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Little Known Facts is a weekly podcast hosted by stage and film actress Ilana Levine. Today's episode features Broadway's Will Swenson!

The 7th annual Hollywood Beauty Awards (HBAs), founded by CEO Michele Elyzabeth, took place on Saturday, March 19 at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles. The HBAs honor the architects of beauty, recognizing talent in hair, makeup, photography and styling for film, TV, music, the red carpet and editorial. 

The West Coast premiere of playwright Jeremy O. Harris' unflinching new work “Slave Play” reopened the Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum with the highest grossing five-week engagement in the storied theatre's more than 50-year history.

Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today that their Stars in the House series will host a 10-hour telethon to raise money and awareness for those affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine. Donations of the event will benefit the International Rescue Committee and their humanitarian efforts for those affected by the war in Ukraine.  

Prospect Theater Company announced today the complete casting for their upcoming work-in-process concert presentation of The Oscar Micheaux Suite. The concert performances of The Oscar Micheaux Suite will take place on Saturday, March 26th at 2pm & 7pm, and Sunday, March 27th at 2pm at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street).

The internationally renowned Trinity Irish Dance Company opened at The Joyce Theater on Tuesday evening and the audience was wowed.

The newly announced slate of Visiting Artists for April brings the return of Cindy Williams to the Playhouse, the Bucks County premiere of Ray Didinger’s popular play, “Tommy and Me” with special guests at each show including Eagles great Harold Carmichael and the lively “Bennie and Jets: an Elton John Tribute.” 

The Upstate Theater Coalition for a Restart, representing downtown historic theaters from Buffalo to Poughkeepsie, thank elected officials from both the Assembly and the Senate for supporting a fund to assist these theaters in the slow recovery from the Covid impacted restart.

Ariana DeBose took home the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the recent film adaptation of West Side Story. The film also won in the Best Film Editing category.

The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Department of Theatre and Dance is sponsoring a free public webinar with Claire Warden of Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC) about best practices in intimacy safety for theatre, television, and film. Warden’s talk, titled “Building a Consent Based Workspace: The Fundamentals of Intimacy Direction/Coordination,” will introduce the concept of Intimacy Direction, a growing artistic practice to promote psychological and physical safety in the performing arts.

McCarter continues the season with a jam-packed lineup of music, theater, dance, and family programming.

Come and 'sail the ocean blue' with Sasha Regan's smash hit All-Male H.M.S. Pinafore which docks at Wilton's Music Hall next week for another nautical adventure.

The new track debuted with a performance last night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and marks the fourth single from the album closely following 'Invincible' featuring Daniel Caesar which arrived with a video directed by STILLZ, and his previously released singles 'Bad Life' with Kali Uchis and 'Go Away.' Plus, check out tour dates!

Dave Lawrence, President & CEO of the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, welcomed approximately 170 guests to this season's opening CULTURE & COCKTAILS—the first live “Conversation” in two years.

BroadwayWorld talks to Obie, Peabody and Bessie Award winning actor and writer Roger Guenveur Smith about 'Otto Frank' his new solo piece running as a Campo Santo production at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco. Guenveur Smith finds enduring relevance in the story of the Holocaust survivor.

Shmo Yertyr is Terry Ohms’ newest LP of a 20-plus-year history releasing albums that have an amusing multiple personality, including but not limited to, indie rockers, Americana clamors, and electronic slammers with light and dark and crazy sneaking through the windows of this weirdly accessible artist.

FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present an uplifting evening featuring the songs from the new musical, A Symphony for Portland, written by a Player’s Theatre Residency playwright and 2020 Rave Theatre Festival Finalist, Christina Hemphill, as she and her cast prepare for their limited engagement at the Player’s Theatre.

The Town Hall & Mark Cortale continue with the latest installment of the internationally acclaimed concert series Seth Rudetsky's Broadway, hosted and music directed by Sirius/XM Radio star Seth Rudetsky at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street).

Maryland Ensemble Theatre's 24th Mainstage season brings absurdist comedy to Downtown Frederick with Meteor Shower by Steve Martin. MET Producing Artistic Director Tad James directs this laugh-riot, leading an incredible cast of comedic actors. Running March 25 through April 24, audiences are sure to find themselves doubled over in laughter and wracked with absurdist unease throughout the course of this night at the theater.

Music Director and Principal Conductor David Charles Abell brings the fun and elegance of Oscar Hammerstein 2nd's masterworks to the POPS in HAMMERSTEIN: The Song is You, April 1–3 at the Kimmel Cultural Campus.