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To an audience used to the likes of today's television talent show formats -The Voice, American Idol with their fiercely competitive, instant celebrity emphasis and often abrasive judging - the annual Midcoast Maine's Got Talent seems to hark back to a gentler era and a more positive model to showcase aspiring performers. Each year the Brunswick Rotary Club puts together this gala as a fundraiser for its social and civic programs, but also as a community service to help nurture the arts in Maine and to create an audience for the creativity and expression that artists provide.

On the Air, a new musical, inspired by the lives of sibling performers Jack and Loretta Clemens, will be presented with a fully staged workshop production by Overtures at The Gallery Players in Brooklyn, NY.

Last night's episode of NBC's MAYA & MARTY featured special guests Drake, Tina Fey, Sean Hayes, Nathan Lane, and Steve Martin. Check out photos from the show below!

Last night's episode of NBC's MAYA & MARTY featured special guests Drake, Tina Fey, Sean Hayes, Nathan Lane, and Steve Martin. Check out photos from the show below!

Below, check out clips from last night's episode of NBC's MAYA & MARTY featuring special guests Drake, Tina Fey, Sean Hayes, Nathan Lane, and Steve Martin.

Monday night at the upstairs library at The Player's Club, young actor/vocalist Evan Stern collaborated with one of cabaret's treasures, the veteran pianist/arranger/vocalist Steve Ross on a show illuminating the influence of a southern upbringing on the work of iconic songwriter and Savannah, Georgia native Johnny Mercer. The piece was beautifully put together with Stern's intermittent repartee (never dropping a musical stitch), reflecting his skills as an actor as well as a writer.

Ducks Unlimited TV is back for its 19th season on the air, beginning today, June 29th.

Ducks Unlimited TV is back for its 19th season on the air, beginning June 29th. This season, viewers can catch all the episodes four times a week on the Pursuit Channel or any time on DU's website at www.ducks.org/dutv.

Performances of the 2015 Stratford Festival Season began yesterday afternoon with the first performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein's THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Today the festival will present the first performance of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.

The Stratford Festival will present Linda Gaboriau's remarkable new translation of Michel Marc Bouchard's Christina, The Girl King. Written by one of Quebec's most celebrated playwrights, and directed by Vanessa Porteous, Artistic Director of Alberta Theatre Projects, the play makes its English language premiere at Stratford's Studio Theatre. Previews begin tonight, July 29, and the production officially opens on Thursday, August 14.

The Stratford Festival will present Linda Gaboriau's remarkable new translation of Michel Marc Bouchard's Christina, The Girl King. Written by one of Quebec's most celebrated playwrights, and directed by Vanessa Porteous, Artistic Director of Alberta Theatre Projects, the play makes its English language premiere at Stratford's Studio Theatre. Previews begin on Tuesday, July 29, and the production officially opens on Thursday, August 14.

Playwrights' Workshop Montreal (PWM), Canada's oldest play development centre, will celebrate its 50th anniversary with 50 Years in the Making, a celebratory gala on Monday, May 6th at 7:00 p.m. at Centaur Theatre. Hosted by CBC's Ann-Marie MacDonald and PWM's Artistic Director, Emma Tibaldo, the event will offer a glimpse into the past five decades of Playwrights' Workshop Montreal and feature staged readings of excerpts from the extensive PWM repertoire. The evening will be capped off with a reception and fundraising auction.

Playwrights' Workshop Montreal: 50 Years in the Making Gala will take place Monday, May 6, 2013, as a glimpse into the past five decades of Playwrights' Workshop Montreal, featuring staged readings of excerpts from their repertoire.

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival's fifth annual Playwrights Retreat begins today and runs through October 20. This year eight writers from across the country will be in Stratford for the three-week retreat: Meg Braem (Calgary), Matthew Heiti (Sudbury), Daniel Karasik (Toronto), Kevin Loring (Vancouver), Bryden MacDonald (Halifax), Haley McGee (Toronto), Janet Munsil (Victoria) and Elyne Quan (Toronto).

Hirsch, a powerful new one-man show about the life of Canadian theatre legend and former Festival Artistic Director John Hirsch, begins previews at the Studio Theatre on June 20.

For 83 years, the movie industry has had the Oscars. For 65 years, Thespians have had their TONYS. For 63 years, the television arts have had the EMMYS, and for 63 years, the field of music has had the Grammys and now, for 43 years, the world of Illusion and magic has had ... unofficially, their Miltons (If they named it after its co-founder, Milt Larsen).

Jake Oliver's new musical comedy 'Viva Los Bastarditos!' is an hilarious romp that references everything from Zorro to Scooby-Doo, with a tongue-in-cheek witty style.

On April 20th, for the first time on CD, DRG Records presents the legendary performances of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli that Capitol Records recorded 'Live' at London's London Palladium on November 8 & 15, 1964.

On April 20th, for the first time on CD, DRG Records presents the legendary performances of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli that Capitol Records recorded 'Live' at London's London Palladium on November 8 & 15, 1964.

For 40 years, Tarragon Theatre has been producing plays by Canada's established and emerging playwrights. This anniversary season, they continue that tradition with an lineup of new Canadian plays alongside a contemporary American classic.