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South Stream Productions will open the theatre year with Blackbird by David Harrower. The play will open Friday January 6, 2017 and run through Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Sonorous Road Theatre, 209 Oberlin Road, Raleigh.

Blue Note Hawaii, the state's premier venue for the world's most celebrated artists, welcomes world-renowned guitarists Tak Matsumoto and Daniel Ho for one night only, March 19, 2017. Tickets are on sale now for this special event.

Gettysburg Community Theatre, the non-profit 501c3 organization located in the original Elks Lodge building at 49 York Street within the first block of Lincoln Square in historic downtown Gettysburg, will present the Don Quixote 'Impossible Dream' musical, Man Of La Mancha at 7pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays January 6-22, 2017. Limited reserved seating $18 plus tax/fees.

To the delight of fans of the American Big Bands and the Big Band era, the brassy, all-singing, all-dancing, all-American 1940s musical revue, In The Mood is coming to Fresno in celebration of 23 years on tour.

For the first time since 2011, Gavin Creel is headed to South Florida later this week with Seth Rudetsky to open the third season of Parker Playhouse's Broadway Concert Series. Ahead of the performance, he sat down with the Miami Herald to talk about his career, the current state of the country, and where he sees his role in future activist efforts.

Monty Franklin is an Australian born stand-up comedian now based in LA. He tours all over the world opening for Rob Schneider and is currently appearing in Rob's new TV show Real Rob on Netflix, about to start it's second season.

Presented in partnership with Gibney Dance and The Field, Dance/NYC invites you to The Gathering 2017 on January 8, 2017, at Gibney Dance.

Netflix released first-look images and a storyboard from the Netflix original film Okja, a bold global adventure from director Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer) one of the most creative and visionary filmmakers of our time.

 A Christmas Eve encore of “It's a Wonderful Life” (1.0/4 in 18-49, 4.5 million viewers overall from 8-11 p.m. ET) jumped +67% versus the movie's earlier telecast this season in 18-49 (1.0 vs. 0.6 on Saturday, Dec. 3) and +22%in total viewers (4.492 million vs. 3.676 million). The telecast grew +25% versus the year-ago Christmas Eve telecast in 18-49 (1.0 vs. 0.8 on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015) and+18% in total viewers (4.492 million vs. 3.805 million), and increased by +50% from its first half-hour to its sixth in adults 18-49 (0.8 to 1.2), +70% in adults 25-54 (1.0 to 1.7) and +53% or more than 1.8 million persons in total viewers (3.6 million to 5.4 million). Ranks #2 for the night among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49, total viewers and most other key measures and is #1 in women 25-54. This was NBC's 42nd primetime telecast of 'It's a Wonderful Life,' directed by Frank Capra and starring Jimmy Stewart, since the movie was brought to broadcast network television in 1994.

On 7 January 2017, Mary Boone Gallery will open at its Chelsea location Monotones, an exhibition of new work by SILKE OTTO-KNAPP, shown in cooperation with Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York/Rome, and curated by Piper Marshall.

The ABC Television Network and the PEANUTS gang will ring in the new year with the half-hour animated PEANUTS special, 'Happy New Year, Charlie Brown,' created by late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. In 'Happy New Year, Charlie Brown,' the PEANUTS gang is ringing in 1986 and Marcie and Peppermint Patty are throwing a big New Year's Eve bash. Charlie Brown plans to celebrate the holiday by curling up with a big book that weighs nearly as much as he does: Tolstoy's War and Peace. The book's weight doesn't stop him from lugging it to Lucy's pre-party dance class, where he cuts a mean rug with a rollicking Patty. With just 1131 pages to go, Charlie Brown takes another break, this time for the party, and summons the courage to invite his true love, the little red-haired girl. She doesn't respond, but hapless Chuck shows up anyway - with Tolstoy in tow. Then he settles down with the book - on a porch swing in a snowstorm, and in so doing, misses the evening's big surprise. This broadcast of 'Happy New Year, Charlie Brown' airs MONDAY, DECEMBER 26 (8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m EST) on ABC.

The Warner Theatre's 2016-17 Met Opera: Live in HD Season continues with Verdi's NABUCCO in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre on Saturday, January 7 at 12:55 pm. A complimentary pre-opera lecture will be offered to all ticketholders in the Nancy Marine Studio Lobby for 45 minutes of pre-opera information and entertainment, 2 hours before broadcast.  Season Subscriptions are still available.  

Birdland, the New York City landmark music room, was the place for Broadway and concert stage star Daniel Reichard to perform his annual New York City holiday show December 17, 18 and 19. Reichard, who created the role of Bob Gaudio in the Original Broadway Cast of Jersey Boys and currently tours with the vocal group, 'The Midtown Men,' has celebrated the holidays with a concert for the past nine years.

Our Dead Friend's Porn is a new play about the awkwardness and old bruises of a friendship hurtling towards adulthood that opens in the New York Theatre Festival at the Hudson Guild Theatre January 2nd.

Pop icon and LGBT activist George Michael passed away over the weekend at the age of 53, and fans and friend have begun to share memories of the beloved singer-songwriter in tribute to his memory and the legacy that he leaves behind.

Doctor Who fans have a lot to celebrate this Boxing Day; in addition to the new Christmas special, BBC has just released the trailer for season 10 of the popular show. The trailer, narrated by The Doctor's newest companion Bill Potts, features an overview of adventures the duo will get up to this year, including Bill's introduction to the Tardis, which prompts her to compare it to a kitchen (she is a chips server, after all). From the looks of the trailer, it seems that fans can also expect a return of Daleks, but we'll have to wait until April to find out more. In the meantime, check out the exciting trailer below!

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for what has become one of the theatre community's most beloved traditions- BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup! Today's edition features a happy holidays from Sweet Charity, A Christmas Story on tour, and more!

According to out.com, a third Sex and the City movie is officially a go. Following a long period of back-and-forth between the screenwriters and the four leading ladies, the script has apparently been approved at last by none other than Sarah Jessica Parker herself. The film, which will feature all four of the series' original stars, is set to begin principal filming this summer. 

Netflix is giving Fuller House fans a reason to celebrate the holidays early this year; according to the show's official Facebook page, the revival of the popular sitcom has been renewed for a third season! The next installment is due to arrive on Netflix sometime in 2017, so fans will have to wait for more details about whether or not the long-awaited appearance of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen will finally come to fruition. In the meantime, make sure you're caught up on seasons 1 and 2, now streaming on Netflix!