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For Illusion Theater's Ninth Annual Lights Up! series, Transatlantic Love Affair, the creators of Minnesota Fringe Festival hit Red Resurrected (2011 Encore Slot Winner) and Ivey Award-winning Ballad of the Pale Fisherman (2010), offers ASH LAND, a tale inspired by economic hardships past and present and scored by old American spirituals and new slide guitar compositions. Opening on January 31, the dynamic and spirited Ash Land runs through February 22 at the downtown Minneapolis theater, located on the eighth floor of The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave.

World premiere musical by the Tony Award winning team of tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey features Idina Menzel.

At last night's MTV EMAs, Miley Cyrus lit up a joint on stage while accepting the Best Music Video award for 'Wrecking Ball.' You can check out her acceptance speech, via TMZ, below.

Families can kick off the holiday season on November 27 with the return of the PBS KIDS blockbuster hit THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS!

The Human Race Theatre Company continues its tradition of producing endearing musicals with the Joseph Stein/Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick classic, Fiddler on the Roof, the second production in its 27th season. Welcome to the village of Anatevka, where tradition is everything. But change is sweeping across the land and into poor dairyman Tevye's house. When his daughters want to break with the old ways and choose their own husbands, Tevye must decide which he loves more - his family's happiness or his long-held beliefs. Filled with timeless songs and wonderful dance numbers, this Broadway hit is a heartwarming tale for young and old. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The X Factor is back! Last night the contestants were finally performing live, and each mentor chose the top 3 from their category. Which four are going home? Read on...

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced details of the sixth annual Global Cabaret Festival. From today, October 24 to Sunday, October 27, the Young Centre for the Performing Arts once again becomes home to over 150 of Canada's leading performance artists staging over 15 original one-hour songbooks and cabarets.

One of the world's most loved and successful vocal groups, The Platters, will return to Adelaide for the first time in many years for two performances only at The Regal Theatre 275 Kensington Road, Kensington, Adelaide on 22 and 23 November at 8.00pm.

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT drives in to the San Diego Civic Theatre! This show follows a trio of friends who go on a road trip through the Australian Outback in a battered but fabulous bus. Based on the movie of the same name, this international hit has over 500 dazzling, 2011 Tony Award-winning costumes, 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' features a hit parade of dance floor favorites including "It's Raining Men," "Finally" and "I Will Survive."

It truly is the most wonderful time of the year, when artist and artisan, newsman and newsmaker, singer and songwriter celebrate the holiday season with PBS. This year, Tony-winner Alfie Boe and veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw - along with 'Hal' Halvorsen, the 'candy bomber' who dropped chocolates into post-war Berlin in 1948 - join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for an inspirational concert at Temple Square. Harking back to WWI, PBS presents Silent Night, a poignant opera based on the Christmas Eve truce of 1914, when French, German and Scottish soldiers laid down their arms for one evening of peace.

The Human Race Theatre Company continues its tradition of producing endearing musicals with the Joseph Stein/Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick classic, Fiddler on the Roof, the second production in its 27th season. Welcome to the village of Anatevka, where tradition is everything. But change is sweeping across the land and into poor dairyman Tevye's house. When his daughters want to break with the old ways and choose their own husbands, Tevye must decide which he loves more - his family's happiness or his long-held beliefs. Filled with timeless songs and wonderful dance numbers, this Broadway hit is a heartwarming tale for young and old.

Manhattan Theatre Club and MCC Theater present the world premiere of The Snow Geese, a new play by Sharr White, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan. The production will open tonight, October 24, 2013. Scroll down to learn more about the cast!

The Boiler Room Theatre, Williamson County's original and longest-running professional theatre company, will stage Mel Brooks The Producers featuring a classic score that audiences will be singing out the door. This story of two shysters trying to make a buck on Broadway, adapted from the classic movie by the same name, won more Tony Awards than any other musical, including Best Book, Best Score, and Best Musical. The production will run from October 18th through November 16th at the theatre's iconic namesake venue in the historic Factory at Franklin, 230 Franklin Rd., Building Six, in Franklin, Tennessee.

The 39 Steps is a fast-paced, side-splitting comedy featuring over a hundred characters played by four actors. Based on the 1935 Hitchcock spy thriller movie and novel by John Buchan, the stage production is currently the longest running comedy in the West End and winner of major theatrical prizes from Tony Awards to the Olivier and Helpmann Awards.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced details of the sixth annual Global Cabaret Festival. From Thursday, October 24 to Sunday, October 27, the Young Centre for the Performing Arts once again becomes home to over 150 of Canada's leading performance artists staging over 15 original one-hour songbooks and cabarets.

Metallica Through The Never (Music From The Motion Picture) is out today via the band's own label Blackened Recordings. The album is the soundtrack to the forthcoming groundbreaking 3D feature film, Metallica Through The Never, to be released exclusively in IMAX theaters this Friday, Sept. 27th and worldwide on Friday, Oct. 4th. Metallica recently revealed a new live version of their legendary track 'Master of Puppets' HERE. The footage from the video will be featured in the upcoming film.

LegendFactory Live presents 'The Truth Serum' at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) tonight, August 29 at 8 p.m. with headliner India.Arie, a multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning artist who will perform with The Brooklyn Philharmonic.

Academy Award winner CUBA GOODING JR. will give his final performance in the critically acclaimed revival of Horton Foote's American masterpiece, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, on Tuesday, August 27th, due to a change in schedule for an upcoming film project. Gooding made his Broadway debut in the acclaimed revival and can currently be seen nationwide in the hit film, Lee Daniels' The Butler.

Blank Canvas Theatre presents Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally, directed by Marc Moritz, running tonight, August 23 - September 7, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm.

The bases are loaded with musical theatre magic as TriArts Sharon Playhouse, under the leadership of Alice BemandExecutive Director and John Simpkins Artistic Director, presents the Tony Award-winning musical Damn Yankees from August 14-25 on the TriArts Mainstage (49 Amenia Road, Sharon). Check out a first look at the cast in action below!

Hey you, music fans: just as The Australian Bee Gees Show is making a big impression on Chicago, imagine the harder rock possibilities when the same producer, Annerin Productions, brings The Pink Floyd Experience to Chicagoland's newest outdoor concert venue, Aurora's RiverEdge Park, for one-night-only, tonight, August 17th.

Blank Canvas Theatre presents Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally, directed by Marc Moritz, running August 23 - September 7, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm.

Last night's season finales of VH1's hit series 'Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta' and original scripted series 'Hit The Floor' proved that summer ratings soar as the drama unfolds.

Metallica today revealed the details of Metallica Through The Never (Music from the Motion Picture), the soundtrack companion to the forthcoming groundbreaking 3D feature film, Metallica Through The Never.

VH1's hit series 'Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta' and original scripted series 'Hit The Floor' prove that love knows no boundaries as their seasons come to a close. On the heels of being renewed for a second season, 'Hit The Floor' is currently the highest rated new summer scripted cable series for Adults 18-49.