Raye Lynn Mercer News

Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) invites prospective students and families to learn more about programs in music, dance and drama via the school's All Access Pass, which includes complimentary tickets to any of the FSPA Spring Concert performances on Saturday, May 17 at 4 and 7 p.m. and on Sunday, May 18 at 1 and 4 p.m. Featuring FSPA students in all levels and disciplines of dance and musical theater, as well as the FSPA Glee Club, musical theater troupes, dance companies and the international touring ensemble Electric Youth, Spring Concert is presented in an audience-friendly, 90-minute format.

Thirty-four local students from the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will travel to Walt Disney World during the April school break to perform for Disney audiences and participate in master classes with Disney performers, choreographers and directors.

Thirty-four local students from the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will travel to Walt Disney World during the April school break to perform for Disney audiences and participate in master classes with Disney performers, choreographers and directors.

Electric Youth (EY) 2014, the international touring ensemble of talented singer-dancers trained at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA), will debut at Showcase Live, Patriot Place, in Foxboro tonight, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. Backed by the eight-piece Boston Show Band, Electric Youth delivers a fun, energetic evening of high-powered family entertainment. EY's show features an extensive range of contemporary pop and classic rock hits fully choreographed to delight audiences of all ages. Hear the best of Aerosmith, The Beatles, Kelly Clarkson, Michael Jackson, Bruno Mars, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and more.

Ballet Conservatory dancers from the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will perform Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra with the Metrowest Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Peter L. Cokkinias. The collaborative performance is part of the Hopkinton-based Orchestra's "Artists in Bloom" Family Concert, to be presented on Sunday, March 9 at 3 p.m. at the Joseph P. Keefe Technical School Auditorium, 750 Winter Street, in Framingham. The program also features Aaron Copland's Outdoor Overture and Maurice Ravel's Tzigane, with 16-year-old violin soloist Elizabeth Kim, winner of the Orchestra's annual Young Artist Competition.

Electric Youth (EY) 2014, the international touring ensemble of talented singer-dancers trained at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA), will debut at Showcase Live, Patriot Place, in Foxboro on Friday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. Backed by the eight-piece Boston Show Band, Electric Youth delivers a fun, energetic evening of high-powered family entertainment. EY's show features an extensive range of contemporary pop and classic rock hits fully choreographed to delight audiences of all ages. Hear the best of Aerosmith, The Beatles, Kelly Clarkson, Michael Jackson, Bruno Mars, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and more.

Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) invites area instrumentalists, ages 12 and older, to jam with two of Boston's best musicians, drummer Kenny Hadley and saxophonist Arnie Krakowsky, on Saturday afternoons at 2-4 p.m. from January 11 - March 22. Hadley and Krakowsky will lead FSPA's Jazz Krewe, an instrumental ensemble open to musicians of all levels that will explore such genres as jazz, R&B, rock, blues, funk and pop. The weekly ensemble sessions will provide students with the opportunity to supplement their instrumental studies in a dynamic, hands-on way. Hadley will also direct FSPA's Groovemasters percussion ensemble, exploring Latin drumming techniques and solo, ensemble and orchestral work, with participation by invitation only.

Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) premieres a new holiday musical, Carol's Christmas, today, December 21, at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, December 22, at 2:00 p.m. at the Thomas D. Mercer Auditorium, 224 Oak Street, in Franklin.

Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) premieres a new holiday musical, Carol's Christmas, on Saturday, December 21, at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, December 22, at 2:00 p.m. at the Thomas D. Mercer Auditorium, 224 Oak Street, in Franklin.

The Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) will soon debut a new performance and event venue in the heart of downtown Franklin. Located at 15 West Central Street, the theater, music venue and event space will be named THE BLACK BOX. FPAC's new home will host quality performances and diverse programming, providing suburban audiences with excellence in the arts offered close to home. The company has signed a long-term lease and renovations will begin shortly at the site, located just behind the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA). The flexible black box space will promote a thriving cultural center for the community that will also serve as a vibrant economic engine for the region.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) introduces new performing opportunities across all musical theater programs this school year. These include performances each trimester for all of the musical theater classes. A Holiday Tribute will be presented in December, School Rocks! in March and Spring Concert in May. FSPA also proudly presents an all-student production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on February 8, with many featured and ensemble roles in the smash-hit, family-friendly musical. Participation in performances is optional, but encouraged as a fun way to apply skills learned in the classroom, grow creatively and gain increased confidence onstage.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts will hold an Open House for prospective students and families today, September 7 at 38 Main Street in Franklin from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and at FSPA's satellite facility in downtown Hudson, located at 14 Main Street in the historic Odd Fellows Building, from 1-4 p.m.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts will hold an Open House for prospective students and families on Saturday, September 7 at 38 Main Street in Franklin from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and at FSPA's satellite facility in downtown Hudson, located at 14 Main Street in the historic Odd Fellows Building, from 1-4 p.m.

Electric Youth (EY), the international touring ensemble of singer-dancers trained at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA), debuts in England and France this summer. EY departs August 5 for two weeks abroad, marking the group's 10th European concert tour. Performance venues include Disneyland Paris and Barfleur's Courtyard Les Amuseurs, along the coast of Normandy, as well as theatres in Bristol, London, Wimborne and Windsor. The group also will enjoy guided historical tours in many of the regions visited.

Jack Mullen, 11, from Millis, has joined the NETworks National Tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast in the role of Chip. Jack began his 5-week run in Sacramento, Calif., and follows the West Coast leg of the tour, with performances in San Luis Obispo, Palm Desert and Los Angeles, as well as Tempe, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada.

More than 30 local students from the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will travel to Walt Disney World during the April school break to perform for Disney audiences and participate in master classes with Disney performers, choreographers and directors.

More than 30 local students from the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will travel to Walt Disney World during the April school break to perform for Disney audiences and participate in master classes with Disney performers, choreographers and directors.

Cast as Maria in the Franklin Performing Arts Company's upcoming presentation of The Sound of Music, Franklin's Erica Glenn says her life has mirrored pages from the script.

Cast as Maria in the Franklin Performing Arts Company's upcoming presentation of The Sound of Music, Franklin's Erica Glenn says her life has mirrored pages from the script.

Electric Youth (EY), the international touring ensemble of talented singer-dancers trained at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA), will take the stage at Showcase Live, Patriot Place, in Foxboro tonight, February 10 at 6 p.m.