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The American Repertory Theater of WNY has announced its 2012-13 season with an exciting lineup filled with WNY debuts, an original musical and a tip o' the hat to Decision 2012. ART will also be operating out of new home as the sixth season will be producing five shows at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 16 Linwood Ave (corner of North Street), where the Allentown and Linwood districts connect.

Paramount Pictures has officially released the trailer for the upcoming action film JACK REACHER starring Tom Cruise. Check it out below!

Colman Domingo will play a White House butler at the First Family's executive mansion in the upcoming Lee Daniels film The Butler, according to Deadline.com. Danny Strong wrote the script with Daniels.

Savannah Guthrie has been named co-anchor of NBC News' TODAY. The announcement was made by NBC News President Steve Capus and is effective immediately. The new 'Today' anchor team of Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker and Natalie Morales officially debuts Monday, July 9.

John Oliver is back, and he's brought some new friends for the third season of JOHN OLIVER'S NEW YORK STAND-UP SHOW, premiering on COMEDY CENTRAL on Friday, July 20 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Yesterday, June 26, Kevin Kline and Dianne Wiest performed 'I take your hand in mine ... the love letters of Anton Chekhov to Olga Knipper', a play by Carol Rocamora, in a staged reading benefiting The Acting Company at The Kaye Playhouse. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the intimate curtain call and brings you photo coverage below.

La programación de los Veranos de la Villa en Madrid, incluye la actuación de Póker de Voces en el teatro La Latina durante los próximos días 3 y 10 de agosto.

Tiny Dynamite Productions presents the Philadelphia premier of 'The Country' by Martin Crimp at the Walnut Street Theatre, Studio 5 from tonight, June 20th through July 1st 2012.

Brad Pitt wins four awards including the 'Biggest Big Daddy Of Them All' for receiving the most overall votes of all of the nominees in the BIG DADDY AWARDS, it was announced today. Pitt also won the 'Current Movie Big Daddy,' 'Do-Gooder Big Daddy' and was voted one of three celebrities to be added to the 'Movie Dad Hall of Fame.'

Indhu Rubasingham has announced her inaugural season at The Tricycle, which will launch with the World Premiere of Red Velvet, written by Lolita Chakrabarti with Adrian Lester in the role of Ira Aldridge; followed by The Tricycle's first festive family show, The Arabian Nights, written by Mary Zimmerman and adapted from The Book Of The Thousand Nights and One Night. In 2013, The Tricycle present an Eclipse Theatre production of One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, by Don Evans, followed by another World Premiere: Paper Dolls, written by Philip Himberg and adapted from the award-winning documentary by Tomer Heymann, produced by Stanley Buchthal.

When the aspiring Broadway bound musical NATIONAL PASTIME opens at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, it will have baseball memorabilia decorating the lobby.

NoHo Arts Center will present 'A TRULY EXCERPTIONAL EVENING!: Excerpts from two musicals - one brand new, one ever-new' tonight, June 12 and Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 7:30 pm.

The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA), under the artistic direction of Ben Donenberg, returns after 16 years to The Japanese Garden on the grounds of the VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Center Campus with a summer production of William Shakespeare's romantic comedy "As You Like It," directed by Royal Shakespeare Company artist Kenn Sabberton - July 10 to 29.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents 'Moonlight and Magnolias,' tonight, June 8 to June 24. Tickets may be purchased online at dmplayhouse.com, by phone at 515-277-6261, and at The Playhouse ticket office, 831 42nd St.

The cast of Jermyn Street Theatre's eagerly awaited UK premiere of Henrik Ibsen's St John's Night is to be headed by Olivier Award winning actress Sara Crowe and also includes Louise Calf, Isla Carter, Roddy Maude-Roxby, David Osmond, Danny Lee Wynter, Ed Birch, Harry Napier and Luke Bateman.

Russell Grant, Mary Byrne and Rhydian Roberts will be the new stars of Grease for the next leg of its hugely successful UK tour. They will all don the sparkly suit to play the role of 'Teen Angel' in the smash hit musical and will leave audiences hopelessly devoted to their charms from this July.