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Renowned for presenting world-class music, the Marin County Fair announces a stellar lineup of bands every night of the Fair June 30-July 4, all free with the price of general admission.

After celebrating its 25th Anniversary in residence at Theater Wit—a season that featured the world premiere, acclaimed hit Relentless, which went on to an extended run at Goodman Theatre—the company will return to its longtime home in Chicago’s Lakeview East neighborhood, located at 615 W. Wellington Avenue, for three productions.

Horslips, the founding fathers of Celtic Rock, are delighted to announce that, while rumors of their demise as a performing entity have sadly not been exaggerated, they are releasing, in July 2022, through the good auspices of Madfish Music, “More Than You Can Chew” – a stunning 35-disc box set overflowing with music, film and printed matter encapsulating their entire career. 

TFANA has extended the run of Alice Childress’s Wedding Band, directed by Awoye Timpo, to May 22. (The production, which began previews April 28—postponed from an original date of April 23 due to two COVID-19 cases—was formerly set to close May 15).

Listen: These are tough times. COVID-19 cases are on the rise again. Americans are bitterly divided over whether the Supreme Court should overturn its 1973 decision on Roe v. Wade, as it seems poised to do. The war in Ukraine rages on. And we still haven't found a way to halt catastrophic climate change. We - Rhode Islanders, Americans, homo sapiens - are tired and sad.

Claybody Theatre have today announced the casting for the premiere of Deborah McAndrew's stage adaptation of Arnold Bennett's celebrated 1911 novel The Card.  which opens at Fenton Town Hall from 29 June – 9 July.

The Juilliard School will hold its 117th commencement ceremony on May 20, 2022, at 10:30am. The ceremony will be held outdoors on the Lincoln Center campus in Damrosch Park, presided over by Juilliard President Damian Woetzel. It will also be livestreamed at juilliard.edu for those unable to attend in person.

It's all happening! The new musical Almost Famous will arrive on Broadway later this year, according to the show's official website. An exact timeline has not yet been announced.

Written and directed by Peter Strickland (Duke of Burgundy, In Fabric, Berberian Sound Studio), the film stars Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou, Richard Bremmer and Leo Bill. Watch the new trailer now!

Ann Wilson releases the breathtaking rendition of Queen’s “Love of My Life,” featuring vocals from Vince Gill. Wilson has always enjoyed bringing new life and verve to classic songs, and with Queen’s ‘Love of My Life’ she has helped fashion a definitive version which stands toe-to-toe with the original. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

LOVE ALL, a new play by Anna Deavere Smith and directed by Marc Bruni will explore the life and career of the legendary Billie Jean King. 

The Live To Rock Tour featuring Skid Row, Warrant, Winger and Quiet Riot rolls into Las Vegas for a special performance at Sunset Station on Saturday, July 23, 2022. Performed under the stars at the Sunset Amphitheater as part of a summer of entertainment and special events in honor of Sunset Station's 25th anniversary, tickets for Live To Rock Tour featuring Skid Row, Warrant, Winger and Quiet Riot start at $35 plus applicable fees and go on sale Friday, April 22, 2022 at 10 a.m.

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the second season of The Refocus Project, its multiyear project to elevate and restore marginalized plays to the American canon.

Yale Repertory Theatre will conclude its 2022 season with Between Two Knees. The play, written by the intertribal sketch comedy troupe The 1491s and directed by Eric Ting, is presented with Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Between Two Knees will be performed May 12–June 4 at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street).

Central Auckland. 1973. Fuarosa sleeps with one eye on the front door, in fear of it bursting open. Sione struggles to keep the peace by day and croons Elvis love songs by night. Teresa turns to activism to channel her rage but only her mate Bene hears her. Steve is a policeman, turning his own people out of their homes – even though it turns his stomach. Mose supports the raids and scorns overstayers.

Flora had the honour of working with Chick Corea as one of the founding members of the Return To Forever band and this song was first recorded by them in October 1972 at IBC Studio in London shortly after several weeks of performing a residency at Ronnie Scott’s. It was originally released in 1973 on the band’s second album Light As A Feather.

Today American Composers Forum announces the first collection of recording projects selected through a panel process for its in-house record label, innova Recordings. A national call issued in December 2021 launched innova's new business model aimed at making the process of visioning, producing, and releasing recordings more inclusive and accessible to artists.

Claybody Theatre is delighted to announce that this summer it will be presenting the world premiere of Deborah McAndrew’s (A Christmas Carol, Leeds Playhouse and Pride and Prejudice, Grosvenor Open Air Theatre) new stage adaptation with music of Arnold Bennett’s celebrated 1911 novel The Card.  

The indisputable music icon Roger McGuinn returns to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Monday, April 25, 2022 at 8 p.m.

A consummate master of the Afro-Cuban folkloric music and the bata drum, Pedrito Martinez is one of Cuba's hottest musical exports. He has performed with dozens of Cuban rumba groups and contributed to several important films, including Calle 54 (2000) and Chico and Rita (2010). Since settling in New York City in the fall of 1998, he has recorded or performed with Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews and Sting, among others, and contributed to over 100 albums.

Indian Ranch announced that Ann Wilson of Heart is  coming Saturday, July 23, 2022 and country a capella group Home Free will perform on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Tickets for both shows go on-sale this Saturday, April 9 at 10:00 AM at www.indianranch.com.

Comedic songwriter Jim Stafford and Time Life have teamed up to digitally release nine of his albums on the funniest day of the year, April 1. Known for Top 10 hits such as “Spiders & Snakes,” “Wildwood Weed,” “My Girl Bill” and the fan-favorite, “Swamp Witch,” Stafford is the rare writer whose talent transcends boundaries: the wordsmith (and multi-instrumentalist) has found success on both the pop charts and the small screen, where he was a regular and a script supervisor for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and hosted his own self-titled variety show in 1975.

ZACH Theatre has announced three of the 2022–23 Season productions in addition to the return of Austin’s hottest holiday tradition, Dave Steakley’s rockin’ adaption of A Christmas Carol.

TFANA will present Alice Childress’s Wedding Band. Director Awoye Timpo’s new staging, running April 23–May 15, brings Childress’s masterpiece to New York audiences for the first time since 1972, when it made its New York premiere in a production directed by Childress and Joseph Papp.

Ann Wilson releases the brand-new single, ‘A Moment in Heaven’, taken from the upcoming album, Fierce Bliss. One of the premier hard rock vocalists of all-time, Wilson smashed boundaries with her band Heart, the 8-times Platinum, 35 million-plus selling Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trailblazers who formed in 1973.