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Pittsburgh Opera opens its 78th season with the Giuseppe Verdi favorite La traviata, at the Benedum Center October 8th -16th.

Pittsburgh Opera opens its 78th season with the Giuseppe Verdi favorite La traviata, at the Benedum Center October 8th-16th. La traviata - the fallen woman - is a compelling tale of love, intrigue, money, and power in 19th century France. It tells the heart-wrenching story of courtesan Violetta Valery, played by Pittsburgh favorite Danielle Pastin.

Movement Afoot, Columbus' only dedicated tap dance ensemble, will present its first evening-length concert with Ph(r)ase 1, in two performances at theVan Fleet Theatre, August 26 and 27. In this inventive show, audiences will be treated to tap dance as the main attraction, but the program will also include live jazz and folk music, Appalachian clogging, and modern, contemporary, and Kathak dance performances by Columbus-based guest artists.

Israeli Stage, sharing the diversity and vitality of Israeli culture through theatre, is proud to announce Season 7! The season will feature two plays presented as Staged Reading in Fall 2016, Olivier Award Nominee Joshua Sobol: In Residence at Israeli Stage in March/April of 2017 and Israeli Stage's Third Full Theatrical Production, Days of Atonement by former Playwright-in-Residence Hanna Azoulay-Hasfari. Dialogue Reflections led by local thinkers, authors and artist will follow all performances.

Cirque du Soleil returns to Joe Louis Arena with OVO, its newest touring show in arenas. The production will be presented Thursday, December 22 through Sunday, December 25 for 6 performances only, as part of a global tour in arenas around North America. The show is presented by Visa Signature® in association with Flex Perks Rewards and US Bank. 

Movement Afoot, Columbus' only dedicated tap dance ensemble, will present its first evening-length concert with Ph(r)ase 1, in two performances at theVan Fleet Theatre, August 26 and 27. In this inventive show, audiences will be treated to tap dance as the main attraction, but the program will also include live jazz and folk music, Appalachian clogging, and modern, contemporary, and Kathak dance performances by Columbus-based guest artists.

Summer Chills at the Alley Theatre is all about entertainment. There are no axes to grind; no hidden depths to plumb, which is great, because it's too hot to do much besides sit in air-conditioned comfort and watch other people exert themselves.

Michael Head's new play THE GREATER GAME tells the fascinating true story of the 41 men who swapped the football fields of London for the battlefields of the Somme in 1916. East London football club Leyton Orient, then known as Clapton Orient, was the first team to sign up its players, staff and supporters to fight in the Great War. Forty-one men volunteered in all. Three of them never returned.

LAPA sponsored by The Royal British Legion in association with The PFA, Stephen Jenkins and Peter Kitchen present THE GREATER GAME by Michael Head and irected by Tilly Vosburgh at the Southwark Playhouse. Press night: Monday, 19 September 2016 at 7.30pm. Run: Thursday 15 September - Saturday 15 October 2016.

Adorable, utterly romantic, and thoroughly winsome, this stage adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA is, admittedly, a wonderful surprise---filled with dazzling stage ingenuity; a dreamy, sweeping classic score by two legendary titans of musical theater; a revised, 21st-Century-tinged new book by playwright Douglas Carter Beane; magical Tony Award-winning costumes from the great William Ivey Long that will have you wondering 'how'd they do that?' and, lastly, an ensemble cast of terrific actor-singers that will have you cheering its inevitable happy-ever-after. And, if you're anything like me, you too will be easily swept up by its visual and musical loveliness and its endearing, sweet love story.The Broadway musical's Equity National Tour---now in its last weeks---has finally winded itself back to So. Cal., this time for a two-week stay at Orange County's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through May 1, 2016 (the tour then moves on from here to its final scheduled week-long stop at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre through May 8).

With two world premiere ballets and ten Beatles songs front and center on the Uhlein Stage, Milwaukee Ballet presented their Kaleidoscope Eyes at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in an exquisite opening night performance. Emmy award-winning Lighting Designer David Grill, a dream team technician for the ballet's Artistic Director Michael Pink, collaborated with three acclaimed choreographers, Garrett Smith, Timothy O'Donnell, and Trey McIntyre, for a triple dose of 'Oh Wow' contemporary dance' performed with love, as the Beatles would say, 'From Me to You,' the ballet to the city's audiences.

3-Legged Dog have announced a one-week extension of the critically acclaimed YOUARENOWHERE, created and performed by Andrew Schneider.

Cirque du Soleil returns to Florida this September and October 2016 to present its newest touring arena show, 'OVO,' never before played in Florida!

Following the success of last year's THE LAST WORD festival, the Roundhouse announces a thrilling programme for its third season, presenting the best of spoken word, storytelling and live performance, from Tuesday 24 May - Saturday 18 June.

A make-believe garden where giant flowers unfurl and it's OK to hop around in puddles! That's what babies and toddlers can explore at Bloom Kaboom!, the Bay Area's first-ever interactive show for children aged six months to four years.

3-Legged Dog will present the return engagement of the critically acclaimed YOUARENOWHERE, created and performed by Andrew Schneider.

Sundance Institute today announced the seven artists selected for the 2016 Playwrights & Composers Retreat at Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, February 2-20. The retreat is one of the 25 residency Labs the Institute hosts each year for independent artists in theatre, film, new media and episodic content, and is made possible through the generosity of the Ucross Foundation. Over 90 Sundance artists have benefitted from time at Ucross Foundation including Charlayne Woodard, Jeanine Tesori, Doug Wright, Annie Baker, Adam Guettel, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Tanya Saracho.

The TOES FOR DANCE 2015 FESTIVAL will present two unique solo performances featuring Belinda McGuire Dance Projects and spoken word artist Callahan Connor (C-Command), December 11-13, 2015 at Aki Studio Theatre at Daniels Spectrum.

Cirque du Soleil returns to Cleveland in April 2016 with OVO, its newest touring show in arenas. The production will be presented at the CSU Wolstein Center from April 27 to May 1st, 2016 for 7 performances only, as part of a global tour in arenas around North America. The show is presented by Visa Signature® in association with United MileagePlus®.