After more than two years being closed to the public, the $13.6 million dollar renovation and expansion of the Alberta Bair has been completed, and now it s time for performers of the highest-caliber to showcase the historic theater in downtown Billings.
According to a press release from the Alberta Bair Theater, tickets for the upcoming 2021-2022 season will go on-sale Saturday, July 10 at 8am MDT, as the ABT welcomes back full-capacity audiences beginning September 18.
“We are thrilled to be welcoming full capacity audiences to LIVE entertainment in our beautifully renovated theater in September,” said Ron Yates, chair of the Alberta Bair Theater Board of Directors. With planning for the upcoming season going on now for months, Yates also said that live performing arts is exactly what many of us need personally while also bringing tremendous tangible and intangible benefits to our community.
Alberta Bair Theater announces its lineup for the highly anticipated 2021-22 season featuring performers of the highest caliber to showcase the historic $13.6 million renovation and expansion. We are thrilled to be welcoming full capacity audiences to LIVE entertainment in our beautifully renovated theater in September, says Ron Yates, chair of the Alberta Bair Theater Board of Directors. We have been planning our grand re-opening celebration for months and are extremely proud of our staff and board of directors for getting us through a total theater renovation in addition to these unprecedented times. Live performing arts is exactly what many of us need personally while also bringing tremendous tangible and intangible benefits to our community.
Omaha Performing Arts presents Alicia Olatuja Intuition: Songs From The Minds Of Women on March 11th at the Holland Performing Arts Center. Once you have listened to acclaimed vocalist, composer and arranger
Alicia Olatuja, you won’t forget her. Praised in The New York Times as “a singer with a strong and luscious tone,” Alicia has shared the stage with Chaka Khan, Christian McBride, Billy Childs, and others, astounding audiences with her exquisite vocals and artistic versatility. Her program: “Intuition,” celebrates the works of female icons including songs of Brenda Russell, Sade, Tracy Chapman, Kate Bush, Angela Bofill and Linda Creed and feature classics such as Give Me One Reason and This Woman s Work. A preshow curtain warmer discussion will be prsented with Omaha’s own “Queen of Soul” Kathy Tyree on the landmark, ground-breaking Black women in jazz. Preshow curtain warmers will take place in the theater lobby one hour prior to the start of the show. Al
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From left: Spike Lee on the set of Da 5 Bloods with actors Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors and Norm Lewis (Inset: Kim Coleman)
Kim Coleman opens up about working with the auteur to cast a generation of iconic films, including BlacKkKlansman and, more recently, Da 5 Bloods.
One of the most prominent Black directors in Hollywood, Spike Lee has worked with casting director Kim Coleman for nearly two decades. Their films range from
Inside Man to
She s Gotta Have It and the streamer s
Da 5 Bloods, which has earned plenty of awards buzz for its stars since its release in June.