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Past recipients of the Golden Eddie include Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Kathleen Kennedy, Christopher Nolan, Lauren Shuler Donner, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Guillermo del Toro, Vince Gilligan, J.J. Abrams, Nancy Meyers, Martin Scorsese, Norman Jewison, Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas, and the Sundance Institute, among others.

GRAMMY Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs will give the East Coast premiere of John Harbison's 'What Do We Make Of Bach?' with the New England Philharmonic. Learn how to purchase tickets!

RED BULL THEATER has revealed the updated cast for the next offering of the new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings: The Revenge by Edward Young, directed by Nathan Winkelstein.

Tony nominee John-Andrew Morrison (A Strange Loop) and Angie Schworer (Some Like It Hot, The Prom,) lead the cast of Salem, a new musical comedy.

Elton John is now an EGOT. He won a Tony Award in 2000 for Best Original Score for Aida with Tim Rice. He was awarded with his first Oscar in 1995 for 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight' from the Lion King. Other EGOT winners include Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Marvin Hamlisch, Helen Hayes, Alan Menken, Rita Moreno, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and more.

Betty Parris and Abigail Williams’ lives are ruled by suspicion and spiritual insulation, where even playing is considered a sin. Everything changes when the latter starts working on John Proctor’s farm. Part of Jermyn Street Theatre’s Footprints Festival, The Good John Proctor bookends The Crucible, taking all its themes and putting them under the lenses of childhood. Regrettably, it’s underwhelming, muddled, and way too long for what it is.

Check out rehearsal photos for Corruption at Lincoln Center Theater!

Theatre Atchison PRO presents PIANO (WO)MAN, a limited one-weekend engagement featuring the songs of Billy Joel & Elton John.

The all new musical The Ghost of John McCain will receive a by-invitation-only industry reading  in New York this week! The performance is set for this Thursday, January 11.

Reckless Kelly comes to the Morrison Center this month. The performance is set for January 25, 2024.

A new play from the writer of the legendary Bouncers heads to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre in February. John Godber’s Do I Love You? will open next month. Learn more about the show here!

The John W. Engeman Theater has announced the cast and creative team of I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE.

Musical Brilliance, LLC, will present private industry readings (by invitation only) of Brilliance, a musical based on the life of Frances Farmer, with book by Lance Lewman, music and lyrics by Lance Lewman & Kristan King, and additional music by Gabriel Kane.

Theatre 40’s hit immersive drama The Manor- Murder and Madness at Greystone returns for its nineteenth season at the Greystone Mansion January 18, 2024.  Martin Thompson directs the cast of Darby Hinton, Eric Keitel, Daniel Leslie, Carol Potter, Nathalie Rudolph, David Hunt Stafford, Amy Tolsky, John Combs, Katyana Rocker-Cook, Gail Johnston, Kristin Towers-Rowles and Peter Mastine. John managed to carve out some time to answer a few of my queries.

Quixote Productions will present a 29-hour double reading in New York City for two of Arizona’s most ambitious original musicals. 

Reprising their roles from the Goodman Theatre in Chicago are Alison Luff as Mrs. Walker, Adam Jacobs as Captain Walker, John Ambrosino as Uncle Ernie, Bobby Conte as Cousin Kevin, and Christina Sajous as The Acid Queen. They join previously announced Ali Louis Bourzgui as Tommy Walker, also reprising his Jeff Award-winning role from the Goodman. 

Discover candid and intimate photos of John Lennon taken by his lover, May Pang, during his 'Lost Weekend' era. Don't miss this unique opportunity to see Lennon as May saw him and purchase limited-edition photographs.

May Pang, John Lennon's companion during his 'Lost Weekend' era, will showcase her candid photos of Lennon at a special two-day free exhibition at 621 Gallery in Tallahassee on January 23 and 24. The exhibition coincides with the recent release of the documentary film 'The Lost Weekend: A Love Story.'

Wasatch Theatre Company presents JQA (John Quincy Adams) at the Regent Street Black Box! Don't miss this compelling play about the life and legacy of the sixth President of the United States.

Experience the Lost Weekend era through May Pang's intimate and candid photographs of John Lennon. Don't miss this special three-day exhibition at LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans, LA from January 19 - January 21, 2024. Admission is free to the public.