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BroadwayWorld has a first look at The Flamingo Kid at Hartford Stage! Check out video from the production below!

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Good morning, BroadwayWorld! We'd like to wish a happy first performance to Hannah Corneau who is making her Broadway debut in the role of Elphaba in Wicked, beginning tonight! Break a leg, Hannah!

BroadwayWorld has a first look at The Flamingo Kid at Hartford Stage! Check out exclusive photos from the production below!

Hartford Stage will present The Flamingo Kid, which closes the 2018-19 season. Performances for The Flamingo Kid begin on Thursday, May 9, and run through Sunday, June 9.

Go inside rehearsals for The Flamingo Kid at Hartford Stage in the photo and video below! The musical, which closes the 2018-19 season, boasts an impressive cast of Broadway and regional theatre talent. Performances for The Flamingo Kid begin on Thursday, May 9, and run through Sunday, June 9.

In the video below watch as director Darko Tresnjak and the creative team of THE FLAMINGO KID talk about the musical, coming to Hartford Stage!

Hartford Stage announced today the cast and creative team for the world premiere musical The Flamingo Kid, helmed by Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak. The musical, which closes the 2018-19 season, boasts an impressive cast of Broadway and regional theatre talent. Performances for The Flamingo Kid begin on Thursday, May 9, and run through Sunday, June 9.

'Mad Dog and Glory' will arrive upon it's 25th anniversary on Blu Ray on March 5, 2019 from Kino Lorber Home Entertainment.

Great Picture Show, founded by actor and producer Columbus Short, today announced a long-term production and promotional partnership with Dame Dash Studios (DDS33), a multimedia studio and production house founded by producer and entrepreneur, Dame Dash.

SAG nominee, American Movie award winner and Ugly Betty alum Stelio Savante will guest star as Malone Mob family member Dino on THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS, (Episode:CHOSEN) airing October 23rd on OWN Network.

BRON announced today that Grammy-nominated producer/rapper El-P (of Run The Jewels) has signed on to compose the original score for the Al Capone bio-pic Fonzo, written and directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle). The film's cast includes Academy Award®nominee Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Jack Lowden, Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon, and Golden Globe® winner Kyle MacLachlan.

 Singer, songwriter and producer Clairo has announced she will be embarking on her first ever string of tour dates, supporting internationally acclaimed British artist Dua Lipa on her North American tour this summer. Starting on June 5 in Houston, Texas, Clairo will be taking her live band on the road for 12 nights supporting Ms. Lipa. The tour will include stops on the east-coast, mid-west and west-coast and will wrap in early July. In August, Clairo will be making her North American Summer Festival debut at this year's Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago. For a full list of tour dates, see below. 

Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts today announced the line-up of classic, contemporary, thought-provoking and entertaining new work that will comprise the Tony Award-winning regional theatre's 55th season, Tresnjak's final season as Artistic Director.

BRON announced today that Linda Cardellini, Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon, Golden Globe winner Kyle MacLachlan and Kathrine Narducci will join Academy Award nominee Tom Hardy in the Al Capone bio-pic Fonzo, written and to be directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle).

The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced complete casting today for the New York premiere of MISS YOU LIKE HELL. With book and lyrics by Quiara Alegr a Hudes and music and lyrics by Erin McKeown, the new musical is directed by Public Theater Resident Director and Founder of Public Works Lear deBessonet, with choreography by Danny Mefford. The musical will begin previews in The Public's Newman Theater on Tuesday, March 20 and run through Sunday, May 6, with an official press opening on Tuesday, April 10.

Netflix announced today that Michael Pe a (Crash, American Hustle) and Diego Luna (Rogue One, Y Tu Mam Tambi n) will star in the upcoming fourth season of NARCOS.

The Public Theater announced today that the New York premiere of MISS YOU LIKE HELL has been added to The Public's Astor Anniversary Season, celebrating 50 years of new work at 425 Lafayette Street and the 50th Anniversary of HAIR.

New York Times Bestselling Artist John Stanisci will publish his original science fiction epic, LifeDeath, as a graphic novel told in part from the perspective of a teenage female Jewish resistance fighter in the Second World War.

Acclaimed actors and Tony Award nominees Daphne Rubin-Vega and Tom Hewitt celebrate the 'twisted' works of Aaron Mark in TWO TALES OF TERROR at the Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street), presented by All For One Theater (AFO) as a Halloween offering.