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Drive-in puppet show 'The Monkey and the Pirate' comes to the Great AZ Puppet Theater.

Have you watched Los Angeles Opera’s digital short Brown Sounds yet? Brown Sounds celebrates Black history by beginning with the Garden of Eden. Conceived by Raehann Bryce-Davis, a rising star in the LA firmament, it's a stunning vocal piece. Composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson set poet Henry Dumas's evocative verses to music with Bryce-Davis’s ravishing mezzo-soprano in mind.

Jackson – a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame – penned 15 of the album’s songs, including the title track. Keith Stegall, his longtime producer, once again plays that role on Where Have You Gone.

Sasha Regan’s all-male take on W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan’s THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE will stream online over Easter until Monday 5th April 2021. Recorded live at the Palace Theatre London in December just before Lockdown 2, the recent streaming makes a very welcome comeback particularly for those needing some cheer over Easter. 

TheatreZone, a professional Equity theatre specializing in Broadway musicals, announces its Season 17 productions.

Cincinnati Opera will return to the outdoors for its reimagined 2021 Summer Festival, Summer at Summit. The season will take place July 11-31 at Summit Park, located in the heart of Blue Ash, Ohio, and will feature internationally renowned artists, the Cincinnati Opera Chorus, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Home Town Takeover will feature celebrity guests who lend their talents to the town’s overhaul. These include: Grammy Award® winning, music megastar Sheryl Crow who will dazzle fans with an intimate main street concert; and more.

His latest music offerings which include original productions, remixes and collaborations with featured guests like Rob Swire (“Monophobia”), Lights (“Drama Free”), Shotty Horroh, Scene of Action and more can be found on the mau5ville: level 1, 2 & 3 series. 

Queens-based rock group Hollis Brown performs at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 10 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $29-$39. A livestream is available for $25.

On lead Easter single “Deliverance” out today, Choi’s distinctive vocals welcome you into his world as he swings from pole to melodic pole over sparkling piano & driving synth beats.

Pride Arts today announced a new slate of four plays for a spring of one-night only live virtual readings. The first is a reading of SPEECH AND DEBATE, by the Tony Award- winning playwright Stephen Karam.

Marking the announcement Rural Tapes has released the brand new single ‘Lost In Sound’ featuring Scott McCaughey of R.E.M on vocals, Hot Chips’ Alexis Taylor on Rhodes and Terry Edwards (PJ Harvey, Tom Waits) playing flute.

The singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist delivers a track bursting at the seams with day-long pool parties, dripping popsicles, and neighborhood cookouts.

WTF Artistic Director Mandy Greenfield’s choice to revive PARADISE BLUE is another of many highly relevant selections given prevailing racial tensions.  It also demonstrates that a new play, 'born' at Williamstown, that the New York Times suggested was “unlikely to be final” in its form can evolve and overcome challenges. 

The Jeff Carlson Band announce their new album 'Yesterday's Gone' to be released on RFL Records April 23rd. The first single 'Fire' was released on March 26th, with a video premiere planned for April 1st.

Fans who preorder the album before Friday, May 14th at 5pm ET will gain automatic entry into the “Break Our Fall Sessions” where they will enjoy a behind the scenes conversation about the making of the album.

HBO's TINA, a feature documentary from Academy Award®-winning directors Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin and Lightbox, is a revealing and intimate look at the life and career of musical icon Tina Turner, charting her improbable rise to early fame, her personal and professional struggles throughout her life and her even more improbable resurgence as a global phenomenon in the 1980s.

The creative team and full cast list has been announced for the hilarious, feel-good musical, The Wedding Singer, which will have its Australian premiere in just two weeks on Friday 9 April.

Centre Stage has announced dates for its Annual New Play Festival and the newest installment of the Thursdays on the Patio fundraising series, Parking Lot Party!

Spring has officially sprung, and the beautiful weather and longer days are giving us plenty to sing about! To celebrate, we've curated a complete playlist about springtime. From April showers to May flowers, sing along to get your spirits up just in time for June start bustin' out all over!