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Highlights for March 2016 at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts include: Pilobolus, TAO, 46th Scottsdale Arts Festival, John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, and Ana Gasteyer. Scroll down for more details!

The Des Moines Community Playhouse, Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS), and Deaf Services Unlimited (DSU) present a fully-accessible performance of 'Sarah, Plain and Tall.' IRIS will provide live audio description, broadcast to the entire audience, and DSU will provide ASL interpretation. This special event is 4:00 PM, Saturday, Mar. 12, in the Kate Goldman Children's Theatre at the Playhouse. Tickets start at $15 and may be purchased online at dmplayhouse.com, by phone at 515-277-6261, or at the Playhouse ticket office, 831 42nd St. 'Sarah, Plain and Tall' is sponsored by John Deere.

This summer marks another historic milestone for the annual Bard SummerScape festival. For the first time since its founding, this season's focus is on the music and culture of Italy, with seven weeks of music, opera,theater, dance, film, and cabaret keyed to the theme of the 27th Bard Music Festival, "Puccini and His World." This intensive examination of the life and times of Giacomo Puccini opens a window onto Italy's rich musical heritage from Palestrina to Menotti, by way of the most popular and successful - yet, paradoxically, frequently critically underrated - opera composer of all time. Complementing the music festival, some of the Tuscan master's most compelling compatriots provide other key SummerScape highlights. These include a rare, fully staged production of Iris, a forerunner of Madama Butterfly by Puccini's close contemporary Pietro Mascagni; the world premiere of Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed, four newly unearthed puppet plays from leading Italian Futurist Fortunato Depero, as reimagined by Dan Hurlin;the world premiere of Fantasque, a new ballet set to the music of Respighi and Rossini by John Heginbotham and Amy Trompetter; a film series on "Puccini and the Operatic Impulse in Cinema"; and the return of Bard's authentic and sensationally popularSpiegeltent,hosted by the inimitable Mx. Justin Vivian Bond. Taking place between July 1 and August 14 in the Frank Gehry-designed Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts and other venues on Bard College's stunning Hudson River campus, SummerScape's 2016 offerings provide new opportunities to discover that, as Time Out New York puts it, "the experience of entering the Fisher Center and encountering something totally new is unforgettable and enriching." Tickets go on sale on Monday, February 15; click here for more information.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents 'Sarah, Plain and Tall,' Feb. 26-Mar. 13, 2016. Tickets may be purchased online at dmplayhouse.com, by phone at515-277-6261, or at the Playhouse ticket office, 831 42nd St. 'Sarah, Plain and Tall' is sponsored by John Deere.

MILWAUKEE, WIS. 01/06/2016– The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, led by guest conductor Christopher Seaman, presents two performances of Stravinsky's musical masterpiece The Firebird this weekend, January 22 and January 23 at 8:00 p.m. at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Paired with The Firebird is Dukas's “dance poem in one scene”, La Peri. Also programmed are Elgar's overture In the South (Alassio) and Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D minor as performed by Karen Gomyo. Ms. Gomyo has been hailed as “a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance, and intensity,” by the Chicago Tribune. 

It is with sadness that the Stratford Festival bids farewell to the man who was Canada's oldest working actor. William Needles died January 12, at the age of 97, surrounded by his family, at a hospice in Alliston, Ontario. Just days earlier, he had left his adopted hometown of Stratford, after suffering a massive heart attack on December 19.

CSz Theater Chicago announces upcoming 2016 programming in its 28th anniversary season.

MILWAUKEE, WIS. 01/06/2016– The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, led by guest conductor Christopher Seaman, presents two performances of Stravinsky's musical masterpiece The Firebird on January 22 and January 23 at 8:00 p.m. at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Paired with The Firebird is Dukas's “dance poem in one scene”, La Peri. Also programmed are Elgar's overture In the South (Alassio) and Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D minor as performed by Karen Gomyo. Ms. Gomyo has been hailed as “a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance, and intensity,” by the Chicago Tribune. 

Oscar®, Golden Globe® and Emmy® nominee Elizabeth McGovern returns to host the second season of Smithsonian Channel's MILLION DOLLAR AMERICAN PRINCESSES

Highlights for March 2016 at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts include: Pilobolus, TAO, 46th Scottsdale Arts Festival, John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, and Ana Gasteyer. Scroll down for more details!

The EEK! Theatre Company brings you the Christmas comedy showcase 'A Very Merry Mother-F@#$ing Christmas', a collection of sketches and comedy acts to celebrate the ha-ha-ha-lidays. The performance will be held tonight, December 19th at 7:30pm at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL, 60647.

The EEK! Theatre Company brings you the Christmas comedy showcase "A Very Merry Mother-F@#$ing Christmas", a collection of sketches and comedy acts to celebrate the ha-ha-ha-lidays.  The performance will be held on Saturday, December 19th at 7:30pm at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL, 60647. 

CSz Theater Chicago announces upcoming special holiday/winter programming in its 28th anniversary season - please add/update listings, and call for photos, media comps, and additional information:

The New York Philharmonic will present Rachmaninoff: A Philharmonic Festival, tonight, November 10-28, 2015, featuring 24-year-old Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov performing three of the composer's piano concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini over the course of three consecutive all-Rachmaninoff programs, each led by a different conductor: Cristian Macelaru (in his Philharmonic debut), Neeme Jarvi, and Ludovic Morlot.

'Eric Bentley's Brecht-Eisler Songbook,' the debut CD from soprano actress Karyn Levitt, will be available from Roven Records today, October 30.

The New York Philharmonic will present Rachmaninoff: A Philharmonic Festival, November 10-28, 2015, featuring 24-year-old Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov performing three of the composer's piano concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini over the course of three consecutive all-Rachmaninoff programs, each led by a different conductor: Cristian Macelaru (in his Philharmonic debut), Neeme Jarvi, and Ludovic Morlot.

Each October, the Merchant's House Museum opens its doors for a series of 'spirited' events thematically built around its unusual reputation.

EEK! Theatre Company returns with their Halloween comedy/variety showcase 'Schlocktoberfest: A Killer Komedy Show'. The single performance is Today, October 3rd, 2015 at 7:30pm at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL, 60642. Tickets are $15. To purchase tickets, call (773) 598-4549 or visit www.gorillatango.com.

In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, a unique opportunity to see a classic of Yiddish theatre for the first time in the UK - Treasure by David Pinski opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 20 October 2015 (Press Nights: Thursday, 22 October and Friday, 23 October 2015 at 7.30pm).

Each October, the Merchant's House Museum opens its doors for a series of 'spirited' events thematically built around its unusual reputation.

DI LUSSO Brand fine Italian salamis announces their Pop-up Gallery experience through October 11th in the metro area. This event will delight food and art lovers alike. Look for the Gallery in the Madison Square Park area of New York City on Saturday, October 3rd.

This Autumn, as part of their American season, Jermyn Street Theatre is to build on its reputation of rediscovering important lost work by great dramatists by staging two UK premieres by Eugene O'Neill.

Continuing its 21st anniversary year, Jermyn Street Theatre today announces an autumn season of American work.

EEK! Theatre Company returns with their Halloween comedy/variety showcase 'Schlocktoberfest: A Killer Komedy Show'. The single performance is Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 at 7:30pm at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL, 60642. Tickets are $15. To purchase tickets, call (773) 598-4549 or visit www.gorillatango.com.