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Dayton Live Launches 2023-24 Discovery Series For Students


by Stephi Wild - August 29, 2023

Dayton Live will offer in-person performing arts field trips for students with the 2023-2024 Discovery Series! More than 1 million students have experienced the wonder of live performance since this series debuted in 1991. In all those years, the belief that arts education is an essential component ...

DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE Comes To The Victoria Theatre in November


by Blair Ingenthron - July 23, 2023

Now, in its fourth year of touring, your favorite characters are hopping back on-board Trolley and coming to Dayton with DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE: KING FOR A DAY! at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday, November 25th at 2 P.M....

The Schuster Center Celebrates its 20th Anniversary


by Stephi Wild - March 03, 2023

The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, presiding over the corner of Second and Main Streets in downtown Dayton, celebrated its 20th anniversary this week! It all started in 2003 with a black-tie gala event followed by a Community Open House bringing thousands of individuals from all ...

Past Shows

The Black Tour
The Black Tour
2/4 - 2/5/2023


The Black Tour celebrates joy wrapped in a blanket of Blackness and kinship. The performance wraps us all in a rich heritage of storytelling that ...

The Addams Family
6/17 - 6/19/2022

Something Rotten!
5/20 - 5/21/2022

Stomp
10/15 - 10/17/2021


STOMP is explosive, provocative, sophisticated, sexy, utterly unique and appeals to audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered an armful of awards ...

Cinderella In-Theatre
4/23 - 4/25/2021


Dayton Ballet dons its glass slipper and takes another giant step forward in reviving live dance with one of the most popular and most widely ...


Roald Dahl’s amazing tale is now Dayton’s golden ticket! It’s the perfect recipe for a delectable treat: songs from the original film, including “Pure Imagination,” ...


She was a girl from Boston with a voice from heaven, who shot through the stars from gospel choir to dance floor diva. But what ...

Rent 20th Anniversary Tour
1/21 - 1/26/2020


In 1996, an original rock musical by a little-known composer opened on Broadway… and forever changed the landscape of American theatre. Two decades later, Jonathan ...

NARNIA the Musical
NARNIA the Musical
11/30 - 12/1/2019


NARNIA: The Musical is a dramatization of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first and most famous of acclaimed British author C.S. Lewiss ...

The SpongeBob Musical
11/19 - 11/24/2019


A legendary roster of Grammy Award winners. A visionary director and a Tony Award-winning design team. One of the world’s most beloved characters. Turn them ...


Winner of the 2018 TONY AWARD FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a ...

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters


When a great African king desires a wife, only the most perfect maidens in the land are invited to meet him. Mufaro’s two very different ...

The Cat In The Hat


From the moment his tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears at their door, Sally and her brother know that the Cat in the Hat is the most ...

The Female Factor
The Female Factor
3/31 - 4/2/2017


Since the beginning of time when the natural movement of body to music evolved into its own art form, women have shaped the face of ...

Pinkalicious The Musical


Pinkalicious can’t stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor’s office with pinkititis, an affliction that ...

Daring Duets
Daring Duets
2/9 - 2/12/2017


Artistic Director Karen Russo Burke and Dayton Ballet bring an exciting new ballet repertory program entitled Daring Duets to the Victoria Theatre stage, celebrating the ...

A Year With Frog And Toad


Based on Arnold Lobel’s beloved children’s books and featuring a jazzy, upbeat score, this Tony Award nominated musical is an inventive, exuberant, and enchanting experience ...

Mutts Gone Nuts


Disorderly duo Scott and Joan Houghton and their hilarious pack of pooches have created a comedy dog thrill show like no other. Expect the unexpected ...

Dracula: Bloodlines
Dracula: Bloodlines
10/20 - 10/23/2016


Since its 1897 literary debut, the story of Bram Stoker’s Dracula has been told in various forms—in prose, play, movie, opera and, to our delight, ...

Lyric Fire: Dunbar In Motion


Choreographer Dianne McIntyre’s exquisite choreography, LYRIC FIRE puts into physical motion the poetry of Dayton’s own Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first African-American poet to achieve ...

Havana Hop
Havana Hop
4/27


What if you were invited to dance for the President of the United States? You’d want it to be the best dance ever! Come meet ...

Charlotte’s Web


E.B. White’s loving story of the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a little gray spider named Charlotte comes to life in CHARLOTTE’S WEB. ...

The B.F.G.
The B.F.G.
4/20


A 15-foot-tall vegetarian giant with vocabulary problems teams up with a little orphan girl called Sophie. Together, Sophie and her new “jumbly” friend, the B.F.G. ...

Popovich Comedy Pet Theater


Get ready for an afternoon of fun as you watch pets jumping, dancing, flying through the air, or balancing in ways you’ve never seen before! ...

Evil Dead, The Musical
Evil Dead, The Musical
11/6 - 11/8/2015


All the elements of Sam Raimi’s cult classic films combined in one crazy theatrical experience! The only musical where you can choose to sit in ...

Robin Hood


He robs the rich and gives to the poor. He sneaks around Sherwood Forest with his band of merry men. And his spiffy green tights ...

Nobodies Of Comedy Tour


We’ve scoured the country for the funniest and most outrageous comics we’ve ever seen and guess what…you’ve never even heard of them! But all that’s ...

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike


Award-winning playwright Christopher Durang has created a witty and incisive new farce for our modern hyperconnected world. In bucolic Bucks County, PA, Vanya and Sonia ...

Pinkalicious The Musical


New York’s multi-award-winning Vital Theatre Company brings a fresh new PINKALICIOUS to the Victoria stage! Pinkalicious can’t stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her ...

Eric Dittelman


Eric Dittelman has a unique blend of mind reading and stand-up and improvisational comedy that will have you laughing while marveling how he does what ...

The Velveteen Rabbit


“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, ...

Smokey Joe's Café
Smokey Joe's Café
11/11 - 11/23/2014


Welcome to the hottest joint in town! The Coasters are headlining and it’s always a party at SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ! This Tony Award®-nominated and Grammy ...

J.D. Souther
J.D. Souther
10/10


Songwriter to the stars…now a star himself in the hit ABC show “Nashville,” J.D. Souther has been the man behind the music for decades. Songs ...

Mark Lowry
Mark Lowry
5/16


Mark Lowry is known and loved around the world as a trusted voice in the realm of gospel music and beyond. He started making music ...

Peter Pan
Peter Pan
5/6


Adapted from the classic tale by J.M. Barrie, PETER PAN explores the journey of a group of children in turn-of-the-century London who use their imaginations ...

Black Violin
Black Violin
5/2 - 5/3/2014


Virtuoso violinists Kev and Wil B will raise the roof sky-high with their funky fusion of classical, jazz, hip-hop blues and R&B. Joining the duo ...


Virtuoso violinists Kev and Wil B are back to once again raise the roof sky-high with their funky fusion of classical, jazz, hip-hop, blues and ...

Girls Night: The Musical


GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL has been thrilling audiences and earning raves from critics throughout North America since it began touring after its sensational Off-Broadway debut. ...

New Directions
New Directions
3/20 - 3/23/2014


The constructed music of Johannes Brahms and a Renaissance royal court are the inspirations of former Dayton Ballet Artistic Director Dermot Burke's Fête des Courtiers. ...


After fifteen years of marriage, TV personalities and real-life-married-couple Annabelle Gurwitch (“Dinner and a Movie,” Fired!) and Jeff Kahn (“The Ben Stiller Show,” Forty Year ...

We’re Going On A Bear Hunt


Michael Rosen’s award-winning book is brought to vividly and noisily to life as we join our intrepid adventurers on their quest to find a bear. ...

Diversity in Dance
Diversity in Dance
2/13 - 2/16/2014


Romance transforms into tragedy in Butterfly Suite, Karen Russo Burke’s ballet based on the 1898 short story Madame Butterfly by John Luther Long and immortalized ...


With their usual wild inventiveness and ingenious storytelling, The Zoot Theatre Company returns to the Victoria Theatre, with their imaginative and captivating puppets! Get ready ...

It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
12/3 - 12/15/2013


Produced by The Human Race Theatre Company as part of the Victoria Theatre Association's Broadway Series this beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life ...


This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast – complete with jazzy radio jingles, hilarious commercials, and a ...


The SQUIRM BURPEE CIRCUS is an exhilarating, fantastical adventure featuring classic vaudeville comedy, high-skill circus acts and a plot rooted in American melodrama. Featuring an ...

Tom Cotter
10/18


With a burst of energy, Tom Cotter has taken the comedy scene by storm this year as a finalist on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” Tom’s ...

Videos


5th Annual Holiday Happening: A Christmas Carol in Dayton 5th Annual Holiday Happening: A Christmas Carol
Preble Players (12/13 - 12/15)

HOLIDAY SHOW Tracker
PHOTOS
A Beautiful Noise in Dayton A Beautiful Noise
Schuster Performing Arts Center [Mead Theatre] (11/26 - 12/1)
A Frosty Night in Dayton A Frosty Night
The Human Race Theatre Company (12/11 - 12/22)
The Comeuppance in Dayton The Comeuppance
The Human Race Theatre Company (5/27 - 6/8)
A Distinct Society in Dayton A Distinct Society
The Human Race Theatre Company (2/5 - 2/16)
SIX (Boleyn Tour) in Dayton SIX (Boleyn Tour)
Schuster Performing Arts Center [Mead Theatre] (1/14 - 1/19)
Camelot in Dayton Camelot
The Human Race Theatre Company (3/25 - 4/6)
Peter Pan (Non-Equity) in Dayton Peter Pan (Non-Equity)
Schuster Performing Arts Center [Mead Theatre] (2/26 - 3/2)
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