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This coming summer to the U.S., don't miss the chance to bring home GNOMEO & JULIET - the hilarious twist on William Shakespeare's legendary tale Romeo & Juliet as you've never seen it before, perfect for the whole family. Enter the secret world of garden gnomes and meet two adorable gnomes from completely different worlds who fight the odds to be together. From a director of Shrek 2, and featuring fun, all-new music by Sir Elton John, the out- of-the-ordinary animated comedy GNOMEO & JULIET releases on Blu-rayTM, Blu-ray 3DTM, DVD, Movie Download and On-Demand - May 24, 2011

Shattered Globe Theatre will present Educating Rita, the charming comedy with serious questions at its heart, previewing June 21st, opening June 23rd, and running through August 14th at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Ave.

For the first time ever in New York, world-renowned cabaret singer, Andrea Marcovicci, will teach a Master Class on the Art of Cabaret.

For the first time ever in New York, world-renowned cabaret singer, Andrea Marcovicci, will teach a Master Class on the Art of Cabaret.

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, May 15, 2011 - Sunday, May 15, 2011.

Stanley Tucci and Cloris Leachman have joined Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz in the upcoming film ‘Gambit,' the remake of the 1966 Michael Caine-Shirley MacLaine movie, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Anne-Marie Duff will star in Terence Rattigan's final play, Cause Celebre, opening for previews on 17 March 2011 with a press night on 29 March 2011.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents the Tony Award nominated musical 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,' Mar. 25-Apr. 17, 2011.

National radio personality, FOX News Channel contributor, and former Greenville resident Mike Gallagher returns to the Upstate to star in the musical comedy hit, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, opening tonight and running through April 16.

Today we lost one of the greats: the gentle giant of directors, Sidney Lumet. What a resume! Just to pick seven of perhaps the best known of the bunch, the bunch in question being over 100 titles strong: 12 ANGRY MEN, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, SERPICO, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, NETWORK and BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD - the films spanning fifty years from MEN in 1957 and DEVIL in 2007 - it is clear to see why Lumet was one of the most cherished and celebrated directors in Hollywood, especially known for his tough, gritty New York stories and his pristine stage-to-screen transfers. For an excellent example of the latter (in addition to LONG DAY'S JOURNEY and the others) check out DEATHTRAP - based on Ira Levin's play, the longest-running thriller in Broadway history - featuring Michael Caine in one of his best roles and Christopher Reeve and Dyan Cannon in their finest performances on film. For an example of the former genre, look no further than NETWORK, containing one of the strongest screenplays ever penned, from the fiery and ferocious pen of Paddy Cheyefsky, and Faye Dunaway in her Oscar-winning performance for all the ages. As far as theatrical screenplays on screen, Lumet would be hard-pressed to even come close to the power, prescience and transformative brilliance at the core of the conceit of that film - yet he did just that; with his final, 2007 film no less. I am speaking, of course, of the underrated and riveting BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, with Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris. Taking an original screenplay that could just as well have been written for the stage - shades of 12 ANGRY MEN, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, NETWORK and SERPICO, certainly - Lumet made a bristling, biting brilliant work of staggering craft and ingenuity - all with verve, energy and drive of a man a quarter of his age at the time (80). His films were classics in his own time and, now, in his passing, they are just as timeless - if not more so. With each passing year, new layers of truth, beauty, sadness and soulfulness can be found in the countless frames in the innumerable unforgettable scenes in his many masterpieces.

HDNet Concerts present Sting: Live in Berlin this Sunday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Huntington Theatre Company kicks off its spring of comedy with Educating Rita by Willy Russell (Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers), welcoming back celebrated British director Maria Aitken.

HDNet Concerts present Sting: Live in Berlin this Sunday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Hope Davis, the actress currently reprising her role in GOD OF CARNAGE at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, may soon be seen by television audiences in HBO's newest series, 'Spring/Fall'.

Asolo Repertory Theatre presents Deathtrap, Ira Levin's classic mystery thriller. Directed by Peter Amster, Deathtrap runs from April 1-May 14, 2011.

Military Channel has signed Hollywood film and television star Lou Diamond Phillips to host the new franchise AN OFFICER AND A MOVIE.

Asolo Repertory Theatre presents Deathtrap, Ira Levin's classic mystery thriller. Directed by Peter Amster, Deathtrap runs from April 1-May 14, 2011.

Military Channel has signed Hollywood film and television star Lou Diamond Phillips to host the new franchise AN OFFICER AND A MOVIE.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents the Tony Award nominated musical 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,' Mar. 25-Apr. 17, 2011.

National radio personality, FOX News Channel contributor, and former Greenville resident Mike Gallagher returns to the Upstate to star in the musical comedy hit, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, opening tonight and running through April 16.