Lifelong Learning Institute, Manassas
LLI: Manassas Symphony Orchestra: Reflection and Hope
Speaker/Host: James Villani
This event is open to the public. For more information about the Lifelong Learning Institute, Manassas, visit lli-manassas.org
In this class, Manassas Symphony Orchestra Conductor James Villani will discuss the theme of the May 7 concert, Reflection and Hope, and present ... Read more
Featuring Markus Compton
Proof of vaccination or a negative test result and face coverings will still be required for this performance. See updated policies.
In a delightfully unusual pairing, banjoist John Bullard and pianist Markus Compton perform folk-classical fusion music... Read more
Speaker/Host: Anthony J. Maiello and Bryan Kidd
This event is open to the public. For more information about the Lifelong Learning Institute, Manassas, visit lli-manassas.org
Give my regards to Broadway! Join Anthony Maiello, conductor and artistic director of the American Festival Pops Orchestra, a... Read more
Colgan High School senior Angelina Seamster has been playing cello with the Manassas Symphony Orchestra since the 8th grade. Miss Seamster returns as a guest soloist to perform Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major. The orchestra closes the concert and its 21-22 season with Beethoven’s... Read more
Northern Virginia Ballet & Academy of Russian Ballet: Sleeping Beauty
Sunday, May 08, 2022 6:00pm
Fall under the spell of this fairytale classic. Upon being cursed by malevolent Carabosse, Princess Aurora is doomed to eternal slumber that can only be ended by the kiss of true love. Supported by award-winning dancers, gorgeous costumes and sets, this production is not to be missed.
... Read moreFeaturing Lisa Vroman
Proof of vaccination or a negative test result and face coverings will still be required for this performance. See updated policies.
The American Festival Pops Orchestra presents a musical tribute to Broadway in an evening of popular melodies, timeless ballads, and ... Read more
Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra
OBCO Goes to the Movies: A Tribute to John Williams
Enjoy an afternoon at the movies! This tribute to the film scores of John Williams is sure to delight with music from some of the composer’s biggest hits: Summon the Heroes, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Superman, Jurassic Park and Star Wars.
$20 adult, $15 senior (65+), military (activ... Read more

Manassas Ballet Theatre: Cinderella
Saturday, May 21, 2022 7:30pm
Sunday, May 22, 2022 3:00pm
The magic of Cinderella closes out Manassas Ballet Theatre’s (MBT) 2021-22 season. Performed by MBT for only the second time in the company’s history, this fairytale ballet celebrates one of the most famous happily ever after stories ever told. A lush production set to the musical score ... Read more

ARTfactory Pied Piper Theatre
Matilda The Musical
Saturday, May 28, 2022 7:00pm
Sunday, May 29, 2022 3:00pm
Inspired by the twisted genius of Roald Dahl, the Tony Award-winning Matilda The Musical is the captivating masterpiece that revels in the anarchy of childhood, the power of imagination and the inspiring story of a girl who dreams of a better life.
$20 adult, $16 youth (12 and under). E... Read more
Independence Nontraditional School: Graduation Ceremony
Take a musical journey with the Chorale, its smaller ensemble, orchestra, and the Greater Manassas Children’s Choir for an evening of music that features “time" as a central theme (songs include “Yesterday,” “Today,” and “Tomorrow.”) Student singers in Grades 2-8 join adults in this mov... Read more

Veterans and the Arts Initiative: Summer 2022 Collaborative Quilt Workshop
Registration required to participate
Join us for this family-friendly workshop — no quilting or sewing experience required! Emily Fasick, Art Educator, Hylton Center, will teach how to create your own unique quilt square by combining easy fiber arts and mixed media techniques. Completed sq... Read more
Axial Dance: Out of This World
Axial Dance transports you “Out of This World” as its dancers perform galactic favorite hits! From Star Wars to Space Jam, this show has it all!
$12; free for children ages 3 and under
... Read moreVirginia National Ballet Recital
Join Virginia National Ballet students in this year-end recital featuring performances in ballet, contemporary, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, acro, and voice and piano! See beautifully danced and choreographed works in a wide variety of styles, with colorful c... Read more
JNJ Dance Expressions is excited to host its 10 Year Anniversary Dance Season with a Juneteenth Celebration. Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, Liberation Day, or Jubilee Day is now a national holiday celebrating America's nascent steps in actualizing our Constitut... Read more

Boyle School of Irish Dance: Spring Performance
Sunday, Jun 05, 2022 6:30pm
This cabaret performance of Irish dance features hundreds of dancers! From 5-year-old beginners to seasoned competition champions, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
$15; free children under 5
... Read more
Manassas Ballet Theatre
Manassas Ballet Academy’s 2022 Recital: The Sleeping Beauty & More!
The close of each academic year at Manassas Ballet Theatre is highlighted by an annual recital.
This year, Act One comprises non-ballet class dances, and Act Two is a beautiful, abridged version of The Sleeping Beauty!
Free
... Read moreDance Etc School of the Arts: Celebrating Our 40th Anniversary Concert
Face coverings are required for this performance. See updated policies.
Dance Etc celebrates its 40th anniversary with performances from ballet to tap to contemporary, and more. Dance Etc dancers have performed everywhere from Disney World to New York City and look forward to performing... Read more
Join this showcase of talented community dancers, ages 3 – 18, as they perform two shows as part of this 14th annual recital. After two years of overcoming obstacles and setbacks, come back and support these dancers who have demonstrated grit, leadership, and determination as they share ... Read more

The Center for Ballet Arts: Dance Concert 2022 Featuring Coppelia
Thursday, Jun 16, 2022 7:00pm
The Center for Ballet Arts celebrates 29 years with this special Ballet Arts Ensemble performance of Coppelia featuring members of the school in Act I. Act II presents a variety of dance styles to close the evening.
$25 adult; $20 senior (65+) and youth ages 12 and under
... Read more
Veterans and the Arts Initiative: Summer 2022 Veterans Virtual Guitar Workshops, Level I
Thursday, Jul 07, 2022 7:00pm
Thursday, Aug 11, 2022 7:00pm
Registration required to participate (attendance to all three workshops not required).
Back by popular demand, the Veterans and the Arts Initiative Guitar Workshop Series returns online via Zoom in summer 2022! Those who have completed Level I – or taken guitar lessons previously – are welc... Read more

Veterans and the Arts Initiative: Summer 2022 Veterans Virtual Guitar Workshops, Level II
Thursday, Jul 07, 2022 8:00pm
Thursday, Aug 11, 2022 8:00pm
Registration is required to participate (attendance at all three workshops is not required).
Back by popular demand, the Veterans and the Arts Initiative Guitar Workshop Series returns online via Zoom in summer 2022! If you are comfortable with the following four skills (or just want to obs... Read more
Virginia Dance Center
Virginia Dance Center: Dancing with Wonka
Saturday, Jun 18, 2022 5:00pm
Virginia Dance Center’s dancers tell the story of curiosity, dreaming, and adventure through the magic of dance. The entire family will enjoy a variety of performances in ballet, tap, jazz, Hip Hop, and more!
$22 adult; $14 Virginia Dance Center dancer; free 24 months and younger
... Read moreLegendary singer and songwriter Paul Anka dazzles in a performance featuring his biggest hits, including “Put Your Head On My Shoulder”, “Diana”, “She’s A Lady”, and “My Way.” With songwriting credits ranging from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, and Johnny Carson’s “The Tonight Show” ... Read more
PowerWorx Dance: Pump up the Power
Based in Chantilly, Virginia, PowerWorx Dance celebrates the end of its 6th season. The award-winning dance studio teaches dancers ages 2 – 18 years of age in the styles of ballet, jazz, lyrical, tap, ACRO, Hip Hop, and more. The competition team performs at regional, national, and inter... Read more

Prince William Little Theatre and Manassas Symphony Orchestra
The Sound of Music
Saturday, Jul 16, 2022 2:00pm
Sunday, Jul 17, 2022 2:00pm
Prince William Little Theatre and the Manassas Symphony Orchestra join forces to present this heartwarming musical about the Von Trapp Family singers, their governess Maria, family patriarch Captain von Trapp, and their adventures and trials in a pre-World War II era. This family-friendl... Read more

Manassas Symphony Orchestra
Manassas Symphony Orchestra: The Raleigh Ringers
The Manassas Symphony Orchestra (MSO) presents the internationally acclaimed Raleigh Ringers in concert, featuring musicians from the MSO. Since its founding in 1990, The Raleigh Ringers has dazzled audiences with unique interpretations of sacred, secular, and popular music, including fa... Read more
Welcome trailblazing Broadway legend Norm Lewis for an unforgettable evening of stories and songs that highlight his career on stage, including leading turns in Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, and Sweeney Todd. This Emmy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee... Read more
“America’s Favorite Mystifier” Mike Super brings his mind-blowing illusions and combined hilarity of a headline comedian to the Hylton Center to entertain and enthrall the whole family. Mike has turned the traditional magic show on its side and dumped it right into the audience—as YOU beco... Read more

Hylton Presents
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Music for the Young and Youthful
For the young and young at heart! This Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel concert is something the whole family can enjoy. Experience some of the most familiar, playful tunes in the piano repertoire, including Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee”, Chopin’s “Cat Waltz”, and ... Read more
Join award-winning cellist Alicia Ward as she performs an impressive afternoon of classical music. Making her orchestral debut as a featured soloist at the age of 12, Ward has since performed throughout the United States and abroad as a chamber musician, recitalist, and soloist. Her perfor... Read more
Join the Manassas Chorale, its smaller ensemble, and premier choirs from local high schools as they celebrate the best of Broadway. Listen closely for your favorites!
$25, $23 adult; free to Mason students and children (18 years and younger)
Individual tickets to the Manassas Chorale 22-23 season g... Read more

Manassas Ballet Theatre
Manassas Ballet Theatre: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Saturday, Oct 15, 2022 7:30pm
Sunday, Oct 16, 2022 3:00pm
With new choreography set to the live music of the Manassas Ballet Theatre Orchestra, the story of Ichabod Crane and his failed pursuit of the beautiful Katrina materializes in the haunting tale of lost love and tragedy just in time for Halloween!
$65, $55, $45, $35, $25
Individual tickets to Manass... Read more

Prince William Little Theatre
Peter and the Starcatcher
Saturday, Oct 15, 2022 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct 16, 2022 2:00pm
Friday, Oct 21, 2022 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct 22, 2022 2:00pm
Saturday, Oct 22, 2022 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct 23, 2022 2:00pm
Amidst a stormy sea passage, young orphans on the ship "The Neverland" help the daughter of an English lord protect pirate treasure. On their journey, an orphan boy meets Black Stache, who names the boy Peter and tries to persuade him to become a pirate. To save himself from drowning, Pe... Read more
The Manassas Symphony Orchestra celebrates the beginning of its 30th season on Hungarian composer Franz Liszt’s 211th birthday by featuring piano virtuoso Thomas Pandolfi performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major. The Ashville [NC] Citizen-Times says about Pandolfi, “His virtuos... Read more
50 Years
Spectacular large-scale masks, clever puppetry, and inventive use of shadow and light delight the whole family in Mummenschanz’s “50 Years.” The Swiss troupe creatively cuts through cultural and language boundaries in a performance of wordless poetry and whimsical theater. Mummens... Read more
45th Anniversary - Yo Creo Que Es Tiempo
All hail the “Queen of Ranchera Music,” Aida Cuevas! In her debut at the Hylton Center, this GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY winner will fill Merchant Hall with lively mariachi music, the powerful energy of her stage presence, and the rich effervescence of ... Read more
Intimate Farruquito
International flamenco megastar, Farruquito, ignites the stage with raw emotion, extraordinary artistry, and captivating energy. Heralded as “the greatest flamenco dancer of this new century” by The New York Times, Farruquito shares his personal journey through traditio... Read more
Amanda Miguel & Ana Victoria Verdaguer
Amanda Miguel and Ana Victoria Verdaguer deliver a tribute to everlasting love as part of their Siempre Te Amaré Tour dedicated to the late, great Diego Verdaguer. Having cultivated successful individual careers over the years, Argentina's royal family of pop balladry has always been str... Read more
Opera lovers, rejoice in an afternoon bill brimming with all of the drama, poetry, history, and romance that makes opera so heart-thrilling. Singers fresh off of the Virginia Opera stage will perform beloved arias and duets selected from both classic and contemporary repertoire. There are ... Read more
Darden Purcell, vocals
Celebrate Veterans Day week with Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra’s “Salute to the Military.” Vocalist Darden Purcell, Mason Director of Jazz Studies and Jazz Voice, joins Artistic Director and virtuoso saxophonist Jim Carroll and his Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra for an un... Read more

Hylton Family Series
SUGAR SKULL! A Día de los Muertos Musical Adventure
Sunday, Nov 13, 2022 4:00pm
Presented by Mexico Beyond Mariachi
Vita Flores thinks her family is loco to be planning a party for the dead. But things change suddenly when her abuelita’s candy skeleton jumps to life, launching her into a magical world! A host of spirited characters including ancient ancestors, a sorro... Read more
The Seldom Scene, Washington D.C.’s favorite bluegrass band and pioneers of the “new-grass” movement, are back for an encore set of American Roots Series performances! Their time-tested sound stretches and blends seamlessly in the realm of country, rock, pop, and jazz and has led to a devo... Read more
A Chanticleer Christmas
Join us in our tradition of ushering in the holiday season with peace, joy and a cappella! Chanticleer’s 12 male voices, from soprano to bass, blend together perfectly in spellbinding harmony. This concert features the group’s signature blend of Renaissance music, G... Read more
HOPE: It’s Been a Long Time Coming
Direct from South Africa, welcome the three-time GRAMMY Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir for an exuberant night of African Gospel, spirituals, reggae, contemporary pop, and holiday music. For more than 20 years, Soweto’s awe-inspiring 20-member ensemble ... Read more
Get into the holiday spirit with the full Chorale and its 20-piece live orchestra in a concert of fifteen carols and popular songs of the season. Enjoy a variety of timeless selections as both voice and instrument combine for a glorious holiday musical experience.
$25, $23 adult; free to Mason stude... Read more

Creative and Performing Arts Center
Creative and Performing Arts Center: Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity
Sunday, Dec 04, 2022 7:00pm
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 narrat... Read more
Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling. Ring ting tingling too. Come out to the Hylton Center for timeless holiday favorites with the American Festival Pops Orchestra. This beloved tradition celebrates the season with treasured classics that warm the heart... Read more

Prince William Little Theatre
The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge
Saturday, Dec 10, 2022 2:00pm
Saturday, Dec 10, 2022 7:00pm
Sunday, Dec 11, 2022 2:00pm
Friday, Dec 16, 2022 8:00pm
Saturday, Dec 17, 2022 2:00pm
Saturday, Dec 17, 2022 7:00pm
Sunday, Dec 18, 2022 2:00pm
Witness the trial of the century! A year after his miraculous transformation, Ebenezer Scrooge is back to his old ways and sues Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future for breaking and entering, kidnapping, and a long list of other crimes. Will Ebenezer redisco... Read more

Manassas Symphony Orchestra
Manassas Symphony Orchestra Family Concert: Explorations
The MSO commemorates the 20th edition of its annual family concert by taking listeners on a musical journey with a world premiere of Manassas composer Ben Bernstein’s work based on award-winning author and New Yorker cover artist Bob Staake’s new book, The Path. Together with Bernstein’s... Read more
Seán Heely, U.S. National Scottish fiddle champion and folk singer, returns for an encore performance to celebrate the holiday season with Celtic Christmas music. Take a magical winter tour through the Scottish Highlands and across the rugged Irish coast with Gaelic carols and songs, tucke... Read more

Manassas Ballet Theatre
Manassas Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker
Saturday, Dec 17, 2022 3:00pm
Saturday, Dec 17, 2022 7:30pm
Sunday, Dec 18, 2022 3:00pm
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2022 3:00pm
Wednesday, Dec 21, 2022 3:00pm
Thursday, Dec 22, 2022 3:00pm
Friday, Dec 23, 2022 3:00pm
Sweet Clara, naughty Fritz, dancing dolls, Drosselmeyer, and the Nutcracker Prince embark on a dreamy journey of fantasy and sweets. Enjoy this magical performance that is fun for all ages and features the professional dancers and musicians of Manassas Ballet Theatre.
$75, $65, $55, $45, $35
Individ... Read more
András Keller, conductor
Zoltán Fejérvári, piano
Franz Lehár: Overture to The Merry Widow
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 1
Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor “From the New World”, Op. 95
Enjoy a radiant concert of masterpieces performed by the Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra... Read more
La Galerie
What happens when a well-intentioned circus invades a serious, monochromatic museum exhibit? Hilarious, high-flying, color-filled pandemonium, of course! In La Galerie, seven zany acrobats, one electrifying musician, and plenty of popcorn transform a black and white art exhibit ... Read more
Featuring the MMDG Music Ensemble
Pepperland
Legendary choreographer Mark Morris celebrates The Beatles in his critically-acclaimed Pepperland! Thanks to Morris’s distinctive wit, musicality, and inventiveness, Pepperland transforms The Beatles’ music into a performance that fills the stag... Read more
Bay Area Children’s Theatre
Bedtime has never been so exciting in this clever, imaginative, and heartwarming musical! Based on the beloved children’s book series by Anna Dewdney and Netflix TV series, Llama Llama Live, presented by the Bay Area Children’s Theatre, will have the whole famil... Read more

American Roots Series
Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
Saturday, Feb 25, 2023 8:00pm
Artist-in-Residence
Welcome Hylton Center Artist-in-Residence and two-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience for the soulful, rootsy sound born in South Louisiana. An 8th generation Louisiana Creole, Simien has dedicated his career to shattering myths ab... Read more

Hylton Presents
Lucy Loves Desi: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom
L.A. Theatre Works
Susan Albert Loewenberg, Producing Director
By Gregg Oppenheimer
Lucy's biggest scheme ever? Persuading the CBS studio heads to air I Love Lucy in the first place! Stroll down memory lane in this behind-the-scenes look at one of America’s best-loved TV shows of all time... Read more
Steelpanist Victor Provost presents an eclectic repertoire of music including Folk music of South America and the Caribbean, European Classical Music, American Jazz, and original compositions. Provost, a George Mason University adjunct professor in the Dewberry School of Music, is widely r... Read more
Joseph Kingma joins the MSO to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor. Kingma’s playing is described by the New York Concert Review as “[coaxing] the listener into the music’s poetry from the very first notes… showing the command of a master and a composer’s insight. [T]houg... Read more
Songs We Love
You don’t have to take a train to New York City to indulge in the polished brass, spirited improvisation, and syncopated rhythms of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Trumpeter Riley Mulherkar, the “youngster to keep an eye on” (The Wall Street Journal), leads an all-star band made up o... Read more

Manassas Ballet Theatre
Manassas Ballet Theatre: La Boutique Fantasque & More!
Saturday, Mar 11, 2023 7:30pm
Sunday, Mar 12, 2023 3:00pm
This program features the premieres of original contemporary choreography by Manassas Ballet Theatre’s dancers (Act I) and the enchanting story of a world-famous toymaker, his magic toyshop, and exquisite dancing dolls (Act II). Set to live music by the Manassas Ballet Theatre Orchestra, this deligh... Read more

Prince William Little Theatre
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Saturday, Mar 11, 2023 2:00pm
Saturday, Mar 11, 2023 8:00pm
Sunday, Mar 12, 2023 2:00pm
Friday, Mar 17, 2023 8:00pm
Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 2:00pm
Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 8:00pm
Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 2:00pm
This hilarious musical comedy tells the story of a local spelling bee gone rogue. An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of "words" as th... Read more
The Chorale joins forces with the Voices United Workshop Choir, a guest clinician, and a lively orchestra to “raise the roof” in this annual concert of sacred music that includes toe-tapping spirituals, beautiful melodies, and stunning arrangements. Don’t miss the final piece that combines performer... Read more
Take a musical journey along Ireland’s rugged and wild coastline with traditional Irish music icons, Dervish. For more than 30 years, the sextet from the Emerald Isle has reigned as one of the leading names in traditional Irish music. The internationally-acclaimed ensemble includes some of... Read more
Strings will sing in this stunning concert pairing with harpist Michelle Lundy and violinist Leo Sushansky. Lundy is the founding member of Beau Soir Ensemble, a venerable flute, viola, and harp trio known to our region for its unique instrumentation, breathtaking music, and infectious ene... Read more
The New Musical Stage Adaptation
This season, a beloved adventure is coming to the Hylton Center! Disney's iconic Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Owl (oh… and don't forget Tigger, too!) have come to life in a beautifully cr... Read more

Hylton Presents
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Chopin and Grieg – A Musical Friendship
Romance is in the air in this Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel concert. From Chopin’s stirring Polonaises and dreamy Nocturnes to Grieg’s enchanting and humorous Lyric Pieces, be swept away by the music and the histories of these two beloved Romantic composers. Jeffrey Siegel’s ... Read more
The all-female ensemble Wicked Sycamore brings their tight vocal harmonies, instrumental prowess, and mischievous edge for a contemporary folk concert grounded in traditional roots, Americana, and bluegrass. Hailing from the Baltimore/D.C. area, the trio consists of Juliette Bell on guitar... Read more
The Manassas Symphony Orchestra closes its season with internationally acclaimed young pianist Alexander Bernstein, professor of piano at Shenandoah Conservatory. Bernstein headlines a program of American composers with Edward MacDowell’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in A major. The concert incl... Read more
CAMMO Voices joins with George Mason University’s Veterans and the Arts Initiative to present a concert that honors our servicemembers, their spouses, and families. The evening-length celebration includes music honoring Mother’s Day from the American Military Spouses Choir, made up of mili... Read more

Manassas Ballet Theatre
Manassas Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake
Saturday, May 20, 2023 3:00pm
Saturday, May 20, 2023 7:30pm
Sunday, May 21, 2023 3:00pm
Manassas Ballet Theatre’s (MBT) season closes with Marius Petipa’s timeless classical ballet, Swan Lake, set to Tchaikovsky’s stunning score and performed live by the Manassas Ballet Theatre Orchestra. MBT’s international cast of dancers weave the tale of the Swan Queen Odette, her love Prince Siegf... Read more
Take a musical journey with the Chorale, its ensemble, orchestra, and the Greater Manassas Children’s Choir for an evening of patriotic music that honors our country’s Veterans. Student?singers in Grades 2-8?join?adults?in a performance that closes Manassas Chorale’s 29th season and is sure to have ... Read more