MSU-West Plains Hosts Two Guest Dance Companies
Missouri State University-West Plains will host two special dances performances this weekend and next at the West Plains Civic Center Theater. Missouri Contemporary Ballet from Columbia, MO is a...
View ArticleSpringfield Contemporary Theatre Presents "Killer Joe"
Coming to Springfield Contemporary Theatre Center Stage at Wilhoit Plaza: Killer Joe by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tracy Letts, directed by Melanie Dreyer-Lude, April 22nd through May 7. Killer...
View ArticleSpringfield Dance Alliance's 4th Annual "Bloom" Spring Dance Concert
From a modest start four years ago, Springfield Dance Alliance has come a long way, says Executive Director Kerry Allan. It all began in the upstairs space at Canvas Art Gallery in downtown...
View ArticleOTC Fine Arts Presents Zany Musical Farce 'Lucky Stiff'
Ozarks Technical Community College Fine Arts Department will present the musical comedy "Lucky Stiff" April 29-May 1st in the Springfield Art Museum Auditorium. This zany comedy, with book and lyrics...
View ArticleSpringfield Youth Symphony's Spring Concert
The Springfield Youth Symphony is sponsored financially by the Springfield Public Schools and supported by The Friends of the Springfield Youth Symphony, a parent booster organization. Since its...
View ArticleMSU Theatre and Dance Studio Series Presents Pulitzer Prize Winning Play...
The MSU Theatre and Dance Department Studio Series provides two department-supported production opportunities each school year. Studio Series projects may address a wide range of styles. Students from...
View ArticleArt Museum Theft Invites Generosity
Last month the Springfield Art Museum suffered the loss of seven rare Andy Warhol screen prints from the iconic Campbell's Soup I portfolio--they were stolen right off the walls of the museum. The...
View Article36th Annual ArtsFest on Walnut Street Promises Something for Everybody
Artsfest on Walnut Street, a celebration of the visual and performing arts now in its 36th year, will be held Saturday, May 7 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, May 8 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Walnut Street,...
View ArticleAngelia King Booked for a Full Weekend of SCT 'Songbook Series' Concerts
t's a special weekend May 13 through 15 at Springfield Contemporary Theatre Center Stage in Wilhoit Plaza (corner of Pershing and Robberson downtown). Following her sold out Sunday Songbook engagement...
View ArticleFacts and Figures from the Joplin Tornado: What Did It Cost?
The facts of the story are all too familiar by now—especially to those who lived through it. On Sunday May 22nd, 2011, the most devastating level of tornado, an EF-5 packing winds of over 200 miles...
View ArticleLanders Theatre Stage Turns into a Little Shop of Horrors
Springfield Little Theatre at the Landers, 311 E. Walnut, presents the stage musical version of "Little Shop of Horrors," with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, based on the...
View ArticleThe Other Side of Storm – Revisited
Dr. Hubert Bird spent 30 years on the music faculty of the University System of New Hamphire, and has had a distinguished career as a composer, conductor, educator, and as a tenor soloist. Dr. Bird...
View ArticlePeter Shaffer's 'Black Comedy' Lights Up SCT Center Stage
When the stage is lit up, the characters are actually in the dark. When the stage is dark, the lights are actually on in the characters' world. That may not make sense, but hopefully it will if you...
View ArticleMessiah Project Previews European Tour With Local Concert
Messiah Project, the local Christian organization whose mission is to “present our Judeo-Christian heritage through the visual and performing arts,” will tour Austria and visit Krakow, Poland during a...
View ArticleDan Kennedy Presents Master Class and Concert at the Creamery
Influenced by Will Ackerman’s Windham Hill record label in the late 1980s, the music of conservatory-trained pianist and composer Dan Kennedy infuses New Age music with jazz and rock. In addition to...
View ArticleTaneycomo Festival Orchestra Celebrates Its Fifth Season This Month
Larkin Sanders is a Branson native who has just completed her Doctor of Music degree in clarinet performance from Florida State University. She is also a noted composer and arranger. And she's the...
View ArticleMount Vernon Community Theatre Explores the Great American Songbook
Mount Vernon Community Theatre inaugurates a new Songbook Series: "Duets, An Evening of Entertaining Pairs" in three performances in Monett, Mount Vernon and Aurora this weekend. The impetus for doing...
View ArticleMSU's Missouri Fine Arts Academy: 21 Years of Opening the World of the Arts...
The Missouri Fine Arts Academy at Missouri State University is currently in its 21st year. It’s a three-week summer program for high school students interested in the visual arts, performing arts, and...
View ArticleMissouri Choral Artists Take You to the Baltic
The Missouri Choral Artists is a brand-new Springfield-based group of professional choral singers founded earlier this year by Kelly Garrison and Matthew Felts. When Matt Felts calls the group...
View ArticleSCT Center Stage Gives Veteran Actors a Chance to Shine in "Morning's at Seven"
While the Landers Theatre is dark through the summer months, local theater-lovers can watch live stage performances at MSU Tent Theatre, and in the intimate "so close you might get some on you" venue...
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