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Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 2014-2015 season with a new production of one of the most enduring classics in all of opera: Giacomo Puccini's La boheme, tonight, November 1-15 in the Kennedy Center Opera House.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.)-Washington National Opera (WNO) continues its 2014-2015 season with a new production of one of the most enduring classics in all of opera: Giacomo Puccini's La boheme, November 1-15 in the Kennedy Center Opera House. Updating the story to post-World War I Paris, this brand-new production by Jo Davies features original stage direction by Peter Kazaras, both in their WNO debuts. WNO Music Director Philippe Auguin leads the WNO Orchestra in interpreting some of opera's most famous melodies. A special November 14 performance features casting by current singers and alumni of WNO's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program.

Due to high demand, a second performance of the much-anticipated Into the Woods Reunion has been added to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts engagement in Orange County.

Audiences have an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to journey back into the woods and American musical theater history with the creators and original Broadway cast of the award-winning musical Into the Woods on Sunday, November 9 at 6 p.m. in Segerstrom Hall. Part conversation, part musical selections, this one-night-only reunion celebration is being written and produced by Eileen Roberts in association with Segerstrom Center for the Arts. It features special guests composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and author and director James Lapine, along with original Broadway cast members Bernadette Peters (The Witch), Joanna Gleason (The Baker's Wife), Chip Zien (The Baker), Robert Westenberg (Cinderella's Prince and Wolf), Kim Crosby (Cinderella), Danielle Ferland (Little Red Riding Hood) and Ben Wright (Jack). Mo Rocca is the moderator; Tedd Firth is the musical director.

The stunt performers and coordinators from "Skyfall" are recipients of this year's Honors for Outstanding Action Performances by Film Stunt Ensemble, it was announced today from the "19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" red carpet by Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Awards Committee Member Scott Bakula. The announcement was made on the live "19th Annual SAG Awards Red Carpet Show," webcast on tntdrama.com, tbs.com and People.com which streams until 8:00 p.m. (ET) / 5:00 p.m. (PT).

Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Awards Committee Member Scott Bakula will announce the recipients of the honors for Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles from the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet during the live SAG Awards digital pre-show, according to an announcement today

Opposite NBC's Sunday Night Football (San Francisco-Seattle) and Fox's big NFL primetime overrun into the first hour of the night, ABC's 4-hour rebroadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC delivered solid increases over last year's telecast, up by 1.5 million viewers and by 22% in Adults 18-49.

Simon Russell Beale stars in Privates on Parade in the new Michael Grandage Company's season at the Noel Coward Theatre.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC, the original classic starring Julie Andrews, brings its special magic to the holiday season when it airs in HDTV with 5.1-channel surround sound as the "ABC Sunday Movie of the Week," DECEMBER 23 (7:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC, the original classic starring Julie Andrews, brings its special magic to the holiday season when it airs in HDTV with 5.1-channel surround sound as the 'ABC Saturday Movie of the Week,' DECEMBER 24 (7:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC, the original classic starring Julie Andrews, brings its special magic to the holiday season when it airs in HDTV with 5.1-channel surround sound as the 'ABC Saturday Movie of the Week,' DECEMBER 24 (7:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Countertenor David Hurley, countertenor Timothy Wayne-Wright, tenor Paul Phoenix, baritone Philip Lawson, baritone Christopher Gabbitas, and bass Jonathan Howard make up one of the world's most celebrated vocal ensembles, The King's Singers.

The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera's award-winning series of live transmissions to movie theaters around the world, returns for a sixth season Saturday, October 15 with the Met premiere production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, featuring Anna Netrebko in the title role.

Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will lead his first Met performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni, in a new production directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage in his Met debut.

Countertenor David Hurley, countertenor Timothy Wayne-Wright, tenor Paul Phoenix, baritone Philip Lawson, baritone Christopher Gabbitas, and bass Jonathan Howard make up one of the world's most celebrated vocal ensembles, The King's Singers.

Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will lead his first Met performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni, in a new production directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage in his Met debut.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2011-12 season will feature the world's leading singers, conductors, and stage directors in seven new productions, including a world premiere, a Met premiere, and the first complete performances of a new Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Lepage.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2011-12 season will feature the world's leading singers, conductors, and stage directors in seven new productions, including a world premiere, a Met premiere, and the first complete performances of a new Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Lepage.

Today we are taking a listen to Stephen Sondheim's musicals of the 1980s, each a striking artistic achievement attempting to do something never done before in Broadway history and improving the very genre of musical theatre itself with his work on these three very different shows. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE and INTO THE WOODS...

Find out what happens after 'happily ever after' when Pittsburgh CLO presents Into the Woods. Once Upon a Time, a Baker and his wife embarked on a quest to break a witch's spell. On their journey 'into the woods' they cross paths with Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella and a host of other hysterically flawed fairy tale characters.