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HBO has renewed ANIMALS. for a third season, it was announced today by Amy Gravitt, executive vice president, HBO Programming.

On Monday, January 30 at 4 pm, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra's PSO BRAVO! Listen Up! Exhibition at the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) opens to feature student artwork and writing created in response to Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26.

On Saturday, November 12, 2016, the Atlas Performing Arts Center will host the #intheLab Comedy Showcase in its Lab I Theater for two shows - 8pm & 10pm.  

Saturday, November 12, 2016, the Atlas Performing Arts Center will host the #intheLab Comedy Showcase in its Lab I Theater for two shows - 8pm & 10pm.  

CPCC Theatre has announced its cast for 1776 the Musical.

CPCC Theatre has announced its cast for 1776 the Musical.

In this year of the presidential election and the bicentennial celebration of the Hoosier state, the South Bend Civic Theatre is presenting 1776 in the Wilson Theatre. The original, Broadway production of this musical depiction of the birth of our nation won the Tony Award for Best Musical and now this theatrical, historical journey comes to South Bend for three weekends between April 15th and May 1st. A wonderful cast of volunteer actors illuminate the story of the Second Continental Congress for a unique perspective of this iconic event in our nation's history: with men that are emotional, proud, uncertain, charming, and irritable humans wanting the best for their families.

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra's PSO BRAVO! Listen Up! Exhibition featuring student artwork and writing created in response to Tsao Shu, an orchestral work by Music Alive: New Partnerships Composer-in-Residence Jing Jing Luo, will be on display beginning Tuesday, March 22, at 4 pm at the Arts Council of Princeton's (ACP) Paul Robeson Center. Participating middle school students will be on hand to discuss their works and their interaction with Ms. Luo as visual artist and composer.

The beloved character actor also originated roles in 1776, MERLIN and INTO THE WOODS

?The McLean Community Players' production of the musical 1776, based on the events surrounding the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence, opens Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, and runs weekends through Feb. 21 at McLean's Alden Theatre.  With music by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone, 1776 became an improbable hit and won three Tony Awards, including Best Musical in 1969.  Director Annie O'Neill Galvin leads an award-winning cast and crew for this production.

The RRazz Room at The Prince is an intimate venue programmed by the entrepreneurs who created the infamous and iconic RRazz Room in San Francisco. The RRazz Room brand has become synonymous with quality entertainment presented at its purest and most intimate form. The unique space allows patrons to experience all their favorite entertainers up close and personal. The RRazz Room venues (also located in Coral Springs, FL, South Miami-Dade, FL, and New Hope, PA) present performances by local and national artists from a wide variety of musical and theatrical genres including Broadway, pop, opera, gospel, drag, comedy, rhythm & blues, and jazz. The RRazz Room at the Prince is located within the historic Prince Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 (near the corner of Broad and Chestnut Streets on the Avenue of the Arts).

For the second production in their 44th annual season of professional summer theatre, Cortland Repertory Theatre presents the revolutionary musical '1776', by Peter Stone, with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards. Performances of this fascinating, family-friendly show will run from tonight, June 17, through July 4 with evening performances at 7:30. Matinees are available on June 19, 21, 24, 26, 28 and July 1 at 2:00 PM. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

For the second production in their 44th annual season of professional summer theatre, Cortland Repertory Theatre presents the revolutionary musical "1776", by Peter Stone, with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards. Performances of this fascinating, family-friendly show will run from June 17 - July 4 with evening performances at 7:30.  Matinees are available on June 19, 21, 24, 26, 28 and July 1 at 2:00 PM.  Tickets may be purchase by calling 800-427-6160 or by visiting the CRT Box Office at 24 Port Watson Street in downtown Cortland. Tickets are also available for sale 24 hours a day through the CRT website at www.cortlandrep.org. Tickets are going fast, so CRT suggests calling early.

The 6th Annual Atlantic City Comedy Festival has been announced to take place at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall on Saturday, October 10th and Sunday, October 11, 2015.

Fathom Events, in partnership with New Line Cinema and Warner Bros., invites you to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 1995's cult classic comedy “Friday” with a special theatrical showing of “Friday 20th Anniversary: Director's Cut”

Side Splitters Comedy Club in Tampa (12938 North Dale Mabry Highway) welcomes Quinn Dahle this weekend. For more information, call 813.960.1197 or visit www.SideSplittersComedy.com, and scroll down for details!

Adult Swim premieres their new half-hour live-action scripted comedy Black Jesus from award-winning writer/producer, Aaron McGruder (The Boondocks, Red Tails) tonight, Thursday, August 7th at 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

Side Splitters Comedy Club in Tampa (12938 North Dale Mabry Highway) has announced its upcoming headliners - Chris Franjola and Quinn Dahle. For more information, call 813.960.1197 or visit www.SideSplittersComedy.com, and scroll down for details!

Side Splitters Comedy Club in Tampa (12938 North Dale Mabry Highway) has announced its upcoming headliners - Chris Franjola and Quinn Dahle. For more information, call 813.960.1197 or visit www.SideSplittersComedy.com, and scroll down for details!

Carolines on Broadway announces its all-star line-up of talent for the month of August 2014, highlighted by headliners Ron Funches, star of NBC's "Undateable," August 1 - 3; Donnell Rawlings, "Ashy Larry" from Comedy Central's "Chappelle's Show" and from MTV2's "Guy Code," August 7 - 10; Gilbert Gottfried, from Sirius XM's "The Howard Stern Show," one night only, August 14; Todd Barry, from FX's 'Louie' and his film 'Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour,' August 15 and 16; John Witherspoon, from the "Friday" films and Adult Swim's new comedy series "Black Jesus," August 21 - 24; and Rob Schneider, from NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and the films "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" and "Grown Ups," Labor Day Weekend, August 28 - 31.