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The OMNI Ensemble to Continue 41st Season in March
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 11, 2024

The OMNI Ensemble will continue its 41st season in March. Learn more about the performance here!

Tickets On Sale Now For Ashwaubenon PAC 2023-2024 Performing Arts Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 25, 2023

Get ready for an incredible lineup of performances! Tickets for the 2023-2024 Performing Arts Season at Ashwaubenon PAC are now on sale. Don't miss out - get your tickets today!

The OMNI Ensemble Begins Its 41st Season Of Concerts at The Brooklyn Conservatory Of Music
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 7, 2023

THE OMNI ENSEMBLE starts its 41st season at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music with a program featuring Baroque and modern music.

Ashwaubenon PAC Reveals 2023-2024 Performing Arts Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 6, 2023

The Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center has announced the 2023/2024 Performing Arts Season lineup of shows, featuring national and international touring artists as well as regional talent from Northeast Wisconsin. Learn more about the full lineup here!

An Operatic Performance Among The Dinosaurs Brings The Houston Museum Of Natural Science To Life At Ars Lyrica's 2023 Gala
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 10, 2023

On February 4th, Baroque music organization Ars Lyrica Houston welcomed guests to the Houston Museum of Natural Science for their 2023 Gala benefiting Ars Lyrica Opera Circle and their 20th anniversary season opera, Handel's Amadigi di Gaula. This spectacular evening honoring Connie Kwan-Wong, Zoe Wong, and Elly Wong, featured a progressive experience culminating with an opera performance among the dinosaurs!

Ashwaubenon PAC Announces Holiday Lineup
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 3, 2021

With the holiday season now here, the Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center has announced a full schedule of festive, family-friendly music performances arriving next month. The programming lineup spans a range of genres, ensuring there is something on the slate that appeals to everyone.

Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center Announces 2021-2022 Performing Arts Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 25, 2021

The Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center has announced its 2021-2022 Performing Arts Season, featuring seventeen titles and nineteen performances, running September 2021 through April 2022. The Season showcases local talent as well as national and international touring productions.

Paramount Theatre Announces First Local Staging Of KINKY BOOTS in August
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 28, 2021

Nearly 16 months after dimming its famous marquee due to COVID-19, Aurora's Paramount Theatre has started rehearsals for its 10th Anniversary Broadway Series season opener, Kinky Boots, marking a pivotal moment for the second largest subscription house in the nation as it returns to live performances next month.

Photo Flash: BELTING FOR LIFE, A Howard Brown Health Fundraiser Premieres This Sunday
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2021

Jeff Award-winning director and HIV+ activist Christopher Pazdernik presents the 6th annual Belting for Life (formerly known as Chris’ Birthday Belt Fest), an annual benefit concert for Howard Brown Health, one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ organizations. 

BELTING FOR LIFE Premieres May 16 to Raise Funds Virtually For Howard Brown Health
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 15, 2021

Jeff Award-winning director and HIV+ activist Christopher Pazdernik presents the 6th annual Belting for Life (formerly known as Chris' Birthday Belt Fest), an annual benefit concert for Howard Brown Health, one of the nation's largest LGBTQ organizations.

Photo Flash: Porchlight Music Theatre Presents CHICAGO SINGS ROCK AND ROLL BROADWAY
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 19, 2021

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced a line up including more than 50 Chicago artists performing, greetings and well wishes from Broadway stars including E. Faye Butler, Sean Allan Krill, Telly Leung, LaChanze, Susan Moniz and Kathy Voyto, a new raffle prize for a weekend in the home of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and more as a part of its annual Chicago Sings fundraising concert.

Felicia P. Fields Receives 2021 Guy Adkins Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Music Theatre in Chicago
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 19, 2021

Each year, Porchlight Music Theatre celebrates an individual who has made an exceptional and lasting contribution to the state of the art of Chicago music theatre with the prestigious Guy Adkins Award. This year, Felicia P. Fields is the recipient.

BWW Review: Prepare Ye the Way for GODSPELL at Florida Repertory Theatre!
by Elizabeth James - Feb 1, 2021

Florida Repertory Theatre's Education program's Conservatory production of GODSPELL, directed by Kody C Jones, brings to life this classic musical parable in a fresh, modern way. 

Porchlight Presents CHICAGO SINGS ROCK & ROLL BROADWAY
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 29, 2021

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced Chicago Sings Rock & Roll Broadway, premiering Saturday, March 20 at 7 p.m. CDT.

New Musicals THE CLEARWATERS and LITTLE DUENDE Lead New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 23, 2020

New York Theatre Barn will host a free live stream of its New Works Series on Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 at 7PM EDT, featuring excerpts from the new musicals The Clearwaters and Little Duende. The live 45-minute presentation will also feature a conversation with the writers and creative team.

Nikki M. James, Arielle Jacobs, Mauricio Martínez and More Set for New York Theatre Barn's October Virtual Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 1, 2020

New York Theatre Barn will continue to host weekly free live streams of its New Works Series each Wednesday evening at 7PM ET. Upcoming installments of the series include excerpts from the new musicals The King's Wife, Love and Southern D!scomfort, Shapeshifters: A Queer Comic Book Musical, Present Perfect and more.

The OMNI Ensemble Begins Its 37th Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 18, 2019

The OMNI Ensemble will begin its 37th season of concerts in the recital hall at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music on Saturday evening, November 16, 2019 at 8:00 pm. Music Director/Flutist David Wechsler, will be joined by violist Amadi Azikiwe and harpist Chelsea Lane for a concert of music for flute, viola, and harp. Works include Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp, Maurice Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, David Stock's A Vanished World, Arnold Bax's Elegaic Trio and David Wechsler's Three Movements for flute, viola and harp. Continuing as the chamber music group in residence at the Brooklyn Conservatory, the OMNI Ensemble will continue to perform concerts of enormous variety all designed to provide their audience with a musical diversity not ordinarily encountered by one chamber music group. Throughout the season they perform in the recital hall at the College of Staten Island and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. This concert is being streamed live over this link: bqcm.org/live. click on 'Upcoming Shows' and pick the one for November 16, OMNI Ensemble. A little button will say 'Watch Live!'

Paramount Theatre Presents BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
by Stephi Wild - Oct 11, 2019

Great dancing candlesticks! Just wait to see what Aurora's Paramount Theatre has in store for Disney's Beauty and the Beast, November 13, 2019-January 19, 2020 at the beautiful Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in Aurora. Press opening is Friday, November 22, at 8 p.m.

Paramount Theatre Announces 2019-20 Opener NEWSIES
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2019

Then you want Newsies - refreshing, inspirational, a huge feel-good show for the whole family, and the perfect opener for the ninth Broadway Series at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora.

The 5th Annual New York Indie Theatre One-minute Play Festival Comes To New Ohio Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2019

The 5th ANNUAL NEW YORK INDIE THEATRE ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL (#1MPF) returns to for its fifth year, in partnership with New Ohio Theatre. The 5th Annual NY Indie 1MPF runs three performances only; Sunday, June 2nd, Monday, June 3rd, and Tuesday, June 4th at 8pm. All performances are at New Ohio Theatre (154 Christopher Street). Tickets, priced at $20, are available at newohiotheatre.org.