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Grammy Award-winner Alex Klein, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's principal oboe emeritus, and pianist Phillip Bush perform works by composers from both sides of the Atlantic who were caught up in or deeply moved by 20th-century political turmoil on When There Are No Words: Revolutionary Works for Oboe and Piano, available March 11, 2022.

Bloomingdale School of Music will present The Piano Music of Ed Bland, a free online faculty concert, on Friday, February 18, 2022 at 7pm. In honor of Black History Month, faculty member Judith Olson will perform works by African American composer Ed Bland (1926-2013), with whom she worked for many years.

The Curtis Symphony Orchestra makes a dynamic return to the stage for the first time since February 2020 with Strings, Symphonies, and Strauss, led by Peter Oundjian, conductor emeritus of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, for in-person audiences on Sunday, February 20 at 8 p.m. at Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Dallas Children's Theater kicks off 2022 with the installation of a new president…James (Jim) Markus, Partner at Haynes Boone, a top tier law firm headquartered in Dallas.

The Broad Stage presents Sacre by Circa Contemporary Circus, one of the world's leading performance companies, for two performances Friday, February 4 and Saturday February 5 at 7:30pm.  In this very first circus setting of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Circa tightly weaves together powerful world-class acrobatics and dynamic encounters pulsing with tension and suffused with dark humor and rich tenderness.

McDaniel College offers a variety of art, music, theatre, literary, film and other events during the spring of 2022.

Keen Company has announced its first musical commission: a new musical by Adam Gwon (Ordinary Days, Scotland, PA). Keen presented Gwon’s Ordinary Days in Fall of 2018 to great acclaim, including a nomination for the 2019 Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway).

The Broad Stage presents gospel sensation Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar, his anointed choir, bringing its deeply communal experience, on Sunday, January 30, 2022 at 7:30pm.

The New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy and Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas have announced I Dream a World: The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond, a multi-disciplinary, multi-tiered festival that celebrates the history and influence of this cultural movement.

New York City Ballet today announced that it is postponing the start of its 2022 Winter Season at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for nine days due to the recent surge of COVID-19 in New York City, which resulted in the Company not being able to rehearse during the last two weeks of December.

Actor, director, writer, and producer Christopher Newton passed away at the age of 85 on December 20. The Shaw Festival's artistic director from 1979 until 2002, he was a major force in theatre, building the Shaw into one of the world's greatest repertory companies in the world.

On Friday, January 28th at 10am, registered participants will enjoy a lively discussion on Mexican Muralism and the artists that impacted that period in both Mexico and the United States.

The Music Man officially begins previews tonight on Broadway! Meet the cast bringing the iconic musical back to the stage!

The Broad Stage presents Sacre by Circa Contemporary Circus, one of the world's leading performance companies, for two performances Friday, February 4 and Saturday February 5 at 7:30pm. 

A Broadway classic gets the concert treatment, led by some very classy fellas.

The leading male roles of the identical twin Antipholus brothers will be played by real-life identical twins John and Matthew Drinkwater, the young musical duo who have become stars of the internet and have performed at major New York venues including Birdland, Feinstein's/54 Below, The Green Room 42, The Town Hall, and Don't Tell Mama.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association today announced the hiring of Neil Phillips as its first Chief Diversity Officer as an integral part of its continuing commitment to implementing reforms to promote greater diversity, equity, and inclusion both within the organization and within broader Hollywood and journalism communities. 

The University of South Carolina theatre program will present Scenes from Metamorphoses, Mary Zimmerman's profoundly moving adaptations of classic Greek myths, October 28-31 at the Lab Theatre.  

Zoetic Stage and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County present the South Florida premiere of FRANKENSTEIN, Nick Dear's theatrical adaptation of one of the great horror stories of all time.

Unicorn Theatre Artistic Director Cynthia Levin enthusiastically welcomed a properly vaccinated, masked, and socially distanced audience to the Levin Theater for the first Covid delayed Unicorn production in eighteen months. The play is a dense, but extremely well performed ninety minute one act entitled “The Lifespan of a Fact.”

The Alliance Theatre’s world premiere of DARLIN' CORY has brought Sugarland frontman Kristian Bush and prolific playwright/novelist Phillip DePoy together to write this Appalachian myth a la HADESTOWN.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will resume in-person performances when it launches its previously announced 51st season, featuring eight plays and musicals presented October 2021 through August 2022, kicking off with the new indie folk-rock musical Lizard Boy.

The University of Connecticut's School of Fine Arts announced Megan Monaghan Rivas (she/her) as its new hire earlier this week. She will serve dually as the Head of Dramatic Arts and the Artistic Director of the Connecticut Repertory Theatre. She started on Aug. 23.

New York City Ballet will open its 2021-22 season on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 with a four-week Fall Season, presenting its first full-company, live performance in more than 19 months. 

Tune in tonight to find out who made the Top 15 in our High School category and tomorrow for the College category. Until then, meet our panel of esteemed judges!