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Following a jam packed year of entertainment on the BBC, Kate Phillips, Controller of BBC Entertainment, has today announced two brand new BBC One programmes Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars and Oti's South African Odyssey, alongside the return of BBC Two's The Ranganation and BBC Three's Angels Of The North.

Derby Dinner Playhouse will present the comedy BOEING, BOEING, opening January 8 and running through February 16, 2020. For ticket information please call 812-288-8281.

Global superstars Little Mix are on the search for incredibly talented singers to become members of all-female, all-male or mixed bands in a brand new entertainment series for BBC One.

The Derby Dinner Playhouse certainly knows what their audience wants, and as a result, we get another in the long line of Southern-fried comedies from what seems to be their go-to playwriting team, the trio known collectively as Jones Hope Wooten. That's not a dig on the Playhouse; Jones Hope Wooten's plays are not particularly smart, but they are usually quite funny and you can tell the actors are enjoying being in them as much as we enjoy watching them.

Derby Dinner Playhouse will open their 45th anniversary season with the hit comedy THE SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY, opening May 22 and running through June 30, 2019.  For ticket information please call 812-288-8281 or visit derbydinner.com.

Derby Dinner Playhouse will open THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES on February 23, 2019 as part of their Children's Musical Theatre Series.

Derby Dinner Playhouse will open the holiday musical A VELVETEEN RABBIT CHRISTMAS on November 17, 2018 as part of their Children's Musical Theatre Series.

Derby Dinner Playhouse will present the murderous tale, WEB OF MURDER, opening October 3 and running through November 11, 2018.

Let's return to the farmlands of Minnesota and visit some of the funniest Lutheran ladies that have ever graced a stage: the Church Basement Ladies. 'Rise Up, O Men' is the fifth musical addition to the continuing stories inspired from a book by Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson, entitled Growing Up Lutheran. Written by Greta Grosch, who was the original Mavis when CBL first appeared in 2005, this iteration allows a few of the men in the lives of the church to have a bit of the spotlight.

Derby Dinner Playhouse will present the brand new musical comedy RISE UP, O MEN, opening August 22 and running through September 30, 2018. For ticket information please call 812-288-8281 or visit www.derbydinner.com

Derby Dinner Playhouse will present the hit comedy OVER THE RIVER & THROUGH THE WOODS, opening May 30 and running through July 8, 2018.

From the creators of Taskmaster, The Button will arrive in a home near you this April on BBC One.

Derby Dinner Playhouse will open CURIOUS GEORGE: THE GOLDEN MEATBALL on February 24, 2018 as part of their Children's Musical Theatre Series. Public performances run February 24, March 3, 10, 17, 19, 24, March 31, 2018. For ticket information please call 812-288-8281 or visit www.derbydinner.com

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

Derby Dinner Playhouse will open A FAIRY TALE CHRISTMAS on November 18, 2017 as part of their Children's Musical Theatre Series. Public performances run November 18, 24, 25, December 2, 9, 16, 18, 22, 23, 2017. For ticket information please call 812-288- 8281 or visit www.derbydinner.com.