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Camerata Pacifica Announces 2024-25 Season Featuring Programs In Santa Barbara, Thousand Oaks, San Marino, And Downtown Los Angeles
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 15, 2024


Discover the 2024-25 season of CAMERATA PACIFICA, featuring diverse programs across Santa Barbara, Thousand Oaks, San Marino, and Downtown Los Angeles. Enjoy a wide range of performances from this renowned ensemble.

Meet the Trailblazing, History-Making Women of SUFFS
by Sidney Paterra - Apr 7, 2024


Who are the suffs of Suffs? Did you know that the characters of one of Broadway's newest musicals are based on real, trailblazing women? Before you watch them make history on stage at the Music Box Theatre, get to know the ladies who changed the world over 100 years ago.

Review: WEDDING BAND at The Catherine B. Berges Theatre At COCA
by James Lindhorst - Mar 17, 2024


Jones collaborates with his cast and crew to mount an artful production of Alice Childress’ important story. He captures the grievous nature of oppressive racism and the fears of mixed-race couples in doomed relationships. This outstanding production of Wedding Band is being presented by The Black Rep at COCA’s Catherine B. Berges Theatre through March 31st.

PUCCINI, BUSONI, OFFENBACH and ROSSINI Announced Among the Attractions of Theatro Sao Pedro's 2024 Season
by Claudio Erlichman - Mar 12, 2024


The lyrical season will feature 12 titles, such as Turandot, by Busoni, Gianni Schicchi, by Puccini, Le Comte Ory, by Rossini, among others. The program also includes ballets, cinema and music, and concerts in a year in which São Pedro establishes partnerships with the Cinemateca, the São Paulo Companhia de Dança and guest orchestras.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Will Embark on Tour of Canada
by Stephi Wild - Mar 8, 2024


Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead The Philadelphia Orchestra on a Tour of Canada—their first trip together to his home country—plus two concerts in Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 17–21, 2024. 

The Fisher Center at Bard Unveils SummerScape 2024 Programming Featuring Theater, Opera, Dance & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 13, 2024


The Fisher Center at Bard has revealed its SummerScape 2024 programming, running June 20 – August 18, 2024.

The 92nd Street Y, New York's 150th Anniversary Dance Season Presents Ballet Hispánico In A Night Of Historic And New Works
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 7, 2024


The 92nd Street Y, New York's 150th anniversary dance season continues with Ballet Hispánico – the nation's largest Latinx/Latine/Hispanic cultural organization and one of America's Cultural Treasures – in a night of historic and new works.

THE HELLO GIRLS Comes to The Hayes Theatre in January
by Stephi Wild - Dec 29, 2023


Heart Strings Theatre Co returns to The Hayes Theatre from 10 January to 4 February 2024 with The Hello Girls. Learn more about the production here!

Celebrate The 150th Anniversary Season Of 92NY With A Night Of Historic And New Works Presented By Ballet Hispánico
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 11, 2023


Celebrate the 150th Anniversary Season of The 92nd Street Y, New York With a Night of Historic and New Works presented by Ballet Hispánico. Witness the vibrancy and diversity of Latine cultures with classic and contemporary pieces.

Review: LITTLE WOMEN Is Big News In Theatre Representation at the Strand in Baltimore
by Cybele Pomeroy - Dec 8, 2023


Under Kaitlyn Fowler’s direction, the March family becomes real. A real family has commitment, but also strife and arguments. Most renditions of the Marches are tidy, sanitized, prettified. Fowler’s March family is messy, complicated and sincerely relatable. A terrific performance for your family's festive holiday outing.

Cast Announced for THE HELLO GIRLS at The Hayes Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 11, 2023


Heart Strings Theatre Co, producers of last year's sold-out hit Urinetown the Musical, will return to The Hayes from 10 January to 4 February 2024 with The Hello Girls. Cast includes Rhianna McCourt, Kira Leiva, Kaori Maeda-Judge, Nikola Gucciardo, Kaitlin Nihill, Alexis Van Maanen, Jessy Heath, and more.

Photos/Video: Inside NOVEMBER 1918: THE GREAT WAR & THE GREAT GATSBY at Carnegie Hall
by Stephi Wild - Nov 9, 2023


Last night at Carnegie Hall, November 1918: The Great War & The Great Gatsby played to a sold-out audience ahead of Veterans Day on November 11, 2023. Check out photos and video footage from the performance here!

Kristolyn Lloyd, Kate Rockwell, and More Will Perform in NOVEMBER 1918: THE GREAT WAR AND THE GREAT GATSBY at Carnegie Hall
by Stephi Wild - Oct 6, 2023


Historian John Monsky returns to Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 8:00PM with a new, groundbreaking performance exploring the events and legacy of World War I. Learn more about the performance and find out how to get tickets here!

Chicago Magician John Sturk Elected National President Of The Society Of American Magicians
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 13, 2023


John Sturk, a Chicago magician and musician, has been elected National President of The Society of American Magicians. Sturk will be the 107th president to serve in the office.

Video: Who Will Win the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama? Watch Live at 3pm!
by Nicole Rosky - May 8, 2023


The Pulitzer Prize Board will present the 2023 award winners for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Who will win this year? Tune in right here at 3pm to watch the announcement live!

Sanaz Toossi's ENGLISH Wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Nicole Rosky - May 8, 2023


The Pulitzer Prize Board has just announced that English, by Sanaz Toossi has won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists included: On Sugarland by Aleshea Harris and The Far Country by Lloyd Suh.

Artist In Residence David Briggs Celebrates Franz Liszt At The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2023


The Cathedral of St. John the Divine's 2022-2023 season of Great Music in a Great Space continues with a performance of works by Franz Liszt and other great composers by Artist in Residence David Briggs on Tuesday, May 2 at 7:30 pm, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street).

Chelsea Pace, Katy Sullivan & Christine Toy Johnson Named Keynote Speakers for 2023 National Women's Theatre Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 14, 2023


The National Women’s Theatre Festival, the nation's largest symposium on gender and theatre, has announced the full schedule of WTFCon23. See full programming!

On Site Opera To Present Puccini and Adami's IL TABRRO Aboard The Lightship Ambrose
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 6, 2023


On Site Opera, New York's pioneering opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, in partnership with the South Street Seaport Museum, brings drama and tragedy to Pier 16 on and around the historic lightship Ambrose with Puccini and Adami's Il tabarro (The Cloak), May 14-17.

Orchestra of St. Luke's Announces Expanded Carnegie Hall Season for 2023-24, Plus Three Concerts at Caramoor This Summer
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 2, 2023


Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) announces a record six performances at Carnegie Hall  during its 2023-24 season. Highlights include Lang Lang performing music of Saint-Saëns, Isabelle Faust in music of Brahms, and Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie conducting both Bach's Christmas Oratorio and an all-Brahms program centered on Ein deutsches Requiem.

Seattle Pro Musica Presents the World Premiere of Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate's THE GLIMMER, March 25
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 27, 2023


Internationally acclaimed composer and citizen of the Chickasaw Nation Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate announces the world premiere of his new work, The Glimmer. The new work, commissioned by Seattle Pro Musica and presented on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 7:30pm at Seattle First Baptist Church, sets the poem The Glimmer by Washington state poet laureate and citizen of the Lummi Nation, Rena Priest.

Director Anne Bogart to Helm Bartók's BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE at Boston Lyric Opera
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 14, 2023


​A brand-new production that blends Bela Bartók’s 1918 one-act opera Bluebeard’s Castle with 1915’s Four Songs (Vier Lieder) by his contemporary Alma Maria Schindler-Mahler – and immerses audiences in a multi-room installation including a pre-show musical salon – arrives at the Flynn Cruiseport Boston for four performances March 22-26.

THE BUFFALO HERO OF WORLD WAR I Returns to NY For Special Limited Engagement This December
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 10, 2022


The Buffalo Hero of World War I: The Wayne Miner Story returns to New York for a special limited engagement. Kenthedo Robinson's powerful drama about a group of unknown and unsung heroes of World War I.

Kennesaw State University Bailey School Of Music Presents Americana Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 27, 2022


Kennesaw State University's Bailey School of Music, a unit of the College of the Arts, will present the Americana Festival Nov. 7-11. Four diverse concerts will focus on American composers and patriotic songs to celebrate Veterans Day. Veterans will receive free admission into the Nov. 11 performance.

Extensive Collection of African American Art to Continue at Bedford Gallery Through Late December
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 27, 2022


The Harmon & Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper, an exhibition that celebrates 54 African American artists and their tremendous contributions to U.S. art and culture, continues at Bedford Gallery through December 18.

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