Grammy and Tony Award-nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles and Fred Ebb Award-winning composer-lyricist Shaina Taub will make special appearances with The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, on Friday, November 17 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in the orchestra's concert entitled Women of Notes: In Dedication to Female Composers and Lyricists.
CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work is embarking on its second decade of providing a platform for outstanding dance artists to share their work with audiences on the Eastside.
Featuring Mariana Mihai-Zoeter, soprano and SSG Chris Leslie, euphonium, West Point Band, we celebrate two great Americans, John F. Kennedy and Leonard Bernstein.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents a world premiere Kennedy Center commission, Me Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall, a new musical based on Patrick McDonnell's Caldecott Honor Book.
The New York Pops will present its 35th Birthday Gala honoring legendary and prolific composer Alan Menken on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.
The Board of Trustees of the Museum of Performance + Design (MP+D) announces that Muriel Maffre will leave her position as MP+D Executive Director, effective November 15 2017.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seeking nominations for the 2018 Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards, a series of annual grants that recognize inspiring teachers in any field of education across the United States.
World-renowned tenor Anthony Kearns will sing the National Anthem and God Bless America at the 2017 Jim McKay Maryland Million Day at Laurel Park, it was announced.This is the third year Kearns will sing at this extraordinary day of racing for Maryland-sired
The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Live Nation, will present the Orlando engagement of Chicago. The legendary rock-and-roll-band-with-horns will play the Bob Carr Theater today, October 27, 2017 at 8 p.m.
The White House announced today that Philly POPS President and Chief Executive Officer Frank Giordano will be appointed to the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Eye On The World: The Rise of Walter Cronkite and the Evening News will air in primetime on Friday, November 3 at 8:00pm ET, with an encore presentation on Monday, November 6 at 8:00pm ET.
NYU Skirball will present Adrienne Truscott's ASKING FOR IT: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her P*ssy and Little Else! Truscott's show mixes humor, dance, video and p*ssy-puppetry while undoing the rules and rhetoric surrounding rape and comedy. Asking For It is considered a critical impetus to the evolving conversation about rape culture.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is pleased to announce Rue Montorgueil, a joyful short film that sprang to life on a bustling Parisian street when Ailey company members performed with local dancers - people of different backgrounds, talents and nationalities joined together through the universal language of dance. Recognized by U.S. Congressional resolution as a vital American Cultural Ambassador to the World, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater participated in the project during a 10-week international tour throughout Europe led by Artistic Director Robert Battle. Fittingly, it is being released on United Nations Day, which celebrates the founding and ideals of the UN, with an official theme this year of Potential in Diversity.
Presented with theater in-the-round seating, Showtime with Shakespeare: A Magic Tree House Adventure sends Jack and Annie back to Elizabethan England to help the Bard himself. In this brand-new musical, Jack and Annie meet William Shakespeare one of the greatest writers of all time.
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. These words will come alive again as Cleveland Play House produces The Diary of Anne Frank, providing an immersive experience for the audience in this adaptation never-before seen on the CPH stage.
At a festive ribbon-cutting, celebrated on the evening of October 18, leaders of the Ailey organization joined with dancers, students, donors, and friends from New York City's dance community to open The Elaine Wynn & Family Education Wing, a 10,000-square-foot expansion of Ailey's permanent home, The Joan Weill Center for Dance.
Following its premiere performance in Philadelphia, My Father's Dragon comes to Capitol Theater at Overture Center in Madison, Wis. on Sun., Oct. 22 at 3 p.m., bringing to life in vibrant color Ruth Stiles Gannett's beloved stories about talking animals, flying dragons and the loveable, clever boy named Elmer Elevator who courageously rescues a captive baby dragon. My Father's Dragon features over 30 puppets that seem to have popped right off the pages of Ruth Chrisman Gannett's beautiful book illustrations.
Continuing to unite artists from across fields around a common theme, Damian Woetzel's innovative series, DEMO, enters into its third season with a special performance, October 20 21, 2017 in the newly renovated Kennedy Center Terrace Theater.