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The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will be joined by Associate Conductor Sean Newhouse, soprano Jacqueline Brecheen and Dance Kaleidoscope to ring in the New Year with an exciting program featuring many familiar and popular Viennese Strauss family waltzes, polkas, and arias in one concert only Thursday, December 31, at 9 p.m. at the Hilbert Circle Theatre.

Tickets may be purchased by calling (317) 639-4300 or toll free (800) 366-8457, going online at www.IndianapolisSymphony.org or in person at the Hilbert Circle Theatre Box Office.

This colorful program, performed in the long-time Viennese New Year’s tradition, Will feature many of the Strauss family waltzes, polkas and arias, including the Tales from the Vienna Woods, Emperor, Sphärenklänge, and On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltzes, plus the Thunder and Lightning and Tritsch Tratsch Polkas.   The superb artistry of Dance Kaleidoscope, under the artistic direction of David Hochoy, will be showcased n the Sphärenklänge and Emperor Waltzes and the Tritsch Tratsch Polka.  Also featured will be arias such as “Vilia” from Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow, plus “Adele’s Laughing Song” and the “Audition Song” from Die Fledermaus that will be performed by soprano Jacqueline Brecheen, plus the popular Radetzky March and the traditional “Auld Lang Syne” to ring in the New Year.

Following the performance, the audience is invited to attend a party in the Hilbert Circle Theatre lobby that will include a champagne toast, cash bar, light hors d’oeuvres and dancing to the music of the Paul Berns Band.

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance will open the second decade of the Twenty-first Century with a month full of exciting and eclectic music and dance performances this January 2010. Highlights include the highly anticipated returns of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan; the annual Contempo Double-Bill engagement featuring Grammy Award-winning Harris Theater resident company eighth blackbird along with jazz musicians Kenny Werner and Chris Potter, and a performance by The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, celebrating Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Rounding out the month is the Harris Theater Family Series “DJ Beethoven” engagement featuring a brand-new program by the New Millennium Orchestra! Continue Reading

The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University (1 University Parkway, University Park, IL 60484) proudly presents the triumphant return to its stage, for the first time since 2001, of Chicago’s celebrated international dance company Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) for one night only, Saturday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets are now on sale. Following the performance, HSDC artistic staff will be available for a free post-show question and answer session with the audience in Governors State University’s Engbretson Hall. Continue Reading

Continuing the momentum and building on the critical success of its fall 2009 season, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park will present a winter/spring 2010 season of impressive and diverse performances by the city’s most acclaimed music and dance institutions as well as world-renowned national and International Artists and ensembles through its Harris Theater Presents series.

The schedule for the Harris Theater winter/spring 2010 season includes a variety of acclaimed Chicago favorites, Chicago premieres and engagements with individuals and organizations that are seldom seen in Chicago. Joining such popular and acclaimed Chicago institutions as River North Chicago Dance Company, Music of the Baroque, eighth blackbird, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Chicago Opera Theater and Chicago Jazz Ensemble is highly anticipated return of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan; the introduction of the Harris Theater’s Broadway Luminaries series, including engagements with composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheimand Chicago area native Christine Ebersole; the annual Contempo Double-Bill, featuring eighth blackbird and jazz musicians Kenny Werner and Chris Potter; classical guitarist Sharon Isbin and violinist Mark O’Connor; The Magnetic Fields; and the conclusion of the Harris’ new Eat to the Beat $5.00 lunchtime dance series. Continue Reading

Music Theatre International (MTI), the world’s premier theatrical licensor, will play a leading role on the digital stage with the launch of its free online community, MTI ShowSpaceä (www.mtishowspace.com), it was announced by Jason Cocovinis, MTI’s Director of Marketing.   Dedicated to people who love and live musical theatre, MTI ShowSpaceä offers thespians and fans a space to connect with anyone and everyone involved in the theatrical process, and serves as a continuously expanding free knowledge database so that members can make their next show their best show.  Unlike other social networking outlets, MTI has built an online community that is specific to the practice of putting on a show. Continue Reading

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance will present a month full of exciting and festive music and dance performances this December 2009. Highlights include the Harris Theater presentation of legendary soprano Kathleen Battle in a special holiday spirituals engagement with Chicago Children’s Choir; and holiday engagements with the Lakeside Singers, Midwest Young Artists, The Apollo Chorus, as well as the Bank of America Do-It-Yourself Messiah. Other performances include Chicago’s own Grammy Award-winning new music sextet, eighth blackbird, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Continue Reading

Oxygen’s inspiring and popular weight loss/dance competition series,  “Dance Your Ass Off,” begins nationwide search for contestants to compete in the upcoming second season.  Open calls for men and women interested in taking the stage and the scales in the hit series will begin November 21 in Los Angeles.  Continue Reading

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (ATRU, 50 E. Congress Parkway) proudly presents the internationally acclaimed Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet for two shows only, Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets are now on sale. Continue Reading