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The Grammy Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir, under the direction of Robert Simpson, presents “Candlelight Christmas” for its annual holiday concert, in which joyful music of the season will resound through the candlelit beauty of Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Houston.

--It's bigger, it's bolder, it's back; VAULT Festival will return from 25th January – 20th March 2022, celebrating its 10th anniversary with its biggest programme to date.  Produced by VAULT Creative Arts, VAULT Festival is one of the largest curated arts festivals in the world and the largest in the UK. In 2022, the festival will feature over 600 shows of the best new theatre, comedy, immersive experiences, cabaret, live performance, and late-night events from the brightest and boldest artists of our time. 

The internationally-acclaimed hit theater show The Simon & Garfunkel Story will stop by Playhouse Square on January 27, 2022 during the coast-to-coast U.S. tour. The immersive concert-style theater show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

The Arkansas Repertory Theatre has announced that single tickets are now on sale for A Charlie Brown Christmas. The whole Peanuts gang comes to life in this stage adaptation of the classic TV special, featuring a fantastic, jazz-infused score.

The Madison Arts & Culture Alliance and the Borough of Madison will continue their concerts at the Madison Community Center located at 10 King Street in the heart of town in November. The programs feature jazz, pop and comedy, affordably priced at only $20 a ticket in advance.

Dragon Rescue Riders: Heroes of the Sky is the next chapter following the adventures of viking twins Dak and Leyla, who were rescued and raised by dragons, growing up learning to speak their language. Watch the new trailer now!

TheatreZone, a Naples-based professional Equity theatre specializing in Broadway musicals, celebrates a full, post-pandemic reopening— as well as its 17th season —in December with its original production, Home for the Holidays.

Anika Noni Rose appeared on The Wendy Williams Show to discuss her new Netflix series Maid, attending and performing at the 2020 Tony Awards, and voicing Princess Tiana in Disney's Princess and the Frog. Watch the full interview with guest host Sherri Shepherd below!

Broadway and theatre veterans Kuhoo Verma (Drama Desk & Lucille Lortel Award winner, Octet) and Brittney Johnson (Wicked) have joined Danny Rothman (Sweeney Todd) and award-winning director Will Nunziata for a New York City industry presentation of Mad Hatter: The Musical.

New Old Friends are set to return to the Ustinov Studio at Theatre Royal Bath this Christmas with a new, fast-paced festive farce. With a cast of four actors playing multiple roles with lightning quick changes, the award-winning company will bring this frantic Christmas catastrophe to life.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will present its first WBTT Voices program of the season with “Playing Through: The Story of Ann Gregory,” on November 10. The free program will explore the struggles and triumphs of Ann Gregory, a woman of color who was a pioneer in the elite and competitive world of golf. The program will include a panel discussion and the showing of preview clips from the movie.

This spring, the Staller Center for the Arts returns with a jam-packed season! Spring 2022 features performances from the best of the best, including RENT, the RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET, VIVA MOMIX, DAVID SEDARIS, and many more!  

The Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has announced the return of the popular “Friday Forty,” where every Friday at 1:00 PM ET the show will release a limited number of $40 tickets for every performance the following week.

Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance will present Broadway hit, Dreamgirls, opening November 12th at the new Theatre Alliance stage at 650 W 6th St, Winston-Salem.

Recriminations, reprisals and heart wrenching ruminations ensue as a group of five women face a time of purges and fear in the harrowing play Pankrác ’45.  Set in the infamous Pankrác Prison of Czechoslovakia during the end of the Nazi occupation in the year 1945, this trenchant and absorbing play by Czech Playwright Martina Kinská is an interesting melding of an historical context set against five very interesting character studies.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced its upcoming jazz programming, running November 1 - November 14. 

Next month, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

American Siren showcases Robinson’s powerful storytelling abilities as she gracefully blends imagined characters with meaningful stories and people she’s encountered on her journey thus far. Listen to the new album now! Plus, watch the music video for 'Cheap Seats'.

The Off-Broadway production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS – which re-opened its doors on September 21, 2021 – kicks off Halloween weekend today with a cast performance on the Special Halloween Episode of ABC-TV's national morning show “The View” at 11:00AM ET. 

In a new panel hosted by Works and Process at the Guggenheim, composer Huang Ruo and writer David Henry Hwang discussed their newest collaboration, 'M. Butterfly蝴蝶君,' with moderation by Jim Robinson.