Heritage Ensemble News Today

Picks for Feb. 15-18 includes the touring Broadway production of Les Misérables; a stellar doubleheader concert by Mia x Ally and Talisk at Stoughton Opera House.

"Lipstick Optional" includes songs featuring female characters from the company's musicals and spotlights its female performers, playwrights and more.

Picks for Feb. 23-26 includes a new music-themed edition of Femmestival; a reception for the Queering Rural Spaces photography exhibit by Sarah Stellino.

Our theater critics discuss the past year on Richmond stages and look ahead at '23.

Artistic director Jeff Herbst and singer/songwriter Katie Dahl will reprise their popular show for Northern Skys annual post-Christmas production

When John Randolph Scott and George Kern were indicted on charges of harboring escaped slaves, they had no less a lawyer than Abraham Lincoln.

A relationship, developed through a love of music and culture, has led to a unique ensemble gathering at Western Illinois University for a three-day residency in May to record a significant, sacred work by an African American composer.

SISTER BAY - She never failed to amaze her co-workers at Northern Sky Theater with her work ethic and ability to create or fix just about anything that needed creating or fixing to put on a show. But what they said they remember most about Neen Rock is her warmth and friendliness even while working hard, creating or fixing, and helping others to learn new skills, even under the pressure of the show. Rock (her given name is Kathleen Marie Rock, but she was known to the Door County theater commun...

Website Follow Cantor Shira Lissek is one of this generation’s most exciting cross-genre singers who performs and interprets liturgical and popular songs with her exquisite musical gifts and tremendous spirit. By using music as midrash, she shares new insight on ancient texts and strives to make Judaism relevant and accessible thereby connecting people to themselves and to their heritage. In 2017 she released her album Ani Maamin, I Believe: A Voice for Humanity which features reflective a...