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In a remarkable find, a previously unknown composition by Kurt Weill was recently discovered in a Berlin archive. The three-page manuscript in the composer's hand bears the peculiar title 'Lied vom wei en K se' ('Song of the White Cheese,' lyric by G nther Weisenborn).

The Warner Theatre will welcome country music star Scotty McCreery to the Main Stage on Thursday, March 15 at 8 pm. Tickets go on sale to Warner Members on November 7 at 10 am and to the General Public November 10 at 10 am.

The Warner Stage Company will present the murderously funny thriller THE GAME'S AFOOT (or HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS) in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre December 9-17. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set in William Gillette's Connecticut castle which won the 2012 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Play.

Back in 1931, when the firm Kaufman, Ryskind, Gershwin & Gershwin had the novel idea to infuse that stodgy old music/theatre entertainment, the Broadway operetta, with the jauntiness of showtune and a chaotic mixture of comedic highbrow and lowbrow to tell the tale of an unqualified, but charismatic American politician who rides a wave of popular support for his questionable platform to the United States presidency, musical comedies typically employed a bit more on-stage and front-of-stage talent than audiences are accustomed to seeing nowadays.

Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare's classic love story, with a cast of 20, period costuming, sword fights, and scenic design by a Tony Award winner, will be directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos at Westport Country Playhouse, from October 31 through November 19. This is the first time the beloved play has been produced in the history of the Playhouse's 87 seasons.

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County and Segerstrom Center for the Arts will co-present Tod Browning's 1931 film classic DRACULA starring Bela Lugosi with original music by Philip Glass performed live by the legendary composer at the piano, the Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet, with Michael Riesman directing from the keyboard.

VITCH, a groundbreaking documentary film about resilience and moral ambiguity during one of the most brutal epochs in recent human history is being released for review in time for the 79th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, which marks the beginning of the Holocaust and is observed on November 9 and 10.

Actors Co-0p Theatre Company (Ovation Award-Winner 2014 Best Intimate Theatre Musical for 110 in the Shade) presents the second show in its 26th Season, George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's beloved comedy classic THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER.

Since 2006, film historian and archivist Rick Prelinger has presented twenty participatory urban-history events to enthusiastic audiences in San Francisco, Detroit, Los Angeles, Oakland, and at festivals throughout the world. For the first time, he is bringing his LostLandscapes project to New York City.

James Bond is Back in Action! The Warner Theatre will show the quintessential James Bond film, GOLDFINGER on our big screen Today, October 21 at 8 pm. Tickets are $5. Arrive early and have fun!

Today we celebrate the birth of one of the stage's greatest legends, Angela Lansbury!

James Bond is Back in Action! The Warner Theatre will show the quintessential James Bond film, GOLDFINGER on our big screen Saturday, October 21 at 8 pm. Tickets are $5. Arrive early and have fun! Lobby opens at 7 pm. Don't miss the Aston Martin convertibles, the 1967 Aston Martin DB6 and the vintage Rolls Royce parked in front of the Warner, the Gold Take-a-Chance penny raffle in the lobby for a chance to win Gold prizes and the Martini Bar!

In collaboration with the Recording Academy, GREAT PERFORMANCES presents GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends 2017, the second annual all-star concert offering a primetime spotlight for the Academy's 2017 Special Merit Awards recipients.

Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare's classic love story, with a cast of 20, period costuming, sword fights, and scenic design by a Tony Award winner, will be directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos at Westport Country Playhouse, from October 31 through November 19. This is the first time the beloved play has been produced in the history of the Playhouse's 87 seasons.

The Dessoff Choirs opens its 93rd season with Multidimensional Magnificence: a one-night only performance at Riverside Church inspired by the many concerts produced by American composer/conductor Gregg Smith. His devotion to choral music was greater than almost any one of his generation.

The New School's College of Performing Arts presents the sixth edition of (Un)Silent Film Night, a performance series in which The College of Performing Arts Theater Orchestra performs live music to classic silent films. Previous events in the series hosted by Matthew Broderick, Bill Irwin, Rob Bartlett, and Ed Rothstein, have drawn capacity crowds to the 400-seat Tishman Auditorium at The New School.

Premier Concerts welcomes by popular demand Stephen Stills and Judy Collins to the Warner Theatre today, September 30 at 8:00 pm.  Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 9 at 10:00 am.  

In collaboration with the Recording Academy, GREAT PERFORMANCES presents GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends 2017, the second annual all-star concert offering a primetime spotlight for the Academy's 2017 Special Merit Awards recipients.

Two small sculptures an ancient Egyptian faience hippopotamus and a 20th-century American glazed earthenware work that it inspired have been juxtaposed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the small installation Conversation between Two Hippos, on view through April 1, 2018, in the Lila Acheson Wallace Galleries of Egyptian Art (Gallery 107).

Palo Alto Players, the Peninsula's first theatre company, announces its inaugural staged reading companion series for the company's 87th season.

Did you know the iconic line It's alive! was never in Shelley's novel? It was added to the 1931 film version with Boris Karloff as the monster and Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein.

Susan Penhaligon recently joined the touring cast of CABARET alongside Will Young (Emcee) and Louise Redknapp (Sally Bowles), which opens at the New Wimbledon Theatre tonight 21 September.

The Music Institute of Chicago will offer one free music performance or activity to every K 8 school in proximity to its campuses, located in Evanston, Downers Grove, Lake Forest, Lincolnshire, and Winnetka, as well as on Chicago's Near North Side during the 2017 18 school year. Schools in these and adjacent communities can request or collaborate on performances, listen-and-learn classes, musical instrument petting zoos, band and orchestra section rehearsals, master classes, and other music education activities.