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Composer Jeremy Gill's orchestral album inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion premiered and recorded by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project led by conductor Gil Rose.

Composer Jeremy Gill released a one-hour cycle of four symphonic tone poems inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion, commissioned and premiered by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project led by conductor Gil Rose.

It’s Les Mis if you squint. A musical based on turbulent French history, doomed love, and flags brandished like a crusaders’ Warhammers. Except this is not the longest running musical in West End history. This is its weird cousin Martin Guerre.

The British rock band returns to the U.S. for their first North American dates in 24 years, beginning November 12 and including an appearance at the Darker Waves festival on November 14. The reunion follows the band's 30th anniversary celebration of their debut album OLYMPIAN.

Boston Modern Orchestra Project will present its season-opening concert featuring soprano Julia Bullock performing works by Samuel Barber and Matthew Aucoin, along with a world premiere by Anthony De Ritis.

Act II Playhouse will present the Charlie Antalosky Award during its upcoming season, honoring the Philadelphia actor's legacy and contributions to the theater.

Country music artists Clay Walker and BLACKHAWK will perform an evening of country classics at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, Wyoming.

Singer-songwriter Chris Simpson announced an acoustic tour performing songs from MINERAL and his other projects across major U.S. markets. Tickets go on sale this Friday.

Lil' Kim has announced a second orchestral performance following the sold-out debut of HARD CORE SYMPHONY, featuring Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra.

The Dance Hall of Fame announced its second class of honorees, including Debbie Allen, George Balanchine, Toni Basil, Katherine Dunham, Savion Glover, Mandy Moore, the Nicholas Brothers, and WEST SIDE STORY legends George Chakiris, Rita Moreno and Russ Tamblyn.

CHARGED PARTICLES returns with its second live album featuring trumpeter Randy Brecker as special guest, recorded at the Half Moon Bay club and available via Origin Records.

Mrs. Lovett has thought of everything. The seaside cottage, the fishing boat, the friends dropping in for dinner… “By the Sea,” her daydream of married life with Sweeney Todd, shows her to be nothing if not accommodating. “Now and then you could do the guest in,” she suggests, between thoughts of kippered herring and bathing dresses.

Burlington County Footlighters' Hunchback of Notre Dame is a superlative production, a thought-provoking musical of epic scale, filled with intimate moments.

New York Yankees Legend Bernie Williams will be joining the Tony and Grammy-winning band of Buena Vista Social Club for six weeks only beginning in October.

Gil Rose's Grammy-winning ensemble will present world premieres, two semi-staged operas, and over 10 new album releases celebrating American contemporary music.

German heavy metal band GRAVE DIGGER announced a new studio album featuring razor-sharp riffs and Chris Boltendahl's distinctive vocals. The band will launch a European tour to support the release.

The immersive theatrical production combining live music, drama, aerial acts, martial arts, modern dance and large-scale visual effects will perform at Stifel Theatre in St. Louis as part of a limited 23-performance fall tour.

Giordano Dance Chicago will present the world premiere of Caravan by resident choreographer Al Blackstone, along with a rework of his swing-style work Dumb Luck! and popular repertoire at the North Shore Center.

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When American novelist Nicholas Sparks released 'The Notebook' in 1996, it had enamored many romance fiction fans through its saccharine love story of Noah and Allie—a literally rain-soaked melodrama driven by a one-summer romance in South Carolina in the ‘60s (based on the musical's book) and a fateful separation brought about by meddling parents.

Art Spark Texas will hold its ninth annual Artists of the Year Award Celebration at the Rollins Theatre at the Long Center in Austin, honoring six Texas artists with disabilities, veterans and creative leaders.

The San Francisco Symphony will honor Michael Tilson Thomas with a memorial concert featuring longtime collaborators including Audra McDonald, Yuja Wang, and Jamie Bernstein at Davies Symphony Hall.

Lil' Kim will add a second orchestral performance of HARD CORE with Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn after the first show sold out in four days.

Cortland Repertory Theatre (“CRT”) has announced that Producing Artistic Director Kerby Thompson will step down from his position, concluding a 26-year tenure with the professional theatre company.

Mack Avenue Music Group and Two Lions Records released WORLD TOUR, a box set marking Oscar Peterson's centennial featuring live recordings from 1969-1996 and a 48-page hardcover book.