Garrison Keillor News

Prairie Home Companion creator comes to Jaffrey theatre on April 29.

The Park Theatre has announced that Garrison Keillor has been booked to perform on April 29 next year. Tickets for this special live event will go on sale on Thanksgiving Day.

Take a break from the whirlwind of holiday shopping and cooking and decorating and planning, and schedule some plain old fun. We've got just the thing for you — and your visiting relatives too: On Thursday, December 15, Garrison Keillor takes his Prairie Home Companion Christmas Show to St. Louis's Fabulous Fox Theatre.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this September with a full slate of nightly performances!

Garrison Keillor and Company will bring their signature humor, music, no end of fun, and, of course, all the latest News from Lake Wobegon when Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion American Revival heads to The Anthem in Washington DC and New York City's iconic The Town Hall.

Teatro Paraguas will host a poetry reading with renowned poets Richard Vargas, Margaret Randall and Demetria Martinez on Friday, June 24 at 6:00 p.m.

Donald Levering's 16th book of poetry, Breaking Down Familiar, grapples with a host of harrowing assaults to the narrator and his family: illness and accidents, addiction and madness, estrangement and divorce.

The new season includes an assortment of iconic superstars, innovative tribute shows, dance, jazz, comedy, plus a robust music, holiday and variety lineup, one of the best Broadway seasons in years and more than two dozen shows making their McCallum debuts. Find out the full calendar and how to get tickets.

The Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the not-for-profit organization known as MOSSO, have engaged a management team to assist them in producing live classical music concerts for Greater Springfield and Western Massachusetts.

Peter and Will Anderson – the identical twins and Juilliard graduates have announced a return engagement of their concert series at Symphony Space. The Andersons and their six-piece ensemble will explore the works and life of George Gershwin with an informative narrative, entertaining video presentation, and live performan

Get full details on jazz programming coming up at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater running March 7- March 20.

The Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater has announced their programming from the week of February 28th - March 13th. Artists appearing at Birdland Jazz Club include The Cookers, a celebration of the Slide Hampton Octet, Maria Schneider Orchestra and Grace Fox Big Band. 

The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College present the 17th edition of The Big Broadcast! on Friday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Gales of laughter will boost spirits in Lowell this winter when Merrimack Repertory Theatre celebrates America’s funniest Mom ever with Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End by Allison Engel and Margaret Engel, featuring Karen MacDonald, from January 19 to February 6, according to Artistic Director Courtney Sale and Executive Director Bonnie J. Butkas.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced the legendary storytellers and audience favorites, Garrison Keillor and Paula Poundstone will be joining a growing lineup of hilarious and talented special guests in the new year at Bay Street Theater.

Exciting jazz programming is on the slate at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater running December 13 - December 26. 

Peter and Will Anderson – the identical twins and Juilliard graduates hailed as “virtuosos  on clarinet and saxophone” by The New York Times – have announced a return engagement of  their concert series at Symphony Space.

Tour members meet on the Flying Opera Magic Carpet for a week of American and international performances. Our first stop is at San Francisco Opera, for Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven online October 14, 17, and 30, 2021. Cost- $25.

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts just announced it will launch the national tour and world premiere of new musical AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, opening October 26 with performances through October 31.

There are few performers who can be declared a “triple threat” talent. Ivy Austin is undoubtedly one of them. Austin is a star of stage, radio, and the recording studio, and has been involved with smash hits including “Grease 2,”“A Prairie Home Companion,” and “Sesame Street” where she has recorded with The Muppets since the show’s inception!