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Marissa Mulder, who has been collecting rave reviews and awards in bunches over the past couple of years, debuted her new solo show, Instincts (with musical director Nate Buccieri), to a packed Metropolitan Room on Friday night January 30. It was the first effort in her new 'Residency' at the Chelsea club, not a surprising status given her steady climb up the cabaret singer hierarchy. Mulder offered an eclectic program of songs by artists from Cy Coleman to Radiohead, representing 'a snapshot of where [her] life is right now, a week away from 30.' Her distinctive vocal sound-sincere yet playful and sounding like a combination of a bell and a trumpet-is uniquely expressive, perhaps from 'living instinctively for quite a while now,' as she said in one her of her rare moments of interstitial patter.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced final casting for the upcoming World Premiere production of Five Presidents. Broadway and television veterans Mark Jacoby, Martin L'Herault, Steve Sheridan, Jeff Steitzer, and Brit Whittle, along with Rep Associate Artist Reese Madigan, make up the cast of Five Presidents from Emmy Award-winning writer Rick Cleveland (The West Wing, House of Cards, Mad Men, and Six Feet Under).

The Paley Center for Media today revealed the initial lineup of special guest panelists scheduled to appear at the 32nd annual TV fan festival PALEYFEST LA from March 6-15, 2015 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland.

On the next episode of ABC's SCANDAL titled "Full Circle", Olivia remains one-step ahead of her captures, but she won't be able to keep it up for long.

On the next episode of ABC's SCANDAL titled "Where's the Black Lady?", with Olivia still missing, the team comes together to do whatever it takes to find her and get her home safely.

WHOA! If you were thinking we were going to ease slowly into the second part of this season, you were gravely mistaken. Shonda wasted absolutely NO time dealing with the kidnapping of Olivia Pope and finished out this grueling hour with shocking results. Make no mistake, SCANDAL has returned and it isn't white pants suits and red wine; it's horrifying.

Tony Goldwyn, who stars as the fictional president in the hit ABC drama series SCANDAL, stopped by GMA to talk about what fans can expect after the dramatic mid-season finale.

After a (literally) scandalous mid-season finale on November 20, two of our recappers thought it deserved a second look. Jennifer McHugh and Gabrielle 'Gigi' Gervais, logged on to GChat and cyberly rewatched the SCANDAL mid-season finale together. Jumping right in from the beginning with Fitz and Jake arguing about Rowan's whereabouts in front of a near catatonic Olivia, our recappers relive every single tense moment of the episode that will keep us starving for more until January.

The Jews May Be Bad, But the Laughs are Terrific

What makes a good person or a bad person? Or more specifically for theatrical purposes, what makes a good Jew or a bad Jew? That's the question at the heart of the enticingly titled BAD JEWS by Joshua Harmon, a bitingly funny play now making its southeastern premiere at GableStage in Coral Gables.

There isn't an acting award big enough for Joe Morton. He is giving a clinic in this show. Olivia doesn't have much when it comes to parental units in the way of parenting, but man, they sure can act!

'Annual performances of Handel's Messiah have been a New York tradition from the time New York culture began to assert itself,' says Oratorio Society of New York Music Director Kent Tritle. English choral societies, inspired by grand performances of Messiah at Westminster Abbey at the turn of the 19th century, would perform the work periodically, but the Oratorio Society of New York made it an annual tradition in New York City - in 1874, the year after the Society was founded.

If that's the penultimate episode of the mid-season, I think we're in some real trouble next week. Talk about action packed, every single storyline is headed for disaster and with only one episode to go in 2014, not even a second was wasted.

One thing you can never accuse SCANDAL of is having a boring episode. There seriously is not a second you can look away from the screen without missing something. I reached down to get a drink of water and nearly missed Mellie overhearing Fitz's phone call with Olivia. I just need to learn to not eat, drink or breathe during these 45 minutes on Thursday nights.

Olivia Pope's mom will soon be making her return.

On the next episode of ABC's SCANDAL titled "The Bleep" - Fitz asks Olivia to shut down a situation that could destroy the Grant family's reputation.

“Don't say that. The words used to describe women. If she was a man, you'd say she was formidable or bold or right.” Amen! I love how even in the soapiest of political drama, Shonda Rhimes can still sneak in a lesson or two. So take that, Fitz, don't be calling Olivia's friends (or women in general); “bitches.”

Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director David Staller, presents its 98th production, Shaw's 1936 comedy The Millionairess, on Monday, November 24 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at 95th St.).

On the next episode of ABC's SCANDAL titled "An Innocent Man" - Olivia is summoned by a convicted assassin who claims he was wrongly accused, and Mellie becomes intrigued by a former first lady whose stories seem to be strikingly similar to her own.

Rowan Pope is a sociopath. I don't know how else to describe him. And Jake, if Olivia believes you're guilty and your only hope is the newly alcoholic, David Rosen, I think you're in more trouble than you know.