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Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established women's theatre company, has announced the female playwrights chosen via an Open Call to take part in Sphinx 30, the company's 30th anniversary programme.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE The Vote, a four-hour documentary series, tells the dramatic story of the epic — and surprisingly unfamiliar — crusade waged by American women for the right to vote.

Vanessa Williams recently chatted with Good Morning America, where she talked about Black Theatre United, which she co-founded to help influence widespread reform within the industry.

In celebration of the paperback publication of The Testaments, Margaret Atwood's riveting sequel to her dystopian masterpiece The Handmaid's Tale, Fane Online have announced an exclusive live streamed evening of Atwood in conversation.

Black Theatre United (BTU) is partnering with Fair Count, the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded by former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, to launch a?oeonly1ofmea??; a new campaign featuring iconic artists of color, to inspire completion of the 2020 United States Census amongst a?oehard-to-counta?? (HTC) populations.

Leading production company Fane are delighted to announce the latest names to be added to their stellar programme of online 'in conversation with' streamed events, with Nigella Lawson, Matt Haig, Eddie Hearn, Jeremy Vine, Erica Davies and Jodi Picoult.

The Van Wezel announces additional shows for 2021! PROUD Tina: The Ultimate Tribute to Tina Turner comes to the Van Wezel for its Sarasota debut. The Sweet Caroline tour returns to the Hall by popular demand, and single tickets for Neil Berg's 112 Years of Broadway will be available this week. 

Producer Mark Cortale announced today that award-winning stars of the stage and screen Karen Olivo, Sierra Boggess, and returning by popular demand Jeremy Jordan would join the concert series.

Chance Theater has announced its third Chance Cyber Chat Series. Just because the doors of the Bette Aitken theater arts Center are temporarily closed, it doesn't mean that we can't still get together, connect and chat on a virtual theater trip! In fact... you could say that now is the best time to focus on community and exhilarating theater productions.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) unveiled today a 10-point Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Action Plan, developed to immediately prioritize the organizationa??s deepening commitment to better representing and serving the entirety of its community.

Obie Award winner, Darius de Haas, will appear as the special guest on THE JIM MASTERS SHOW LIVE!. tonight at 7pm eastern, 4pm pacific.

Casting is now open for a virtual concert of STICKS & STONES, a new sung-through musical concert benefiting Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation.

Eric Jordan Young (Seussical, Chicago) is a two-time BroadwayWorld Award winner and joins host Patrick Oliver Jones to go behind the scenes as the only Ragtime performer to have been in the original Broadway run (and National Tour) and also been cast in the 2009 revival.

Rachel Brosnahan, Audra McDonald, Ariana DeBose, Adrienne  Warren, Rachel Zegler, Jason Ralph, Sam Pinkleton, Diana DiMenna, Rachel Sussman, Alison Cimmet, Shereen Pimentel, Kyle Selig, Jessica Phillips, Judy Kuhn, and more to sleep out a?oevirtuallya?? and join together for a live broadcast starting at 8 PM ET and ending at 8am ET the next morning.

Today's top stories: Hamilton cast members will reunite for a HAM4CHANGE fundraiser, and more!

Powerhouse vocalist and actor Audra McDonald returns to the Van Wezel in 2021! Musician, vocalist and composer Damien Sneed brings A Tribute to Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul to the Hall for its Sarasota debut, and single tickets for South Pacific will be available for purchase this week.  

Grammy & Emmy-winning composer & conductor John McDaniel and lyricist/librettist Scott Logsdon will present an online highlights concert of their new musical, STICKS & STONES to be broadcast in October. Coinciding with October's National Bullying Prevention Month, the virtual feature will serve as a benefit to youth wellness with proceeds going to support Born This Way Foundation. 

Stars in the House continues today (2pm) with a very special encore presentation of 'Free To Be...You and Me' which originally aired on June 26. Actress and activist Marlo Thomas created the award-winning album, book, and television special in the early 70s, that was the first anti-racist, anti-sexist entertainment for children.

The Alternative Theater Company presents BELIEVEABILITY, the August 30th Third Virtual Reading in a series of 10-minute original plays that explore the subject of faith, 'in your face plays for these in your face kind of days.'

What have the original cast members, ensemble members, swings, and standbys of Hamilton been up to lately? Check out their latest projects!