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Stage & Dance
The Color Purple
7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24
The Color Purple has touched audiences for years. Readers were drawn to the 1982 Alice Walker novel and its deeply moving heroine Celie. Three years l...
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Out & About
Out and About
When the Embassy Theatre announced this year’s Down the Line event, it was something much needed for us folks craving live music and some sort of no...
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Stage & Dance
Annie
Production gets a twist worthy of a pandemic performance
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre’s production of Annie needed a second chance when COVID-19 drove the musical out of its established home at the A...
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News & Venues
News and Venues
But the Honeywell Foundation, which has made good use of its 13-24 Drive-In to provide both movies and concerts this summer, has plans for a virtual h...
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News & Venues
News and Venues
Local establishments are finding ways to safely gather people for entertainment again. One especially notable event takes place at Three Rivers Distil...
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Stage & Dance
How you can help
Embassy faces big challenges during its COVID-19 shutdown
Bob Nickerson recalls his father telling him stories about the 1918 influenza pandemic and its effects on daily life in Fort Wayne.
“He was eight ...
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National Acts
Mason Dixon Line
New music, more gigs for Mason Dixon Line
Country band Mason Dixon Line formed just four years ago, but the men who comprise the lineup were already familiar to rock music fans in the area.
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Local Musicians
West Central Quartet
West Central Quartet sees performances rescheduled
Summer Nights at the Embassy Theatre has been one tradition which could not be defeated by COVID-19.
The Embassy staff started off slowly, with live...
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National Acts
Scotty McCreery
McCreery packs show with hits and covers
Country artist Scotty McCreery achieved fame through a TV show and is now headlining tours.
When McCreery was young, his grandmother gave him a book...
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National Acts
Rend Collective
Rend Collective plays The Embassy on Mar. 7
Back in Fort Wayne by popular demand, Rend Collective, the Irish folk worship band, are touring in support of their most recent album, Good News, whic...
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Local Musicians
Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert
Watch the classic film as the orchestra plays
Star Wars has been a cultural phenomenon since the release of the first movie in 1977. But even with successful trilogy after trilogy and more movies,...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup Pick
For this highly anticipated annual Fort Wayne night of music, giving, and fun, The Embassy Theatre has selected five local performers/bands for Down t...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup Pick
Straight out of Old Hickory, Tenn., Nate Bargatze has become one of the hottest stand-up comedians on the circuit over the past half decade, selling o...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup Pick
The Sweetwater Pavilion this week added a couple more worthy shows to their ever-growing summer lineup.
The Honeywell Foundation is wrapping up work...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup Pick
The Fort Wayne Philharmonic’s season is filled with “must see and hear” programs again this year and the Masterworks Series is a great example o...
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National Acts
Darci Lynne Farmer
Darci Lynne to headline show at the Embassy
Darci Lynne Farmer is the new Edgar Bergen.
That sentence probably doesn’t mean a whole lot to some people. But if you have any interest in ventrilo...
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Local Musicians
Piano Themes from Cinema’s Golden Age
Lisitsa will play songs from classic cinema
Younger audiences are sometimes slow to come to the appreciation of orchestras. One avenue of regard for symphonic music has come from film scores wit...
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Local Musicians
Straight No Chaser
Vocal group began at IU and now tours the U.S.
A cappella group sensation Straight No Chaser has been entertaining crowds for 12 years and isn’t slowing down any time soon.
Straight No Chaser ret...
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Local Musicians
Holiday Pops
The Fort Wayne Phil presents Holiday Pops
The Fort Wayne Philharmonic’s esteemed Holiday Pops series is an essential feature of many Hoosiers’ holiday celebrations.
Planning and steering ...
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Festivals & Events
Festival of Trees
A rich holiday tradition in Fort Wayne is back for its 35th continuous year. The annual Festival of Trees will take place Nov. 27-Dec. 4.
This festiv...
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National Acts
Bert Kreischer
Kreischer plays packed house at the Embassy
It all started with a Rolling Stone article.
In 1997, a reporter from the magazine set out to find the top partier at what Princeton Review had design...
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National Acts
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live!
Show creator Hodgson says this is his final appearance
One of the joys of repeated viewings of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (aka MST3K) is delayed comprehension of jokes.
The show’s writers have never s...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup Pick
With the “State I’m In” tour, part-time Staind frontman and full-time outlaw country star Aaron Lewis has been touring the country with his full...
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National Acts
Tony Bennett
Embassy Theatre hosts the legendary singer
In concert, Tony Bennett performs the Gordon Jenkins song, “This Is All I Ask,” which he recorded twice: in 1960, when he was 34, and in 2011, whe...
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Local Musicians
Fort Wayne Philharmonic & Rudy in Concert
Appealing to all, from Masterworks to movies
As it celebrates its 75th birthday this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic is bringing a wealth of orchestral entertainment to Fort Wayne.
While faith...
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National Acts
Bill Engvall
Blue-collar comedian will unpack his act at Embassy
When comedian Bill Engvall takes the stage for a show, he doesn’t just hope the audience finds him to be funny. He hopes people find him to be relat...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup Pick
The Summer Nights at the Embassy concert series has become one of the highlights of the summer for music aficionados in the Summit City. Nearly every ...
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National Acts
Brian Wilson
The Embassy welcomes legendary Brian Wilson
Calling Brian Wilson “one of rock music’s greatest composers if not its greatest composer” is one of the safest sweeping assertions that you can...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup Pick
With its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra has pleased audiences for more than eight decades and is considered to be one of the greatest b...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup Pick
Chris Redd has been one of Saturday Night Live’s most popular cast members over the past two years, impersonating real-life personas like Lil Wayne,...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup Pick
Summer Nights at the Embassy Theatre is a 15-night series that takes place in the Ballroom at the Embassy, with access to the Parkview Rooftop. The se...
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National Acts
Criss Angel
In performance, Criss Angel is slightly more Saruman than Gandolf, more Count Dooku than Obi Wan. His dark stage persona is composed of equal parts Ma...
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Festivals & Events
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Last month, American society was stymied by a quandary that required the mobilization of one of our nation’s top scientists.
Astrophysicist Neil deG...
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National Acts
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
In 2009, Scott Bradlee was a jazz pianist working in New York City and thinking that being a pianist working in New York City wasn’t all it was crac...
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Stage & Dance
Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I
When The King and I first opened on Broadway in 1951, it quickly became one of the most popular and beloved musicals of all time. The fifth collaborat...
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Local Musicians
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Spend any time at all with Caleb Young and it’s obvious that he loves music and loves sharing it with others.
As the associate conductor of the For...
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National Acts
Sandi Patty's Salute to America
In a career that has spanned more than four decades, Sandi Patty has become the voice of Christian music around the world.
Patty was born in Oklahoma...
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Festivals & Events
Spring Forward Fest
It was a festival whose time had come.
In fact, it’s a festival that was long overdue.
Sure, the first day of spring is three weeks away. But that m...
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Stage & Dance
Finding Neverland
The story of Peter Pan, the classic and beloved tale of a boy who refuses to grow up, has been read and watched by generations who delight in his impi...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup Pick
As winter lives on for at least another month or two, it’s the perfect time to find an antidote for cabin fever.
Jo Koy, one of today’s premiere ...
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Stage & Dance
The Wizard of Oz
The legendary 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is almost a universal language, filled with oft-quoted lines and well-known characters. But experiencing the ...
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Festivals & Events
Down the Line 13
What’s better than a whole night that showcases local musicians? One that features those same artists and bands performing the music of legends.
An...
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National Acts
John Mellencamp
Indiana has produced a number of famous musicians: Michael Jackson, Crystal Gayle, Axl Rose, and John Hiatt among them.
But John Mellencamp is one of ...
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Stage & Dance
Kinky Boots
For those familiar with the work of either Harvey Fierstein or Cyndi Lauper, it’s clear that neither of them does anything lukewarm or boring.
It w...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup pick
Jay Owenhouse is one of those performance artists you just have to see to believe, and even then, you might not believe what you see.
Caught by the m...
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Stage & Dance
Swan Lake
It isn’t often that a 209-year-old ballet company comes to town. The Odessa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of southern Ukraine is jus...
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National Acts
Sing! An Irish Christmas
A concert that features banjos, violins, drums, harps, and Celtic dancers is bound to be entertaining, and the musicians who fill the stage hope that ...
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National Acts
The Drifters, Cornell Gunter's Coasters & Platters Holiday Show
Since the Drifters formed in 1953, there have been many incarnations of the band, some of them existing simultaneously, but not touring together. It i...
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Whatzup Picks
Whatzup Pick
Are you having trouble getting in the mood for the holidays? Does your Christmas spirit need a little shot in the arm?
The Embassy Theatre might just...
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National Acts
Straight No Chaser
What do you get when you bring together nine guys who each have a pitch-perfect voice, an abundance of stage presence, and a knack for entertaining au...
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National Acts
whatzup Pick
Even if you don’t know if you’ve heard them or not, we can just about guarantee you have. When it comes to Christmas music, Mannheim Steamroller a...
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National Acts
Joe Bonamassa
It’s not often you get to witness a living legend, even before he is actually considered a living legend. However, Joe Bonamassa is well on his way ...
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Whatzup Picks
whatzup Pick
Walt Disney’s Fantasia had its theatrical release way back in 1940 and is still on the list of top 25 highest-grossing films of all-time. Even back ...
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Whatzup Picks
whatzup Pick
Menopause. It’s a natural part of aging and over six thousand women begin it every day. It’s certainly nothing to laugh about, or is it?
Menopaus...
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Whatzup Picks
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Shadow dance is all about the body and its ability to transform. Catapult, The Magic Of Dance, appearing October 24 at the Embassy Theatre in Fort Way...
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National Acts
Steely Dan
When Steely Dan performs at the Embassy Theatre on October 4, it will be without the band’s cofounder, Walter Becker.
Becker died a year ago of esop...
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National Acts
Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming is a musical treasure. That was perhaps most evident when the nation watched her powerful performance at the funeral of Senator John Mc...
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