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The Drama Factory will present the theatrical tour-de-force that is Godfrey Johnson in 'Vaslav'. Harnessing the potential of three arts-in-one, Johnson ignites the spirit of Nijinsky in this celebration of the magnificent power of sheer performance. Nominated for three Fleur du Cap Awards in 2015, 'Vaslav' has been hailed by critics and audiences alike, with demand for this one-person play extending theatrical runs on more than one occasion.

The Utah Symphony joins in the year-long celebration of Beethoven's 250th birthday with four Masterworks programs led by Music Director Thierry Fischer featuring Beethoven's most iconic symphonies, and a gala performance of the composer's Violin Concerto by piano superstar Joshua Bell commemorating the orchestra's 80th anniversary. Tickets are priced from $10-$92 and can be purchased at utahsymphony.org or by calling (801) 533-6683.

Cabaret-rock singer-songwriter Nellie McKay brings her uniquely eccentric blend of pop, rock, jazz and hip-hop to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, March 8, at 8pm.

Keep Memory Alive announces a dynamic lineup of performers slated to celebrate legendary singer-songwriter and musician Neil Diamond at the 24th annual Power of Love® gala on Saturday, March 7 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. 

Quartet 131 will be featured on the Arion Chamber Music Series on Friday February 21, 2020, from 8:00 - 9:30 PM. The concert will take place at Christ & St. Stephen's Church located at 120 W. 69th St., NYC. Tickets are $30. Students under 25 with ID are $15 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at arionchambermusic.org.

The 92Y Harkness Dance Festival's all-international 2020 season continues Week 2 with Montreal's Daniel Lévéille Danse, with Catherine Gaudet, choreographer. Interested in subtle shifts in the body and micro-movements that reveal hidden sensations, Gaudet combines raw, precise corporeality, dramatic tension, obsessiveness, and the grotesque in this arresting new work for the company of five.

In a special fundraising event, the Friends of Monmouth County Child Advocacy Center are offering 200 tickets to Roald Dahl's a?oeMatilda The Musicala?? for two shows on Saturday, March 21 at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Monmouth County's newest professional theater.

The Walnut Street Theatre continues its 2019-20 Independence Studio on 3 season with the Philadelphia premiere of the quirky comedy, POPCORN FALLS. Written by James Hindman, directed by Ellie Mooney, and starring Luke Bradt and Dan Olmstead, the production begins previews on February 25, opens March 5, and continues through March 29.

Southern California's most epic party returns for its third year, and now at the most on-brand venue yet: the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA.  Tailgate Fest has gained cult status and been dubbed “SoCal's Newest FOMO Festival” from being the only fest in the world where the tailgating doesn't stop when the show starts.  And now neither does the pool party. For an extra special and unique experience, check out the 'Boots and Bikinis' mega pool party that puts you close enough to the stage that you could splash the artists.

Horse Lords have shared a music video for their single 'People's Park' from their forthcoming album The Common Task (releasing March 13 via Northern Spy), which they premiered today via The Quietus.

GibsonTV, the iconic, American-made guitar maker's first-ever all-original, worldwide online network--features original series from the world's best storytellers.

Whatever you think Dorothy Parker was like, she wasn't.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that actor Jason Davis, best known for voicing Mikey Blumberg on Disney's “Recess,” passed away at the age of 35 on Sunday, Feb.16, 2020.

Pittsburgh Festival Opera has released the details of its 2020 schedule. Productions this season include classic opera, one world premiere, one Pennsylvania premiere and the conclusion of Pittsburgh's Ring Cycle with scenes from Siegfried and Twilight of the Gods in concert. The Festival also presents a wider breadth of programming in different venues to include lectures, a poetry reading, two concerts by its Young Artists Program and festival favorite Daphne Alderson. The Festival runs from July 11 until July 26, 2020.

According to Variety, actor Nikita Pearl Waligwa has died at age 15.

Claude-Michel Schönberg (Music), Herbert Kretzmer's (English Lyrics) and Alain Boubil and Jean-Marc Natel (both Original French) world famous LES MISERABLES is given the Packemin Productions Pro/Am big cast treatment at Riverside Theatre Parramatta.

While Donna Summer may be 'Hot Stuff' when it comes to iconic songwriting and singing, SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL is a lukewarm entry in the genre of biographical jukebox musicals. The musical features many of Donna Summer's notable hits-and this national touring cast has the talent to take them all on-but the storyline gave me whiplash. With a book by Colman Domingo and Robert Cary and direction from Des McAnuff, SUMMER careens between the major events of Donna Summer's life at an often breakneck pace.

Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Tom Stoppard's latest - and possibly final - play has few of the dramatic hallmarks you might expect from him: the dazzling linguistic flourishes, the formal trickery, the knotty metaphors and giddy metatheatricality. Instead, we have a relatively straightforward, linear piece, initially overburdened by information, but with an immense accumulative power that leaves audiences awed and tearful.

I had a conversation with the cast and director of a local production of Cabaret a few days ago, about how theatre changed with the advent of the Internet. The visual presentation and iconic look of shows became much more relevant, much more permanently associated with shows, once photographs and video were as easy to find as cast recordings. You'll rarely if ever see a Cabaret that doesn't exist in the shadow of the Sam Mendes production, or someday a Hamilton without some of the iconic visual and performance signifiers. I'm not even calling it design laziness or plagiarism: the shows of today simply exist in a more tangible, permanent form than they did before the late 1990s. With that said, there's something to be said for productions that take some of those iconic elements and ignore them, crafting something different instead. Split Stage's production of Next to Normal reinvents one of the central characters, and it changes the entire piece.