International Artists News

Multiple Grammy-winning jazz pianist and renowned singer, Diana Krall, is bringing her Turn Up The Quiet World Tour 2018 to Walton Arts Center on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 7 pm.

A spark plug in New York jazz circles for the past two decades, saxophonist Donny McCaslin and his band are bringing experimental jazz with David Bowie influences to Walton Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018 at 7:30 pm as part of the Starrlight Jazz Club Series.

Join comedians Pat Hazell and Dena Blizzard at Walton Arts Center for a limited 3-show engagement Feb. 8-9, 2018 of My Funny Valentine, the perfect Valentine's or Galentine's date night full of laughs.

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning rock musical, RENT, is hitting the road for a 20th Anniversary Tour, including a stop at Walton Arts Center for a limited 5-show engagement, March 2-4, 2018.

Luis Salgado and R.Evoluci n Latina (RL) are determined to continue making a difference in the lives of Latinos in 2018. Starting in January, with a trip to Puerto Rico (PR) bearing 30,000 toys to children, affected by Hurricane Mar a, in conjunction with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Toys'R'Us, Telemundo, and Hispanic Federation. RL will be distributing 4,000 of those gifts among nine towns and over 20 barrios. Subsequently, they will continue their work in Puerto Rico, infiltrating the communities and impacting individuals on the ground.

The Tony Award-winning musical, Cabaret, will tantalize, challenge and entertain audiences January 19-21, 2018 at Walton Arts Center for a limited five-show run as part of the Procter & Gamble Broadway Series.

'Dance film selfies' filmed in exotic locales, performers in surreal animal masks, and riveting exhibitions from masters of movement, the Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance and Film Festival brings the nation's top artists to Arizona for its annual festival at Tempe Center for the Arts.

Today at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, PBS announced that acclaimed film, theater and television actor Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan, Spotlight, The Manchurian Candidate) will narrate its series, which tells the story of art from the dawn of human history to the present day - for the first time on a global scale.

The 2018 SaraSolo Festival, the fourth celebration of theatre and solo artists returns to Sarasota over two weekends, January 27 & 28 and February 3 & 4, 2018. This annual showcases an eclectic mix of 45-90 minute solo performances by 19 national and international artists featuring music, dance, cabaret, comedy, magic, poetry, performance art, stand-up, storytelling and visual art creation as well as biographical, autobiographical and poetic plays.

Walton Arts Center hosts the visual arts exhibition, The Grammar of Ornament, in the Joy Pratt Markham Gallery. Curated by Cynthia Nourse Thompson and David Charles Chioffi, the exhibition explores the work of three contemporary artists who sit at the intersection of art and design. For downloadable photos, visit the Grammar of Ornament Dropbox.

Cherry Orchard Festival, a leading presenter of international artists, theater companies and orchestras, will present the Boston premiere of the critically-acclaimed play BRODSKY / BARYSHNIKOV January 17-21, 2018 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre (219 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116).

Miami Dade College's (MDC) acclaimed Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) will present The Transformations Suite, a genre-defying musical tour de force by the rising young composer and pianist Samora Pinderhughes. The Transformations Suite, performed by Pinderhughes and a small jazz ensemble, combines words and music to paint a picture of America today tragic and indicting, but ultimately, hopeful. The Transformations Suite will have one performance at the Miami Light Project at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse, Friday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m.

In celebration of Black History Month, the fifth edition of the art exhibition, Out of Africa returns to Art Village Gallery and the South Main Arts District bringing contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora to the forefront.

College students and young professionals from around the region are invited to the next SEEK Fayetteville event on Sunday, March 4 from 7:30-11:30 pm. Presented by Walton Arts Center, SEEK includes a full evening of entertainment for one low price.

Linda Shelton, Executive Director of The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc., announced today that Aaron Mattocks will take over as Director of Programming, effective February 1, 2018. Mattocks replaces Martin Wechsler, who stepped down at the end of 2017 after 32 years at The Joyce, 22 of those as Director of Programming, helping to transform the organization into the world's leading presenter of dance.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts today announced the addition of legendary star of stage, screen and television the Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe winning Angela Lansbury to the upcoming annual NIGHT OF STARS A Broadway Celebration!

Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, CHICAGO is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Recording. With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, CHICAGO is now the #1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history -- and it shows no sign of ever slowing down!

Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College (MOAD MDC) will present I Will Have a Conversation About Any Subject/Converso Sobre Cualquier Asunto, a participatory public performance by the celebrated Brazilian artist and scholar Eleonora Fabi o. This captivating gesture of social interaction and concern, and will take place at sites in the Calle Ocho District on Monday, Jan. 22, Downtown Miami on Tuesday, Jan. 23, and South Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 24. I Will Have a Conversation About Any Subject/Converso Sobre Cualquier Asunto is part of a weeklong program the artist has designated Triptych Miami. It will also feature a lecture-performance at the New World School for the Arts on Thursday, Jan. 25, a workshop with students, and a concluding nighttime performance with the workshop participants on the streets of Downtown Miami on Saturday, Jan. 27.

Chicago returns to the Kravis Center January 19-21! With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, CHICAGO is now the #1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history -- and it shows no sign of ever slowing down!

From 15th to 17th February, FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres will present the Australian premiere of Valley, a powerful dance performance by Israeli choreographer Omer Backley-Astrachan.