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Riverdance 30th Anniversary Tour is coming to  the Duke Energy Center for the Arts - Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, FL. Learn more about the upcoming performances here!

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, one of the nation's most cherished holiday traditions, is marching down the streets of New York City for the 98th time this year. Broadway performers will hit 34th Street to perform numbers from Death Becomes Her, Hell’s Kitchen and The Outsiders. Watch in these videos!

Once Upon A Mattress will begin previews on Broadway tonight, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The revival will celebrate its opening night on Monday, August 12, 2024, for the limited engagement through November 30, 2024, at The Hudson Theatre. Meet the cast of Once Upon a Mattress here!

Dancer and choreographer Michael Flatley, famous for his Irish production Riverdance, has had surgery for an 'aggressive form of cancer'.

Celtic Illusion, the modern Irish dance and magic stage show, created, choreographed, and starring Anthony Street (Lord of the Dance), will open at New World Stages (340 W. 50th Street) it was announced today by Jeff Parry, Executive Producer at Annerin Productions.

artist BRIAN KENNEDY has announced his very first Christmas Special which will be streamed live on Facebook Sunday, December 20, 2020.  The special holiday event will feature Brian up close and personal performing his favorite holiday songs streamed live from Dublin, Ireland at 3:00 PM ET, 12 noon PT and 8:00 PM Ireland/UK, plus a special guest.

International recording artist BRIAN KENNEDY has announced the release of his latest single and returns to host his 9th LIVE concert event on Facebook on Saturday, December 5. The event features Brian up close and personal with a new set of songs, surprises & chat streamed live from Dublin, Ireland at 3:00 PM ET, 12 Noon PT and 8:00 PM UK/Ireland.

International recording artist BRIAN KENNEDY returns to host his eighth LIVE concert event on Facebook on Saturday, October 24. 

International recording artist BRIAN KENNEDY returns to host his third LIVE concert event on Facebook this Saturday, August 1.

Last Saturday, July 4th Irish icon BRIAN KENNEDY performed an intimate concert which was streamed live on Facebook and viewed by thousands of fans around the world. 

Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce that individual tickets for RIVERDANCE 25th ANNIVERSARY SHOW will go on sale to the public this Friday, December 6, 2019. RIVERDANCE 25th ANNIVERSARY SHOW will play Broadway In Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph) for a limited one-week engagement from February 4 - 9, 2020.

For the first time since 2002, the New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) presents the award-winning Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC) on October 19 at 8 p.m. at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. This globally renowned company will kick off its season in New Orleans with a new show that will then tour the world. Since its founding in 1990 by visionary choreographer and director Mark Howard, TIDC has been hailed as the birthplace of the progressive Irish dance movement, blending the virtuosity and rapid-fire rhythms of traditional Irish dance with contemporary American innovations that paved the way for commercial productions like Riverdance. Continuing to push boundaries and sell out performances around the world, this awe-inspiring company of 16 champion dancers and a phenomenal band of four musicians dazzles and entertains with percussive power, lightning-fast agility and aerial grace that is simply irresistible and the 'real deal' (Chicago Tribune). 'The virtuosic rhythms, technically skilled Irish dancing, and music from the on-stage band explode with creative energy that fuels this company's pioneering spirit and invigorates its audiences wherever they go.' (See Dance Chicago)

Broadway In Chicago announces its off-season specials including KATHLEEN TURNER: FINDING MY VOICE; RIVERDANCE 25THANNIVERSARY SHOW; MEN ARE FROM MARS - WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS LIVE!; ROBERT DUBAC'S THE BOOK OF MORON; THE CHOIR OF MAN; THE OFFICE! A MUSICAL PARODY; WAITRESS and LISA LAMPANELLI'S LOSIN' IT!

Brian Kennedy, one of Ireland's most inspired and revered ambassadors of music, will be returning to New York and Boston this December for special holiday concert appearances. On Monday, December 9 the Irish icon will bring his exceptional vocal talents to perform with Andy Cooney's Christmas Celebration at Carnegie Hall (881 Seventh Avenue). Tickets are on sale now at www.carnegiehall.org or CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800.

Hello Des Moines! It's time to put on your Sunday clothes because Hello, Dolly!' is here for one week only at the Civic Center as part of the Des Moines Performing Arts and Willis Broadway Series. If you don't have tickets yet to this show, get one before 'Hello, Dolly!' leaves Des Moines. This production does a beautiful job of paying homage to the original production yet finding ways to make it their own.

The Center for the Arts at George Mason University announced today the 2019/2020 season of Great Performances at Mason, its annual series featuring leading national and international artists in the disciplines of classical music, opera, jazz, ballet, modern dance, theater, and global music and dance. The Center also announced the return of the Family Series, offering its second season of affordable programming for young audiences.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the full cast and creative team for Paradise Square: An American Musical. The world premiere is helmed by acclaimed director Moises Kaufman, with choreography by the legendary Bill T. Jones and a book by Marcus Gardley, Craig Lucas, and Larry Kirwan. Music by Jason Howland and Larry Kirwan, with lyrics by Nathan Tysen, and based on the songs of Stephen Foster. Paradise Square is produced by special arrangement with Garth H. Drabinsky in association with Peter LeDonne and Teatro Proscenium Limited Partnership.

Mayo Performing Arts Center presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey.

Des Moines Performing Arts presents one of Ireland's leading tenors, MICHAEL LONDRA'S CELTIC FIRE, at the Temple Theater on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to MICHAEL LONDRA'S CELTIC FIRE will be available starting at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 at DMPA.org, the Civic Center Ticket Office, or by phone at (515) 246-2300.

The Camerata New York orchestra, under the direction of conductor Richard Owen, will kick off its annual dance festival this January 5 at New York's Theatre at St. Jean's at 76th Street off Lexington Avenue.

The Camerata New York orchestra, under the direction of conductor Richard Owen, will kick off its annual dance festival this January 5 at New York's Theatre at St. Jean's at 76th Street off Lexington Avenue.

NYU Skirball's 2017-18 theater season offers a wide range of presentations, from the political to the outrageous, and includes American premieres from the Palestinian Freedom Theatre, Chile's Teatro La Re-sentida, Ireland's bad boys THISISPOPBABY, and Berlin's outrageous Gob Squad theater. The Hypocrites theater of Chicago invites audiences onto the stage for a beach party in the New York premiere of its adaptation of Pirates of Penzance, and the public is invited to free, site-specific performances of the French classic, In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields, specially adapted for audience interaction.

Tony Award nominee and renowned Broadway actor Michel Bell will make his Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston debut this July! 

Tony Award nominee and renowned Broadway actor Michel Bell will make his Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston debut this July! 

Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta is proud to announce that Riverdance - The 20th Anniversary World Tour, back by popular demand, will play a limited engagement at Atlanta's Fox Theatre from May 5-7 as part of the 2016/2017 season.