This joyous, celebratory gospel musical is by Regina Taylor and adapted from the book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry. Crowns is the story of a Chicago teenager who is sent to live with her grandmother in South Carolina and finds connection among a community of resilient African American women in their church hats. Weaving together faith, fashion, and family, Crowns is an inspirational, joyous musical celebration of love and redemption that will make your spirit sing! 

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Crowns: A Gospel Musical

Hylton Performing Arts Center

MBT’s season concludes with the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. As the Montague and Capulet families feud, Romeo and Juliet seek to unite in love, but conflict and despair lead to death. Watch their tale unfold in dance set to live music by the Manassas Ballet Theatre Orchestra.

Romeo and Juliet

Magic. Lyricism. Fate. These are the themes that permeate this evening of music. Verdi's Overture to “La Forza Del Destino,” Stamitz's Sinfonia Concertante No. 20 (featuring violin/viola duo Marcolivia), and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 will move and delight concertgoers.

Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra Presents An Evening of Magic, Lyricism, and Fate

Take a musical journey with the Chorale, its ensemble, orchestra, and the Greater Manassas Children’s Choir for an evening celebrating 30 years of repertoire performed as a group. Student singers in Grades 2-8 join adults in a performance that closes Manassas Chorale’s 30th season and is sure to have you humming all the way home!

Musical ‘Pearls’ from Three Decades

Students from Virginia National Ballet present an inspiring recital of dance and musical performances, capping off what they have learned throughout the school year! Enjoy performances in ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, acro, hip hop, musical theatre, voice, and piano. There is an award ceremony at the end of the show. 

2024 Spring Recital

Enjoy a spectacular showcase of talent that transcends age and genre. The recital features dancers ages 3-18, presenting a diverse array of dance styles, including ballet, tap, jazz, pom, hip hop, lyrical, musical theatre, contemporary, acro and pointe. This family-friendly event invites audiences of all ages to experience the joy of dance. Whether you are a seasoned dance enthusiast or experiencing the magic of performance for the first time, this recital promises entertainment that will leave you smiling and tapping your toes. Don’t miss out on this special event—purchase your tickets now and join in the celebration.

Sweet 16

Join Axial Dance as its dancers perform to all of Taylor’s hits from her different eras, ranging from “Fearless” to “Midnights” and everything in between. 

Eras of Dance

PowerWorx Dance presents its annual spring show “The Power of Dance.” Based in Chantilly, Virginia, PowerWorx Dance works with dancers ages 2-18 in ballet, jazz, tap, acro, hip hop, pom and more. With a nationally ranked competition team, PowerWorx has been recognized throughout the U.S. and across the world.

Power of Dance 2024

Manassas Ballet Theatre students celebrate the close of the academy year in this annual recital. In Act I, the students from each non-ballet class will perform a dance from that class. In Acts II and III, students will perform excerpts from Don Quixote. 

Don Quixote and More!

Join Virginia Dance Center’s (VDC) dancers as they present a fun, adventurous, and magical story through the art of dance. This high-energy production will showcase dancers from ages three to adult performing ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and more! Enjoy a variety of dance that offers something for everyone. Bring the entire family!

Dancing with Poppins

ARTfactory’s Pied Piper Theatre presents SpongeBob SquarePants The Musical based on the series by Stephen Hillenburg. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea and is the hottest star on Broadway? Why, it’s SpongeBob SquarePants! Audiences will delight in this brilliant, bright, hilarious, and brand new musical.  

SpongeBob SquarePants The Musical

In the hot and drought-stricken American southwest small town of Three Point, traveling con man Bill Starbuck promises the local farmers he can conjure some much needed rain. Spinster Lizzie Curry, whose advances are rebuffed by Sheriff Fife, blossoms as she pursues a romantic relationship with the charismatic stranger.

110 in the Shade

ARTfactory’s Pied Piper Theatre presents Anastasia: The Musical (Youth Edition). From Tony Award winners Terrance McNally, Stephen Flaherty, and Lynn Ahrens­—creator of such Broadway classics as Ragtime and Once On This Island—this dazzling production transports the audience from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s. Follow Anya, a brave young woman who sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing con man and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love, and family. 

Anastasia The Musical

Kick off the 2024–25 Hylton Center season with comedy the D.C.-area does best—politics! Former cast members and the co-writer of the long-running, beloved Capitol Steps introduce their new musical parody ensemble, Capitol Fools, in an evening where no politician is safe, and every absurdity gets its moment in the spotlight. The spirited, irreverent Fools are blazing new steps up a stairway of satire, holding up a mirror to goofiness across the political spectrum. Expect more bipartisan belly laughs as the Fools skewer the day’s news with witty song parodies, uproarious impressions, comical costume changes, and more.

Capitol Fools

Mix magic with robotics, add hilarious slapstick, and voila—you have Mario the Maker Magician! Mario infuses classic magic tricks and illusions with high-tech robotic innovation to create an assortment of homemade contraptions that do his comedic bidding. Infectiously positive and bursting with heart, Mario is on a mission to entertain and inspire future computer programmers, AI specialists, and robotic engineers along the way. He has appeared on Sesame Street, NBC’s Universal Kids, The Tonight Show, and a 2018 tour with illusionist David Blaine, who calls him “the best kids’ magician in the world!”

Mario the Maker Magician

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must crack the mystery of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as these intrepid investigators try to escape a dazzling and dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit.

Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Join world-renowned jazz drummer Jeff Hamilton and audience favorite, Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, for an evening that places the musicality of the drum set front and center. Founder, artistic director, and virtuoso saxophonist Jim Carroll leads the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, comprising some of the area’s finest musicians, and is also joined by vocalist Darden Purcell, George Mason University’s director of jazz studies. Hamilton is versatile, in demand, and has an enviable career where he has shared the stage with Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Brown, Diana Krall, Woody Herman, Monty Alexander, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, and more. Equally at home playing in small groups as well as larger ensembles, Hamilton co-leads The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and the Jeff Hamilton Trio. Enjoy a captivating evening with the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra that showcases the art and style of percussion.

Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Jeff Hamilton

Disney Concerts and AMP Worldwide Present Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert national tour! Encanto lovers of all ages can sing along with their favorite GRAMMY Award-winning songs performed by a live band while watching the full film. Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert will include all the music of the Academy Award-winning film, including iconic hits like “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” and “Surface Pressure.” Fans are encouraged to dress up as Mirabel, Luisa, Isabela, or any of their favorite characters from the film and to use their voices to transform the Hylton Center’s Merchant Hall into one big celebration of the Madrigal family.

Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert

Join the Manassas Chorale, its smaller ensemble, and the top choirs from multiple local high schools as they salute heroes and heroines from the past and present. This concert will appeal to all ages, and students are always free with a paying adult. Join the Chorale in this special tribute!

Salute to Heroes and Heroines

Though named after the Furies from Aeschylus’s The Oresteia, the Erinys Quartet aims to captivate with heavenly string music. Comprising violinists Elizabeth Stewart and Joosep Reimaa, violist Marja Räisänen, and cellist Stergios Theodoridis, the ensemble formed at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. With a performance history that spans across Europe and the United States, they are currently the quartet in residence in the Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet program at the Curtis Institute of Music. The ensemble will perform Bartók's String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 and Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 12, Op 127.

Erinys Quartet

The classic vampire tale, Dracula opens Manassas Ballet Theatre’s (MBT) season with this chilling and blood curdling production. Be transported to Transylvania with Dracula’s quest for eternal life and love leading the way. The original score by Kim Reynolds is performed by The Kim Reynolds Band and will draw you into this chilling and sensual performance by the dancers of MBT.

Dracula

The 2018 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA)’s Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range makes its Hylton Center debut in an evening of mountain music. Named for the place where the Great Smokies meet the Blue Ridge Mountains, Balsam Range has vaulted itself to one of the bluegrass genres most award-winning acts. This North Carolina quintet has garnered 13 IBMA awards after 13 critically acclaimed albums, collaborated with renowned musical artists, and toured from coast to coast, remaining fiercely loyal to traditional bluegrass all the while. If you are a fan of bluegrass, country, or folk music, you won’t want to miss this performance by one of the most admired bands on the scene!

Balsam Range

Celebrate Día de los Muertos early with Hylton Center Artist-in-Residence and the GRAMMY Award-winning Villalobos Brothers, who are redefining contemporary Mexican music while delivering positive messages of brotherhood, equity, and love. Drawing on their classical training from prestigious institutions nationwide, this lively trio of virtuoso fiddlers, singers, and songwriters blends Mexican folk music with Latin, jazz, rock, and classical, creating a fun-loving and cheerfully expressive sound that has delighted audiences across the U.S. and around the world. Hailing from the culturally rich Mexican province of Veracruz, the brothers Alberto, Ernesto, and Luis have shared the stage with the San Francisco Symphony, and collaborated with such legendary artists as Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Antonio Sánchez, Regina Carter, Eduardo Magallanes, Dan Zanes, The Chieftains, and Ana Tijoux. As a Hylton Center Artist-in-Residence, the Villalobos Brothers will also work with the community through classes and workshops during the week leading up to the performance.

Villalobos Brothers

Maestro James Villani and the Manassas Symphony Orchestra (MSO) welcome the colorful and captivating artistry of the Marcolivia Duo. The award-winning violin and viola duo of Olivia Hajioff and Marc Ramirez will perform the evocative Romantic Fantasy for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra by Australian composer Arthur Benjamin, as well as Vivaldi’s Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor. The program includes Tchaikovsky's Marche Slav and closes with Dvorák’s masterwork Symphony No. 9 'From the New World.’

Prisms

Join Mandy Gonzalez, whose voice “has a potency even the most revered divas would envy” (City Pulse), for an evening of Broadway songs, film scores, and music from her debut album, Fearless. Gonzalez starred on Broadway in Hamilton as Angelica Schuyler, in Wicked as Elphaba, and as Nina Rosario in Lin Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights. Miranda has called Gonzalez, “one of the greatest singers on earth.” After learning about the social movement #FearlessSquad, started by Gonzalez to empower and positively support others to fulfill their dreams, Miranda wrote her the song, “Fearless.” The song tells the story of how her parents met through serving our country during the Vietnam War and how their courage has motivated her as the proud daughter of a Veteran. With her irresistible positivity and powerhouse vocals, Gonzalez’s debut at the Hylton Center will also honor the Veterans in our community and spark encouragement for anyone in need of inspiration.

Mandy Gonzalez in Concert

Enjoy Irish flair with classical panache with violinist and singer Tara McNeill and pianist Alexander Bernstein. McNeill is best known as a member of the GRAMMY-nominated group, Celtic Woman, and Bernstein is a faculty member at Shenandoah Conservatory. The husband-and-wife duo will perform original compositions from their album Across the Atlantic, traditional Irish standards, classical gems, and more.

Tara McNeill and Alexander Bernstein

Cirque Kalabanté invites the whole family to Afrique en Cirque, a unique fusion of African arts and European circus traditions that makes for a multi-sensory extravaganza like no other. With colorful costumes and scenery, daring acrobats and dancers perform gravity-defying feats accompanied by the pulsating rhythms of a live Afro jazz ensemble. Inspired by daily life in his native Guinea, multi-disciplinary artist and founder of Cirque Kalabanté, Yamoussa Bangoura, created Afrique en Cirque to celebrate the vitality, joy, and beauty of African culture. “Explosive drumming and dance routines, the group delivered mind-blowing acrobatic sequences with extraordinary precision” (Vice Magazine).

Cirque Kalabanté

Nine-year-old Elmer Elevator is on a mission to rescue a baby dragon held captive on Wild Island. How will he pull off such an adventurous rescue? With pure luck—plus chewing gum, lollipop sticks, and rubber bands! In honor of the 75th anniversary of Ruth Stiles Gannett’s Newbery Honor-winning adventure book My Father’s Dragon, Enchantment Theatre Company brings to life the story of an unlikely friendship between a courageous boy and a yellow and blue-striped dragon. For 25 years, Philadelphia-based Enchantment Theatre Company has used classical literature as its inspiration for original productions that blend the use of puppets, masks, creative scenic effects, and original music. “Everything about this world-class production is inventive and endearing; it fully captures the spirit of the beloved stories, the essence of childhood, and the imagination of the audience, both young and old” (Phindie).

Enchantment Theatre Company: My Father’s Dragon

The holidays shine brighter when GRAMMY Award-winning Chanticleer comes caroling to the Hylton Center with their beloved program, A Chanticleer Christmas. Welcome the “world’s reigning male chorus” (New Yorker) back in this rich and varied program of holiday wonders, including traditional carols as well as gospel numbers, in addition to music from around the world that spans centuries. Since 1978, Chanticleer has amassed a huge following—selling more than one million albums and performing thousands of live concerts. With 12 expressive voices ranging from countertenor to bass blended with precision, clarity, and breathtaking beauty, “it’s impossible to resist the voices of Chanticleer” (San Francisco Chronicle).

Chanticleer

CAPAC ushers in the holidays with a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ wrapped in a modern and soul-stirring classic. More than just a musical, this joyous theater experience depicts the first Christmas through the lens of African American culture, articulated by Langston Hughes’ poetic narrative, scripture, diverse music genres, and powerful dance. 

Black Nativity by Langston Hughes

Get into the holiday spirit with the full Chorale and its 20-piece live orchestra in a glorious convergence of voices and instruments as they perform carols and popular songs from around the globe. This concert is always an audience-pleaser, so reserve your seats early!

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Invite the holiday spirit into your heart with classical crossover quartet Sons of Serendip. “Silky beyond reason” (New York Times), this billboard-charting foursome garnered national attention as finalists on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, where they earned praise as the “most musically talented act on the show.” Combining warm and inviting vocals, harp, piano, and cello, Sons of Serendip performs songs from their holiday-themed album “Christmas: Beyond the Lights,” showcasing their velvety harmony and fresh interpretations of traditional holiday tunes.

Sons of Serendip

The American Festival Pops Orchestra (AFPO) continues its annual tradition of spreading musical goodwill and cheer in this audience favorite! Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season returns under the baton of Artistic Director and Conductor Peter Wilson, a former Marine violinist of The White House and a “brilliant artist” (Washington Post). Enjoy a festive evening of seasonal favorites designed for the entire family to enjoy together, plus special guest artists. The AFPO comprises more than 60 professional musicians, including faculty from George Mason University’s Dewberry School of Music, instrumentalists from music ensembles of the U.S. Armed Forces, and area orchestras. This merry occasion wouldn’t be complete without an audience sing-along to make spirits bright!

American Festival Pops Orchestra: Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season

A church Christmas program spins hilariously out of control in this southern farce about squabbling sisters, family secrets, a surly Santa, a vengeful sheep, and a reluctant Elvis impersonator.

Christmas Belles

Explore a wintry dreamscape and usher in the holiday season. Kettle Run High School senior, Levi Pardo, is featured on trumpet in Leroy Anderson’s A Trumpeter’s Lullaby. Youngest audience members will appreciate Goodnight Moon, composed by American Eric Whitacre and sung by soprano and audience favorite, Christine Maxted. The concert closes with the orchestra’s exclusive colorful Music and Light Show Spectacular!

Family Concert: Reveries

D.C.-based, award-winning Celtic fiddler, Gaelic singer, and harpist Seán Heely returns for a magical winter tour through the Scottish Highlands and across the rugged Irish coast. Featuring Highland and Irish dancing and the MacMillan Pipe Band, the festive journey follows ancient Gaelic carols tucked in perfectly with lively Irish tunes and familiar Christmas melodies with a Celtic twist. The fiddle and bagpipes will sweep you away to Christmastime and Winter Solstice celebrations that are sure to lift your holiday spirits and warm your heart. A musical ambassador for Scottish music and culture, Heely won the Dan R. MacDonald Memorial Prize from the Gaelic Performing Arts’ Clan Donald Lands Trust in April 2023. Audiences are invited to bask in the warmth of the holidays in this jubilant evening of music-making.  

Seán Heely’s Celtic Christmas

Experience Drosselmeyer’s whimsy and magic as you travel with Clara and the Nutcracker Prince through a dreamy fantasy with treats and sweets along the way. The Nutcracker is a beloved holiday show for all ages, featuring an international cast of company dancers accompanied by the Manassas Ballet Theatre Orchestra.

The Nutcracker

“One of the most exciting trumpet players on the planet” (International Trumpet Guild Journal), Graham Breedlove brings his quintet for an exhilarating program of music. Just in time for Mardi Gras, Breedlove, a native of south Louisiana, is joined by fellow members of George Mason University Dewberry School of Music faculty, as this “luminous, fine-grained” (Washington Post) group performs a mix of traditional New Orleans music, modern jazz, and original tunes.

Graham Breedlove Group

Enjoy a soaring selection of operatic delights performed by talented members of Virginia Opera, the Official Opera Company of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Experience exciting, big talent in an intimate performance that includes famous arias and duets from the greatest hits of opera, in addition to Broadway showtunes and other diverse and exciting repertory!

Virginia Opera: A Taste of Opera

Celebrate folk and children’s music from around the globe with Elena Moon Park & Friends. With an emphasis on East and Southeast Asia, plus original songs reimagined to mix musical traditions, languages, styles, and stories, Park celebrates learning about the world through music. Sing and clap along to Taiwanese train songs, Tibetan jump rope rhymes, Cambodian folk songs, sing-alongs in English, and more, performed on string instruments, accordion, and drums. As an Artist-in-Residence, Elena Moon Park will also work with the community through classes and workshops during the week leading up to the performance.

Elena Moon Park & Friends

Dylan Triplett is a blues and soul prodigy from St. Louis, Missouri, and was raised in a musical family. He began singing at age nine and has been performing professionally since late 2016. His rise in the industry recently earned him the 2023 Blues Music Award for Best Emerging Artist Album presented by the Blues Foundation and the 2023 Blues Blast Award. The Hylton Center is thrilled to welcome Triplett and his band for their Hylton Center debut!

Dylan Triplett

The Acting Company presents 2022 Tony Award nominee Christina Anderson’s delightful adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s earliest works, The Comedy of Errors. In this farcical romp, separated families and mistaken identities create hilarious mayhem. Antipholus and his servant, Dromio, travel in search of a long-lost family member, only to get mixed up in a wild race against the clock, love-at-first-double-take, run-ins with local law enforcement, and double trouble. Founded in 1972 and based in New York City, The Acting Company has been hailed as “the major touring classical theater in the United States” (New York Times). The company has given over 400 actors an artistic home to develop their craft and has helped kickstart the careers of Kevin Kline, Jeffrey Wright, Patti LuPone, and Rainn Wilson, among others. Experience this comedic play for the ages.

The Acting Company

The 2022 Gramophone Orchestra of the Year nominee, Czech National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) makes its Hylton Center debut with a masterful program of fiery, powerhouse works under the direction of Music Director Steven Mercurio. Featuring rising violinist Sandy Cameron, who will perform Barber’s Violin Concerto Op. 14, Cameron debuted as a performer at age 12 and has made waves as a unique artist with a diverse range of musical styles and performance prowess. “Acrobatic, athletic, and commanding, Cameron’s powerful violin playing approach[es] the realm of performance art” (DC Metro Theater Arts). Enjoy additional works including Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 performed by Maxim Lando and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8. The CNSO ranks among the most highly sought after orchestras in Europe and the United States and is consistently praised for its versatile programs that include classical, film scores, jazz, musicals, and more. Don’t miss this compelling collaboration between orchestra and instrumentalist!

Czech National Symphony Orchestra

Violinist Leonid Sushansky joins Maestro Villani and the MSO for Mendelssohn’s highly-regarded Violin Concerto in E Minor. At age 15, Sushansky debuted with the New York Philharmonic at the invitation of conductor Zubin Mehta. He is the Artistic Director of the National Chamber Ensemble and continues his distinguished career as a performer and teacher. The concert concludes with Respighi’s gorgeous and picturesque tone poem, Pines of Rome.

Expressions

The internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns with his popular Keyboard Conversations®—concerts with captivating commentary. A Few of Our Favorite Things is a program of beloved, familiar works composed by some of the most popular composers of all time: Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Liszt—music known to non-concert goers as well as classical music aficionados. The program will conclude with a short Q&A with the audience.

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: A Few of Our Favorite Things

George Mason University alumnus (Doctor of Musical Arts, ‘21), Dewberry School of Music professor, and recipient of a Young Alumni Commissioning Award (’23), Juan Megna showcases musical influences from across the Americas with the Juan Megna Trio. The Argentinian-born percussionist/drummer studied music at the State University of Campinas in São Paulo, Brazil, before continuing his musical and educational odyssey in the United States. At Mason, he leads the School of Music Latin American Ensemble and has performed with Wade Beach, Shawn Purcell, Wayne Wilentz, among others. The Juan Megna Trio will perform a mix of Megna’s original compositions, blended jazz, Argentinian and Afro-Brazilian rhythms.

Juan Megna Trio

Don’t miss Kim Reynolds’ new contemporary ballet, Love, performed by The Kim Reynolds Band. Ahamed Nabil sets the stage with his original choreography in this beautiful expression of love and infatuation that will leave you breathless. The ballet Love consists of multiple vignettes each representing a different aspect of the complex thing that is love.

Love

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, JigJam, “the best Irish group in bluegrass” (Irish American News), guarantees foot-stomping, heart-pounding feel-good tunes. The quartet made its Grand Ole Opry Debut in 2023 to a sold-out crowd where they were joined by Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Steve Earle, and Lauren Alaina, among others. JigJam includes Ireland’s County Offaly natives Jamie McKeogh (lead singer and guitar); Daithi Melia (5-string banjo and dobro); Tipperary-born Gavin Strappe (mandolin and tenor banjo); and St. Louis, Missouri’s own Kevin Buckley (fiddle). These talented multi-instrumentalists have released three albums and are winning over audiences with their infectious blend of bluegrass and American folk. Celebrate the rich musical heritage of the Irish with “Ireland’s answer to New Grass Revival” (Midwest Records).

JigJam

Subscriptions are available for the Prince William Little Theatre 2024–25 season. Please visit or call the Hylton Center Ticket Office at 703-993-7700 to subscribe.  Individual tickets go on sale March 8.

The Secret Garden: The Musical

The Chorale is joined by the Voices United Festival Choir and a guest clinician, along with an orchestra of talented musicians who, together, fill the hall with magnificent music. The final piece features all of the performers on stage together. Enjoy an evening of beautiful melodies, exciting arrangements, and toe-tapping spirituals that inspire you to “come to the music!”

Come to the Music

Direct from Broadway comes the Tony Award-winning musical A Year With Frog and Toad, based on the beloved children’s books by Arnold Lobel. Featuring a jazzy score by Robert and Willie Reale and produced by Wishing Star Productions, LLC, this charming musical follows two best friends—cheerful Frog and curmudgeonly Toad—through the four seasons. Waking from hibernation in spring to planting gardens in summer, raking leaves in fall, and sledding in winter, A Year With Frog and Toad tells the story of a friendship that endures with wit and heart. Bring your entire family to experience what the Boston Globe raves “[is] a delight for young and old.”

A Year With Frog and Toad

Become a part of broadcast history as two-time GRAMMY Award winner and West Virginia native Kathy Mattea hosts a taping of Mountain Stage, live from the Hylton Center’s Merchant Hall. Since 1983, Mountain Stage has, for nearly 40 years, given listeners the “best seat in the house” for performances by rising stars and longtime legends. Recorded in front of a live audience, each two-hour episode features contemporary artists in genres ranging from roots, folk, blues, and country to indie rock, synth pop, world music, alternative, and beyond. Some of their most iconic guests have included Regina Spektor, John Prine, R.E.M., Phish, Alison Krauss, and Buddy Guy, among many others. Witness the stars of today and tomorrow in this on-the-road taping of one of the most beloved and enduring programs in public radio history.

Mountain Stage hosted by Kathy Mattea

World touring concert pianist Catherine Lan has been praised by Palm Beach Daily News as a pianist who “has a fluent technique, sensitive musicianship and a probing intellect.” Lan joins the MSO to perform Brahms’ grand and expressive Piano Concerto No. 1. She has appeared at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Victoria Hall in Singapore, and Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn (Estonia). A suite of brilliant music from French composer Georges Bizet’s masterpiece opera Carmen concludes the concert and the MSO’s season.

Fantasies

Manassas Ballet Theatre (MBT) closes its season with the timeless classic The Sleeping Beauty. Princess Aurora is gifted a curse of death at her christening by the evil Carabosse, but it is softened to a gift of blissful sleep where she can only be awakened by a prince and true love’s kiss. Enjoy this exquisite production by the dancers of MBT, accompanied by the Manassas Ballet Theatre orchestra.

The Sleeping Beauty

Commemorate Armed Forces Day with a patriotic musical tribute performed by the American Festival Pops Orchestra (AFPO) in collaboration with George Mason University’s Veterans and the Arts Initiative, a nationally recognized program that is based at the Hylton Center. Under the baton of Peter Wilson, AFPO performs a stirring salute to the community’s Veterans. A former senior enlisted music advisor to The White House, where he led ensembles and performed as a Marine violinist for 30 years, Wilson served as String Section Commander for “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band. Upon retiring in 2020, he was awarded the Legion of Merit. The AFPO comprises more than 60 professional musicians, including faculty from George Mason University’s Dewberry School of Music, instrumentalists from music ensembles of the U.S. Armed Forces, and area orchestras.

American Festival Pops Orchestra: Armed Forces Day Celebration

Take a musical journey with the Chorale, its Ensemble, Orchestra, and the Greater Manassas Children’s Choir (GMCC) as they celebrate the stories of Disney princesses and swash-buckling pirates through music. GMCC students in Grades 2–8 perform alongside adult singers in this exciting musical adventure.

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Romeo and Juliet

11 - 19 May, 2024

Crowns: A Gospel Musical

May 24, 2024

Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra Presents An Evening of Magic, Lyricism, and Fate

May 31, 2024

Musical ‘Pearls’ from Three Decades

Jun 1, 2024

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