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Pavarotti Foundation chooses Naples for performing arts center home
Collier County is the proposed home for a new $25 to $30 million performing arts center dedicated to the memory of superstar tenor Luciano Pavarotti. Calling Naples “the perfect reflected image” of the blended arts environment her husband advocated, Nicoletta Montovani Pavarotti, his wife, announced plans to build the center in Naples. It would…
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Catch Cookin’ at the Knight Theater, sponsored by Blumenthal Performing Arts
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This article involves commercial content. The products and services featured appear as paid advertising According to Blumenthal Performing Arts, Cookin’ is an explosive percussion show that has sliced, diced, and banged its way across the globe! Working against the clock to prepare a wedding feast, four zany chefs make a manic menu…
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Review: Broad, politically incorrect humor gives way to poignancy in Ochre House musical
Ochre House Theater founder Matthew Posey pulls a fast one in his latest musical comedy, Kaput: The Show. What starts off as a silly, politically incorrect sendup of ethnic stereotypes, gender fluidity and human foibles turns poignant in its final scenes — tears of laughter transformed into tears of empathy. Written and directed by Posey,…
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BLINN THEATRE ARTS PROGRAM EARNS AWARDS IN KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN THEATRE FESTIVAL
The Blinn College-Brenham Theatre Arts Program earned two acting award nominations and five production honors at the prestigious 2023 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). (courtesy Blinn College) KCACTF is a national play festival that allows universities, four-year schools, and community colleges an opportunity for individual recognition and critique from theatre professionals. Blinn’s production of…
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Sneak peek of ‘Freaky Friday: The Musical’ at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center
Sneak peek of ‘Freaky Friday: The Musical’ at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center – CBS Pittsburgh Watch CBS News Daisy was at the Lincoln Park Performing Art Center to get a sneak peek of their rendition of “Freaky Friday: The Musical”! View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for…
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‘Thousands upon millions’: The numbers as the Lyric Theatre turns 50 (plus a show preview)
When Lyric Theatre opens its production of the Broadway musical “The Prom” on Thursday, Nov. 9, it will mark the start of the 50th season for Vermont’s largest community theater organization. Lyric did more than just start producing musicals in 1974; the company was integral in reviving a derelict Main Street movie theater that would…
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Young Actors Theatre sets ‘Carousel’ twirling for 49th season in Tallahassee
Young Actors Theatre will open the first production of its 49th season with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” fittingly sponsored by the North Florida Fair, on Friday, Nov 3. Hailed by TIME Magazine as the “best musical of the 20th Century,” “Carousel” is set in a coastal community with a cast of students ages 9 to…
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Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, Bayway Arts Center ready to reopen
If you want to talk risky business, running a theater is right up there. So it’s notable that two local theaters — the Boulton Center for the Performing Arts in Bay Shore and the Bayway Arts Center in East Islip — are about to reopen in these trying times. “Yes, this whole thing is risky,”…
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Coronado Performing Arts Center kicks off Broadway in Rockford Thursday
The season kicks off with, “Jesus Christ Superstar.” ROCKFORD — The Coronado Performing Arts Center kicked off their 2023-2024 Broadway in Rockford season Thursday. The first show of the season was, “Jesus Christ Superstar.” The season will also include, “Cirque Dreams Holidaze,” December 21st, “Come From Away,” February 6th, and “Pretty Woman: The Musical,” April…
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Black Box Youth Playhouse ready to expand into secondary location
The dance studio will prove useful practice and classroom space for the Black Box Youth Playhouse. Courtesy photo <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> SHEPHERDSTOWN — On Oct. 24, the Black Box Youth Playhouse announced its plans to expand its work into a secondary location in Shepherdstown. But to make this expansion happen, the organization had to…
