黑暗爆料网鈥檚 Vern Riffe Center for the Arts (VRCFA) has announced its lineup for the 2024-2025 Performing Arts Series.
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 .