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The Hylton Performing Arts Center has announced its 2019-2020 season of mainstage performances. The season will feature a diverse lineup of artists and ensembles across genres, as part of Hylton Presents, Hylton Family Series, Matinee Idylls, and the American Roots Series.
The Hylton Center also announced the first Hylton Center EXTRA! for the season: the husband and wife duo and banjo icons, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, in a special concert event featuring their unique blend of alternative bluegrass. Season subscriptions are on sale to Friends of the Hylton Center at HyltonCenter.org/preview or by phone at 703-993-7700. For the general public, subscriptions go on sale Wednesday, April 24 and single tickets on Thursday, August 1. More details are available at HyltonCenter.org.
“This is without a doubt our strongest lineup of artists ever, across the board from Hylton Presents to Hylton Center EXTRA! and everything in between,” said Rick Davis, Executive Director of the Hylton Center and Dean of Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. “There is depth, breadth, tradition, diversity, and innovation throughout the program. We are developing cherished long-term relationships with certain artists and ensembles—something characteristic of the major arts centers in America—while bringing new voices to the stage in dynamic counterpoint. This season represents a most exciting new chapter in our ever-evolving dialogue with the communities we serve.”
Hylton Presents
Hylton Presents brings a remarkable season of performing arts to the Hylton Center with an exceptional showcase of talent from renowned national and international artists. The roster is full of unforgettable experiences with something for the entire family. Performance highlights include the bold and brassy sounds of The Hot Sardines; landmark comedy troupe The Second City; an innovative concert featuring cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Simone Dinnerstein; luscious Russian classics from the Siberian State Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine; guitar phenom MILOŠ; and an evening of musical theater favorites featuring Broadway luminaries Laura Osnes, Susan Egan, and Courtney Reed. The season’s international guest artists also include the elite circus artists and acrobatics of Cirque Mei; the vibrant, action-packed Taj Express: The Bollywood Musical Revue; and the swirling colors, music and dance of Ballet Folclórico Nacional de México de Silvia Lozano.
Hylton Presents is sponsored by F.H. Furr Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning & Electrical. Hylton Presents also features returning audience favorites, such as Northern Virginia’s Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra swinging back to the Big Band Era in an evening celebrating the jazz greats of the 20th century; the Russian National Ballet’s iconic TheSleeping Beauty; Aquila Theatre’s return with a breathtaking dramatic interpretation of Homer’s The Odyssey; and twoKeyboard Conversations® programs, featuring piano virtuoso Jeffrey Siegel in his popular concerts-with-commentary format. Audiences will be treated to family-friendly holiday performances they have come to love including A Chanticleer Christmas; the American Festival Pops Orchestra’s Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season; and Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, performing with members of their family in A Celtic Family Christmas.
Hylton Family Series
Back once again, the Hylton Family Series continues to introduce our youngest audience members to the performing arts in an accessible, affordable and fun way. This season, the series launches into space with Lightwire Theater Company’s innovative glow-in-the dark theatrical experience Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey; followed by the slapstick stunts, magic and comedy of Montreal’s Circo Comedia; the treasured storybook brought to life in The Rainbow Fishby Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia; and concludes with a concert by the four-time Parents’ Choice Award-winning and Grammy® Award-winning children’s band, The Okee Dokee Brothers.
Matinee Idylls
In its sixth season, the Matinee Idylls series presents a luncheon, one-hour concert, and a coffee and dessert reception with the artists. This intimate experience in the Gregory Family Theater is a favorite with audiences. The 2019-2020 series features talented performers from across Virginia, including Terra Voce, featuring Maria Yefimova on piano; Brass 5; the Tidewater Quartet; and A Taste of Opera featuring some of the Virginia Opera’s finest talents.
American Roots Series
The American Roots Series returns to the Hylton Center with its trademark up-close, down-home concerts with the best of bluegrass, country, blues and more in the Gregory Family Theater. This season includes the Bumper Jacksons, The Crooked Roadon Tour with New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters andMartha Spencer; Kevin Burt and Big Medicine; and I Draw Slow.
Unless otherwise noted, these performances take place at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas.
