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You can't stop the beat in this big and bold musical about one girl's inspiring dream to dance. Hairspray, winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, is piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance and toe tappin’ tuneful songs! It's 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable...
ROCHESTER THEATRE PREMIERE October 10–25, 2026 Tony & Olivier Award-Winning Musical! Book, Music, and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein The remarkable true story! What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover when 38 planes, carrying...
America's premier Black-led physical theatre company returns to the festival with an evening celebrating innovation, movement, and storytelling.
Risk/Reward presents a double-bill of new performance featuring Joe Kye and Shannon Stewart. The program expands two audience-favorite pieces into new full-length performances. Risk/Reward curates and presents these two regional artists in Portland-premiere shows.
Paul Reiser performs at the Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University on Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 8 pm. Known for his work in television and stand-up comedy, Reiser brings an evening of sharp, relatable humor to the Main Stage. The performance is part of Staller...
Wired & Tired is one hour of subversive comedy, relentless satire, fearless joy and unlikely optimism in the form of live and multimedia shorts about the absurdities of contemporary living within jolting technological shifts, extreme power grabs, disillusionment and the pursuit...
Artists, audiences, and supporters gather as the fifth annual Phoenix Festival comes to a close.
Pianist Jonathan Biss, recognized globally for his impeccable taste and formidable technique, presents a program titled Words Fail! featuring selections from Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, Janáček's Words Fail! from On the Overgrown Path, Kurtág's Játékok, Amy Beth Kirsten's...
Pianist Jonathan Biss presents his program Words Fail!, featuring selections from Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, Janáček's Words Fail! from On the Overgrown Path, and Kurtág. Biss is renowned for his engagement with Beethoven's music and has appeared with the Los Angeles and...
The Drilling Company presents a new Homeric epic by P. Seth Bauer, arriving before Hollywood's The Odyssey. This mythic journey follows one man's odyssey across the Hudson River, exploring history, memory, and the enduring spirit of New York.
Violinist Jennifer Frautschi and pianist Christina Dahl, both acclaimed musicians and artists-in-residence at Stony Brook University, perform a recital at Staller Center for the Arts on October 28, 2026 at 7 pm. The program features works by Respighi, Schoenberg, and Elgar.
ORIGINAL CAST SPOOKTACULAR TOUR! Join the original ‘Columbia’ – NELL CAMPBELL – for a screening of the movie in a new 4k restoration with a live shadow cast and audience participation! Everyone receives an interactive prop bag at the performance to help get in on the action!...
Disney Pixar's Coco Live-to-Film Concert takes place at Staller Center for the Arts on October 30, 2026, at 6:30 pm, in celebration of Día de los Muertos. The screening of the beloved film is accompanied by a live orchestral performance, bringing the music of Coco to life in a...
CARRIE THE MUSICAL OCTOBER 16-31, 2026 AT COHOES MUSIC HALL THURSDAYS - FRIDAYS AT 7:30PM SATURDAYS AT 2:00PM & 7:30PM SUNDAYS AT 2:00PM MIDNIGHT HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCE ON 10/30 MEMBER ON-SALE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 PUBLIC ON-SALE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 STEPHEN KING'S CULT MUSICAL...
Music Director Andreas Delfs debuts a new Piano Festival featuring four concerts of works by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Brahms. The festival features performances by pianists Olga Kern, Barry Douglas, Jonathan Biss, and Marc-Andre Hamelin.
These two performances feature participants in Caramoor's Evnin Rising Stars mentoring program, which has nurtured emerging talent since 1992. Artistic Director Marcy Rosen, along with mentors violinist Soovin Kim and violist Dmitri Murrath, guide the 2026 cohort including...
Men on Boats is a play by Jaclyn Backhaus, presented as part of Blackfriars Theatre's 77th season in downtown Rochester, NY.
Direct from acclaimed runs in London’s West End and Boston’s A.R.T., this “clever, funny and delightfully surprising” (Boston Globe) original musical about timing, connections, and unexpected detours, comes to Broadway. Meet Dougal, an impossibly upbeat Brit who has just landed...
Noel Coward's supernatural comedy of errors about a seance gone awry, directed by Board President Kaleab Wiggins. The cast includes Brian Tan as Charles Condomine, Jaide Winant as Elvira, Shawnda Urie as Mrs. Bradman, and Ava Taylor as Edith, along with newcomers Mady Huston as...
"Chicago’s musical phenomenon" (Chicago Tribune) flies back to the Windy City for eight weeks only beginning December 1. WICKED became Chicago’s longest-running Broadway musical after a record-breaking 3 1/2 year run of over 1,500 performances. Now the witches of Oz are back by...
Back to the Garden 1969 - The Woodstock Experience is the premier tribute to the Woodstock era you won't want to miss! Expect to be completely immersed in an experience that celebrates the famed Woodstock festival of peace, love and music. The music. Back to the Garden 1969...
Pianist Aaron Diehl has redefined the lines between jazz and classical music, building a global career around his nuanced, understated approach to music-making. He has collaborated with Wynton Marsalis, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and Philip Glass, and serves as the Artistic...
Be Safe I Love You is an original music theater piece based on the novel by Cara Hoffman, with book by Darrah Cloud and music and lyrics by Stephanie Salzman. The story follows Lauren Clay, a soldier who has returned unexpectedly to her upstate New York home from Iraq carrying...
The musical adapts Stephen King's novel about a bullied high school outcast whose telekinetic powers erupt on the night of her senior prom. Directed by Deena Conley with music direction by Ben Kapilow.
Countertenor and author Anthony Roth Costanzo speaks about his new book, Countertenor, published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux. The event is part of the Conversations at Caramoor series held in the Music Room at the Rosen House.
Experience this raw, rebellious, high octane musical for a new generation! American Idiot is an electrifying rock musical based on Green Day's iconic 2004 themed album, "American Idiot", which tells the story of three friends navigating love, loss, rage and identity in a...
The Grammy and Tony Award-winning musical from 17-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys follows Ali, a 17-year-old girl full of fire, searching for freedom, passion and her place in the world. Along the way she meets a musical mentor who changes her life, her dynamic family and...
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Come From Away CenterStage Theatre at the JCC (10/10-10/25) |
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OFC Creations Theatre Presents: Hairspray! OFC Creations Theatre Center (9/24-10/11) |
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Laughs In Spanish Geva Theatre (4/27-6/06) |
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OFC Creations Theatre Presents: A Christmas Story: The Musical OFC Creations Theatre Center (12/17-1/03) |
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How to Make a Doll Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center (10/09-10/10) |
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Capital Fools Nazareth University (12/31-12/31) |
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Doja Cat at Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden (12/01-12/01) |
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A Revolution of Her Own!™ Deborah Sampson East Fishkill Community Library (10/18-10/18) |
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OFC Creations Theatre Presents: The Osmonds: A New Musicals OFC Creations Theatre Center (4/08-4/25) |
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Mary Malaney & Friends in a Spooky Cabaret Hangar Theatre (10/11-10/11) |
