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BOSTON, Jan. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards at its Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in Boston.

Birmingham's Old Rep Theatre are staging a brand new take on the classic Robert Louis Stevenson tale, Treasure Island, as their Christmas show this year - the first sizeable run the theatre has had since Birmingham Ormiston Academy became their creative partner. Because of this, a handful of BOA students are starring in both feature roles and ensemble, alongside several professional performers. Jam packed full of adventure, peril and musical numbers, the show has been tailored for the whole family.

Stoneham Theatre opens its 16th season with A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, directed by Weylin Symes and Ilyse Robbins. Front and center for the nonsense is Neil A. Casey, surrounded by a stand-out cast, including Kathy St. George, Chip Phillips, Jordan Ahnquist, and Mark Linehan. Ribald jokes and vaudeville shtick are cause for eye-rolling, but your ears will feast on the gathering of voices covering the Stephen Sondheim score.

Stoneham Theatre opens Season 16 with Stephen Sondheim's riotously funny Broadway musical hit A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM. Performances run from tonight, September 10 - October 4, 2015.

Stoneham Theatre opens Season 16 with Stephen Sondheim's riotously funny Broadway musical hit A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM. Performances run from September 10 - October 4, 2015.

This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Maine, Chicago, Italy, and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include FAME at Maine State Music Theatre, a 'risky' FUNNY GIRL in Italy, and full coverage of Gloria Estafan's Broadway-bound ON YOUR FEET!, just to name a few.

This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Washington DC, St. Petersburg, Adelaide, and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include an 'astonding' SCIENCE AND SOULMATES in DC, a 'phenomenal' JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR in Kansas City, and full coverage of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, just to name a few.

Director/choreographer Ilyse Robbins reigns as chair of the board over a company of established pros and starry-eyed up-and-comers in Stoneham Theatre's effervescent HOW TO $UCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. Tyler Bradley Indyck and Ephie Aardema make beautiful music together, Angelo McDonough almost steals the show, and the ensemble sing and dance with great energy and style. It's bound to do boffo business!

This spring, Stoneham Theatre closes its 15th Mainstage season with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical comedy How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Performances run from tonight, May 14 - June 7, 2015.

This spring, Stoneham Theatre closes its 15th Mainstage season with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical comedy How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Performances run from May 14 - June 7, 2015.

1. EXHIBITIONS Picasso's Le Tricorne May 29 – Ongoing The show will position Picasso's curtain in a dialogue with other New-York Historical Society objects, including paintings from the European tradition that provide background to the artist's work as well as to the traditions against which the revolutionary artist rebelled. Other thematic threads pivot around dance subjects and explore roughly contemporary American paintings, sculpture, posters, and watercolors. Among the works included will be examples by William Adolphe Bouguereau, Will H. Bradley, Philippe de Champaigne, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Childe Hassam, Malvina Hoffman, Ricardo de Madrazo y Garreta, Elie Nadelman, Edward Penfield, Maurice Prendergast, John Sloan, and Adriaen van Utrecht.

Portsmouth native and Broadway touring veteran Merrill Peiffer will play the starring role on home turf in the Seacoast Repertory Theatre's production of the musical A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, opening tonight, March 27. The musical tells the story of one of country music's brightest stars with the songs she made famous, a live band and the folksy sounds of country radio.

Today, eBay (EBAY) and Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) jointly announced the launch of the Sotheby's live auctions experience on eBay. Part of eBay's new live auctions platform, ebay.com/sothebys is now available for browsing and advance bidding on Sotheby's unique items leading up to the launch of Sotheby's first live auctions on eBay on April 1. The experience enables art aficionados and casual collectors alike to participate in Sotheby's live auctions anytime, anywhere with the same confidence and access of those bidding in person in New York.

Portsmouth native and Broadway touring veteran Merrill Peiffer will play the starring role on home turf in the Seacoast Repertory Theatre's production of the musical A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, opening March 27. The musical tells the story of one of country music's brightest stars with the songs she made famous, a live band and the folksy sounds of country radio.

Serealities is an online fiction site producing serial stories. It's like watching a favorite TV show. What's different? Readers vote on what happens in the web-series. Follow new episodes on Serealities each week. How It Works: Read each week's episode, Vote on what happens next week, and Repeat... each week. Readers can become a part of their favorite character's fate by following one of Serealities featured stories and casting their vote in this week's poll. Readers can vote to change the story. 'House of Harwood' was one of their Serealities, and the author has now written this sequel novella. On the fourth Thursday of November, without fail, families across the United States gather for Thanksgiving. Attendance is mandatory, whether or not you want to be there. Thanksgiving at the Harwood residence looks like a happy affair, all overseen by the sharp eyes of Granny Harwood. To an outsider, the wealthy Harwood family is a tight-knit group with few disputes and a strong commitment to family. Nothing could spoil this special time. Nothing, that is, except for Uncle Victor dropping dead at the dinner table. When it becomes clear that Victor has been poisoned, old wounds and grudges threaten to tear the Harwoods apart. So who killed Uncle Victor? Was it John James, who has never thought much of his sister Victoria's husband? Could it be Victoria, who suspects her husband once had an affair with her brother's long-dead wife? Or perhaps Granny, who would do anything to protect the Harwood family legacy? A satiric examination of family dynamics, House of Harwood strips away one family's carefully constructed image, revealing the deception, anger, and resentment bubbling just beneath the veneer of normalcy. 'House of Harwood' is available in both print and ebook formats. Book Details: 'House of Harwood' By Olivia Batker Pritzker Publisher: Serealities Press Published: December 2014 ISBN: 978-0692268155 ASIN: B00RZYS4K2 Pages: 74 Genre: Mystery About The Author: When she's not traveling the world, Olivia Batker Pritzker lives and writes in Boston, Massachusetts. She has degrees in comparative literature and psychology. For review copies, author interviews, or more information please contact: Anna Carillo Serealities Press Email: acarillo@serealities.com Website: http://serealities.com

On January 26, 2015, Home & Family hosts a special Dynasty reunion with Pamela Sue Martin (Fallon Carrington), John James (Jeff Colby), Alex Corley (Steven Carrington), Gordon Thomson (Adam Carrington) and Pamela Bellwood (Claudia Blaisdel Carrington). Check out a clip below!

Odyssey Opera, a new, Boston-based opera company dedicated to exploring the full spectrum of adventurous repertoire, presents two one-act operas by Dominick Argento (b.1927) at Suffolk University's Modern Theatre.

New Line Cinema's “Annabelle” has now taken in over $250 million at the worldwide box office, with a tally of $250.2 million to date.

Odyssey Opera, a new, Boston-based opera company dedicated to exploring the full spectrum of adventurous repertoire, presents two one-act operas by Dominick Argento (b.1927) at Suffolk University's Modern Theatre.

Acclaimed actress of stage and screen, Lauren Bacall, who passed away in August 2014, had formed an astonishing art collection which included works by some of the greatest artists of the 20th century. The Bacall Collection, estimated at $3m, will be sold at Bonhams, New York – 580 Madison Avenue – in March 2015.