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The 2017 BET AWARDS aired live last night, Sunday, June 25 at 8 pm ET from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, CA on BET. Beyonce was the night's big winner, receiving a total of five trophies

TRAVIS WALL and Break The Floor Productions are pleased to announce additional dates in the 2017 - 2018 national tour of After The Curtain-  the new show by America's hottest dance company, Travis Wall's SHAPING SOUND. After The Curtain will play at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center on Friday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m.

TRAVIS WALL and Break The Floor ProductionS are pleased to announce additional dates in the 2017 - 2018 national tour of After The Curtain -- the new show by America's hottest dance company, Travis Wall's SHAPING SOUND.  After The Curtain will play the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall on Friday, November 3, 2017 at 8:00 PM.

Travis Wall and Break the Floor Productions are pleased to announce the additional dates in the 2017-2018 national tour of After the Curtain, the new show by America's hottest dance company, Travis Wall's Shaping Sound. After the Curtain will play at The Hanover Theatre for Performing Arts, Monday, January 29, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.

Travis Wall and Break The Floor Productions have announced that their new show After The Curtain will perform at King's Theatre in Brooklyn for one show only, Friday, June 16 at 8:00 PM. After The Curtain is the second show by America's hottest dance company, Travis Wall's SHAPING SOUND and the Brooklyn engagement is part of a national tour that began in March and continues into 2018.

Today, Benanti turned to Twitter to tease a possible return of Melania on tonight's episode of the CBS late show. Check out the post below.

Smithsonian Channel's new series, FIRST LADIES REVEALED, examines some of the most prominent and remarkable women – trailblazers, style icons, diplomats, war heroes, and global superstars.

NEW YORK, June 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio has partnered with acclaimed fashion designer Christian Siriano to create a limited-edition label for the summer season. Available in stores nationwide beginning this June, the unparalleled label styled by Christian Siriano makes Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio the season's must-have for all sipping and entertaining occasions.

Following successful, sold-out ballet festivals in 2013 and 2015, The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) is thrilled to once again present a two-week festival of ballet showcasing some of America's most exciting contemporary companies and choreographers with Joyce commissions on each program. The remarkable Ballet Festival, co-curated by Curatorial Associate John Selya, is designed to recognize dancers and choreographers who are creating work outside the traditional large company setting - and, in many cases, forming their own companies - will take place from July 18 - 29 at The Joyce Theater.

Memorial Day is a time where we remember the fallen who gave their lives for this country. This past Memorial Day, May 29, 2017, we also remembered President John F. Kennedy on the day of his birth 100 years ago. The JFK Centennial Celebration was the culminating event in a yearlong tribute to the Kennedy Center's namesake.

The satire, which hammers HAMILTON with love-by-parody in a zippy 70-minute show, is moving to midtown.

Gilbert Baker, creator of the Rainbow Flag (known affectionately as "The Gay Betsy Ross"), which became the international symbol for the LGBT community, died on March 31, 2017 in NYC.

Turner's TBS has closed a new four-year all-inclusive deal with Conan O'Brien's Team Coco that will capitalize on his linear and multiplatform success and extend the CONAN brand into additional content experiences across all screens, including digital and branded content, podcasting, mobile gaming, pay TV and live tours.

On Friday May 5th, MTV will host the 2017 College Signing Day featuring former First Lady Michelle Obama.

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love in San Francisco, Beach Blanket Babylon is currently featuring a host of groovy characters, including Haight-Ashbury gals, Hippie Gal, The Beatles, Hippie Peanut and many more.

Between their two lofty resumes, Broadway husband-and-wife duo Amy Spanger and Brian Shepard have a grand total of 15 Broadway credits to their names. Adding in their multiple film/TV credits and cast recordings, the phrase 'triple threat' couldn't be a better fit to define their talents. And with the skills they've honed on 'the boards,' the couple is eager to support the next generation of Broadway gypsies through their new training program: 'Married to Broadway.'

TRAVIS WALL and BREAK THE FLOOR PRODUCTIONS are pleased to bring their second show by America's hottest dance company, Travis Wall's SHAPING SOUND, After The Curtain to Shea's Buffalo Theatre on Sunday, March 5 at 6 p.m.  For tickets($30-$75) call 1-800-745-3000, go toticketmaster.com or the Shea's Box Office.  For more information, visit www.sheas.org.

If Nikka Graff Lanzarone was going to make sure of one thing through her Feinstein's/54 Below debut show HERO WORSHIP on February 23, it was that her audience would leave knowing how to properly say her name. Lanzarone, a true-blue triple threat who most recently starred in the Off-Broadway production of SWEET CHARITY, comes from a long line of show business royalty. She, like anyone born and raised on performance, wholly acknowledges the influence of her predecessors (both within and outside of her family) on her genetic and performative makeup. Thus emerged the concept of her solo show. Using the sentient direction of Robbie Rozelle, Lanzarone pieced together through songs and video accompaniment a stroll through her life and burgeoning career, filling the show with exuberance and laughter, vocal prowess and, unexpectedly, a few tears.

Penguin Random House announced in a statement that they will 'publish forthcoming books by former President of the United States Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama.'  Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but the Financial Times reported the bidding auction ranged over $60 million. 

Star Wars: Rouge One star Diego Luna and former Mexican President Vincente Fox will join Conan O'Brien during the late-night host's newest primetime special, CONAN Without Borders: Made in Mexico.