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Stag & Lion will present William Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST at The Trinity Theatre (422 West 57th Street in Manhattan) this weekend only! Starring Anuj Parikh as Prospero, Roland Netzer as Ferdinand, Cynthia Johnson as Miranda, and directed by Joshua Koehn, Shakespeare's last great comedy plays like a fairytale and is enjoyable for young and old.

Stag & Lion will present William Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST at The Trinity Theatre (422 West 57th Street in Manhattan) March 17th through March 27th. Starring Anuj Parikh as Prospero, Roland Netzer as Ferdinand, Cynthia Johnson as Miranda, and directed by Joshua Koehn, Shakespeare's last great comedy plays like a fairytale and is enjoyable for young and old.

In 1946 before Julia Child rose to fame James Andrew Beard became the first “celebrity” cook with the premiere of his NBC cooking show, “I Love to Eat.” Television sets were still black and white back then and there may have been 1000 sets total in all of Metropolitan New York, but between Howdy Doody and the 9 o’clock hour, you could experience the culinary delights of James Beard.

On November 16, TSquared Production Company will present an online reading of the hilariously dire Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. One of Tom Stoppard’s most beloved works, #RandGaredead tells the tale of Hamlet through the worm's eye view of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two bewildered (and painfully minor) characters.

Showstopping musical Vanara – The Legend is coming to London stages later this month with the incredible talent of stage and screen star Jacob Fowler in the leading role. Fowler will bring to life the enigmatic character of Mohr, a confident and loyal tribesman.

As disaster threatens to destroy the world they know, two tribes are locked in an age-old battle. One young woman must make a choice: protect the traditions of her people or challenge everything she has been taught. With total devastation bearing down on them, will the two tribes reunite before it's too late? 

Following a worldwide digital contest to showcase new vocal talents, Vanara have found their winner. 21-year-old Brandon Gille from Portland, Oregon, fought off some incredible competition to claim the coveted prize of featuring on the new London cast recording, ahead of the show’s world premiere at Hackney Empire in October.

Page 73 has announced details of its virtual 2021 Spring Benefit. James Jackson, Jr. and John-Andrew Morrison, stars of Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning, Page 73-co-produced musical A Strange Loop, will host the event, which streams free of charge on Page 73's YouTube Channel on Thursday, June 10, at 8pm EST.

The talk show, which began as live Instagram phone conversations held between the two, where they interviewed each other, has recently expanded in format. 

The LCT SPOTLIGHT SERIES will resume on Thursday, January 14th at 8pm with TURNING THE PAGE: LCT Artists Read Their Own Poetry and Prose. The event will feature a host of LCT artists – playwrights David Adjmi, Ayad Akhtar and Sarah Ruhl; playwright/director James Lapine; director Jack O’Brien; and actor/writer Andrew Rannells.

'The Prom' co-stars recall keeping it blue on set with Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman. After Andrew tells James about his first meeting with director Ryan Murphy long ago.

Promoting their upcoming film 'The Prom,' Meryl Streep and Andrew Rannells will join co-star James Corden as guests on his late night show this week! 

Listen today to Episode II of the Broadway Podcast Network original Soap Opera, AS THE CURTAIN RISES. Written by Dori Berinstein and Mark Peikert, AS THE CURTAIN RISES takes you on a never before behind the scenes look at the drama behind the most dramatic business in the world.

The Extinction of Fireflies, James Andrew Walsh's new comedy starring multi-award winner Michael Urie ('Ugly Betty,' Buyer & Cellar, Torch Song) and Olivier Award winner Tracie Bennett (End of the Rainbow, Follies), is now in production on location in the playwright/director's Shelter Island, Rhode Island home, where the play is set.

a?oeElectric Jesusa?? is a wistful coming-of-age music-comedy that follows the ill-fated journey of a never-famous 80a??s Christian hair metal band.

Monday, August 3rd is a big day of programming on Bandsintown LIVE OUTSKIRTS Americana and Country channel on Twitch with headliners The Secret Sisters and The War and Treaty joined by 2019 UK Album of the Year winner, Ben Glover and Hannah Miller, who's cutting edge folk-pop music has appeared in This Is Us, Pretty Little Liars, Station 19 and more.

Last week programming on Bandsintown LIVE, the livestreaming channel of streaming and live music discovery hub Bandsintown, scored an unprecedented 4 slots in the Top 10 of Pollstar's Live Stream Chart and three other days ranked in the Top 40.

What may be the first movie created during the lockdown, Cabin Fever, a South African full-length feature, has just finished post-production. Filmed by the cast themselves, using no specialist equipment and no crew, only their phones and laptops, the movie reflects on the strains placed on relationships during this time in history.

For a long time within their history, Company One has cornered the market in Boston for selecting those cutting-edge new works that are able to effectively spark conversations and juxtaposing them against each other in ways that are both productive and incendiary. Hats off to Director of New Work, Ilana M Brownstein, as well as National New Play Network (NNPN) Producer in Residence, Jasmine Brooks, and the entire administrative staff for selecting, through NNPN, such a well-crafted text for a rolling premiere. Jung, who may be best known in Boston for her equally nuanced play, Cardboard Piano, does not stoop to begin with a message, as seems to be in vogue for playwrights right now. She does not set out to teach us anything in a certain, straightforward lecture subdivided into all-too-interchangeable dialogue. Instead, the genesis of her play seems to center around the hypothetical. As one character explains in a moment of meta-theatricality, the evening is nothing more than a series of 'what if?'s. What if a young boy was adopted from Korea by a a?oenot-future-orienteda?? white couple who have given up on having any biological children of their own? What if, once that couple is able to conceive, the boy is again put up for adoption? What if he is adopted by a lesbian couple, and his adoptive father is not entirely thrilled with the prospect of two women raising a boy? By asking these questions and not providing answers, Jung has effectively done what so many playwrights and their commissioners claim to want. She has created a work with the potential to generate conversations that lead to growth and change. Set against the thorough dramaturgical work one can expect from Company One, the production introduces issues within the idea of transracial adoption, America's systems for adoption, and the thin line between a?oevulnerability and violencea??.

McCarter Theatre Center is proud to announce the return of A Christmas Carol, directed by Adam Immerwahr. This family-friendly production runs December 10 - 29 in the Matthews Theatre. A popular annual event for families all across the region, McCarter Theatre Center's production of Charles Dickens' timeless story brings a tale of memory and redemption beyond the stage and out into the aisles and lobbies.