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Award-winning singer-songwriter John Vento forms a new group, Vento, Ziggy, Hawk & McCarthy, and releases the title track of his 2019 album 'Love, Lust & Wreckage.' This stripped-down, traditional country track features Vento on vocals, Ziggy on acoustic guitar, Hawk on sandblock, and McCarthy on mandolin.

Drag: the Musical, Jinkx Monsoon, and more won Queerties awards, taking place February 28th in Los Angeles. The Queerties are a celebration of entertainment and pop culture moments that defined the past year in the LGBTQ+ community. Check out the complete list of winners now!

& Juliet, Titanique, A Strange Loop, Melissa Etheridge: A Journey Through Life, Take Me Out, Drag: The Musical, The Collaboration, Fat Ham, Merrily We Roll Along, Best of Enemies, Reneé Rapp, Stephanie Hsu, Jeremy Pope, Conrad Ricamora, The Color Purple, Jinkx Monsoon, The Little Mermaid, and more have been nominated for Queerties!

Top stories include further casting for Camelot, including Dakin Matthews, Taylor Trensch, and more! Plus, Adrienne Warren will lead Room on Broadway this Spring!

Republican Kevin McCarthy is officially the 55th Speaker of the House and Randy Rainbow has something to say about it. Watch below as  he returns with his first song parody of 2023, 'Speaker of the House', based on 'Master of the House” from Les Misérables.

Adapted by brother RATs Levi Penley and Mike Gregorek, the script to HARRY I walked through the familiar scenes from SORCERER’s STONE the movie which was adapted from JK Rowling’s book that she, in turn, adapted from every other hero’s journey magical epic that came before her, Wizard Of OZ, Lord Of The Rings and, Star Wars included.

New Jersey's Henry Fin Berry will fill Billy Elliot's shoes, as he becomes the world's 300th triple threat to play the role. His turn as the British ballet dancer in The Rheinbeck Theatre Society's production marks another milestone: Berry will be only the first American actor to have played all three coveted roles for young boys: Billy, Michael and Small Boy.  

Brown talked about 'Godzilla vs. Kong', 'Stranger Things', wanting to direct, The Duffer Brothers and how quarantine has changed her.

The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck presents The Covid Confessions, a new play written and directed by Louisa Vilardi. The Covid Confessions is a full length play made up of monologues that encapsulate our lives during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic and provide us with a snapshot into people's lives.

On the heels of the recent announcement of their debut album Mother’s Day, Alta Reign has released a static video for the song “Immortal.”

AXIOS on HBO continues with a new episode MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT), featuring insightful and news making interviews with top leaders and decision makers.

Avaline co-founders Cameron Diaz and Katherine Power (Who What Wear, Versed Skincare) announce the early arrival of Avaline Red, originally scheduled for fall.

Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) introduced the Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act to ensure that workers who earn a mix of traditional (W-2) and independent (e.g. 1099) employment income are able to fully access the unemployment assistance provided in the CARES Act.

During this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history. This week we will be focusing on the plays of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Arthur Miller. Today's play, Death of a Salesman!

Deadline spoke with Congressman Adam Schiff regarding his ongoing mission to secure relief funding for entertainment and arts professionals.

From Brandon Lorenz, National Director of Communications and Public Policy: 'Countless actors, stage managers and everyone who work in arts and entertainment are out of work and wondering how they will make their next rent payment.

Join us at the JCC in Sherman for Valentine's Day weekend as local actors perform Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'. This one weekend only event is directed by Robin Frome of the Sherman Playhouse. Actors and actress include: Gary Blu, Lizzy Booth, Missy Hanlon , Jared Emmanuel, Danny Tarantino, Barbara Boch Blumberg, Jeffrey Bukowski, Tom Mendicino, Tom Heydenburg , Abi Heydenburg , Brian DeToma, Amy Bukowski, Kevin McCarthy , Jeff Rossman, Carolyn McCarthy and Rufus De Ramm The refreshments are BYOB picnic style for general seating at provided tables.

Friday, Oct. 4, Goldenstein Gallery kicks off the most anticipated exhibition of the season the 16th annual Cowboys and Indians Show.

On Friday, June 28, I had the pleasure of seeing the farcical Monty Python musical SPAMALOT performed outdoors by Musicals at Richter, on the grounds of the Richter House, next to the Richter Park Golf Course in Danbury, CT. I thoroughly enjoyed my first experience with Musicals at Richter. I am very impressed at the high level of talent that they have assembled together to perform what is truly a wonderful production for all in attendance, and all on stage. The show is brilliantly directed by Shannon Courtney Denihan with musical direction by Tracey Marble and Claire Simard.

Musicals at Richter (MAR), celebrating 35 seasons as the longest-running outdoor theater in Connecticut, kicks off its main stage season with 'Monty Python's Spamalot,' the uproariously funny musical based on the classic film comedy 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,' playing June 28 to July 13.