Category: Performing Arts

  • ‘Sound of Music’ opens AOP’s season; ‘Oz’ in the summer

    ‘Sound of Music’ opens AOP’s season; ‘Oz’ in the summer

    Executive Director Anne Jackson sees a trio of very specific niches for Arts One Presents. Born out of the legacy of Springdale’s Arts Center of the Ozarks, AOP’s “projects are the mechanisms we use to provide opportunities for local talent to be creative, mentor the next generation of theater community and production technicians, and provide…

  • FPAC to Present a New Play by Miranda Rose Hall

    FPAC to Present a New Play by Miranda Rose Hall

    Above, the cast (clockwise from top left): Kellie Stamp, Aiden Day, Kylie Parsons, Matthew Packard, Aida Ryan DiChiara, Liam Nolan-Hayun. The Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) is excited to present To Tell a Story About the Earth, a new play by Miranda Rose Hall in development by LubDub Theatre Co January 10-12 at THE BLACK BOX.…

  • ‘Broadways Next Hit Musical’ rocks Big Sky

    ‘Broadways Next Hit Musical’ rocks Big Sky

    The New York City-based musical improv troupe performed at WMPAC as part of its national tour Avi Lapchick EBS CONTRIBUTOR For most live performances, all that is asked of audience members is their full attention and their silent respect. Shouting out of turn? Don’t even dare. However, in the case of “Broadway’s Next Hit Musical,”…

  • ‘Exceptional night’ spotlights area singers at Lake Shore Center for Arts

    ‘Exceptional night’ spotlights area singers at Lake Shore Center for Arts

    Grace Stumberg, Marty Peters, Bill Ward and Maria Sebastian take part in the first Songwriters Circle. <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> Westfield’s Lake Shore Center for the Arts once again filled their stage with talented performers on Thursday, Dec. 19. Initiated by Tim Wright, area singer/songwriter/actor, Songwriters Circle now will be a monthly event at the…

  • StageLync – Job – Actor/Host Auditions

    <!– –> United States, New York Posted on: Dec. 29, 2024 StageLync Job Board: The place where you can find and post onstage and backstage performing arts jobs and auditions for performing arts professionals around the world. – StageLyncPro is the leading performing arts professional platform.

  • BRAVO: Warehouse Theatre Company wraps up a successful season with “The Sound of Music”

    BRAVO: Warehouse Theatre Company wraps up a successful season with “The Sound of Music”

    Calendar year 2024 has been one of unquestionable success for the Warehouse Theatre Company in Yakima. They’ve met or exceeded every accepted measure of theater achievement. Their mission is to “engage, enrich, and encourage the Yakima Valley community through shared experiences in theater arts,” and the company can count the past year as perhaps the…

  • Arts organization decries anti-art education bill pending in state legislature

    Arts organization decries anti-art education bill pending in state legislature

    Thirty Years Ago This Week: “We must act now to pre-empt!” Gully Sanford, outgoing chairman of the Colorado Alliance for Arts Education, warned at CAAE’s annual meeting at the Denver Civic Theatre. Sanford was speaking to the threat of coming state legislation that would be unfavorable to the arts. State Sen. Al Meikeljohn, R-Arvada, chairman…

  • Here are 6 ways to explore the Kansas City region north of the Missouri River

    Here are 6 ways to explore the Kansas City region north of the Missouri River

    This story was first published in KCUR’s Adventure newsletter. You can sign up to receive stories like this in your inbox every Tuesday. Kansas City’s Northland is a vast and growing region — exploding in population over the last decade and a half, and becoming more of a cultural and political powerhouse. What exactly counts…

  • Impact plays keep the gas on in cautious times

    Impact plays keep the gas on in cautious times

    It’s no secret that the performing arts have been on the rocks trying to bounce back from the pandemic shutdown. The year 2024 saw at least five Colorado theater companies go dead or dormant, and it ends with several more on the ropes. (On the bright side, nine foolish (I mean fearless) small startup groups…

  • Cabot Village 12th Night Celebration: ‘a festival by and for the community’

    Cabot Village 12th Night Celebration: ‘a festival by and for the community’

    Wassailing, a Mummers’ play, Morris and sword dancing, a “crankie” show, lots of music, a parade and even hands-on “ugly stick” crafting — Cabot Village is celebrating and inviting everyone to join them. Next weekend — starting Friday evening, Jan. 3, and continuing all day Saturday, Jan. 4 — Cabot Arts presents its fifth annual…