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With four Tony Awards and two Grammy Awards, the Juilliard-trained Audra McDonald returns to performing live full-time this month following four seasons playing Dr. Naomi Bennett on ABC's hit television series Private Practice. Currently starring alongside Norm Lewis in A.R.T.'s PORGY AND BESS, the Broadway-bound singer will make a stop at Carnegie Hall as a part of her 20-city concert tour across North America. McDonald will present her trademark mix of show tunes, classic songs from movies, and pieces written expressly for her by leading contemporary composers.

Aptly titled, That Time of The Month. A Comedy News Show. Period. is eagerly on its way to a second installment for Beowulf Alley's Late Night Theater. The show was born of producer D.J.Odious' epiphany following president Barack Obama's solemn visit.

President Barack Obama will be visiting 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Tuesday, October 25, marking his fourth appearance on the show, his second since taking the office of President of the United States.

President Barack Obama will be visiting THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO on Tuesday, October 25, marking his fourth appearance on the show, his second since taking the office of President of the United States.

Randy Gener - the Nathan Award-winning editor, writer, curator and artist based in New York - leads a series of public events (an artist talk, a symposium panel discussion and a book launch) taking place at prestigious New York institutions from Wednesday October 26 to Thursday November 3, 2011.

The cast of the acclaimed Off-Broadway hit, Black Angels Over Tuskegee, will perform at the 2nd annual Triumph Awards on October 19th (8 p.m) at Jazz at Lincoln Center, honoring those who have made a positive impact beyond their performances on stage, in the arts, in sports, and in the community.

Following the 7pm screening of The Ides of March on Wednesday, October 19, the Drexel Theatre will hold a moderated audience talk-back on political campaigning with Doug Preisse, Chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party and David Wilhelm, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

NPR and Olympia Entertainment will present a live performance of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! from Detroit on Thursday, January, 19 at 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Award-winning radio show is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz show that will take to the stage at the historic Fox Theatre for a live performance being taped for national broadcast.

The cast of the acclaimed Off-Broadway hit, Black Angels Over Tuskegee, will perform at the 2nd annual Triumph Awards on October 19th (8 p.m) at Jazz at Lincoln Center, honoring those who have made a positive impact beyond their performances on stage, in the arts, in sports, and in the community.

The Actors Fund and the Vineyard Theatre have announced details for their upcoming one-night-only benefit concert performance of Kander & Ebb's THE VISIT, starring Broadway stage legends and Tony Award winners Chita Rivera and John Cullum. Directed by Carl Andress with choreography by Tony Award winner Ann Reinking and musical direction by David Loud, the performance will take place on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre (219 West 49th Street), current home to the celebrated revival of Kander & Ebb's worldwide smash Chicago.

Join 'Meet the Press' for a special Facebook Live edition of 'PRESS Pass' this Friday, October 14 at 2:30pm ET.

The MTV show 'Jersey Shore' is bad for the Garden State, New Jersey voters say 67 - 16 percent, including 67 - 26 percent among voters under 35 years old, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Following the 7pm screening of The Ides of March on Wednesday, October 19, the Drexel Theatre will hold a moderated audience talk-back on political campaigning with Doug Preisse, Chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party and David Wilhelm, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Broadway regular Gavin Creel is a two time Tony nominee for HAIR and THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. Creel takes on a new role - as a Huffington Post writer - in a column published today.

Thousands of students at dozens of middle and high schools in the Miami Valley are getting exposure to theatre and modern history at the same time this month, thanks to the Theatre in Context program of The Human Race Theatre and Muse Machine.

In March of 2011, President Barack Obama honored Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival with the National Medal of Arts at the White House. In the spring, the Pillow expanded worldwide access to dance with the launch of Dance Interactive, an online video resource and game, recently called 'priceless' and 'the closest thing the dance world has to an online museum' by Sarah Kaufman of The Washington Post.

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary issued a proclamation today from President Obama regarding National Arts and Humanities Month 2011.

Tony Award nominee Gavin Creel will offer a musical theatre master class on Thursday, November 3rd from 6:30 to 10:30pm at the Davenport Studio in Midtown Manhattan.

Kimmel Center's 10th Anniversary Season officially kicks off with two vocalists taking the stage to showcase new works