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Burning Coal Theatre Company announced its production of THE RAINMAKER, offering audiences a compelling theatrical experience. Discover the story and performances that bring this classic to life.

Tickets are now on sale for a one-night-only performance by Tony Award-winning performer Beth Leavel at Theatre Raleigh at 8 p.m. Feb. 10.

The International Association of Venue Managers has announced the nomination of Kerry Painter, CVE, CEM, CMP, for Second Vice Chair of the IAVM's Board of Directors. Painter will serve a four-year term, taking on the Chairman position in 2023-2024.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 1/30/2020 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 1/23/2020 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts more than 120 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the 50th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), which runs April 16-20, 2019 in multiple locations throughout the Center. The Center also announced the national awardees for the KCACTF. Selected awardees and representatives will be brought to Washington, D.C. for an expense-paid trip to participate in the National Festival. These student artists from across the United States have been recognized for their outstanding work from the eight regional festivals that were held January 8 through February 28, 2019.

North Carolina Opera has announced the company's 2019-20 season, which includes fully-staged productions of Mozart's The Magic Flute (Apr. 3 & 5, 2020) and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci (Jan. 24 & 26, 2020), a concert performance of Act III from Wagner's Siegfried (Nov. 10, 2019), and a vocal recital by superstar tenor Lawrence Brownlee (Feb. 18, 2020). The announcement was made by the company's General Director Eric Mitchko at the 2019-20 Season Reveal, which was held on Tuesday, March 26 at CAM Raleigh and graciously sponsored by the Meredith College Department of Music, CITRIX, Mitchell's, Queen of Wines, Savills, Glenwood Agency Real Estate, and Hibernian Pub.

Repertory Dance Theatre celebrates 53 years of revolutionary modern dance with their annual fundraiser and choreographer competition, REGALIA, on February 9, 2019, at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. The competition brings four talented and aspiring choreographers the chance to win a commission for RDT in the 2019-2020 season. 

It was the kiss seen around the world when the cast of THE PROM took center stage at The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. They performed their finale number, at the end of which the two actresses who play the lesbian couple at the center of the show kissed. It was a first for the parade and a moment that was both celebrated and scorned on social media. For Raleigh native Beth Leavel, who is starring in THE PROM, that finale moment celebrates what this show is all about. 'If you come away with your heart exploring something you didn't' think was possible, wow,' she says. 'Theater is amazing.'

Sonorous Road Theatre & Film Studio presents an immersive holiday production with their 2nd annual original adaptation of the classic short story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. Performances will be at Sonorous Road, 3801 Hillsborough St, Suite 113, Raleigh, NC, December 6-17

Burning Coal Theatre Company is proud to announce that its Artistic Director, Jerome Merritt Davis, will receive the 2018 Raleigh Medal of Arts Award.