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Bay Street Theater is pleased to announce MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND with MARIO CANTONE & JERRY DIXON, 'HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?', May 28 at 8 pm. Tickets are on sale now for Patrons and Subscribers until March 11 and to the general public on March 12. To become a Patron call Kim Fink, Director of Development at 631-725-0818. To become a Subscriber call the Box Office at 631-725-9500. For more information and to find out when tickets are available to the public, log on to www.baystreet.org or call the Box Office at 631-725-9500 Tuesday - Saturday 11 am - 5 pm. The Box Office will be open 7 days a week beginning Memorial Day weekend. This evening includes a special VIP ticket opportunity to mix and mingle with the artists at a cocktail party following the performance.

Off-Broadway's The New Group will honor Ed Harris & Amy Madigan and Ellen Roth at the company's Annual Gala on Monday, March 7 at Tribeca Rooftop (2 Desbrosses Street between Hudson & Greenwich). Hosted by Mario Cantone, the event will feature performances by Jerry Dixon and Nat and Alex Wolff, and an appearance by playwright Beth Henley, author of Crimes of the Heart and The Jacksonian. Music Director is Sinai Tabak. The evening, 6:00-10:00pm, includes cocktails, dinner, and silent and live auctions.

Stasera, 3 marzo 2016, e andato finalmente in onda su Rai4, GREASE: LIVE, uscito negli Stati Uniti il 31 gennaio scorso.

CeeLo Green, the unmistakable entertainer, producer, fashion-icon, and entrepreneur has been hard at work on CEELO'S JOYRIDE, available today as a free download from the Apple App Store and Google Play.

The Capitol Center for the Arts presents LUMA: Art in Darkness Thursday, April 14, at 7:30pm. Tickets for this family-friendly and mesmerizing evening of illuminated illusions start at $25 and are on sale now.

In this time of physical proximity of different cultures, Fadi J. Khoury, Artistic Director and Choreographer of FJK Dance, believes in the unique fusion of culture and dance, with the endless possibilities of experimenting with the fundamentals of various dance forms, including classical ballet, ballroom, Middle Eastern, and jazz, creating their own language to bridge the gap, demonstrating a shared capacity to create. Using atmosphere created by music, lighting, costumes, and movement, Khoury takes us on a journey, via his and his dancers' fusion, in a singular performance at the Kaye Playhouse, February 27, 2016, which I was glad to attend.

Presented by The Barn Stage Company, in association with Temecula Presents, this gorgeous production of Rodger's and Hammerstein's Carousel in Concert take the Old Town Temecula stage for 3 nights only! A collaboration with the Temecula Valley Symphony puts a beautiful 32 piece orchestra directly on stage for all to enjoy! The show runs one weekend, March 3, 5 & 6, Today, Saturday and Sunday at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater in Old Town Temecula. Glorious songs, a postcard New England seaside setting and a spiritually uplifting story of love and redemption have kept Carousel among the most beloved American musicals ever created. Carousel will be directed by J. Scott Lapp, with Musical Direction by John Mario Di Costanzo and choreography by Gary Iversen.

Sierra Stages opens its 2016 season this week at the Nevada Theatre in Nevada City with the enchanting, dark comedy THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN by Martin McDonagh. THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, which plays from March 3 through March 19, is directed by Sharon Winegar. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Off-Broadway's musical smash RUTHLESS! is adding Thursday performances beginning this week. Now extended into the summer, RUTHLESS! opened on July 13, 2015 to unanimous rave reviews led by Entertainment Weekly which called the show, 'Uproarious! A mash-up of THE BAD SEED, GYPSY, ALL ABOUT EVE, plus the films of Douglas Sirk and John Waters!' Just some of the celebrities who have been spotted in the audience so far include Ron Howard, Regis & Joy Philbin, Bernadette Peters, Lynn Cohen, Chelsie Hightower, Mario Cantone, Rex Reed, Dmitry Chaplin, Laura Bell Bundy, Barbara Eden, Jan Maxwell, Legacy, Larry Thomas (The Soup Nazi), Jackie Hoffman, Sierra Boggess, Dame Gillian Lynne, Jerry Dixon, Von Smith, Jacque LeWarne, Emily James, and Jonathan Platero. This newly imagined production of RUTHLESS! recently received the coveted 2015 Odyssey Nightlife Award for Best Off Broadway Show, and actor Paul Pecorino was honored for Best Breakthrough Off Broadway Performance.

Telemundo announced today it signed a multi-year agreement with international media icon Mario Kreutzberger, better known for his stage name “Don Francisco.”

Un peluquero de barrio (Walter) es la excusa para un recorrido ficcional sobre el 'clown-travesti-literario' Batato Barea. Un pastiche tragicomico de un personaje emblematico de los `80, que desde su inocencia traspaso los limites de lo establecido, y junto a la sombra de su pasado, lo convirtieron en un mito urbano.

Currently celebrating the paperback release of his 2014 New York Times bestselling autobiography I'll Be Right Back After This, legendary radio and TV personality Pat O'Brien recently affiliated with the World Center of Broadcast Media (WCOBM) to launch his new weekly show 'Everything, All The Time.'

Sierra Stages opens its 2016 season this week at the Nevada Theatre in Nevada City with the enchanting, dark comedy THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN by Martin McDonagh. THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, which plays from March 3 through March 19, is directed by Sharon Winegar. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The York Theatre Company, dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the past, celebrates musical revues with the season opener of the Winter 2016 Musicals in Mufti Series: DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE, a musical entertainment with by Micki Grant, conceived by Vinnette Carroll. 

Pittsburgh CLO Academy is proud to announce the cast of The Little Mermaid, Jr. at The CAPA Theater on March 19 at 3:30pm & 6:00pm. This production is just one of the many ways that Pittsburgh CLO Academy provides real-world performance opportunities for its students. 

Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) Executive Director Marc Uys returns to his musician roots at the PSO's Spring Chamber Concert Sunday, March 20 at 4:30 pm at the Institute for Advanced Study. Mr. Uys, harpist Bridget Kibbey, and soprano Mary Mackenzie will perform works by composer and former Princeton University professor Edward T. Cone, the Institute's Artist-in-Residence Sebastian Currier, Camille Saint-Saens, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Regina Opera presents “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Orchestra, Sat. March 5 and 12;  Sun. March 6 and 13, 2016 - 3 PM at Our Lady of Perpetual Help auditorium,  Brooklyn, 5902 6th Avenue, Brooklyn (between 59th and 60th Streets).  Tickets Price:  $25 - General Admission; $20 - Seniors / College students under 25; Teens - $5; Children - Free

Celebrated New York stage actor and stand-up comedian Mario Cantone will perform at the 14th annual Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) 2016 Laugh for Life fundraiser.

Julian Ovenden is not who you think he is. Sure, you'll have seen him a lot on television including Foyle's War and as the scheming Charles Blake in Downton Abbey, but his new album, Be My Love (released April 22nd on East West Records), is the culmination of 33 years of musical training.

Following a worldwide search for the most outstanding young talents in dance, literature, theatre and visual arts, Rolex recently announced the finalists who will be introduced to the respective mentors - Ohad Naharin (dance), Mia Couto (literature), Robert Lepage (theatre) and Joan Jonas (visual arts) - in the 2016-2017 Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative.