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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' first-ever Education Artist-in-Residence, Emmy Award®a?"winning writer and New York Times best-selling author and illustrator Mo Willems, whose LUNCH DOODLES have received more than 9.5 million views, announces two special projects during the month of May: Thank You Thursdays!

Beginning this Saturday. May 9 at 5:00 pm, Olney Theatre Center presents 'Streaming Saturdays: Artists Envision the Future' a new series of live, online discussions that will feature the perspectives of a wide range of theatre makers locally and across the country.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley, Artistic Director Designate Tim Bond, and Executive Director Phil Santora announced changes to TheatreWorks's 2020-21 Season, which is now scheduled to begin in October 2020.

Due to the ongoing health and financial crises, the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC)'s engagement of Dear Evan Hansen, originally scheduled for Tuesday, May 26 through Sunday, May 31, 2020, has been postponed.

Exploring the digital landscape of theatre, Solas Nua is commissioning a new play to capture the self isolation that people around the world are experiencing during the COVID 19 pandemic. Audiences can tune into the production to enjoy a live performance of a play specifically written for the online platform. The performance will feature optional, mild audience interaction. 

Vanessa Hudgens and Max Clayton - who both made their Broadway debuts in Gigi - have shared a video of themselves performing a virtual duet to Breaking Free from High School Musical!

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??The Drama League has announced the 2020 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the much- coveted Distinguished Performance Award.

There are plenty of virtual events and online classes currently on offer from shuttered theaters. At 8pm on May 3, Flying V Theatre will be streaming their award-winning musical You, or Whatever I Can Get, 'a deeply personal and hysterically funny look at the insecurities and anxieties of relationships and dating in your early 30s,' FREE on their Facebook page with specially recorded behind-the-scenes creator commentary from the writing team.

In response to the continually evolving novel coronavirus outbreak, Round House Theatre is updating its previously announced 2020-2021 Season. The upcoming season will now include Cost of Living by Martyna Majok. The previously announced God of Carnage will be postponed until the 2021-2022 Season. All remaining shows are still slated to continue, but the schedule has been updated. The Tempest, which is expected to draw in the largest crowds, will now perform at later dates.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Folger Theatre is altering the programming schedule for its 2020/21 'On the Road' season of plays. In working to ensure the well-being and safety of patrons, Folger Theatre, along with its project partners the National Building Museum and the University of South Carolina, have made the decision to postpone the 2020 summer production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and the National Building Museum's Summer Block Party, featuring the Folger Shakespeare Playhouse, to Summer 2021.

Berkshire Theatre Group will present a one-time-only, live-streamed broadcast musical event, live from Florence, Italy Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin as a Mother's Day special on Sunday, May 10 at 8pm.

Irish Repertory Theatre announced today the May lineup for their online series Meet the Makers. A digital series of conversations with scholars and Irish Rep artists discussing their work and theatre in general, Meet the Makers offers a behind-the-scenes look at Irish history, theatre and the creative process.

Linda Lavin recently debuted a short video featuring a new character 'Yvette Slosch', created by Jazz violinist and collaborator Aaron Weinstein!

The original Broadway cast recording of COME FROM AWAY will be released on vinyl worldwide for the first time on Friday, May 15. The album will be available as a 2-LP set on blue vinyl. Previously only available in the US as a limited-edition yellow vinyl, this edition will be available worldwide.

When the world needs saving, there is just one lady you should call on to get the job done... Lesli Margherita Sparklepuff. Watch below as she saves the day in the first four episodes of the new series!

Check out this throwback clip of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Broadway at Music Circus, starring Lesli Margherita, John McGinty, and Jim Hogan.

During this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history. This week we will be focusing on the plays of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill. Today's play, Long Day's Journey into Night!

Creative Cauldron is on a virtual roll! After a successful online Spring Break Camp, which got our campers dancing, singing, acting, drawing, and makinga?"all in their own living roomsa?"we're uploading our imaginations and hosting all things theater online.

Brian Stokes Mitchell spoke with MSNBC in an interview yesterday about how he's helping support out-of-work actors and stage workers during the health crisis.

Check out the cast and band of Off-Broadway's Rock of Ages performing a virtual rendition of the Whitesnake hair metal classic, 'Here I Go Again.'