stark dialogue peppered with witty 50s humor. Capote was played brilliantly by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and I wouldn't be suprised if he is in the running for an award for this portrayal. When he alludes to himself and Smith coming from the same type of family except "he went out the back door and I went out the front", it really put into perspective just how much he wasn't so different from a killer. Both wanted fame; and in the end they got it, just in different ways. An excellent, excellent film. Collapse

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  • Event Name: Tommy Makem and The Makem Brothers
    "Review of Tommy Makem and the Makem Brothers"
    Review posted by: Various Reviews from South Bend, IN USA, Sep 18, 2005
    

    Perhaps the highlight of the Guinness Fleadh on Saturday on Randall's Island came at midday. There, backed only by an acoustic guitar, Tommy Makem bellowed a stentorian "Four Green Fields," the... Expand

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    Perhaps the highlight of the Guinness Fleadh on Saturday on Randall's Island came at midday. There, backed only by an acoustic guitar, Tommy Makem bellowed a stentorian "Four Green Fields," the hallowed Irish leave-us-alone-with-our-beauty ballad he wrote in 1967, as the audience members pumped their hands in the air and sang in spellbound unison. ... "there is no denying that old vocal magic, which turned a whole generation onto Irish folk music, is still there." NY Times

    (Tommy) Makem never grows weary of standing before people and giving the gift of music and stories. The Daily Messenger - Steppin' Out, Canandaigua, NY

    It would be easy to mention "Four Green Fields" and leave it at that. But Makem is also a folklorist, a poet, a writer-and a musician and singer of real integrity. More and More, that's hard to come by." Tom Dunphy The Irish Voice, New York, 23 June 1999

    One of the truly seminal figures of folk music Ireland has ever produced in the last half century. Truly one of Freedom's Sons. Malcolm Rogers Irish Music Magazine May 1999

    Irish music in America has never been the same...Their songs of joy, struggle and hope made America take notice of Ireland. Irish America Magazine; Nov. 1999

    Ancient Pulsing...may be the most astonishingly beautiful fusion of Irish poetry and music ever created in a culture famous for both art forms. - The Dover Times, Dover, NH

    In a world full of volatile stocks and shady get-rich-quick schemes, a ticket to a Tommy Makem show is one of the safest investments going. Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, WV; Oct. 13, 1999

    "...his ability to capture you with his storytelling is phenomenal, and he bounces effortlessly from recitation to song, with barely a thought to conserving his energy for his audience." Irish Voice, Vol. 13, no. 41; Oct. 6-12, 1999

    Front rank of this country’s folk performers NY Times

    One of the years best, bringing gusto to folk favorites of the pubs! Time Magazine

    Electric in-person impact! A resounding hit! As strong an attraction as has been known. Hollywood Reporter

    “Excellent!” Saturday Review

    It was a piece of theatre, a lament and a love song that came from the heart of one man and the soul of a country....Tommy Makem singing “Four Green Fields” is like what somebody once said about a Bruce Springsteen concert. “You can’t describe it. You just have to go where it takes you. Boston Globe Magazine

    A ballad that hit home with Alaskan storytellers was the tragis “Peter Kagan and the Wind,”...after singing a host of traditional songs, both haunting and joyful, Makem took the audience by surprise with Colm Gallagher’s irreverent “Bridie Murphy and the Kamikazi Pilot.” Anchorage Times

    Makem’s “Gentle Annie” remains one of his most poignant, romantic ballads....Tommy’s “Four Green Fields” leaves me with the same lump-in-the-throat feeling I get from some of the stronger musical pieces by Woody Guthrie or “Blowin’ in the Wind”-era Bob Dylan. The News World, New York

    And Makem, whether delivering a work of poetry or a song or just chatting with the crowd, has a voice that could do for the Irish what Burton’s did for the Welsh. Phoenix Gazette

    Faster than the eye can follow, Makem will go from singing “Bridie Murphy and the Kamikazi Pilot” to a recitation of William Butler Yeats. “When You are Old and Grey” in a rich baritone, made precisely for reciting poetry. Courier Post, NJ

    Makem’s dark, husky baritone gives edge to his plea for a reunited Ireland in “Four Green Fields” and becomes a gentle caress in “Gentle Annie,” both his own compositions. Hollywood Reporter

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• Past Events

  07/30/10	Vertigo College Football Hall of Fame
  07/21/10- 07/24/10	ANDkids World Film Festival DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  05/01/10	Armida (Rossini) Browning Cinema
  04/30/10	Cristina Branco [CANCELLED] DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  04/24/10	Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Anne-Marie McDermott DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  04/17/10	Dianne Reeves DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  04/14/10	20th Century Music for Two Pianos DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  04/09/10	Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  03/27/10	Kronos Quartet and Wu Man DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  03/27/10	Hamlet (Thomas) Browning Cinema
  03/20/10	Danu DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  03/05/10	Tomie dePaola's Strega Nona DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  02/26/10	The Enchantment Theatre Company presents The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  02/18/10- 02/20/10	Aspen Santa Fe Ballet DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  02/11/10- 02/13/10	Tim Robbins' The Actors' Gang presents The Trial of the Catonsville Nine DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  02/07/10	Simon Boccanegra (Verdi) Browning Cinema
  02/04/10- 02/06/10	Richard Alston Dance Company DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  01/31/10	Touch of Evil (1958) Browning Cinema
  01/30/10	M (1931) Browning Cinema
  01/30/10	End of Poverty? (2009) Browning Cinema
  01/29/10	Four Sheets to the Wind (2008) Browning Cinema
  01/28/10	Otello (1986) Browning Cinema
  01/23/10	The Searchers (1956) Browning Cinema
  01/21/10- 01/23/10	L.A. Theatre Works presents the RFK Project DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  01/16/10	Carmen (Bizet) Browning Cinema
  01/16/10- 01/17/10	The Sun (2009) Browning Cinema
  01/15/10	A Ripple of Hope (2008) Browning Cinema
  01/09/10	Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss) Browning Cinema
  12/19/09	Les Contes D'Hoffmann (Offenbach) Browning Cinema
  12/10/09- 12/12/09	An Education (2009) Browning Cinema
  12/06/09	Boston Brass and All-Stars Big Band: A Stan Kenton Christmas DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  12/03/09- 12/05/09	Bright Star (2009) Browning Cinema
  11/22/09	Stefon Harris & Blackout DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  11/22/09	La Strada (1954) Browning Cinema
  11/19/09- 11/20/09	Still Walking (2009) Browning Cinema
  11/18/09- 11/20/09	Flamenco Vivo! DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  11/15/09	Amarcord (1974) Browning Cinema
  11/14/09	Idan Raichel Project DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  11/14/09	Turandot (Puccini) Browning Cinema
  11/13/09- 11/14/09	Rape of Europa (2006) Browning Cinema
  11/12/09	To Be or Not to Be (1942) Browning Cinema
  11/08/09	Irish Chamber Orchestra Anthony Marwood, Artistic Director with Steven Mackey DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  11/07/09	8 1/2 (1963) Browning Cinema
  11/06/09	Strong Bodies Fight (2009) Browning Cinema
  11/01/09	Aleksandr Nevskiy (1938) Browning Cinema
  10/31/09	North by Northwest (1959) Browning Cinema
  10/31/09	Jabberwocky (1977) Browning Cinema
  10/30/09	Yamato DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  10/30/09	The Court Jester (1955) Browning Cinema
  10/30/09	Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Browning Cinema
  10/29/09	Examined Life (2009) Browning Cinema
  10/25/09	Aida (Verdi) Browning Cinema
  10/18/09	To Catch a Thief Browning Cinema
  10/16/09	Inside The Legends: 2009 Notre Dame Japan Bowl Browning Cinema
  10/15/09- 10/16/09	It Might Get Loud (2009) Browning Cinema
  10/14/09	Acclaimed Pianist Robert McDonald DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  10/11/09	Suspicion (1941) Browning Cinema
  10/10/09	Kenny Barron Trio DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  10/10/09	Tosca (Puccini) Browning Cinema
  10/10/09	Chop Shop (2007) Browning Cinema
  10/10/09	Man Push Cart (2005) Browning Cinema
  10/09/09	Goodbye Solo (2008) Browning Cinema
  10/08/09	King Lear (1971) Korol Lir Browning Cinema
  10/02/09	Linden String Quartet DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  10/02/09	Brothers at War (2009) Browning Cinema
  10/02/09	Jam (2006) Browning Cinema
  10/01/09	The Man Who Would Be King (2009) Browning Cinema
  09/27/09	Psycho (1960) Browning Cinema
  09/26/09	Psycho (1998) Browning Cinema
  09/25/09	Tokyo String Quartet DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  09/25/09- 09/26/09	Three Monkeys (2008) Browning Cinema
  09/24/09- 09/25/09	Earth Days (2009) Browning Cinema
  09/20/09	Departures (2008) Browning Cinema
  09/18/09	Perla Batalla DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  09/18/09	Trouble the Water (2008) Browning Cinema
  09/13/09	Rosanne Cash [CANCELLED] DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  09/12/09	Notorious (1946) Browning Cinema
  09/12/09	Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) Browning Cinema
  09/11/09	Vanaja (2006) Browning Cinema
  09/10/09	Chimes at Midnight (1965) Browning Cinema
  09/04/09	Nathan Gunn DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  09/03/09- 09/06/09	Afghan Star (2009) Browning Cinema
  09/03/09- 09/04/09	The Brothers Bloom (2008) Browning Cinema
  08/29/09	The Lodger (1927) Browning Cinema
  08/28/09- 08/29/09	Summer Hours (2008) Browning Cinema
  08/27/09- 08/28/09	Moon (2008) Browning Cinema
  08/15/09	Shakespeare in Love (1998) Browning Cinema
  08/14/09	Stage Beauty (2004) Browning Cinema
  08/13/09	Twelfth Night (1996) Browning Cinema
  07/31/09	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) College Football Hall of Fame
  07/27/09	Song Sung Blue (2008) Browning Cinema
  07/25/09	Sita Sings the Blues (2008) Browning Cinema
  07/25/09	Classical Indian Dance Demonstration and Workshop Browning Cinema
  07/25/09	The Magic Flute (2007) DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
  07/25/09	NYICFF Kid Flix Mix Browning Cinema
  07/25/09	The Miracle Worker (1962) Browning Cinema
  07/24/09	Tulpan (2009) Browning Cinema
  07/24/09	Lotte from Gadgetville (2007) Browning Cinema
  07/24/09	Gentle Planet (2007-2008) Browning Cinema
  07/24/09	Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit College Football Hall of Fame