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What did our critic think of LA FABBRICA DEI SOGNI at Teatro Verdi (Firenze)?

Wexford Festival Opera won the highly coveted Best Festival category at the International Opera Awards, held in the prestigious surroundings of London's Coliseum at a gala event last night, hosted by BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny and attended by all of the world's leading opera professionals. 

Artists Repertory Theatre will present Rodney King, written and performed by acclaimed actor and performance artist Roger Guenveur Smith. This production at Artists Rep will be the final stage performances of Smith's piece that has been touring since 2012. Netflix will release the new film Rodney King, directed by Spike Lee, starring Smith, on April 28. Youth and community engagement programming surrounds the four public performances, and one free student performance, held for Rodney King, April 21 through April 23, 2017. 

Right Angle Entertainment and A Rising Tide Theatrical Group have announced the all new national tour of GREATER TUNA. GREATER TUNA will play The Grand 1894 Opera House for a limited three-performance engagement on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 3 and 8 pm; Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 3 pm.

Wexford Festival Opera has once again been nominated in the highly coveted Best Festival category in the upcoming International Opera Awards.  This is the third time Wexford has been nominated in this category since the awards were established in 2012. 

With more than 20,000 nominations made, the International Opera Awards is pleased to announce the finalists for this year's Awards. These were selected by an international jury chaired by John Allison, editor of Opera magazine and classical music critic with The Daily Telegraph, 'Once again, it was both a challenge and a pleasure for us to produce these shortlists, and I am very grateful to our distinguished jury. The quality of the nominations-received in record numbers this year-was very high, and I hope our lists prove that for all the difficulties faced by the world's opera companies, opera is in fact in a healthy and vibrant state.'

The world's longest-running musical, an electrifying Pulitzer Prize award-winning rock musical, a riveting classic courtroom drama, and the Tony award smash-hit retelling of the origin of Peter Pan make up the 2017 Huron Playhouse season.

Tonight, January 11 at 8pm and Sunday, Jan 12 at 2pm, the Performance Lab students of the Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education will present 12 Angry Jurors.

On Saturday, January 11 at 8pm and Sunday, Jan 12 at 2pm, the Performance Lab students of the Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education will present 12 Angry Jurors.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center previously announced For Your Consideration: Oscar Hopefuls, celebrating films from around the world and for possible consideration in the Best Documentary Feature and Best Foreign Language Film categories for the 2014 Academy Awards®. The series-an opportunity to catch up on some of the best films of the year-will span two weeks with For Your Consideration: Documentary Oscar Hopefuls from December 20-26 and For Your Consideration: Foreign Oscar Hopefuls from today, December 27-January 2, 2014.

Parma-based Artemis Danza, one of the most beloved dance companies in Italy, makes it United States debut with its highly acclaimed production of 'Traviata' at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 East 60th Street, for one performance tonight, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. Under the leadership of Monica Casadei, the company's acclaimed adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi's 'La Traviata,' based on Alexandre Dumas play 'La Dame aux Camelias,' is presented as part of a celebration of the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi's birth and the year of Italian Culture in the United States. Tickets ($15) are now on sale.

Parma-based Artemis Danza, one of the most beloved dance companies in Italy, makes it United States debut with its highly acclaimed production of "Traviata" at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 East 60th Street, for one performance Thursday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. Under the leadership of Monica Casadei, the company's acclaimed adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata," based on Alexandre Dumas play "La Dame aux Camelias," is presented as part of a celebration of the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi's birth and the year of Italian Culture in the United States. Tickets ($15) are now on sale.

Just in time for Halloween and Thanksgiving, the fall harvest of comedy at Jet City Improv has brought in a crop of hysteria, mob rule, black magic and Puritans. Jet City Improv is proud to present the world premier of Blak Cloud, the improvised Salem witch trial that puts the fate of the characters in the hands of the audience.

Director Dan Deal brings the Egypt of Elton John and Tim Rice to life at the Ware Center for PRiMA Theatre

The Bushwick Starr Propeller Project presents Plum de Force, written and directed by Kristine Haruna Lee, with performances tonight, September 5-8, Thursday-Sunday at 8pm.

The Bushwick Starr Propeller Project presents Plum de Force, written and directed by Kristine Haruna Lee, from September 5-8, Thursday-Sunday at 8pm.

Blank Canvas Theatre presents 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, directed by Patrick Ciamacco, and running tonight, July 12 - July 27, Todays & Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm.

Blank Canvas Theatre presents 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, directed by Patrick Ciamacco, and running July 12 - July 27, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm.

After a 29-year absence from the Lyric Opera of Kansas City repertoire, the Company presents Verdi's Il Trovatore tonight, November 3 and November 7, 9 & 11, 2012 at the Kauffman Center of the Performing Arts.