Variety marks series schedules in Newark

Performances by the B-52s, Sinbad, Leo Kottke and Boney James are among the highlights of the 2010-11 season at the Midland Theatre in Newark. The theater will offer five series of shows, topped by the Lively Arts series, which features new-wave band the B-52s, comic Sinbad, '80s pop band Air Supply and folk singer Arlo Guthrie.

The other series are the Midland Memories series, with artists such as the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and the Drifters; the Family Series, which includes music-and-comedy act Riders in the Sky and magician Stephen Knight; the Dance Series, with performances by the Central Ohio Youth Ballet and Russian National Ballet Theatre; and the Stage Door Cabaret series, with singers such as Chris Smithers and Karla Bonoff in a nightclub setting.

Four summer performances will take place, featuring country-music singer Mary Chapin Carpenter and rocker Michael Stanley & the Resonators. Single performances will include shows by guitarist Kottke, jazz saxophonist James and country singer-guitarist Marty Stuart.
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