Photos: Rootabaga Country to Return to Sarasota Youth Opera
Sarasota Youth Opera will present Rachel J. Peters' one-act opera based on Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories, featuring young performers aged 8-18 alongside professional artists.
Sarasota Youth Opera will present Rachel J. Peters' one-act opera based on Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories, featuring young performers aged 8-18 alongside professional artists.
Houston performers Jerry Atwood and Ricky Comeaux will reunite as Atwood & Comeaux for a special concert at Ovations Night Club on November 21, celebrating a musical partnership that began in 1984.
XTC founding member Colin Moulding releases a three-track EP featuring the title track, a James Bond-inspired piece, and a raw demo, showcasing his melodic songwriting and creative process.
Metrograph will present a four-film retrospective featuring the US premiere of RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: DIARIES and a restored 1985 film, timed to a new English-language publication of Sakamoto's autobiography.
Roy Thomson Hall will present Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film adaptation as a cinematic live-to-film event, with a hybrid ensemble performing the score and music live in sync with the full movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.
Pianist and composer Dan Siegel released a nine-song contemporary jazz album featuring collaborators including Jay Bellerose, Brian Bromberg, and Dean Parks, prioritizing raw first takes over polished perfection.
Drummer and composer Matt Wilson's GOOD TROUBLE releases a new album drawing inspiration from Sufi poet Rumi and featuring songs spanning Andrew Hill to Tom Petty, marking 30 years since Wilson's debut on Palmetto Records.
Estonian vocalist Tui Hirv and Icelandic composer-guitarist Páll Ragnar Pálsson will release LAYERS, an album of ambient interpretations of Nordic folk songs and hymns, on Sono Luminus.
Annette McLaughlin, Deka Walmsley, Jack Bandeira and Lesley Joseph will lead BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL, with new tour stops added at Wales Millennium Centre, Bord Gais Energy Theatre Dublin, Bristol Hippodrome and Alhambra Bradford.
Vince Gill releases Stillwater Night, the 10th EP in his 50 Years From Home series, featuring a duet co-written with wife Amy Grant.
Yale Repertory Theatre will present August Wilson's MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at the University Theatre in New Haven, with Timothy Douglas directing a cast led by Terence Archie and Maiesha McQueen.
ALCATRAZZ released a video for the song STAND AND WAIT YOUR TURN, taken from the album PRIOR CONVICTIONS, featuring vocalist Giles Lavery and tour footage from the band's recent dates.
The Chicago punk band released the first single and video from its sixth album, marking the debut of new lead vocalist Geoff Sabin following founding singer John Kezdy's death.
Opéra de Montréal revealed five artists joining its Atelier lyrique training program, part of an 11-member cohort that will perform in productions including Turandot, Werther, and Rigoletto.
HBO Max will add new original series and documentaries, including Sharon Horgan's comedy YOUTH, the drama prequel 4 BLOCKS ZERO, and the true-crime series A KILLER STORY.
Arts Centre Melbourne will offer free performances featuring dance, circus, music and theatre to mark the reopening of the Ian Potter State Theatre, with 18,000 tickets available to the public.
The Chicago punk band's new LP marks first release with vocalist Geoff Sabin, following founding singer John Kezdy's death, via Pravda Records.
Metrograph will present an 11-film retrospective of director Tsui Hark, featuring a newly restored version of his 1980 film DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE alongside titles from across his career.
Japan Society will host a weekend film series highlighting rare films scored by composer, musician, and producer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
A new American Masters documentary chronicles poet Mary Oliver's life and work, featuring interviews with Maria Shriver, John Waters and Ada Limón, plus poetry read by Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Colbert.
Colin Moulding, founding member of XTC, will release a three-track CD single titled WANT IT BAD (THE PEP TALKS AND PLAYING FIELDS OF OLD ENGLAND) via Burning Shed, accompanied by a new video.
Lakeshore Records released BAD ZOMBIES, a mashup of Billie Eilish's Bad Guy and Crazy Dave's Theme from Plants Vs Zombies, performed by The String Revolution and cellist Tina Guo.
Emily Mello will succeed founder Jane Golden at the helm of Mural Arts Philadelphia, bringing more than two decades of leadership experience in arts education and curation to the organization.
The Castellows recorded a new version of Addicted with the late Dan Seals, marking the final single ahead of a tribute album celebrating his music.
Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center announced the cast for a co-production of August Wilson's MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, directed by Lili-Anne Brown, starring Nicole Michelle Haskins in the title role.