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Steppenwolf Theatre Company opened today its trailblazing new 50,000 square foot theater building and education center, the Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Arts and Education Center.

The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO), in collaboration with the Malaysian Composers Collective (MCC), is proud to present MPOPlaysOn: Malaysian Composers Series - Chamber Concert, a virtual concert featuring contemporary works by local composers.

With each song a piece of art unto itself, J-Pop indie sensation Shihori's aptly titled new album, Mutation cleverly surmises her uncanny ability to fuse her eclecticism in music into a fluid think piece.

The Ferryman playwright has been tapped to adapt DeLillo's postmodern short story about a group of people that meet to watch the Super Bowl in 2022.

New York City singer-songwriter is hard at work on a series of singles and a potential album he is called 'The Tim Di Pasqua Project' and the first single just came out.

BODYTRAFFIC will return to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with three mesmerizing works that embody the contemporary dance company’s energy and sophistication, including the world premiere of Recurrence, a duet created by company member Ethan Colangelo.

In a reimagined iteration of the annual awards, in partnership with ETT (English Touring Theatre), the audio productions will play from free listening stations or via a QR code in theatres across the UK, with copies of the scripts including braille translations available.

Center Theatre Group has selected participants for the 2021-2022 L.A. Writers' Workshop, where local playwrights are invited to spend a year in residence at the company researching and writing new works with the feedback from artistic staff and their fellow writers.

CHASING JACK will begin Preview Performances Off-Broadway on Wednesday, September 22nd at the Jerry Orbach Theatre (210 West 50th Street) in Times Square on the corner of Broadway and 50th Street.

Exhibitions by the Icelandic artist Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Cuban American Jorge Pardo, and Miami-based Venezuelan American Loriel Beltrán offer viewers comprehensive looks at the practices of three of the most compelling artists—both local and international—working today.

This fall, pianist Simone Dinnerstein takes on new artistic challenges in three projects, expanding her role from performer to director in her first production, The Eye Is the First Circle, developed in residence at PEAK Performances at Montclair State University, and premiered at MSU's Alexander Kasser Theater, October 14-17, 2021.

Ahead of its 10th anniversary season, the Young Women's Choral Projects of San Francisco (YWCP) announced today that Founding Director Susan McMane will retire in July 2022. At the end of the forthcoming season, Dr. McMane will conduct her final concerts with the Young Women's Chorus in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 23, 2022, and in Paris on Saturday, July 3, 2022.

Since 2007, Black Box Studios has offered top-level collaborative theater workshops for performing arts students of all ages, backgrounds, and experience levels in Bergen County and beyond.

For their 38th season at Undermain they are creating an exciting array of diverse performance opportunities to inspire and enrich our community and support artists in North Texas. They hope to be able to offer live performances in addition to the virtual streaming videos for each production. 

Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton revisits her roots and the music she was steeped in growing up in the foothills of northwest Georgia.

The Museum of Pop Culture today announced its annual Founders Award — the nonprofit organization’s signature benefit gala — this year will honor Quincy Jones, an impresario in the broadest and most creative sense of the word.

Chance Theater will present the Orange County premiere of Pasek and Paul’s musical, Edges as the third show in its 23rd Anniversary Season, and the first show presented live and in-person since shutting its doors on March 13, 2020. This clever and charming musical is directed by Resident Artist James Michael McHale and music direction is by Resident Artist Robyn Manion. The show is performing July 9 - August 8, 2021. 

Each show premieres virtually on Friday at 7:30pm ET (July 9, July 23 & August 13). After the Friday premiere the stream will be available On Demand for four days - then disappears. Reservations are required to receive a link and password.

Opera San José today announced that its General Director Khori Dastoor has been selected to become the next General Director and CEO of Houston Grand Opera beginning in January 2022, taking the helm of one of the country's largest, most prestigious opera companies.

Locked down and furloughed, Vitalic went back to his synths and beatboxes, resulting in his fifth album Dissidænce - the title of which is a whole story in itself - destined to be released in two volumes.

Symphony X will perform at Tropical Butantã on August 7th. To most progressive heavy-metal fans symphony x is one of the genre-defining bands, breaking the ground with their powerful sound since the very early dawns back in 1994.

Chance Theater is excited to announce that the Orange County premiere of Pasek and Paul's musical, Edges will be the third show in its 23rd Anniversary Season, and the first show presented live and in-person since shutting its doors on March 13, 2020. This clever and charming musical is directed by Resident Artist James Michael McHale and music direction is by Resident Artist Robyn Manion. The show is performing July 9 - August 8, 2021. 

12 Memories is the third vinyl reissue from Travis so far in 2021. It follows 2007’s The Boy With No Name (re-released May 28th), and the first-ever vinyl release for debut album, Good Feeling (April 2nd).

Door Shakespeare has announced their summer production: Hamlet by William Shakespeare, adapted by Guy Roberts, Artistic Director of the Prague Shakespeare Company. 

Portland Center Stage released a statement today from Stacey Caldwell Roberts, incoming board chair; Cynthia Fuhrman, managing director, and Marissa Wolf, artistic director: