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The Eagles – Don Henley, Joe Walsh & Timothy B. Schmit, with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey - have added five more “An Evening with the Eagles” concerts to the 2018 tour. New shows have been set for Tuesday, October 9, at Madison Square Garden in New York City and Friday, October 12, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.  Due to the success of the October 2017 concert in Detroit at Little Caesars Arena, the March 14, concert at the United Center in Chicago, and the two Forum concerts in Inglewood, California, a third show at the “Fabulous” Forum has been set for Saturday, September 15, and second (and final) shows have been set for Sunday, October 14, at Little Caesars Arena and Monday, October 15, at the United Center.

On Tuesday, February 6, 2018, Dorset Theatre Festival began its 6th annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition and Workshops. This program provides an opportunity for students to learn about playwriting and create a short 10-60 page play of their own. Workshop participants typically include more than 15 schools, 300 students, and 60 play submissions.

The Ovation Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Ovation TV, has recognized the work of five non-profit arts organizations with $125,000 in awards as part of its 2017 Creative Economy innOVATION Grant Awards Program. In its fourth grant cycle, the program focused on identifying model nonprofit arts organizations that cultivate and support artists and enterprises in the creative industries through capacity-building, accelerating partnerships, and/or fiscal support. Five grants of $25,000 each were awarded to the following nonprofit organizations:

Seven theatre artists have gathered for the nineteenth annual Sundance Institute Playwrights & Composers Retreat at Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, currently underway from February 5 to February 23, 2018. Designed to support theatrical writing in its earliest stages, the residency is dedicated to uninhibited creativity, peer mentorship and professional growth.

Walton Arts Center is pleased to announce the eight a cappella groups chosen to compete in the 2018 VoiceJam Competition on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 7:30 pm.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Oklahoma! is making its way back to New York. St. Ann's Warehouse and Eva Price will present a limited run of the Bard SummerScape production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, directed by Daniel Fish.

McDaniel College theatre arts students direct and perform eight one-act plays during "The Museum of Living Art: Student-Directed Play Festival" at the college.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival was in full swing last night as Margot Robbie and Allison Janney stormed the red carpet outside the Arlington Theatre. The Oscar® nominees greeted screaming fans and signed autographs before heading into the theater to receive the Outstanding Performers of the Year Award, presented by Belvedere® Vodka.

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, philanthropist and humanitarian Sheryl Crow is the star of Public Television's award winning series Front and Center, which begins tonight in various markets across the U.S. This episode will air onWNET-TV in New York City on February 15, and will also be available for streaming at 11:00 P.M. 

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"Animaniacs in Concert!" starring Rob Paulsen and Randy Rogel will be performed at the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at The College of Lake County on Sunday, March 4th, 2018. The James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts is located at 19351 West Washington Street, Grayslake, Illinois, 60030. Ticket prices range to $12-$38. Events subject to $2 JLC facility fee. Show begins at 4:00 pm.

Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, announces the 2018 Associate Artists - director Joe Calarco, costume designer Jennifer Caprio, music director Vadim Feichtner, and actress Elizabeth Stanley.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival officially reached the midway point as Christopher Nolan (DUNKIRK), Jordan Peele (GET OUT), Paul Thomas Anderson (PHANTOM THREAD), Greta Gerwig (LADY BIRD), and Guillermo Del Toro (THE SHAPE OF WATER) were in town to receive the 2018 Outstanding Directors of the Year Award. The five Oscar® nominated directors arrived at the Arlington Theatre to a crowd of screaming fans eager to catch a glimpse of some of their favorite filmmakers. 

Well-known gospel recording artist Kenton Rogers has joined the cast of Avant Bard's revival of The Gospel at Colonus, a critical and audience hit last season. Rogers-an actor, singer, and ordained preacher-will headline The Gospel at Colonus in the role of Singer Oedipus along with local civic legend William T. Newman Jr., who returns as Preacher Oedipus.

As the Santa Barbara International Film Festival crossed the midway point last night, Saoirse Ronan stormed the red carpet outside the Arlington Theatre to receive the Santa Barbara Award presented by UGG®. Saoirse looked stunning in Chanel as she signed autographs and took photos with screaming fans.

Brantley Gilbert's commitment to America's service members has always been a driving force in a career that's seen him play for the people instead of the music industry.

Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre, Nashville's iconic professional theater, opens its 2018 season - its 52nd! - with an entertaining, if somewhat overly long, production of Disney's Freaky Friday, the new musical with a starry musical theater pedigree.