Opera Western Reserve and Stambaugh Auditorium are presenting a YouTube broadcast of the 2018 Opera Western Reserve Performance of Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, on Friday, May 29th, a 7 pm. This performance is directed by David Vosburgh and and music is directed by Susan Davenny Wyner. Featured singers are Marian Vogel as Butterfly and Jesus Daniel Hernandez as Pinkerton. Links can be found on WYSU's Community Calendar at wysu.org in this PSA on May 29.
Opera Western Reserve presents Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata, on Friday, November 13 at 7:30 pm, in Stambaugh Auditorium, on Fifth Avenue, in Youngstown. The opera features some of Verdi's most beautiful arias, and is his most performed opera. Tickets available at stambaughauditorium.com.
The Youngstown Playhouse presents the farce, Noises Off, weekends from February 14 - February 23, with evening performances at 7:30, and the Sunday matinees at 2:30 pm. Matthew Mazuroski is the director. Tickets at theyoungstownplayhouse.com.
Stage Left Youth Players will present the musical comedy, Legally Blonde, the Musical Jr, this final weekend, at the historic Trinity Playhouse in downtown Lisbon. Evening performances are at 7, and the Sunday matinee is at 2. [The performance features a 7th-12th grade cast.] Tickets can be purchased online at StageLeftPlayers.org.
The YSU Donald P. Pipino Performing Arts Series presents the Dance Theatre of Harlem, on Wednesday, February 12, at 8:00 pm, in Powers Auditorium. at the DeYor Performing Arts Center in Youngstown. Tickets available at youngstownsymphony.com and at 330-744-0264.
YSU Department of Theater & Dance presents the 3rd annual Festival of New Works, on Friday, March 6, and Saturday, March 7, at 7 pm, in Bliss Hall's Spotlight Theater, on the YSU campus. The Festival of New Works features short plays, films, musical theatre & dance choreography, devised work, and puppetry.
The YSU Department of Theater & Dance presents A Kiss to Build a Dream On: A Valentine’s Day Cabaret, on Friday, February 14, 6 - 9 pm, at the B&O Station Banquet Hall,, in downtown Youngstown. The Cabaret features jazz favorites drawn from the American Song Book, highlighting tunes and voices from YSU’s Musical Theatre program. Tickets available only at ysu.edu/springcabaret. [Dinner reservations must be received by Thursday, February 6]
The Skeggs Lecture Series and the YSU Department of Theatre & Dance present a lecture by actor/director Bryan Terrell Clark, on Wednesday, January 29, at 3 pm, in Bliss Hall's Ford Theater, on the YSU campus. [Clark is a singer-songwriter, known for his starring role as George Washington in Hamilton.]
The Stage Left Players present their original holiday musical, It’s Christmas, Carol!, a modern twist of Charles Dicken’s classic, at the historic Trinity Playhouse in downtown Lisbon, weekends, December 6th through the 15th. Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved online at StageLeftPlayers.org.
Top Hat Productions presents Sister Act, a musical comedy adapted from the 1992 movie of the same name. Sister Act will be presented at 7:30 pm on Fridays, October 25th, November 1st, and November 8th, and Saturdays, October 26th, November 2nd, and November 9th at The Fairview Arts & Outreach Center, 4220 Youngstown-Poland Road, Youngstown. More information at tophatproductions.org
