Jardine sings Beach Boys hits in Warren Al Jardine brings his Pet Sounds Band to the Robins Theatre on Aug. 15. Jardine is a founding member of the Beach Boys and an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Jardine and his band will perform Beach Boys’ ...

Cole Porter wrote about 25 musicals for stage and screen in his lifetime, but only “Kiss Me, Kate” and “Anything Goes” are produced with any regularity in the 21st Century. “Some of the subject matters just aren’t relevant anymore,” said Adam Day Howard, who will direct “Kiss ...

YSU puts freshman art on display in Bliss Hall The work of freshmen art students at Youngstown State University will be on display on the fourth floor of Bliss Hall. The Freshman Seminar and Portfolio Review Showcase includes the work of Drew Bowles, Braylon Cole, Adele Colonna, Ryan Conley, ...

Millennial Theatre Company had a list of three musicals that, whenever they became available, the theater would drop whatever it had scheduled in order to do them. Two of those shows became part of its 2025-26 season. “Dear Evan Hanson” will be staged this summer, and the musical “Mean ...

Carbon Leaf’s latest release, 2024’s “Time Is the Playground,” was its first studio album in a decade. The long layoff wasn’t planned, frontman Barry Privett said, and it’s not like they weren’t busy. The indie rock band re-recorded the three albums it released between 2004 and ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Eight films are scheduled for the Youngstown Summer Movie Series, which was announced this week. It includes a mix of recent box office hits, and a few titles that will have a nostalgic tug for kids of the ‘90s. The lineup ...