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Tony winner Neil Patrick Harris has joined the cast of 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,' a satire surrounding and starring Nicolas Cage.

Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song, the revised edition of his Tony-winning classic Torch Song Trilogy, will come to The Ensemble Company (in residence at Penguin Point Productions) to close out its 2020 season this December.

The York Theatre Company tonight, November 23 at 7pm will present a Roadside panel with legendary lyricist/librettist Tom Jones, and more. Join them as they revisit Uncle Billy and his traveling tent show on a Wild West adventure in this pioneering musical that received its Off-Broadway premiere production in 2001.

Antipodes Theatre Company has announced the final entry in their 2020 Ricochet Reading Series, Theresa Borg’s Dame & Commander. The virtual reading will be streamed live to the ATC Facebook Page on Monday 7th December at 7:00pm and remain available for one week. 

Houston Grand Opera Board Chairman Allyn Risley announced today that Managing Director Perryn Leech is leaving the organization effective December 31, 2020. He will continue to serve as a consultant during the leadership transition. Leech has been with HGO for nearly 14 years and has been managing director for 9 years.

Handel's Messiah, one of the most beloved holiday traditions, begins with the phrase “Comfort ye my people.”  In a year when people need comfort more than ever, GBH and the Handel and Haydn Society today announced a collaboration to create a transformative take on the holiday tradition for television and video streaming. “Handel's Messiah for Our Time” will premiere on GBH 2 on December 20, 2020 at 7 p.m. and stream on YouTube, Facebook, wgbh.org, classicalWCRB.org, and handelandhaydn.org.  

Season five, episode eleven of The Early Night Show with Joshua Turchin -Virtual Edition stars Zoe Glick (Broadway National Tour of Sound of Music, Broadway's Frozen, Unknown Soldier, The Bedwetter), Winter Donnelly (Broadway's Frozen, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord), and Ava Nicole Frances (BroadwayWorld Next On Stage).

Out Magazine has released its annual Out100 list, 'recognizing members of the LGBTQ+ community for their groundbreaking, ripple-inducing, and culture-shifting impact around the world.' Among those to have made the list are Jeremy Pope, Cody Renard Richard, Shakina Nayfack, Joe Mantello, Cheyenne Jackson and more!

KidZania London in collaboration with Louis Rayneau today announce Cinderella as part of Secret Christmas at KidZania London - a programme of festive activities for children over Christmas. Cinderella the pantomime was filmed earlier this year at KidZania London, an indoor city run by kids at Westfield Shepherd's Bush, and it will be screened at the KidZania Theatre, from 5 December 2020 until 3 January 2021.

Riverside Studios today announces further programming for its inaugural Christmas season in association with New Frame Productions, including an evening of unplugged performance with West End Acoustic featuring SIX's Maiya Quansah-Breed and Renée Lamb, Wicked's Nicholas McLean, Jesus Christ Superstar's Tyrone Huntley and Dear Evan Hansen's Oliver Award-winning Sam Tutty.

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus (SFGMC) Artistic Director Dr. Timothy Seelig and Executive Director Chris Verdugo announced today that Home For the Holidays, SFGMC's holiday tradition usually held at San Francisco's iconic Castro Theatre, will be presented as the all-virtual holiday extravaganza, (At) Home For the Holidays.

Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) will celebrate the 30-year-anniversary of its founding  with 'Thirty Years Later!,' a Zoom celebration Sunday, November 22 from 5:00 to 6:00 PM.

92 Y has announced their upcoming programming featuring Michael R. Jackson, Rachel Brosnahan, Alison Brie, Roseanne Cash and more!

Barrington Stage Company will present a free virtual reading of The Supadupa Kid 2: Move, the action/superhero book by Pittsfield-based author Ty Allan Jackson. The reading will feature a cast of local youth and parents from the Berkshires and NY State Capital Region. Boyd will direct the reading, which will begin streaming free on December 3.

Kino Lorber's long-awaited Blu-ray of THE JEWISH SOUL: CLASSICS OF YIDDISH CINEMA is set for release next Tuesday, November 24th. With new translations by noted Yiddish cultural historian, actor (the Coen Brothers' A SERIOUS MAN, 'Boardwalk Empire'), playwright, and translator Allen Lewis Rickman.

Hope Mill Theatre is calling for any final submissions for its new playwriting prize that launched earlier this year, which includes the opportunity of mentorship with writer Jonathan Harvey for the chosen finalists.

Join York Theatre Company for a special panel discussion on the musical Roadside to revisit Uncle Billy and his traveling tent show on a Wild West adventure in this pioneering show that received its Off-Broadway premiere production in 2001 and a 2012 Musicals in Mufti presentation at The York.

Live From Skylight Run continues its online programming for fans of the Broadway musical.

In a loose song cycle format, this program will weave his work with the charming and witty creations of daughter Mary Rodgers (Once Upon a Mattress) and the complex and extraordinary palette of grandson Adam Guettel (The Light in the Piazza, Floyd Collins ), as we look toward the progression of musicals over the decades and into the future.