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The Gold Coast International Film Festival (GCIFF) returns this Fall with the 6th anniversary of its star-studded festival. From November 10 - 15, 2016 the Festival will once again celebrate the films and filmmakers who capture our imaginations on the big screen.

Pierre Beaumarchais' The Barber of Seville opens at Theater at Monmouth Friday, July 15th at 7:30 p.m. The play which inspired the famous opera is lush, lively, and a bit naughty, complete with ingenious characters that will tickle your funny bone and dazzle your senses.

Victoria Theatre Association continues its 2016 Films Series with the Family Flix Matinee Series presentation of Daffy Duck's QUACKBUSTERS on July 14 and the beloved THE WIZARD OF OZ on the Cool Films Series July 15-17 at the historic Victoria Theatre. Tickets are on sale now at Ticket Center Stage. To purchase, call (937) 228-3630, toll free (888) 228-3630 or purchase online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.

As America celebrates its 240th Birthday today, let's talk about what is probably one of the greatest musicals ever written, and it only came about 46 years before Hamilton. 1776 dramatizes the story of how John Adams was able to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence as well as signing the Declaration of Independence. While the musical does dramatize the most important event in American history, the story behind the musical is probably just as interesting.

 A pioneer of rock and roll, Hall of Fame artist Dion comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 8 pm. Tickets are $59 - $99.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with Comedian Ron White. Ron 'Tater Salad' White first rose to fame as the cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour phenomenon, but now as a chart-topping Grammy-nominated comedian and a feature film actor. Saturday, August 6, 2016 8:00 PM at Prudential Hall. Tickets Available at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722).

Writers Theatre, under leadership of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, announces a second two-week extension of Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody created by Tim Ryder and Tim Sniffen, written by Tim Sniffen and directed by Stuart Carden and Michael Halberstam. Due to demand, the production now runs through August 14, 2016, as the inaugural production of the Gillian Theatre at Writers Theatre's new theater center at 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe.

It's that time of year, and I can't help but wonder if your CD collection and iPod are Tonys ready. It's just a handful of hours until the 70th annual Tony Awards, and New York City and theatre fans across the world are excitedly buzzing about this year's ceremonies which will be broadcast live on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 8/7c on CBS. This Broadway season has some exciting contenders in the musical categories, and to get you ready for the big night, I'm recapping the albums you should be listening to (or at least pre-ordering).

Three-time GRAMMY-winning producer, RedOne, is a bona fide hit-maker with an impeccable ear for champions. For RedOne's latest single, “Don't You Need Somebody” featuring Enrique Iglesias, R. City, Shaggy & Serayah

Fort Caspar Museum presents its annual FREE summer lecture series for 2016. The lectures will be held on seven consecutive Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm, from today, June 8th to July 20th. Each presentation will focus on a different 'Impression on Wyoming,' from past to present and from east to west. These free programs are funded in part by the Fort Caspar Museum Association and the Wyoming Humanities Council.

 The National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces its 59th NNPN Rolling World Premiere (RWP): Relativity by Mark St. Germain. The Roll includes NNPN Core Members Florida Studio Theatre (Sarasota, FL, June 24-July 2) - which originally commissioned the play - and Riverside Theatre (Iowa City, IA, March 31-April 15, 2017), as well as Associate Members Taproot Theatre Company (Seattle, WA, March 26-April 29, 2017) and Northlight Theatre (Skokie, IL, May 11-June 18, 2017).

Fort Caspar Museum is pleased to announce its annual FREE summer lecture series for 2016.  The lectures will be held on seven consecutive Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm, from June 8th to July 20th.  Each presentation will focus on a different "Impression on Wyoming," from past to present and from east to west.  These free programs are funded in part by the Fort Caspar Museum Association and the Wyoming Humanities Council.

Last fall, Princess Cruises raised the curtain on a new musical revue titled Magic to Do, from the Oscar, Grammy and Tony award-winning composer of Wicked, Pippin and Godspell Stephen Schwartz.

The truth is I didn't quite know what to expect from THE NICE GUYS but luckily for me, and the movie-viewing audience, it was a funny, really funny, action movie.

Writer, actor, and stand-up comedian Joe DeRosa has become a favorite on the comedy circuit. His brand of comedy mixing brutal honesty and frustration at the workings of the world has won over comedy fans, radio listeners, and TV audiences nationwide. Joe most recently released his fourth stand-up comedy album, Mistakes Were Made: The B?Sides. He has made two separate half-hour specials for Comedy Central and released his first three stand-up albums - The Depression Auction, Return of The Son of The Depression Auction and You Will Die - on Comedy Central records.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with Russell Thompkins, Jr. & The New Stylistics, The Dramaticsfeaturing LJ Reynolds, The Jones Girls featuring Shirley Jones, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, Ted Mills - the voice of Blue Magic - and more!

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with Russell Thompkins, Jr. & The New Stylistics, The Dramatics featuring LJ Reynolds, The Jones Girls featuring Shirley Jones, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, Ted Mills - the voice of Blue Magic - and more! Only NJ appearance of this '70s soul band extravaganza! Friday, November 25, 2016 8:00 PM at Prudential Hall.

STG proudly presents its Silent Movie Mondays: Flapper Era Series, running throughout the month of June.

The final writer for the annual Playwrights for a Cause benefit is Penny Jackson, and her play is BEFORE. The event will be Sunday, July 24th at 7:30 pm at the Atlantic Theatre (Linda Gross Theater), 336 West 20th Street, NYC 10011.

?TexARTS will offer a series of Masters' Workshops led by Broadway veterans during its annual Summer Musical Theatre Intensive, this year's production will be Stephen Sondheim's A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM. Joining in the line-up is Broadway casting director, Jay Binder, premiere acting coach, Matthew Corozine and former Rockette Kelly King.