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In 1853, Charles Dickens began public readings of his most popular work, A Christmas Carol.  When he ended his performances in 1870, he had read it 127 times.  From December 1867 to April 1868, he performed over 400 readings on an American tour in Boston, New York, Washington DC and other east coast cities, including Hartford.  A Christmas Carol was his most performed reading on tour.

Lost Nation Theater and Willem Lange are teaming up once again! The Beloved Yankee Storyteller Willem Lange performs his reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story.

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio is transporting audiences to the Victorian Era when Charles Dickens roamed the earth during their production of A Christmas Carol. This one-man play, adapted by Greg Oliver Bodine, is based on the Novella by Charles Dickens and includes all of the characters audiences know and love inside one engaging storyteller.

This December, as Summoners Ensemble Theatre’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL AT THE MERCHANT’S HOUSE resumes long-anticipated live performances for its 10th holiday season, they will once again offer performances virtually!

Opera Naples, one of Naples' leading performing arts organization, is excited to welcome patrons back this fall with a performance of “Roméo et Juliette” by Charles Gounod at Artis—Naples, featuring the Naples Philharmonic conducted by Opera Naples' Artistic & Music Director Ramón Tebar.

Kiln Theatre  has announced the full cast for the return of Zadie Smith's The Wife of Willesden, directed by Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham.

Dentro del ciclo Música de Cámara, de la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), la soprano Cristina Ortega y el pianista Józef Olechowski ofrecerán un concierto de canciones mexicanas y españolas de autores emblemáticos de ambos países. 

After a fantastic Fringe, Pleasance are ready to present a season of wonderful shows this Autumn.  The Best of the Edinburgh season is back, bringing nine incredible shows to London straight from the Fringe, followed by WRESTIVAL, a three-day festival of ground-breaking work curated by wrestler turned performance artist Heather Bandenburg. 

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents MAMBO KINGS AND CAMILLE ZAMORA in a passionate evening of classic Zarzuela arias, tangos, boleros, and other musical treasures from Spain, Cuba, and The Americas on Thursday, October 13, 2022, at 7:30 PM, in The Wallis' Bram Goldsmith Theater.

New England Conservatory has announced an expansive fall season of classical and contemporary music concerts featuring a diverse roster of ensembles and programming. Ensembles large and small perform in NEC's world-class venues, including Jordan Hall and the Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre.

New England Conservatory has just released a video of the world premiere performance of pianist, composer, writer and NEC jazz faculty member Ethan Iverson's “Piano Sonata.”  See the video!

The Chelsea Symphony's 2022/2023 season, NEAR & FAR, ties together powerful orchestral works by theme, place, and history to highlight the connectivity of the human experience and the journey forward.

This holiday season, Summoners Ensemble Theatre and the Merchant’s House Museum will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the MERCHANT’S HOUSE. Performances run November 23 through December 29.

New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies Department announces its 2022-2023 season with an array of concerts featuring NEC students performing with faculty and guest artists.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company wraps up its 2021/2022 season with a brilliant production of Red Velvet, directed by Jade King Carroll, playing now at the Michael R. Klein Theatre through July 17, 2022.

The Shubert Foundation announced today a record $37.6 million in unrestricted grants to not-for-profit theatres, dance companies, academic theatre training programs, and related service agencies.

New England Conservatory Preparatory School and Musicale will present a special solo piano recital by 11-year old piano phenomenon Masanobu (Masa) Pires from Sharon, MA, to benefit The Jimmy Fund for cancer research.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts has announced a robust and distinctive range of performances, programs, and events for the 2022/2023 season, including two world premieres, one U.S. premiere, one West Coast Premiere, and one Los Angeles Premiere, featuring groundbreaking produced and presented works in theater, dance, music, film, cabaret, conversation, and family entertainment.

Vancouver, BC pop-punks Chief State have released another new single titled 'Out For Me,' off their upcoming and long-awaited debut full-length 'Waiting For Your Colours,' set for release via Mutant League Records on July 1.

New England Conservatory's Contemporary Improvisation students, faculty, and special guest, Ukrainian-American folk musician, improviser, and composer Julian Kytasty, present Ritual, a concert exploring the myriad of ways that ritual manifests in our lives and music.

San Francisco Opera announces livestreams of select performances from the 2022 Summer Season. Opera lovers around the world have the opportunity to livestream Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni, Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang's Dream of the Red Chamber and the Eun Sun Kim Conducts Verdi concert, featuring Nicole Car, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Etienne Dupuis and Soloman Howard.

Multinational Celtic Punks The Rumjacks have released a new split EP with Chicago's Flatfoot 56. The EP is the follow-up to the acclaimed 5-piece's recent EP 'Brass For Gold,' and their 2021 LP 'Hestia.' The Rumjacks (recently on tour with Dropkick Murphys) are currently on their own headline tour and will be joined by Flatfoot 56 on select dates.

As the curtain rises in Houston Grand Opera's production of Romeo and Juliet, Charles Gonoud's 1867 adaptation of the seminal Shakespeare play, the audience is transported into a realm of romance and passion, brought to life by the soaring score and gifted performers. Though devotees of the original play may note that Gonoud trims down elements of the original story to focus in on the two lovers, the story of their star-crossed romance is told with enough power and gravitas that those who invest in the central couple will be wiping away tears by the end.

New England Conservatory President Andrea Kalyn and the Board of Trustees announced multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor as the commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient at the Conservatory's 151st annual commencement exercises, which will be held in-person on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.

Storyhouse in Chester is set to stage an enchanting new walkabout theatre experience which will take place in Grosvenor Park over the May half term holiday.