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The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture has announced its 2018 Winter/Spring season, a rich program of theater, film, music, poetry and talk events featuring artists and thought leaders including NBC's Megyn Kelly, MSNBC host Chris Matthews and CNBC senior contributor Larry Kudlow, indie singer-songwriter mother-and-daughter duo Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche, celebrated author Sapphire,actress-singer-songwriter Grace McLean, Fox News' chief national correspondent Ed Henry, Director of the Vatican Observatory Br. Guy Consolmagno, S.J., author George Weigel, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and events tackling themes ranging from civility in the American media, race in America, science and spirituality, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, as well as Lessons In Hope.

The Eleventh Hour!, an original and irreverent rock musical comedy born in a New Brunswick, New Jersey basement is making its New York debut with three performances at NY Winterfest this January.

It's just about time to wish you all a happy 2018--but I'm not quite ready to put 2017 to rest. Though it won't go into the annals as one of the best years ever, there were quite enough performances and performers that made this year a winner for me, operatically speaking at least, in my corner of the world.

Da Vinci The Musical, the brainchild of Nancy Hahn, premieres December 24th, on iRead2Know iHeartRadio and iHeartFamily, and stars Brian Charles Rooney as Leonardo Da Vinci! This innovative audio event will inspire and delight a family audience over the holiday season and the new year.

MGM and Pantelion Films have released the first trailer for OVERBOARD. The film, starring Eugenio Derbez, Anna Faris, Swoosie Kurtz, John Hannah and Eva Longoria hits theaters on April 20th 2018

See the full schedule of January and February events at Carnegie Hall below!

'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' il nuovo spettacolo della compagnia BIT, salita agli onori della cronaca un paio di anni fa per il grande successo de 'Il principe ranocchio'. Uno spettacolo che, come ricorderete, avevo apprezzato moltissimo per la qualit della messa in scena, meno per quella del testo. Per questo motivo, non si pu dire che abbia fatto i salti di gioia quando ho scoperto che anche per lo spettacolo di quest'anno la regista e coreografa Melina Pellicano aveva deciso di risparmiare sul libretto, scrivendoselo da s .

The 13th edition of Operadagen Rotterdam, the festival for contemporary opera and music theatre, runs from Friday 18 through Sunday 27 May 2018. Operadagen Rotterdam presents more than 100 performances in major theatres, unusual venues, and outdoor locations in Rotterdam. The festival theme for 2018 is heroism with fascinating stories about the trials and challenges of a hero's journey. Online ticket sales of the first performances have just started. The full programme will be presented at the festive kick-off on 15 March 2018.

Dopo il successo del musical Il Principe Ranocchio , che sar in scena la prossima stagione teatrale 2017/18 per il 3 anno consecutivo ed candidato agli Italian Musical Awards come migliori musiche e spettacolo originale, la Compagnia BIT presenta la nuova produzione originale A Christmas Carol - il Musical , prodotto interamente in Italia e in italiano.

From January 23 28, 2018, Carnegie Hall celebrates the legendary mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, who will lead The Song Continues in her final season as Artistic Advisor before passing the torch to acclaimed soprano Ren e Fleming, who will continue this beloved tradition in years to come.

PACIFIC OVERTURES with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, with additional material by Hugh Wheeler had its Broadway premiere in 1976 and was presented in Kabuki style, with men playing women's parts and set changes made in full view of the audience by people dressed in black. It opened to mixed reviews and closed after six months, despite being nominated for 10 Tony Awards. Given the unusual casting and production demands, there is good reason why this remains one of the least-performed Sondheim musicals. So it's no wonder it has been 19 years since the musical has been presented in Los Angeles.

New York-based actor and director Steve Stanulis, who is currently co-directing the new horror film Clinton Road alongside Richard Grieco, is also getting ready to release his tell-all book called, Sex & The Shield .

New York-based actor and director Steve Stanulis, who is currently co-directing the new horror film Clinton Road alongside Richard Grieco, is also getting ready to release his tell-all book called, 'Sex & The Shield'.

HB Studio, one of New York's legendary institutions for theater training and practice, this winter offers musical theater performers the opportunity to study 'The Musical Theater Works of Leonard Bernstein' in a five week masterclass led by Broadway Director Lonny Price.

If a lessor Leonardo goes for about half a billion dollars what's the Sistine ceiling worth- the Sun, the Moon and a one time planet like Pluto as a throw in? The exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, Michelangelo: Divine Draftsmen and Designer only fails for the allusion and lust for alliteration. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarotti Simoni, a contemporary of Leonardo di ser Peiro da Vinci was, like Leonardo a multi talented artist. Whereas Leonardo had his hands in weapons of minor mass destruction, botany, mathematics and dead bodies, Michelangelo worked in the three big fields of the day- painting, sculpture and architecture.

On Monday, December 4th, Shepard Fairey will continue his relationship with The Perry J. Cohen Foundation, by visiting the school Perry was due to go to, Jupiter Community High School (JCHS), to paint a special mural.

An autumn of BEETHOVEN presented by Christopher Warren-Green and the Charlotte Symphony ends triumphantly with his great VIOLIN CONCERTO, played with sensitivity and virtuosity by Benjamin Beilman.

The Parisian Woman, the electrifying new play by 'House of Cards' creator Beau Willimon, directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Clybourne Park), starring Academy Award nominee Uma Thurman in her Broadway debut, opens on Broadway tonight, November 30, at Hudson Theatre (141 West 44th Street). Scroll down to learn more about the company, plus check out interviews with the cast below!

The Met continues a beloved holiday tradition with the presentation of its Christmas Tree and 18th-Century Neapolitan Cr che, which will be on view from November 21, 2017 January 7, 2018. Magnificently set in front of the 18th-century Spanish choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid in the Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall (gallery 305), the tree has become a must-see holiday favorite of both New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. Recorded Christmas music and daily lighting events add to the enjoyment of the holiday display.

Project: Theater will present a private reading of MAY DAY, by Ryan Krause, adapted from the F. Scott Fitzgerald novella of the same title. With Iliana Stein as director, MAY DAY will offer one presentation on Monday, November 20.