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The Van Wezel welcomes back Itzhak Perlman for a Sarasota performance on Tuesday, March 8 at 8 p.m.

The fully renovated State Theatre New Jersey presents An Evening with Itzhak Perlman on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 8pm. For this program, violinist Itzhak Perlman—joined by pianist Rohan De Silva—shares the story of his life and career through anecdotes, musical pieces, and personal photos from his archives.  

The acclaimed podcast Pod Save America is hitting the road as Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor record a show live at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in Boston on Friday, April 15.

Pompano Beach Arts will celebrate Black History Month with a stellar array of educational and entertaining events. Join us for new art exhibitions and events, concerts, film poetry and more, culminating in the Pioneers' Ball, which honors local business owners, past and present.

In 2009, at the peak of his Broadway musical In The Heights, Lin Manuel Miranda took a little vacation and started to read a copy of the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Shortly after, he began to work on a project entitled The Hamilton Mixtape.

Four-time Grammy winning singer Renée Fleming will perform at the Van Wezel on Wednesday, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing on the stages of the world’s greatest opera houses, concert halls, and theaters.

Ring in the new year with Well-Strung, the uber-talented, centerfold ready string quartet that brilliantly fuses pop and classical music from Madonna to Beethoven with a special concert at Bucks County Playhouse, Friday, December 31 at 7:00 pm.

This holiday season Broadway star, N'Kenge makes her debut with Seattle Symphony to headline three festive nights of holiday concerts. The performances will be on December 10th, 11th and 12th, 2021 at the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium in Benaroya Hall.

This holiday season Broadway star, N'Kenge will make her debut with the Seattle Symphony to headline three dazzling nights of holiday concerts. The performances will be on December 10th, 11th and 12th, 2021 at the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium in Benaroya Hall.

Karen Brooks Hopkins’ memoir BAM. . . and Then It Hit Me (powerHouse Books and Audible, January 2022) is an exhilarating romp through the evolution of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the renowned cultural institution, and an inside look at how it grew to exert considerable influence on theater, opera, dance, and film worldwide.

International Prima Ballerina and Principal Dancer for The New York City Ballet, Tiler Peck joined The Rockettes for their Kickline Challenge ahead of their holiday season to spread some much needed cheer.

On Monday, November 8, Encore Community Services will host Encore Ovation – A Celebration of Aging Through Art honoring Chita Rivera, legendary Broadway actress, singer and dancer, alongside the Times Square Alliance. The event will take place at Encore Community Services older adults center at 239 West 49th Street, New York, NY.

The hit live show has been devised by Well-Strung, Mark Cortale and director Richard Jay-Alexander, and features the group’s own unique pop-classical spin on some of the most beautiful and traditional holiday favorites, such as  'Silent Night', 'Sleigh Ride,' all the way to Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” and everything in between.

Trouble In Mind officially begins previews tonight, October 29, at Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre on Broadway. Learn more about the cast here!

If confirmed, Shelly Lowe will be the nation’s first Native American to serve as Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson will be the first African American and Mexican American to serve as Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts.

An adaptation of the award- winning, bestselling memoir, Cesear's Forum is offering Joan Didion’s candid drama THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, in a limited six-week November/December engagement, at Kennedy's Down Under, Playhouse Square, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Comedy Works has announced that Andrew Yang will perform at Comedy Works South at the Landmark.

2020 proved to be an exceptional year for the Tony Awards and the nominees in the category of Best Original Score are equally exceptional. In a category usually dominated by musical scores, all five nominees in the category come from plays.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced the launch this month of the SPAC School of the Arts, a multidisciplinary school dedicated to dance, music, and theater as well as literary, visual and media arts.

Harlem Quartet is set to perform at the Morris Museum on  Thursday, August 26.