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Toronto – Out of a pool of 120 aspiring opera singers from across the country, the Canadian Opera Company has selected eight to compete at Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition on November 3, 2015 at Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Centre Stage is the COC's annual celebration of the next generation of opera stars. The Ensemble Studio Competition is the evening's feature event: an exhilarating vocal showcase with the singers, selected from nationwide auditions for the COC Ensemble Studio – Canada's premier training program for young opera professionals – vying for cash prizes ranging in value from $1,500 to $5,000.

There's really no getting around it, BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL is weird, albeit wonderfully so. It's an audacious musical comedy ripped from the headlines of a supermarket tabloid. Inspired by the on-going Weekly World News articles that began with 1992's 'Bat Child Found in Cave!,' the musical tells the story of a half-bat/half-boy creature feared and tormented by close-minded townsfolk, despite the fact that all he wants to do is learn to be human and find a home. Musicals don't get much weirder than that. But, it is for this very reason that Gen Y Productions has become the most exciting theatre company in Orlando in less than a year of operation. Not only are they willing to do shows that are outside the scope of traditional companies, but they also do them extremely well. BAT BOY, a cult favorite since it debuted Off-Broadway in 2001, is far from a perfect show, but Gen Y's version, directed by Kenny Howard and running through Halloween at The Abbey, just might be as perfect of a production as possible.

Based off a Weekly World News story, the hilariously thrilling BAT BOY THE MUSICAL will be playing at the Abbey tonight, October 15, through October 31.

This November, Velocity is taking OVERHAULIN', the series that embodies the emotional connection between man and machine, for one last ride.

The wait is over! Josh Thompson's passion project, Change: The Lost Record, Volume One, is available now  exclusively via iTunes. While fans love him for his blue-collar, fist-pumpin' attitude and fierce performances, the critics agree as the long-awaited project is already pulling in stellar reviews.

All new episodes of GRAVEYARD CARZ return exclusively to Velocity beginning tonight, October 7, at 9 PM (ET/PT).

All new episodes of GRAVEYARD CARZ return exclusively to Velocity beginning Wednesday, October 7, at 9 PM (ET/PT).

Beck Center for the Arts opens its 2015-2016 theater season with THE SPITFIRE GRILL tonight, September 18, through October 18, 2015 on the Mackey Main Stage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

SU Drama's 2015/16 season features six productions, including three musicals, starting in October with the Cole Porter classic Kiss Me, Kate. Second in the season is Agamemnon, the haunting Greek classic, followed by a co-production with Syracuse Stage, Peter Pan. After winter break, the season continues with Punk Rock and the country-flavored musical The Spitfire Grill. Closing the season in May is the comedy A Flea in Her Ear.

The hit original series DALLAS CAR SHARKS returns to Velocity for an all-new season

Four years in the making, Josh Thompson's long awaited passion project, Change: The Lost Record, Volume One is available for digital pre-order starting today, exclusively via iTunes.

Sometimes it seems there is so much theater happening that it's difficult to keep track of it all. From personal experience, despite all the datebooks, smart phones, tablets, desktop computers and laptops...it's hard to keep everything straight in this wacky business of the show.

September 4 through November 6, The Foreigner returns to the Cumberland County Playhouse Mainstage! Says director Weslie Webster (Smoke on the Mountain, Wizard of Oz),"Ever since it was first performed at CCP in 1987, The Foreigner has been the most requested title - and the most popular production - in Playhouse history. And I'm just thrilled that I once again get to work with all the amazing actors who made the show a smash hit last year."

The hit original series DALLAS CAR SHARKS returns to Velocity for an all-new season

Dallas may be hundreds of miles from the ocean, but it's home to the most ferocious sharks in the world of competitive auto auctions and they smell blood in the car pool. The hit original series DALLAS CAR SHARKS returns to Velocity for an all-new season as veteran sharks Ash Rabah, Martha Davis and her son, JD Cole, look to sink their teeth into the show's rookie shark, Frank Cortese. But Frank is out to prove he's more than just fresh meat. He wants to show that he's a formidable foe when it comes to fishing out bargains on the auction block and turning them into profit in the body shop. Velocity turns the key on this new 14-episode season with back-to-back premieres on Wednesday, September 16 at 10 and 10:30 PM ET/PT.

Fresh off a trip to Scotland and the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Joe's NYC Bar gets back in 'The New York Groove', starting September 13th, 2015 at St. Matthew's Tavern.

Here is Ben Fankhauser (Newsies) and Nick Blaemire (Found) singing 'Brothers,' a new song by Alexander Sage Oyen from his original musical A Night Like This.  

Van Halen has cancelled tonight's performance at HersheyPark Stadium.

Westport Country Playhouse announces its 2016 season, featuring two Tony Award-winning plays in repertory, an Off-Broadway hit, a new thriller by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, a witty comedy by Joe Orton, and a reimagined musical by Lerner and Loewe.  The works will be staged next year from May through October. Under the artistic direction of Mark Lamos, 2016 will mark the Connecticut professional theater's 86th season.  2016 season subscriptions are now on sale.

The Chicago Public Library Foundation and the Chicago Public Library have announced that the 16th annual Carl Sandburg Literary Award will be presented to legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Universally heralded for his immense contributions to musical theater in a career spanning more than 50 years, Sondheim will be honored at the Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at The Forum (725 W. Roosevelt Road) on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago.