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Actor's Choice starts the new year with Suzan-Lori Parks' highly celebrated play depicting the adult lives of two African-American brothers, Lincoln and Booth, as they cope with women, work, poverty, gambling, racism, and their troubled upbringings.

Piero della Francesca was revered in his own time as a 'monarch' of painting. Yet by the end of the sixteenth century his achievements had sunk into obscurity. During the nineteenth century, however, British and American collectors on the European Grand Tour rediscovered the master's works and resurrected his reputation, and today Piero is widely acknowledged as one of the founders of the Italian Renaissance.

Actor's Choice starts the new year with Suzan-Lori Parks' highly celebrated play depicting the adult lives of two African-American brothers, Lincoln and Booth, as they cope with women, work, poverty, gambling, racism, and their troubled upbringings.

BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Louisville in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!

The epic story of King Henry V's battle with the French during the Hundred Years' War comes alive for the first time at the Folger Theatre, in William Shakespeare's historical drama Henry V. The production, directed by Robert Richmond (Othello and Henry VIII at the Folger), stars Zach Appelman (War Horse on Broadway) in his Folger Theatre debut as Henry V, and will run from January 22 - March 3, 2013.

Just 4 weeks after the Supreme Court's landmark decision to hear arguments regarding California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Pandora Productions proudly presents "8", an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now known as Perry v. Brown).

A world premiere comedy The Last Hanukkah Christmas will be presented by Bunbury Theatre Company at the Henry Clay Theatre (604 South Third Street, Louisville).

The GRAMMY Foundation® (www.grammyfoundation.org) today announced that 129 schools nationwide have been selected as GRAMMY® Signature Schools semifinalists (www.grammyintheschools.com) for 2013. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that are making an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year.

A world premiere comedy The Last Hanukkah Christmas will be presented by Bunbury Theatre Company at the Henry Clay Theatre (604 South Third Street, Louisville).

In this week's "Meet the Press" PRESS Pass conversation, David Gregory sat down with author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to talk about the backstory behind Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, out now in theaters.

Tis the season for Pandora's annual all out, over the top original yuletide production, and this year's gift to Kentuckiana audiences is a laugh your-a**-off yuletide rollicker, Velma & Louise's Holiday Balls.

Salt Lake Acting Company presents BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, a comedic Wild West rock musical about America's seventh President, the premiere production in SLAC's University Professional Theatre Program. It is now playing through November 4, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) presents the second show of its fifteenth anniversary mainstage season, the award winning Broadway musical, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) presents the second show of its fifteenth anniversary mainstage season, the award winning Broadway musical, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) presents the second show of its fifteenth anniversary mainstage season, the award winning Broadway musical, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore! This emo-rock musical reinvents the seventh president and the guy whose face you know from the twenty dollar bill as a complete and total rock star. Winner of the 2010 Outer Critic's Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson promises to entertain while taking audiences on a wildly exhilarating theatrical ride.

Driving Miss Daisy, one of modern American Theatre's most touching and irresistible stories, will be presented by Bunbury Theatre Company. Directed by Jon Huffman, this Pulitzer-Prize and Academy Award-winning comedy-drama is sure to warm your heart with its message of friendship, understanding and hope.

Revered in his own time as a 'monarch' of painting, Piero della Francesca (1411/13-1492) is acknowledged today as a founding figure of the Italian Renaissance. In early 2013, The Frick Collection will present the first monographic exhibition in the United States dedicated to the artist. It brings together seven works by Piero della Francesca, including six panels from the Saint' Agostino altarpiece-the largest number from this masterwork ever reassembled. They will be joined by the Virgin and Child Enthroned with Attendant