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Complete casting has been announced for The Cape Playhouse's starry upcoming production of Oscar Wilde's timeless classic, The Importance of Being Earnest.

Monday, June 24 through Saturday, August 31, 2019, the Spreckels Organ Society and Artistic Director Raul Prieto Ramirez present the 32nd annual San Diego International Organ Festival at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, eleven concerts featuring international talent pushing the artistic boundaries of a traditional sound in Balboa Park's most majestic open air setting.

The third annual Sheen Center Theater Festival takes place June 20 - 23 at  The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture (18 Bleecker Street, at the corner of Elizabeth Street, NYC). Celebrating the voices of established Catholicplaywrights in staged reading presentations, this year's full-length plays feature works by playwright Caridad Svich(OBIE Award Winner), Nathan Yungerberg (Cherry Lane mentee under Stephen Adley Guirgus), William Baer (Guggenheim Fellowship recipient), and Erik Ehn (Whiting Award winner).

Acclaimed late-night TV show host Jay Leno will treat audiences to an intimate evening of conversation and comedy when he comes to the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) on  Thu, November 21 at 7:30PM.  In addition to Leno's unforgettable years as the host of The Tonight Show, the admired stand-up comedian is also a best-selling children's book author, an in-demand corporate speaker, a lovable TV and movie voice-over artist, a pioneering car builder and mechanic, and a philanthropist.

It was announced today that The Radio City Rockettes will open this year's Chita Rivera Awards with a show stopping performance of 'New York, New York.' The Rockettes history with Chita Rivera dates back more than 30 years when the renowned precision dance company performed alongside Rivera in the 1988 tour of Can-Can. 

The Magnetic Field's Stephin Merritt and the director of HORN FROM THE HEART: THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD STORY, John Anderson, are Tom Needham's exclusive guests this Thursday on WUSB's THE SOUNDS OF FILM.

Boston Landmarks Orchestra (LO) under the direction of Music Director Christopher Wilkins, and Executive Director Jo Frances Meyer, announces its 2019 season of free concerts at the DCR's Hatch Memorial Shell on the Esplanade. The free, public concerts will be held every Wednesday evening at 7pm from July 17 to August 21, 2019.

The Offbeat Broadway franchise continues with its fifth installment of the popular musical theatre tribute/take-off. OFFBEAT BROADWAY 5 returns to Theatre on the Bay with its original three highly talented performers at the forefront, a well-respected director at its helm, and a repertoire of delightfully entertaining musical numbers from a variety of shows.

He is one of popular music's most deeply revered figures, the main creative force behind some of the most cherished recordings in rock history. And for one night only on Saturday, June 8, 2019, the legendary Brian Wilson will be performing at the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH). This show - which also features special guests Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin - is part of Wilson's 'Pet Sounds: The Final Performances' tour. Opening for Wilson is Beat Boot Revival.

Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski (vnoo-koff'-skee) makes his New York solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall performing Handel's Keyboard Suite Vol. 1, No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432; Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op. 28; and Karol Rathaus's Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 20 on Friday, May 3 at 8:00 p.m.

Wife, mother, author, social media content creator, and recovering addict Tiffany Jenkins will be performing at the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) for one night only on Friday, June 21, 2019. Best known for her blog, Juggling the Jenkins, and hilarious viral Facebook videos, Tiffany speaks shamelessly, openly and honestly about her past and addiction, as well as her struggles with depression and anxiety. Her new live performance show Tiffany Jenkins: This Show Is Awkward AF is an opportunity for her supporters to spend some quality time with Tiffany as she shares stories not-previously covered elsewhere, as well as hang out and answer audience questions in a candid evening full of humor, compassion, and friends.

There's only one transformative, artist-packed weekend left of Opera Omaha's ONE Festival, to include the Opera Omaha debut of acclaimed theatre director Lileana Blain-Cruz as she directs the world stage premiere of a new performance edition of Gounod's Faust. 

South Carolina GRAMMY-nominated rock band NEEDTOBREATHE will perform at the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 7:30PM. Opening for the band is Trent Dabbs. The show is jointly presented by the CCA and Kirschner Concerts.

"The McCartney Years: The Experience" comes to the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) on Friday, May 3, 2019 at 8PM.   This show is a period-accurate live concert performance featuring the music of The Beatles and Wings.

He's 50% Comedian. 50% Magician. 100% Dragon.  Piff the Magic Dragon("You may know [his] brother… Steve")  will perform at the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 7:30PM.   

The national tour of 'Finding Neverland' hits the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) mainstage on Friday, May 17, 2019 at 8PM. This is a family-friendly show appropriate for ages 6+. This performance is made possible in part by TD Bank.

Rob Ruggiero, TheaterWorks Producing Artistic Director announced today that a $5.7 million renovation of the theater's historic home at 233 Pearl Street will begin immediately. TheaterWorks previously announced that the theater had received 2 Urban Act Grants in the amount of $2.7 million as grants-in-aid to assist with the renovations and improvements to City Arts on Pearl.

Michael Rader, Producing Artistic Director of The Cape Playhouse, today announced the creative teams for the 2019 summer season. The six-play season features three plays and three musicals- and includes directors Hunter Foster, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Matt Lenz, Joyce Chittick and more.

In June and September 2019, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen present Weimar Berlin: Bittersweet Metropolis at Southbank Centre, where it is Resident Orchestra. This new series is an ambitious journey through the music, science and culture of a period of intense political turbulence and explosive creativity in Germany and beyond.

In 2017, the Broadway musical version of Anastasia (which opened at Hartford Stage nice months earlier), based on the 1997 film, featuring music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and a book by Terrence McNally debuted to much fanfare, and now Nashville audiences are in the thrall of the cast and crew of the national touring company, onstage at Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall through Sunday, March 24.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of the romantic thriller, "Tricks of the Trade," on Monday, March 25, at 7 p.m.  Written by the late Sidney Michaels, who lived in Westport, Connecticut, the reading will be directed by Anne Keefe, Playhouse associate artist and curator of the playreading series. Tickets are $20 each. 

The national tour of "Finding Neverland" hits the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) mainstage on Friday, May 17, 2019 at 8PM.   This is a family-friendly show appropriate for ages 6+. This performance is made possible in part by TD Bank.

Acoustic duo Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage will perform at the Spotlight Cafe at the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) on Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 7:30PM. This performance is made possible in part by Cambridge Trust Company of New Hampshire, The Rowley Agency, and Rath Young Pignatelli.

The grr-ific musical for little tigers and grown-ups alike is back! The hugely popular Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood LIVE!, based on the #1 PBS KIDS TV series, has delighted live audiences on stages across the country. Now, in its fourth year of touring, your favorite characters are hopping back on board Trolley and coming to the Capitol Center for the Arts in Downtown Concord, NH on Tuesday, May 14 at 6PM with DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE: KING FOR A DAY!

The hills are alive! The North American tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, the beloved story of Maria and the VonTrapp family, will once again thrill audiences across the country. This touching musical features a Tony, Grammy and Academy Award winning Best Score, including "My Favorite Things," "Edelweiss" and the title song. Enjoy it at the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) on Today, February 20, 2019 at 7:30PM.