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This year's 10th Anniversary edition of Broadway Backwards (#bwaybackwards) will feature some of the most memorable numbers from previous years and will be held at 8 pm tonight, March 9, 2015, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). The evening is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and benefits BC/EFA and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York. Honeymoon in Vegas star Rob McClure will share hosting duties with Julie Halston from the current hit revival of You Can't Take It With You.

An extremely limited number of tickets remain available for Monday's 10th anniversary edition of Broadway Backwards, the annual celebration where gays and lesbians experience their stories as told through the great songs of musical theatre and performed by their favorite Broadway stars.

This show is NOT a science lecture. There are NO blackboards on stage. The audience DOES NOT NEED a college degree in physics to attend. The Harris Center for the Arts audience just needs to prepare to see an extraordinary performance by actor Ed Metzger. From crazy white hair, thrift-style clothes and sneakers without socks, Mr. Metzger brings to life the unbridled curiosity of the world's most beloved genius and physicist in his compelling nationally acclaimed dramatic one-man show, Einstein: The Practical Bohemian.

Justine Simmons and Rev Run kick off the month on Cooking Channel when they head back into the kitchen for more family, food and fun in a new season of Rev Run's Sunday Suppers on Wednesday, April 1st at 8:00pmET/5:00pmPT.

For the first time in two years 'nuevo flamenco' guitar virtuoso Jesse Cook will return to the State Theatre in Easton for a performance tonight, March 5th. This show is one of ten mid-season additions to the 2015 State Theatre lineup.

The Hilberry Theatre Company presents William Congreve's The Way of the World, which will be recorded for inclusion in the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the National Theatre Archive at Lincoln Center. The Archive has been an integral part of theatre history and research since 1970, with a mandate to 'preserve live theatrical productions and document the creative contributions of distinguished artists and legendary figures of the theatre.' Scroll down for a look at the show!

The cast and company of Madam Butterfly at the Royal Albert Hall, produced by Raymond Gubbay with the Royal Albert Hall, will tonight celebrated the production's 100th performance in the venue. The current revival runs until Sunday 15 March.

NYC will never be the same when new and former housewives collide as Bravo Media's “The Real Housewives of New York City” premieres on Tuesday, April 7 at 9pm ET/PT.

Lyric Opera of Chicago presents the fiery melodrama Tosca by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) conducted by Dmitri Jurowski in a new production by John Caird. The new cast opens on Friday, February 27 with 5 performances remaining through Saturday, March 14. Performance dates are Feb. 27, Mar. 3, 14 at 7:30pm; and Mar. 8, 11 at 2pm.

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Opera brings the passionate and sweeping drama of La traviatato Triangle audiences tonight, February 27 and March 1. In this sumptuous production, we follow along the heartbreaking journey of Violetta Valéry as she finds herself stuck with an agonizing choice. Does she stay with the man she loves or leave him to save his family's honor?

Silver Spring Stage presents 33 Variations by Moises Kaufman, directed by Natalia Gleason and produced by Lennie Magida and Katherine Offutt, acclaimed drama of genius and illness that transcends time. 33 Variations will perform weekends tonight, February 27 to March 21, 2015.

The Hilberry Theatre Company presents William Congreve's The Way of the World, which will be recorded for inclusion in the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the National Theatre Archive at Lincoln Center. The Archive has been an integral part of theatre history and research since 1970, with a mandate to "preserve live theatrical productions and document the creative contributions of distinguished artists and legendary figures of the theatre." Scroll down for a look at the show!

Dance Theatre of Harlem Vision Gala held at Cipriani 42nd Street honored Grammy Award-Winning Opera Singer Jessye Norman with the Arthur Mitchell Vision Award; Theodore Bartwink (post-humously) and the Harkness Center for Dance with the Carl & Lily Pforzheimer Family Foundation Medal; Virtuoso Award Honorees Mario Baeza and Under Armour, Inc.

Met Opera luminary Lucine Amara, Artistic Director of the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, celebrates a milestone on March 1: her 90th birthday and over 70 years performing on the stage.

A major exhibition featuring extraordinary works created by Native American people of the Plains region will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, beginning March 9. Bringing together more than 150 iconic works from European and North American collections—many never before seen in a public exhibition in North America—The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky will explore the beauty, power, and spiritual resonance of Plains Indian art. Ranging from an ancient stone pipe and painted robes to drawings, paintings, collages, photographs, and a contemporary video installation, the exhibition will reflect the significant place that Plains Indian culture holds in the heritage of North America and in European history. It will also convey the continuum of hundreds of years of artistic tradition, maintained against a backdrop of monumental cultural change. A selection of modern and contemporary works not seen at other venues of the exhibition will provide a compelling narrative about the ongoing vitality of Plains art.

MADAM BUTTERFLY, Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece of doomed love and tragic passion, will play a limited run at the Royal Albert Hall, beginning tonight 26 February 2015. David Freeman will direct, reviving his Japanese water garden production, designed by David Roger.

Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, announces the lineup for the third annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY. This 17-day festival will offer 9 fully staged productions from Italy, among other events and activities. Shows will be presented in all five boroughs of New York. Each show will have at least two performances, one in Manhattan and one in one of the outer boroughs. Performances will run May 4 - 20, 2015. Venues, a calendar of performances and ticketing information will be announced shortly.

SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young (formerly Our Time), will host its 13th ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA, on Monday, April 27, 2015, to celebrate the courage and achievements of more than 70 million people who stutter - including 5% of all children.

A major exhibition featuring extraordinary works created by Native American people of the Plains region will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, beginning March 9. Bringing together more than 150 iconic works from European and North American collections-many never before seen in a public exhibition in North America-The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky will explore the beauty, power, and spiritual resonance of Plains Indian art. Ranging from an ancient stone pipe and painted robes to drawings, paintings, collages, photographs, and a contemporary video installation, the exhibition will reflect the significant place that Plains Indian culture holds in the heritage of North America and in European history. It will also convey the continuum of hundreds of years of artistic tradition, maintained against a backdrop of monumental cultural change. A selection of modern and contemporary works not seen at other venues of the exhibition will provide a compelling narrative about the ongoing vitality of Plains art.

Follow Tiffani as she prepares to host Dinner at Tiffani's, premiering tonight, February 25th at 10:00pmET/7:00pmPT on Cooking Channel.