Broadway is coming back to Augusta.
Ten shows will be part of the Taylor BMW Broadway in Augusta series at the Bell Auditorium. Innovation Arts and Entertainment and Spectra announced the lineup for the 20th anniversary season July 15.
“We are thrilled to be back with the 20th anniversary season of the best of Broadway, live on stage at Augusta’s Bell Auditorium. Our audiences have enjoyed over 20 years of historic and legendary performances at the Bell, and we know that there is no place better to see a show and enjoy a night out than in Augusta,” said Adam Epstein, president and CEO of Innovation Arts and Entertainment, in a news release.
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Ticket packages are available to season ticket holders through Aug. 27 when they will be available to the general public.
Shows include “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas,” Nov. 26; “Oklahoma!,” Dec. 1; “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer the Musical,” Dec. 11; “A Magical Cirque Christmas,” Dec. 16; “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,” Jan. 20, 2022; Celtic Woman, March 8, 2022; “Hairspray,” March 18, 2022; “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical,” April 21, 2022; “South Pacific,” April 28, 2022; and Blue Man Group, May 11, 2022.
For more information, visit augustabroadway.com.
A Broadway series is also in the works for the new Columbia County Performing Arts Center, according to its general manager Matt Jameson.
“We plan for a season announced towards the beginning of August,” he wrote in an email July 15.
Mike Deas plans to keep the Jabez Sanford Hardin Performing Arts Center near the Columbia County Performing Arts Center busy with his slate of performers starting in September.
Deas, who books concerts and tribute shows through Augusta Amusements, said most of his line-up for the fall and winter is comprised of events that were repeatedly postponed in 2020.
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“I call them the ‘wonderful leftovers,’” said Deas, whose season starts Sept. 9-11, with the Liverpool Legends, a Beatles’ tribute group.
Other performances include a James Taylor tribute, Oct. 3; 3 Red Neck Tenors, Dec. 2; Celtic Angels Christmas, Dec. 15; a Whitney Houston tribute, Jan. 24-25, 2022; the Sicilian Tenors, Feb. 11, 2022; and a Bee Gees tribute, March 17-18, 2022.
For more information, visit augustaamusements.com.
At Augusta University, the Harry Jacobs Chamber Music Society, which is part of the Augusta University’s Department of Music, has announced its 2021-2022 season.
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Three concerts are planned for the season which begins with the Canadian Brass featuring Wycliffe Gordon at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 30. Other concerts are the Vola Jacobs Memorial Piano Recital with Roberto Plano at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, and the Parker Quartet at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
Anyone purchasing a music society membership prior to Aug. 1 will receive a free pair of tickets for concerts except for the Nov. 30 Canadian Brass concert. Memberships are $100 each. Individual tickets are $32-$40 with discounts for senior citizens and military.
All concerts will be performed at the Maxwell Performing Arts Center.
For more information, visit augusta.edu/harryjacobs.
Charmain Z. Brackett is the Features Editor for The Augusta Press. Reach her at charmain@theaugustapress.com.
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