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The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) joins David Robertson in announcing a one-year extension of his tenure as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Orchestra, taking his term to six years ending at the conclusion of 2019.

BWW speaks to Matt Abbott about his 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Two Little Ducks.

Currently, Lucas is mostly staying at his home in Atlantic City recovering from severe complications he received from open heart surgery in January 2016. He suffered extensive injuries to his hands and feet, spent a total of 4 1/2 months in the cardiac ICU at Brigham and Women's hospital & various rehabs and has been unable to return work. He is anxiously waiting to work with new hand and finger prosthetics while continuing to get stronger every day...all this while keeping an amazingly positive attitude and having his wife Rebecca by his side.

BWW speaks to Ellie Dubois about her 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show No Show.

Houston Grand Opera announced at its annual meeting today that its 2016-17 season closed on a strong financial footing despite recent pressures on the Houston economy.

Melissa Errico is no stranger to Stephen Sondheim. She played Dot/Marie at The Kennedy Center in the first revival of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, Clara in PASSION in 2013 Off-Broadway, and, most recently, Leona in New York City Center's production of DO I HEAR A WALTZ?. Three shows and many performances later, Errico has become a major interpreter of the composer's work, daring but reverent, and hyper-focused on all of the minutiae and layers found per page of just one song. On June 3, she will bring her MELISSA ERRICO SINGS STEPHEN SONDHEIM to Feinstein's/54 Below for its New York debut, following raves from its original incarnation in Washington, D.C. In between rehearsals prior to the show, we discussed her subliminal start on Sondheim, the composer's 'warmth [and] ruthlessness,' and how his work may or may not be a religion.

"GROUP", a play about PTSD will premiere at the Avery Schreiber Playhouse in the NoHo Arts District during PTSD Awareness month. The story takes place in a group therapy session, during which a handful of characters explore their individual trauma. Guided by a caring therapist with his own issues, 5 victims of trauma must work through their struggles to discover that their perceptions of each other and themselves are not always what they seem. This play addresses issues relating to veterans, domestic abuse, racism, and gender identity. 

"Lizzie," the rock musical, based on the Lizzie Borden murder mystery, is as much rock concert as theatre, represents the movement in musicals to take on modern trends in music, e.g., rock and rap, and appeal to a younger, modish audience.

Asia Society presents the North American premiere of Soul Journey, a performance bringing new life to the traditional nanyin form. Meaning 'music from the south," nanyin is an ancient style of Chinese music characterized by slow, gentle and melodic sounds.In Soul Journey, Singapore's Siong Leng Musical Association merges traditional nanyin and its Zen influences with other elements such as vocals, the bongo cajon, Indian tabla, masked dance, and more. The performance blends the traditional and the new, and draws on the influences of distant cultures from nanyin's origins along the Tang era maritime trade routes. 

YOU can't shake the devil's hand and say you're kidding - so say Gap II students from The Actors' Hub in their latest self-devised production at the Casey Drama Centre.

 Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and Awards Director, Daniel Gustin, has announced that he will retire in 2018 after leading the organization for 18 years. Gustin was named Director of The Gilmore in 2000 after a successful 30-year career in the management of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its Tanglewood Festival.

Asia Society presents the North American premiere of Soul Journey, a performance bringing new life to the traditional nanyin form. Meaning 'music from the south,' nanyin is an ancient style of Chinese music characterized by slow, gentle and melodic sounds.

"We can go wrong in our minds, but what our blood feels and believes and says is always true"