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With the 2016 Presidential election looming, now is the perfect time to revel in the lighter side of politics, and Portland Ovations provides that opportunity by bringing the witty political humor of The Capitol Steps to Merrill Auditorium on April 1st at 8pm.

We are never too old for heroes. They are the stuff of which dreams are made. Dreams like creating a new musical and offering it up to the world. And it works really well when the new musical is about finding your heroes, or, maybe even becoming one for yourself. Enter Fallout, a new musical by DC-native Nick Blaemire and musician/composer Kyle Jarrow, which just recently had a concert presentation at Feinstein's/54 Below in New York.

The playwright follows his quartet of Apple Family plays with the first of an election year trilogy.

Young and liberal, Canada's new prime minister snatched victory from conservative politicians last fall partially by promising to welcome Syrian refugees.

On the night when the playwright/director introduces playgoers to a new Rhinebeck family for a trilogy of election year plays, take a look back at the play that started it all.

Young and liberal, Canada's new prime minister snatched victory from conservative politicians last fall partially by promising to welcome Syrian refugees.

In its 13th season, THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW is once again the top talk show choice. “Ellen' ranks as the #1 rated Talk show across all overnight LPM markets (tying 'Kelly & Michael')

South by Southwest (SXSW) is honored to announce President Barack Obama will appear as part of a Keynote Conversation at SXSW Interactive on Friday, March 11 and First Lady Michelle Obama will be the opening Keynote at SXSW Music on Wednesday, March 16.

Telemundo announced today it signed a multi-year agreement with international media icon Mario Kreutzberger, better known for his stage name “Don Francisco.”

Lydia R. Diamond's quick and often-witty play points a critical lens on racism in America.

Stoneham Theatre stages the third installment in Richard Nelson's four-play series with the director, design team, and cast intact from the earlier entries. They are a cohesive, well-oiled team, but while SORRY gets deeper into the personalities of the characters, it fails to deliver the political goods that we would expect from its setting on Election Day, 2012. Of course, no fiction could match the histrionics of the real life 2016 election-year campaign.

'Saturday Night Live' alumni and beloved comedic star Dana Carvey will perform at The Orleans Showroom on April 1 and 2.

The Town Hall presents From Moses to Mostel: A History of The Jews (According to Musical Theater), a premiere chronological history of the Jewish people as depicted on stage and in song, today Saturday, February 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $45.

PITTSBURGH – FUSE@PSO, the popular, genre-bending early evening concert series presented by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, returns Wednesday, March 9 to Heinz Hall with “Stravinsky's Firebird: Remix | Response.”  For this concert, series Creative Director Steve Hackman has crafted a modern dramatization and remix of Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird. Weaved into the Stravinsky are 12 original songs, inspired by the myth of the Firebird and the original 1911 score, that implement modern pop/DJ/electronica production techniques and tell the story in an entirely new and contemporary way.  It is at once a live remix, concept album and classical masterpiece. Joining the Pittsburgh Symphony are rapper Jecorey “1200” Arthur, singer Malia Cievtz, drummer Gabriel Globus-Hoenich and a 15-person female choir.

Seth Rudetsky has an exclusive interview with the Republican front-runner... sort of.

Kenny Leon's slick production of Diamond's clever riff on racial communication features a terrific cast.

The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director will present Rex Isenberg's Messiahs: False and True, for chorus, narrator, organ, and bass drum on Sunday, March 6 - 3:00 PM at Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 E. 88th Street (between First and Second Avenues) in New York, NY.

On Thursday, February 18, world-renowned fathers' rights attorney and author Jeffery M. Leving will be discussing and signing his latest book, 'How to Be a Good Divorced Dad,' at the National Families and Fathers 17th Annual Conference at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles, California. He will also be sharing critical information from his book as part of his lecture as a keynote speaker at the same event. 'This is a pain-filled book that offers good advice about how to preserve a family born of a marriage that has failed. It's a book that is, unfortunately, more and more needed,' wrote late Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago in his endorsement letter. Leving's book, 'How to Be a Good Divorced Dad,' is a must-have resource that presents essential advice for divorced or divorcing dads of any age, background and marital history. The book is filled with practical ideas for staying connected with children and dealing with ex-wives and in some cases a new girlfriend or the wife's new boyfriend-during the divorce and afterward. Leving's book is an essential reading for the millions of American fathers routinely excluded from their children's lives by a biased system in which greed and retribution too often overwhelm compassion and concern. About Jeffery Leving Jeffery M. Leving has been recognized by government leaders (including the last three U.S. Presidents and the Illinois House of Representatives), private industry, his peers, and non-profit agencies. His latest book, 'How to be a Good Divorced Dad,' received praise from President Barack Obama, and was endorsed by the late Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago. For more information, visit http://www.dadsrights.com.

A musicologist and the cast album's mixing artist discuss reasons for the need to listen to HAMILTON over and over.

The POTUS had some romantic sentiments to share with his best gal, Michelle Obama.