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Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will present SONG OF THE PHOENIX at Susquehanna University. Discover the fusion of martial arts and poetry through dance in this captivating performance. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company announced its 2024-25 season with performances in Ohio, California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York City, including a residency at South Coast Chinese Cultural Association.

SOUTH FLORIDA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’s first masterworks concert of 2024 features trailblazing female African American composers, a Bach premiere, and Brahms. Award-winning pianist Awadagin Pratt joins SFSO for Jessie Montgomery’s GRAMMY nominated 'Rounds' and Bach’s 'Keyboard Concerto No. 4.'

Regarded as one of the finest musicals ever written, Gypsy is the unforgettable tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughters’ success, as well as her own. With a glorious score featuring some of Broadway’s most iconic numbers, this blockbuster musical shows the ups and downs of show business with passion, humor, and class.

Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven and the WAM Theatre team has announced an exciting ensemble of actors who are performing in the upcoming 2023 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. The roster features a diverse array of talented performers. For all but one, Fresh Takes 2023 marks their WAM debut. 

Gretna Theatre will present four Family Series productions this summer at Mt. Gretna Playhouse. Each event is at 11:00 am on a summer Saturday morning, and sure to be fun for the whole family! Three of four performances will feature the 2023 Acting Apprentice Class, including Kayla Bassoff, Gerson Malave, Cassie Molloy, Tyler Shadle, Jeremiah Rosado, and Olivia Whitner.

Valley Youth Theatre will welcome Mark Stoddard as the Associate Artistic Director of Valley Youth Theatre. Stoddard brings over 20 years in theatre education experience to VYT, most recently as the Theatre Director and Instructor at Xavier College Preparatory.  

The Paul Robeson Award will be bestowed on Dale R. Shields for 2021, Pearl Cleage for 2022 and The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City for 2023.

Theatrical Outfit has announced that after a nation-wide search, Vanya Foote has been named the new Managing Director at the company. Working in partnership with Artistic Director Matt Torney, Foote will lead TO as it continues to grow its mission of starting the conversations that matter in the heart of Downtown Atlanta – fueled by Mainstage Productions, the new works program Made In Atlanta, and ever expanding community outreach.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced its fall/winter programming, reflective of its artistic vision, featuring a mix of collaborations with constituents across Lincoln Center and a focus on genres historically underrepresented on campus.

Center Players will conclude its successful 2021-22 season with a production of Jackie Robinson Steals Home at Center Playhouse, 35 South St, in downtown Freehold, NJ from July 8-17, 2022.

Morton Kaish: A Print Retrospective, a special exhibition of work by Morton Kaish (SU '49) on view in the Palitz Gallery at Syracuse University's Lubin House in New York City, has been extended through April 22, 2022.

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Dean Stanley E. Romanstein has announced the addition of Elizabeth Payne to the college's roster of distinguished performing and media arts faculty members. A costume designer with more than 20 years of experience designing for theatre, dance and television,

Metropolitan Playhouse's groundbreaking reading series continues as Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents its next free 'screened' reading, live-streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow, The Rector by Rachel Crothers.

This February Otherworld Theatre presents Anniversary, written by Jeanne Tiehen and directed by Maria Burnham. The play runs February 7 - February 16, 2020 at Otherworld Theatre. Tickets for all shows are Pay-What-You-Can and are available at www.OtherworldTheatre.org.