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Wild Swan Theater opens its 38th season with the humorous children's tale, Strega Nona and the Magic Pasta Pot. The nationally recognized, award-winning company has created an original version of this traditional tale sure to please children and their families.

The Berman Center for the Performing Arts announces its seventh season with an exceptional series of shows, including Broadway and dance performances, music, magic, live shows, festivals, fairs, and programming for families.

Wild Swan Theater Co-Artistic Directors Hilary Cohen and Sandy Ryder announce the company's 38th season of performances. Nationally regarded as one of the finest theaters for young people in the country, Wild Swan produces artistic, accessible and affordable theater for families.  The upcoming season will feature classics including the Little Women, The Wizard of Oz, as well as a beautiful production of A Thousand Cranes, which is based on historical events.

Riverside Theatre for Kids, the educational arm of Riverside Theatre, presents the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit play, Peter and the Starcatcher, on July 21 and 22, 2017.

K-Squared Entertainment and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) are thrilled to announce the complete cast and creative team for the world premiere of PART OF THE PLAN, a new, original musical written by Kate Atkinson & Karen Harris and scored with the music and lyrics of celebrated singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg. 

Schoolhouse Arts Education Program in Standish is proud to present Disney's "Mulan, Jr." The theatrical performance takes audiences back to the legendary, storytelling days of ancient China.

The epic struggle between good and evil came to life on stage in the musical phenomenon, Jekyll & Hyde. Based on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson and featuring a score of pop rock hits from multi-Grammy- and Tony-nominated Frank Wildhorn and double-Oscar- and Grammy-winning Leslie Bricusse, Jekyll & Hyde has played the world over.

Riverside Theatre, led by Producing Artistic Director/CEO Allen D. Cornell and Managing Director/COO Jon R. Moses, ends the 2016-2017 Season with the exciting musical, Saturday Night Fever. Performing on the Stark Stage from April 11 - 30, 2017, Saturday Night Fever is sponsored by Linda & Mel Teetz and Riverside Theatre's Patron Producers Group. Saturday Night Fever is produced in association with the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia.

After successful engagements last season at Riverside Children's Theatre, the Lyric Theatre in Stuart, and the Florida Theatre Festival, Poodleful, A Pansy The Poodle Mystery will return to Riverside after performances at Louisville Children's Theatre in Kentucky in early March. Poodleful, A Pansy The Poodle Mystery a Riverside Theatricals' original musical for young audiences, will play the Anne Morton Stage at Riverside Theatre on March 10 and 11, 2017

Tony Award-nominated director Lynne Taylor-Corbett (Swing!) helms Part of the Plan, an original musical featuring the songs of the late, celebrated singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, currently in development at Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center which this week will receive a 29-hour Equity staged reading with three invitation-only presentations September 22-24.

The Schoolhouse Arts Center is excited to announce the cast of "Clue, the Musical¸" its fall 2016 production, which includes a mix of Schoolhouse veterans and newcomers. Yes, the popular board game has come to the stage with a book by Peter DePietro, the music is by Galen Blum, Wayne Barker, and Vinnie Martucci, and the lyrics are by Tom Chiodo. The production is guided by two theater veterans, director Josie French of Lewiston, and musical director Rebecca Caron of Lewiston. 

Theater League of Clifton presents its Spring Musical 'Cabaret'. Directed by Kathleen Kellaigh, Music Directed by Jalmari Vanamo and Produced by: Maryann Irizarry, opened Friday May 13th, 2016. This is a strictly limited engagement continues through Sunday May 22nd, 2016 at the Theresa Apera Theater (199 Scoles Ave, Clifton, New Jersey 07012).

Fiery Southern rockers Black Stone Cherry are capping off 2015 with the success of their Blu-Ray/CD, DVD/CD 'Thank You: Livin' Live,' which achieved a No. 1 UK chart position.

Wayne Coyne, frontman for the boundary-breaking, psychedelic alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, is creating brand-new visual artwork for the next exhibition at Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum

Villa Windsor, Paris, 1981 - Wallis, Duchess of Windsor aged 82, invites Lady Diana Spencer aged 19 to a despair-laden bachelorette party on the eve of her wedding to the Prince of Wales. Chris Ioan Roberts' Dead Royal is a lacerating, camp-drenched celebration of 1980s narcissistic megalomania. The production will play Ovalhouse, 52-54 Kennington Oval, London SE11 5SW today 21st - Saturday 25th April 2015. Press night: Wednesday 22nd April, 7.45 p.m.

Villa Windsor, Paris, 1981 - Wallis, Duchess of Windsor aged 82, invites Lady Diana Spencer aged 19 to a despair-laden bachelorette party on the eve of her wedding to the Prince of Wales. Chris Ioan Roberts' Dead Royal is a lacerating, camp-drenched celebration of 1980s narcissistic megalomania. The production will play Ovalhouse, 52-54 Kennington Oval, London SE11 5SW Tuesday 21st - Saturday 25th April 2015. Press night: Wednesday 22nd April, 7.45 p.m.

Rentrak (RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the top 20 digital movie purchases and rentals of the year based on consumer transaction rate. The report includes Internet Video on Demand (iVOD) and electronic sell-through (EST), for both standard-definition and digital HD movie purchases and rentals.

Tomorrow's “Together We Make Football” segment, narrated by NBC Sports Group's Josh Elliott, features the story of Edmond, (Okla.) high school football player Christian Osterhout.

PORTLAND, Ore., July 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Rentrak (RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the top ten digital movie purchases and rentals of the first half of 2014 based on consumer transaction rate. The report includes Internet Video on Demand (iVOD) and electronic sell-through (EST), for both standard-definition and digital HD movie purchases and rentals.

Rhino Theatre presents DRACULA, today, June 6 and June 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, 2014.