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New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) today announced the cast and creative team for the New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play (In The Next Room… or the vibrator play) and directed by Mark Wing-Davey (The Singing Forest). The cast will include Brendan Averett, Polly Noonan, Daniel Pearce, Alex Podulke, Keith Reddin, Godfrey L. Simmons Jr., T. Ryder Smith, Felix Solis Jr., Kate Turnbull and Nicole Wiesner.

terraNOVA Collective will honor Nilaja Sun as the 2010 soloNOVA Artist of the Year on May 21 at 8pm in the Downstairs Theater at Performance Space 122 as part of the 7th Annual soloNOVA Arts Festival. Join us as we celebrate the career of Nilaja Sun as a performer and arts educator, featuring performances by students, clips from her Obie Award winning solo play, No Child... food and drink, and special surprises. Tickets to this extra special event are $30 and may be purchased in advance at www.ps122.org.

Nicolas Kent, the award-winning artistic director of London's acclaimed Tricycle Theatre, directs a new version of A Walk in the Woods, Lee Blessing's Pulitzer-nominated play about nuclear negotiations, at Northern Stage in White River Junction, VT. For the first time, with the playwright's input, the play will feature a woman portraying the American negotiator.

Patricia Loughrey's play 'Dear Harvey' will be presented in a concert reading with professional actors at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. during the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) this April. KCACTF is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theater in the United States.

The 41st annual NAACP Image Awards were held on Friday, February 26 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Amongst the winners were the film 'Precious' which picked up the award for Best Motion Picture, Morgan Freeman won for his role in 'Invictus' and Gabourney Sibide garnered Best Actress for her leading role in 'Precious'. The ceremony was hosted by NAACP Image Award nominee and Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose and bestselling author and actor Hill Harper. As previously announced, Tyler Perry, received the Chairman's Award, and Wyclef Jean received the Vanguard Award.

This juxtaposition of two monumental exhibits is the embodiment of Black History Month: artist and children's book illustrator Jerry Pinkney exhibits watercolor paintings depicting historic figures and events in black history, while Pete Souza, the Chief Official White House Photographer, displays behind-the-scenes photographs of President Barack Obama's first year in office, from dinner with his family to a snowball fight with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. These two exhibitions viewed together give a glimpse of where we've been and how far we've come.

Today, Friday, February 19, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops announced details of the orchestra's 125th anniversary season, May 4-June 20, 2010, outlining programs that celebrate the orchestra's rich tradition of performing the great music of this country's past and present, for which the Boston Pops is so well known.

The Society is dedicated to presenting exhibitions and public programs, and fostering research that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world of today.

Rosie Perez and Martha Plimpton are amongst the guests scheduled to honor WNYC's Leonard Lopate on his 25th Anniversary Roast.

Spend a special night this Valentine's Day with "America's Got Talent" winner Neal E. Boyd & Friends at the Las Vegas Hilton. The unlikeliest of superstars, Boyd won the hearts and votes of millions of fans with his big, operatic voice when he appeared as a contestant on the wildly popular NBC show "America's Got Talent." For one night only, on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m., he's bringing that voice along with a handful of talented friends to Las Vegas.

In celebration of Black History Month 2010, The Working Theater (Mark Plesent, Producing Director) will present award-winning Broadway star André De Shields performing his solo work-in-progress entitled Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance. The final performance is slated for February 14. Conceived, researched and written by Mr. De Shields, Mine Eyes is directed by Alfred Preisser, former Artistic Director, Classical Theatre of Harlem, where Mr. De Shields has frequently performed.

It is a legacy of triumphs and tragedies; of pioneers and pain. It is the legacy of the Black Choreographers Festival (www.bcfhereandnow.com).

It is a legacy of triumphs and tragedies; of pioneers and pain. It is the legacy of the Black Choreographers Festival (www.bcfhereandnow.com).

It is a legacy of triumphs and tragedies; of pioneers and pain. It is the legacy of the Black Choreographers Festival (www.bcfhereandnow.com).

Shuttling between countries for 13-year old ingénue Julia Abueva ('Children's Letters to God,' 'The Fantasticks') is a normal commute for Pocketful of Kids' young creative consultant for their ENCORE! musical theater program.

For the seventh consecutive season, terraNOVA Collective presents its annual celebration of solo performers with the soloNOVA Arts Festival. The soloNOVA Arts Festival is the premier festival for solo performers in New York City.

Now you can see Boom Chicago in a city near you and pay much less for parking! Boom Chicago is currently touring Dutch cities with its comedy show 'Yankee Come Back'.

Spend a special night this Valentine's Day with "America's Got Talent" winner Neal E. Boyd & Friends at the Las Vegas Hilton. The unlikeliest of superstars, Boyd won the hearts and votes of millions of fans with his big, operatic voice when he appeared as a contestant on the wildly popular NBC show "America's Got Talent." For one night only, on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m., he's bringing that voice along with a handful of talented friends to Las Vegas.

Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key administration posts

In celebration of Black History Month 2010, The Working Theatre (Mark Plesent, Producing Director), is presenting award-winning Broadway star André De Shields performing his solo work-in-progress, 'Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance,' created and performed by André De Shields and directed by Alfred Preisser. The performances run from Thursday, February 4th through Sunday, February 14th at the Abingdon Theater. BroadwayWorld was on hand to take in the opening performance and capture the after party celebration.