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GEORGE TAKEI made it to Chelsea and the McKittrick Hotel to see the hit play “The Woman In Black” and congratulated the cast of 2 , (left) DAVID ACTON and (right) JAMES EVANS after the show.  

Directed by Bell Shakespeare Artistic Director Peter Evans, Shakespeare's seminal revenge tragedy is reimagined for contemporary audiences, transporting them to a wintery Denmark in the 1960s. Inside the glamorous court, a family is torn apart by murder and betrayal. Outside, a country is threatened by Norway. And at the centre of this struggle is a young man's grief for a murdered father.   

Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival has announced the full program for its 25th edition of the city-wide event. Every year, CONTACT enlivens greater Toronto with photo-based exhibitions and outdoor installations by Canadian and international artists.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has today announced the nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards.

Director Peter Evans seeks to create an interpretation of William Shakespeare's HAMLET for a modern world to start Bell Shakespeare's 2020 season.

“Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times'” adds even more star power to the highly anticipated live sitcom holiday special airing on ABC, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18 (8:00-9:32 p.m. EST). In this one-night-only event, an all-star lineup of talent will tackle the roles first portrayed in the iconic television sitcom “Good Times,” including Viola Davis and Andre Braugher as Florida Evans and James Evans, Jay Pharoah as J.J Evans, Asante Blackk as Michael Evans, Corinne Foxx as Thelma Evans and Tiffany Haddish recreating the role of Willona Woods. Jharrel Jerome is also confirmed to join the star-studded cast. Joining forces for a show-stopping musical performance will be ABC's Anthony Anderson and the legendary Patti LaBelle. This holiday-inspired live event produced by Sony Pictures Television will recreate installments of Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin's Emmy® Award-winning series “All in the Family” and groundbreaking sitcom “Good Times,” created by Mike Evans, Eric Monte and developed by Lear. 

Today Zippy (project of Pan from Suckers) releases their debut self-titled LP Zippy. The 12-Track LP shows their prowess in addictive experimental electronic tracks. 'This is our debut album and we were just figuring out what exactly Zippy was and sounded like when writing it. So it just felt right to title the album Zippy, as a nice way to introduce the world to our sound,' says Zippy in an interview with Vents.

On Friday, Zippy (project of Pan from Suckers) released their second single 'Born To Fly' off of their upcoming Self-Tilted LP Zippy. The single premiered with Northern Transmissions. In the exclusive, Zippy describes the single as, 'Meet intoxicated birds tweaking out in hot rods, pitch-shifting on the drag strip, and learning again to flap their wings, in this sonic allegory of the avian persuasion. For glistening purposes only!'

James Evans' (Director) contemporary presentation of Shakespeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING gives the late 16th Century romantic comedy a modern sound and style while reinforcing that modern society is still battling with toxic masculinity and archaic views on women.

Bell Shakespeare's latest touring production of Much Ado About Nothing delivers a fresh take on a classic.

Made by True's newest product, Biltong, is a traditional South African style of air-dried beef that is naturally higher in protein, extremely tender, and sugar-free.

Jazz at Lincoln Center's two-week residential high school summer institute for advanced study in jazz performance, Summer Jazz Academy, includes three public concerts at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. These public concerts feature today's finest musicians across generations: the Summer Jazz Academy Faculty and Summer Jazz Academy Student Combos on July 21 and 22, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on July 28, and the Summer Jazz Academy Big Bands on July 29.

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An industry reading of Aaron Richard Johnson's new play, SALTY, will be held December 10th at 3 PM in The Tank @ 36th Street. The reading will be directed by Allison Benko and produced by Hope Chavez.

Bell Shakespeare will present Julius Caesar as the 2018 national touring production, directed by Associate Director James Evans.

eter Evans (Director) re-imagines Shakespeare's RICHARD 3 with Kate Mulvany presenting a deliciously evil expression of the vile, murderous, manipulative King.

Award-winning actor Kate Mulvany (The Literati and Tartuffe) will play one of the most ambitious and gleefully amoral villains ever written. 

In this week's all-new episode of the popular series OPRAH: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?, celebrity updates include Disco queen Gloria Gaynor, singer Montell Jordan, “thirtysomething's” Mel Harris and actor John Amos, of “Roots” and “Good Times” fame.

Award-winning actor Kate Mulvany (The Literati and Tartuffe) will play one of the most ambitious and gleefully amoral villains ever written. 

New Dramatist playwright Melisa Tien and San Francisco-based Megan Cohen joined The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in residence this month to develop innovative stage works with the Academy's third year NY Company.