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Cara Robertson, a leading expert on Lizzie Borden, will join BORDEN: A NEW MUSICAL as Dramaturg and Historical Advisor, enhancing the show's historical accuracy.

After a sold-out, kick-off concert on Sept. 28, The Scottsdale Philharmonic has announced the program for its next concert on Sunday, Nov. 16. Learn more here!

A powerful double-bill. 'Josephine' is a stunning mini-biography of a great star; 'Pagliacci' is an overpoweringly passionate step into verismo opera.

The critically acclaimed rock musical LIZZIE is set to electrify Bangor audiences just in time for Halloween. This bold retelling of the infamous Lizzie Borden story promises a theatrical experience filled with blood, betrayal, and murder.

DCLA has announced over $210 million in new funding for capital projects at 80 cultural nonprofits across New York City, supporting arts and cultural infrastructure.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival will welcomes the internationally-touring modern dance company Parsons Dance back to the Ted Shawn Theatre, 25 years after their last engagement with the festival in 1999.

Join Joe McCarthy and his New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band on their Pan American Nutcracker Suite Holiday Tour. Experience a unique Latin Jazz adaptation of Tchaikovsky's iconic ballet suite. Find tour dates and locations for a swinging holiday performance near you.

South Florida Symphony Orchestra will present a bold and daring evening of Dvořák Masterworks, featuring his love letter to America, Symphony No. 9 in E minor: “From the New World” as well as Cello Concerto in B minor, the greatest of all cello concertos, performed by Grammy Award-winning artist Zuill Bailey - who also appeared during the Symphony's inaugural concert 25 years ago.

Students, workers, families and others on a limited budget can hear some of the world's leading soloists and ensembles for less than $10 per concert when Peoples' Symphony Concerts opens its 123rd season on Saturday, October 22 with international cello star Steven Isserlis and acclaimed pianist Connie Shih.

1st Street Players leads into their 2022-2023 season, 'Breaking Free' with a special fundraising event for the theater: a production of 'Lizzie,' the award winning rock musical, by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner & Alan Stevens Hewitt.

The Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) and Broadway in Columbus today announced the next exciting lineup for the PNC Broadway in Columbus series.

Melding together the real-world events of Britney Spears’ turbulent life with the voice of a millennial superfan, Saving Britney explores the magnetic effect of pop stars, the problematic depiction of mental health in the media and the tricksy subject of how Britney was over- (or under-) protected by her conservatorship.

Forget what you knew. With a bold ambition to reimagine how we experience and interact with the city itself, Sydney Festival's 2022 line-up – the first helmed by artistic director Olivia Ansell – is set to explode onto (and into) the city's parks, pools, streets, stages and screens this summer.

The musical features music by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt, lyrics by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer and Tim Maner, book by Tim Maner, additional music by Tim Maner, and additional lyrics by Alan Stevens Hewitt.

Swipe Right Theatre today announce re-scheduled dates for the UK tour of Scream Phone. Due to a cast member testing positive for Covid-19, the UK tour of Scream Phone will now begin at Old Joint Stock, Birmingham on 5-6 November 2021 before touring to Guildford, Bristol, Bath, Leighton Buzzard, Cambridge and Brighton, concluding at Soho Theatre on 17-18 December 2021.

Lizzie Borden, who maintained her innocence of the axe murders of her father and stepmother until the day she died in 1927, was very possibly the progenitor of every piece of tabloid journalism that continues to titillate readers to this very day. Who better than she then to become the protagonist in a provocative work of musical theater that lays bare all the rumors that surrounded her in life and which gives her agency over her own story almost a hundred years after her death?

Opera Phila streams La Traviata with Lisette Oropesa in her role debut as Violetta for $20.00. This 2015 production from director Paul Curran also stars Alek Shrader and Stephen Powell. Corrado Rovaris conducts, Gary McCann is the set and costume designer, Paul Hackenmueller is the lighting designer.

Swipe Right Theatre today announce full cast for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 musical hit Scream Phone by Natasha Granger and Kerrie Thomason. Alexandra Lewis (Stacey) re-joins the original cast and previously announced Granger (Melody) and Thomason (Janice).

Swipe Right Theatre today announce the UK tour of Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 musical hit Scream Phone written and performed by Natasha Granger (Melody) and Kerrie Thomason (Janice) with further cast to be announced.

The coordination of the three wind soloists was impeccable.

This week (June 14-20) in live streaming: Rita Moreno visits Backstage Live, Show of Titles on demand, a Kerry Butler master class, a Guys and Dolls reunion, and so much more!

This week (June 7-13) in live streaming: Matthew Morrison visits Backstage Live, the Next on Stage Season 3 finale, Show of Titles premieres, and so much more!

La MaMa has announced programming for June 2021, which includes the previously announced La MaMa Loves Cabaret with host Sasha Velour; Lottie Platchett Took a Hatchett, written and directed by Justin Elizabeth Sayre; La MaMa Kids: Nostalgia, A Toy Theatre Presentation, and more.

Metropolitan Playhouse presents its next free 'screened' readings, live-streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow: AFTERMATH, Mary P. Burrill, January 16, 2021 at 8 PM Eastern, available at www.metropolitanplayhouse.org.

Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2020-2021 Dance Happens Everywhere digital season brings the Northwest’s favorite holiday tradition to the comfort of home with its sparkling production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®.