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Playdate Theatre, the first-ever online theatre company, streamed their virtual play festival fundraiser at the end of July.

Playdate, is an online theatre company exploring the space between theatre and film, that was founded by Talia Light Rake. 

Littlebrain Theatre has announced the upcoming release of an original filmed play, Groups of Ten or More People. The play is a new work of 'isolation theatre:' written for, rehearsed within, and filmed via the video conferencing program Zoom, featuring Chicago-area theatre and film artists who have lost work due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The first national tour of The Band's Visit is now making its way across the country! After a mix-up at the border, an Egyptian Police Band is sent to a remote village in the middle of the Israeli desert. With no bus until morning and no hotel in sight, these unlikely travelers are taken in by the locals. Under the spell of the desert sky, their lives become intertwined in the most unexpected ways. THE BAND'S VISIT celebrates the deeply human ways music, longing and laughter can connect us all.

The Neo-Futurist Theater is proud to host more than 50 Chicago-based activists, artists and leaders to take part of its 24-hour staged reading of the Mueller Report. The report, which is nearly 450 pages, was originally delivered by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on April 18, 2019 and covers subjects ranging from questions about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to whether President Donald Trump.

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Chicago audiences are the first to see the world premiere of August Rush: The Musical a never-before-seen musical based on the original Oscar-nominated Warner Bros film about a musically gifted orphan and the search for his birth parents.

Full cast and crew have been announced for Dandelion Theatre's World Premiere production of BURY ME, by Chicago-based playwright Brynne Frauenhoffer.

Dandelion Theatre's fifth season features works written exclusively by Chicago based playwrights. Their season opens with the RESERVOIR series, which includes three staged readings of new full-length work. This summer, Dandelion Theatre produces the world premiere of Bury Me by Brynne Frauenhoffer directed by Ben Kaye.

(re)discover theatre is proud to announce casting for the world premiere of Les Innocents/The Innocents, an immersive queer thriller set in the Paris Catacombs, created and directed by Co-Artistic Director Ann Kreitman.

TENTS, Portland's comfort-pop / alt rock band, are gearing up for the release of their debut record, Deer Keeps Pace, due out Today, May 11th on Badman Recording Co. Today, they share the advanced stream of the record via Impose Magazine, begin their record release tour and also announce their place on the bill for Badman's 20th Anniversary Show on 6/30 in Portland, OR, where they'll play with The Builders and the Butchers and N.Lannon.

TENTS, Portland's comfort-pop / alt rock band, are gearing up for the release of their debut record, Deer Keeps Pace, due out Friday, May 11th on Badman Recording Co. Today, they share the advanced stream of the record via Impose Magazine, begin their record release tour and also announce their place on the bill for Badman's 20th Anniversary Show on 6/30 in Portland, OR, where they'll play with The Builders and the Butchers and N.Lannon.

Today NPR's First Listen has offered up an advance play of Shakey Graves' forthcoming full-length album Can't Wake Up, which will be released May 4 on Dualtone Records. The new record takes a progressive turn from Alejandro Rose-Garcia's, aka Shakey Graves, traditional sound.

Inspired by life's great mysteries presented in the regional premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Pulitzer Prize finalist EVERYBODY, "An Existential Cabaret" continues Brown Paper Box Co.'s relationship with original cabaret series at Mary's Attic in Andersonville.

The Australian Tattoo Expo will return to Melbourne at the award-winning Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from Friday 1st Sunday 3rd December for a massive weekend of tattoos, art and entertainment.

NBC Sports presents live coverage of the 2017 Aviva Premiership Rugby Final this weekend from Twickenham Stadium in London, England, as Wasps face Exeter Chiefs for the title on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN

To reach a 20th anniversary is a major accomplishment for any band--and in 2017, STS9will officially hit that milestone. To mark the occasion, the acclaimed and adventurous electronic rock band has announced their celebrations will kick off with a three-night stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO September 8-10 featuring a slew of support acts including some of the band's longtime friends.

The tables are turning in 2017 and Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide Cabaret Festival invites you to join the revolution and discover the sumptuous offerings in its 2017 program. Discover new venues and old friends and expect to feel upturned, challenged and delighted by incredible performers that could change your world view.

Porchlight Music Theatre and Artistic Director Michael Weber are proud to announce the continuation of the fourth season of Chicago's hit "lost" musicals in staged concert series, Porchlight Revisits Little Me, music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and book by Neil Simon based on the novel by Patrick Dennis, with direction by Porchlight Artistic Director Michael Weber, musical direction by Linda Madonia, choreography by Craig Miller with special guest choreography by veteran Bob Fosse dancer Jane Lanier and starring Jeff Award-winner Matt Crowle. Porchlight Revisits Little Me is presented for three-nights-only Tuesday, Feb. 28 through Thursday, March 2 at 7:15 p.m. and is performed on the set of Porchlight's The Scottsboro Boys (previews begin Friday, Feb. 3) at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets for Little Me are $35. All tickets include access to the popular pre-performance event, Behind the Show Backstory, a multimedia presentation, created and hosted by Weber that discusses that evening's production including the show's creative history, backstage gossip and the state of the art on Broadway that season. Single tickets to Little Me are available at PorchlightMusicTheatre.org or by calling the Stage 773 box office, 773.327.5252.