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The year 2018 marks half a century since the formation of the legendary group YES, one of the biggest bands in prog-rock history and true pioneers of the genre. To celebrate this remarkable milestone YES will embark on a 10-date UK tour next March - #YES50.

With Love in Idleness currently running at its home base and soon to follow its production of Travesties at the Apollo Theatre, and with David Baddiel: My Family Not the Sitcom running in the West End, and Funny Girl on a major national tour, the Menier Chocolate Factory announces a casting update for its production of Peter Shaffer's Lettice and Lovage.

Geva Theatre Center's Artistic Director Mark Cuddy and Executive Director Christopher Mannelli are proud to announce the 11 major productions and events of the much anticipated 2017-2018 Season, the non-profit theatre's 45th year of making professional theatre of a national standard in Rochester.

As the members of YES prepare for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2017--Friday, April 7 at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, NY--drummer ALAN WHITE looks back on the band's nearly 50-year history and what's still to come for one of the world's most influential, ground-breaking, and respected progressive rock bands.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced a collection of seven productions for its 2017-18 subscription season. Featured in the season are new and classic works by Tony Kushner, Julia Cho, Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), Dominique Morisseau, Nilaja Sun, Lillian Hellman, directed by Tony Taccone, Lisa Peterson, Des McAnuff, and Ron Russell. The season includes two world premieres and one West Coast premiere.

Peanuts fans rejoice! THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SNOOPY, a re-imagined sequel to YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN runs at Texas State University from February 14 - 19. A massive undertaking in the debut of this re-worked show, has Peanuts fans, like myself giddy with excitement. Head of Texas State University's Musical Theatre Department, Kaitlin Hopkins, took time from her busy schedule to answer some questions for BWW.

Michael Matus & George Rae will play Dionysos and Xanthias in the UK premiere of the latest Broadway version of the rarely performed musical, an hilarious send up of Greek comedy and satire, with a book revised and expanded by Nathan Lane.

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2017 National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards, selected from a record number of nominations. Now in their 10th year, these awards honor outstanding trustees of U.S. opera companies for their exemplary leadership, generosity and audience-building efforts on behalf of their respective organizations.

We surely needed theatre as a tonic for the horrors that defined 2016; here are the best of the best shows in the Bay Area.

What do you get when you mix the dreator of James Bond, a flying car, and a country called Vulgaria? A musical with gadgets, spies, and family fun.

EQUUS by Peter Shaffer will have its Theatre Rhinoceros premiere for a limited engagement - 17 performances only - 3 weeks! The show plays Nov. 25 - Dec. 10, 2016.

Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST), along with EST's Youngblood and EST's Sloan Project, have announced new EST/Sloan commissions and EST/Youngblood members & programming for the 2016-2017 season.

On Today, November 4, classic song stylist and songwriter Kiki Ebsen presents her Joni Mitchell Project (TM) as they return to Vitello's Upstairs in Studio City.

EQUUS by Peter Shaffer will have its Theatre Rhinoceros premiere for a limited engagement - 17 performances only - 3 weeks! The show plays Nov. 25 - Dec. 10, 2016.

On Friday, November 4, classic song stylist and songwriter Kiki Ebsen presents her Joni Mitchell Project (TM) as they return to Vitello's Upstairs in Studio City.

There has been only one assassination on a Presidential Candidate, Robert F. Kennedy, in 1968. Has the time come for the next serious attempt?

Actor Ian Hallard has done a range of work, from musicals and Shakespeare to phone-hacking play Great Britain at the National Theatre and TV staples like Doctor Who and Poirot. He also co-wrote a Poirot episode with his husband Mark Gatiss, and the pair are now starring together in a revival of Matt Crowley's seminal play The Boys in the Band, which changed the landscape of gay theatre on its Off Broadway premiere in 1968. It begins previews tomorrow at Park Theatre, where it plays until 30 October, and will then tour to Manchester, Brighton and Leeds

After a special evening, where Lansbury performed the titular classic 'Beauty and the Beast' with Alan Menken accompanying her on the piano, she sat down with BroadwayWorld to chat about the impact of the film. 

Following a sell-out engagement last August, Wharton Center is proud to announce the return of Ernie - The Play to kick off the 2016-2017 season. Ernie - The Play is the smash-hit play about the 'Voice of Summer,' Ernie Harwell, and recounts the life of the beloved Tigers announcer. Tickets for Ernie - The Play are available now at Wharton Center's official ticketing outlets: online at whartoncenter.com, at the Auto-Owners Insurance Ticket Office at Wharton Center, or by calling 1-800-WHARTON.

Following a sell-out engagement last August, Wharton Center is proud to announce the return of Ernie - The Play to kick off the 2016-2017 season. Ernie - The Play is the smash-hit play about the 'Voice of Summer,' Ernie Harwell, and recounts the life of the beloved Tigers announcer. Tickets for Ernie - The Play are available now at Wharton Center's official ticketing outlets: online at whartoncenter.com, at the Auto-Owners Insurance Ticket Office at Wharton Center, or by calling 1-800-WHARTON.

Polly O. Entertainment will proudly present THE FOUR KING COUSINS: SUNSHINE POP! a live concert event celebrating the vocal group's 50th anniversary and showcasing their powerhouse four-part harmonies today, August 11, at 8:30 pm at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood.

Polly O. Entertainment will proudly present THE FOUR KING COUSINS: SUNSHINE POP! a live concert event celebrating the vocal group's 50th anniversary and showcasing their powerhouse four-part harmonies on Thursday, August 11, at 8:30 pm at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood.

British progressive rockers Yes perform their album Drama in its entirety, sides 1 and 4 of Topographic Oceans and from among their greatest hits that include 'Owner of a Lonely Heart,' 'Roundabout,' and 'I've Seen All Good People' at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 8 pm. Tickets are $79 - $125.

Following a sell-out engagement last August, Wharton Center is proud to announce the return of Ernie - The Play to kick off the 2016-2017 season. Ernie - The Play is the smash-hit play about the 'Voice of Summer,' Ernie Harwell, and recounts the life of the beloved Tigers announcer. Tickets for Ernie - The Play are available now at Wharton Center's official ticketing outlets: online at whartoncenter.com, at the Auto-Owners Insurance Ticket Office at Wharton Center, or by calling 1-800-WHARTON.

Long-time YES fans, rejoice! Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman are proud to announce that after a hiatus of 25 years, they are to reform the definitive YES line-up as - Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman (ARW).