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The BPM Festival, featuring new showcases and venues for its 2016 edition, takes place today, January 8, through January 17, 2016 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

The BPM Festival is excited to announce the Phase 2 artist lineup, with 247 artists added, plus new showcases and venues for its 2016 edition taking place January 8-17, 2016 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

Esperance Theater Company is proud to present their inaugural, original production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at Access Theater. Separated on the same foreign coast by a tempest-tossed sea, twins Viola and Sebastian begin a complex (while often comical) journey of hope, survival, and above all - love. Directed by Ryan Quinn, Twelfth Night will run tonight, December 10-20, 2015.

Esperance Theater Company is proud to present their inaugural, original production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at Access Theater.  Separated on the same foreign coast by a tempest-tossed sea, twins Viola and Sebastian begin a complex (while often comical) journey of hope, survival, and above all - love. Directed by Ryan Quinn, Twelfth Night will run December 10-20, 2015.

William Shakespeare's hilarious farce, The Comedy of Errors is playing at the Tina Packer Playhouse at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Ma. and Broadwayworld attended a performance. Director Taibi Magar delivers a whirlwind of magic, music and mayhem in the rollicking production of Shakespeare's shortest comedy. Performances run through August 23.

For 48 Hour Forum, Noor invited five playwrights and directors and about 20 actors to create five short plays based on the headlines of the day. And they have 48 hours to do it!

The Lilly Awards Foundation has announced complete casting for the Inaugural (3)Plays from The Kilroys' List: A Reading Series featuring new works by female playwrights Larissa FastHorse, Meg Miroshnik and Laura Schellhardt, with female directors Lear deBessonet, Leigh Silverman and Liesl Tommy. The acting company includes Emily Bergl ('Desperate Housewives'), America Ferrerra ('Ugly Betty'), and Kate Mulgrew ('Orange is the New Black'), with Kally Duling, Alexandra Henriksen, Colbie Minifie, Jesse Perez, Madeline Sayet, and Erin Wilhelmi (Perks of Being a Wallflower).

The Lilly Awards Foundation has announced complete casting for the Inaugural (3)Plays from The Kilroys' List: A Reading Series featuring new works by female playwrights Larissa FastHorse, Meg Miroshnik and Laura Schellhardt, with female directors Lear deBessonet, Leigh Silverman and Liesl Tommy. The acting company includes Emily Bergl ('Desperate Housewives'), America Ferrerra ('Ugly Betty'), and Kate Mulgrew ('Orange is the New Black'), with Kally Duling, Alexandra Henriksen, Colbie Minifie, Jesse Perez, Madeline Sayet, and Erin Wilhelmi (Perks of Being a Wallflower).

Lookingglass Theatre, Frontera Grill and Silverguy Entertainment present Rick Bayless in Cascabel: Dinner - Daring - Desire, described as 'an unforgettable theatrical adventure featuring a sumptuous feast, world-class circus acts, and a tantalizing love story starring celebrity chef Rick Bayless.' The culinary and theatrical experience of the year runs for four weeks only, March 21 through tonight, April 22, 2012 at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago's historic Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. at Pearson.

Lookingglass Theatre, Frontera Grill and Silverguy Entertainment announce additional performances of Rick Bayless in Cascabel: Dinner - Daring - Desire, a theatrical adventure featuring a feast, circus acts, and a love story starring celebrity chef Rick Bayless. The culinary and theatrical experience has been extended an additional week, through April 29, 2012, at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago's historic Water Tower Water Works.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company announces casting for the two remaining productions of their 25th Anniversary Season. The Servant of Two Masters, running from May 15-June 24 at the Lansburgh Theatre (450 7th Street NW), and The Merry Wives of Windsor, running from June 12-July 15 at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW), both feature new and familiar faces to STC's stages.

Lauren Molina and Geoff Packard have brought the Goodman Theatre's acclaimed production of CANDIDE, directed and newly adapted by Mary Zimmerman, to the Huntington Theatre. Performances began Saturday, September 10, 2011 and the show runs thought October 16. Click below for a look at CANDIDE in Boston!

Lauren Molina and Geoff Packard will bring the Goodman Theatre's acclaimed production of CANDIDE, directed and newly adapted by Mary Zimmerman, to the Huntington Theatre this fall, the theater has announced. Performances begin Saturday, September 10, 2011. Tickets are on sale through October 16, 2011.

Drama League Directors Project 2011 begins August 22 with its annual weeklong Summer Retreat in the Berkshires.

Lauren Molina and Geoff Packard will bring the Goodman Theatre's acclaimed production of CANDIDE, directed and newly adapted by Mary Zimmerman, to the Huntington Theatre this fall, the theater has announced. Performances begin Saturday, September 10, 2011. Tickets are on sale through October 16, 2011.

The Playwrights Realm presents new works by Mattie Brickman, Christopher Oscar Peña, Bekah Brunstetter and Stefanie Zadravec in INK'D

The Playwrights Realm presents new works by Mattie Brickman, Christopher Oscar Peña, Bekah Brunstetter and Stefanie Zadravec in INK'D

As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, the Goodman Theatre began performances of Candide, starring Broadway's Lauren Molina and Geoff Packard on September 17, 2010. Due to high demand for tickets, Goodman Theatre has extends Mary Zimmerman's much-anticipated revival of Leonard Bernstein's enduring masterpiece through October 31, 2010.