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The Off-Beat Players to Make New York City Concert Debut
The Off-Beat Players are a Greenwich-based inclusive theater company for young adults that features performers with and without disabilities. Now, they are making their New York City concert debut alongside some of their favorite friends in a night to embrace and empower everyone’s unique differences. On July 9th, The Green Room 42 presents “The Off-Beat…
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Roots co-founder writes book on his literal rise from the ashes
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! In his book “The Upcycled Self, A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are,” Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter recalls how at just 6 years old, he burned down his family home…
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Donald Palumbo Reinvigorated the Met Opera Chorus. Next Stop Chicago.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has hired Donald Palumbo, 76, the former chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera, to lead its chorus. When Donald Palumbo departed his post as chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera last year after nearly two decades, he could have easily taken a break. But Palumbo, 76, wasn’t finished. “I knew it…
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Milton Elementary students showcase visual and performing arts
Milton Elementary School recently hosted family, friends and staff for its annual fifth-grade art show to spotlight the young students’ hard work and creativity. Art teacher Ali Selders organized a display showcasing everything from paintings and drawings to mixed-media pieces, all created during the school year. Attendees were treated to musical performances by the fifth-grade…
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Broken Arrow’s Tuesdays in the Park returns with free live performances
A free summer tradition is lighting up Central Park in Broken Arrow, offering families a night of live entertainment, food and arts each Tuesday in June. Tuesdays in the Park features live musical performances from 7 to 9 p.m. at Central Park, located at 1500 S. Main St. Each evening includes a wide range of…
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Series spotlighting BIPOC artists at The Ark set to return June 8
This story is part of a series about arts and culture in Washtenaw County. It is made possible by the Ann Arbor Art Center, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Destination Ann Arbor, Larry and Lucie Nisson, and the University Musical Society. “I think about stepping on a stage [as an] act of reaching out,” says…
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Jukebox musicals, comedy and drama populate Colorado stages this summer
The return of summer means the action on stage is sure to heat up. The slate features jukebox musicals, stand-up comedians and a couple of dramas, ideal for quenching your hunger for live theater. June 4-15: “& Juliet” Denver Center for the Performing Arts The 2019 jukebox musical reimagines Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” as if…
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Center Theatre offering summer camp in Milo
milo camp 5.jpg Photo courtesy of Center Theatre DRAMA CAMP — Campers in the 2024 Center Theatre Children’s Summer Drama Camp work on projects during the camp in Milo. Registration is now open for the 2025 Milo camp. Photo courtesy of Center Theatre DRAMA CAMP — Campers in the 2024 Center Theatre Children’s Summer Drama…
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Record-breaking crowd of 1,200 turns out for 2025 Minty Awards, dubbed Staten Island’s version of the Tonys
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The curtain rose — and roars of applause followed — as the 14th Annual Minty Awards lit up the historic St. George Theatre on Sunday, June 1, celebrating excellence in Catholic high school musical theater on Staten Island. A record-breaking crowd of 1,200 students, educators, families, and local dignitaries filled the…
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Bay Street Theater Announces 2025 Mainstage Summer Lineup
Bay Street Theater is showing the 1951 film “A Streetcar Named Desire” this weekend to get viewers ready for their performance of it. Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center has an exciting lineup for the 2025 season. “We will explore the nature of love with three vivid productions that will bring our audience close…