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The Omaha Community Playhouse is announcing its Alternative Programming series for the 2018-19 season. Alternative Programming includes a series of staged readings, special events and play development collaborations. All events are held at OCP.

THE TRAP DOOR THEATRE is proud to present Sad Happy Sucker Written by Lee Kirk, Directed by Mike Steele.

The hilarious and joy-filled musical comedy smash Sister Act is just weeks away from its big Jupiter debut!

What kind of future will you have living in these here United States? Remember when you were eleven years old and you had a bike, one that made you dream about a world bigger than the one in which you live?

Philadelphia Theatre Company announces the director and full cast for the Pennsylvania premiere of Lynn Nottage's Sweat. This Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner explores Reading Pennsylvania's shrinking industrial economy and shares the fear, tragedy and hopefulness of a community being forced to accept inevitable change. The production will kick-off the first produced season under new Producing Artistic Director Paige Price. Justin Emeka directs a cast filled with local stars and Barrymore Award-winners who have earned extensive theatre, film and television credits. Sweat will run from October 12 to November 4, 2018 at Philadelphia Theatre Company's stage at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad Street. Subscriptions and single tickets for the 2018-2019 season are already on sale and are available in person at the box office, online at philatheatreco.org or by phone at 215-985-0420.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) announces that each show of its 2018 Nutmeg Summer Series, "Disaster!", "Sweeney Todd: A Musical Thriller in Concert," and "Jesus Christ Superstar," will have performances interpreted in American Sign Language (ASL) through a partnership with UConn's Center for Students (CSD) with Disabilities. ASL interpreted performances will take place during the Saturday matinee performances on June 16 for "Disaster!", June 30 for "Sweeney Todd: A Musical Thriller in Concert", and July 21 "Jesus Christ Superstar".

CMT today revealed that some of music's biggest stars will perform brand-new songs for the first time ever on television when the “2018 CMT Music Awards” premieres LIVE from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena tomorrow, June 6 at 8pm ET/PT. The performances will not only feature the newest songs that will become the soundtrack to the summer, but they will use the CMT stage to introduce their new music to the world.

Acclaimed artist Stephen Powers, featured in the Brooklyn Museum and throughout the U.S., along with popular street artist Lady K-Fever, will join nearly 300 public school students in what is one of the largest public displays of student art in New York City. LEAP's Rising Voices: Student Public Art Exhibition will be held Tuesday, June 5, at the northwest end of Union Square, 11 am to 1 pm. Students from eight New York City public schools (11 classes) in all five boroughs will display ordinary cafeteria tables turned into social justice murals advocating for issues of concern to the middle school students.

'I think the composing thing really started to become the thing where I caught that bug, and I look at myself here twenty years later into it, and I am still kind of I'm amazed sometimes that I can sit down and still be as excited about what I do now as I was twenty years ago when I was just getting into it.”

Manca meno di una settimana ai 72esimi Tony Awards, che il 10 giugno saranno presentati da da Josh Groban e Sara Bareilles! Dopo aver esaminato uno a uno i candidati alla categoria 'Miglior attore protagonista in un musical', oggi parliamo al femminile.

Songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, composers of some of the greatest blues, jazz, R&B, and rock and roll hits of all time, will be inducted into the American Jazz Walk of Fame in Kansas City, MO today, June 2.  Their names will be embedded in a bronze medallion on the sidewalk near the Jazz Museum. 

Acclaimed New York artist Stephen Powers, featured in the Brooklyn Museum and throughout the U.S., along with popular street artist Lady K-Fever, will join nearly 300 NYC public school students in what is one of the largest public displays of student art in New York City. LEAP's Rising Voices: Student Public Art Exhibition will be held Tuesday, June 5, at the northwest end of Union Square, 11 am to 1 pm. Students from eight New York City public schools (11 classes) in all five boroughs will display ordinary cafeteria tables turned into social justice murals advocating for issues of concern to the middle school students.

The Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) has accorded playwright Joe Gulla's 'GAY.PORN.MAFIA' with their 2018 'Audience Award'.

The Gateway season continues with the "habit forming" Nunsense running from June 8 until June 23at The Gateway Playhouse in Bellport Village (Previews begin June 6.)

Rock legend Robbie Robertson, internationally celebrated soprano Sondra Radvanovsky, and visionary philanthropists Tim and Frances Price have been named Honorary Fellows of The Royal Conservatory. These four extraordinary Canadians received this designation - the highest conferred by The Royal Conservatory - at The Royal Occasion, the organization's signature fundraising event, presented by TELUS.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents MAURICIO MARTINEZ in De Mexico To Broadway on Sunday July 1, 7pm.

Every year, music fans from around the world anticipate who'll be playing at Riot Fest, the Chicago festival made famous for diverse, innovative lineups, set amongst a fan-friendly three-day celebration of punk, rock 'n' roll, hip-hop, metal, indie rock, roots music, and just about everything in between.

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts' management announced its 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) lineup Friday afternoon during an event at the Kimmel Center's Hamilton Garden. With over 50 performances ranging from music and dance to 360-degree immersive spectacle experiences, the 2018 festival raises the proverbial PIFA bar, showcasing critically-acclaimed work that has captivated critics and garnered awards nationally and internationally. Known for its engaging performances curated by The Kimmel Center from around the globe, the festival was first developed in 2011 drawing increasing audiences locally and attracting regional visitors seeking out the ultimate Philly experience. The 2018 festival runs Today, May 31 through Sunday, June 10.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere production of Guards at the Taj by acclaimed playwright Rajiv Joseph, directed by ensemble member Amy Morton. A stunning tale about the search for beauty in desperate circumstances, the Steppenwolf production features the original cast members, Omar Metwally (Humayun) and Arian Moayed (Babur), whom Amy Morton directed in the Off-Broadway world premiere which received rave reviews when it premiered in 2015 and won the 2016 Obie Award for Best New American Play.

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY - Arielle Mandelberg has been cast in the title role of the Textile Co.'s production of Grace is Good, a new play about relationships and rumors in the workplace and a new story for the Me Too Conversation.