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The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Interim Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the past, in association with Van Dean and Sister Productions, will present the hit musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown with book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and additional material by Andrew Lippa, directed by York's Associate Artistic Director Michael Unger with music direction by Eric Svejcar.  

The legendary Andre de Shields stopped by to visit the cast of Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, now in performance through Sunday, March 6 at The York Theatre Company.  He was joined by original Broadway cast member Hope Clarke, with guestsKecia Lewis and Natasha Yvette Williams.

 The New York Musical Festival (NYMF), previously known as The New York Musical Theatre Festival, announced today the initial lineup for NYMF 2016. Among the shows announced in the lineup are the Next Link Project musical selections, as well as invited production selections, developmental reading selections, and concerts. Now in its thirteenth year, the 2016 Festival will take place in July at locations around midtown Manhattan in New York City. 

THEBAN PLAYS is a contemporary performance based on Sophocles' Oedipus Cycle. The performance focuses on the themes embodied by three characters in the ancient dramas -- Oedipus, Jocasta, and Antigone.

The York Theatre Company presented the inaugural College Winter Intensive program this month, offering college students the unique opportunity of taking classes in an off-Broadway theatre near the heart of New York's theatre district during the winter break. Scroll down for photos from the final Showcase, held onstage at the York on January 17th!

THEBAN PLAYS is a contemporary performance based on Sophocles' Oedipus Cycle. The performance focuses on the themes embodied by three characters in the ancient dramas -- Oedipus, Jocasta, and Antigone.

The McCarter Theatre Center's production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has become a welcome holiday treat for families across the region. This heartwarming and powerfully honest musical adaptation of Dickens' classic novel is a wonderful way to honor tradition while experiencing the joys and warmth of a holiday favorite. A Christmas Carol runs from Dec. 4 through Dec. 27 on the Matthews Stage.

William Shakespeare's plays have had many reincarnations over the years but none quite like this one. Broadway Records have produced the world premiere recording of A ROCKIN' Midsummer Night's Dream by New Arts: Newtown Musicals which is a summer program by the 12.14 Foundation, a memorial to the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School back in 2012. All profits made by the sales of this album will go directly to the Foundation to support its future work.

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest travel and leisure company, today announced plans to further expand its operations in China with the deployment of two additional cruise brands in China in 2017. Carnival Cruise Line and AIDA Cruises will join Costa Cruises and Princess Cruises in the Chinese market, making Carnival Corporation the first company to operate four brands in China which is expected to eventually become the world's largest cruise market based on surging demand for cruise vacations by Chinese travelers.

BroadwayWorld will be bringing you exclusive tracks all week to celebrate the upcoming release. Below, check out Day 5: 'Merry Wanderer' as performed by the Stars Cast's Jane Shearin and then by the Moon Cast's Nicole Kolitsas.

BroadwayWorld will be bringing you exclusive tracks all week to celebrate the upcoming release. Below, check out Day 4: 'The Forgeries of Jealousy' as performed by Marla Mindelle.

BroadwayWorld will be bringing you exclusive tracks all week to celebrate the upcoming release. Below, check out Day 3: 'I Just Had The Strangest Dream' as performed first by the Stars Cast: Kyle Mangold, Joe Verga, Mattie Kelly, and Victoria Madden; and then by the Moon Cast: Aidan Petershack, Willem Sandercox, Kirsten Liniger, and Brianna Bauch.

BroadwayWorld will be bringing you exclusive tracks all week to celebrate the upcoming release. Below, check out 'Over Hill, Over Dale' as performed first by Annelise Raedy, Jane Shearin and members of the Stars Cast and then by Quinlyn Kessler, Nicole Kolitsis and members of the Moon Cast. 

BroadwayWorld will be bringing you exclusive tracks all week to celebrate the upcoming release. Below, check out 'Over Hill, Over Dale' as performed first by Annelise Raedy, Jane Shearin and members of the Stars Cast and then by Quinlyn Kessler, Nicole Kolitsis and members of the Moon Cast. 

There are so many people in this world that are fascinated by such a myriad of things, but regardless of what that interest may be, each of those individuals shares a certain something with their fellow aficionados: they believe in that power of that hobby, that job or whatever it may be deemed to compel him or her towards happiness - towards the discovery of what makes their lives worth while. There are many in this world who merely survive with the inherent desire to be happy, but do not have the capability of finding out that "spark" which will ultimately bring that sense of joy to fruition; it is a joy that rarely can be found and followed with such alacrity and passion that makes the average person turn into something extraordinary. It eradicates the unimportant, sometimes mercilessly, so that a person's passion reigns supreme; it is a compelling force that can be felt but not always explained. Something that is so personal, so raw in the context of the human soul is what audiences are given a glimpse of in the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater's (WHAT) uncomfortably riveting production of Time Stands Still. This powerful and provocative piece of theater brings its audience to question what the true value of a passion is when it does more to deface one's humanity than to strengthen it - when such a narrow focus overrides the basic meaning of life.

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NewArts: Newtown Musicals opens its 3rd season tonight with the Connecticut premiere of Liberty Smith, a hysterical and historical new musical written by Michael Weiner, Eric Cohen, Marc Madnick and Adam Abraham.

Today is the last day to show support for a great cause and a new cast recording!

Broadway veterans JoAnn M. Hunter and Shannon Lewis will be the choreographers for this summer's productions (Newtown, CT) -- NewArts: Newtown Musicals, a division of the 12.14 Foundation, under the artistic direction of Michael Unger, is pleased to announce its 2015 summer season.