August 28, 2024
黑料社鈥檚 Vern Riffe Center for the Arts (VRCFA) has announced its lineup for the 2024-2025 Performing Arts Series.
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Opening this year鈥檚 Performing Arts Series will be 鈥淎lways Loretta鈥, an intimate evening of songs and stories of Loretta Lynn, on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Broadway will return to the VRCFA stage on Thursday, Oct. 17 with 鈥淪hrek, The Musical鈥, a musical adaptation of the hit movie that is ogre-sized family fun as this fairytale comes to life. Ringing in the holiday season on Tuesday, Nov. 26, the world鈥檚 most famous brass quintet, 鈥淐anadian Brass鈥 will share their holiday show.
Starting off 2025, Broadway will once again take the stage with 鈥淧retty Woman, The Musical鈥, based on the 1990 hit movie starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Celebrating the bestselling duo in rock鈥檔鈥檙oll history, 鈥淔orever Simon & Garfunkel, A Tribute鈥 on Thursday, Feb. 13, will lead the audience through the group鈥檚 early success to their global dominance as hit-makers. Just in time for St. Patrick鈥檚 Day, a VRCFA favorite, 鈥淐eltic Angels Ireland鈥, once again takes the Eloise Covert Smith Theater stage on Thursday, Mar. 13 to showcase their award-winning Irish and world champion singers, dancers, and musicians. Rounding out this year鈥檚 series will be 鈥淗ere Comes the Sun鈥 on Thursday, Apr. 24, a musical celebration of a decade of Beatles music by a five-person band of multi-instrumentalist and vocalists from Broadway, Lincoln Center, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
This year鈥檚 lineup will also feature two World Fest performances 鈥 Farah Siraj from Jordan on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 and LADAMA a South American trio, on Thursday, Apr. 3, 2025. The VRCFA has been a selected partner with Arts Midwest for the 2022-2025 World Fest cycle. During the three-year partnership, Arts Midwest has brought six music ensembles from inside and outside the United States to Portsmouth for week-long residencies.
To learn more about each show coming to the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts, visit .