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Theater Schmeater continues its 20th Anniversary Season celebration with one of Joe Orton's quirkiest plays, ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE, opening on May 18 and running Thursday, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m. through June 16.

The Dallas Opera will present Richard Wagner's intense and passionate drama, TRISTAN & ISOLDE, for the first time in nearly forty years. This new TDO production opens Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Downtown Dallas.

DirecTV's Audience Network continues to provide viewers with cutting-edge, provocative programming with the addition of two new dramas, THE SLAP, premiering Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 10pm ET/PT and THE SHADOW LINE, premiering on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

On Monday, February 13, 2012 at 1:45 PM ET, President Obama will award the 2011 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal in the East Room. The First Lady will also attend. This event will be open press and will also be live streamed at www.WhiteHouse.gov/Live.

The Dallas Opera will present Richard Wagner's intense and passionate drama, TRISTAN & ISOLDE, for the first time in nearly forty years. This new TDO production opens Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Downtown Dallas.

Following an immensely acclaimed world premiere at the Galway Arts Festival this past summer, St. Ann's Warehouse and Imagine Ireland will present the American Premiere of Misterman, November 30-December 21 at St. Ann's Warehouse. Murphy makes his American stage debut with a tour-de-force solo performance in this Landmark Productions / Galway Arts Festival co-production, his first collaboration with playwright/director Enda Walsh since Disco Pigs, which launched both men's careers 15 years ago.

Following an immensely acclaimed world premiere at the Galway Arts Festival this past summer, St. Ann's Warehouse and Imagine Ireland will present the American Premiere of Misterman, November 30-December 21 at St. Ann's Warehouse. Murphy makes his American stage debut with a tour-de-force solo performance in this Landmark Productions / Galway Arts Festival co-production, his first collaboration with playwright/director Enda Walsh since Disco Pigs, which launched both men's careers 15 years ago.

Universal Sports Network and NBC Sports will provide more than 10 hours combined of television and online coverage of the 2011 ING New York City Marathon this Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. ET.

Hart House Theatre is proud to announce a new partnership with Zadkiel Productions for its 2011/2012 season.

Filled with electrifying dancing, memorable music and timeless spirit, the contagious celebration of youth FOOTLOOSEarrives on Blu-ray for the first time ever and in a new Deluxe Edition DVD, both featuring more than 30 minutes of all-new special features, on September 27, 2011 from Paramount Home Entertainment.

Hart House Theatre is proud to announce a new partnership with Zadkiel Productions for its 2011/2012 season.

Faith flies in the face of reason whenever the hypocrite is around!

A new organization, entitled the 'Council for Living Music' has launched, with their mission statement to 'enhance the public's recognition of the art of live music and live musical performance in all its magnificent forms. We are dedicated to increasing public awareness and appreciation of various forms of musical expression, preserving historic and contemporary musical forms and encouraging the development of new varieties of musical expression that evolve through live performance.'

Presented in partnership with Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University and the Columbia/Harlem Jazz Project

Presented in partnership with Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University and the Columbia/Harlem Jazz Project

BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO - a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Drama - a tiger haunts the streets of present day Baghdad seeking the meaning of life. As he witnesses the puzzling absurdities of war, the tiger encounters Americans and Iraqis who are searching for friendship, redemption and a toilet seat made of gold. So does BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO have a golden touch? Let's find out.

FRIGID New York presents A Lucky Artist Theater Company production: The Shorebound Swim with a One Click Kick: A Tragedy of Reason

FRIGID New York presents A Lucky Artist Theater Company production: The Shorebound Swim with a One Click Kick: A Tragedy of Reason

The sleek, San Francisco-based LINES Ballet, led by brilliant dancemaker Alonzo King, brings its exquisitely refined contemporary ballet to the intimate NOCCA stage.