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Bayou City Concert Musicals will present the 2017 Kim Hupp Award to Eileen J. Morris, artistic director of The Ensemble Theatre. The award will be presented on Sunday, April 2, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., on the Main Stage of The Ensemble Theatre, 3535 Main. The event, Serenading Eileen, will consist of a concert featuring some of the honoree's favorite songs and a reception immediately following the concert. Tickets are $75 per person. Proceeds from the event will benefit Bayou City Concert Musicals.

The 52nd annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards today announced its nominees. These annual awards are amongst the most coveted in the South African performing arts fraternity. For over 50 years, the Fleur du Cap wine brand has proudly associated itself with the Theatre Awards as they showcase the flair that is synonymous with the wine.

The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) will launch the region-wide celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love with HIPPIE MODERNISM: THE STRUGGLE FOR UTOPIA. This major exhibition examines the intersection of the radical art, architecture, and design of the counterculture of the 1960s and early 1970s and the resonance of these innovations today. A traveling exhibition organized by the Walker Art Center and assembled with the assistance of BAMPFA, Hippie Modernism will be on view in Berkeley from February 8 through May 21, 2017. The exhibition will coincide with the first anniversary of BAMPFA's new Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed building in downtown Berkeley.

Melding Italian Renaissance elements with contemporary street art to signify a 'clash of cultures,' Vanderbilt University Theatre's production of Othello, one of Shakespeare's most powerful dramas and the first VUT production of the 2016-17 season, opens tonight at Neely Auditorium on the Nashville campus.

Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, currently playing at City Theatre takes the Bard to a 1920's circus sideshow.

Terri Hatcher D'Onofrio and Diana Rogers shine in this love letter to country music's finest singer.

'ATOMIC' makes its regional theatre premiere at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester from February 10 through March 6, 2016. Danny Ginges created 'ATOMIC' and wrote the book and lyrics, with music and lyrics by Philip Foxman. Check out photos from the show below!

Cantata Singers' expanded Chamber Series begins tonight, November 17, 2017 at 7:30pm at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences with Made in America, a program of twentieth-century American chamber music by Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and Irving Fine. Cantata Singers' Chamber Series will be in residence at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge for the entirety of the 2015-16 Season.

Cantata Singers' expanded Chamber Series begins on Thursday, November 17, 2017 at 7:30pm at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences with Made in America, a program of twentieth-century American chamber music by Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and Irving Fine. Cantata Singers' Chamber Series will be in residence at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge for the entirety of the 2015-16 Season.

The Sounds of Story will fill The Mix Studio Theater as a group of well-known area storytellers, including La'Ron Williams, Steve Daut, Jane Fink, Laura Lee Hayes, Lyn Davidge, Jeff Doyle, Satori Shakoor, and Mark Sweetman, come together to perform two benefit concerts for Emergent Arts at The Mix Studio Theater. Performances are tonight, May 15 at 8pm, and Sunday May 17 at 2pm at The Mix Studio Theater, 8 N. Washington, Ypsilanti, MI 48197.

The Sounds of Story will fill The Mix Studio Theater as a group of well-known area storytellers, including La'Ron Williams, Steve Daut, Jane Fink, Laura Lee Hayes, Lyn Davidge, Jeff Doyle, Satori Shakoor, and Mark Sweetman, come together to perform two benefit concerts for Emergent Arts at The Mix Studio Theater. Performances are Friday May 15 at 8pm, and Sunday May 17 at 2pm at The Mix Studio Theater, 8 N. Washington, Ypsilanti, MI 48197. All seats are $15, available at www.emergentarts.com.

'Luce,' a new drama by J. C. Lee, has its Michigan premiere at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University from March 18 through April 12.

'Luce,' a new drama by J. C. Lee, has its Michigan premiere at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University from March 18 through April 12.

An additional 12 locations have joined the growing movement led by African-American business leaders to raise funds for students across the country to see the Academy Award-nominated film “SELMA,” expanding the first-of-its-kind campaign to 25 locations nationwide.

It's your last week to vote for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Detroit Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 26th. Voting closes at the end of the year, in under one week!

Time is ticking on your last chance to vote for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Detroit Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 19th. Voting closes at the end of the year!

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Detroit Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 4th.

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Detroit Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 4th.

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Detroit Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 25th.

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