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The Midtown International Theater Festival has announced its 2014 lineup. Details below!

Year 2014 marks Year 15 for the MITF and John Chatterton is celebrating in a big way. Prolific producer John Chatterton has been a fixture of the Manhattan theatre scene for two decades. For much of that time, his brainchild, The Midtown International Theatre Festival, has been celebrating the diversity of theatre becoming a leader in presenting powerful works from around the world - and one of the best reasons to come to New York in the summer. The once bachelor MITF now has a full family of arts programs: The Short Play Lab, which will be part of this year's festivities; Cabaret MITF - featuring Broadway and cabaret performers - also be part of this summer's festivities; and the Commercial Division spotlighting works whose production values and subject matter are the stuff for Off- [and on] Broadway; and, of course, the founding Midtown International Theatre Festival. The Midwinter Madness Short Play Festival and the MITF Children's Theatre Festival shared in the fun earlier this year.

One of the most hotly-anticipated arts events of 2014, Terry Gilliam's production of Benvenuto Cellini for English National Opera opened at the London Coliseum last night.

James Milton Turner was born a slave in 1839, and four years later his family gained their freedom. James' parents realized the value of a good education for their young son. However, there were no schools available during that time for colored children who were not even allowed to learn to read and write. A family friend, Reverend John Berry Meachum, secretly began to teach these young children in his church. Sometime later, Meachum discovered that there was no law restricting colored children from being taught on the river, so James attended school on a small steamboat anchored near St. Louis.

SCU•PRESENTS will feature the Faculty, Staff and Students at Santa Clara University in the Fall 2013 Music Season, which includes FOLKSONGS, RITUALS AND RITES OF PASSAGE, featuring SCU faculty member, Teresa McCollough on the piano with special guest artist, Michael Boyd. SCU•PRESENTS is also proud to announce three new Music Directors and Conductors joining the Department of Music; John Kennedy, Music Director & Conductor, of the Santa Clara University Orchestra, Dr. Douglas Harris, Director of Bands, Santa Clara University Wind Symphony and Jazz Band and Scot Hanna-Weir, Music Director and Conductor, Santa Clara University Concert Choir and Chamber Singers.

SCU•PRESENTS will feature the Faculty, Staff and Students at Santa Clara University in the Fall 2013 Music Season, which includes FOLKSONGS, RITUALS AND RITES OF PASSAGE, featuring SCU faculty member, Teresa McCollough on the piano with special guest artist, Michael Boyd. SCU•PRESENTS is also proud to announce three new Music Directors and Conductors joining the Department of Music; John Kennedy, Music Director & Conductor, of the Santa Clara University Orchestra, Dr. Douglas Harris, Director of Bands, Santa Clara University Wind Symphony and Jazz Band and Scot Hanna-Weir, Music Director and Conductor, Santa Clara University Concert Choir and Chamber Singers.

Detroit will showcase its top and emerging design talent at the third annual Detroit Design Festival (DDF), Sept. 18-22, which takes place at venues along Detroit's Creative Corridor, from Downtown Detroit to New Center, in Eastern Market and in more than 13 neighborhoods throughout Detroit.

The first professional producing theatre in Tennessee to offer this service, the Clarence Brown Theatre has partnered with the Theatre Development Fund's National Open Captioning Initiative to provide open captioning free of charge for the deaf and hard-of-hearing at select CBT performances during the 2013-2014 season.

Summertime is an important season for Broadway, with tourists flocking from all over to check out the stars they watched on the Tony Awards, be the first to visit the newest additions to the Broadway line-up, and even stop back at an old favorite. Need help keeping track of Broadway's newest and most buzzed-about performers? BroadwayWorld brings you a roundup of the hottest stars of the summer below!

BroadwayWorld.com's Richie Ridge sat with all of the 2013 Tony Winners right after they came off stage from their big wins. The winners were filled with joy, memories and excitement and we've got it ALL! Here's Gabriel Ebert, who won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his portrayal of Mr. Wormwood in MATILDA THE MUSICAL.

Gabriel Ebert has won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his portrayal of Mr. Wormwood in MATILDA THE MUSICAL.

The Ware Center kicked-off its second year last September with a concert by country great, grammy-winner John Berry. Now over 300 performances later, it is fitting then, that the Ware & Winter Centers of Millersville University should end their 2012-13 Season with another stellar musical group - one that offers a unique style of pop, jazz, Celtic and classical music with a contemporary influence -- The Annie Moses Band. The band, who recently debuted at the Grand Old Opry to a standing ovation, is composed of six siblings - all Juilliard-trained musicians -- with their parents spearheading the lyrics and arrangements. The Annie Moses Band will perform tonight, May 24, 2013 at 7:30 PM at The Ware Center, 42 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA.

The Ware Center kicked-off its second year last September with a concert by country great, grammy-winner John Berry. Now over 300 performances later, it is fitting then, that the Ware & Winter Centers of Millersville University should end their 2012-13 Season with another stellar musical group - one that offers a unique style of pop, jazz, Celtic and classical music with a contemporary influence -- The Annie Moses Band.

The Ware Center kicked-off its second year last September with a concert by country great, grammy-winner John Berry. Now over 300 performances later, it is fitting then, that the Ware & Winter Centers of Millersville University should end their 2012-13 Season with another stellar musical group - one that offers a unique style of pop, jazz, Celtic and classical music with a contemporary influence -- The Annie Moses Band. The band, who recently debuted at the Grand Old Opry to a standing ovation, is composed of six siblings - all Juilliard-trained musicians -- with their parents spearheading the lyrics and arrangements. The Annie Moses Band will perform on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 7:30 PM at The Ware Center, 42 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA.

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today we bring you Gabriel Ebert, a nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for Matilda. Check out what he had to say below!

MATILDA THE MUSICAL, produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers, will begin previews tonight, March 4 and open on April 11, 2013 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street). Meet the company of the new musical with videos of them from past productions and roles below!

The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers today announced the casting of the principal roles and the ensemble in the eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical MATILDA THE MUSICAL. They are (alphabetically): Karen Aldridge (Mrs. Phelps), Gabriel Ebert (Mr. Wormwood), Lesli Margherita (Mrs. Wormwood), and Lauren Ward (Miss Honey).

This week's headlines predict a shortage of pork and bacon in the global markets next year due to poor harvests not supplying pig herders with enough feed. But there's no shortage of bacon on Travel Channel as it kicks off a new season of the weekly half-hour series FOOD PARADISE premiering tonight, October 3 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, with the episode aptly named, 'Bacon Paradise 2: Another Slab!'

This week's headlines predict a shortage of pork and bacon in the global markets next year due to poor harvests not supplying pig herders with enough feed. But there's no shortage of bacon on Travel Channel as it kicks off a new season of the weekly half-hour series FOOD PARADISE premiering on Wednesday, October 3 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, with the episode aptly named, 'Bacon Paradise 2: Another Slab!'

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