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Marquee Theater Journalists Association Announces 2026 Norbay Theater Awards Nominees
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 18, 2026

The Marquee Theater Journalists Association announced nominees across 18 award categories for outstanding work by Sonoma and Napa County theater productions, including new ensemble and specialty production categories.

HAMILTON Extends West End Run at Victoria Palace Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2026

The multi-award-winning West End production of HAMILTON will extend its booking at London's Victoria Palace Theatre. The production features a cast led by Stephenson Ardern-Sodje as Alexander Hamilton and Yeukayi Ushe as Aaron Burr.

Leslie Odom Jr. Returns to HAMILTON West End Tonight, Following Thursday Mid-Show Exit
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2026

Leslie Odom Jr. exited Thursday's Hamilton matinee in London's West End after the first act. The Tony Award winner is expected to return for Friday evening's performance.

Photos: HAMILTON West End Welcomes Original Star, Leslie Odom, Jr.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 21, 2026

New production photos are now available of Tony and Grammy Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr. making his West End debut in Hamilton at London's Victoria Palace Theatre. Odom reprises his Tony-winning performance as Aaron Burr through September 5.

Photos: Leslie Odom, Jr. in Rehearsal Ahead of West End Debut in HAMILTON
by Stephi Wild - Jun 30, 2026

All new rehearsal photos have been released ahead of Leslie Odom, Jr.’s West End debut in HAMILTON at the Victoria Palace Theatre. Check out the photos here!

Final Tickets Will Be Available This Week for Leslie Odom, Jr.'s Run in HAMILTON in London
by Stephi Wild - Jun 2, 2026

Final tickets will be released to purchase this week for Leslie Odom, Jr.’s sold-out run in the London production of HAMILTON at the Victoria Palace. Learn more here!

Stephenson Ardern-Sodje and More Join the Cast of HAMILTON at The Victoria Palace Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 28, 2026

New casting has been announced for HAMILTON in London's West End. Stephenson Ardern-Sodje will join the company as Alexander Hamilton. Learn more here!

Review: MISS SAIGON at Göteborgs Operan
by Christian Ranke - Oct 21, 2025

For decades, Miss Saigon has occupied contested terrain within the musical theater canon—championed by some as an essential work, scrutinized by others for perpetuating orientalist narratives and reductive stereotypes.

MTJA Unveils Nominees For 2025 Norbay Theater Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 8, 2025

The Marquee Theater Journalists Association has revealed the nominees for their 2025 MTJA Norbay Theater Awards. Learn more about the nominees and see the list here!

THE SOUND OF MUSIC To Run At Cinnabar Theater, September 8-24
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 8, 2023

​​​​​​​Petaluma's premier theater company, Cinnabar Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director Nathan Cummings and Executive Director Diane Dragone, will kick off their 51st season with Rodgers and Hammerstein's, “The Sound of Music”, Performing September 8-24th at Cinnabar Theater.

Cinnabar Theater To Open 50th Anniversary Season With THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 8, 2022

Petaluma's premier theater company, Cinnabar Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director Nathan Cummings and Executive Director Diane Dragone, is set to open their 50th anniversary season with the musical comedy 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee', performing September 9-25th, 2022.

Cinnabar Theater Continues 49th Season With Mark St. Germain's DANCING LESSONS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 27, 2021

Sonoma County's Cinnabar Theater will present the local debut of playwright Mark St. Germain's heartwarming romantic comedy, Dancing Lessons, performing live October 15th-31st.

ACO Presents its Next COMPOSER TO COMPOSER TALK With Joan Tower and Conor Brown
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 11, 2021

ACO’s Composer to Composer series features major American composers in conversation with each other about their work and leading a creative life. The intergenerational discussions begin by exploring a single orchestral piece, with one composer interviewing the other.

A PERFECT GANESH Opens March 29 at Cinnabar Theater
by Stephi Wild - Mar 5, 2019

Cinnabar Theater presents A PERFECT GANESH March 29 - April 14.

Composer Joan Tower To Receive Gold Baton from League of American Orchestras
by Julie Musbach - Feb 26, 2019

Composer Joan Tower, one of America's most significant living composers, will receive the League of American Orchestras' highest honor, the Gold Baton, at the League's 74th National Conference in Nashville, June 3-5, 2019.

New Orchestral Piece at Carnegie Hall Honors Maya Angelou, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama and More
by Tori Hartshorn - Oct 4, 2018

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) will open its 2018-2019 season with a concert honoring Phenomenal Women presented by Carnegie Hall in Zankel Hall on Friday, November 2, 2018 at 7:30pm. The performance, conducted by ACO Music Director George Manahan, will feature the world premiere of Valerie Coleman's Phenomenal Women performed by the Imani Winds with ACO; as well as the world premiere of Alex Temple's Three Principles of Noir with singer Meaghan Burke, director Amber Treadway, and costumes by Storm Garner. Grammy and Grawemeyer Award-winning composer Joan Tower's Chamber Dance from 2006, which treats the orchestra as a chamber ensemble, completes the program.

American Composers Orchestra Honors PHENOMENAL WOMEN at Carnegie Hall
by Kaitlin Milligan - Oct 4, 2018

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) will open its 2018-2019 season with a concert honoring Phenomenal Women presented by Carnegie Hall in Zankel Hall on Friday, November 2, 2018 at 7:30pm. The performance, conducted by ACO Music Director George Manahan, will feature the world premiere of Valerie Coleman's Phenomenal Women performed by the Imani Winds with ACO; as well as the world premiere of Alex Temple's Three Principles of Noir with singer Meaghan Burke, director Amber Treadway, and costumes by Storm Garner. Grammy and Grawemeyer Award-winning composer Joan Tower's Chamber Dance from 2006, which treats the orchestra as a chamber ensemble, completes the program.

Bard Conservatory Celebrates Composer Joan Tower's 80th Birthday With Special Concert
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 16, 2018

Joan Tower, the Asher Edelman Professor in the Arts at Bard College, is renowned as one of America's most important living composers. This September, The Bard College Conservatory of Music celebrates Tower's 80th birthday with a concert program of featuring world premieres of Towers' recent compositions including Small Plus (2018) performed by S? Percussion; Looking Back (2018) performed by the Da Capo Chamber Players; and Thank You (2018), with Dawn Upshaw conducting members of the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

Sony Classical Releases GEORGE SZELL: THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA ALBUM COLLECTION
by Kaitlin Milligan - Aug 13, 2018

The first ever collection of George Szell's Complete Recordings for Columbia Masterworks on 106 CDs is now available thanks to Sony Classical. The collection features symphonies, overtures and other orchestral works, concertos and chamber music, recorded from 1946 to 1969, 92 recordings remastered from the original analogue tapes using 24 bit / 192 kHz technology.

The Cleveland Orchestra And George Szell Complete Recordings For Columbia Masterworks CD Collection
by Stephi Wild - Jul 18, 2018

“In the heyday of George Szell's tenure as its chief conductor,” declared Gramophone, “The Cleveland Orchestra had few if any peers among the world's great orchestras.” Coinciding with the orchestra's Centennial birthday in December 2018, Sony Classical is excited to announce one of the most ambitious reissue projects of recent times, a comprehensive collection of the Clevelanders' recordings made under the baton of their iconic fourth music director. These span the period between 1947 – a year after Szell inherited a rising national ensemble from Erich Leinsdorf and began transforming it into the elite ensemble it remains to this day – and 1969, a year before his sudden death shocked the musical world. Born in Budapest in 1897, Szell's dream was to create an ensemble that combined “the Americans' purity and beauty of sound and their virtuosity of execution with the European sense of tradition, warmth of expression and sense of style,” in the words of his biographer Michael Charry. That he fulfilled that dream is amply documented in the huge discography that fills Sony's new edition of 106 CDs, “recordings that are prized for their stylistic rightness, clarity of structure, rhythmic tension, and transparency of texture” (The New Yorker).