Foreigner, Elvis Costello, 'Jaws' coming to Tilles Center

Elvis — Costello, that is — will be in the building that is the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, along with Woodbury son Adam Pascal, Foreigner, The Smithereens and the great white shark from "Jaws" next season.

The entertainment venue on LIU Post's campus in Brookville on Thursday announced its 2025-26 season, which will be jam-packed with music from Broadway to Baroque. And there will also be all that jazz with the Tilles Jazz Fest, a daylong affair starting at noon on July 19.

Long Islanders got a tease of the new season earlier in the week when Tilles announced that "Rent" star Pascal had been appointed the center's artist in residence and would be directing the Foreigner musical "Feels Like the First Time." That show, which is part of the school’s newly launched New Works initiative intended to foster original stage productions, will run April 17-26.

Both Foreigner and Pascal will also take the Tilles Stage. The benefit concert "Foreigner: The Hits Unplugged" is set for Sept. 5 and Pascal will appear in a solo show on Nov. 23. 

Lullabies of Broadway will be a huge part of the lineup with performances of " 'Rent' in Concert" (Feb. 21), "Tina — The Tina Turner Musical" (March 19), "The Music Man" (May 7) and "Broadway Leading Ladies" (May 17).  

Rockers will also be ready to roll with performances by The Avett Brothers (Aug. 3), Costello and The Imposters with Charlie Sexton (Sept. 21) and The Smithereens (Oct. 9).

Other performers on deck include the Riverdance troupe (Feb. 27), the New York Arabic Orchestra (March 1), the Three Italian Tenors (March 24) and Isaac Mizrahi (March 28).  

Outside the music arena, several prominent writers will be on hand to discuss their work, including journalists Andrew Ross Sorkin (Nov. 13) and Bari Weiss (Nov. 20), and author Malcolm Gladwell (Feb. 5).

And as a perfect coda to summer, "Jaws: The Movie with Orchestra" will be presented on Sept. 14 in celebration of the Steven Spielberg blockbuster's 50th anniversary.

For the full schedule and to reserve tickets, call 516-299-3100 or go to tillescenter.org.