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Spring On The Hilly continues with the 5th in a series of live concerts with Steven C. Pianist, composer, and recording artist Steven C. Anderson (Steven C) returns to the elegant Commodore - his neighborhood on Cathedral Hill -performing on his Grand Bösendorfer Piano playing his originals, Classic rock favorites, and accompanying the powerhouse vocals of Aimee Lee.

Planet Ant's Improvisation Farm Team presents an original production of The Last Meow—A Murder-Mystery Comedy with a Twist, written and directed by Robyn Whitelaw. This world premiere comedy will run Fridays and Saturdays from January 20 – 28, and not only features the talents of the Planet Ant Farm Team but some local guest celebrities as well.

Liquid Theatre Collective and Randy Donaldson, Executive Producer, will present two (2) private industry readings of MARIAN, an original musical based on the life of world-renowned contralto, Marian Anderson.

The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance, a program within the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts at Wayne State University will present “Anon(ymous)” by Naomi Iizuka as a virtual streaming event in collaboration with Broadway on Demand.

Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to welcome audiences back with UNDER THE STARS WITH HANDBAG: A Drive-In Festival a?' five fun and socially-responsible weekends of Handbag productions on a big outdoor screen! Featuring a different show each week, Handbag's pop-up drive-in festival will play Fridays and Saturday from August 21 a?' September 19, 2020 at The Red Box Workshop, 4242 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. in Chicago, just west of the intersection of Pulaski and Bryn Mawr.

Tennessee Playwrights Studio, a Nashville-based new-play development lab in partnership with Actors Bridge Ensemble, has announced its fellows and associates for 2019. Five TPS fellows, chosen from a competitive application process, will work under the direction of Kenley Smith to develop new full-length scripts that will be presented in public readings at the Darkhorse Theatre Chapel later this year. Two associates will contribute to monthly workshop sessions in the first year and will become TPS Fellows in 2020. TPS will continue to cast actors from the Nashville community for workshops and readings.

The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance presents Matawan by Dan Caffrey, October 10-21, 2018 at the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre.

On Sunday night at the 6th annual #giveback concert, Broadway Unlocked raised $48,000 to benefit the Crime Victims Treatment Center at WNYC's The Greene Space.

Four TPS fellows - chosen from a competitive application process - will work under the direction of Kenley Smith, director of the TPS program, to develop new full-length scripts to be presented in a public reading at the Darkhorse Theatre this fall. Two Associates will serve as alternates for the program and will contribute to monthly workshop sessions in the first year and will fill two TPS fellow positions in 2019. TPS will work with actors from the Nashville community for workshops and readings.

Winners have been announced for the unique Musical Inspirations Art Contest, hosted by The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts and Louisville Orchestra. The selected winners' pieces will make their public debut at the Gheens Foundation Great Expectations concert on February 7. The prizewinning art work will be projected onto large screens while the Louisville Orchestra and the Louisville Youth Orchestra combine forces to perform the music that inspired their art: the complete Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky.

The Gheens Great Expectations concert is part of The Kentucky Center's Gheens Great Expectations Program. This program brings some of the world's finest young classical musicians and dancers to Louisville for performances and residencies that focus on engaging and inspiring youth. The program aims to help the community's youth encounter transformative experiences through the arts.

Students across the Commonwealth will have the exclusive opportunity to have their artwork projected 15 feet tall at The Kentucky Center for the Arts, during a performance by The Louisville Orchestra and the Louisville Youth Orchestra playing the music that inspired their art work in February, as part of an innovative new art contest. The Kentucky Center and Louisville Orchestra have announced that they will be holding a unique music-based art contest for Kentucky students in grades 8-12. The contest calls for 2-D artwork inspired by one of five provided musical compositions, all from Pictures at an Exhibition, by famed Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. The deadline to submit artwork through the online platform, Acceptd, is January 10.

Students across the Commonwealth will have the exclusive opportunity to have their artwork projected 15 feet tall at The Kentucky Center for the Arts, during a performance by The Louisville Orchestra and the Louisville Youth Orchestra playing the music that inspired their art work in February, as part of an innovative new art contest. The Kentucky Center and Louisville Orchestra have announced that they will be holding a unique music-based art contest for Kentucky students in grades 8-12. The contest calls for 2-D artwork inspired by one of five provided musical compositions, all from Pictures at an Exhibition, by famed Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. The deadline to submit artwork through the online platform, Acceptd, is January 10.

Enter a comically enchanted forest as Theatre and Dance at Wayne presents Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream DETROIT The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University invites audiences into the madcap adventures of Shakespeare's romantic, A Midsummer Night's Dream . Opening on Thursday, October 12th at 7 p.m., all are welcome to this telling of the unforgettable story of chaos and mayhem over the course of one night in an enchanted forest.

Hell in a Handbag Productions, now celebrating its 15th Anniversary Season, is pleased to announce casting for the world premiere of BEWILDERED.

Ranging from the masterful watercolors of Walter Anderson, to the bright and energetic compositions of self-taught Thomas Burleson, to the gilded sculptural abstractions of Gail Gregg, the artists of Draftsmen Draft prove that paper is a powerful vehicle for big ideas.

Ranging from the masterful watercolors of Walter Anderson, to the bright and energetic compositions of self-taught Thomas Burleson, to the gilded sculptural abstractions of Gail Gregg, the artists of Draftsmen Draft prove that paper is a powerful vehicle for big ideas.

On Sunday, April 26th and Monday, April 27th, local award-winning composer Elaine Pechacek and The Squeaky Wheel Theatre Project will present a 60-minute showcase of Pechacek's new musical 'The Lady Juliana,' before the show makes its official world premiere as part of the York New Musical Festival in York, England this May.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Our very own Tony Award Viewing Party (you're invited), new takes on 'Hair' and 'Myths And Hymns,' tryouts of 'Amazing Grace' and 'On Your Feet!,' that reading of 'Bedknobs And Broomsticks,' Chicago originals 'Mister Kelly' and 'Caged Dames,' more film news, the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus and more!