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Ginger cookie! is an exclusive opportunity to meet and greet with "Ginger Minj from RuPaul's Drag Racestar of its spring production, La Cage Aux Folles, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 N. Skokie Blvd,…

You could say that by performing in Music Theater Works' revival of "La Cage aux Folles", Ginger Minj and Dane Strange are making up for missed opportunities. Minj, who plays Albin, an aging drag performer who…

The geopolitical landscape changed dramatically over the weekend, with Russia invading Ukraine in an unprovoked attack on its sovereignty. The resulting conflict prompted many arts organizations, including the Metropolitan Opera in New…

Engaging and highly entertaining, Broadway legend Bernadette Peters captivated a packed house at the Lied Center for Performing Arts on Saturday with a beautifully paced concert that showcased her always stunning voice,…

On this last weekend of February, a variety of theater performances and live music – as well as a sailing regatta if the weather permits – await you on the northern Olympic peninsula. Here is a sample of things to do, see and…

AKRON, Ohio – Summit Artspace will host Akron Artwalk, a quarterly celebration of learning through the arts, on March 11 from 4-8 p.m.The free event will take place at Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St., and other venues in Akron's historic…

When people think of the movie "Tootsie," they remember an uncomfortable Dustin Hoffman in a sparkly red sequined dress. The film, released in theaters in 1982, was built around counterpoints: social commentary with farce, seriousness with…

Theater Washington has announced that nominations are open for a new award honoring beloved DC-area theater champion Victor Shargai. For over 50 years, Shargai has been a strong supporter of the Washington, DC area theater community and…

Music Theater Works has announced Gingersnap!, exclusive opportunities to meet Ginger Minj* of "RuPaul's Drag Race," the star of its spring production, La Cage Aux Folles, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 N.…

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (January 7, 2022) - The Skylight Music Theater has announced a week-long postponement of the regional premiere of Ernest Shackleton loves me due to positive cases of COVID-19 among the fully vaccinated…

'HADESTOWN', winner of eight Tony Awards 2019® including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Album in Musical Theater, debuted in Austin as part of Texas Performing Arts' 2021-22 Broadway…

Gary Clark Jr. at the Moody Amphitheater in Waterloo Park in August (Photo by David Brendan Hall)…

This week, Paul goes behind the curtain with the staff of Music Theater Works. Production Art Director Kyle Dougan and Director of Marketing and Public Relations Aaron Ozee preview a fantastic and exciting 42nd season. The theater…

About five years ago, the Clarence Brown Theater at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville embarked on an effort to scale up its community engagement activities with underserved communities and families, including veterans,…

Holiday Performing Arts Festival: Manhattan Area Music Teachers Association, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Also…

Apex Concerts and Performing Arts Series at the School of the Arts, University of Nevada, Reno, features the complete Brandenburg Concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Lincoln Center's renowned Chamber Music Society. On…

The following events are planned for this weekend and beyond across the region: • The Santander Performing Arts Center, Reading, presents the Queen tribute band Almost Queen on Friday at 8 pm, and acclaimed blues…

A quick guide to upcoming artistic and cultural events around Missoula.Margi Cates at Ten SpoonSinger Margi Cates and multi-instrumentalist Nick Barr will bring their talents to the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery. Music…

AUSTIN, TX - FOX's hit reality series "The Masked Singer" begins a live nationwide tour in 2022 and plans to make a stop in the live music capital of the world.The show will take place on July 13, 2022 at the Bass Concert Hall at Texas…

Support the arts this holiday season with ME Performing Arts by presenting "Bring ME Home for the Holidays", a holiday benefit concert featuring the Orlando Artist Guild, the Dance Theater of Orlando and the Marshall Ellis Dance School.…

In this workshop-style musical theater class, students will work with teacher artist Bethany Dellapolla to learn a selection of musical scenes and numbers from the hit Broadway musical! Students will work on acting, singing and…

With an array of innovations and initiatives, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) seeks to bring its music to an ever-expanding audience in North Texas. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization has strived to continue providing…

(Credit: Brett Beiner) Talk about a phenomenal comeback. Music Theater Works is back on stage with a standout production of "Ragtime," the 1996 musical, adapted by Terrence McNally from the superb novel by EL Doctorow, and carried by a…

Music Theater Works announced the 2022 season, opening with "LA CAGE AUX FOLLES" by Jerry Herman (March 10, 2022 - April 3, 2022) with Joshua Eads Brown (AKA Ginger Minj) from "RuPaul's Drag Race", followed by " DISNEY'S LA PETITE…

SKOKIE, Illinois, November 1, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) - Music Theater Works has announced the 2022…

SKOKIE, Ill., Nov. 1, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Music Theater Works has announced the 2022 season, opening with Jerry Herman's "LA CAGE AUX FOLLES" (March 10, 2022 - April 3, 2022) starring Joshua Eads Brown ( AKA Ginger Minj) from…

After the pandemic disrupted live performances, Austin Music Spaces rallied with the National Independent Venue Association in providing federal funds for COVID-19 emergency relief. So what happened to the…

Music Theater Works will present Ragtime at the North Shore Center For The Performing Arts in Skokie (9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60076) from October 29, 2021 until November 7, 2021 being the third production of the 2021 season.Music…

The contemporary dance group Aerites presents, as a world premiere, its new piece, entitled U (R) TOPIAS, conceived and choreographed by Patricia Apergi, from November 12 to 21 at the historic Olympia Theater.On the occasion of the 200th…

All of the Heart stations, now playing at the Northern Warehouse in Lower Town St. Paul. Photo courtesy of the Nautilus Music-Theater. After a prolonged and generally calm pandemic hiatus, the Nautilus Music-Theater returned…

Let your young artist develop their skills this summer at a performing arts camp in Nassau or Suffolk County. Through Directory Editor October 1, 2021 Great Family Outings: Get Activities In Your Inbox! If your child enjoys…

Sometimes what you really need on a night at the theater is to sit down with a smile, enjoy your old favorites, and let the songs of the night hum or sing along.This is one of the reasons Mamma Mia is such a popular musical that can draw…

By R. Scott ReedyQUINCY - John F. McDonald Jr., a native of Quincy and resident, had not missed a year of presenting live shows in his hometown and on the South Shore since the founding of JM Productions in 1980. It was , of course, until…

FAIRFIELD - The Solano County arts scene continues to provide top notch live entertainment. The Fairfield Center for the Creative Arts is home to a new series from promoter Jeff Trager, who said he hopes to alternate…

August 13, 2021The Culver City Performing Arts Grants Program offers project grants for music, theater and dance. Under the tutelage of City Council and its Cultural Affairs Commission, the Performing Arts Grants Program is designed to…

Scammers never sleep and, according to Texas Performing Arts, they could target "Hamilton" fans.The University of Texas Performing Arts Program this week warned theatergoers to be wary of any third-party vendors now claiming to be selling…

AUSTIN: ATX Theater, a coalition of more than 80 theater companies in Austin, announces the launch of ATXtheatre.org, an online hub for the Austin theater. The group formed to encourage collaboration and the sharing of resources…

SKOKIE, Ill. / Massachusetts Newswire - National News / - Music Theater Works to present "Mamma Mia!" at the North Shore Center For The Performing Arts in Skokie (9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60076) from August 19, 2021 to August 29,…

Music Theater Works will present "Mamma Mia!" at the North Shore Center For The Performing Arts in Skokie (9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60076) from August 19, 2021 to August 29, 2021 being the second production of the 2021 season.ABBA's…

After being nomadic for fifteen months, the Colorado Symphony will come back to Boettcher Concert Hall from September as part of its 2021/22 classic season with seventeen titles through forty-nine concerts. The upcoming season will…

LONDON - “Welcome! Said John Gilhooly, General Manager of Wigmore Hall, standing in front of the small circular stage in the auditorium. The audience applauded wildly - for a crowd of chamber music fans.It was May 23…

Press release The Gravely Hall Performing Arts Center was happy to host Bravo Kids! Musical theater camp from May 24 to 29. This arts education collaboration has been around for five years, but given the challenges posed by…

Getting to Vatican City: difficult. Getting to the University of Texas: does not require a plane or passport.Texas Performing Arts announced this week “Behind the Scenes: Hollywood's Sistine Chapel,” a…

More live shows are back at the Bass Concert Hall at the University of Texas at Austin. Texas Performing Arts announced on Wednesday updates to its calendar for the coming months, headlining a new event: "Disney Princess - The Concert".…

There are plenty of entertainment options on offer this weekend in Ocala/Marion County, from music to art and events at the World Equestrian Center.THIS WEEKENDLevitt AMP Ocala Music Series: A series of 10 free live music concerts will take…

AUSTIN (KXAN) - The show will continue in 2021. Tony Award-winning producer Bob Bursey began his role as executive director of Texas Performing Arts in January 2020, just before the pandemic hit the region in March 2020.…

January 26, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65X15z4MzyI The Arlington High School Colt Chorale Varsity Tenor / Bass Choir christened the new Arlington ISD Concert Hall at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts last week, recording…

When business is down 90 to 100 percent, help can't come soon enough. This is how Classic Cinemas CEO Chris Johnson describes the news of the allocation of federal grants to arts venues through the Small Business Administration…

Music Theater Works has announced updates to its current production season. The 2021 season will be presented in his new home at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd. The updated lineup includes, in…

September 11, 2001 was a terrifying day for the world. People at first felt so helpless as the news continued to broadcast all of the sadness, destruction and death surrounding the attacks. The planes were ordered to land wherever they…

Nobuntu - Cula (Doylestown, PA) - In November 1999, the Shakers of Sabbathday Lake, Maine joined the Boston Camerata on stage at Lincoln Center in New York City, performing traditional Shaker chants and spirituals the two groups had…

The world outside in mid-January looks gritty, lifeless and gray. The trees are pointing skeletal limbs skyward, the grass has turned brown, and the hopeful twinkling lights of the holidays have all been put away. It seems the whole…

HELLO DOLLY! has entertained audiences since its first Broadway appearance in 1964 with Carol Channing as Dolly Gallagher Levi. While many productions and revivals have followed, the endearing qualities of this stellar show continue to…

These are not the holidays without the Nutcracker! The Anchorage Concert Association's production of The Nutcracker with Ballet West ran from November 29 to December 1 at the Alaska Center for Performing Arts. Ballet West, the first…

The room opens to a dark stage with a bed, a laptop and a lamp. Behind this set scrolls a cascade of endless news feeds - Facebook, Twitter and Instagram - coupled with the incessant sounds of notification alerts. Cute but jarring, the…

JESUS ​​CHRIST SUPERSTAR has been one of the most beloved shows since it was first written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. With the release of the American album in 1970, it became known as the…

Texas Performing Arts presents hip-hop dance pioneer Rennie Harris' new work, Rennie Harris Funkedified, on October 29 at Bass Concert Hall! Hailed by the New Yorker as "America's most brilliant hip-hop choreographer", Harris' latest work…

Of course, “Cats” isn't just about cats. We humans spend endless hours on social media celebrating the various hilarities of cats, so a musical featuring dancing felines wouldn't be too much of a…

A blue background. Today, the term "rough cut" generally refers to a first draft of an edit for audio or video recordings. The term, however, comes to us from tailoring and cooking, which used the term loosely in the 19th…

Sharon Chapman @slctexas Wednesday October 17, 2018 at 2:26 PM October 17, 2018 at 2:57 PM The 2018-2019 Broadway season in Austin opens on October 23 with…

Season tickets now on sale for the Broadway in Austin series By Kimberley Jones, 11:14 am, Tue 20 February 2018 Your Patience Has Paid:!-->…

Texas Performing Arts presents a double vocal program with the Grammy Award-winning ensemble Roomful of Teeth and a encore performance of Mozart Requiem Undead by Panoramic Voices (formerly the Texas Choral Consort and Orchestra) with the…

"What will you have?" It used to be a pretty straightforward question to answer at a local performance venue - I mean, if you were…

Clarksville, Tennessee - In 2010, a group of Clarksville residents, led by local attorney Evans Harvill, set out to rename the state-of-the-art concert hall in the Music / Mass Communication Building at Austin State University Peay. For…