Tag: performances
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In the news: Holiday Pops, Oak Ridge Boys play Weidner this weekend
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Local 5 Critic-at-Large Warren Gerds highlighted upcoming Weidner Center performances in two Wednesday (Dec. 17) columns on holiday entertainment in our area. The first profiles the large-scale Holiday Pops concert that features the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, Dudley Birder Chorale and Birder Studio of Performing Arts presenting a program of Christmas carols and holiday favorites.…
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Weidner Center’s new season, continued success featured in Sunday Press-Gazette
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The front page of Sunday’s (June 13) Press-Gazette Life and Family section featured a great story on another strong year for the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, highlighting both a dynamic new Performing Arts Season and another year of finishing in the black. Reporter Kendra Meinert highlighted some of the acts that likely will…
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Campus invited: Weidner to announce Performing Arts Season Wednesday
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The campus community is welcome for a big announcement Wednesday (June 25) evening at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., Chancellor Tom Harden and Weidner Executive Director Kate Green will host an event announcing the 2014-15 Performing Arts Season, an exciting lineup featuring Broadway, celebrity, comedy, dance, family entertainment and…
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Gerds reviews symphony, UW Band after busy weekend at the Weidner
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It was another busy weekend at the Weidner Center, with the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra concluding its 100th season Saturday (April 12) and the high-energy UW Marching Band taking the stage Sunday (April 13). That meant it also was a busy weekend for Local 5 Critic-at-Large Warren Gerds, who reviewed both shows. You can catch…
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Gerds column touts Weidner success — even when the Pack is playing
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A recent Warren Gerds column explores the fact that the Green Bay Packers aren’t the only ticket in town — and uses two recent shows at the Weidner Center to prove the point. The Dec. 15 Mannheim Steamroller matinee played to 90 percent capacity, Gerds notes in his column on wearegreenbay.com — and that’s after…
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Wonderful Weidner: Holiday Pops, recorded this weekend, to air on PBS
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The Green Bay Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Pops delighted crowds for two shows at the Weidner Center this weekend — but if you missed out (or would like to catch it again), you’re still in luck. PBS recorded the concert, which will air at 7 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 19) and 3 p.m. on Christmas Day. Weidner…
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Big weekend at the Weidner, with GBSO Pops and holiday Steamroller
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Here’s one final reminder: Tickets remain on sale for four big Weidner Center holiday shows over the next 48 hours or so. The Green Bay Symphony Orchestra presents its annual Holiday Pops concert over two nights, tonight and Saturday. And Mannheim Steamroller Christmas will take the stage for shows at 3:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday…
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Blue Man Group has landed… and student rush tickets are $25 apiece
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They’re here! With shows at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday, the remarkable Blue Man Group has invaded the UW-Green Bay campus. The Weidner Center tells us that student rush tickets are being made available at $25 each, sold at the box office beginning 90 minutes before each show with student ID.
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Video preview: Dramatic comedy ‘Crimes of the Heart’ opens Oct. 17
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UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance will present the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Crimes of the Heart Oct. 17-19 and 23-26 in the Jean Weidner Theatre at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Here, director and cast share what they love about this dramatic comedy.
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UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance presents ‘Crimes of the Heart,’ opening Oct. 17
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UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance will open its 2013-14 season with the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Crimes of the Heart, launching a seven-performance run Thursday, Oct. 17 in the Jean Weidner Theatre at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. The work of playwright Beth Henley, Crimes of the Heart follows the three Magrath sisters, who…