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Presented by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture, organized jointly by the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra (GSO) and Xinghai Concert Hall, supported by the Publicity Department of the Committee of Yuexiu District and with Volkswagen Group China as Founding Partner, the 2nd Youth Music Culture Guangdong (YMCG) will take place between January 11 and 19, 2018 in Guangzhou.

A new play directed by the renowned Colombian Director Jorge Al Triana, starring Germ n Jaramillo and Zulema Clares. The production marks the second work of Repertorio Espa ol's 50th Anniversary Season. Previews begin on February 23rd and the premiere will take place on Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Jerry Dean's autobiographical one-man show MY FATHER'S A COP, opened at the Lounge Theater on January 6th and runs through January 28th. This multi-media show in the style of documentary theatre tells the story of Dean's relationship with his police officer father, while Dean starts down a path of crime at a young age, a lifestyle that eventually lands him in prisons and psychiatric wards. MY FATHER'S A COP chronicles both Dean's descent into a life of crime, and how he found his way out.

There are two venues in the world that offer a combination of old world ambience and great entertainment. In Manhattan it's Cafe Carlyle in The Carlyle and in Palm Beach Florida the historic Colony Hotel's Royal Room shares the distinction. Broadway and TV star Mario Cantone brought a little shock and awe to the historic resort town which was established by Henry Morrison Flagler in the early 1900's.

The Keegan Theatre opens 2018 with the Washington, DC premiere of Paul Slade Smith's award-winning stage comedy, UNNECESSARY FARCE. Opening on January 23, this delightfully hilarious comedy is directed by Ray Ficca and features actors Jon Townson, Noah Shaefer, Mario Baldessari, Karen Novack, Emily Levey, Jenna Lawrence and Christopher Herring. Ray Ficca most recently appeared on the Keegan stage as Flan in SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION. 'We're thrilled to have Ray back at Keegan, this time in the director's seat,' says Susan Marie Rhea, Keegan's artistic director and Ficca's co-star in SIX DEGREES. 'He brings a deep familiarity with this piece and its playwright, a natural sense of the rhythm and energy that farce requires, and an approach to directing that perfectly suits Keegan's aesthetic and collaborative culture. We're eager for UNNECESSARY FARCE to open, so that we can delight and uplift our Keegan audiences during this cold and often dreary season!'

The Fragility of Life is explored in AS IS: Regeneration Theatre chooses one of the first works exploring AIDS from a personal point of view to open its 2018 season.

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild(MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) have announced nominations for outstanding achievements in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater during 2017.

The trials and tribulations of the Met's new take on Puccini's TOSCA have been well documented--with all three principals replaced along with two conductors--and it would be nice to be able to say that everything came out happily-ever-after. Alas. There's nothing wrong with the company's surprise-free new take on one of Italian opera's most famous works that a stronger director couldn't come in and cure.

Guest Conductor Mario Alejandro Torres will lead the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra's lyrical and lovely winter program this February. C sar Franck wrote a hybrid symphony-symphonic poem when he penned his Symphony in D minor, his most enduring work for orchestra.

Candice Guardino is being called someone who Stuns!, 'A Must See' and is Re- defining Solo Performances by The Chicago Stage, Los Angeles, NY, and New Jersey. Candice will be performing her hit show, Italian Bred, throughout the US on it's 2018 Tour!

The Orpheum Theatre Group is pleased to announce that President & CEO Brett Batterson has been named NAPAMA's (North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents) 2017 Presenter of the Year. The official awards presentation will take place at the Association of Performing Arts Professionals' (APAP) annual conference on Monday, January 15, 2018 at the New York Hilton Midtown. Batterson's award will be presented by NAPAMA president, David Wannen.

Congregation Rodeph Shalom, in association with Burke Cohen Entertainment, presents seven time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner and two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award nominee Johanna Day in a one-night only performance of Jeff Cohen's powerful play The Soap Myth on Wednesday, January 31st at 7 pm at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, (615 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia). The play, directed by Pam Berlin, is part of a tribute to the United Nation's International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

In early November, the international recording artist Che'Nelle, released her latest EP Calm Before The Storm through the label Empire, marking her first all-English release in the States. Now Che'Nelle will release the accompanying music video to her first single Love You Like Me .

SHOTZ! is a theatrical pressure cooker that every month pairs 6 groups of actors, writers, and directors together to create brand new 10-minute plays, and perform them the first Monday of the month (but due to the holiday this month it's the second Monday!) at The Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th St., NY. Unified by three common criteria, each collection of plays captures a variety of perspectives around the month's theme, and is the best, most consistent showcase of up-and-coming talent in NYC theater.

WATCH: Preview of APPLE MUSIC'S CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP: A BAD BOY STORY Tomorrow @ 8/7c on FOX!

Critically acclaimed documentary APPLE MUSIC'S CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP: A BAD BOY STORY, starring Sean Diddy Combs, and produced by Live Nation Productions, will air Today, Dec. 28 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Friday, January 26 at 8:30 p.m., Sardinian guitarist Paolo Angeli brings his imaginative and masterful playing to Zankel Hall as part of an international tour celebrating the release of his new album, Talea.

This just in! Lythgoe Family Panto (LFP) announces Ashley Argota (ABC Family's The Fosters ) as Tinker Bell, Riley Costello (NBC's Hairspray Live! ) as Peter Pan, Clarice Ordaz (FOX's So You Think You Can Dance ) as Tiger Lily, Mark Ryan ( Black Sails on STARZ) as Captain Hook, David F.M. Vaughn (Broadway's Shrek The Musical) as Smee, and Audrey Whitby (Nickelodeon's The Thundermans ) as Wendy in PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL - A PIRATES CHRISTMAS at the Balboa Theatre.

UN NUEVO DIA, Telemundo's three-time Award-winning morning show as Outstanding Morning Program in Spanish, celebrates Christmas with a special program from Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom Park in Florida and Disneyland Resort's Disneyland Parks in California on Monday, December 25 from 7-10am/6-9 c.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.