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Having established itself as the premiere night of new musical theatre in Los Angeles with last years' sold out debut season, A LITTLE NEW MUSIC returns to Rockwell: Table & Stage in Los Feliz with an innovative program featuring fresh music with Broadway and local talent.

Once again the FESTIVAL OF NEW AMERICAN MUSICALS will be enthusiastically recommending an evening of LA's most talented young performers singing songs from the new America musical theater at ROCKWELL TABLE & STAGE in Hollywood on March 4 at 8pm.

Popular site Hulu has added Old Dogs & New Tricks to its vast library of streaming TV programs, replacing YouTube as online 'network' for the hit web series.

That's the question explored by the acclaimed web series OLD DOGS & NEW TRICKS: COMPLETE SEASONS 1 & 2, available for the first time on DVD November 26th from Wolfe Video. The series will also be available for streaming on the same day from WolfeOnDemand.com.

When Michael Shaw Fisher walks out to introduce EXORCISTIC: The Rock Musical Parody Experiment at its Fringe Mainstage home, it takes a few minutes before you realize that the musical has actually begun.

Actress Kathryn Leigh Scott, best known for her role in the original Dark Shadows TV series, is the latest name to sign up for a special-guest-star turn in the award-winning gay web show Old Dogs & New Tricks' third season, shooting this fall in Los Angeles.

The third annual Hollywood Fringe Festival, Hollywood's fearless celebration of the emerging arts is back June 13 - 30, 2013, and over the next couple of weeks I'll be featuring some of the musical productions hoping to entice audiences to see their latest work. First up are Michael Shaw Fisher and Exorcistic: The Rock Musical Parody Experiment, and Andrew Potter's The Road to High Street.

The award-winning hit comedy web series Old Dogs & New Tricks celebrates the completion of its successful second season with a new 30-minute retrospective special "Is This Goodbye?" debuting today. Watch it below!

It's not over yet! Last week's "gay wedding of the year" between professional party boy Dirk Evans and snarky WeHo queen Nelson Van Eddy (special guest stars Greg Louganis & Bruce L. Hart) concludes with today's new episode of Old Dogs & New Tricks, "Bad Reception". Watch it below!

The Best in LA Theatre for 2011 (alphabetical listings) (artists performing outside LA may be included in performance categories)

There's just 4 weeks left to go in voting for the 2011 Los Angeles Awards and here is the latest update! Have you voted yet, and helped to spread the word to support your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Award? There is no time to waste, click on the voting link and make your opinion count! Below are the stats so far as of Tuesday November 29, 2011.

Voting is now well underway for the 2011 Los Angeles Awards and here is the latest update! Now, it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Award. No time to waste, click on the voting link and make your opinion count! Below are the stats so far as of Monday November 21, 2011.

TWO ROADS THEATRE has announced that its critically-acclaimed, O!vation recommended, smash-hit, world premiere play, KOWALSKI, written by Gregg Ostrin and directed and produced by Rick Shaw (‘It's Just Sex') is EXTENDING through Sunday, October 16 at the Two Roads Theatre, 4348 Tujunga Blvd. Avenue in Studio City.

TWO ROADS THEATRE is has announced that its critically-acclaimed, Ovation recommended, smash-hit, world premiere play, KOWALSKI, written by Gregg Ostrin and directed and produced by Rick Shaw (‘It's Just Sex') is EXTENDING through Sunday, September 18 at the Two Roads Theatre, 4348 Tujunga Blvd. Avenue in Studio City.

Plays about the world of theatre are forever alluring. Such is the case with the world premiere of Kowalski that presents the initial meeting between Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando. Kowalski, of course, is Stanley's last name...Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, that is, which offered the role of a lifetime to the actor who turned out to be... the icon of his generation. Now at the Two Roads Theatre, Kowalski is a rich and delicious theatrical dessert played to the hilt by a devilishly delightful cast.

It was the Summer of 1947. Hot off the success of his smash debut ‘The Glass Menagerie,' Tennessee Williams had written a play that would cement his legacy as America's greatest playwright. He needed to find the perfect star to play Stanley Kowalski in 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' When a young unknown actor named Marlon Brando showed up to read for the role the rest, as they say, was history. This is the untold story of the most infamous audition of them all...