Brian Crawley News Today

The New York Pops will be joined by Tony Award winners Sutton Foster and Kelli O'Hara for a one night only concert on Friday, November 17, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.

Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:

With noteworthy performances across the board, Nashville Repertory Theatre’s production of Violet – with a lovely, haunting and emotional score by Jeanine Tesori and a sometimes meandering, oftentimes difficult to follow, libretto by Brian Crawley, based upon Doris Betts’ short story “The Ugliest Pilgrim” – closes out the company’s 2022-23 in impressive style that heralds great promise for what is still to come as the Rep moves forward into its 39th season.

Jeanine Tesori’s unconventional musical runs through the weekend at TPAC

Vanderbilt Off-Broadway is set to perform “Violet” from April 21-22 at the Rothschild Black Box Theater.

Patti LuPone will lead a glittering cast of Broadway luminaries for Everybody Rise! A Sondheim Celebration at the Hollywood Bowl. See how to purchase tickets!

A new revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera Evita is headed to the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University in May 2023, led by Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Director Kelvin Dinkins, Jr. The A.R.T., in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company, will produce Evita May 14 - July 16, 2023 at the Loeb Drama Center in Harvard Square.

The Addams Family might be fictional, but they are oh so truthfully real, now through November 20 on the Beef&Boards stage at 9301 Michigan Road, Indianapolis 46268.

The Addams Family might be fictional, but they are oh so truthfully real, now through November 20 on the Beef&Boards stage at 9301 Michigan Road, Indianapolis 46268.

Gordon Bolar reviews the GhostLight Theatre's production of "Violet" in Benton Harbor.