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MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, awarded Fellowships to 139* artists from 25 U.S. states and seven countries. The incoming Fellows reflect multiple artistic disciplines and will arrive from places such as Brazil, Portugal, Jamaica, and the UK, as well as Hawaii, Minnesota, Texas, and Washington.

Chamber Music America (CMA), the national network for ensemble music professionals, today announced the distribution of $1,290,450 through its six grant programs.

HARLEM AIR SHAFT is a multidisciplinary performance ritual examining the relationship between jazz and memory in the context of a Harlem streetscape, conceived by the award-winning multimedia artist Justin Randolph Thompson in collaboration with choreographer Stefanie Nelson and visual artist Bradly Dever Treadaway.

Artist-focused non-profit Giant Step Arts partners with Jazz Generation's KEYED UP! for new edition of acclaimed concert series Walk With The Wind, April 10-11 free performances at Central Park: Summit Rock in Seneca Village.

SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young has announced its Livestream Winter Fundraising Event Under One Moon: Voices United on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at 7:00 PM EST. This festive SAY family celebration will stream live to raise crucial funds in support of SAY’s life-changing programs for young people who stutter.

Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino will pioneer the return of live, ticketed entertainment in Downtown Las Vegas with the reopening of the Delirious Comedy Club on Oct. 15.

Today we rewind to 2018, when Encores brought Grand Hotel back to the stage. Originally produced under the title At the Grand (1958), with a score by Robert Wrightand George Forrest and book by Luther Davis, the production was revitalized in 1989 by director-choreographer Tommy Tune, with additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, for a Tony Award-winning run on Broadway.

For Week 12 of National Sawdust's Digital Discovery Festival focused on Virtuosity, we present short concerts with genuine virtuosi, including an exceptional percussionist early in her career and a guitarist in the prime of his creative years.

With over sixty total events featuring more than 100 artists over a four month span, National Sawdust's ongoing Digital Discovery Festival is the rarest sort of story in NYC's post-COVID live music world: an unalloyed success.

New York City Center is presenting the #EncoresArchives series! They will be posting daily highlights from their musical theater vault from Encores!, Encores! Off-Center, and Gala productions.

We asked, and you delivered! Recently, BroadwayWorld ran an article on our top 5 favorite moments from Smash! We asked you to drop your personal favorites in the comments. Relive all of our readers' favorite moments below!

In December, The Messthetics -- Anthony Pirog, Joe Lally, and Brendan Canty -- will be back on the road, playing shows across the Southern US and Midwest including stops in Asheville, Kansas City, Lexington, and Cincinnati. Find the complete itinerary below. 

On September 6th, Washington, D.C.'s The Messthetics -- Anthony Pirog, Joe Lally, and Brendan Canty -- will release their second full-length, Anthropocosmic Nest. Today, watch a video for the album's closing song, 'Touch Earth Touch Sky,' which was directed by Dan Sharnoff. This fall, the band will head out on tour once again, including a number of shows in Texas as well as their first trip to Australia, where they'll perform alongside The Mark of Cain. 

The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Department of Theatre and Dance and Kennedy Theatre will be hosting a celebration of the life and career of Terence a?oeTerrya?? Knapp on Saturday, October 19, 2019. Doors will open at 5:00pm, participants will be welcome to visit with one another on the upper lanai; the formal Celebration will begin at 5:30pm in the Kennedy Theatre auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public. 

Season 5 Opens with 'A Night of Female Composers' featuring works by Clara Schumann, Ellen Reid, Emma O'Halloran, Mary Lou Williams, Missy Mazzoli, Meredith Monk, and Paola Prestini Lara Downes' 'Holes in the Sky' concert marks the 200th birthday of Clara Schumann with a tribute to influential female composers

The Sauk, Hillsdale County's community theatre, will present THE LARAMIE PROJECT, for four performances only, March 28-31.

The Sauk, Hillsdale County's community theatre, is thrilled to announce the cast for the upcoming production of 'The Laramie Project.' The play will be presented for four performances only, March 28-31.

Out November 23rd on Don Giovanni Records, Magnetic Memory is a new full-length by NYC-based composer, producer, and performer Hprizm (aka High Priest, aka Kyle Austin). Today, listen to the new track, 'Break the Body Down' via Ghettoblaster. 

Out November 23rd on Don Giovanni Records, Magnetic Memory is a new full-length by NYC-based composer, producer, and performer Hprizm (aka High Priest, aka Kyle Austin).

Having already chalked up an astonishing 50 years in showbiz, comedy veterans 'The Grumbleweeds' continue to delight audiences around the globe and they're due to appear at The Spa Theatre, Scarborough this summer!