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See the incredible Gil Gutiérrez Trio performing at the legendary Birdland Theater on June 3rd – 5th with two sets each evening at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Internationally renowned virtuoso guitarist and composer Gil Gutiérrez accompanied by David Rodriguez (Bass) and Robert Stern (violin).

Nominees for the inaugural OC Theatre Awards were announced on Saturday, January 22, 2022 during OC Theatre Guild’s annual membership meeting. The awards ceremony has been scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at the outdoor amphitheater of the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton.

Newark will be filled with music again this summer as NJPAC’s much-loved free outdoor concert series, Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City, returns with in-person performances on the Arts Center’s Chambers Plaza starting July 15.

Newark will be filled with music again this summer as NJPAC’s much-loved free outdoor concert series, Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City, returns with in-person performances on the Arts Center’s Chambers Plaza starting July 15.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will reopen for in-person performances in Summer 2021, after taking a leadership role in establishing best practices for hosting indoor performances.

The Hip Hop Nutcracker (hiphopnutcracker.com), a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless music, is available to stream for Jacksonville audiences this holiday season. The live capture, filmed as a part of a partnership with PBS, will allow recurring and new patrons to experience this beloved holiday tradition at home, as theaters across the country remain closed.

The Kimmel Cultural Campus will present the streaming premiere of The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary dance spectacle, on Saturday, December 12, at 7 pm. 

The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky's timeless music, is available to stream for Denver audiences on Tuesday, December 22 at 7pm MT.

Media personality and technology maven Shefik (https://shefik.info) returns as an official judge for the 5th Annual Shorty Social Good Awards (https://shortyawards.com), where he served alongside a panel of esteemed judges. This is the third consecutive year that Shefik has been named a judge for the competition.

The Shubert Theatre in New Haven and the Palace Theater in Waterbury have again partnered to offer their respective audiences the opportunity to enjoy a holiday tradition with a modern twist.

The Hip Hop Nutcracker (www.hiphopnutcracker.com), a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky's timeless music, is available to stream for Eisemann Center audiences this holiday season. The live show was a sell-out at the Eisemann Center in December 2016.

The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky's timeless music, is available to stream for Columbus audiences this holiday season. The live capture, filmed as a part of a partnership with PBS, will allow recurring and new patrons to experience this beloved holiday tradition at home as theatres across the country remain closed. 

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced today that it will extend the suspension of its traditional presenting activities through January 1, 2021.

Game night has gone virtual at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) with a new concept of a virtual interactive Game Night Live! program with up to $125 in prizes.

With its campus closed to audiences and artists during the coronavirus pandemic, NJPAC, the state's anchor cultural institution, has found a new way to bring the magic of the performing arts to its community: An online portal, NJPAC in Your Living Room.

NJPAC announced today that it will suspend operations, both on and off its Newark campus, for the next 30 days, starting Friday, March 13.

There's not a Christmas tree in sight, but there's plenty of uplifting, feel good spirit in the Umbrella Stage Company's TUCK EVERLASTING, the third production of their inaugural season in their gleaming new building in Concord. Under the direction of Elliot Norton Award-winner Nancy Curran Willis, the simplicity and magic of the story shine through the captivating performance of Madi Shaer as 11-year old Winnie Foster, a girl whose life is inexorably changed when she runs away and meets the Tuck family in the woods of Treegap, New Hampshire.

The first thing you notice as the lights slowly rise on Noche Flamenca's a?oeEntre Tú y Yoa?? is its astonishing lead dancer, Soledad Barrio. Not that she's doing anything to call undue attention to herself, mind you. She is just one of the company's seven dancers and singers, all seated on bistro chairs in a bluish half-light, engaging in a series of simple postures, more or less in unison, while three musicians strike up the opening song. However, even when engaged in the simplest of movements, there is something about Barrio that inevitably leads your eye toward her. This is not intended to in any way disparage the rest of the company, as Noche Flamenca is comprised of some remarkable performers, all accomplished in the art of authentic, Spanish Flamenco.

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, the renowned company founded by Artistic Director Martín Santangelo and dancer Soledad Barrio, returns to The Joyce Theater November 19 a?" December 1 with a new version of Entre Tú y Yo (Between You and Me), an evening-length program of duets, solos, and ensemble works that premiered at the Connelly Theater to acclaim earlier this year. Apollinaire Scherr, in a review for The Financial Times, described Entre Tú y Yo a?oeas flamenco puroa?"the Spanish art stripped to its flammable core.a?? Brian Seibert wrote in The New York Times, a?oeThe visual design is no more elaborate than cafe chairs and a spotlight. The wonderful musicians and the dancers' feet are barely amplified. That's all in accord with the company aesthetic: bare bones, nothing to hide behind, nothing to get in the way.a?? Andrew Gilbert, writing in the San Jose Mercury News, has said of the work, a?oeStarring the incandescent Soledad Barrio, this production features a superlative cast of Spain's leading flamenco artists. While Barrio is unquestionably the star of Entre Tú y Yo, Santangelo is far less concerned about dazzling audiences with fiery footwork than in maintaining the soul-bearing connection between all the artists on stage.a??