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Check out the musical “The Lightning Thief” at the Academy for the Performing Arts and Chagrin Falls High School
[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…
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Theatre UAB presents “Everybody” Nov. 8-11 and Nov. 15-18
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…
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Bombshell Dance Project revives expanded version of its immersive, ‘Clue’-inspired mystery
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…
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TBT: The “Artistic Necromancy” of Uday Shankar
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…
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FIM Flint School of Performing Arts receives $27K donation
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…
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Indigo Girls highlight Schaefer Center Presents Series 2024 spring season
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…
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Amy’s picks: Zombies, musicians, art events and Nordic Fest
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…
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The Orchestra will bring rock to Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – This elaborate stage experience will keep audiences entertained with classic hits from one of the most influential rock bands – ELO. Engler Entertainment in partnership with 1st Summit Arena @ Cambria County War Memorial will present…
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Dallas Opera premiering Joby Talbot’s ‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’
It seems an unpromising premise: an opera about a man who’s paralyzed and speechless. But that’s not to reckon with the imaginations of composer Joby Talbot and librettist Gene Scheer. Having commissioned their new operatic collaboration, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, the Dallas Opera will present its world premiere Nov. 3 at the Winspear…
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Visual, performing arts events set at Mount Union
The University of Mount Union has announced its schedule of visual and performing arts events in November. Nov. 2 – Student Showcase at 11 a.m. in Presser Recital Hall in Cope Music Hall. Nov. 4 – Piano Keys Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Presser Recital Hall in Cope Music Hall. Nov. 9 – Student Showcase…