Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC), one of the world's leading children's choirs, embraces the vitality of the season with its Spring Concert, entitled "I Raise My Voice," led by Artistic Director Fernando Malvar-Ruiz on Sunday, May 5, 7 pm, and Mother's Day, Sunday, May 12, 2018, 7 pm, at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. Some 300 young singers ages 8 to 18, from six choirs are performing across the two concerts, which celebrate children. The program includes Spanish Ave Maria - a lyrical a cappella setting of the prayer Ave Maria sung in Spanish - composed by Bay Area artist Henry Mollicone, noted for writing works on social justice-related issues; and Gloria by Michael Bojesen, one of Denmark's most prominent choral music figures who is known for mixing musical idioms. Also featured are Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, the Italian composer's timeless and transcendent hope-filled masterpiece written in 1736; and Mark Hayes' spine-tingling choral arrangement of Harold Arlen's beloved Over the Rainbow, set to lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, which was sung by Judy Garland in the film The Wizard of Oz and has become one of the world's most famous and widely sung songs.
Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to see Ankeny Community Theatre's sizzling production of Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate." Ankeny has done a great job getting the word out about this production. The tickets are hot and sold out for both the performance I was at on Saturday as well the matinee on Sunday. Not only is this production one of the hottest tickets in town, it also has amazing performances that transcend the material.
In April, Area Stage Company will present a fresh take on the Hollywood classic The Wizard of Oz. Director Giancarlo Rodaz will take audiences on an unexpected, family friendly journey throughout the land of Oz complete with all the songs and characters from the film you know and love.
Rockdale Musical Society is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year and kicking of a special season of festivities and shows the society is presenting the magical musical THE WIZARD OF OZ.
Rockdale Musical Society is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year and kicking of a special season of festivities and shows the society is presenting the magical musical THE WIZARD OF OZ.
The wonderful THE WIZARD OF OZ on Hale Centre Theatre's Centre Stage is a spectacle that pays tribute to the classic movie while standing in its own ruby slippers.
Legendary American song composer Harold Arlen will have a Hollywood Big Band tribute when Broadway powerhouse Eden Espinosa (Wicked) and Joseph Leo Bwarie (Jersey Boys) join Arlen's son Sam Arlen and singers Karon Blackwell and George Bugatti, for The Music of Harold Arlen, Wonderful Wizard of Song at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) today, December 1 at 8:00pm.
PS CLASSICS, the label that celebrates the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, has released its groundbreaking new recording Philip Chaffin: Will He Like Me? today, Friday, November 9. The album is featured in The New York Times "2018 Holiday Gift Guide," which raves, "From 'When I Marry Mr. Snow' to 'I Got Lost in His Arms,' Chaffin tells a familiar story that has never sounded so new."
Legendary American song composer Harold Arlen will have a Hollywood Big Band tribute when Broadway powerhouse Eden Espinosa (Wicked) and Joseph Leo Bwarie (Jersey Boys) join Arlen's son Sam Arlen and singers Karon Blackwell and George Bugatti, for The Music of Harold Arlen, Wonderful Wizard of Song at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) on Saturday, December 1 at 8:00pm.
The Growing Stage, The Children's Theatre of New Jersey, located in the Historic Palace Theatre in Netcong opens its 37th Main Stage season with THE WIZARD OF OZ. The show runs October 5th through the 28th with performances Saturday and Sunday matinees at 4:00 PM and a special Opening Night Performance, October 5th at 7:30PM followed by a post-show talkback and reception.
The Growing Stage, The Children's Theatre of New Jersey, located in the Historic Palace Theatre in Netcong opens its 37th Main Stage season with THE WIZARD OF OZ. The show runs October 5th through the 28th with performances Saturday and Sunday matinees at 4:00 PM and a special Opening Night Performance, October 5th at 7:30PM followed by a post-show talkback and reception.
According to the annual high school play survey conducted by the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), Beauty and the Beast; Almost, Maine; and Check Please clinched top billing for most produced musical, full-length play, and short play, respectively, during the 2017-18 school year.
Kelrik Productions presents a stunning new production of THE WIZARD OF OZ Follow the yellow brick road to Kelrik Productions' latest offering, THE WIZARD OF OZ, to be staged at the Performing Arts Center's Spanos Theater for one weekend only July 14th and 15th, 2018. You will be swept away by our celebration of the iconic 1939 MGM film. The entire family will be captivated as they travel down the yellow brick road and beyond with Dorothy, Toto and their friends, the Cowardly Lion, Tinman and Scarecrow in this lavish production, featuring magical special effects, dazzling choreography and the classic songs you love, including 'Over the Rainbow,' 'If I Only Had a Brain,' 'We're Off to See the Wizard,' and more.
Final tickets for the acclaimed Melbourne season of The Wizard of Oz will go on sale on Friday 25 May at 4pm from ticketmaster.com.au. Two additional matinees have been added to the schedule in the July school holidays, on Thursday 5 and 12 July, due to huge demand. The Wizard of Oz plays in Melbourne until 29 July.
This week – Friday, April 6th, 2018 Harbinger Records is releasing CY COLEMAN A Jazzman's Broadway (Jamaica, Flower Drum Song, South Pacific) HCD 3401. Harbinger loves composer/jazz pianist Cy Coleman. In fact, they have undertaken an entire series of CDs devoted to his vast musical talents. The first Coleman CD was a companion to the first biography on Cy, You Fascinate Me So (an overview of rare songs by Coleman with as disparate a bunch of lyricists as Carolyn Leigh, Dorothy Fields, Floyd Huddleston, A.E. Hotchner, and even comic Allan Sherman). The CD got rave reviews and opened many musical theatre aficionados to the depth of his composing skills.
The Wizard of Oz has quickly become Australia's smash hit musical and with great excitement the producers can announce a new release of tickets from July 1 will go on sale this Monday 19 March. This extra release of tickets across the school holidays includes new matinee performances.
Wizard of Oz has quickly become Australia's smash hit musical and with great excitement the producers can announce a new release of tickets from July 1 will go on sale this Monday 19 March. This extra release of tickets across the school holidays includes new matinee performances.
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