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School of Rock, the leader in performance-based music education, is hitting the road this summer. After a nationwide search for the top students in School of Rock's more than 200 schools and more than 30,000 students, seven AllStars bands have been chosen to tour the country and play a full-band show at top music venues throughout the U.S. The tours kick off at the end of July and will hit top cities including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and more.

The House Theatre of Chicago announces an all-new production of Hatfield & McCoy, written by The House's Company Member Shawn Pfautsch and directed by

The House Theatre of Chicago announces an all-new production of Hatfield & McCoy, written by The House's Company Member Shawn Pfautsch and directed by The House's Company Member Matt Hawkinsplaying at the Chopin Upstairs Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., January 19 - March 11, 2018.

If you had told a Chicagoan 100 years ago that a tour of the Chicago River would top every visitor's list, you would have been laughed out of town. What was once a meandering weed-choked stream turned smelly industrial channel is now lined with soaring skyscrapers and jammed with tour boats jockeying for position with kayakers and water taxis. Today the Chicago River is more popular than ever, with a new Riverwalk, dramatic new towers and boathouses, and entire new neighborhoods rising along the river's edge.

Due to popular demand, Irish Theatre of Chicago is pleased to announce a second extension of its hit production of Conor McPherson's haunting and humorous Irish classic THE WEIR. ITC will add four additional performances, extending through Sunday, February 4, 2017. THE WEIR, which opened on December 15, 2016, is currently sold-out through Sunday January 29, 2017.

Due to popular demand, Irish Theatre of Chicago's hit production of Conor McPherson's haunting and humorous Irish classic THE WEIR will add four additional performances, extending through Sunday, January 29, 2017 at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. ITC's critically-acclaimed revival is currently sold-out through Sunday, January 22. Scroll down for a peek at the show!

Irish Theatre of Chicago launches its 2016-17 Season with Conor McPherson's haunting and humorous Irish classic THE WEIR, directed by Siiri Scott, who helmed last season's critically acclaimed one-woman show My Brilliant Divorce. THE WEIR plays now through January 22, 2017 at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

First Floor Theater (FFT) is thrilled to remount THE AWAKE, Ken Urban's lyrical and highly theatrical exploration of interrogation, government control, and the compulsive power of dreams, directed by Josh Altman, as part of the Chicago Park District's Theater on the Lake 2016 Festival Season at the Berger Park Cultural Center.

First Floor Theater (FFT) is thrilled to remount THE AWAKE, Ken Urban's lyrical and highly theatrical exploration of interrogation, government control, and the compulsive power of dreams, directed by Josh Altman, as part of the Chicago Park District's Theater on the Lake 2016 Festival Season at the Berger Park Cultural Center.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) and the Fun Company are bringing magic to the theatre with the performance of Cinderella. Watch dreams come true for one young girl with the help of her magical Fairy Godmother, some fairy dust and a little bit of hope starting April 16 going to May 15 (Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m.).

The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by AT&T, today announced its lineup of panels and conversations with some of the industry's most critically and commercially successful filmmakers, artists, and executives

Sam Dechenne was an aspiring trumpet player, still in junior high school, when he looked through CDs in his local public library.

Sam Dechenne was an aspiring trumpet player, still in junior high school, when he looked through CDs in his local public library.

Close to three hours of crazy behavior, with doses of disgusting, despicable action mixed in, make for an extremely intense, but trying evening.

The Whitefire Theatre is honoring the 35th anniversary of Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Buried Child' with a production directed by Bryan Rasmussen, produced by Scott Disharoon. In this searing family drama, Shepard takes a macabre look at a Midwestern family with a very dark secret. The play features the talents of Jacque Lynn Colton, Tonya Cornelisse, Cris D'Annunzio, David Fraioli, Zachary Mooren, Leon Russom, and Grant Smith.

The Whitefire Theatre is honoring the 35th anniversary of Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Buried Child' with a production directed by Bryan Rasmussen, produced by Scott Disharoon. In this searing family drama, Shepard takes a macabre look at a Midwestern family with a very dark secret. The play features the talents of Jacque Lynn Colton, Tonya Cornelisse, Cris D'Annunzio, David Fraioli, Zachary Mooren, Leon Russom, and Grant Smith.

Famed violinist Itzhak Perlman returns to the Hollywood Bowl, this time with his Eternal Echoes program, tonight, August 20, at 8 pm. This unique program features Perlman, Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot and the Klezmer Conservatory Band, led by Music Director Hankus Netsky and conductorRussell Ger, performing beloved Jewish liturgical and traditional works in arrangements with klezmer musicians and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Famed violinist Itzhak Perlman returns to the Hollywood Bowl, this time with his Eternal Echoes program, Tuesday, August 20, at 8 pm. This unique program features Perlman, Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot and the Klezmer Conservatory Band, led by Music Director Hankus Netsky and conductorRussell Ger, performing beloved Jewish liturgical and traditional works in arrangements with klezmer musicians and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

NYC's Shine and the Moonbeams took the kindie world by storm in 2011 with a live performance at the annual Kindiefest conference and the release of a nationally acclaimed radio hit called 'High Five.' Since then, lead singer Shawana Kemp has taken her band and fans on a musical adventure, performing shows for enthusiastic crowds at NYC's Summerstage, Symphony Space and Carnegie Kids and recording a batch of original and hooky songs. The happy result is Shine and the Moonbeams, the band's first self-titled album release, available digitally and in hard copy on June 18, 2013 from CDBaby and other retailers.

Dig Two Graves, LLC and Producer PJ Fishwick, Line Producer Claire Connelly, and Associate Producers Philip S. Plowden and Jon Parker have announced the full cast and creative team for the independent Feature Film DIG TWO GRAVES.