Deborah Johnson News

Dominican University's Performing Arts Center presents ETHEL's Documerica on Saturday, February 20th at 7:30 p.m. in the Lund Auditorium.

Coventry's Belgrade Theatre has today announced details of casting for five star-studded new shows touring to the venue in Spring 2016 which include a new UK tour of End of the Rainbow starring Loose Women's Lisa Maxwell, the UK stage premiere of Jackie The Musical starring Janet Dibley and a new touring production of the laugh-out-loud comedy, Menopause the Musical starring Irish pop icon Linda Nolan and Eastenders actress Cheryl Fergison.

On Monday, January 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall presents three-time Grammy Award-winning instrumental sextet eighth blackbird performing the New York premiere of Hand Eye by the composers' collective Sleeping Giant. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2016, eighth blackbird was recently nominated for its fourth Grammy Award for the ensemble's latest recording Filament. The group's new project, Hand Eye, was co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall for its 125 Commissions Project, in which at least 125 new works will be commissioned over the next five seasons in celebration of the Hall's 125th anniversary.

Written by Mike James, with choreography by Arlene Phillips and directed by Anna Linstrum, JACKIE THE MUSICAL will play at the New Alexandra Theatre from Tue 24 to Sat 28 May 2016, as part of a nationwide tour. 

?Written by Mike James, with choreography by Arlene Phillips and directed by Anna Linstrum, JACKIE THE MUSICAL will begin a nationwide tour in Spring 2016 at the Gardyne Theatre in Dundee.

?Written by Mike James, with choreography by Arlene Phillips and directed by Anna Linstrum, JACKIE THE MUSICAL will play at the King's Theatre Glasgow from Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 July 2016, as part of a nationwide tour. 

JACKIE THE MUSICAL starring Janet Dibley launches major UK tour in Spring 2016, Previewing at the Gardyne Theatre Dundee on 11 March. Dates include Coventry, Bromley, Brighton, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and Glasgow.

A meditation on America's relationship to our land, our resources, and ourselves, BabsonARTS will present ETHEL's Documerica, a multimedia concert that melds multiple screen video projections with original music by some of today's top composers and performed with electrifying virtuosity by the indie-classical quartet ETHEL,  tonight, October 23, 8 p.m. at Carling-Sorenson Theater 213 Forest Street at Babson College. Tickets are $25 general admission, Babson Faculty/Staff: $10, and college students: $5. For more information visit babsonarts.org or call OvationTix at 866-811-4111. 

A meditation on America's relationship to our land, our resources, and ourselves, BabsonARTS will present ETHEL's Documerica, a multimedia concert that melds multiple screen video projections with original music by some of today's top composers and performed with electrifying virtuosity by the indie-classical quartet ETHEL,  Friday, October 23, 8 p.m. at Carling-Sorenson Theater 213 Forest Street at Babson College. Tickets are $25 general admission, Babson Faculty/Staff: $10, and college students: $5. For more information visit babsonarts.org or call OvationTix at 866-811-4111. 

For two nights only State Opera are presenting a Double Bill comprising Il Segreto di Susanna and Bluebeard's Castle.

For the first time State Opera of South Australia (SOSA) will open its season with a compact, hard-hitting, musical double bill in the intimate setting of The Opera Studio. The dual offering is something wildly different from SOSA's bigger main stage productions and is a bold step in the company's long-term vision to make opera more accessible.

For the first time State Opera of South Australia (SOSA) will open its season with a compact, hard-hitting, musical double bill in the intimate setting of The Opera Studio. The dual offering is something wildly different from SOSA's bigger main stage productions and is a bold step in the company's long-term vision to make opera more accessible.

BASTROP, Texas, March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ The City ofBastrop's Art in Public Places(BAIPP) Task Force today announced selected artists for the Bastrop Downtown Sculpture Projectlaunched last summer.

ETHEL, America's Groundbreaking Indie-Classical String Quartet, Announces Winter/Spring 2015 Season.

This is top quality opera in every direction, no matter what criteria you care to judge it against. Timothy Sexton and Leigh Warren have pulled of a major coup.

John Zorn's renowned THE STONE presents a weeklong residency performed and curated by mesmerizing guitarist and composer Eyal Maoz. A mainstay of the NYC downtown music scene, Maoz is notoriously known as the bad (and crazy) boy of the progressive jazz guitar world. For six nights, he brings his new works evoking both cutting edge rock-jazz-Jewish extravaganza noise and chamber grace.

Skyrocketing rents. Loss of diversity. Evictions, Google Glass wearing nouveau riche, The War on the Poor. What is The City coming to? The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) opens its 55th season with RIPPLE EFFECT, a musical comedic tale of intersecting lives and cultures that reflect the familiar neighborhood tensions that are polarizing San Franciscans today.

The Utah Symphony is pleased to announce it has commissioned preeminent contemporary American composer Nico Muhly to write a piece of music for the Utah Symphony to be inspired by Southern Utah's national parks and landscapes. The commission will be performed during the 2015-16 season, coinciding with the 75th anniversary celebrations of the orchestra.

Skyrocketing rents. Loss of diversity. Evictions, Google Glass wearing nouveau riche, The War on the Poor. What is The City coming to? The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) opens its 55th season with RIPPLE EFFECT, a musical comedic tale of intersecting lives and cultures that reflect the familiar neighborhood tensions that are polarizing San Franciscans today.

John Zorn's renowned THE STONE presents a weeklong residency performed and curated by mesmerizing guitarist and composer Eyal Maoz. A mainstay of the NYC downtown music scene, Maoz is notoriously known as the bad (and crazy) boy of the progressive jazz guitar world. For six nights, he brings his new works evoking both cutting edge rock-jazz-Jewish extravaganza noise and chamber grace.