New York’s cultural offerings will soon include productions mounted at The People’s Theatre: Centro Cultural Inmigrante, a 19,000-square-foot space in a new, mixed-use building at 407 West 206th Street in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. Set to open in 2026, the new destination has been funded by a variety of figures, including local theater darling Lin-Manuel Miranda…

As the curtain rises again on the Apple family of Rhinebeck, theatergoers are in for a poignant exploration of connections, crises, and shared history. Whether you’re already acquainted with the Apple family from Performing Arts of Woodstock’s (PAW) previous production, That Hopey Changey Thing, or are stepping into their world for the first time, Sweet…

Dizzying footwork and percussive kicks mix with an original score punctuated by tap beats and soccer sounds in the latest “Artists are Athletes / Athletes are Artists” video from Carolina Performing Arts. The second installment in the series features Carolina women’s soccer player Sam Meza and Michelle Dorrance, founder of Dorrance Dance and an award-winning…

[embedded content] CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio — If you’re looking for a little local entertainment this weekend, the Academy for the Performing Arts at Chagrin Falls High School opens their 2023-24 theater season on Thursday night with the musical “THE LIGHTNING THIEF: The Percy Jackson Musical.” The musical, based on the book of the same name…

In this modern take on a 15th-century morality play, follow Everybody as they journey through life’s greatest mystery: the meaning of living. Theatre UAB presents “Everybody,” a modern take on the 15th-century morality play “Everyman,” with shows Nov. 8-11 and Nov. 15-18, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Theatre UAB is the performance company of…

Bombshell Dance Project is reprising In the Conservatory with the Knife, an immersive murder mystery inspired by the board game Clue that allows audiences to roam three floors of the Wyly Theatre trying to solve the crime. Starring 12 female actors and dancers in scenes spread across four rooms, In the Conservatory has been expanded…

In the October 1933 issue of The American Dancer, the predecessor to Dance Magazine, writer Basanta Koomar Roy profiled Uday Shankar on the eve of the Indian dance artist’s second U.S. tour. Roy wrote that Shankar was “endowed with such sensitive arms and hands that he is able to paint the Mudras in the air…

FLINT, MI – The FIM Flint School of Performing Arts received a $27,000 donation on Monday, Oct. 23, from the Joanne Piper Memorial Fund. The fund was from the Flint Kiwanis Club to support the FSPA Seeing Stars! Tuition Assistance Program. The presentation was at the J. Dallas Dort Music Center. Activities included recognition of…

BOONE — The Schaefer Center Presents performing arts series, presented by Appalachian State University’s Office of Arts and Cultural Programs, has announced its spring 2024 season, which highlights country, folk-rock and jazz fusion hit the stage with Grammy Award-winning artists. From folk-rock legends like the Indigo Girls and rising stars like Ashley McBryde  to everything…

AMY’S PICKS  Thrillingham7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, Trackside Beer Garden, 298 W. Laurel St.Over the years, I’ve seen the zombies of Thrillingham dance along to Michael Jackson’s iconic song “Thriller” in the middle of Bellingham’s Holly Street, at the coliseum at Maritime Heritage Park and during a test run at the Fairhaven Village Green. This…