MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET to Play Carr Performing Arts Centre, Tickets On Sale 9/21September 20, 2012FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America - Orlando announces tickets for the national tour of the Broadway musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, inspired by the electrifying true story, will go on sale Friday, September 21st at 10 am. MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will play the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre from October 30-November 4.
Hangtown Halloween Ball Music Festival Announces Late Night Music Additions, 10/26-28September 20, 2012Railroad Earth's Hangtown Halloween Ball has announced its Late Night line-up for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The line-up includes a special set with Karl Denson and Friends, Emmitt-Nershi Band, The Infamous Stringdusters, Orgone and NVO. The festival will be held at the gateway of the High Sierra Mountains in Placerville, Calif., from October 26-28.
Ovation Airs the US Premiere of BLACKOUT, Beginning 10/22September 20, 2012Ovation continues its critically acclaimed programming block "The Best You've Never Seen" with the U.S. premiere of BLACKOUT. The three-part mini-series premieres Monday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT and consecutive episodes air October 29 and November 5 at 8:00 p.m.ET/5:00 p.m. PT.
Franklin School for the Performing Arts Announces New Classes, 2012-2013 Electric Youth CastSeptember 18, 2012The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) introduces new dance classes for the 2012-2013 school year. Instruction will be offered in Franklin and at the school's new satellite facility in downtown Hudson. Entering its 28th year, FSPA offers a broad range of programming in music, dance and drama, with extensive performing opportunities through the school and the affiliated Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC).
Rene Pape's 2012-2013 Season Includes Engagements in Berlin, New York, Chicago, and MoreSeptember 18, 2012Rene Pape will travel to Germany to reprise his acclaimed Wotan at the Berlin State Opera, in a production of Wagner's Die Walkure conducted by Daniel Barenboim (Oct 4-14). For concerts celebrating the centennial of Sir Georg Solti's birth, the singer joins conductor Valery Gergiev and the World Orchestra for Peace at Carnegie Hall (Oct 19) and in Chicago (Oct 21). Pape returns to La Scala--where he just made his recital debut on Sunday, September 16--in December to open its opera season, portraying King Heinrich in Wagner's Lohengrin, together with his friend Jonas Kaufmann and frequent musical partner Daniel Barenboim (Dec 7-17). On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, Pape re-joins Barenboim for performances of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at the Staatskapelle Berlin. And in 2013, to help mark the bicentennial of Wagner's birth, Pape sings his signature Gurnemanz in the new Francois Girard production of Parsifal at the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Daniele Gatti (Feb 15-March 8).