A recent visit from local elementary school students started with an audience request. “Raise your hand if you are already a playwright,” said Deborah Sunya
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Troy Powell thinks Alvin Ailey’s work “Revelations” is timeless. “He created this work to evolve with the human race,” said Powell, Ailey II’s artistic director.
Cantus is a choir with a conscience. More so than similar groups, like Chanticleer or The King’s Singers, the group uses its touring concerts as
Jay Leno got his start in comedy performing at strip clubs. He also played casinos, corporate events and college campuses. And, of course, Leno hosted
The Jazz Ambassadors have appeared in all 50 states — as well as Canada, Mexico, Japan, India and throughout Europe. But don’t expect a “perfect”
Mary Chapin Carpenter thinks a concert is a chance to go on a journey. The singer-songwriter hopes that audiences will go home feeling like fellowship
Consider yourself warned: There’s a pretty good chance the audience at the Amphitheater will be in tears tonight. At 8:15 p.m., tribute band The Purple
Paul Thorn is no stranger to rolling with the punches. Before he was a singer-songwriter, he spent about a decade as a professional prizefighter, making
Bernhard Scully’s eighth-grade music teacher had a photo of Canadian Brass hanging on the classroom wall. As a young student, Scully said listening to the
Tonight in the Amphitheater, birds of prey will be circling above the audience. There’s no cause for alarm, though. Peter Gros knows what he’s
Straight No Chaser is now performing for sold-out crowds and singing in recording studios, but there were two original motivations the a cappella group
Brittany Nicole Waddell, better known as Britt Nicole, started singing at 3 years old in her grandfather’s church. Since then she has followed the path
On July 26, John Bertles will be a playing a plastic straw. Bertles, along with his wife, Carina Piaggio, is the co-founder and co-director of
Huey Lewis does a poll during many of his concerts these days, according to longtime manager Lol Halsey, where he asks the audience how many
There’s a lot more to Lynn Trefzger’s job than not moving her lips. Trefzger is a ventriloquist with almost 40 years of experience. She’s bringing
At 8:15 p.m. Friday in the Amphitheater, folk-rock singer-songwriters Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle will take the stage in continuation of a musical partnership that formally