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The Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra shines in their opening concert Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 3 p.m.

Musical numbers and cast members that earned five-star ratings and standing-room-only audiences at the 2017 Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland this summer will receive an encore performance at SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem November 15-18.

Music nonprofit LiveConnections' 2017-18 concert series, which features collaborative concerts especially for adventurous music-lovers, dares to ask a bold question: Can music build community?

130 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra musicians, ages 14 to 21, launch their 2017-2018 performance season under the baton of Maestro Louis Scaglione on Sunday, November 19, at 3 p.m. The concert will take place in Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and be recorded for a later date to air on WRTI-FM.

Musical numbers and cast members that earned five-star ratings and standing-room-only audiences at the 2017 Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland this summer will receive an encore performance at SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem November 15-18.

The New York- and Los Angeles-based American fine art studio DANIELLE is pleased to announce the unveiling of artist Ivan Wong's new outdoor art installation entitled Monster, on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. Monster will be on view indefinitely, starting today, October 30, 2017.

Now in its 78th season, The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO) has a full schedule of performances for its six program divisions.

On the heels of their newest album, RISK TO EXIST (Daylighting/Cooking Vinyl), UK Alternative band MAXIMO PARK have announced a North American tour.

Presented by Arts Brookfield and curated by WNYC's John Schaefer, New Sounds Live returns to the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place (230 Vesey St.) from Today, October 6 to Today, October 13, 2017 with an unforgettable exhibit of artistic and musical mastery.

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, 'Podcast Verite,' is unfiltered, raw, honest and uniquely funny.

Mega-musical Hamilton has revolutionized the way Americans learn about American history since it opened on Broadway in August 2015, and has been smashing every expectation by grossing $100 million per year to sell-out crowds at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. And now you can hear the creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, like you've never heard him before on four new exclusive episodes of The Hamilcast -- Hamilton's unofficial podcast.

Maestro Louis Scaglione, President and Music Director of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO), is thrilled for WHYY-TV Producer Karen Smyles, who received the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy award for a program about PYO.

Presented by Arts Brookfield and curated by WNYC's John Schaefer, New Sounds Live returns to the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place (230 Vesey St.) from Friday, October 6 to Friday, October 13, 2017 with an unforgettable exhibit of artistic and musical mastery.

Presented by Arts Brookfield and curated by WNYC's John Schaefer, New Sounds Live returns to the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place (230 Vesey St.) from Friday, October 6 to Friday, October 13, 2017 with an unforgettable exhibit of artistic and musical mastery.

Music nonprofit LiveConnections' 2017-18 concert series, which features collaborative concerts especially for adventurous music-lovers, dares to ask a bold question: Can music build community?

Mercury Rising, the Mercury Theatre's £8.9m refurbishment and extension project, has received unanimous approval from Colchester Borough Council's planning committee. The project aims to modernise and transform our much-loved theatre, safeguarding its future for the whole community.

'Baskerville' blends campy comedy into a fast paced Sherlock Holmes mystery.

Psycho Clan, the creative team behind the NYC Halloween institution, Nightmare Haunted House (in the lower east side for 13 years) in association with Studio 153 announces THIS IS REAL, a heart pounding horror experience by Nightmare Haunted House creator Timothy Haskell. This intimate and unnerving simulated abduction allows for only 8 people to participate at a time. Performances begin on September 8th, 2017 for an open-ended run and take place in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn (an area of NYC one would likely be taken to if they actually were abducted) at 153 Coffey Street, between Ferris and Conover Street.  Performances are Tuesdays-Sundays at various times, with tickets ranging from $95-$110.  Visit www.thisisreal.nyc for complete details. 

BWW speaks to Paul Smith of Middle Child about bringing All We Ever Wanted Was Everything to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.