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The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance is proud to announce The Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University is now the permanent home of the Arturo 'Chico' O'Farrill Music and Personal Archives. This marks the acquisition of the first major Latin jazz archival collection in the Institute's 60-year history. The collection contains O'Farrill's original music manuscripts, photographs, and sound recordings documenting his prolific career as a composer, arranger, and bandleader. Famed compositions such as 'Afro Cuban Jazz Suite,' 'Manteca Suite,' 'Carambola,' and 'Cuban Episode,' among others, are included in this acquisition for the Institute. The Institute is thrilled to add O'Farrill's illustrious archives to its collection to celebrate Chico's monumental impact in jazz during his lifetime.

Following critically-acclaimed productions of 'The Penelopiad' and 'Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play,' the Valencia College Theatre department will in April bring to the stage the tragedy of 'King Lear' by William Shakespeare.

KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts is proud to announce their Spring theatrical production of Sarah Ruhl's Drama Desk Award-winning play Eurydice. Eurydice is under the direction of KD Acting Professor Sarah Rutan, a former seven-year company member of the famed Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

The University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Department of Theatre and Dance and Kennedy Theatre are proud to present The Country Wife by William Wycherley.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) will present a programme featuring internationally-acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin and the renowned Eton College Chapel Choir. On 5 & 6 April in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Slatkin, who is recognised for his intuitive interpretations of iconic American works, will be joined by the choristers of Eton College Chapel Choir in a performance of Leonard Bernstein's colourful Chichester Psalms.

The Autorino Center for the Arts at the University of Saint Joseph will present hip hop dancer-choreographer Amirah Sackett's world premiere performance Al Qalb on Friday, Apr. 12, 2019 at 7:30pm in the Hoffman Auditorium. In this groundbreaking event featuring local street dance professionals from Studio 860, Sackett will fuse hip hop moves, world music, and the poetry of Sufi mystic Rumi.

The San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS) is pleased to welcome The Choir of New College Oxford (New College Choir) in a joint presentation with Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Under the direction of Robert Quinney, the choir will perform a program of Renaissance and Baroque music including works by Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina, Tom s Luis de Victoria, Josquin des Prez, John Taverner, Thomas Tallis and more. The program will also include solo organ works by J. S. Bach and William Byrd performed by Oxford scholars Timothy Wakerell and Charles Maxtone-Smith.

Veil: Two Sisters is the culmination of over two years development including travel to India, to be presented at the University Settlement, March 29-30, 2019. Created by NYC choreographer Cynthia Berkshire, the multimedia performance reveals two sisters lured into a link between the earthly and heavenly realms, as one sister calls forth the other from death. A poignant vision of our emotional and psychic lives, the experiential program invites the public to connect to their own processes of reckoning.   

Schimmel Center at Pace University continues its 2018-19 Folk Series with an evening of Irish 'Celtgrass' music featuring We Banjo 3 on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 7:30pm. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased at SchimmelCenter.org, by phone at 212-346-1715, or by visiting the Schimmel Center Box Office at 3 Spruce Street, Manhattan. Box office hours are Tuesday-Saturday, Noon-5pm, and then beginning three hours prior to each performance, through intermission.

People came from across the nation to attend the 90th Gala Event benefitting LACC and The Rodney Dangerfield Institute including Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of (Chicago White Sox) who flew in from Chicago and Collin Eckles, CEO of Seven Wonders, Sophia Cheng, founder of Nu Naturo and Patricia Correa Velasquez, founder of OMBIIA who flew in from New York.

Oakland University's School of Music, Theatre and Dance will present The Who's Tommy, a fast-paced and exhilarating rock opera featuring a thrilling score by the legendary British rock band The Who, from March 21-24 and March 27-31 in the Varner Studio Theatre in Varner Hall.

Regis College presents Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood, April 11-13, 2019 at the Regis College Fine Arts Center Casey Theatre, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA. Tickets are $5 for children and seniors, $10 for adults and may be purchase by visiting regiscollege.edu/fac.

Peak Performances continues its convention-defying 2018-19 season with a world premiere work from choreographer, performer, and director Faye Driscoll, the season's recipient of Peak's vital PeARL (Performing Arts Research Laboratory) residency.

Becoming the first college in the state of Kansas to get the rights to perform Mamma Mia!, Cowley College's Visual and Performing Arts Department will offer audiences four opportunities to catch the musical March 28-30 at the Robert Brown Theatre in Arkansas City, Kansas.

Wichita State University's School of Performing Arts presents the musical THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY Thursday through Saturday, March 21st-23rd at 7:30 pm and Sunday, March 24th at 2:00 pm in Wilner Auditorium.  

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The 16th Annual College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame gala celebration at UNLV features a cocktail reception, dinner, and ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in the Student Union ballroom.

Grow as a professional and have fun doing it as an intern this summer at Playhouse on Park. We are currently taking applications for the 2019 Intern Company in multiple areas including Business Office, Marketing, Development, Literary, Education, Front of House, Stage Management, Costumes, and Production.

Berklee President Roger H. Brown will present three-time Tony and Grammy-Award winning Alex Lacamoire (B.M. '95,), award-winning actor and 10-time Grammy-Award winning musician Justin Timberlake, and five-time Grammy-Award winning Missy Elliott with honorary Doctor of Music degrees at Berklee College of Music's commencement ceremony, Saturday, May 11, at the 7,000-seat Agganis Arena at Boston University.

For their 12th annual collaboration, Playhouse Square and Baldwin Wallace University come together to present the regional premiere of a show currently wowing audiences on Broadway, Be More Chill, in Playhouse Square's Allen Theatre. Performances will be held Friday, April 5, through Sunday, April 7. All tickets are $25 and are available by calling 216-241-6000 or by visiting playhousesquare.org.

High school students will debut original films March 16 surrounded by celebrity actors, directors and writers at the second annual New Optics Film Festival, held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Columbia College Hollywood.

Schimmel Center at Pace University concludes its 2018-19 Cabaret Series with an evening of standards and musical theater selections composed by women titled Baby, Dream Your Dream: The Great Women Songwriters today, March 9, 2019 at 7:30pm. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased at SchimmelCenter.org, by phone at 212-346-1715, or by visiting the Schimmel Center Box Office at 3 Spruce Street, Manhattan. Box office hours are Tuesday-Today, Noon-5pm, and then beginning three hours prior to each performance, through intermission.

Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison's first novel comes to life at the Wells Theatre. The Bluest Eye, directed by Khanisha Foster, follows the story of young Pecola in 1940's Ohio who is pregnant at her father's hands. She is taken in by a loving family and cared for by brilliant and kind sisters, Frieda and Claudia. The character-driven play, both poetic and daringly funny, illuminates the destructive powers of racism and class dynamics while exploring the power of community through exquisite storytelling. The Bluest Eye is produced in collaboration with Norfolk State University Theatre Company.

The Madison Theatre presents West Side Story in Concert.

Lynn University invites the public to attend its eighth annual Celebration of the Arts showcase on Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are limited to the sellout production.