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Miranda Lambert tops the list of nominees for 'The 51 st Annual CMA Awards' with five nominations. Little Big Town and Keith Urban each garner four nominations, tying for the second most nominations this year.

Kentucky Shakespeare announces its 2016 Shakespeare in the Parks tour. The seven-actor, 90-minute ROMEO AND JULIET will tour to twenty area parks this March through May, presenting free Shakespeare in various neighborhoods.

MusicalFare Theatre presents the classic musical, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.   Power, sex, ambition, greed... it's just another day at the office!  From Frank Loesser, the composer and lyricist of GUYS AND DOLLS, comes one of the most delightfully irreverent musicals of all time.  Winner of the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING is the classic satire of big business and all it holds sacred, melding wit, comedy, and romance.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Foundation, Inc. and Children International are changing what it means to prepare young people in disadvantaged areas for careers in the tourism industry.

MusicalFare Theatre, Western New York's most awarded and only professional musical theatre company, presents the 2nd production of its 2015-2016 Season, PAGEANT: THE MUSICAL.  An all-time favorite MusicalFare production returns to the stage! 

Cathay Pacific Airways yesterday launched a new four-times-weekly service from Boston Logan International Airport to Hong Kong with a first flight celebration that included a traditional lion dance and traditional roast pig cutting ceremony, which is meant to bless and wish the new flight good luck. Special guests included Kenneth Brissette, Director of Sports Tourism and Entertainment for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Todd Smith, Director of Aviation Operations for Massport.

RH Contemporary Art, a dynamic and immersive multichannel platform by RH (Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. - NYSE:RH), will unveil the elements of its comprehensive program on November 9, which together will offer a new way to view, learn about, and acquire artwork, and announces the opening of its first art gallery, located within a six-floor, 28,000-square-foot building at 437 West 16th Street in New York City's Chelsea art district. The gallery encompasses recently renovated spaces devoted to exhibitions and programming.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Cathay Pacific Airways today announced that it will add a fourth daily direct flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on June 1, 2014 and three additional direct flights from Chicago to Hong Kong on August 2, 2014, bringing the number of flights from the Windy City to 10 per week (subject to government approval).

Buffalo native Michele Ragusa, who has been seen on Broadway in Young Frankenstein, Titanic and Ragtime, will play Lilli/Kate in a staged concert version of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate April 27 with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.The 8 PM performance will be conducted by Matthew Kraemer and directed by James Brennan.

For its EXCLUSIVE 5 PERFORMANCE RUN of THE HOLIDAY GUYS in HAPPY MERRY HANU-MAS! starring Broadway actors Jeffry Denman and Marc Kudisch, MusicalFare Theatre is pleased to announce that the following "Guest Stars" will be appearing in the production, with Erie County Executive, Mark Poloncarz participating on Opening Night.

When you hear the name Charles Dickens, you almost automatically put in your mind an image of that cute little orphan boy roaming the streets of London picking pockets, or maybe the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future guiding Scrooge on a walk down memory lane. You probably don't think of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. In picking their show for the Curtain Up celebration, the Kavinoky Theatre did, and the entire Buffalo theatre community has benefited from it.

As part of MusicalFare Theatre's T3 Series and in connection with MusicalFare's current production of A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING, MusicalFare presents "Some Enchanted Evening…." tonight, May 3, 2012, following a performance of A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING at 9 p.m. The event is an informative and lively Talk About the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, its relevance to today's audiences and the cultural value of musical theatre in general.

As part of MusicalFare Theatre's T3 Series and in connection with MusicalFare's current production of A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING, MusicalFare presents "Some Enchanted Evening…." Thursday, May 3, 2012, following a performance of A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING at 9 p.m. The event is an informative and lively Talk About the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, its relevance to today's audiences and the cultural value of musical theatre in general.

MusicalFare Theatre, Western New York's most awarded and only professional musical theatre company, presents the fourth production of its 2011-2012 Season, Rodgers and Hammerstein's A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING.

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood proudly announces the nominations and award recipients for the 38th Annual Annie Awards. Click here to see the complete list of nominees and award winners. Award recipients will claim their trophies at the 38th Annual Annie Awards scheduled for Saturday, February 5, 2011 at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 37th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year's best animated features, television productions, commercials, short subjects and outstanding individual achievements in the field of animation. Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'The Princess and the Frog' received eight nominations, including Best Animated Feature and individual nominations for animated effects, character animation, production design and voice acting, while its 'Prep and Landing' received nine nominations including Best Animated Television Production and individual nominations for character animation, character design, music, production design, storyboarding and writing.

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 37th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year's best animated features, television productions, commercials, short subjects and outstanding individual achievements in the field of animation. Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'The Princess and the Frog' received eight nominations, including Best Animated Feature and individual nominations for animated effects, character animation, production design and voice acting, while its 'Prep and Landing' received nine nominations including Best Animated Television Production and individual nominations for character animation, character design, music, production design, storyboarding and writing.