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The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, directed by Lear deBessonet, began previews on Tuesday, July 11 and runs through Sunday, August 13 with an official press opening on Monday, July 31. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

CBS News and BBC News announced today a new editorial and newsgathering relationship that will significantly enhance the global reporting capabilities of both organizations. The announcement was made by CBS News President David Rhodes and BBC Director of News and Current Affairs James Harding.

The Paley Center for Media in New York today announced it has selected three outstanding television programs to be featured in the 2017 PaleyLive Fall Season.

A friendly reminder! The Public Theater will begin previews for the second Free Shakespeare in the Park production of the season, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, today, July 11. Directed by Obie Award winner and The Public's Founder of Public Works and Resident Director Lear deBessonet, and choreography by Chase Brock, the show will run through Sunday, August 13 and officially open on Monday, July 31.

Join fictional Broadway diva Ruby Manger as she makes her long-awaited return to the New York Stage at Feinstein's/ 54 Below! Julia Mattison stars as Ms. Manger, an enigmatic Broadway icon, famous for such roles as Trudy the Blind Ghost in I See You, Not Really, But You Know What I Mean (Tony Award Winner, Best Musical and Best Actress) and as Roberta in the film "Inside Roberta" (Sundance Film Festival rejected submission).

A friendly reminder! The Public Theater will begin previews for the second Free Shakespeare in the Park production of the season, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, on Tuesday, July 11. Directed by Obie Award winner and The Public's Founder of Public Works and Resident Director Lear deBessonet, and choreography by Chase Brock, the show will run through Sunday, August 13 and officially open on Monday, July 31.

Midnight at The Never Get, the award-winning and critically-acclaimed musical hit of last summer's New York Musical Festival, will enjoy its New England premiere this summer, a co-production of Visceral Entertainment (Michael Chase Gosselin and Tim Sulka) and Dustin Sparks Productions.

Despite announcing its closing on June 25, the well reviewed, NY Times Critic's Pick Baghdaddy by Marshall Pailet and A.D. Penedo will continue to perform at St. Luke's Theatre (308 West 46th Street) through September 3, 2017.

The Radio, Television & Digital News Association announced today that CBS News won eight Edward R. Murrow awards, the most in this year's competition.

CBS THIS MORNING co-host Norah O'Donnell announced that she will sit down with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House in Seoul for his first U.S. broadcast television interview since being elected. The exclusive interview will be broadcast Today, June 20 on CBS THIS MORNING (7:00-9:00 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

The well reviewed, NY Times Critic's Pick Baghdaddy by Marshall Pailet and A.D. Penedo returned to NYC on April 6, opening on Monday, May 1, 2017, will close as planned on June 25, 2017 at St. Luke's Theatre (308 West 46th Street). It will have played 16 previews and 38 regular performances.

CBS THIS MORNING co-hosts Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell will anchor live coverage of former FBI Director James Comey's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Today, June 8 (10:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network; CBSN, CBS News' 24/7 digital streaming news service; CBS Radio News; and all digital platforms.

Dramatic Escape transports viewers into the lives of a group of maximum security prisoners who are attempting to mount a stage production of A Few Good Men as a part of the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining.

CBS THIS MORNING co-hosts Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell will anchor live coverage of former FBI Director James Comey's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Thursday, June 8 (10:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network; CBSN, CBS News' 24/7 digital streaming news service; CBS Radio News; and all digital platforms.

Longtime anchor Scott Pelley will leave his post on CBS EVENING NEWS. Pelley has anchored the nightly broadcast since 2011, taking over the position from Katie Couric.

CBS THIS MORNING finished the 2016-2017 television season with CBS' best overall morning news viewer delivery in at least 29 years (since the advent of people meters in 1987), according to Nielsen most current ratings.

FIRST DEGREE, available to PBS stations starting June 1 (check local listings), finds hope in this seemingly hopeless place by investigating a unique prison education program that is successfully preventing inmates there from being sent back up the river after their release.

Sturgill Simpson will join Guns N' Roses on select stadium tour dates this August including Denver'sMile High Stadium on August 2, Little Rock's AR War Memorial Stadium on August 5 and Miami'sMarlins Stadium on August 8.