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The Penn State Thespians will present the hit Broadway musical "Damn Yankees" at 8 p.m. on April 18 and at 2 and 8 p.m. on April 19 in Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Tickets are $7 for the general public and free to students with ID. Tickets may be purchased at the Eisenhower Auditorium or the Thespian box office, across from the HUB desk. For information, call (814) 865-9461.
The latest in the 1996-97 series of cultural events at the Penn State Hazleton campus will take place on Friday, April 18, with a free performance by the jazz ensemble The Big Push at 8:30 p.m. in the Commons Building.
At 1 p.m. Saturday, April 19, Penn State Mont Alto theatre arts students will present three free puppet shows for local children at the Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library, Waynesboro. The first show highlights good nutrition and the second, titled "The Ball Game," discusses the difficulties of being accepted. The third is called "Don't Talk to Strangers."
On the April 20 episode of Odyssey Through Literature, host Leonard Rubinstein discusses the 1960s with Archie Loss, professor of English at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
Odyssey Through Literature is produced as a continuing education service of the Department of Comparative Literature. It airs Sundays at 6:30 p.m. on WPSU, 91.5 FM from University Park and 106.7 FM in Altoona, and on WPSB, 90.1 in northern Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Quintet, Penn State's resident wind chamber music ensemble, will present a free recital at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at the Faith United Church of Christ, 300 E. College Ave. in State College. The program will include works from the quintet's new music project by Tom Benjamin, Steve Cohen and William Albright.
The members of the quintet, all faculty members in the School of Music, are: Eleanor Duncan Armstrong, associate professor of music, flute; Tim Hurtz, assistant professor of music, oboe; Smith Toulson, professor of music, clarinet; Lisa O. Bontrager, associate professor of music, horn; and Daryl Durran, associate professor of music, bassoon.
Essence of Joy will present a spring concert, "Total Praise," at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 20, in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus. The program will include spirituals, traditional and contemporary gospel.
Anthony T. Leach, assistant professor of music, is the conductor.
Tickets are $4 for non-students, $2 for students, and may be purchased in advance through the School of Music office at (814) 865-0431 or at the concert. For more information, call Leach at (814) 865-6521.
Jason Byrnes, a graduate assistant in tuba/euphonium in the School of Music, will present his master's lecture-recital on Alec Wilder's compositions for tuba and horn at 6 p.m. Monday, April 21, in 122 Music Building II on the University Park campus.
The event is free to the public.
Two University orchestras, the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra and the Penn State Chamber Orchestra, will present the final performances of their seasons in concert under the direction of Pu-Qi Jiang, associate professor of music, at 8 p.m. Monday, April 21, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus. Guest conductor is Fouad Fakhouri, a master of music student in conducting.
Tickets are $4 for non-students, $2 for students and are available in advance at the Arts Ticket Center, (814) 863-0255, and on the evening of the performance.
Centre Dimension Jazz Ensemble, under the director of Dan Yoder, professor of music, will present a concert of Big Band Jazz at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
There will be a $3 admission at the door.
One of opera's greatest superstars is coming to State College April 23. Sherrill Milnes, for years a leading baritone with New York's Metropolitan Opera, will perform the title role in Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah with the State College Choral Society, in the final concert of their 199697 season. The performance begins at 8 p.m. at Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Also performing as soloists in Elijah will be soprano Kate Comegys, mezzo soprano Jan Wilson and tenor Richard Kennedy, a School of Music faculty member.
Tickets are $20 and may be purchased in advance or at the Eisenhower box office the night of the concert. All tickets are general admission. For more information, call the box office at (814) 863-0255.
The Penn State Flute Ensemble, directed by Eleanor Duncan Armstrong, associate professor of music, and Jeanne Proven, graduate teaching assistant in flute, will perform at the Bach's Lunch concert at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus.
The free 20-minute concert is part of the Bach's Lunch series sponsored by the College of Arts and Architecture and the University Lutheran Parish.
The Penn State University Resident Theatre Company will present Denise Deegan's comedy, "Daisy Pulls It Off," opening Friday, April 25, and running through Saturday, May 3, in the Playhouse Theatre on the University Park campus. "Daisy Pulls It Off" is directed by Helen Manfull, professor emeritus of the School of Theatre Arts.
For tickets call the Arts Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255.
The Singing Lions will present "A Celebration," an 80-minute concert featuring a variety of American popular music at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus. The group also will be featured at the Fred Waring Choral Festival in Tyrone on May 3.
Tickets to the University Park performance are $4 for general admission, $3 for students, and will be available in advance at the Arts Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255 or at the door on the day of the performance.
New Country vocalist Martina McBride will perform at The Community Arts Center in Williamsport at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 29.
In 1992, McBride released her debut album, "The Time Has Come." Her other albums are "The Way That I Am" and "Wild Angels."
Tickets are $18.50, $23.50 and $28.50, and go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, April 28, at the arts center. For more information, call (717) 326-2424 or (800) 432-9382.
Veteran actress Cherry Jones will replace Dianne Wiest in the spring tour of Shaw's "Don Juan In Hell," which is slated to play at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7.
Ed Asner, Rene Auberjonais and Harris Yulin continue in the cast, as announced. Tickets are $15.50, $18.50 and $22, and are on sale now. For more information call (717) 326-2424 or (800) 432-9382.
Adult contemporary artist Barry Manilow will appear at 8 p.m. Friday, July 18, at The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. Tickets are priced at $39.50 and $29 for reserved seating and can be purchased at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, Eisenhower Auditorium South Box Office, selected Uni-Mart ticket outlets, Commonwealth Campus ticket outlets or by calling (814) 865-5555 or (800) 863-3336.
Fresh on the heels of his highly-acclaimed A&E network special and his 26th Top-40 record, Manilow's all-new concert will feature his greatest hits from the past 20 years and the latest hits from his new album, "Summer Of '78."
Manilow is planning an interactive show, where the audience will choose from a catalog of 29 Manilow albums. Select audience members will use interactive electronic devices to choose individual songs.
