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Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center is offering a stellar series of jazz performances with more than two dozen musicians, vocalists, and dancers appearing in West Chester this September through December, hosted by local jazz and blues artist, Sara Michaels.

Philadelphia's largest neighborhood summer festival is back and bigger than ever! The 13th Annual 2nd Street Festival will pop-up and take over Northern Liberties on Sunday, August 7, 2022, from 12:00pm Noon to 9:00pm.

Following the success of the “Surviving the Truth Tour” with Dashboard Confessional earlier this year, and preparing to head across the pond for dates in Europe and the U.K., the Arizona natives look forward to returning for the “Something Loud Tour.”

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has announced the 2022-2023 TRUST Cabaret Series.  Now in its 10th season, the Series continues to offer patrons a rare opportunity to see Broadway’s stars and today’s world-class leading vocalist on stage in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District.

THE DJANGO will bring another month of stellar jazz by some of the field’s heroes alongside young, emerging artists.

THE DJANGO, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, is celebrating the next generation of jazz with a special concert series this month. During the month of May, The Django welcomes rising stars as part of its new Next Gen Series.

Fountain Hills Theater announces the next in its series of concerts, Swing Street Café. The great jazz standards are some of America’s most treasured songs. They include timeless works penned by legendary composers such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, and many others. Act Two Productions celebrates some of those wonderful tunes with a contemporary production entitled, Swing Street Café. 

The Green Room 42 has announced their February line-up for in-person performances. Additionally, The Green Room 42 is excited to launch 5/5/5 Tickets – in celebration of their 5th Anniversary, five $5 tickets will be available for every show from February 15, 2022, through February 14, 2023.

THE DJANGO, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, is commemorating Women’s History Month by hosting more than 20 leading female jazz artists on its stage during March.

MPTP Productions Intl. in association with 24 Bond Arts Center present a return engagement of DOWN TO EARTHA, a one woman show written and performed by Dierdra McDowell (2-time AUDELCO Award nominee for Outstanding Solo Performance as Eartha Kitt), and directed by Marishka S. Phillips. In celebration of Black History Month, performances run February 23-27 at Gene Frankel Theatre.

The new Red Green Blue album brings together the band's three unique creative voices like never before with a third of the album written and produced by each brother (Taylor’s Red, Isaac’s Green and Zac’s Blue). The album was produced by Jim Scott (Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wilco), and David Garza (Fiona Apple, Midland, Sharon Van Etten).

Hot on the heels of hugely successful Christmas pantomime Goldilocks And The Three Bears, St Helens Theatre Royal has unveiled its full Spring season of live shows. 

THE DJANGO, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, will continue to host today’s jazz legends and rising stars. On February 3, The Django celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Brooklyn-based record label, La Reserve, with special performances by the label’s artists.

Attention classic rock fans - there's no need to check your eyes. It's just the ultimate Foreigner tribute band Double Vision coming to rock the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 N. High St., West Chester, PA) on Friday, January 7 at 8 PM.

Today's top stories include more cancelled performances, including Hamilton, Cursed Child, and 12 total London productions. In happier news, Lin-Manuel Miranda is launching a new TeeRico collection of Moondance Diner wear, with a portions of sales going to charity. Plus, get a first look at the pre-Broadway run of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's A Strange Loop.

. Today’s leading artists gather on The Django stage to celebrate NEA Jazz Master Dr. Lonnie Smith in special back-to-back tribute concerts 12/9. Two leading pianists make their Django debut: Benito Gonzalez 12/3 followed by Orrin Evans 12/8 leading his new Brazilian project “Terreno Comun”.

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

The Encore Musical Theatre kicks off a new season of mainstage musicals with the Broadway hit SMOKEY JOE'S CAFÉ. The longest-running revue in Broadway history, the show features a Grammy-winning score by hitmakers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. You'll be dancing in your seat to such instantly recognizable tunes as On Broadway, Fools Fall in Love, Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Love Potion #9 and so many more.

Ghosts and ghouls, witching hour approaches. Teddy Sourias and Craft Concepts Group - the creators of Philadelphia's Christmas Pop-up Bar - announces the grand opening of Nightmare Before Tinsel.

Abingdon Theatre Company has announced the return of Broadway on the Bowery with ‘Red, Hot & Vaxed!’, a curated downtown cabaret, directed by Artistic Director, Chad Austin with music direction by Nick Wilders.

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.

America's Next Top Model winner Naima Mora will star in the World Premiere of THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF A WOMAN IN NEED. This new play is written by Naima Mora and Marishka S. Phillips and directed by Marishka S. Phillips.

Combining punk, hardcore, and post-hardcore with emotional lyrics and melody is nothing new for the band that epitomizes heartfelt optimism with DIY work-ethic and spirit.

They fought the good fight to stay alive and Brandy's Piano Bar did just that... but it wasn't just the Brandy's team that did the fighting: the neighborhood that leans on the local haunt for relaxation, libation, and recreation worked just as hard to keep them around. Well, they're still here and every night at Brandy's is a celebration.

Artistic Director Michael Unger today unveiled Skylight Music Theatre’s 2021-2022 season, which marks the theatre’s return to in-person performances after more than one year. It will be Unger’s first official season since joining Skylight in 2019, due to cancelled shows during the pandemic.