Music, Theatre, & Dance
P.O. Box 75,
Grafton, MA 01519, 508-839-4286
950 Main Street,
Worcester, MA 01610
Thursday, Sep 25 - Friday, Nov 14 Nubar Alexanian
100 Front Street,
Worcester, MA 01608, 508-754-3314
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Sat: Closed
Worcester Foothills Theatre Company is a full-time professional theater that produces eight shows within a season, from September to June. The house seats 349 people and offers musicals, comedies, and drama. Show times and ticket prices vary; call for more information.
Kiosk in lobby displays items and merchandise for the current show. Open during theatre business hours as well as during performances.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Jul 8 - Jul 19 The Suprising Story of the Three Little Pigs
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Jul 8 - Jul 19 The Surprising Story of the Three Little Pigs
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Jul 22 - Aug 2 Mother Goosed
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Jul 22 - Aug 2 Mother Goosed
554 Main St.,
Worcester, MA 01608, 508-770-0178, 508-770-0179
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, a 2,300 seat state-of-the-art venue, presents Broadway Shows straight from NY, world-class concerts, national comedians and popular family shows in the heart of Massachusetts.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, through Sep 5 Keeping It Simple: Art from a Plastic Camera - works by Lora Brueck and Nancy Engberg
Wednesday, Jul 9 Hot Like Fire
Wednesday, Jul 16 White Heat Swing Orchestra
Wednesday, Jul 23 The Mystix with special guests Bobby Keyes Trio
Wednesday, Jul 30 El Eco
1 Gorham Street,
Worcester, MA 01605, 508-856-9541
The Joy of Music Program's mission is to foster community through accessible music education and performance. This non-profit community music school serves over 500 students a year in private instrumental lessons, music & movement classes, jazz ensembles, chamber music, children's and intergenerational choruses, creative and modern dance and Afro-caribbean drumming.
Tuesday, Jul 15 Movement for Woman Workshop
Thursday, Jul 17 Partners - Mother-Daughter Workshop
Thursday, Jul 31 Jim Scott Concert for a Summer Evening
Friday, Aug 1 Jazz Voyage in a Benefit Concert
Tuesday, Aug 5 Partners: Mother-Daughter Workshop
10 Tuckerman Street,
Worcester, MA 01609, 508-754-1234
The Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra is Worcester's premiere
resident orchestra and was founded in 1947. It regularly performs at its home, Tuckerman Hall, as well as at Worcester's Mechanics Hall and Hanover Theatre. During the summer, the Orchestra performs a highly popular series of free, outdoor concerts in Worcester's Institute and East Parks before tens of thousands of concert-goers. The Orchestra has accompanied world-class touring shows such as Mannheim Steamroller and such artists as Andrea Bocelli and the late Luciano Pavarotti at Worcester's DCU Center.
P.O. Box 7203,
Worcester, MA 01605, 508-842-1349
The Master Singers of Worcester, Inc. is dedicated to performing high quality choral music for the enjoyment and education of the performer and listener. Led by Artistic Director, Malcolm Halliday, concert pianist and conductor, it has distinguished itself by consistent, high quality presentation of lesser-known, but important sacred and secular choral masterworks and exploration of contemporary works by international and regional composers. In continuous operation as a self-supporting, non-profit, volunteer community chorus for men and women, from young adult to senior, we perform three to four concerts annually, in addition to several community outreach events. The chorus encompasses approximately 60 chorus members who typically work and reside in Worcester and its surrounding communities. MSW promotes music education through internships to talented area high school students and collaboration with local college, community music school and church-based youth choirs and orchestras. The organization was founded in 1976 by the late Alfred Nash Patterson, gifted choral conductor and promoter of the choral arts.
Wednesday, Jul 9 Worcester Children's Chorus auditions at Assumption College
Sunday, Oct 19 Mostly Mozart at First Unitarian Church
321 Main Street,
Worcester, MA 01608, 508-752-5608
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Sat: Closed
Mechanics Hall is recognized as the nation's finest pre-civil War concert Hall. A National Historic Landmark, this circa 1857 exhibition hall offers excellent acoustics and a superb Hook pipe organ. It hosts world-class performers and free noontime "Brown Bag" concerts. Call for schedule. Free tours available by appointment.
Wednesday, Jul 30 Brown Bag Concert
Wednesday, Aug 6 Brown Bag Concert
Wednesday, Aug 13 Brown Bag Concert
Wednesday, Aug 20 Brown Bag Concert
Friday, Oct 17 Music Worcester presents the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
323 Main St.,
Worcester, MA 01608, 508-754-3231
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9:00 AM-4:30 PM, Sat: Closed
Music Worcester's presentations of great music and entertainment have been celebrations dating from 1868, giving Worcester the distinction of having the oldest running music festival in the country! Music Worcester is the non-profit presenter of the Worcester Music Festival, which now includes the International Artists Series (featuring symphony & chamber orchestras from around the world!), the Worcester Chorus, the Mass Jazz Festival, and includes dance companies from around the world and other cultural events, performed in historic Mechanics and Tuckerman Halls and on college campuses and other venues.
Tuesday, Jul 29 Worcester Chorus Season 2008/9 Auditions - All Voice Parts at WPI: Alden Memorial
Tuesday, Jul 29 Worcester Chorus Auditions Season 2008/9 - All Voice Parts at WPI: Alden Memorial
Wednesday, Jul 30 Worcester Chorus Auditions for 2008-9 season - All Voice Parts at WPI: Alden Memorial
Wednesday, Jul 30 Worcester Chorus Auditions for 2008/9 Season - All Voice Parts at WPI: Alden Memorial
Thursday, Jul 31 Worcester Chorus Auditions-All Voice Parts-2008/9 Season at WPI: Alden Memorial
10 Winthrop St.,
Worcester, MA 01604, 888-385-3300, 508-752-8201
Fully Staged Professional Opera Performances held at the Shrewsbury High School Theatre 64 Holden St, Shrewsbury MA. See our website News and Schedule pages.
29 High Street,
Worcester, MA 01608, 508-755-8246
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9:00 AM-2:00 PM, Sat: Closed
The Performing Art School of Worcester provides music, dance, and theatre arts instruction and lcoal, national, and international performances to children and adults from Central Massachusetts.
370 Main Street, Room 1200,
Worcester, MA 01608, 508-799-3848
Salisbury Singers, Inc. is the managing organization of two performance groups: Salisbury Singers and Salisbury Lyric Opera. It was founded in 1973 by the late Malama Robbins Collinsworth to foster the highest standards of
the musical arts. Salisbury Singers, a mixed chorus of selected volunteers under the dynamic leadership of Music Director Michelle Graveline, is dedicated to the enhancement of cultural life in Worcester and Central
Massachusetts as well as to the musical growth of its individual members.
SLO's mission is to build audiences and local support for opera as an art
form by exposing both children and adults to the performance of opera in a
way that is accessible and easily enjoyed by all.
1 College Street,
Worcester, MA 01610, 508-793-3490
Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Jul 23 - Aug 3 A Midsummer Night's Dream at Green Hill Park
Wednesday, Aug 6 - Sunday, Aug 10 Twelfth Night at Green Hill Park
Thursday, Aug 14 - Saturday, Aug 16 A Midsummer Night's Dream at Green Hill Park
10 Tuckerman Street,
Worcester, MA 01609-3102, 508-754-1234
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Sat: Closed
Designed in 1902 by Josephine Wright Chapman, one of America's first female architects, Tuckerman Hall is one of the most exquisitely designed assembly spaces in America and features superb acoustics. Its main hall is adorned with intricate plaster detail, and has a seating capacity of 521 for concerts; 275 for dinner receptions; and 200 for weddings. Tuckerman Hall regularly hosts concerts of its owner, the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, as well as a variety of classical chamber, jazz, and folk concerts throughout the year. Tuckerman Hall is an Official Project of Save America's Treasures and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Saturday, Oct 25 Music Worcester presents the Arcadia Players
Saturday, Nov 1 Duo-Piano Concerto Concert
Saturday, Jan 17 L'Orchestra de Chambre Francais, Eugene Albulesco, Conductor and Piano
Saturday, Jan 24 Concertante String Sextet
4 Southbridge Street,
Worcester, MA 01608
21 Grandview Ave.,
Worcester, MA 01603, 508-753-4383
Worcester's oldest active theater company. WCLOC was founded in 1937 as an organization dedicated to performing the operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan. Today, WCLOC produces a wide array of theatrical works, from comedy to tragedy, classical to contemporary, musical to non-musical. Although WCLOC has exceeded the boundaries of its light opera roots, it continues to produce dramatic and musical work of only the highest caliber, while maintaining the impressive legacy of discovering and developing the brightest talent in the collaborative art of theater.
44 Front Street,
Worcester, MA 01608, 508-799-1400
The Worcester Cultural Coalition is the unified voice of Worcester' cultural community. It smission is to draw on the City's rich and diverse cultural assets to foster economic revitalization and create a strong cultural identify for the City of Worcester.
There's always something happening in Worcester, a City where culture shines! Music and theater flourish at Mechanics Hall, Performing Arts School of Worcester, and Foothills Theatre. Museums including the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Historical Museum and Higgins Armory Museum regularly schedule special exhibitions and present a variety of fun and educational programs for all ages. And galleries such as the Worcester Artists Group, Worcester Center for Crafts, and ARTSWorcester feature work by both new and established artists.
So whether you're looking for performing arts or visual arts, cultures past or present, you're sure to find them in Worcester!
Through Friday, Sep 19 World Smile Day 2008 - Send a Smile to a Soldier at Worcester City Hall
19 Temple St,
Worcester, MA 01604, 508-792-3700
Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 12:00 PM-1:00 AM
A beautiful hall that can accomdate up to 200 people for, weddings,parties, meetings, or any other event that you choose.
We have plenty of well lit parking.
Saturdays, through Dec 31 Karaoke with Greg at Fiddlers' Green Pub & Restaurant
Friday, Jul 11 Live Music in the Pub: Fergus at Fiddlers' Green Pub & Restaurant
Saturday, Jul 12 Monthly Ceili (& More) Dance with the Silver Spears
Sunday, Jul 13 Irish Sessiun
Friday, Jul 25 Live Music in the Pub: Mulligan's Fancy at Fiddlers' Green Pub & Restaurant
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Music, Theatre, & Dance
P.O. Box 75, Grafton, MA 01519, 508-839-4286
Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts
950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610
Thursday, Sep 25 - Friday, Nov 14 Nubar Alexanian
Foothills Theatre Company
100 Front Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-754-3314
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Sat: Closed
Worcester Foothills Theatre Company is a full-time professional theater that produces eight shows within a season, from September to June. The house seats 349 people and offers musicals, comedies, and drama. Show times and ticket prices vary; call for more information. Kiosk in lobby displays items and merchandise for the current show. Open during theatre business hours as well as during performances.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Jul 8 - Jul 19 The Suprising Story of the Three Little Pigs
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Jul 8 - Jul 19 The Surprising Story of the Three Little Pigs
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Jul 22 - Aug 2 Mother Goosed
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Jul 22 - Aug 2 Mother Goosed
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
554 Main St., Worcester, MA 01608, 508-770-0178, 508-770-0179
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, a 2,300 seat state-of-the-art venue, presents Broadway Shows straight from NY, world-class concerts, national comedians and popular family shows in the heart of Massachusetts.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, through Sep 5 Keeping It Simple: Art from a Plastic Camera - works by Lora Brueck and Nancy Engberg
Wednesday, Jul 9 Hot Like Fire
Wednesday, Jul 16 White Heat Swing Orchestra
Wednesday, Jul 23 The Mystix with special guests Bobby Keyes Trio
Wednesday, Jul 30 El Eco
Joy of Music Program
1 Gorham Street, Worcester, MA 01605, 508-856-9541
The Joy of Music Program's mission is to foster community through accessible music education and performance. This non-profit community music school serves over 500 students a year in private instrumental lessons, music & movement classes, jazz ensembles, chamber music, children's and intergenerational choruses, creative and modern dance and Afro-caribbean drumming.
Tuesday, Jul 15 Movement for Woman Workshop
Thursday, Jul 17 Partners - Mother-Daughter Workshop
Thursday, Jul 31 Jim Scott Concert for a Summer Evening
Friday, Aug 1 Jazz Voyage in a Benefit Concert
Tuesday, Aug 5 Partners: Mother-Daughter Workshop
10 Tuckerman Street, Worcester, MA 01609, 508-754-1234
The Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra is Worcester's premiere resident orchestra and was founded in 1947. It regularly performs at its home, Tuckerman Hall, as well as at Worcester's Mechanics Hall and Hanover Theatre. During the summer, the Orchestra performs a highly popular series of free, outdoor concerts in Worcester's Institute and East Parks before tens of thousands of concert-goers. The Orchestra has accompanied world-class touring shows such as Mannheim Steamroller and such artists as Andrea Bocelli and the late Luciano Pavarotti at Worcester's DCU Center.
P.O. Box 7203, Worcester, MA 01605, 508-842-1349
The Master Singers of Worcester, Inc. is dedicated to performing high quality choral music for the enjoyment and education of the performer and listener. Led by Artistic Director, Malcolm Halliday, concert pianist and conductor, it has distinguished itself by consistent, high quality presentation of lesser-known, but important sacred and secular choral masterworks and exploration of contemporary works by international and regional composers. In continuous operation as a self-supporting, non-profit, volunteer community chorus for men and women, from young adult to senior, we perform three to four concerts annually, in addition to several community outreach events. The chorus encompasses approximately 60 chorus members who typically work and reside in Worcester and its surrounding communities. MSW promotes music education through internships to talented area high school students and collaboration with local college, community music school and church-based youth choirs and orchestras. The organization was founded in 1976 by the late Alfred Nash Patterson, gifted choral conductor and promoter of the choral arts.
Wednesday, Jul 9 Worcester Children's Chorus auditions at Assumption College
Sunday, Oct 19 Mostly Mozart at First Unitarian Church
321 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-752-5608
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Sat: Closed
Mechanics Hall is recognized as the nation's finest pre-civil War concert Hall. A National Historic Landmark, this circa 1857 exhibition hall offers excellent acoustics and a superb Hook pipe organ. It hosts world-class performers and free noontime "Brown Bag" concerts. Call for schedule. Free tours available by appointment.
Wednesday, Jul 30 Brown Bag Concert
Wednesday, Aug 6 Brown Bag Concert
Wednesday, Aug 13 Brown Bag Concert
Wednesday, Aug 20 Brown Bag Concert
Friday, Oct 17 Music Worcester presents the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
323 Main St., Worcester, MA 01608, 508-754-3231
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9:00 AM-4:30 PM, Sat: Closed
Music Worcester's presentations of great music and entertainment have been celebrations dating from 1868, giving Worcester the distinction of having the oldest running music festival in the country! Music Worcester is the non-profit presenter of the Worcester Music Festival, which now includes the International Artists Series (featuring symphony & chamber orchestras from around the world!), the Worcester Chorus, the Mass Jazz Festival, and includes dance companies from around the world and other cultural events, performed in historic Mechanics and Tuckerman Halls and on college campuses and other venues.
Tuesday, Jul 29 Worcester Chorus Season 2008/9 Auditions - All Voice Parts at WPI: Alden Memorial
Tuesday, Jul 29 Worcester Chorus Auditions Season 2008/9 - All Voice Parts at WPI: Alden Memorial
Wednesday, Jul 30 Worcester Chorus Auditions for 2008-9 season - All Voice Parts at WPI: Alden Memorial
Wednesday, Jul 30 Worcester Chorus Auditions for 2008/9 Season - All Voice Parts at WPI: Alden Memorial
Thursday, Jul 31 Worcester Chorus Auditions-All Voice Parts-2008/9 Season at WPI: Alden Memorial
10 Winthrop St., Worcester, MA 01604, 888-385-3300, 508-752-8201
Fully Staged Professional Opera Performances held at the Shrewsbury High School Theatre 64 Holden St, Shrewsbury MA. See our website News and Schedule pages.
Performing Arts School of Worcester
29 High Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-755-8246
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9:00 AM-2:00 PM, Sat: Closed
The Performing Art School of Worcester provides music, dance, and theatre arts instruction and lcoal, national, and international performances to children and adults from Central Massachusetts.
Salisbury Singers/Salisbury Lyric Opera
370 Main Street, Room 1200, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-799-3848
Salisbury Singers, Inc. is the managing organization of two performance groups: Salisbury Singers and Salisbury Lyric Opera. It was founded in 1973 by the late Malama Robbins Collinsworth to foster the highest standards of the musical arts. Salisbury Singers, a mixed chorus of selected volunteers under the dynamic leadership of Music Director Michelle Graveline, is dedicated to the enhancement of cultural life in Worcester and Central Massachusetts as well as to the musical growth of its individual members. SLO's mission is to build audiences and local support for opera as an art form by exposing both children and adults to the performance of opera in a way that is accessible and easily enjoyed by all.
The Redfeather Theatre Company at Holy Cross
1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610, 508-793-3490
Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Jul 23 - Aug 3 A Midsummer Night's Dream at Green Hill Park
Wednesday, Aug 6 - Sunday, Aug 10 Twelfth Night at Green Hill Park
Thursday, Aug 14 - Saturday, Aug 16 A Midsummer Night's Dream at Green Hill Park
10 Tuckerman Street, Worcester, MA 01609-3102, 508-754-1234
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Sat: Closed
Designed in 1902 by Josephine Wright Chapman, one of America's first female architects, Tuckerman Hall is one of the most exquisitely designed assembly spaces in America and features superb acoustics. Its main hall is adorned with intricate plaster detail, and has a seating capacity of 521 for concerts; 275 for dinner receptions; and 200 for weddings. Tuckerman Hall regularly hosts concerts of its owner, the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, as well as a variety of classical chamber, jazz, and folk concerts throughout the year. Tuckerman Hall is an Official Project of Save America's Treasures and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Saturday, Oct 25 Music Worcester presents the Arcadia Players
Saturday, Nov 1 Duo-Piano Concerto Concert
Saturday, Jan 17 L'Orchestra de Chambre Francais, Eugene Albulesco, Conductor and Piano
Saturday, Jan 24 Concertante String Sextet
Worcester Center for Performing Arts
4 Southbridge Street, Worcester, MA 01608
21 Grandview Ave., Worcester, MA 01603, 508-753-4383
Worcester's oldest active theater company. WCLOC was founded in 1937 as an organization dedicated to performing the operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan. Today, WCLOC produces a wide array of theatrical works, from comedy to tragedy, classical to contemporary, musical to non-musical. Although WCLOC has exceeded the boundaries of its light opera roots, it continues to produce dramatic and musical work of only the highest caliber, while maintaining the impressive legacy of discovering and developing the brightest talent in the collaborative art of theater.
Worcester Cultural Coalition
44 Front Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-799-1400
The Worcester Cultural Coalition is the unified voice of Worcester' cultural community. It smission is to draw on the City's rich and diverse cultural assets to foster economic revitalization and create a strong cultural identify for the City of Worcester. There's always something happening in Worcester, a City where culture shines! Music and theater flourish at Mechanics Hall, Performing Arts School of Worcester, and Foothills Theatre. Museums including the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Historical Museum and Higgins Armory Museum regularly schedule special exhibitions and present a variety of fun and educational programs for all ages. And galleries such as the Worcester Artists Group, Worcester Center for Crafts, and ARTSWorcester feature work by both new and established artists. So whether you're looking for performing arts or visual arts, cultures past or present, you're sure to find them in Worcester!
Through Friday, Sep 19 World Smile Day 2008 - Send a Smile to a Soldier at Worcester City Hall
Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre
19 Temple St, Worcester, MA 01604, 508-792-3700
Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 12:00 PM-1:00 AM
A beautiful hall that can accomdate up to 200 people for, weddings,parties, meetings, or any other event that you choose. We have plenty of well lit parking.
Saturdays, through Dec 31 Karaoke with Greg at Fiddlers' Green Pub & Restaurant
Friday, Jul 11 Live Music in the Pub: Fergus at Fiddlers' Green Pub & Restaurant
Saturday, Jul 12 Monthly Ceili (& More) Dance with the Silver Spears
Sunday, Jul 13 Irish Sessiun
Friday, Jul 25 Live Music in the Pub: Mulligan's Fancy at Fiddlers' Green Pub & Restaurant
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