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Schimmel Center at Pace University concludes its 2018-19 Dance Series with Le chant des sirenes, the newest solo work from accomplished Canadian dancer and choreographer Sylvain Emard, on Friday, March 22, 2019 at 7:30pm. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased at SchimmelCenter.org, by phone at 212-346-1715, or by visiting the Schimmel Center Box Office at 3 Spruce Street, Manhattan. Box office hours are Tuesday-Saturday, noon-5pm, and then beginning three hours prior to each performance, through intermission.

Columbia University School of the Arts will present Mikhaela Mahony's (Columbia MFA Directing Candidate 2019) production of As You Like It.

California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley (CSArts-SGV), in partnership with founding campus Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA), hosts a master class with acclaimed violinist Martin Chalifour, as part of the Master Artist Series. Students from each school's Instrumental Music Conservatory perform for Chalifour and receive expert coaching and instruction. An additional 150 students from both schools observe to learn from the renowned concertmaster and their peers.

Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison's first novel comes to life at the Wells Theatre. The Bluest Eye, directed by Khanisha Foster, follows the story of young Pecola in 1940's Ohio who is pregnant at her father's hands. She is taken in by a loving family and cared for by brilliant and kind sisters, Frieda and Claudia. The character-driven play, both poetic and daringly funny, illuminates the destructive powers of racism and class dynamics while exploring the power of community through exquisite storytelling. The Bluest Eye is produced in collaboration with Norfolk State University Theatre Company.

As part of SPICMACAY's VIRAASAT-2019, Dancer (Padmashri) Geeta Chandran will showcase Bharatanatyam in her illustrated performance at Hansraj College, Delhi University, 1 p.m.

Theatre Arts & Performance Studies and Sock & Buskin present Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler in a new version by Brian Friel.

"Cal State Fullerton students had wonderful success this year at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Los Angeles this week," notes CSUF Department of Theatre and Dance Chair Dave Mickey. The 2019 KCACTF Region 8 Festival, including Arizona, Central and Southern California, Guam, Hawaii, Southern Nevada and Utah, was held February 12-16 in the Los Angeles Theater Center in downtown Los Angeles. The 2020 Region 9 Festival will be hosted by California State University, Fullerton (CSUF).

Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt trades the comforts of her rural home for a job at the Harvard Observatory in Massachusetts. Her ambition leaves both her family and her new colleagues (women known simply as "computers") perplexed. But with a single discovery, their views of themselves, each other, and the universe itself will be upended for all time. An incredible story of bold love, boundless determination, and the vast grandeur of the cosmos-an unparalleled treat for the heart, mind, and senses.

At the University of Utah, Director Ryan Emmons has a thorough understanding of a Sondheim masterwork and shows stellar work with the eager students. With Music Director Alex Marshall and Choreographer Ellie Hanagarne, COMPANY is thrilling.

The University of Washington School of Drama will present Naomi Wallace's poetic 1994 drama, In the Heart of America, March 6 - 17, 2019 at the Jones Playhouse at UW.

The Western Connecticut State University Department of Theatre Arts will present 'Ubu - An Absurdist Immersive Gran Guignol Musical' in eight performances from Feb. 26 through March 4 in the Studio Theatre of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university's Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury.

State Opera is presenting the semi-opera, or dramatick opera, King Arthur,

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) today announces the appointment of trombonist Steve Davis to its Roots, Jazz, and American Music (RJAM) faculty.

The Syracuse University Department of Drama continues the 18/19 season with "We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915" written by Jackie Sibblies Drury and directed by Gilbert McCauley. The play runs Feb. 22 - March 3 in the Arthur Storch Theatre, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse.

The Gershwins s'wonderful musical My One and Only tap dances its way onto the Wagner College Theatre Mainstage from February 21-March 3, 2019, under the direction of Ann Neiman (WCT's 42nd Street and Into the Woods), with choreography by John Scacchetti (Broadway's 42nd Street and Gypsy revivals) and music direction by David Sisco (WCT's Hair and La Cage aux Folles).

The UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance presents a university production of EVERYBODY BLACK, by Dave Harris and directed by Steve Broadnax.

Xerxes is the King, and the King gets what he wants. Unless it's Romilda, who is in love with the King's brother, Arsamene. In Handel's 40th opera, the humor and absurdity of love is presented.

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The Edinburgh University Theatre Company will present Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, radically readapted as a piece of fast-paced gig theatre. The show follows the eponymous Pippin as he is lead into different corners of life, desperately searching for fulfilment within a seemingly apathetic world.

Lewis University's Philip Lynch Theatre (PLT) continues 'chasing the dream' with the 3rd installment to Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy, Broadway Bound. Simon has won three Tony Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and has been nominated for four Academy Awards for his various plays and screenwritings. He has written over 30 plays and during the 1967 Broadway Season had four of his plays in production at the same time (Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Sweet Charity, and The Star-Spangled Girl). In 1987, Broadway Bound received four nominations for the Best Play and Drama Desk Award, was a nominee for the Tony Award Best Play, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.

The CUNY Dance Initiative and John Jay College, in collaboration with Rocha Dance Theater, present the World Premiere of Half-Heard at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 524 W. 59th Street, NYC today, February 15, 2019 at 8pm. Tickets are $25 and are available at https://halfheard.brownpapertickets.com/.

The newest drama school in London, the Pauline Quirke Full-Time Academy of Performing Arts, has waived audition charges and has also reduced its annual fees, in a bid to make its vocational training at 16+ accessible to more aspiring young performers.

Schimmel Center at Pace University continues its 2018-19 Dance Series with the return of Battery Dance on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 7:30pm. The evening's repertoire is characterized by choreography and music inspired by worldwide sources, reflecting American society and its multiplicity of cultures, with contributing artists including Silk Road Ensemble member Kevork Mourad, Grammy Award winner Kinan Azmeh, and Battery Dance Founder and Artistic Director Jonathan Hollander. In addition, choreographer Tadej Brdnik will present the world premiere of his new work,

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Parkland, Florida shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the Department of Theater at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT) and NewYorkRep will present one of a nationwide series of staged readings of the award-winning, Off-Broadway play Church & State this Today, Feb. 14 at 5:30 p.m. at UCLA TFT's 1330 Macgowan Hall. Written by Jason Odell Williams,Church & State tells the story of a gun-loving senator running for re-election. He examines his position on the Second Amendment following a shooting at his children's school. The play explores how religion, guns and social media influence our political system.

The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program is proud to present Noel Coward's classic comedy Hay Fever. This madcap play about a weekend with the eccentric Bliss family will star the MFA Class of 2020 and a guest performer.  Director Jerrold Scott's production will take the audience back to the 1920's and remind them of the joy of life and fear of boredom. The show will run from February 27th-March 9th in Helen Theatre at Playhouse Square.