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‘Sidekicked’ to open the Cabaret for 59th season at Millbrook Playhouse

MILL HALL — A powerful “one-broad” comedy about the Ethel Mertz no one ever knew kicks off Millbrook Playhouse’s 2022 season. After the pandemic shuttered the Cabaret completely last summer, Producing Artistic Director David Leidholdt invites theatergoers back to the Cabaret for “Sidekicked,” leading off Millbrook’s 59th season. This comedy, which vividly relives all, has 7:30 p.m. performances on June 3-4, 8-11, with 2 p.m. matinees on June 5, 8 and 12 at the playhouse, 258 Country Club Lane, Mill Hall. Penned by Kim Powers, “Sidekicked” finds Vivian Vance as ...

Loyalsock student is U.S. winner of music achievement award

Bassist Gabriel Severn, a junior at Loyalsock Township High School, is the U.S. winner of the Joe Zawinul Foundation for Achievement’s “Z” Award. The “Z” Award is given annually to a music student from Austria and a music student in the United States for demonstrating exceptional ...

Repasz Band returns to stage with annual spring performance

Williamsport’s world-famous Repasz Band will present its annual spring concert for free at 7:30 p.m. on May 24 at the Community Arts Center. After an unusual year involving virus restrictions, practice protocols and an arduous move to a new rehearsal space in Montgomery, the 191-year-old ...

Buffalo Valley Singers present annual Pops concert Saturday

It’s time to shake off the winter blues and celebrate spring with the Buffalo Valley Singers’ annual Pops concert. Titled “Why We Sing,” the concert holds a special place in the choir’s history, according to a recent press release. Although BVS began to practice the planned set of music in spring of 2020, the concert was canceled due to the COVID pandemic. “I view this concert as a celebration of the way in which all of us faced the uncertainty of the last two years with patience and perseverance,” said Connie Pawling-Young, director of BVS. “Why We Sing” will ...

Williamsport Symphony Orchestra ends season with worldly concert

“From the seductive dances of Latin America to the exquisite tunes of Central and Eastern Europe, you will be immersed in the most melody-filled compositions from different regions of the globe,” said Maestro Gerardo Edelstein, director and conductor of the Williamsport Symphony ...

Historic theater in Canton reopens

The Rialto Theatre in Canton celebrated its grand reopening as the Western Bradford County Rialto Theatre in early April. The Western Bradford County Rialto Theatre has a long history in Canton that dates back to when it first opened as the Crawford Theater in 1912. On October 30, 1940, the ...