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Produced by Academy Award nominee Cara Speller (“Pear Cider and Cigarettes”) of NoneMore Productions and J.J. Abrams and Hannah Minghella of Bad Robot Productions. Directed by Peter Baynton (“The Tiger Who Came To Tea”) and Mackesy, the film is adapted from the book in collaboration with Jon Croker (“Paddington 2”). Watch the new video trailer now!

Vineyard Theatre's 40th Anniversary Gala will honor Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Billy Crudup with celebratory toasts to Ken Greiner, Chair, Vineyard Board of Directors and Marcia Pendelton, President and Founder of Walk Tall Girl Productions, on February 13, 2023 beginning at 6:00pm at Edison Ballroom.

Education Through Music-Los Angeles (ETM-LA), a 501(c)3 nonprofit, hosted their 17th Year Celebration Benefit Gala last night, the evening of Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 at the Skirball Cultural Center.

New festive programming from beloved series includes the “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” Night of the Lights holiday special and “Sago Mini Friends” Thanksgiving special premiering on Friday, November 18, and holiday specials from “Interrupting Chicken,” “Pretzel and the Puppies,” and “The Snoopy Show.”

The film, featuring Mackesy’s distinctive illustrations brought to life in full color with beautiful hand-drawn animation, stars Tom Hollander (“The Night Manager”) as The Mole, Idris Elba (“Luther”) as The Fox, Golden Globe Award winner Gabriel Byrne (“All Things Bright and Beautiful”) as The Horse, and newcomer Jude Coward Nicoll as The Boy. 

The smash hit The Play That Goes Wrong will be coming to Dover Little Theatre (DLT) this November.

Changes are afoot at The Play That Goes Wrong, which welcomes three new cast members to the production now playing at New World Stages starting tonight. Adam Petherbridge will take over the role of Max, reprising the role he played on the national tour, Trevor Braun joins as Dennis, and Clyde Voce makes his Off-Broadway debut as Jonathan.

URSA MAJOR is set on an earth-like planet, where a mother (Winstead) and daughter (Gomez) fight for survival while hiding from a group of hunters. With the added threat of an imminent and deadly storm, Natalie - now a teenager - begins questioning her mother, Charlie, about who they are, how they got here, and what they need to do to survive.

The official Westworld Playlist featured all the music from Westworld: Season 4 along with Djawadi’s imaginative musical choices from previous seasons, including incredible versions of tracks originally performed by artists such as The Rolling Stones, Kanye West, The Weeknd, Amy Winehouse, Nirvana, Guns ‘N Roses, among many others.

The long running hit, The Play That Goes Wrong has a whole lotta changes going on and is celebrating a few milestones. It plays at New World Stages. Beginning Monday July 25, Chris Lanceley takes over the role of Chris Bean, Chris French goes on as Jonathan, and Russell Mernagh temporarily joins the company in the role of Max until August 22.

Recorded on a tape machine between 2019-2020 in a desert landscape near Joshua Tree in California, ‘Folk-Slinger’ was self-produced and features seven original songs, all of which are outtakes from Purdy’s recent full-length album ‘Coyote.’ Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

FestivalSouth will open June 2 with a special engagement of the Tony and Olivier Award-winner, The Play That Goes Wrong. The Hub City Players present this hysterical comedy about a 1920s murder mystery, that as the title suggests, goes wrong – very, very wrong!

The Trip Out, released today on Ultra Records, has pioneering American electronic act The Crystal Method (Scott Kirkland) looking to the future and embarking on collaborations with some of today’s most exciting and musically diverse artists. The album features the lead single “Watch Me Now” featuring Koda & VAAA. Watch the new music video now!

Like so many artists the world over, acclaimed Irish singer Róisín O watched as her plans for 2020 turned to dust in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and ensuing lockdowns. As weeks turned to months, she used the down time to rethink her musical trajectory and return to the solo work she had once left behind.

Contra Costa Civic Theatre concludes its live, in-person Main Stage season with the musical Crowns by Regina Taylor, adapted from the book “Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats” by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry. Directed by Kimberly Ridgeway, with music direction by Branice McKenzie and choreography by Jennifer Frazier, Crowns plays for 15 performances from April 15-May 15.

The Crystal Method (who is Scott Kirkland) has teamed with pioneering UK breakbeat producer Hyper for a unique single -- “Post Punk” featuring legendary Stooges front man Iggy Pop. The brooding, mid-tempo “Post Punk” was produced alongside longtime Crystal Method ally Hyper (Guy Hatfield). Listen to the new single now!

The Visionary Award honors producers across television, film or new media who share inspiring, uplifting stories that add unique value to society and culture. Past recipients include: Octavia Spencer, Kenya Barris, Ava DuVernay, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner’s Plan B Entertainment.

The album features the lead single, 'Blame It on the Edit.' Also features new dance tracks 'Catwalk' featuring Skeltal Ki, 'Smile', and 'Who Is She.' RuPaul currently stars in 'RuPaul's Drag Race' franchise and 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars', which are produced by World of Wonder Productions. Listen to the full album now!

The producers of the international hit comedy THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG are pleased to announce the Chicago production, featuring a cast of local Chicago actors, will extend its limited engagement by nine weeks through April 3, 2022 at Broadway In Chicago's Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St.) to a total run of 16 weeks.

For many years, Draper has returned to Holladay to perform his show for free in the place where he discovered his love for magic. Sheryl Gillilan, executive director of the Holladay Arts Council, is excited that Draper continues to return to his hometown to perform.