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Hoy nos hacemos eco de la triste noticia del fallecimiento de María Araujo, uno de los grandes nombres de las artes escénicas en nuestro país, víctima de la pandemia que azota todo el planeta.

As we all embrace our temporary 'new normal', Three Rivers Music Theatre is itching to continue challenging, inspiring, and entertaining our local audiences with the essential power of live theatre.

The Complete Shows Edition of The Pandemic Playlist gives audiences an opportunity to see their favorite artists' shows, even while socially isolated. Here are 20 shows to keep you company during the quarantine!

BroadwayWorld was saddened to report that Broadway veteran Merwin Foard recently passed away at 59 years old. Born September 16, 1960 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Foard was last seen on Broadway in Aladdin as a standby for Jafar/Sultan.

Sir David McVicar's bold staging of Puccini's operatic thriller Tosca returns to the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series after its acclaimed broadcast in 2017.

Café Carlyle has announced, In an abundance of caution due to COVID-19, all performances from March 24th through May 2nd have been canceled.

BroadwayWorld has reached out to the city's numerous Cabaret venues for information on their response to the COVID-19 outbreak which has shuttered Broadway through April 13th.

HGTV will feature a night of double premieres with two back-to-back episodes of the network's life-changing home renovation series—Extreme Makeover: Home Edition—on Sunday, March 15, at 8 and 9 p.m. ET/PT. Host Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the award-winning actor from ABC's Modern Family, will oversee the incredible new home build for two military veterans and best friends, Mario Merlos and Ernesto Olivares, and the massive, community-led home renovation for Kelly Mayo, an assisted living caretaker.

The San Diego Opera's first Detour Series performance this season belonged to the new Bel Canto Trio, starring tenor Joshua Guerrero, soprano Julie Adams, and bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee. All are outstanding young award winners with impressive voices and resumes. Music director and pianist Christopher Allen was their accompanist.

Multi-platinum superstar Lil Uzi Vert has officially announced today's release of his hugely anticipated new album, ETERNAL ATAKE available now via Generation Now/Atlantic Records at all music retailers and streaming services.

Queda muy poco para que se estrene la nueva versión live action de MULÁN, que llegará a nuestros cines el próximo 27 de marzo, y las noticias de esta nueva adaptación a la pantalla grande no dejan de llegar.

Aun cuando se ha convertido en la primera mexicana que triunfa en las Audiciones de The Metropolitan Opera; haber conquistado el Concurso Nacional de Canto Carlo Morelli y ser seleccionada para formar parte del Studio Opera de Chicago, la soprano poblana Denis Vélez Luna no deja de soñar y continúa preparándose para compromisos todavía más grandes. 

The 19th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced its 2020 Shorts Program lineup. Setting a record with over 6,100 submissions, the final program roster includes 64 diverse and captivating short films from 20 countries around the globe, and features 46 world premieres, including DreamWorks Animation's new animated short, To Gerard. The short films will be presented in 10 distinct competition programs which include five narrative, four documentary, and one animation program. For the fourth consecutive year, 40 percent of the selections are directed by female filmmakers. Queen Collective by Procter & Gamble in partnership with Queen Latifah, Flavor Unit Entertainment and Tribeca Studios is back, a program dedicated to supporting gender and racial equality behind the camera. The 2020 shorts lineup is programmed by Sharon Badal and Ben Thompson. The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival takes place April 15 - April 26.

The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italiana and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU will present the eighth annual In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, a festival of Italian theater taking place in all five boroughs of NYC, April 27-May 11. Participating venues include Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo' at NYU (24 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011), Italian Cultural Institute in NY (686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021), Advent Lutheran Church (2504 Broadway, New York, NY 10025), BAAD! - Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (2474 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461), South Bronx NeON Center (198 E. 161st Street Bronx, NY 10451), St. John's Lutheran Church (81 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014), Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street, New York, NY 10014), The Brick (579 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211), Bernie Wohl Center at Goddard Riverside (647 Columbus Avenue, NY 10024), Greek Cultural Center (2680 30th Street b2, Astoria, NY 11102), Center of the Arts, College of Staten Island (2800 Victory Boulevard, Bldg 1P, Staten Island, NY 10314), and Casa Italiana Ente Promotore (595 1/2 3rd St NW, Washington, DC 20001). Admission to all shows and events in the festival will be FREE. All shows will be presented in Italian with English supertitles, unless otherwise noted. For more information please visit www.inscenany.com.

The Allen Davis Playwriting Lab announces its Spring Season starting March, 2020. The Spring Season will consist of ten weekly sessions of two and half hours for intermediate and professional playwrights. Lab sessions will take place on Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. starting on March 17th. Playwrights interested in participating in the Lab on an intermediate level must have experience writing well-developed scenes; professional playwrights must have written a full-length produceable level script. Playwrights that are new to the Lab must submit a finished scene (intermediate level) or a play (professional level) in advance for consideration to be invited to take part as auditors on the first session, after which they may be invited to join.

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Bainbridge Chorale join forces for another extraordinary partnership on April 25 and 26. Together they perform one of Brahms' most intensely spiritual works, A German Requiem.

Someone once asked me, long ago, “Don't you ever get Baroque-d out?” The answer then--when instrumental music was more widely available than vocal--was a firm “no.” Today, when there's the music of Handel and his contemporaries everywhere, the answer remains the same, particularly when it's in the right hands, like Joyce DiDonato (JDD) in AGRIPPINA on disk and recently at the Met. There are also some less familiar--but very much worthy--names, like countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski on his Erato CD, “Facce d'Amore,” and mezzo Ann Hallenberg, at Carnegie's Zankel Hall last week with the Venice Baroque Orchestra.

Take a look behind the scenes with a special featurette showcasing the thrilling stunts for Disney's “Mulan” ahead of tickets going on sale tomorrow!

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) has announced the 2020 MAC Award nominees. The nominees were determined by votes cast by the active MAC membership, except for the four song and recording categories, which were determined by special committees.

The Sound of Music continues at Rhino Theatre until March 1st with performances each Friday at 8:00pm, Saturdays at 5:00pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm. The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. Tickets still available online or by calling the box office 973-248-9491. Adults $33, Seniors $29, Children $27. Group rates available for groups of 10 or more. A dinner and show package is also available.