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THE BEAUTIFUL LADY – a new musical work by the Tony nominated composer Elizabeth Swados (RUNAWAYS in 1978), with text translated by Paul Schmidt – will have its NYC debut at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre this spring.

China Institute Gallery—renowned for its thematic exhibitions of Chinese art and the only museum in the U.S. to exclusively show Chinese art—will reopen to the public on March 23, 2023, with a landmark exhibition of Chinese flower-and-bird paintings.

Grammy-award winning American organist Paul Jacobs will give a solo recital at 7 PM MST on Friday, March 10, 2023, at Boise University's Hemingway Center.

​​​​​​​China Institute Gallery—renowned for its thematic exhibitions of Chinese art and the only museum in the U.S. to exclusively show Chinese art—will reopen to the public on March 23, 2023, with a landmark exhibition of Chinese flower-and-bird paintings. The largest survey of its kind outside of China and the first in the U.S., Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting, 1368-1911, Masterworks from Tianjin Museum and Changzhou Museum will showcase masterpieces of Chinese painting across five centuries.

Conductor André Raphel conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra making his BSO Subscription series debut on March 3, 4 and 5, 2023.  He will be leading the opening program in the “Voices of Loss, Reckoning and Hope” Festival, a festival exploring complex social issues.  

Charles Dutoit will conduct the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra in Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrección”, by Gustav Mahler.  Performances run 7-12 March.

Paul Cleary will step into the role of Chairman of the board of Wexford Festival Trust, commencing this month. An avid opera fan, Paul has been a volunteer with Wexford Festival Opera for almost forty years, serving in several voluntary roles in both the artistic and administrative areas.

Music Director Xian Zhang leads the New Jersey Symphony in her favorite piece of music, Mahler's Symphony No. 3, on March 3 and 5 with mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor, Montclair State University Prima Voce, and Starry Arts Group Children's Chorus. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was an Austro-Bohemian composer and conductor of the late-Romantic era. His compositions often draw on his Jewish heritage, and he is known for symphonic works of great scale and power. He is routinely described by modern scholars as one of the most important and innovative composers of the Romantic period.

Boston Symphony Orchestra will present VOICES OF LOSS, RECKONING, AND HOPE Festival March 3-18. 

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Fresh off a sold-out run at Theater for the New City, Stealing Mona Lisa - a New Musical is back Off Broadway for a one night performance designed to give theater goers and the industry one more chance to see the show based on the 1911 theft of that famous masterpiece.

KING ROGER Comes to the Polish National Opera in February 2023. Performances run February 10-12.

Ruth Stage has announced that two-time Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser (The Secret Garden) will reprise her role as ‘Big Mama’, as well as announcing the complete casting for their provocative and controversial modern staging of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Amas Musical Theatre will celebrate its 54th Anniversary at its annual Gala Benefit Concert, presenting the 2023 “Rosie” Award to Honoree Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph. See how to purchase tickets!

Obie and Drama Desk Award winner Frederick Weller (To Kill a Mockingbird, “In Plain Sight”) will join Ruth Stage's provocative and controversial modern staging of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as ‘Big Daddy.’

Austin-based independent theatre company, The Filigree Theatre, announces the dates for the next production in their “By The Sea” season titled “Fire in Dreamland.” Opening weekend will run from Thursday, Feb. 2 to Sunday, Feb. 5, starting at 8 p.m. each night at the Factory on 5th (3409 E 5th St., Austin, TX 78702). The show will then run the following Thursday - Sunday evenings at 8 p.m., closing on Sunday, Feb. 12.

One of the few theatre companies in the nation to have produced all 10 of August Wilson's American Century Cycle plays, Black Theatre Troupe will present the acclaimed JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE from February 3 to 19, 2023.

The Greek National Opera (GNO) has announced that — in accordance with a decision by the Greek Minister of Culture and Sports, Ms. Lina Mendon — GNO Artistic Director and composer Giorgos Koumendakis' tenure as has been renewed for three additional years, from 2023-2026.

Some members of the cast of Stealing Mona Lisa, a new musical, celebrated this anniversary at Theater for the New City. The show Stealing Mona Lisa - a new musical - is running there through Jan. 8. Check out photos!

Three guest conductors will open the New Year of BSO subscription concerts. Midori makes a welcome return to BSO subscription concerts—her first since 2003—performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto under the direction of Omer Meir Wellber, who leads the BSO for the first time.

Ruth Stage has announced that their provocative and controversial modern staging of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, returning to New York City in early 2023, will star Courtney Henggeler in the central role of “Maggie the Cat.” This will mark Henggeler’s Off-Broadway and New York City stage debut.

The 7th Annual International Women's Day Dance Festival will be four days packed full of celebrating women dance artists through classes, performances, dialogue, connection and more!

August 21, 1911, wasn't just another day at the Louvre in Paris. Security guards discovered that the Mona Lisa, at a time when art work was being photographed, was missing. Who took the Mona Lisa? The cry spread across newspapers and nations.

The Clarion Choir and conductor Steven Fox will kick off a year-long exploration of Rachmaninoff's complete choral works with a performance of Rachmaninoff's first major choral work, the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, written in 1911 and a work of great beauty and epic scale.

Life and its many facets are encapsulated in the rise and fall of a century-old Peking duck restaurant in The Top Restaurant, the play that launched former HKRep Resident Playwright He Jiping's career. Based on an ownership tussle over the renowned Fujude restaurant, this story is set in post-1911 Beijing. Foods and their many flavours become metaphors for life, enlivening characters and garnering resonance with the audience, engendering a classic that has transcended time.