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The professional cast of six includes three actors returning to the Playhouse Mainstage - Tay Anderson (Life Could Be A Dream, What A Glorious Feeling, Andrews Brothers) Adam Biner (What A Glorious Feeling, Five Course Love) and Caila Carter (A Grand Night for Singing) and three actors making their Playhouse Mainstage debut - Johnathan Lee Iverson, Anastasia Remoundos and Russell Stephens. 

Big changes are coming to Omnium Circus and its world class, multi-talented, multi-abled and multi-backgrounded troupe (www.omniumcircus.org), beginning June 9, when it launches a spectacularly revamped virtual show featuring two exciting new acts along with reimagined favorites and more. Omnium is also expanding its access options to include Spanish language in addition to ASL, captioning, audio description, and plain language features.

The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens and is judged by leaders from video platforms, television, streaming networks, and production companies including Netflix, Dow Jones, Duplass Brothers Productions, Complex Networks, A&E Networks, Hearst Media, Nickelodeon, ESPN Films, RYOT, Partizan, and Vimeo.

On Friday, May 21, the Jihye Lee Quintet will perform live from the stage at Flushing Town Hall for an all-virtual audience. 

On Friday, May 21, the Jihye Lee Quintet will perform live from the stage at Flushing Town Hall for an all-virtual audience. 

On Friday, April 2, 2021, Steinway & Sons releases SIMPLE MUSIC, a complete recording of the rarely heard book of 33 miniatures from music for stage and screen by Georgia's legendary composer Giya Kancheli, performed and reimagined by two intrepid masters of their instruments: pianist Jenny Lin and accordion virtuoso Guy Klucevsek. 

Bang on a Can announces a dynamic slate of new virtual programming taking place from March through May 2021, all streaming at live.bangonacan.org.

Broadway On Demand streamed the riveting final, as Harvard pulled off the last of an incredible string of wins over A Cappella legends: (1) CARA-nominated Ivy rival Yale; (2) 2-time ICCA Champion Berklee; (3) 2-time South Asian National Champion Rutgers; (4) renowned Pitch Perfect 2 star UPenn; and finally, (5) NBC's The Sing-Off Champion Vanderbilt.

In a brave new virtual world, 64 of the nation’s most decorated college A Cappella groups were selected from 5,000+ to compete in the unprecedented “UpStagedAID: One World, Every Student Voice™” NCPA A Cappella Championships for $10,000+ in cash prizes for teams and their chosen Social Justice Charity.

Circus Omnium (www.CircusOmnium.org) is extending their inaugural virtual season, giving audiences an opportunity to experience this bold new circus now through January 31.

Today, Compton rapper The Game releases the anticipated music video for his hard-hitting latest single “A.I. With The Braids” featuring Lil Wayne that pays tribute to legendary NBA all-star and friend Allen Iverson.

Today, Compton rapper The Game debuts a new single “A.I. With The Braids” featuring Lil Wayne. The Mike Zombie produced track is the first song from The Game following his critically-acclaimed album Born To Rap released in 2019.

The show celebrates our strengths, our individual uniqueness, and the potential of the human spirit unlike any other live show. An exclusive livestream showcase on December 12 will introduce audiences to this bold new experience, while a multi-city tour under a genuine big top tent is being planned for Summer 2021. 

RTG Features, the newly established sister studio to basketball media leader SLAM, has announced that it is co-financing and co-producing an upcoming documentary on legendary basketball coach John Thompson and his Georgetown University program as one of the first projects from the company.

Retro TV is partnering with “The Locher Room” YouTube channel to host live reunions with cast members from the classic daytime drama The Doctors beginning with the 2 p.m. EDT event on Friday, Sept. 25 and on Friday, Oct. 23.

American Composers Orchestra has announced a slate of virtual and in-person programming for the 2020-2021 season in response to these challenging times for the performing arts.

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) announces Volume 3 of Connecting ACO Community, featuring seven commissions to be premiered online on Sundays at 5pm ET between August 2 and October 4, 2020, for a ticketed audience on ACO's YouTube Channel. Each session includes a live conversation with the featured composer and performer(s), hosted by ACO Artistic Director Derek Bermel or ACO President Edward Yim, in addition to the performance.

On February 22, 2020 the Village Vanguard, the world's oldest continuously operated jazz club, marked its 85th year in the basement at 178 7th Avenue South in New York City.

Todd Tilghman, a 42-year-old pastor and father of eight, was crowned the champion of “The Voice” tonight from his hometown in Meridian, Miss. The unforgettable season came to a close with Tilghman's coach, Blake Shelton, earning his seventh “Voice” win from his home in Oklahoma.

Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, presents a Virtual Works & Process: Dance Heginbotham on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 7:30pm. The event is free, but space is limited and RSVP is required at www.worksandprocess.org; a Zoom link and password will be emailed the day of the performance.