With a record-setting 21 Tony Awards and more than 50 musicals, plays and operas on his resume as director and/or producer, Hal Prince has tales to tell. And tell them he will on Thursday at The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall.

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To help celebrate its 40th season, the opening night of “Keepin’ It Country” Friday will feature a picnic dinner fundraiser. Other highlights of the season include “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “Tarzan The Stage Music Based on the Disney Film.”
‘Expanded dance music platform’ promised for eclectic downtown festival that sold about one-fourth the tickets of summer electronica fest at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last year.
The troupe’s 44th annual season features family-friendly story ballets with the return of both “The Nutcracker” and “Cinderella,” while contemporary works anchor “A Choreographers Showcase,” NBT’s annual collaboration with Cirque du Soleil artists.
A Picasso oil painting from 1955 smashed the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction when it soared to $179.4 million at Christie’s on Monday.
The Drama Kids program holds no auditions and denies no child. It focuses on speech and drama through literacy enrichment and aspires to give children better public speaking skills and confidence in social settings.