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Improv comedy - it has helped spawn the careers of comedy titans Chris Farley, Steve Carrell, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and countless others.  The comedic skills people learned there have spread around the world and spawned off thousands of improv theatre & sketch groups, TV shows, and Youtube clips.  Now those talents are being put to use to continue putting Northwest Indiana on the improv map in a special one-day event.  The Stray Dogs Improv of Crown Point High School & Improductions, LLC present the second Northwest Indiana High School Improv Invitational on April 6th at Crown Point High School at 6 PM.

The Second City announces a showcase of the Greatest Hits from previous decades with The Second City's Greatest Hits: 90s Edition, The Second City's Greatest Hits: 80s Edition, and The Second City's Greatest Hits: 70s Edition. Each decade will play for a consecutive month on Tuesday and Wednesdays at 8pm, beginning in March 2019 at UP Comedy Club, 230 W. North Ave.

On Monday, March 11, 2019, ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” hit a new single-day season high in Households (2.4/6) in the 56 Metered Markets, marking the show's highest-rated telecast on any night since June 2018 – since an NBA Finals-led broadcast on Wednesday, 6/6/18. “Kimmel” shot up over the week-ago night by 33% in Households (2.4/6 vs. 1.8/5) to score its top-rated Monday telecast in over 1 year – since 2/5/18. Monday's show welcomed Danny DeVito, Freddie Highmore and musical guests AJR.

Encore telecasts of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” have won the late-night ratings week of March 4-8 in the key adult 18-49 demographic over originals of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” was well as “Jimmy Kimmel Live's” week of four originals and one rebroadcast, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Take a moment, grab your coffee, and catch up on the latest Broadway news!

One of this season's most exciting debuts in New York City's cabaret scene is Alex Simmons's weekly Friday night comedy series at Don't Tell Mama, where mainstream club acts and alt-comedians are finding an eager audience.

Mumford & Sons will extend their “thrilling” (The Washington Post) worldwide Delta Tour  this summer visiting iconic venues across the west coast including L.A.'s Banc of California Stadium, Portland's Moda Center, Vancouver's BC Place Stadium, George, WA's Gorge Amphitheatre, Missoula's Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, Salt Lake City's USANA Amphitheatre and Denver's Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre. Verified fan pre-sale begins this Thursday, March 14 at 10:00am local time with general on-sale starting Friday, March 15 at 10:00am local. Full details are available via www.mumfordandsons.com/live.

Karen O and Danger Mouse unveil “Turn The Light” from their forthcoming collaborative album, Lux Prima, today—listen here. Lux Prima is out this Friday, March 15 on BMG.

From stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of March 11, 2019!

NIGHT NOW Live Late Night Show Premieres Thursday March 21st, 8pm at Halyards (406 3rd Ave, Brooklyn).

Mumford & Sons debuted an acoustic version of their new radio single, 'Beloved,' on last night's 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.' The intimate performance featured the band surrounded by fans performing 'in the round'-a first for the program. Watch HERE. They also performed an acoustic version of their #1 single, 'Guiding Light,' as a bonus web exclusive. Watch HERE.

In the last two years we have witnessed an incredible new talent inSigrid. From the tiny town of Ålesund in Norway, Sigrid's defiant pop was catapulted into the public consciousness with the zeitgeist defining 'Don't Kill My Vibe' in 2017 with a colossal mind, attitude and voice.  Today Sigrid releases her debut album Sucker Punch to critical acclaim, already praised across the board from the likes of NYLON, Paper, Rolling Stone, Fader, Elle, Billboard, NPR and more. The album includes the energetic 'Strangers,' as well as 'Dynamite,'' title single 'Sucker Punch,' and recent track 'Don't Feel Like Crying.'  The pop prodigy kicked off 2019 with a SOLD-OUT headlining NYC show at Brooklyn Steel, a performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and continues the year supporting both George Ezra in March on his mammoth arena tour, and Maroon 5in June across UK and Europe; with more US tour date announcements from Sigrid coming soon.  

TimesTalks, The New York Times live conversation and performance series, is proud to host an evening of conversation with the women of political drama series "The Good Fight," actors Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Cush Jumbo and co-creator Michelle King, on March 12. 

TimesTalks, The New York Times live conversation and performance series, is proud to host a pre-release screening of Season 4 of the critically-acclaimed comedy “Catastrophe,” followed by a conversation between the show's creators, writers, and stars Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan and New York Times Op-Ed columnistJennifer Senior on March 11.

During the week of Feb. 25, 2019, ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” returned from hiatus the prior week and grew over its most recent regular week by double digits in Total Viewers (+13% - 2.170 million vs. 1.922 million) to draw its biggest audience in 15 weeks – since the week of 11/12/18. In fact, this week marked “Kimmel's” 3rd most-watched week of the season to date. Additionally, “Kimmel” improved by 7% among Adults 18-49 (496,000 vs. 464,000) to hit a 6-week high – since the week of 1/14/19.

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has dominated the late-night ratings week of Feb. 25-March 1, winning the adult 18-49 demographic and every other key measure versus “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and an encore week of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research. 

On March 22nd, Strand of Oaks (Timothy Showalter) will return with his 6th album, Eraserland to be released via label Dead Oceans. Today, Showalter releases the new track “Keys.” The single follows up two previously released tracks from the album, “Weird Ways,” and single “Ruby.” Next week, onMarch 13th Strand of Oaks will perform on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

After a long week of treading the boards, what better way for performers to unwind than with the affection of a furry friend? In BroadwayWorld's Tails of Broadway, photographer Jessica Fallon Gordon is capturing priceless moments between Broadway's brightest stars and their pets.

TimesTalks, The New York Times live conversation and performance series, is proud to host a conversation between 'The Daily Show' alumnus and Peabody Award-winning comic Hasan Minhaj and The New York Times culture reporter Sopan Deb on February 28.