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Watch: First Heathers Trailer Premiering on Paramount Network 3/7

Anaemic Theatre and Voice of the City are proud to announce their upcoming co-production of YIZKOR, a new devised play addressing contemporary issues of Anti-Semitism and Prejudice in the United States today.

Today at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, PBS announced that acclaimed film, theater and television actor Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan, Spotlight, The Manchurian Candidate) will narrate its series, which tells the story of art from the dawn of human history to the present day - for the first time on a global scale.

Through a swirl of nearly missed connections, THIS RANDOM WORLD follows a series of intersecting lives: A mother determined to maintain her independence, a daughter longing for adventure, two sisters seeking common ground, and an internet prank gone awry. Warmly humorous and lyrically bittersweet, this play by Steven Dietz investigates what it is to love, to lose, and be touched by the serendipity of life. It's an evening of theatre that is certain to provoke sweet memories and perhaps some unrecognized yearnings.

The hilarious musical comedy Nunsense is the first offering of the New Year for Terrific New Theatre (TNT), opening today, January 18, 2018.Written by Dan Goggin, and featuring the antics of five singing/dancing nuns, Nunsense runs until February 10, with shows today, Friday and Saturday at 8p.m. and on Sundays,January 28 and February 4, at 2:30p.m.

2017 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards Finalists Announced!

HEATHERS, a pitch-black comedy anthology series based on the 80s cult classic film of the same name, will premiere on Paramount Network on Wednesday, March 7 at 10 pm, ET/PT.

Desert Rose Playhouse's 2017-18 'gay heritage production' is Lanford Wilson's FIFTH OF JULY, which the company pulls off admirably except for some pacing problems.

Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber's high-octane Broadway and West End hit School of Rock The Musical is coming to St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre January 16-28!

Just in time to make New Year's resolutions, Lifetime debuts new series, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, with Emmy nominee Cat Deeley as the host.

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that along with departing cast members Bette Midler, David Hyde Pierce and Taylor Trensch, Beanie Feldstein will also play her final performance this evening as Minnie Fay.

Bette Midler, David Hyde Pierce and Taylor Trensch will take their final bows in Hello, Dolly! today, January 14. As BroadwayWorld has previously announced, Bernadette Peters will be assuming the title role beginning January 20. Victor Garber will be taking over as Horace Vandergelder and Charlie Stemp will be playing Barnaby Tucker.

If you think you've seen Into The Woods too many times, allow Performance Now's current production to change your mind.

Of all the parts of a woman's body, none is quite as shrouded in mystery as the vagina. The very word is rarely spoken aloud; it is confined to hushed tones and furtive glances, a word to be vaguely embarrassed by. This will not be the case when that most private part finds itself thrust into the spotlight in THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, by Even Ensler, presented by the Castle Craig Players, February 9-17 at their intimate Meriden venue!

Coal Mine Theatre is proud to present the first ever Coal Mine Concert, RUMOURS by Fleetwood Mac, February 4-25, 2018 at the intimate Coal Mine Theatre.

A Work of Heart Productions (WHP) brings Bringing Broadway Home to the 54 Below stage! After making a splash with 54 Sings Godspell, Little Women and Music and Laughter with Nicole Lippey and Friends, A Work of Heart Productions is introducing their Mentorship Experience show!

Thelma and Louise meets The First Wives Club in First Folio Theatre's Chicago premiere of WOMEN IN JEOPARDY, previewing Jan. 24-26, opening Jan. 27 and closing Feb. 25, 2018. Written by Wendy MacLeod, author of The House of Yes, Schoolgirl Figure and Things Being What They Are, this biting comedy explores the lives of best friends and divorcees Mary, Jo and Liz who are always looking out for each other. When Mary and Jo start to suspect that Liz's new boyfriend is a serial killer, they begin an investigation to prove it to her and save her life. However, when they bring Liz's teenage daughter Amanda into it, along with her spaced-out boyfriend Trenner, things go from humorously tricky to hilariously complex.

Do you know what you wish? Are you certain what you wish is what you want? Join the fairytale characters you know and love as they travel Into the Woods and find out what happens after happily ever after.

AT&T* AUDIENCE Network is ringing in the first half of the new year with a full slate of original series programming. The new series premiere and season pick-ups are available exclusively on DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW and AT&T U-verse.

The untold tale of four rock n' roll pioneers and takes center stage when the hit Broadway musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET returns to Southern California... courtesy of 3-D Theatricals (3DT), one of Los Angeles' and Orange County's most critically acclaimed musical theatre production companies.