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'The Scottsboro Boys' opened on May 29th at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre at the Los Angeles Music Center and runs through June 30, 2013.

Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presents Bernard Shaw's madcap comedy TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan. David Staller produces and directs.

The beguiling thriller SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SUICIDE CLUB, a new script by Jeffrey Hatcher, takes the Park Square stage next Friday for a week of previews before opening on June 14. A fast-paced mash-up of the unforgettable characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyleand The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson, this script has its roots in Park Square's last wildly popular homage to the great sleuth, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily (2010). "David Ira Goldstein (Artistic Director of the Arizona Theatre Company, former Artistic Director of Actor's Theatre of Saint Paul) and Jeff Hatcher were in the audience at that show," explains Park Square Artistic Director Richard Cook. "Jeff boasted he could write an even better Sherlock and David Ira said 'then I'll commission it.'" David Mann directs and Steve Hendrickson returns once again as the absurdly smart Holmes, this time in a thriller with multiple murders in which Holmes is either target or suspect. Three performances have been added to meet the demand for tickets.

In his 2012 book, “The Civil War Journals of Col. Homer A. Plimpton 1861 – 1865” (published by Trafford Publishing), John L. Dodson shares the personal journals of Homer A. Plimpton, who joined the 39th Volunteer Regiment of Illinois in 1861 and rose from Private to Colonel of the regiment.

The Denver Center Theatre Company's (DCTC) world premiere production of SENSE & SENSIBILITY THE MUSICAL, with book and lyrics by Jeffrey Haddow and music by Neal Hampton, is being staged by director and choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge, whose recent Broadway revival of Ragtime received seven Tony Award nominations. SENSE & SENSIBILITY THE MUSICAL is currently running in its world premiere production through tonight, May 26, 2013. Starring in the pivotal sister roles are Stephanie Rothenberg as Elinor and Mary Michael Patterson as Marianne. Cast member Robert Petkoff photographed the entire cast and crew from the production, and was kind enough to allow BroadwayWorld to post them below!

One of the most popular new voices in horror at SamhainPublishing, Brian Moreland, has drawn unique inspiration for his recent novel, Shadows in the Mist—an inspiration that is particularly timely at Memorial Day. Moreland's novel features a key character based on Moreland's 95-year old grandfather, Captain Dawson Moreland, a military hero of World War II.

Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts (SBCPA), in partnership with the Santa Barbara Symphony, is proud to present My Fair Lady in Concert on Sunday, June 16 at 3:00 pm at the historic Granada Theatre. This special performance comes to Santa Barbara directly from one of the country's leading centers for the performing arts, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., with a world-class cast under the talented direction of Tony Award nominee Marcia Milgrom Dodge. The famous original score will be performed by the Santa Barbara Symphony, under the direction of James Moore.

Ask the average American today about why the United States was founded, and you'll likely get a blank stare or a puzzled look rather than a real answer.

From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes "Man of Steel," starring Henry Cavill ("Immortals," TV's "The Tudors") in the role of Clark Kent/Superman, under the direction of Zack Snyder ("300," "Watchmen"). Get a first look below!

Brindsley Miller, a young sculptor, and his debutante fiancee Carol Melkett have borrowed some expensive, antique furniture from his neighbor Harold's flat without his permission in order to impress an elderly millionaire art collector coming to view Brindsley's work, and Carol's father Colonel Melkett. When the power fails, Harold returns early, and Brindsley's ex-mistress Clea shows up unexpectedly, things slide into disaster for him.

In their new book “The Boys of Benning: Stories from the Lives of Fourteen Infantry OCS Class 2-62 Graduates” (published by AuthorHouse), Dan Telfair, Zia Telfair and Thomas B. Vaughn highlight the lives of 14 graduates of a 1962 infantry officer candidate school (OCS) class. These men came from all across the United States to compete for officership in the U.S. Army. Emerging victorious from the crucibles of OCS, they went on to serve the nation in and out of the U.S. Army.

Being in the military service for at least forty years and fortunate enough to work in many diverse occupation, author Calvin Kerr Jr. had experienced a lot in this life. When he found himself out of job, he sees it as a blessing to work on his first publication, Hard Head City, a compilation of short stories and poems based on real events he witnessed and some told by the storyteller.

FOX News Channel (FNC) has hired former U.S. Representative Allen West (R-FL) as a contributor, announced Bill Shine, Executive Vice President of Programming for the network. West will offer political commentary across various daytime and primetime programs.

Eager fans have bought up every seat for the rest of the run of the world premiere SENSE & SENSIBILITY THE MUSICAL, with tickets to the hit show now as hard to find as a Jane Austen heroine without a romantic secret.

The CSC cast album of PASSION records today, May 13th, for a July 2nd release. The good news is that it will feature the entire cast, including Melissa Errico. Amy Justman has been filling in for Errico on stage.

Four new episodes of Season Two of LAUREN are now available. To watch, please visit www.watchwigs.com or www.youtube.com/wigs

The last major studio sessions in the career of Elvis Presley have finally been gathered together for the first time in one comprehensive package as ELVIS AT STAX: DELUXE EDITION.

During the Second World War, author Adalbert Lallier was a forced draftee of the Armies of the Third Reich, and in his tour of duty he bore witness to a terrible atrocity - the murder of seven Jewish prisoners in KZ-Theresienstadt, a concentration camp run by the Waffen-SS. This became the inception of his new novel, I Swear to You, Adolf Hitler, Fealty and Obedience, which depicts the wanton killing, and how the daughter of one of the victims went on the hunt for the killer, raising the question of what "true justice" can be exacted from Nazi war criminals.

Summit Entertainment has debuted the first trailer for Gavin Hood's ENDER'S GAME. The big screen adaptation stars Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin, Viola Davis, Nonso Anozie, Stevie Ray Dillmore, Andrea Powell, Moises Arias, Conor Carroll, Aramis Knight, Brendan Meyer, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak, Suraj Parthasarathy and Khylin Rhambo. The film will be released in theaters on on November 1, 2013. Check it out below!

Summit Entertainment has debuted the first teaser trailer for Gavin Hood's ENDER'S GAME. The big screen adaptation stars Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin, Viola Davis, Nonso Anozie, Stevie Ray Dillmore, Andrea Powell, Moises Arias, Conor Carroll, Aramis Knight, Brendan Meyer, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak, Suraj Parthasarathy and Khylin Rhambo. The film will be released in theaters on on November 1, 2013. Check out a first look below!