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In this mythical poem set in Colonial Kenya of the late 1950s, a shaman finds ways to heal the wounded souls of a white woman and her African servant. Chameleon, Praying Mantis, Humming Bird, Leopard and Yellow Dog play roles in bringing a spirit child to life. She is NAISULA - Woman of Power.

Join the Johansen-Markard Piano Duo as they play a festive holiday program of old and new Christmas classics. Included in the program will be four hand arrangements of classics, including Silent Night, The Peanut's cartoon favorite, Christmas Time is Here and a Sleigh Ride Fantasy, as well as excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite. Then join in a frolicking sing-along of Christmas and winter favorites.

Amy had ambitious plans for Broadway, until she abruptly developed a blood clot the week before her high school senior prom. After being rushed to the hospital, her stomach exploded in the operating room, and after both her lungs collapsed, she nearly died.

Jack and Ruth, a seemingly perfect match, are suddenly faced with the question of marriage. In this smart and spirited play, serious differences, previously swept under the rug, are now forced into the light. She is culturally Jewish and her parents reject her dating outside the faith; he is a lapsed Catholic who scorns organized religion. She enjoys the finer things in life while he is happy to live with little means. She wants to get married and have a family. He has been married before and vows never to do so again. They make their cases with razor sharp wit and poignant pleas, but is staying together the right thing to do?

The play questions whether luck in love and life is about random chance or a matter of fate. When the two Gardiner sisters return to Hawaii after 20 years to bury their mother's ashes they find that their childhood garden, the place where their mother wished to be buried, has been destroyed.

Global Digital Releasing is set to release period drama BROKEN ANGELS CLUB. The film will be available exclusively on Amazon Prime on Friday, September 29 for its first 90 days of release before landing on other major platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, X-Box Live and Cable VOD.

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at La Mirada theatre runs through October 8, and the critics are weighing in!

Screamfest Horror Film Festival, America's largest, and longest running horror movie festival, announces its 2017 official schedule and the second wave of its festival line up.

Stu served in the U.S. Army from January 1968 to January 1970. Through much of 1969, he was a combat photographer/writer with the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam; it is that service which provided the impetus for this solo, stage performance.

In a new, incredibly enjoyable regional revival of the Tony Award-winning AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' - THE FATS WALLER MUSICAL SHOW, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is presenting one of the most rousing, rip-roaring iterations of this musical treat, under the informed direction of one of the show's original cast members, Ken Page. In his hands, this McCoy-Rigby Entertainment production is energized by a consistent barrage of spectacular musical performances that are exuberantly performed and are wonderfully appealing. If you're looking for pure, buoyant, musically-thrilling entertainment in its most delightful form, then look no farther than this excellent production which continues performances in La Mirada, CA through October 8.

NY/LON Productions presents the New York premiere of Matt Hartley's Deposit this October at TheaterLab in Manhattan.

The Green Room 42 presents Alexandra Socha in Finding Home on September 15, 2017. Join us for an evening of story through song.

Three brilliant contemporary poets, Jeffrey Conway, Gillian McCain, and David Trinidad, have collaborated on an epic poem retelling the film version of Valley of the Dolls by turns brilliant, inspiring, and hysterical.

Due to popular demand, producers David Sonenberg, Michael Cohl, Randy Lennox and Tony Smith are excited to announce a three week extension for the North American Premiere of Jim Steinman's BAT OUT OF HELL THE MUSICAL. The new block of tickets, December 5 - 24, 2017 will go on sale Saturday September 16.

The Broadway Experience celebrated its 10th Anniversary season with a culminating student performance alongside Broadway professionals this past Sunday, August 20, 2017 at the James & Martha Duffy Performance Space at Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn. Scroll down for photos!

Canadian singer-songwriter HEATHER RANKIN brings her acclaimed solo show to Hugh's Room in Toronto on September 10th at 8:30pm. This show marks Rankin's first performance in Toronto since the release of her Juno Award-nominated debut solo album, A Fine Line (2016).

The Green Room 42 presents Alexandra Socha in Finding Home on September 15, 2017. Join us for an evening of story through song.

THIS IS US (Music from the Series), a companion to the show America loves, is available September 15 via UMe. This Is Us: The Complete First Season will be available on DVD three days earlier so fans can relive all the moments along with the music from the hit show.

In a bold, beautiful, and powerful production of Ragtime, the Ogunquit Playhouse gives its audience a compelling reminder that, as E. I. Doctorow once said, 'history is the present.' The 1996 musical with book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lyn Ahrens resonates perhaps even more strongly today than it did then with its raw grappling with the issues of race, prejudice, hope and violence and the struggle to define and achieve the American dream. Set in the volatile melting pot of pre- World War I America with its booming industrialization, the influx of vast waves of immigrants, and the social norms challenged by tenuous race relations, Ragtime weaves together the stories of three very different families as each seeks to find his place in the American tapestry.

Join the Johansen-Markard Piano Duo as they play a festive holiday program of old and new Christmas classics. Included in the program will be four hand arrangements of classics.