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The Great Gatsby

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

Join us for the World Premiere of The Great Gatsby Ballet! Step into the jazzy world of the Roaring Twenties with this new production of the World Ballet Company. See the glitz, glamor, and tragic romance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless novel LIVE on stage, featuring a multinational cast of 40 professional ballet dancers, all-star creative team, lustrous hand-crafted costumes and lavish groundbreaking sets. The original score evokes the energy and atmosphere of the 1920s. World Ballet Company’s “The Great Gatsby’ is a must-see feast for the eyes. Get your tickets today and be among the first to experience this lavish new production! *The Creative Team of The Great Gatsby: Renowned choreographer Ilya Zhivoy captures the passion of the central love story with a sensual, dynamic style. Celebrated LA-based film and TV composer Anna Drubich, whose work includes the music for the 2023 Oscar-winning Navalny documentary, makes her ballet debut with a rich, lively score that embraces the sounds of the Jazz Age. Theatrical costume designs by Sonya Vartanyan complete the production with sumptuousness and fling. **About the Company: Based in Los Angeles, and led by Sasha Gorskaya and Gulya Hartwick, the World Ballet Company presents the most beloved and iconic ballets of our time […]

The Rock Orchestra By Candlelight

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

After mesmerising audiences across Europe and the UK, The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight is set to electrify the USA once again. Prepare for a spellbinding 90-minute spectacle that infuses iconic Rock & Metal anthems with a hauntingly beautiful energy. In ethereal candlelit settings, this band of 14 classical musicians unleash effortlessly enchanting melodies alongside powerful walls of distortion. Witness the unexpected union of Classical music and Metal. Performing the music of iconic bands including: Metallica, AC/DC, Rolling Stones, Pantera, My Chemical Romance, Linkin' Park, SOAD, Guns N Roses, Evanescence, Papa Roach, The Cranberries & MORE!

Jason Lyle Black

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

Jason Lyle Black is an internationally-acclaimed pianist, composer, and entertainer whose clever charisma and musical ingenuity has won fans all over the world. As a touring artist, Black has performed all over the United States, having given concerts in 30 states from Washington to Florida, from California to New Jersey, and from Utah to Indiana and in between.  As an international performer, Black has visited more than 30 countries, as one of the highest rated and most booked piano headliners on luxury cruise ships, working with brands ranging from Regent, Seabourn, Crystal, and Silversea to Viking, Celebrity, Oceania, and more. Live on Stage audiences will remember Black from his first feature performance at the 2018 National Conference, leading to his tour with numerous concert associations during the 2019-2020 season.   Black is back with his all-new show, From Blockbusters to Broadway: 100 Hits of Stage & Screen®, featuring music from the greatest rock songs of ACDC and Queen, to musicals like Wicked, Sweeney Todd, and Phantom of the Opera, to movie and TV hits from Star Wars to Game of Thronesand many, many more!  This new show features an all-new musical program from Black, as well as the addition of live drums onstage, and […]

Broadway in the Basin Presents Chicago

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one showstopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen. In the whirlwind of Chicago’s Jazz Age, two of the Cook County Jail’s most notorious murderesses—vaudeville star Velma Kelly and chorus girl Roxie Hart—become fierce rivals as they compete for headlines amidst a media frenzy. Broadway’s longest-running musical has been razzle dazzling audiences for 27 years, and after more than 10,000 performances, 6 Tony Awards®, 2 Olivier Awards, and a Grammy®, we’re just getting started. Come on, babe! Head to CHICAGO! We’re hotter than ever.

SHANE SMITH & THE SAINTS

** THIS IS AN 18 AND UP EVENT! $10 minor upcharge. 18-20 year olds will have to pay $10 at the door. Anyone below the age of 18 will not be allowed entry. Ticket Prices: • General Admission – $26.00 / Day of Show $40.00 • Round Table (Price includes entry for 8 people) $800.00 • Rectangle Table (Price includes entry for 8 people) $850.00 • Couch Sectional (Price includes entry for 6 people) $850.00 Doors at 6pm. No re-entry. No lawn chairs permitted. Food trucks on site. This is a rain or shine event. Ticket prices increase on the date of the performance.

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Midland Festival Ballet Presents Firebird

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

Midland Festival Ballet presents not just one, but three exciting ballets! First, the rattling tambourines and rustling tutus of Nadia Thompson’s Grand Tarantella. Next, feel the rhythm and the rhyme with all the animals in Pearl Wamsley’s award winning contemporary ballet, The Incredible Petes. Finally, join Prince Ivan as his search for golden apples becomes a much grander adventure in the featured ballet, George Skibine’s The Firebird. This classic fairytale has it all: magical creatures, daring battles, an enchanted forest, an imprisoned princess - you don’t want to miss it. Accompanied by the West Texas Symphony.

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Midland Festival Ballet Presents Firebird

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

Midland Festival Ballet presents not just one, but three exciting ballets! First, the rattling tambourines and rustling tutus of Nadia Thompson’s Grand Tarantella. Next, feel the rhythm and the rhyme with all the animals in Pearl Wamsley’s award winning contemporary ballet, The Incredible Petes. Finally, join Prince Ivan as his search for golden apples becomes a much grander adventure in the featured ballet, George Skibine’s The Firebird. This classic fairytale has it all: magical creatures, daring battles, an enchanted forest, an imprisoned princess - you don’t want to miss it. Accompanied by the West Texas Symphony.

Masterworks Series: The Rite of Spring

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

The Rite of Spring - IGOR STRAVINSKY Featuring our third annual side-by-side performance with local Permian Basin students!

Forever Simon & Garfunkel

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center 1310 FM 1788, Midland, Texas

Forever Simon & Garfunkel celebrates the best selling duo in rock’n’roll history. With humor, soaring energy, charm, and laser precise harmony, Sean Altman & Jack Skuller lead the audience on a concert journey through Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel’s teenage roots, their early success as a groovy folk act, their global dominance as hit-makers, and even some of Paul Simon’s solo career. The Sound Of Silence, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Mrs. Robinson, I Am A Rock, The Boxer, Homeward Bound, Cecilia, Hazy Shade Of Winter, Feeling Groovy, Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard, Kodachrome, and many more! Award-winning singer-songwriters Sean Altman (Rockapella) & Jack Skuller (Songwriters Hall Of Fame Buddy Holly Prize) met on stage in 2010, when they were paired at a variety show to duet Mrs. Robinson. Jack had just celebrated his 14th birthday, and Sean had just celebrated his shiny new AARP card, but the audience found their December-January musical bromance and brotherly harmony to be enchanting and mesmerizing. The pair has toured as The Everly Set since 2016, celebrating the hits of The Everly Brothers. They formed Forever Simon & Garfunkel in 2020, and they tour both acts internationally.

UTPB Jazz Kettle Concert

Rea-Greathouse Recital Hall 1310 Farm to Market 1788, Midlan, TX, United States