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ESPN's morning debate show First Take, will continue its three-city western tour with three live shows Monday, Sept. 11, through Wednesday, Sept. 13, from Los Angeles from ESPN's Los Angeles Production Center.

In a Sydney-exclusive, Melbourne Theatre Company's (MTC) critically acclaimed musical What Rhymes with Cars and Girls will be presented by Riverside Theatres from 11th to 14th October as part of its national tour.

Ob „New Kids on the Block', „Take That', „Backstreet Boys' oder „One Direction' - nichts polarisiert und fasziniert so sehr wie Boybands. Seit Generationen verkaufen sie weltweit Millionen Tontrager und brechen mindestens ebenso viele Herzen. Riesenerfolge, Massenhysterien, ungebrochene Begeisterung und unsterbliche Popsongs. Kommen Sie mit uns auf eine aufregende Welt- und Zeitreise, wenn BOYBANDS FOREVER fur einen Abend das Boyband-Feuer neu entfacht und die besten Songs in einer großartigen Live-Show vereint.

The application deadline for the first annual Ball Grant has been extended to November 1st, 2017 at midnight! This grant is expressly designed for a writer who identifies as living in or emerging from a lower economic status. Fundamentally The Playwriting Collective believes playwriting is an incredible tool of expression that isn't nurtured in America's poorest communities. The company wants applicants to start a conversation with their letter of intent: playwrights should explain what they identify as a lower economic status and how this grant will help them.

Pittsburgh Public Theater begins its 43rd season with Peter Shaffer's sensational drama, Equus. The play is directed by Pittsburgh Public Theater's Producing Artistic Director, Ted Pappas, as part of his Grand Finale Season. Mr. Pappas will leave the company in August, 2018. Equus runs September 28 - October 29, 2017 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District. For tickets call 412.316.1600 or visit ppt.org.

TV One's True Crime Monday programming block gets a refresh just in time for fall with the season seven premiere of FATAL ATTRACTION and the series premiere of THOU SHALT NOT on September 11 at 9 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. ET, respectively.

Whew - what a night out! Rorschach Theatre's revival of their 2013 production of Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel, features a fine roster of new and returning players, and is a perfect night out for adventurous families-especially those with restless older kids.

Join orphaned Oliver Twist as he navigates London's underworld of theft and violence, searching for a home, a family, and - most importantly - for love.

The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, Inc. (SWRG), a collection of iconic American steakhouses headquartered in Boston, MA, is pleased to introduce their new knife partnership with ZWILLING J.A. Henckels. Smith & Wollensky, widely known as "America's Steakhouse," has collaborated with the esteemed knife manufacturer to design custom steak knives that will ensure the best steak eating experience possible.

TV One's True Crime Monday programming block gets a refresh just in time for fall with the season seven premiere of FATAL ATTRACTION and the series premiere of THOU SHALT NOT on September 11 at 9 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. ET, respectively.

Following an August residency at Hotel Café, LA-based singer-songwriter Ethan Gruska is back on the road in North America for a tour with Asgeir before embarking on a 20+ date tour with Ray LaMontagne this October and November. See a full list of dates below.

Producers Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing announced today that Kara Lindsay, who mostly recently starred as Glinda in Wicked on Broadway, will join the company of Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, playing the role of Cynthia Weil from September 12 - December 31, 2017.

It's Wolfbane's 10th birthday-- and what better way to celebrate than Richard O'Brien's ultimate party classic, 'The Rocky Horror Show!'

Broadway In Chicago and Producers Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing are delighted to announce that individual tickets for the return of BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL will go on sale on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017.

The Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical has announced that Lily-Mae Evans, Kitty Peterkin and Savannah Read will join Emma Moore in the title role of Matilda from 12 September 2017. The multi award-winning production is about to enter its seventh year in the West End and is booking at the Cambridge Theatre until 27 May 2018.

As seen in The Hollywood Reporter , the docuseries, 'Humans of New York', based on photographer Brandon Stanton's popular blog of the same name, is currently on Facebook's new platform, The Watch.  The 13-episode series from Brandon will feature interviews with the same diverse subjects often featured on his popular blog.  The half-hour series is also executive produced by Julie Goldman, the Oscar-nominated documentary producer behind such films as Life, Animated and Weiner.

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks host The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) 27th Annual Simply Shakespeare benefit Monday, September 18, 2017 at 8:00pm at the Freud Playhouse, on the UCLA Campus. 

The premiere of TV One's original film, WHEN LOVE KILLS: THE FALICIA BLAKELY STORY, brought in 1.2 million unique viewers (1.6 million unique viewers for the night). When Love Kills now ranks as TV One's #1 original movie premiere of all time among all key demos: HH: 1.00/598K| P2+: 0.49/759K| P25-54: 0.69/409K. This was also TV One's best Monday Prime Performance of all time among P25-54.