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WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Washington Ballet is pleased to announce a special performance of Septime Webre's The Nutcracker tonight, December 17 at 7PM, featuring the Washington Nationals Racing Presidents. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft will take the stage during Act II to perform Frontiersman, choreographed by The Washington Ballet's Artistic Director, Septime Webre. 

On last night's LATE SHOW, HAMILTON star Jonathan Groff recalled Beyonce's backstage compliment on his King George III walk, which he goes on to teach to host Stephen Colbert. Watch the clip below!

The highly-regarded and influential music industry publication says the album works even without the benefit of seeing the show.

Jonathan Groff, who provides comic relief in his role as King George III in Broadway's HAMILTON, stopped by last night's CHARLIE ROSE to talk about the new hit musical.

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces casting for the final productions of its 41st Season.  The season continues with Tony nominated Mothers and Sons, written by Terrence McNally and directed by Steve Scott. The cast includes Cindy Gold (Katharine Gerard), Ben Miller (Bud Ogden-Porter), Jeff Parker (Cal Porter) and Ben Sprunger (Wil Ogden).

Girl Be Heard creates a world for young women to find strength, realize their potential, and rise above their circumstances and society's expectations of them.

The three stars talk about changes in their lives from being part of a full-blown phenomenon.

Being an artistic genius doesn't necessarily make you a math genius. A math geek explains the HAMILTON author's new clock.

Voting is fully underway for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 11. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

CBS has announced that tonight, Dec. 11, Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda will visit the LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT.

Last night's episode of JEOPARDY featured a special Hamilton-themed category with video clues given by the show's star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda from the stage of the Richard Rodgers Theater. 

Last night's episode of JEOPARDY featured a special HAMILTON-themed category with video clues given by the show's star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda from the stage of the Richard Rodgers Theater.

From the stage, to the top of the charts -- and now on to TV game shows, Broadway's $10 Founding Father is unstoppable! Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of Hamilton, will appear on tonight's (December 9) episode of JEOPARDY! to deliver five clues in a Hamilton-themed category on the game show.

HAMILTON star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter to share his gratitude for the Grammy nod - check out the tweet below

?The McLean Community Players' production of the musical 1776, based on the events surrounding the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence, opens Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, and runs weekends through Feb. 21 at McLean's Alden Theatre.  With music by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone, 1776 became an improbable hit and won three Tony Awards, including Best Musical in 1969.  Director Annie O'Neill Galvin leads an award-winning cast and crew for this production.

Opening in an adorable comedic glory at the Arizona Theatre Company is Snapshots, a romantic comedy that reimagines the songs of Stephen Schwartz. Fans old and new of Schwartz's previous works will enjoy hearing their favorite, familiar melodies from Godspell, Pippin, the Baker's Wife, and Wicked, to name a few, as we watch the story of a tired, married couple unfold in their upstairs attic.

Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 27th. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

Miranda talks about preserving the author's intent in casting future productions of HAMILTON.

One of the changes made during the Public Theater run was the cutting of this final picture.

INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO. (ISCLA), producers of the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, presents the 10th anniversary production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL WITH CHARLES DICKENS.