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TINA

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Center for the Performing Arts

TINA—THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL

Date: 
7:30 pm Sunday, October 6, 2024
Event Description: 

“Roof-raising! It hits the rafters. This is Tina as we know and adore her.”—Variety

TINA—THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL is the triumphant story of the Queen of Rock and Roll set to the pulse-pounding soundtrack of her most beloved hits!

Ailey II

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Center for the Performing Arts

Ailey II
Francesca Harper, Artistic Director

Date: 
7:30 pm Thursday, October 17, 2024
Event Description: 

This season, Ailey II marks its fiftieth anniversary of merging the spirit and energy of the country’s finest early-career dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s outstanding and emerging choreographers.

Samara Joy

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Center for the Performing Arts

Samara Joy
A Joyful Holiday
Featuring The McLendon Family

Date: 
7:30 pm Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Event Description: 

“Joy has an immaculately smooth, perfectly pitched delivery that leans heavily toward tradition, but at the same time emits a youthful quality and unique phrasing behind new arrangements.” Making a Scene

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

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Center for the Performing Arts

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

Date: 
7:00 pm Tuesday, April 1, 2025
7:00 pm Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Event Description: 

A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, THE ADDAMS FAMILY is the magnificently macabre hit musical featuring everyone’s favorite creepy, kooky characters.

Step Afrika The Migration

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Center for the Performing Arts
Two Black dancers wearing loose clothing pose in unison with both arms outstretched.

Step Afrika!
The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence

Date: 
7:30 pm Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Event Description: 

“To me, migration means movement. There was a conflict and struggle, but out of the struggle came a kind of power and even beauty,” says Jacob Lawrence of the inspiration to his collection of paintings in The Migration Series.

Le Consort

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Center for the Performing Arts

Le Consort
From Naples to London

Date: 
7:30 pm Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Event Description: 

The young artists of Le Consort approach the violin trio sonata genre with dancing energy, a fresh ear, and the excitement in discovery of a new favorite band.

Circa Duck Pond

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Center for the Performing Arts

Circa
Duck Pond
Created by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble

Date: 
7:30 pm Saturday, March 22, 2025
Event Description: 

Feathers will fly in Circa’s exuberant take on Swan Lake.

Flip Fabrique SLAM!

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Center for the Performing Arts

Ex Machina / Robert Lepage and Cirque FLIP Fabrique
SLAM!

Date: 
7:30 pm Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Event Description: 

Famed Québécois playwright, stage director, and actor Robert Lepage; and Ex Machina, Lepage’s interdisciplinary production company, present the newest physical performance by cirque troupe FLIP Fabrique.

Sam Barber

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Center for the Performing Arts

Sam Barber
with opener Logan Halstead

Date: 
7:30 pm Thursday, November 7, 2024
Event Description: 

Sam Barber’s viral rise to country-music fame surprises him to this day. Raised on a farm in a small Missouri town in a traditional, blue-collar family, Barber picked up his great-grandfather’s Gibson at age 16 and hasn’t looked back.

Move Mix 2024

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Center for the Performing Arts
Move Mix Festival

Move Mix Festival
Headlined by BJ The Chicago Kid
And featuring a variety of local artists

Date: 
2:00 pm Saturday, September 14, 2024
Event Description: 

Join us in celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of our home base with a mix of artists and genres, on multiple stages, inside and outside Eisenhower Auditorium!

2–8 p.m.
Come for an hour or stay for the day!

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