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Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, and Nick Chuba collaborate on the score for the FX limited series Shōgun, premiering February 27 on Hulu. Learn more here!

Today's subject Jason Ma is currently living his theatre life telling us all about 'The Advantages of Floating in The Middle of The Sea' in Signature Theatre's current production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's underappreciated masterpiece Pacific Overtures. Jason plays the lead role of Reciter plus other characters as well. The production runs through April ninth in Signature's MAX space.

Porchlight Music Theatre begins its sixth season of Chicago's "lost" musicals in staged concert series with Porchlight Revisits 1776, music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and book by Peter Stone with direction by Artistic Director Michael Weber, musical direction by Jeremy Ramey and musical staging by Michelle Lauto.

In its largest international scale production to date, FX has ordered Shogun, a 10-episode limited series period drama based on Shogun, the best-selling novel by James Clavell, it was announced today by John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions.

With an eye towards 2020, the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, award-winning pianist Yael Weiss has embarked upon 'A Beethoven Odyssey,' a project that combines the complete set of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas with newly commissioned compositions related to them.

Variety reports that actor James Shigeta, best known for his roles in “Die Hard” and the big screen adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song, died Monday at 81.

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FOX is in the early stages of developing two high-profile longform/event drama series, executives announced today.

Deborah Raffin, a film and television actress who later became an audiobook publisher, has passed away after a battle with leukemia on Wednesday. She was 59 years old. The Recording Academy's President/CEO Neil Portnow today released this statement on her passing.

Deborah Raffin, a film and television actress who later became an audiobook publisher, has passed away after a battle with leukemia on Wednesday. She was 59-years-old. Her brother reported the news to the Los Angeles Times.

Deborah Raffin, a film and television actress who later became an audiobook publisher, has passed away after a battle with leukemia on Wednesday. She was 59-years-old. Her brother reported the news to the Los Angeles Times.

Sidney Poitier's 'To Sir, With Love,' the story of an idealistic engineer who takes a teaching job and faces a group of rough and disorderly white high school students from London's East End will air as the culmination of American Graduate Day tonight, September 22 at 9 p.m. on Reel 13.

Following the U.S. television debut of 'The Crimson Petal and the White' on September 10, ENCORE's 'The Big Miniseries Showcase' continues with the premiere of the East meets West classic, SHOGUN on Monday, September 17th at 8pm ET/PT on ENCORE.

Sidney Poitier's 'To Sir, With Love,' the story of an idealistic engineer who takes a teaching job and faces a group of rough and disorderly white high school students from London's East End will air as the culmination of American Graduate Day on Saturday, September 22 at 9 p.m. on Reel 13.

Following a sold-out production of 'A Phantom Returns' last week at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Utah, Peter Karrie will continue the trend in British Columbia, Canada!

Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate David "Mas" Masumoto and Polly Trottenberg to key administration posts.

The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA), a professional theater and arts education nonprofit organization that builds communities around the appreciation and production of Shakespeare, will present blockbuster film director Roland Emmerich and entertainment attorney and author Bert Fields with the Crystal Quill Award for their contributions to the Shakespeare authorship debate.