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PUBLIQuartet will be bringing their "biting force and zesty snap pizzicatos.' (Strad Magazine) to Centenary Stage Company on Sunday, February 14 at 2pm.  Named a 2013 CAG New Music/New Places Ensemble, PUBLIQuartet's creative, interactive programming brings a fresh perspective to the classical music scene.  Drawing on jazz, world, and electro-acoustic influences, PUBLIQuartet pairs music from the classical repertoire with contemporary works, original compositions, and open-form improvisations that expand the stylistic norms of the string quartet. 

BroadwayWorld and The Muny announces today the directors, choreographers and music directors for the Muny's 2016 Season, which opens on June 13 with The Wizard of Oz.

Hailing from West Coast Canada and now living in New York City, award winning trumpeter, vocalist and composer BRIA SKONBERG is 'poised to be one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation.' (Wall Street Journal). Now she joins Centenary Stage Company's January Thaw Music Festival on Saturday, January 23 at 8pm in the Lackland Center.

Hailing from West Coast Canada and now living in New York City, award winning trumpeter, vocalist and composer Bria Skonberg is 'poised to be one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation.' (Wall Street Journal).  Now she joins Centenary Stage Company's January Thaw Music Festival on Saturday, January 23 at 8pm in the Lackland Center.

With a handful of new pieces set to bow before the Tony Awards deadline in April, BroadwayWorld brings you a look at those currently set to bow on the Great White Way this year!

Music permeates Centenary Stage Company's Lackland Center during the month of January with the January THAW Music Festival. Featuring the music of legends and some of New York's hottest artists this year's festival includes; 'Duke Ellington: Composer Beyond Category' by The Duke Ellington Center Big Band under the direction of Mercedes Ellington, the Bria Skonberg Quintet and 'An Oscar Moment' with the Matt Baker Quartet.

Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen, Jane Krakowski ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "30 Rock"), brought some holiday cheer to Philadelphia when she appeared in the Broadway Dreams Foundation's sixth annual White Christmas at The Inn at Grace Winery, hosted by Vicki and Chris Le Vine on Sunday, December 13, 2015.

The stage production of WHITE CHRISTMAS now playing the Providence Performing Arts Center is adapted from the beloved film. While this musical has much to recommend it - familiar songs with excellent orchestrations, fine-quality costumes and sets, snappy choreography, and a top-notch cast full of talented performers - this staging favors spectacle over substance, and for that, much of the heart of WHITE CHRISTMAS' story falls flat.

Holiday Inn was originally developed at Goodspeed Opera House, one of the country's most respected nonprofit institutions, and then played The Muny in St. Louis this summer. In celebration of today's big news, we're flashing back to both prior productions below!

Sometimes it seems there is so much theater happening that it's difficult to keep track of it all. From personal experience, despite all the datebooks, smart phones, tablets, desktop computers and laptops...it's hard to keep everything straight in this wacky business of the show.

 Previews for WAM Theatre's mainstage production of Holy Laughter by Catherine Trieshmann start on Thursday, October 29 and run through Saturday, October 31 at 7:30 pm at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center at 36 Linden Street in Pittsfield. Tickets for preview performances are just $18. This developmental workshop production officially opens at the 2 pm performance on Sunday, November 1, and continues performances Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 2 & 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm through November 22. The production is recommended for ages 13 and up.

As usual, WAM Theatre is offering a variety of audience enrichment events in conjunction with their fall MainStage production. This year's events include a lobby display featuring this year's beneficiaries, talkbacks with the cast and design team and a writing workshop on comedy with the playwright.

Canadian multi-Platinum, JUNO® Award-winning vocal group THE TENORS--Clifton Murray, Victor Micallef, Remigio Pereira and Fraser Walters-have launched a massive U.S. and Canada Fall/Winter tour, which started October 7 in Edmonds, WA at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, in support of their latest #1 album,UNDER ONE SKY. Even more dates for 2016 are currently being confirmed and will be announced in the coming weeks.

In celebration of National Cookie Month in October, DoubleTree by Hilton is partnering with Amtrak, the nation's leading rail operator, to deliver 'sweet rides' throughout the month as part of the hotel brand's ongoing global Cookie Care campaign. Partnering with the Amtrak Guest Rewards team, DoubleTree by Hilton will delight passengers on select routes across the U.S., sharing thousands of its signature chocolate chip cookies that welcome guests at DoubleTree by Hilton hotels around the world.

Women's voices headline the Centenary Stage Company (CSC) 2015-16 season, with plays by Jennifer Haley, Gina Gionfriddo, newcomer Eleanor Burgess, and WPS alum Merri Biechler.   The CSC season compliments a movement lead by Nan Barnett (NNPN) and the Women's Voices Theatre Festival in Washington D.C. this fall,  serving to  highlight the scope of plays being written by contemporary women.   

The Old Globe opens its 2015-2016 Season with IN YOUR ARMS, a World Premiere dance-theatre musical featuring direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, Godspell, Lincoln Center Theater's The King and I and South Pacific) and original music by Tony Award winner Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on This Island; two-time Oscar nominee for Anastasia). The production begins tonight, September 16, with an opening slated for September 24, and runs through October 25, 2015.

Centenary Stage Company's Professional Equity Theatre Series 'boots up' the 2015 - 16 main stage season with the New Jersey Premiere of Jennifer Haley's gripping and critically acclaimed, The Nether, opening October 9 and running until October 25 in the Lackland Center on the campus of Centenary College.

Among them, the company can claim 18 Tony Awards, 4 Pulitzer Prizes, 6 Pulitzer finalist distinctions, 3 Emmy Awards, and 2 Academy Awards; to list all their honors would take several pages.

Single tickets for the Fabulous Fox Theatre's 2015 - 2016 U.S. Bank Broadway Series shows will go on sale Saturday, September 12 at 10:00 a.m.

The music was born in the summer of 1969 at the famous 'Woodstock Music Festival' in New York. It was when David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash hit the stage that the face of folk/rock music would be changed forever and tonight, August 8 at 8pm CSC's Summer Jamfest brings their legacy to life on the Sitnik stage with CSN Songs: Celebrating the Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

The Centenary Stage Company continues their tradition of nurturing young artists by offering the TYRO Acting Program again this fall. The TYRO Theatre Program provides an introduction to theatre skills for children ages 8 - 10. This 10 week program runs September 9 through November 18 and meets on Wednesdays of each week from 4:30 to 5:30pm in The Little Theatre located on the campus of Centenary College. Registration is $150 per student and limited to ten students. The registration deadline is August 31.

Nashville, Tennessee famously nick-named Music City, USA is home to the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Grand Ole Opry and, of course, a plethora of major record labels including Sun Records where Rock and Roll was born.  With such a rich music legacy it's no surprise that many of Rock & Roll's best and brightest passed through Nashville at some point during their celebrated careers.  Tonight, August 1 at 8pm Centenary Stage Company's Summer Jamfest brings the “rock and roll” sound of Music City to the Sitnik Theater of the David and Carol Lackland Center with Nashville Legends.

The music was born in the summer of 1969 at the famous "Woodstock Music Festival" in New York. It was when David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash hit the stage that the face of folk/rock music would be changed forever and on Saturday August 8 at 8pm CSC's Summer Jamfest brings their legacy to life on the Sitnik stage with CSN Songs: Celebrating the Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

The music was born in the summer of 1969 at the famous “Woodstock Music Festival” in New York. It was when David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash hit the stage that the face of folk/rock music would be changed forever and on Saturday August 8 at 8pm CSC's Summer Jamfest brings their legacy to life in the Lackland Center with CSN Songs: Celebrating the Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Nashville, Tennessee famously nick-named Music City, USA is home to the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Grand Ole Opry and, of course, a plethora of major record labels including Sun Records where Rock and Roll was born.  With such a rich music legacy it's no surprise that many of Rock & Roll's best and brightest passed through Nashville at some point during their celebrated careers.  On Saturday, August 1 at 8pm Centenary Stage Company's Summer Jamfest brings the “rock and roll” sound of Music City to the Sitnik Theater of the David and Carol Lackland Center with Nashville Legends.