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The Soho Playhouse announced today that THE DAY I BECAME BLACK, created, written and performed by Bill Posley (CBS's "The Neighborhood," Netflix's "Glow") and directed by Bente Engelstoft ("The Ellen DeGeneres Show"), will extend for three weeks. Produced by Kristen Boule, the Off-Broadway show opened on March 8 and now runs through May 6.

The National Comedy Center and legendary producer, director, and writer Carl Reiner announced today, on Carl Reiner's 97th birthday, an initiative to digitally preserve Reiner's extensive personal collection of production-used scripts from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" - one of the most iconic, innovative, and beloved comedy series in television history.

Nice Life Recording Company/Atlantic recording artist Lizzo has released her latest track from her upcoming full-length debut album Cuz I Love You. “Tempo” featuring labelmate Missy Elliott is available now at all DSPs and streaming services.

Grammy-nominated band Panic! At The Disco has shared a new music video for track “Dancing's Not A Crime”, off their latest albumPray For The Wicked. Directed by Brandon Dermer, the video stars frontman Brendon Urie's puppet alter ego The Amazing Beebo, who first appeared in the band's music video “Hey Look Ma, I Made It”, and has gone on to amass over 250,000 followers on Instagram.

Sixteen years ago (2003) Golden Girls LIVE: On Stage! was created by real-life couple Peter Mac and John Mac as a loving tribute in the style of Brady Bunch LIVE. The Macs created a loving drag parody of everyone's favorite sitcom, which played to sold out audiences at the now-shuttered Rose's Turn in the West Village. The show uses on-target impersonations of the original actresses as source material (they play Estelle Getty and Beatrice Arthur, respectively) and creates original improv-parody situations to bring the girls back for the reunion fans never got.

The world's biggest selling magic spectacular, The Illusionists - Direct From Broadway, will return to London's West End this summer with a brand new show from Saturday 6th July to Sunday 1st September at the Shaftesbury Theatre. The all-star line-up will see audiences wowed by The Showman James More, The Unforgettable Enzo, The Manipulator Yu Ho-Jin, The Futurist Adam Trent, The Mentalist Chris Cox, The Trickster Paul Dabek and The Daredevil Jonathan Goodwin. Tickets are now sale via theillusionistslive.com.

BalletX continues its 2018-2019 season with Spring Season 2019 at the Wilma Theater with 12 performances running from March 6th to the 17th led by artistic and executive director Christine Cox. This experience includes brand new work by choreographic visionary Nicolo Fonte, a piece by Lil' Buck that adds a contemporary twist to the evening and a new painterly inspired work by Katarzyna Skarpetowska.

The National Comedy Center was formally designated as the nation's official cultural institution dedicated to the art form of comedy on Tuesday, March 12. In a tremendous bi-partisan show of support, both the Senate and House of Representatives passed this bill in February, and the president signed it into law on Tuesday, recognizing the Center as the "Official National Comedy Center of the United States."

High school students will debut original films March 16 surrounded by celebrity actors, directors and writers at the second annual New Optics Film Festival, held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Columbia College Hollywood.

Today, Nick Murphy announces details for a massive international tour supporting his recently announced sophomore full length album Run Fast Sleep Naked (Downtown Records / Future Classic / Opulent). He is set to headline over 40 shows on three continents throughout 2019--see full tour routing below. Tickets for most of the North America, Europe and the UK will go on sale this Friday, March 15 and tickets for the Australian shows are available now via https://nickmurphy.com.

James McAvoy announced today that fans have the chance to take home the white Prada shirt he wore to the 91st Academy Awards, which James had signed by dozens of celebrities during the event: Prizeo.com/JamesMcAvoy.

GRAMMY Award-nominated electronic music DJ and producer Audien teams up with the multi-platinum alt-pop sibling trio Echosmith for his new single, 'Favorite Sound,' out today on RED MUSIC/Cranberry Records. CLICK HERE to listen to the anthem that premiered yesterday on Billboard, who called the track 'melodic gold' and a 'warm, bubbly blanket of melody and emotional honestly.' Co-written with Echosmith lead singerSydney Sierota, the single features empowering lyrics backed by pop-orientated glossy production by Audien. The single follows a string of recent releases from Audien including the official remix for Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone's massive pop hit 'Giant,' 'Never Letting Go' with ARTY, and 'Rollercoaster' with Liam O'Donnell. 'Favorite Sound' featuring Echosmith is available across all digital streaming platforms now. 

THE GREEN ROOM 42 Broadway's newest intimate concert venue will present Christina Bianco in her new show Diva on Demand on Saturday, March 30 at 9:30 PM. The Girl of a Thousand Voices debuts at the club with a set-list entirely up to the audience. The acclaimed international singer and impressionist is ready to offer up a dizzying array of voices, monologues and songs, at your command!

Today, Lizzo released her clapback video in response to Ron Burgundy's original jazz flute challenge. Check out 'The Legend of Lizzo' starring Lizzo and Este Haim streaming now on Lizzo's YouTube channel.

Nick Murphy just announced details for his long-awaited sophomore full length album Run Fast Sleep Naked, out April 26 via Downtown Records / Future Classic / Opulent. The Dave Harrington co-produced album follows is his first full length release since his widely praised 2014 debut Built on Glass(released as Chet Faker). The album is available via pre-order / pre-save here:http://smarturl.it/RFSN.

The Better Brothers Los Angeles (BBLA) in association with award winning actress/activist Sheryl Lee Ralph and her non-profit organization, The DIVA Foundation, are excited to announce that the award-winning director/producer Anthony Hemingway will round out this year's impressive list of award-winning honorees for the fifth annual Truth Awards. 

Music mogul DJ Khaled is set to host Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2019, the biggest, slimiest party of the year for kids, broadcasting live Saturday, March 23, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) from the Galen Center in Los Angeles, Calif. The news, which also included this year's nominees, was announced today by Double Dare host Liza Koshy via a first-time Kids' Choice Awards nomination livestream event across Nickelodeon's YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter handles and channels.

As he continues to dominate the culture as hip-hop's foremost “scholar,” Lil Pump announces the dates and schedule for his 2019 Spring tour with Lil Skies. 

In the summer of 2018, Royal Teeth had a major comeback with their dance rock single 'Never Gonna Quit', which featured Ellen DeGeneres' favorite viral sensation Valerie Sassyfrass in the music video. The anthem that 'radiates resilience and perseverance' according toAtwood Magazine, spurred a new start for the indie rockers, and the track was synced internationally, including an Australian rugby commercial. A fresh buzz ignited around Royal Teeth, best known for their 2013 hit 'Wild', with fans asking for more music, and the band promising a new full length album on the horizon. The group continued to turn it up with their second release 'It's Just The Start' in the fall, which Earmilk premiered, saying 'Royal Teeth are back and better than ever, showing off their evolved musical style.'

Deadline reports that the 2019 Oscars will be remembered for being host-less, which it is believed gave the ratings a much-needed bounce.