“[title of show]” is a meta musical about four people trying to create a musical. Adam Day Howard, who is directing the show at Youngstown State University’s Spotlight Theater, sees plenty of parallels playing out between the story on stage and what he’s seeing in ...

There’s an old quote about how laws are like sausage and that it’s best not see how they’re made. I don’t think the same is true of art. I love to see the work in progress, the rough draft. Maybe that started when I was in college and started buying bootleg albums. As a Bruce ...

Art ART ON PARK, 180 N. Park Ave., Warren: Arcadia on Park nature art show, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, free. BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: “Sally Weber and Craig Newswanger: Entangled Attraction,” through May 4; “Chuck Olson: Paintings from 2010-2024,” ...

Kent State University at Trumbull Campus Theatre’s 60th anniversary season will be bookended by a pair of well-known musicals. The season will open with the Tony Award-winning musical “Spring Awakening” and close with the cult favorite “The Rocky Horror Show,” the original stage ...

The saxophone duo 2Saxy will be the guest artists for the 23rd Boardman High School Jazz Fest. 2Saxy is made up of Leo P and Grace Kelly. Leo P first attracted attention as a baritone saxophone player — and for his dance moves — with the band Too Many Zooz. Kelly is a musical prodigy ...

The quintet Imani Winds will be the final concert of the 2024-25 Cliffe College Performing Arts Series. The wind ensemble — Brandon Patrick George, flute; Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe; Kevin Newton, horn; Mark Dover, clarinet; and Monica Ellis, bassoon — won the Grammy Award in 2024 for best ...