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Enjoy a night of more than a dozen new works brought to you by John Chatterton and the MITF!

The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA), the nation's longest running active arts advocacy organization for Latino actors, is pleased to announce that it will honor Academy Award-winning actor Benicio del Toro with the 2015 Raul Julia HOLA Founders Award. He will join "Orange is the New Black" star Selenis Leyva, "Jane The Virgin" star Andrea Navedo, "Blue Bloods" star Marisa Ramirez, and others at the Sixteenth Annual HOLA Awards Gala and Benefit. The HOLA Awards will take place on Monday, October 14, 2015 at 6pm at The Battery Gardens, located on the waterfront overlooking New York Harbor in Battery Park (opposite 17 State Street in lower Manhattan).

 The Baltimore Playwrights Festival continues its 34th Season with Saving Myself for Steve Martin at the Strand Theatre, performing at Church & Company, 3647 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21211.

The Waterfall Atrium at The Palazzo Las Vegas is showcasing an incredible art installation inspired by Venice's Carnivale di Venezia. For the first time, the seasonal display "transforms" throughout the summer, with three distinct color palettes created by a changing selection of fresh flowers. Now into its second "look," the display has taken on a "hot summer nights" theme with jewel tone florals. Scroll down for photos from the exhibition!

Poor People, a stage adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's epistolary novel and first masterpiece, Poor Folk, written by Lavinia Roberts and directed by Irene Kapustina, will open at the Kraine Theater on August 16th, 2015 and will run through August 29th, 2015.

Wayne Coyne, frontman for the boundary-breaking, psychedelic alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, is creating brand-new visual artwork for the next exhibition at Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum

Boston, MA -- INTER-ACTIONS: Performance Art x Art That Performs; presented by Fort Point Theatre Channel. Performances run tonight, July 18 and tomorrow, July 19, at 8-9:30 pm. to and open to all.

Michael Symon is taking a summer road trip to taste the best of American classics in Burgers, Brew & 'Que, premiering today, July 17th at 10:30pm ET/PT on Food Network.

A couple of weeks ago, Richard Jay-Alexander reported exclusively for BroadwayWorld.com on Michael McElroy, the Broadway Inspirational Voices and the launch of Parlor Night, which will soon be a regular event. 

NBCUniversal Hispanic Group's annual Upfront presentation was held tonight at New York's Frederick P. Rose Hall and hosted by NBC's “Today” news anchor Natalie Morales and TELEMUNDO entertainment anchor and “La Voz Kids” host Jorge Bernal.

El proximo 26 de julio regresa al Teatro Galileo, dentro de los Veranos de la Villa, este concierto canalla e irreverente que se estreno en junio de 2014, y consiguio el Premio del Publico BroadwayWorld Spain al Mejor Evento Teatral del año.

Jonathan Demme's musical dramedy RICKI AND THE FLASH, starring Meryl Streep, will open the 68th Locarno Film Festival. The film was written by Diablo Cody (Juno) will have its world premiere on August 5 at the Festival's Piazza Grande.

Drew Fornarola and Marshall Pailet's musical comedy is a gleeful valentine to Nintendo video games.

Single tickets for The Dallas Opera's magnificent 2015-2016 “Seeking the Human Element” Season, and popular TDO Family Performances will go on sale to the general public today, July 15, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

?Sands Cares, the global corporate citizenship program for Las Vegas Sands and the Quiet Storm Foundation, C.J. Watson's initiative to provide a positive impact on underprivileged youth, have formed a partnership that will see 10 individual scholarships donated over a period of two years.

A partir del viernes 24 de julio, el Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires y la Fundacion Cinemateca Argentina presentan en la Sala Leopoldo Lugones del Teatro San Martin (Avda. Corrientes 1530) el estreno exclusivo de la version restaurada de El gatopardo, la obra maestra de 1963 de Luchino Visconti, en siete unicas funciones.

Get ready for a culinary adventure at the 20th Epcot International Food and Wine Festival at Walt Disney World from September 25th through November 16th.

RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL just opened Off-Broadway last night, July 13th at St. Luke's Theatre. Book and lyrics for RUTHLESS! are by Joel Paley with music by Marvin Laird.  When THE BAD SEED meets GYPSY it's fun for the whole dysfunctional family! Tina Denmark is a pretty, charming and diabolical eight-year-old who 'was born to entertain.' With the encouragement of slick and overbearing potential agent Sylvia St. Croix, Tina will do anything to play the lead in her school play. The question is, where does such remarkable talent and unstoppable ambition come from? The answer is shocking in this award-winning Stage Mother of all musicals. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the opening night theatre arrivals below!

Single tickets for The Dallas Opera's magnificent 2015-2016 "Seeking the Human Element" Season, and popular TDO Family Performances will go on sale to the general public Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

VIDEO GAMES LIVE, a complete celebration and multimedia concert experience featuring music from the most popular video games of all time, is making its way to Richmond CenterStage's Altria Theater on Saturday, January 23, 2016. Show time is 8pm and ticket prices begin at $20 for adults. VIDEO GAMES LIVE is a multimedia concert experience featuring the best music and exclusive synchronized video clips from the most popular games from the beginning of video gaming to the present. Performed by top orchestras and choirs, the show combines exclusive video footage and music arrangements with synchronized lighting, solo performers, stage show production, special FX, electronic percussionists and unique interactive segments. Whether it's the power and passion of the more recent blockbusters or the excitement of remembering the sentimental classics you played growing up, it will truly be a special night to remember for the entire family.