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Viewers nationwide can now sample the series premieres of the hit SHOWTIME returning series THE BORGIAS, NURSE JACKIE and THE BIG C, two weeks before they premiere on the network.

Viewers nationwide can now sample the series premieres of the hit SHOWTIME returning series THE BORGIAS, Nurse Jackie and THE BIG C, two weeks before they premiere on the network. The premiere episodes can be accessed on the SHOWTIME website www.sho.com/preview, on YouTube www.youtube.com/SHOWTIME, and via select television providers' free On Demand channels and websites, reaching over 40 million digital households across 26 distributors. The series premieres are also available on Showtime ANYTIME®, Showtime apps on iPhone®, iPod Touch®, Android smartphones and tablets, and Nook® tablets, as well as the Showtime Social app for iPad®, on connected TV platforms, major web portals, and for download as a free video podcast on iTunes. The fourth season premiere of NURSE JACKIE airs on Sunday, April 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME, followed by the third season premiere of THE BIG C at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT, and the second season premiere of THE BORGIAS at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The first three episodes of all three series will be made available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and Showtime ANYTIME the day after their series premieres.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Massacre (Sing to Your Children), by Obie Award-winning playwright Jose Rivera, directed by Brian Mertes. Performances will begin Wednesday, April 4th at Rattlestick Theater (224 Waverly Place - off Seventh Avenue South, between Perry & West 11th Streets). The official opening night is set for Thursday, April 12th. The production is scheduled to run through May 12th.

On Sunday, April 8th, three hit SHOWTIME series will return to the network in a triple-header night of programming.

Gemma Arterton, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Irvine, and Saoirse Ronan are all set to star together in Neil Jordan's new film 'Byzantium,' according to The Hollywood Reporter.

A Young Vic Production- THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE by Martin McDonagh comes to the GAIETY THEATRE, OPENING 12TH MAY 2011 (preview 11th May)

A Young Vic Production- THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE by Martin McDonagh comes to the GAIETY THEATRE, OPENING 12TH MAY 2011 (preview 11th May)

A Young Vic Production- THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE by Martin McDonagh comes to the GAIETY THEATRE, OPENING 12TH MAY 2011 (preview 11th May)

On Monday, March 28th at 10 PM, Edie Falco returns in her Emmy(R)-winning and Golden Globe(R) nominated role in NURSE JACKIE. Picking up right where last season left off, the third season begins with Jackie Peyton facing an unwanted intervention.

On Monday, March 28th at 10 PM, Edie Falco returns in her Emmy(R)-winning and Golden Globe(R) nominated role in NURSE JACKIE. Picking up right where last season left off, the third season begins with Jackie Peyton facing an unwanted intervention.

The Bleecker Company presents the Sondra Lee production of Elizabeth Stearns' HILLBILLY WOMEN -- a play with music telling the personal stories of Appalachian women, based on the book of the same title by Kathy Kahn -- with previews set to begin January 6, prior to an official press opening on January 13 at Arclight Theatre (152 West 71st Street).

The Bleecker Company presents the Sondra Lee production of Elizabeth Stearns' HILLBILLY WOMEN -- a play with music telling the personal stories of Appalachian women, based on the book of the same title by Kathy Kahn -- with previews set to begin January 6, prior to an official press opening on January 13 at Arclight Theatre (152 West 71st Street).

Livin' Dred Theatre Company, will tour a production of THE BALLAD OF PAT McNAB by Pat McCabe to Roscommon Arts Centre on Friday 29th October for one night only.

Livin' Dred Theatre Company, will tour a production of THE BALLAD OF PAT McNAB by Pat McCabe to Roscommon Arts Centre on Friday 29th October for one night only.

Two of Ireland's pre-eminent actors Susan Lynch (Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Enduring Love; From Hell) and Rosaleen Linehan (Blood Wedding, Almeida; Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy) take on theatre's darkest mother-daughter pairing in the first major London revival of this horrifically funny play by Oscar and BAFTA-winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges; The Pillowman).

Two of Ireland's pre-eminent actors Susan Lynch (Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Enduring Love; From Hell) and Rosaleen Linehan (Blood Wedding, Almeida; Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy) take on theatre's darkest mother-daughter pairing in the first major London revival of this horrifically funny play by Oscar and BAFTA-winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges; The Pillowman).

Two of Ireland's pre-eminent actors Susan Lynch (Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Enduring Love; From Hell) and Rosaleen Linehan (Blood Wedding, Almeida; Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy) take on theatre's darkest mother-daughter pairing in the first major London revival of this horrifically funny play by Oscar and BAFTA-winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges; The Pillowman).

Two of Ireland's pre-eminent actors Susan Lynch (Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Enduring Love; From Hell) and Rosaleen Linehan (Blood Wedding, Almeida; Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy) take on theatre's darkest mother-daughter pairing in the first major London revival of this horrifically funny play by Oscar and BAFTA-winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges; The Pillowman).

Two of Ireland's pre-eminent actors Susan Lynch (Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Enduring Love; From Hell) and Rosaleen Linehan (Blood Wedding, Almeida; Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy) take on theatre's darkest mother-daughter pairing in the first major London revival of this horrifically funny play by Oscar and BAFTA-winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges; The Pillowman).

Actress Joanne Whalley has joined the cast of the upcoming Showtime series 'The Borgias,' The Hollywood Reporter reports. Whalley will play Vanossa, a former courtesan and the mother of the Borgia children. She joins the previously announced Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Colm Feore, Francois Arnaud, David Oakes, and Holliday Grainger.