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The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Live Nation, announces the Orlando engagement of Spend the Night with Alice Cooper.

Pizza Hut is joining forces with Marvel's CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR? to give pizza lovers the power to choose a sidein what is destined to be one of the year's biggest movie battles

Riparte, anche per quest'anno, l'organizzazione relativa al concorso nazionale Musical Competition, giunto alla III edizione, che si terra il 5 Luglio prossimo, a partire dalle 20.30, presso l'Anfiteatro Aurora di Jesolo, nell'ambito della V edizione del Jesolo Dance Festival. La nota rassegna di spettacoli, cui partecipano rinomate compagnie di danza, e da tempo un'occasione formativa alla quale prendono parte insegnanti ed esaminatori riconosciuti a livello nazionale ed internazionale, e si riconferma dunque un ottimo contesto per il posizionamento di questa competizione in continua crescita. Rinnovata dunque anche la collaborazione tra la Dreaming Academy e Maria Meoni, Direttrice Artistica JDF.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that Marvel Studios characters will be appearing in the untitled Spider-Man film, which is set to be released on July 7th, 2017. Given that Spider-Man is set to make an appearance in the Marvel Studios film Captain America: Civil War, it seems only fair that some of these characters would join Spidey in his solo ventures. 

Twenty-nine local students from the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will travel to Walt Disney World during the April school break to perform for Disney audiences and participate in master classes with Disney performers, choreographers and directors. This is FSPA's 21st year of Disney performances as part of the Disney Performing Arts Program.

Two exceptional plays, one extraordinary playwright, THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, announce the fifth show of its 2015-2016 - 25th Anniversary Season, the World Premiere of JOHN IS A FATHER, written by Julie Marie Myatt and directed by Dan Bonnell. JOHN IS A FATHER will run in repertory with BIRDER, also by Julie Marie Myatt. JOHN IS A FATHER will begin previews on Monday, May 9 at 8pm; will open on Thursday, May 12 at 8pm and run through Sunday, July 3 at the Road on Lankershim, 5108 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood.

Victory Gardens Theater presents the World Premiere of Hillary and Clinton by Lucas Hnath, directed by Artistic Director Chay Yew. Hillary and Clinton runs April 1 - May 1, 2016, with the press performance on Friday, April 8, 2016, at 7:30 pm at Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue.

The Golden Trailer Awards, the entertainment industry's best and most fun-filled celebration devoted to the year's most outstanding achievements in motion picture and television marketing, announced today the nominees in the 17th annual competitio

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest illustration of Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams in BLACKBIRD!

?The Conscious Film Convergence, a series of inspirational and educational workshops and panels featuring film industry experts, provides participants attending the 2016 Illuminate Film Festival, which takes place June 1 – 5, 2016 in Sedona, Arizona, insight, knowledge and best practices from real-world experiences to create, invest in, write and distribute transformational entertainment.

Independent Shakespeare Co. (ISC), announced today that EDUARDO A. BRANIFF has been unanimously elected as the new chairman of the board of INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO. Eduardo has over 15 years experience in creating brands and brand experiences for corporate and cultural enterprises. As CEO and Creative Director of Imagination, he stewarded brands such as Ford, Claire's, SAP, Patron and Coca-Cola. More recently, as Partner of IDEAB he's focused on coaching leaders of creative enterprises in defining more effective growth strategies, leading more engaged teams and creating more compelling company cultures. In addition to serving on the board of Independent Shakespeare Co., he's a board director of Silkroad, Yo-Yo Ma's music and culture foundation. He is a graduate of Yale University.

Tony Award-winning actress Lea Salonga will star as Helen Bechdel in the Philippines premiere of FUN HOME later this year.  

Producers Norton Herrick of Herrick Entertainment and Charlie Burnell of Threesixty Entertainment are pleased to announce the Los Angeles engagement of PETER PAN 360. Beginning Today, April 6, 2016, Los Angeles audiences will experience Neverland in a whole new way with a spectacular innovative stage production that combines intimate theater-in-the-round, overhead surround CGI projection, actors in dazzling flying sequences forty feet in the air, and whimsical puppets that bring J.M. Barrie's classic tale to fantastical life.

Comcast today announced that it has entered into a content licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Studios to start offering a selection of digital library titles and new releases as they become available from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney•Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Disneynature and Touchstone Pictures via the Xfinity On Demand digital store.

The all-new trailer for Disney's THE BFG includes new, never-before-seen footage of the BFG (Big Friendly Giant).

Mark Burnett, Emmy Award-winning executive producer of the critically acclaimed ABC hit series “Shark Tank,” and Steve Harvey, executive producer and star of primetime hit series “Celebrity Family Feud” and “Little Big Shots,” collaborate to deliver a 13-episode seed-funding business series to ABC to air in 2016.

Jon Favreau's all-new, epic, live-action adventure THE JUNGLE BOOK swung into Hollywood for a world premiere at the legendary El Capitan Theatre, bringing filmmakers and talent together to celebrate the film.

FUSION's new original documentary “Imagining Zootopia” offers that rare privilege to meet the community of people behind Walt Disney Animation Studios' 55th animated feature film, “Zootopia.”