Nov 22 Friday
The Youngstown playhouse presents the show, The Thanksgiving Play, weekends Friday, November 15 through Sunday, November 24, with evening performances at 7:30 pm, and the Sunday matinee at 2:30 pm. A group of well-meaning but misguided theater pros scramble to create a culturally sensitive Thanksgiving play for an elementary school. Tickets are available at youngstownplayhouse.org.
Opera Western Reserve presents Giuseppe Verdi's 3-act, romantic tragedy opera, La Traviata, on Friday, November 22 at 7:30pm in the Edward W Powers Auditorium at DeYor Performing Arts Center, in downtown Youngtown. More information at operawesternreserve.org.
Nov 23 Saturday
The Canton Symphony Orchestra, continuing its MasterWorks concert series on Saturday, November 23rd at 7:30PM in Umstattd Hall, with a program titled "The 100th Anniversary of Rhapsody in Blue." Pianist Baron Fenwick joins the Symphony for a performance of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Also on the program are works by Scott Joplin, Aaron Copland, and others inspired by the world of jazz. Information and tickets at 330-452-20-94, or at Canton Symphony dot org.
Nov 24 Sunday
The Illuminare Choral Ensemble presents I Was Glad, a concert of awe-inspiring sacred choral music, on Sunday, November 24, at 4:30 pm, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Allison Park, PA. Music director Jon Simsic leads this ensemble that is composed of singers drawn from the greater Youngstown area. The a cappella program will feature chant as well as compositions by Orlando De Lassus, Thomas Tallis, Anton Bruckner, and others.
Nov 29 Friday
The Millennial Theatre Company presents the play, Who's Holiday, from Friday, November 29 through Sunday, December 1, with the evening performances at 7:30, and the Sunday matinee at 3:00 pm, at Youngstown's Hopewell Theatre, on Mahoning Avenue, in Youngstowwn. Who's Holiday is an adults-only comedy that tells the story of Cindy Lou Who as she recalls that Christmas Eve she first met the Grinch and the twisted turn of events her life has now taken. Tickets at millennialtheatre.org.
Starring Brandy Johanntges as Cindy Lou Who!
Nov 30 Saturday
The Illuminare Choral Ensemble presents I Was Glad, a concert of awe-inspiring sacred choral music, on Saturday, November 30, at 7:30 pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown, on Elm Street. Music director Jon Simsic leads this ensemble that is composed of singers drawn from the greater Youngstown area. The a cappella program will feature chant as well as compositions by Orlando De Lassus, Thomas Tallis, Anton Bruckner, and others.