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Weaver, designer, collector, gardener, author, world traveler, entrepreneur, teacher, and cultural scholar, Jack Lenor Larsen was mentor to textile connoisseurs, designers, artisans and artists throughout his eventful and gratifying 93 years. He died peacefully on the evening of December 22, 2020 of natural causes in East Hampton, New York.

With Broadway performances on hold since March 12, 2020 and ballet companies on hold, the entire dance community looks forward to resuming performances and welcoming audiences safely back into the magical world of live dance and theater.  We all need “Somebody to Dance For!”

The dancers filmed themselves in locations around the country, all sharing the same yearning for the joyful return of live performances in front of an audience.

Playhouse on Park is joining West Hartford Chamber of Commerce's winter series, “Stroll Your Own Way.” There will be two concerts (December 20th and 22nd) filled with holiday songs, showtunes, and more! These events are FREE and open to the public.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inviting you to tune-in for exciting virtual Holiday programming between now and January 1, 2021. The Kennedy Center is honoring this December unlike any other in recent memory by sharing performances from across the country and numerous communities and cultures to celebrate traditions held dear

Author Edwin Cruz has announced the release of his new memoir, In Society's Web. It is an awesome inspiring account of one man's battle with an undefeatable antagonist: life. This is a narrative of an inspiring, thought provoking, and true account of one man's life altering journey into the abyss of captivity in the Illinois penal system.

Running three weeks from January 11 to 31, the 2021 Origin 1st Irish will present a total of 20 virtual events, including recorded Theatrical Productions made both before and during Covid from Belfast, Dublin, Wexford, London and New York.

Based on Leigh Bardugo's worldwide bestselling Grishaverse novels, Shadow and Bone finds us in a war-torn world where lowly soldier and orphan Alina Starkov has just unleashed an extraordinary power that could be the key to setting her country free.

Hadestown's iconic trio, The Fates, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, and Kay Trinidad, and the ensemble of the Tony Award winning Best Musical are taking a 'Sleigh Ride' on the road to hell.

The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent work selected across the Feature Film, Short Film, Indie Series and New Frontier categories for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

The world premiere recording of Stephen Dodgson's chamber opera Margaret Catchpole: Two Worlds Apart is due to be released by Naxos on 29 January 2021, nearly eight years after the composer's death.

The 36th Annual NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, reconceived this year to honor all of the 2019/20 nominated artists, took place tonight as a virtual ceremony.

22 year old South Londoner Ayomide Adegun is currently in his 2nd year of the BA Acting course at Royal Welsh Academy of Music & Drama. His professional credits include The Jumper Factory by Luke Barnes at the Young Vic.

Because everything is virtual now, Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) decided to go full-out fantasy this year in restaging its perennial holiday favorite, 'A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa, Happy Ramadan.'

New West End production photos have been released  of SIX at the Lyric theatre! The production stars Jarnéia Richard-Noel (Catherine of Aragon), Courtney Bowman (Anne Boleyn), Natalie Paris (Jane Seymour), Alexia McIntosh (Anna of Cleves), Sophie Isaacs (Katherine Howard), Danielle Steers  (Catherine Parr).

Born out of a raging pandemic, Buzz McCord's new techno-thriller wrestles with artificial intelligence, surveillance and sex crime. 'A Final Reminder,' moves energetically between upbeat and malevolent. Its author wrote it to simultaneously entertain and enrage.

Hadestown's iconic trio, The Fates - Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, and Kay Trinidad are celebrating the '8 Days (Of Hannukah)' with a new song!

Flat Rock Playhouse’s Studio 52 is offering virtual classes this winter for students near and far, with all-new classes for adults in acting and theatre design as well as expanded programs for youth in musical theatre, acting, audition preparation, on-camera acting, and Broadway dance.

Every year, Samford University's beginning directing and stage management classes put on a 10-minute play festival.

New UK Musicals has announced a brand new singing competition for performers of all ages. The competition is being run in partnership with Perfect Pitch, ALP Musicals, The Sing Space and new musical theatre website 10Glo.