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Dream Theater Laugh About Selling Tissues at Nervous Reunion Show

Dream Theater laughed about the idea of selling tissues at their first show with returned drummer Mike Portnoy in 14 years.With work on their new album nearing completion, the band recently announced the first section of their 40th anniversary tour. In an interview with Rolling Stone – the first time they’d all participated since any of them could remember – they demonstrated how comfortable they felt after overcoming the tensions […]

todayApril 10, 2024 6

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The Most Played Song Live From Every Dream Theater Album

What is the most played song live from each Dream Theater album?Dream Theater have earned a reputation as one of metal's more jaw-dropping live acts and one of progressive metal's more prolific bands.At the time of publication, the band has an impressive 15 studio albums with their next album — their first after reuniting with Mike Portnoy — already in progress.The group has always kept it interesting live, varying up their setlists […]

todayApril 4, 2024

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Dream Theater Members Play Their Favorite Riffs + Other Parts

Watch Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess play their favorite drum parts, guitar riffs and keyboard parts in Loudwire's latest Gear Factor video compilation.Gear Factor is the story of each musician as they take us through the music that inspired them to play an instrument, the first bits they learned, some of their favorites from their childhood heroes and select ones from the Dream Theater catalog as […]

todayFebruary 23, 2024

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Mike Portnoy Doesn’t Want to Write Lyrics for Dream Theater

Though behind the kit, it's safe to say that Mike Portnoy was often the most visible of Dream Theater's members during his initial stint with the group, but how will things work now that he's returning to the band? In a chat with Drumeo (seen below) that was recorded shortly after his return was announced, Portnoy addressed how his reunion with the group may change the dynamic and how he […]

todayDecember 29, 2023 1

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Yankovskaya departs Chicago Opera Theater. What’s next for the company?

“The Nose” wasn’t planned as Lidiya Yankovskaya’s swan song from Chicago Opera Theater, the company she’s led as music director since 2017.But Dmitri Shostakovich’s absurdist political satire, composed when the composer was in his early 20s, is as fitting a farewell as they come for the conductor. Yankovskaya — named the Tribune’s 2020 Chicagoan of the Year in Classical Music — has raised the profile of COT immensely, her interpretations […]

todayDecember 5, 2023 5

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Midland Community Theater is bringing in the holiday spirit with ‘The Sound of Music’

The Midland Community Theater is finishing out the year with "The Sound of Music" to bring the family together starting Friday night. MIDLAND, Texas — The Midland Community Theater is getting into the holiday spirit with their last show of the season, and let's just say, this one will be music to your ears. MCT is finishing out the year with the hit musical "The Sound of Music". Bring the […]

todayNovember 17, 2023 5

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From ancient Greece to Broadway, music has played a critical role in theater

Though anxiety about the fate of live theater performances still lingers, Broadway is celebrating its third season since reopening after the COVID-19 pandemic, with a lineup dominated once again by musicals. The new season includes long-running hits like “Hamilton,” revivals of classics like “Merrily We Roll Along,” new musical adaptations of nonmusical works like “Days of Wine and Roses,” and even “Here We Are”, the last musical by Stephen Sondheim. […]

todayNovember 15, 2023 4

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The Milford Theater hosts COMPANY! as first musical after reopening

MILFORD — ARTIC Entertainment presents the first musical production after the big renovation at The Milford Theater with the Tony Award winning smash hit, “COMPANY!” The curtain opens for Stephen Sondheim’s musical comedy “COMPANY!” on Friday, November 10 at 8:00 p.m. with a total of six performances through November 19 scheduled over the weekends. Find tickets and times to the show at www.milfordmusicals.com or Ticketmaster. The cast, crew, and […]

todayNovember 10, 2023

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Chicago Opera Theater Music Director Steps Down

The Board of Directors of Chicago Opera Theater has announced that Lidiya Yankovskaya will step down from her position as Morse and Genius Music Director at the end of the company’s 2023-24 50th Anniversary season. Yankovskaya will continue to lead Chicago Opera Theater’s Vanguard Initiative, the immersive training and residency program for first-time opera composers which she created for the company in 2018. In a statement, the conductor said, “It […]

todayOctober 24, 2023 3

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