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When the radiant, intellectual soprano Julia Bullock stepped on stage Carnegie Hall's intimate venue, Weill Recital Hall (just 268 seats), to wild applause, I felt like I was the only one hearing her “live” for the first time. Everyone else there seemed to have a personal relationship with her and her artistry. I'd somehow missed her “live,” in previous recitals and in the title roles of CENDRILLON and CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN at Juilliard. My loss--and a significant one.

In October of 2017, LINDSAY BELLOWS released her debut WAKE TO DREAM EP. The magic of Lindsay's artistry is immediately apparent when she is on stage: Songs are built from scratch, bringing together melodies, harmonies, and percussion using only her voice and a loop pedal, intimately revealing one part at a time to the audience.

The Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities at Weber State University (WSU) (www.weber.edu/cah) announced its 2017-2018 theatre season.

The Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities at Weber State University (WSU) (www.weber.edu/cah) announced its 2017-2018 theatre season.

The tenth season of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series launches on Monday, February 27, 2017 at The Cell with pre-premieres of two new musicals: For Tonight and The Brontes.

The 10th season of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series launches on Monday, February 27, 2017 at The Cell with pre-premieres of two new musicals: For Tonight and The Brontes.

The BLUEBARN Theatre is proud to present Walk the Night: Visions of Shadows. The next installment of its immersive event series is located at ConAgra Food's Headquarters, Building 1, located at 908 ConAgra Drive.

The BLUEBARN Theatre is proud to present Walk the Night: Visions of Shadows. The next installment of its immersive event series is located at ConAgra Food's Headquarters, Building 1, located at 908 ConAgra Drive.

Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2016 Popular Song series at the Appel Room ended this year's agenda on June 8 with host Michael Feinstein's appreciation of the interconnection between swing and popular song, a subject about which he's clearly enthusiastic. Each musical era, he suggests, is previewed by a song marking change: “Alexander's Ragtime Band” ushered in ragtime, “Sing, Sing Sing,” prefaced swing, “Rock Around the Clock” heralded rock n' roll. With the able assistance of Musical Director Tedd Firth (also on piano), Firth's Big Band, and special guest vocalists Allyson Briggs, Jeremy Jordan, and Catherine Ross, Feinstein and Co. delivered a lively evening of familiar and eclectic material.

The fourth time was the charm for Minda Larsen, winner of the 2015 MetroStar Competition: “I have an MFA in opera,” she joked during the debut of her show, My Southern Song, at the Metropolitan Room on May 21, “So it took four tries in six years to win that competition.” The remark is typical of the self-deprecating humor of the versatile singer from Jacksonville, FL, who spent time in Georgia and went to school in South Carolina. Itching all her life to get out of the South, now she longs to get back. Her new show (a four-date run that is her award for winning the MetroStar) captures that longing with love, laughter, and an occasional tear.

 The 8th season of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series continues November 30, 2015 at the Daryl Roth Theatre with Pre-Premieres of three new musicals: Ruth Maier, #Mars, and Leech.  There will also be a sneak peek from the new musical For Tonight.

The BLUEBARN Theatre is proud to present the revival of the popular holiday hit, Little Nelly's Naughty Noe?l by Tim Siragusa with songs by Jill Anderson. The show is a retro flashback to 2002 when BLUEBARN first produced the show written by local playwrights, Siragusa and Anderson.

The Barn Stage Company's artistic director J. Scott Lapp and Executive director Jordan Beck announced the company's 2016 Summer season lineup today. Featuring two original productions in The Truax's intimate 120-seat theatre, the season includes the world premiere of Biting Broadway!

The BLUEBARN Theatre is proud to present WALK THE NIGHT: WHERE MADNESS LIES. The next installment of its immersive event series is located within a converted century-old convent at 1310 N. 29th Street (called 'The Starlight Chateau').

The BLUEBARN Theatre is proud to present WALK THE NIGHT: WHERE MADNESS LIES. The next installment of its immersive event series is located within a converted century-old convent at 1310 N. 29th Street (called 'The Starlight Chateau').

If your knowledge of pop culture doesn't quite extend to the Busby Berkeley era, here are some quick footnotes to help you along:

The BLUEBARN Theatre concludes Season 26 with Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Our Town. The play opens tonight, May 7th and runs through Sunday, June 7th, 2015. Our Town will be the last show performed at 614 S. 11th Street before the BLUEBARN Theatre moves to its own home at 10th & Pacific.

The BLUEBARN Theatre concludes Season 26 with Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Our Town. The play opens Thursday, May 7th and runs through Sunday, June 7th, 2015. Our Town will be the last show performed at 614 S. 11th Street before the BLUEBARN Theatre moves to its own home at 10th & Pacific.

The 10th Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals, produced by Goodspeed Musicals' Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre, kicks off its much-anticipated three day festival of brand-new works today, January 16, 2015 at the Goodspeed Opera House with a staged reading of the Jesse James-inspired musical Outlaws. On Saturday, January 17, the musical comedy The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes debuts. On the final day of the festival, the riveting For Tonight will be presented. Several special events will round out this exciting weekend.