Alden Theatre’s 2008-2009 Professional Artist Series takes you on a trip without the high fuel prices! You can travel around the world (and even back in time) from your own backyard with some of the best acts in music, comedy, dance and theatre. Join us for one of your favorite performers, or go on a new journey. 

Discounts are available for Students, Seniors, and MCC Tax District Residents when you shop at the Alden Theatre Box Office.
Call the Box Office for pricing: 703-790-9223.

Riders In The Sky Saturday, Jan. 17 at 2 & 8 p.m. Tickets: $30 Hold onto your hats! These modern-day cowboys are the foremost purveyors of “C&W” –“Comedy & Western.” The Alden favorites will bring the Wild West to McLean with Grammy-winning music and wacky comedy.  Artist Website>>
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Monday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. Graceful dancers, tulle, pointe shoes and –is that chest hair?! These “Russian” ballerinas en travesti interpret classical and modern ballets combining a loving knowledge of dance with a wicked comedic sensibility. Get your tickets soon for this buoyant and hilarious evening for young and old.  Artist Website>>	SOLD OUT!
Chris Ayer Friday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $15 "Part street poet, part armchair philosopher, indie singer/songwriter Chris Ayer will leave you smiling..." says Buddyhollywood.com.  Join us for an evening of music filled with tight arrangements and imaginative lyrics from this former McLean resident.  Artist Website >>
John Eaton Sunday, Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $29 Jazz pianist and historian John Eaton takes you back to a piano bar in the first half of the 1900’s with his elegant interpretations of gems of the American Songbook . . . and witty commentary, which the Washington Post called “as reliably entertaining as The Simpsons - not to mention awfully astute.”  Artist Web site>>
Furia Flamenca Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $30 Spain is the next stop on our world tour, where you will be seduced by the passion of flamenco.  The Furia Flamenca dance company joined by live musicians will bring to life the sounds, both joyful and hauntingly melancholy, of Federico Garcia Lorca in an evening of dance, poetry, and song.   Artist Website>>
Janis Ian Saturday, Apr. 4 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $34 Do you remember where you were "At Seventeen?"  Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Janis Ian will cast an enchanting spell with music that resonates in your heart and will take you back to the '70s.  For one night at the Alden, you can be seventeen again - it will be fun this time, we promise!	NOW ON SALE!!
Hot Club of San Francisco* Saturday, March 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $29 If you liked the charming French gypsy jazz in the film Chocolat, you'll love this delicious confection!  We'll transport you to 1930s Paris with the enchanting sounds of Hot Club of San Francisco, which pays tribute to the late great Django Reinhardt with an infectious joie de vivre.  As a bonus, Hot Club will perform live accompaniment to four short French silent films. Ooh la la!  Artist Website>>
Elisabeth von Trapp Saturday, April 25 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $30 We're shipping a mountaintop straight from the Austrian Alps just for you to spin on!  Okay, maybe not a mountaintop, but the Alden will be alive with the sound of music when Elisabeth von Trapp (yes, that von Trapp) brings her glorious voice and the history of her famous musical family for a very special evening.  Artist Website>>
Grand Dérangement Saturday, May 2 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $29 The final stop on our tour will be Ireland by way of Canada with Grand Dérangement's rock-inspired Celtic tunes with a little French chanson thrown in.  In an all-out explosion of lights, sound, contagious rhythms, and amazing step dancers, Nova Scotia's young, hip ambassadors defy you to sit still.  You've never heard Celtic music like this!  Artist Website>>