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New Zealand's leading inclusive performing arts company, Touch Compass, has collaborated with one of the UK's foremost multi-sensory theatre companies, Frozen Light, to create a pioneering new dance theatre work for audience members who have profound and multiple learning disabilities a?" the first of its kind in Aotearoa.

Finally, the nationwide search for the 35 young performers who will star in the Sydney season of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway and West End smash hit, SCHOOL OF ROCK is over.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Veteran performer Philip Hernandez, the only actor in Broadway history to play both Valjean and Javert in 'Les Miserables,' headlining the 2019 Shakespeare Festival St. Louis production of 'Love's Labors Lost,' through June 23, at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park. Get a first look at the video!

Love's Labors Lost is running through June 23 at Forest Park as part of the 2019 Shakespeare Festival St. Louis.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Veteran performer Philip Hernandez, the only actor in Broadway history to play both Valjean and Javert in 'Les Miserables,' headlining the 2019 Shakespeare Festival St. Louis production of 'Love's Labors Lost,' through June 23, at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park. Get a first look at production photos!

Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit will play the Peace Center on Saturday, Aug. 24, at 8 p.m. Molly Tuttle will open.

Sherman Theatre announces the cast for its world premiere production of Lose Yourself, the powerful new play by Katherine Chandler - the Sherman's Playwright in Residence. The production, directed by Sherman Theatre Associate Artist Patricia Logue, runs at the Sherman from 10 - 25 May.

 SHOWTIME has ordered the eight-part limited series GOOD LORD BIRD from Blumhouse Television, based on the National Book Award-winning novel The Good Lord Bird by bestselling author James McBride. Oscar®, Golden Globe® and Tony® nominee Ethan Hawke will star as 19th-century abolitionist John Brown and is co-writing and executive producing with award-winning author and producer Mark Richard (The Ice at the Bottom of the World and Hell on Wheels). Emmy winner Anthony Hemingway (Underground) will direct and executive produce. GOOD LORD BIRD is told from the point of view of Onion, an enslaved teenager who becomes a member in Brown's motley family during the time of Bleeding Kansas, eventually participating in the famous 1859 raid on the Army depot at Harpers Ferry. Brown's raid failed to initiate the slave revolt he intended, but was the instigating event that started the Civil War.

Tune in this Friday, March 8 at 9:00 pm ET/PT to watch the broadcast premiere of “Skylar Grey” on AT&T* AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV Ch 239. The show will also be available streaming, on-demand through DIRECTV NOW and WatchTV.

Emmy®-winning actor and rapper Riz Ahmed is set to play the lead in feature film drama MUGHAL MOWGLI, a story which Ahmed co-wrote and will produce. This marks director Bassam Tariq's ambitious feature film debut. 

Tune in this Today, March 1 at 9:00 pm ET/PT to watch the broadcast premiere of "Kip Moore: Live At the Wiltern" on AT&T* AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV Ch 239. The show will also be available streaming, on-demand through DIRECTV NOW and WatchTV.

Tune in this Friday, March 1 at 9:00 pm ET/PT to watch the broadcast premiere of "Kip Moore: Live At the Wiltern" on AT&T* AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV Ch 239. The show will also be available streaming, on-demand through DIRECTV NOW and WatchTV.

Veteran performer Philip Hernandez, the only actor in Broadway history to play both Valjean and Javert in "Les Miserables," will headline the 2019 Shakespeare Festival St. Louis production of "Love's Labors Lost," May 31 through June 23, at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park. Preview performances are scheduled May 29-30. Performances are held nightly, excluding Mondays, and begin at 8 p.m.

Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges, whose many distinguished performances have earned him seven Academy Award nominations, will be honored with the Board of Governors Award at the 33rd Annual ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement on February 9 at Hollywood & Highland's Ray Dolby Ballroom. 

AT&T AUDIENCE Network is revealing key premiere and production dates for its 2019 original programming.

Tune in tonight, Friday, January 4 at 9:00 pm ET/PT to watch the broadcast premiere of the concert special “Bryce Vine” on AT&T* AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV Ch 239. The show will be available starting tonight, streaming on-demand through DIRECTV NOW and WatchTV. 

Tune in Friday, November 2 at 9:00 pm ET/PT to watch the broadcast premiere of the concert special “Walker McGuire” on AT&T* AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV Ch 239. The show will also be available streaming on-demand through DIRECTV NOW and WatchTV. 

The Sussex Tech Drama Club present Bad Auditions by Bad Actors by Ian McWethy on November 8th, 9th, and 10th. All performances will be held in the Commons Area Theater at Sussex Tech High School 17099 County Seat Highway, Georgetown, Delaware. Tickets are $10 for Students/Seniors and $12 for Adults and can be purchased at Anthony.natoli@sussexvt.k12.de.us. Curtain is 630pm for all performances.