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 Fifty high schools have risen above 1,000 applicants to claim NBC's R.I.S.E. America grants. The program – inspired by the network's upcoming drama “Rise” about a high school theatre department and its effects on a small town – is awarding half million dollars to high school theatre programs across the country. 

From stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of March 5, 2018!

The Theatre in Our Schools Month (TIOS) campaign, conducted in March, is a grassroots effort to draw attention to the benefits of having theatre in the schools, as well as the need for more access to quality programs for all students.

New York Stage and Film announced today that they have expanded their Filmmakers' Workshop winter session, bringing the 2017-18 residency filmmakers to New York City to get feedback on the rewrite of their script, participate in Master Classes addressing the next phase of their process, and meet other professionals from the industry at a celebratory cocktail party this year hosted by Moet Hennessy. 

NBC Shares Primetime Schedule For 2/19-3/18

This week on the Talkhouse Podcast, critically acclaimed electronic artist and composer William Basinski speaks with fellow rising electronic musician JLIN. Also at Talkhouse this week, rising artist Briana Marela writes about novelist Ursula Le Guin and singer/songwriter Lucy Dacus reviews Belle and Sebastian's How to Solve Our Human Problems, Pt. 2.

In conjunction with its new theatre drama, RISE, NBC has created  R.I.S.E. America, a program that grants a half-million dollars to high school theatre programs across the country.

NBC has released the latest promo for the upcoming drama 'Rise.' The music video style promo, featuring the show's cast performing a new Tom Kitt arrangement of Macklemore's 'Glorious', will also preview on air during NBC's broadcast of the Super Bowl on Sunday. Check out the new promo below!

This week the Talkhouse Podcast revisits its conversation between musical collaborators and friends Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries and The Smiths' Andy Rourke in memory of O'Riordan. Also at Talkhouse this week, JD Samson of Le Tigre writes about tUnE-yArDs while Girlpool's Harmony Tividad discusses Fall Out Boy.

Award winning writer Geoffrey Nauffts will workshop his new musical at Texas State University as part of The Harrison/Bowman New Works Commission, funded in part by The Stillwater Foundation. Switched is a new musical with book by Geoffrey Nauffts and music and lyrics by Jonatha Brooke. The workshop will be directed by Tony nominated director Sheryl Kaller.

Midwest orchestral indie rock band Cloud Cult is kicking off 2018 with new music and a handful of unique performances, many of which are already sold out.

Midwest orchestral indie rock band Cloud Cult is kicking off 2018 with new music and a handful of unique performances, many of which are already sold out.

Jeffrey Seller's upcoming NBC Show 'Rise' is redefining the high school theatre TV-show template. The Hamilton producer's new show puts its focus on a small town in Pennsylvania where a dedicated teacher revolutionizes his school's theatre department. Each season will bring a new musical to the screen, following the ups and downs of high school drama on and off the stage. Of course, the question must then become: will viewers ever get the chance to see a rendition of Tony-award winning Hamilton?

Below, check out first look photos from the Series Premiere episode of NBC's new theater-themed drama RISE. The show premieres on Tuesday, March 13 at 10-11 p.m. ET on NBC

Inspired by the network's upcoming Jason Katims drama RISE, which premieres Tuesday, March 13 and follows the effects a high school theatre department has on its surrounding community, NBC is launching R.I.S.E. America, a program that grants a half-million dollars to high school theatre programs across the country.

Billy Joe Kiessling and Jake Appet have released their short film 'billy me' today chronicling the daily doings in the life of Kiessling while performing in NATASHA, PIERRE, & THE GREAT COMET on Broadway last summer; The film is available for free and streaming now on Vimeo

Midwest orchestral indie rock band Cloud Cult is thrilled to be playing Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series on January 26th in the Appel Room.

Improv performers Jason Specland and Adrian Sexton will be performing in 'GEORGE/MARTHA,' an improvised 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at the PIT Underground in the Peoples Improv Theater, at 7 PM today, September 26th, 2017.

Bryce Pinkham (Benny & Joon, Holiday Inn, Gentleman's Guide) and Lucas Caleb Rooney (Red Speedo) will co-host Zara Aina's 5th Annual Big Ol' Fancy Pants Benefit on Monday, December 4, 2017.

Seven time Emmy Award-winner Ed Asner and three time Emmy Award and Tony Award-nominee Kate Burton will star in a two-week East Coast tour of concert readings of Jeff Cohen's play The Soap Myth. The readings, which will be directed by Pam Berlin and will also feature Ned Eisenberg & Blair Baker, will serve as a tribute to International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The tour will begin on Monday, January 22, 2018 in Miami Beach Florida, and will conclude on Thursday, February 1 at Hofstra University on Long Island.