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This is the last chance to vote for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Three Broadway favorites will appear in concert as part of STARS ON STAGE FROM Westport Country Playhouse, three new concert specials headlined by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Gavin Creel, Billboard #1 recording artist Shoshana Bean, and Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-nominee Brandon Victor Dixon.

Time is running out to vote for for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

After the global pandemic forced Broadway and live concert venues to shutter last year, Bean is expanding her global reach and bringing her holiday concert, Sing Your Hallelujah, to Los Angeles on December 18 at Immanuel Presbyterian Cathedral.

Join three Broadway favorites for STARS ON STAGE FROM WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE, three new concert specials headlined by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Gavin Creel, Billboard #1 recording artist Shoshana Bean, and Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-nominee Brandon Victor Dixon. 

Filmed live at the historic Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut, these concerts feature Tony and Olivier Award-winner Gavin Creel (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hello, Dolly!), Billboard #1 recording artist Shoshana Bean (Wicked, Waitress), and Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Hamilton, The Color Purple).

Bean returns to the Apollo Theater on December 13 for her holiday concert, Sing Your Hallelujah. Joining her are some talented friends including 2020 Tony Award nominee, Tony and Olivier Award winner Gavin Creel, singer/songwriter Shayna Steele, and Gospel Artist Jason McGee & The Choir. Additional guests will be announced in the weeks to come.

Singer songwriter Britten Newbill and West End stars Richard Fleeshman, Celinde Schoenmaker and Rob Houchen will be joining Shoshana Bean's SING YOUR HALLELUJAH concert at the Cadogan Hall on Sunday 4 December at 7.30pm.

Shoshana Bean has announced three upcoming tour dates for her 'Sing Your Hallelujah' concert, in three cities across the world!

A bickering, long-married couple, an actress and her writer husband, find their intermittent squabbling interrupted by a psychiatrist who's conducting an exposure therapy session for one of his patients, a librarian who's so afraid of sharks she can't even look at the water without losing control, even with a lifeguard by her side.

The Orchard Project today announced its 2021 programs as well as the names of participating artists and companies.

Caroga Lake Music Festival is proud to showcase acclaimed local talent including Jocelyn and Chris, Girl Blue, Wild Adriatic, and North and South Dakotas, all making their CLMF debuts at Sherman's.

Fourth Wall Live has announced a trio of one-night-only solo concerts to be performed at the Cadogan Hall by three of musical theatre's biggest stars. The award-winning Jenna Russell, Shoshana Bean and Jessica Vosk will each headline their own solo concert event.

Gabrielle Stravelli's most recent CD PICK UP MY PIECES has garnered much praise, but one writer is stuck on her last album, so Willie Nelson will have to wait.

Centre Stage announces its Spring 2021 Event Lineup comprised of the Prisma Health Fringe Series (to be produced virtually), three outdoor concert events, Centre Stage's Annual New Play Festival, and a new program featuring  young artists! 

March sees joint exhibitions in the gallery by Michael McVeigh, who until recently worked in Edinburgh as a street artist, even being known as a cult figure by the city's groups on nights out, who also draws inspiration from his Scottish surroundings.  Alongside McVeigh's work is fellow Scot David Cook who uses his imposed isolation on a remote stretch of coastline to connect with the wild and develop his seaside garden.  

Wayne Brady is stopping by the Seth Rudetsky Concert Series this weekend! We're looking back at past performances before his show on Sunday!

Tickets for each of the online events are available at PorchlightMusicTheatre.org. Links are available for viewing 72 hours after purchase.  Porchlight also announces the return of the popular series celebrating the 90th birthday of Stephen Sondheim, Sondheim@90 Roundtable with Michael Weber. The series returns Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. CST with a discussion on Road Show with guests Deanna Dunagan, Chris Jones and Michael Mahler.

Eldridge Plays & Musicals has just published ASCAP award-winning writer Chip Deffaa's play 'Irving Berlin & Co.'   It's the final play in Deffaa's Irving Berlin cycle.

In 2018 and 2019, Broadway star and Billboard #1 recording artist Shoshana Bean began a holiday tradition with her acclaimed, sold out shows at the world-famous Apollo Theater in New York City. Now rejoice! Shoshana will keep that tradition alive this year with Sing Your Hallelujah, a holiday concert event filmed live at the Harlem landmark, which will stream worldwide on Saturday, December 12.