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From stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of March 5, 2018!

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: Wayne Brady returns as Lola in Kinky Boots tonight, get a first look at a teaser trailer for Mary Poppins Returns, starring Lin-Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt, and more!

Greta Gerwig has become the first woman to receive an Oscar nomination for her directorial debut, with Lady Bird. However, CNBC reports that her life didn't always go the way she had hoped or planned.

Last night, Lin-Manuel Miranda and 'Weird Al' Yankovic appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to talk about their new collaboration, The Hamilton Polka. The Hamilton Polka was released yesterday, and on the track, Weird Al mashes up some of our favorite songs from Hamilton and sets them to polka music, creating an epic and catchy result.

Lin-Manuel Miranda has teamed up with 'Weird Al' Yankovic to release a new track, 'The Hamilton Polka.' Weird Al has mashed up some favorite songs from Hamilton and set them to polka music, creating an epic and catchy result.

Multi Platinum, Pop/electronic dance music trio Cheat Codes (comprised of Trevor Dahl, Matthew Russell and Kevi Ford) return with a euphoric new track, “Put Me Back Together,” featuring pop fave, Kiiara.

Over the course of ten days in April, The Koffler Centre of the Arts presents three literary luminaries in conversation with compelling hosts at three different Toronto venues: 2017 Man Booker Prize-winning Israeli author David Grossman appears at the Glenn Gould Studio on April 12; Governor General's Literary Award-winning Metis author Katherena Vermette - together with Coast Salish poet and author Lee Maracle - appears at CSI Annex on April 18; and author, cultural satirist, and American cultural icon Fran Lebowitz appears at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema on April 21 and 22 (sold out).

Chris D'Elia has added a second show at Paramount Theatre in Denver on Friday, April 27th at 9:30pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 2nd at 10am. Tickets are $29.50 and $39.50, and a limited number of VIP tickets are available for $75.00. All tickets may be purchased online at AltitudeTickets.com or charged by phone at 303-893-TIXS.

On last night's Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman appeared as a guest. During one segment, passionate fans of the film talked about what it meant to them, and they thought they were just talking to a photo of the star. Turns on, Boseman himself was waiting behind the curtain to greet the fans after they had said their peace. Watch the heartwarming video below!

According to Billboard, today, rapper Logic has gifted fans with a brand new music video for his new song OVERNIGHT. This comes on the heels of his release of the track 44 MORE last week. Read more about it from Billboard here!

The 2018-2019 Zions Bank Broadway at the Eccles season was unveiled at the opening night of this week's sold-out engagement of The Sound of Music.

Grammy-Winning Music Superstar Kelly Clarkson visited Late Night With Seth Meyers to perform her breakup hit DIDN'T I from her 2017 album MEANING OF LIFE.

Ledisi will bring her Let Love Rule Tour to the Peace Center on Wednesday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m., with special guests Melanie Fiona and Tweet.

Kelly Clarkson and Jimmy take turns singing songs, like her hit 'Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You),' which turns into 'Too Strong (If You Don't Kill It)' after running the lyrics through Google Translate.

AVENUE Q - the Tony Award-winning Best Musical that features a cast comprised of people and puppets - will celebrate WORLD PUPPETRY DAY on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 with what is to be an unprecedented large gathering of professional and amateur puppeteers and their puppets for a special performance and post-show soiree at New World Stages (Off-Broadway, 340 West 50th Street), starting at 8:00PM.

Jimmy Fallon takes a moment to address the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and his plans to join March for Our Lives, a student-led protest for school safety and gun control, on March 24 in Washington, D.C.

Associated Bank Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America-Milwaukee invite you to experience the sounds and splendor of Broadway at the Marcus Center throughout 2018-2019. Coming next season to Milwaukee is the brand-new original comedy smash SOMETHING ROTTEN!, "Broadway's big fat hit" (New York Post), the magical production of Dr. Seuss' classic holiday tale, DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL, the fresh, new production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING AND I, based on the 2015 Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production, the Broadway musical based on the true story of a small town, COME FROM AWAY, and the new musical based on the beloved films and romantic story of ANASTASIA. The spectacular new production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will make a triumphant return to Milwaukee for a two- week engagement and back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON will return for a limited one - week engagement.

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Comedy Central President Kent Alterman today announced the renewal of Corporate for a second season. The series, which Variety hailed as “deliciously dark and hilariously ruthless” and Indiewire called “the first great comedy of 2018,” premiered in January as the highest-rated basic-cable primetime comedy of the 2017-2018 season among males 18-34. Corporate airs Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT with the season finale airing on March 14. Previously aired episodes are available at www.cc.com/corporateand via the Comedy Central App.

On last night's Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy penned thank you notes to the Winter Olympics before turning the mic over to The Roots' Tarik Trotter for a PyeongChang 2018 wrap-up, in signature rap style.