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The second "Battle Round" on TELEMUNDO's "La Voz Kids," (The Voice Kids) had another 18 young voices competing face-to-face to determine the six that move on to the Final Phase.

The first night of 'Battle Rounds' on TELEMUNDO's 'La Voz Kids,' (The Voice Kids) was a highly emotional one, bringing 18 talented young voices face-to-face to compete to be one of six selected continuing to the Final phase.

Leal was born in Caravelas in 1970, and contracted polio as a young child, requiring him to walk with crutches. Leal's hyperrealistic drawing caught the eye of his teachers, but without an art school he was forced to develop his technique at home. Following an exhibition in 1995 at Teixeira University, Leal was commissioned to paint portraits for the landless rural workers movement, and in 2000 came into contact with photographer, artist and arts educator, Dan Baron Cohen. In 2005, he selected 10 of Dan's portraits and began his project Through Others to, in his words, 'see myself through others and walk the world, on brushes.'

The first night of “Battle Rounds” on TELEMUNDO's “La Voz Kids,” (The Voice Kids) was a highly emotional one, bringing 18 talented young voices face-to-face to compete to be one of six selected continuing to the Final phase. Coaches Daddy Yankee, Natalia Jimenez and Pedro Fernandez, with the support of Mentors Becky G, Maluma and Victor Manuelle, prepared the first group of contestants for the much anticipated “Battle Rounds,” where three members from each team compete against each other by performing the same song together. After each Battle, the Coaches had to make the very difficult decision of choosing who goes to the Final phase of the hit singing competition. Six additional voices will be selected next Sunday, May 3, at 8pm/7c, as 18 more kids compete in the electrifying “Battle Rounds” from the Universal Orlando Resort.

Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre will continue its 46th season dedicated to Amira Baraka with the world premiere of his final play, The Most Dangerous Man In America (W. E. B. Du Bois).  Performances will begin May 28th, with opening night set for June 11th at the Castillo Theater (543 West 42nd Street). This limited Off-Broadway engagement, directed by Woodie King Jr., will continue through June 28th only.  

The first night of "Battle Rounds" on TELEMUNDO's "La Voz Kids," (The Voice Kids) was a highly emotional one, bringing 18 talented young voices face-to-face to compete to be one of six selected continuing to the Final phase.

THE GRADUATE is an iconic American film that was a touchstone for an entire generation. It's a coming of age story about Benjamin Braddock's attempt to find his place in the adult world of the sixties. Anyone staging it lives in the shadow of the 1967 film and those indelible images and sounds. To be honest, I went in thinking that I would be hard pressed to think of a cinema piece that cried out less for a stage adaptation than this particular story. However, personally being long removed from both Charles Webb's 1963 novel and the film by Mike Nichols, I found that this piece actually stands on its own. It is quite different from both the novel and the film; but is, in and of itself, an entertaining evening.

Kids, parents, grandparents and school groups, get ready to rock! Wonderland, Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure, a new family musical created by top Chicago director Rachel Rockwell and music director Michael Mahler, is Chicago Children's Theatre's big 10th anniversary season finale. Performances began April 22 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. Press opening is tonight, April 24 at 7 p.m. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, El Rey Network and Miramax will kick-off a marathon of their breakout original series, 'From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,' appropriately beginning Tuesday, May 5th at dusk (6 PM ET) and concluding at dawn (4am ET).

Next month, the Wexner Center for the Arts will present the world premiere of the theater is a blank page, an immersive performance created by renowned visual artist Ann Hamilton and theater innovators SITI Company. The production, the first full collaboration between the artists, was created through a Wexner Center Artist Residency Award and is a signature moment of the Wexner Center's 25th Anniversary Season.

The Miami Lyric Opera is coming to the Colony Theatre on May 30th and 31st.

Lambda Literary is pleased to announce that John Waters will receive Lambda's Trustee Award for Excellence in Literature an Rita Mae Brown will receive the Pioneer Award at the 27th Annual Lambda Literary Awards ('Lammys'). Waters and Brown will be honored along with the winning authors of 24 separate LGBT literary categories as determined by over 90 judges. The Lammys bring together over 450 attendees, sponsors and celebrities to celebrate excellence in LGBT literature, making it the most glamorous and prestigious LGBT literary event in the world. The awards will be hosted for the fourth year in a row by comedienne Kate Clinton on Monday, June 1st in New York City at The Great Hall at Cooper Union (7 East 7th St @ 3rd Ave, New York City) with a pre-ceremony reception presented by Penguin Random House. A VIP After-Party presented by Scholastic will immediately follow the ceremony.

Beatrice Casagran (Founding Artistic Director) is pleased to announce a special event on May 9th from Ophelia's Jump Productions, ESPI?RITU GITANO, celebrating the flavor, music and passion of Spain featuring performances by some of LA's top Flamenco artists, musicians, singers and selections of the translated works of Federico Garcia Lorca.

During the final episode of "Blind Auditions" on TELEMUNDO's "La Voz Kids," Coaches Daddy Yankee, Natalia Jimenez, and Pedro Fernandez selected the last nine voices needed to complete their teams.

Premier importer and distributor of fine wines and spirits Dozortsev & Sons Enterprises Ltd products has won 15 medals in the wine and spirits tasting competition at the 72nd Annual Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America Convention and Exposition.

The City Theatre Company is thrilled to continue its 2015 season with Terry Johnson's stage adaptation of the highly successful book and movie The Graduate. The delightful satirical comedy-drama is an Austin theatre premiere, starring power-house actress Tracy Hurd as Mrs. Robinson and directed by guest director Tracy Arnold. Playing tonight, April 17 - May 10 at the City Theatre.

Queensborough Performing Arts Center in Bayside, NY will present Pushcart Players in 'Stone Soup and other Stories' today, April 17 at 10:00 and 11:45 am. Pushcart is the Emmy-nominated educational theater for families, now in its 41st year of bringing something special to every young audience.

Emmett, Down in My Heart takes the audience on a haunting journey of race and violence in America. Historical text, music, and immersive staging interweave to tell the story of the horrific murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 Mississippi. Till's brutal lynching, the acquittal of his killers, and his mother's insistence on an open casket exposed hidden truths of the Jim Crow South and stunned the world, striking a chord in the national conscience.

Acclaimed North American composer Scott Alan makes his Spanish Concert debut in Barcelona alongside more than twenty performers, in a unique evening that will have Daniel Angles as an artistic director.