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Opera Memphis' 30 Days of Opera returns September 1-30, 2018. This annual event features dozens of TOTALLY FREE opera performances across Memphis and the MidSouth, turning the opera house inside out and taking the music to you! This year will include performances of Movin' Up in the World, an opera featured in last season's Midtown Opera Festival as a part of the McCleave Project, as well as the return of the Levitt Shell concert - back by popular demand-on Sept. 23. Follow Opera Memphis on Twitter and Facebook, and check out 30daysofopera.com for all the info.     

San Jose Stage Artistic Director Randall King announced the company's 36th Season line up. 'Looking toward our 36th Season we will continue our mission of producing powerful, provocative, and profound work that illuminates the human condition. We are excited to bring you an explosively charged  season with award-winning works by theatre's most masterful playwrights - Martin McDonagh, Stephen Adly Guirgis, and Tennessee Williams - including two Pulitzer Prize-winning dramas, an Obie Award-winning satirical comedy and a newly commissioned world premiere by Luis Valdez.'  

They're on a mission from God.  The Official Blue Brothers Revue is coming to the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) on November 2, 2018 at 8PM. This live concert combines the comedy and musical hits from the original 1980 movie starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. The performance is sponsored in part by Bank of America.

Alt-classical group Portland Cello Project brings a huge, orchestral ensemble (including brass, percussion, and guest vocals by Patti King of the Portland band The Shins) to the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) on Friday, October 26, 2018 at 8PM to perform a night in homage to Radiohead. Expect an evening of unique renditions of classical Radiohead pieces that wander from truly epic to breathtakingly intimate. The show is sponsored in part by 102.3 The River.

Pink Martini will appear at the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) on Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 7:30PM. Featuring a dozen musicians, Pink Martini performs a multilingual repertoire in more than 25 languages on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South America and North America. 

Medium Lauren Rainbow will be appearing live in the Spotlight Cafe at the Capitol Center for the Arts (CCA) in Concord, New Hampshire on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 7:30PM.   Tickets for "Lauren Rainbow: An Evening with Spirit" are currently on sale at $29.50 per seat, plus any applicable fees for phone/Internet sales.  Purchasing a ticket does not guarantee a reading.

Opera Memphis' 30 Days of Opera returns September 1-30, 2018. This annual event features dozens of TOTALLY FREE opera performances across Memphis and the MidSouth, turning the opera house inside out and taking the music to you! This year will include performances of Movin' Up in the World, an opera featured in last season's Midtown Opera Festival as a part of the McCleave Project, as well as the return of the Levitt Shell concert - back by popular demand-on Sept. 23. Follow Opera Memphis on Twitter and Facebook, and check out 30daysofopera.com for all the info.     

Cream was a chemical explosion like no other, the blueprint for every supergroup to follow and the heavy blues precursor to Hendrix, Zeppelin and so much more. Fifty years since their earth-shaking debut album, the bloodlines of that hallowed trilogy come together to pay tribute to Cream's legendary four-album reign over the psychedelic frontier of the late 1960s. See The Music of Cream: 50th Anniversary Tour at the Capitol Center for the Arts on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 8PM. The event is sponsored in part by The Lawson Group and Ross Express.  

In honor of the upcoming engagement, Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert, the Saenger Theatre is inviting fans of all ages to participate in a Star Wars costume contest on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. The winner of the costume contest will receive four tickets to a Saturday showing of Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert, VIP access and a commemorative poster. The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring guest conductor Erik Ochsner, will perform Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert live and will feature a screening of the complete film A New Hope with Oscar-winning composer John Williams' musical scores performed live to the film. Fans will be able to experience the scope and grandeur of this beloved Star Wars film in a live symphonic concert experience, as Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert debuts Friday, Sept. 7th at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 8th at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans.

BroadwayWorld is sad to report that legendary playwright Neil Simon has died at 91. 

The Carol Tambor Theatrical Foundation announces the winner of this year's The Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, the highest honor at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Viral vintage pop sensations Postmodern Jukebox ("PMJ") will take the Capitol Center for the Arts mainstage on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 8PM. The CCA, with its Art Deco decor, is an ideal venue in which to hear a performance which the band itself calls a "non-stop throwback carnival."

The national tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, 'Monty Python's Spamalot' takes the mainstage at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Downtown Concord, NH on Tuesday, October 23 at 7:30 PM.

The multi-platinum Irish group Celtic Thunder takes the mainstage at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Downtown Concord, NH on Wednesday, September 26 at 7:30 PM. This performance is part of the group's "Celtic Thunder X" fall 2018 tour of the US and Canada.

Today the shortlist for the Total Theatre Awards 2018 was announced. From the shortlist announced today, a total of seven awards will be awarded across five categories: "Physical & Visual Theatre"; "Innovation, Experimentation & Playing with Form"; "Emerging"; "Circus"; and "Dance".

Are you ready to DANCE?!? Disney Junior Dance Party On Tour takes the mainstage at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Downtown Concord, NH on Friday, September 21 at 6 PM. This all-new interactive live concert experience is presented by Pull-Ups Training Pants!

Acclaimed American rock band Blackberry Smoke takes the mainstage at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Downtown Concord, NH on Thursday, September 13 at 7:30PM, as part of its "Find a Light" tour.

Gingold Theatrical Group presents Chicago, the basis of the long running Broadway musical. Written in 1926 by Maurine Dallas Watkins, Chicago is best known today as the inspiration for the 1975 stage musical Chicago.

 NBC Sports Group's coverage of the 2018-19 Premier League season kicks off five days from today, on Friday, August 10, when Manchester United host Leicester City at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Premier League Live. The 2018-19 Premier League season continues throughout the season on the networks of NBCUniversal, streamed live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, and on the NBC Sports Gold “Premier League Pass.”

Songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Ani DiFranco will appear at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Downtown Concord, NH on Friday, September 14 at 8PM, as part of her "Rise Up" tour. The show also features special guest Peter Mulvey.

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) and The Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles will once again team up to present 14 bold programs by leading innovators and acknowledged masters in contemporary dance, music, theater and literature, featuring pioneering champions for social justice and diverse world views. Offering more than 40 unique events and 60 performances, CAP UCLA's new season runs from September 22, 2018, to May 10, 2019, and will open and close with programs at Ace.

'We introduce our 2019 Season of variety. We cross centuries and continents with our selections which contain fabulous stories, memorable music, stunning sets, and brilliant costumes. Come on in and make yourself comfortable in our 1927 Vaudeville Theatre.'

Gingold Theatrical Group announces the next presentation of the 13th Season of Project Shaw at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre

With two new festivals, three extensive runs of brand new shows and a host of new and returning artists.  Camden People's Theatre's Autumn season promises to deliver some of the best experimental theatre tackling some of the most pertinent and topical issues of the day.

RB Productions flies onto the mainstage of the Capitol Center for the Arts on August 3 and 4 with its production of the popular Broadway megahit 'Mary Poppins'.