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Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company for the world premiere of Tazewell Thompson's inspirational a cappella music infused play, Jubilee. Inspired by the world-renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers, this uplifting new work chronicles the bold African American ensemble as they travel the world, captivating kings, queens and audiences with hymns and spiritual songs supported by their rich voices. Written and directed by Thompson with vocal arrangements and music direction by Dianne Adams McDowell, Jubilee runs April 26 - June 2, 2019 in the Kreeger Theater.

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, 'Podcast Verite,' is unfiltered, raw, honest and uniquely funny.

Schimmel Center at Pace University concludes its 2018-19 Cabaret Series with an evening of standards and musical theater selections composed by women titled Baby, Dream Your Dream: The Great Women Songwriters today, March 9, 2019 at 7:30pm. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased at SchimmelCenter.org, by phone at 212-346-1715, or by visiting the Schimmel Center Box Office at 3 Spruce Street, Manhattan. Box office hours are Tuesday-Today, Noon-5pm, and then beginning three hours prior to each performance, through intermission.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that an all new All Star Stand-Up Comedy night will take place on Friday, March 22 at 8 pm.

Asolo Repertory Theatre proudly presents THE CAKE, written by Bekah Brunstetter, the Emmy Award-winning writer and producer of the hit TV series This is Us. Directed by Lavina Jadhwani, this heartfelt new comedy shines a bright light on both sides of the marriage equality debate.

The BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center partners with host Randy Cohen for his Person Place Thing podcast and radio show for a second season. The second guest of 2018-2019 to be featured at Tribeca PAC is Founder and President of Bridgit.com, Jeffrey Ervine, on Thursday, March 21 at 7pm. Tickets to the recording are $10 and available online, at the door, and by phone at 212-220-1460.

Today, two-time GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassaannounces his new US Summer tour dates for 2019 in support of his all-original studio album Redemption (J&R Adventures) which was released last September.  The tour will stop at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY on July 30th  for a pavilion-only concert.

The Massapequa Philharmonic, under the direction of its music director David Bernard, continues its 2018-2019 season with a selection of dramatic works, including Beethoven's Overture to King Stefan, Schumann's Symphony No. 2 and Lalo's Cello Concerto featuring noted cellist Adrian Daurov.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that an all new All Star Stand-Up Comedy night will take place on Friday, March 22 at 8 pm.

Midwestern Rock band, Red Wanting Blue are thrilled to unveil the video for new single, “I've Got a Feeling it Hurts,” a stunning, sonic duet with former tour-mate, LIZ BRASHER.

“We're Alive,” the new song from U.K. rockers Band of Skulls premieres today; listen/share it here. “It's impossible not to be affected by the fear of it all and the sense of powerlessness,” say the band. “But we made a concerted effort not to make a depressing record, because we don't think anyone wants to hear a dark, depressing record about these times. We wanted to have that feeling of euphoria in song, because we weren't getting it anywhere else.” The track appears on their fifth album, Love Is All You Love (produced by Richard X), which is set for release April 12 via So Recordings. Fans can pre-order Love Is All You Love here. 

Two of today's freshest comic voices come to The Soraya for one night of evening of groundbreaking stand-up comedy-W. Kamau Bell, host of the Emmy Award-winning CNN docuseries United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell and Brooklyn-based comedian and podcaster Hari Kondabolu, whose best known for The Problem with Apu and has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. This one-night only event takes place on Saturday, March 16 at 8:00pm.

Magic Monday - Spring into magic when Albie Selznick returns to the Santa Monica Playhouse with his trademark Magic Monday beginning April 1. Every Monday evening through the end of August will see a new and different lineup of world-class, award-winning magicians and outstanding variety acts. Get ready for an unforgettable season of show-stopping feats - including sleight of hand, interactive parlor magic and mind-blowing illusions.

The Colony Theatre today announced a return engagement of award-winning magician John Carney. In 2016, Carney appeared on the Colony stage for a single performance and played to a standing room only audience.

Schimmel Center at Pace University concludes its 2018-19 Cabaret Series with an evening of standards and musical theater selections composed by women titled Baby, Dream Your Dream: The Great Women Songwriters on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 7:30pm. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased at SchimmelCenter.org, by phone at 212-346-1715, or by visiting the Schimmel Center Box Office at 3 Spruce Street, Manhattan. Box office hours are Tuesday-Saturday, Noon-5pm, and then beginning three hours prior to each performance, through intermission.

U.K. rockers Band of Skulls' video for their single “Cool Your Battles” debuts today; watch/share it here: https://BoS.lnk.to/CYBOfficialVideoPR. The track was recently featured asKCRW's “Today's Top Tune” who says it's “full of swagger—this anti-war song tells us to stop spending energy fighting and do something positive.”

Schimmel Center at Pace University concludes its 2018-19 Cabaret Series with an evening of standards and musical theater selections composed by women titled Baby, Dream Your Dream: The Great Women Songwriters on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 7:30pm.

Jack Paar paved the way for Johnny Carson who inspired the great David Letterman, topping the exclusive list of legendary talk show hosts... But get ready for them to get pawed off their pedestals by legendary kitty icon LIL BUB and her feline-tastic talkshow, Lil BUB's Big SHOW on Animalist (Discovery Network's exclusive YouTube channel). Over 13 star studded episodes and multiple live events, Lil BUB interviewed superstars like Michelle Obama, Andrew W.K., Whoopi Goldberg, and Jack McBrayer all while showcasing a different animal welfare organization in each episode!

San Antonio-based alt R&B band (and brothers), Idyll Green, share their debut EP, When Love Ends, Be The Water, out now. A book of poetry by the same name, is also available now, written by the band's own Rene Villanueva and illustrated by Rikkianne Van Kirk, who also created the album artwork. “Water, like stories, holds no shape. That's why we felt it was better to break up the narrative into the music and the book,' says the band.

On the heels of a 20-year residency in Las Vegas, Purple Reign: The Prince Tribute Show! comes to The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts for one night only on Saturday, May 18 at 8 pm. Tickets are on sale now to members and go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 1 at 10 am.