Category: Performing Arts

  • 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

    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…

  • ‘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…

  • 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…

  • Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, Bayway Arts Center ready to reopen

    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,”…

  • 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…

  • Black Box Youth Playhouse ready to expand into secondary location

    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…

  • Theatre Review: ‘Our Dirty War’ at Georgetown University’s Davis Performing Arts Center

    Ayush Gupta and Amelia Shotwell. Photo by Rafael Suanes on behalf of Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts. “Our Dirty War” is a rare gem of theatrical depth and daring. Written and directed by Camilla Madero (this is her senior thesis), who also plays the role of her father, Roberto Madero, the story represents a…

  • Adirondack Performing Arts Center receives grant

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  • Marybelle Musco Underwrites Contemporary Dance Series with Generous Gift

    Over the summer, long-time Chapman University benefactor Marybelle Musco donated $300,000 to her namesake, the Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco Center for the Arts, to found and underwrite a new contemporary dance series that bears her name and also provides support for classical music. “Following the Covid-19 shutdown, Musco Center for the Arts — as…

  • Reimagining tales you thought you knew

    November 2, 2023 Stanford Live presents reimagined versions of stories you thought you knew Director of programming Laura Evans discusses staging this season’s theme of reflection and reinvention, including a modern retelling of Frankenstein using shadow puppetry, film, and live music. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email By Robin Wander The film adaptation of Moby Dick was…