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On Tuesday, March 3, 2015, Synetic Theater hosted a 1950's Las Vegas stylized benefit in Crystal City. Centering on a special performance of Much Ado About Nothing, the event kicked off with pre-show savories and sips and closed with a post-show champagne and dessert reception with the artists at the Crystal City Marriott. Scroll down for photos from the event!

Norma Desmond makes her close-up in Reston Community Players' sumptuous rendition of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, running now through March 21, 2015. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Broadway luminaries and Riverdale's most talented performers will join forces for a Gala concert production of the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler musical A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. The one-night only event will feature an onstage 21-piece orchestra, and will be performed at the Riverdale YM-YWHA on Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 7:30pm.

ESPN's 2015 Championship Week Presented by DICK'S Sporting Goods — a record 112 exclusive women's college basketball games over 12 days across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ESPN3 and SEC Network

YELLOW SOUND LABEL has released the Off-Broadway cast recording of the new musical The Memory Show today online via Amazon.com, Spotify and other digital outlets.

Hello, Bachelor fans! We meet again under bittersweet circumstances, as this is the finale episode this season. After three (three!) hours of programming, we will find out who Chris chose, if she chose him back, how the loser feels, and how the winner feels about their future husband shaking his booty in sparkly leotards on Dancing With the Stars. I rushed home from a long day out in NYC, and now I'm settled on the couch sans bra and pants shoes, eating a lovely meal of a microwave burrito with paper towel stuck to it cause I overheated it food. Let us journey to Iowa one final time…

UrbanArias: DC's contemporary opera company presents the world premiere of BLUE VIOLA by composer Peter Hilliard and librettist Matt Boresi.

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of one of the world's most beloved films, Riverdale Repertory Company and Riverdale Rising Stars join forces to present the original stage version of the classic musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC for six performances only, from today, March 7 to March 15, 2015.

It's time to put down your e-readers and experience a bit of history! Have you ever seen a $30,000 book? Or a book that is hundreds of years old? Now is your chance when the 40th annual Washington Antiquarian Book Fair returns to the nation's capital this weekend, March 6-7, 2015.

Artists Lounge Live presents Sara Jean Ford, who starred as Christine in Broadway's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in DREAM OF NOW, DREAM OF THEN: The High Notes and Hijinks of a Broadway Soprano on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 7:30pm at Metropolis Performing Art Centre, 111 W. Campbell St. in Arlington Heights.

ACM PRESENTS: SUPERSTAR DUETS!, a new entertainment special featuring performances by an unprecedented lineup of country music legends and this year's ACM Award nominees and chart topping artists

FOX Sports 1 leveraged an exciting day of NASCAR racing and the buildup and breakdown of one of the most-anticipated UFC Pay-Per-View events in history to an impressive top-10 mark in viewership on Saturday.

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The compelling live three-hour television event begins as America will watch along with the studio audience as Chris Soules' journey to find love comes to its astonishing conclusion.

John Michael Coppola, who appeared in Chicago's smash hit production of JERSEY BOYS, will headline A JERSEY VOICE: Sinatra to Springsteen…and Everyone in Between on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 7:30 pm at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell St. in Arlington Heights. The one night only concert event will also star THE FOUR C NOTES, the Midwest's only Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute group. The song-filled evening will benefit Arlington Cares, a not-for-profit organization created to help raise money for the Village of Arlington Heights Emergency Assistance Fund. Tickets, priced at $40, are currently available at www.arlingtoncaresnfp.org.

Signature in the Schools, Signature Theatre's flagship education program, presents the world premiere production of Veni, Vidi, Vici, written by writer/director and Signature Theatre's Resident Director of New Works Joe Calarco and directed by Education Director David Zobell. Students from Arlington high schools join professional actor Erin Weaver (The Last Five Years, Xanadu) for this thought-provoking and funny new play, which the students perform in Signature's MAX Theatre. Veni, Vidi, Vici is conceived and written to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Signature in the Schools and explores the impacts of imperialism.

BASTROP, Texas, March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ The City ofBastrop's Art in Public Places(BAIPP) Task Force today announced selected artists for the Bastrop Downtown Sculpture Projectlaunched last summer.

Following a sold-out 2013 debut at 54 Below, Tony Award nominee Euan Morton returns to the acclaimed Manhattan nightspot to launch his newest project, I (Heart) THE CARPENTERS. Backed by the newly-formed Downey CA Collective, Mr. Morton will perform songs made famous by the all-American jazz/pop duo Richard and Karen Carpenter. With songs from composers such as Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Paul Williams, Roger Nichols, Leon Russell, John Bettis and Richard Carpenter himself, I (Heart) THE CARPENTERS is fresh take - both extremely personal and totally universal - on mid-20th Century American pop genius, designed to be an emotional trip down memory lane for some and an exciting, memory-making first meeting for others. I (Heart) THE CARPENTERS will be performed on three consecutive Monday evenings in June: June 1st at 7 PM, June 8th at 9:30 PM, and June 15th @ 7 PM. There is a $45 cover charge and a $25 food and beverage minimum. Visit 54Below.com for tickets/reservations.

Broadcast live from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, Fathom Events and UFC are set to bring the big guns to the big screen with two championship fights as UFC 185: Pettis vs. dos Anjos comes to select U.S. movie theaters nationwide on Saturday, March 14

Let's just get right to it. There's a lot to like about much anticipated world premiere of John Kander and Greg Pierce's 'Kid Victory' at Signature Theatre.