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Memphis is set in the 1950s where rock 'n' roll was born: the seedy underground nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an original book and score by David Bryan (keyboard player, songwriter and founding member of Bon Jovi) and Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and All Shook Up!), it tells the fictional story of Huey Calhoun, a white radio DJ with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black club singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street. Despite the objections of their loved ones (Huey's close-minded mama and Felicia's cautious brother, a club owner), they embark on a dangerous affair. Filled with high-octane dancing, songs that perfectly capture the era, and an absorbing tale of fame and forbidden love, the show offers soaring emotion and roof-raising rock 'n' roll.

Two exceptional plays, one extraordinary playwright, THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, in association with CENTER THEATRE GROUP announce the fourth show of its 2015-2016 - 25th Anniversary Season, the World Premiere of BIRDER, written by Julie Marie Myatt and directed by Dan Bonnell.  BIRDER will run in repertory with JOHN IS A FATHER, also by Julie Marie Myatt.  BIRDER began previews on Monday, April 25 at 8pm; opened on Friday, April 29 at 8pm and will run through Sunday, June 19 at the Road on Lankershim, 5108 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood.

Lost Nation Theater opened a high-energy production of the musical HAIRSPRAY last week at Montpelier's City Hall Arts Center. With music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, and book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, HAIRSPRAY opened on Broadway in 2002 and went on to win eight Tony Awards.

Theatre Three presents the Tony Award-winning rock 'n' roll musical MEMPHIS by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, running April 28 - May 22, 2016, with opening night set for May 2. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in costume below!

The Huntington Theatre Company presents the world premiere of I Was Most Alive with You written and directed by Craig Lucas (Prelude to a Kiss at the Huntington and An American in Paris on Broadway) and performed both in English and American Sign Language. Performances begin Friday, May 27 and continue through June 26, 2016 at the South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. 

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will join the world in commemorating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death on April 23 with a party titled "Death Becomes Him: Celebrating Shakespeare's Legacy."

After a hugely successful whirlwind tour of country regions in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, the 2016 Mikado troupe, comprising performers from both Co-Opera and the G&S Society, return to Adelaide for a short season of six performances only at the Adelaide Showground. Bookings are now open for this joyful G&S romp. Seating is cabaret style and byo refreshments and food.

The Acting Company will continue its 2016 John McDonald Salon Series with a reading of Oscar Wilde's beloved comedy An Ideal Husband on Monday, April 18th at 7 PM at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater at the West Side YMCA, 10 W. 64th Street, New York, NY. Single tickets are $35 and include a post-show reception with the cast. The performance is sold out. For waitlist information, call (212) 258-3111 or visit www.theactingcompany.org. 

Casa Mañana Theatre concludes its 2015-2016 Broadway season with Monty Python's Spamalot June 4-12.Tickets are on sale now.

Award-winning actress and singer Dianne Dixon has joined a stellar lineup of actors from across the Caribbean for the Braata Productions Caribbean Playreading Series, to be held at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC) in Queens, New York, from April 22- 24.

Theatre Three presents the Tony Award-winning rock 'n' roll musical MEMPHIS by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, running April 28 - May 22, 2016, with opening night set for May 2. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in costume below!

Hillbarn Theatre closes out its record breaking 75th Anniversary Season with Neil Simon's hit musical, SWEET CHARITY.

Two exceptional plays, one extraordinary playwright, THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, in association with CENTER THEATRE GROUP announce the fourth show of its 2015-2016 - 25th Anniversary Season, the World Premiere of BIRDER, written by Julie Marie Myatt and directed by Dan Bonnell.  BIRDER will run in repertory withJOHN IS A FATHER, also by Julie Marie Myatt.  BIRDER will begin previews on Monday, April 25 at 8pm; will open on Friday, April 29 at 8pm and run through Sunday, June 19 at the Road on Lankershim, 5108 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood.

Triumphant Mikado Returns to Adelaide after National Tour at 7.30 pm May 6 - 7 and May 13 - 14 2016 and 3pm 8 and 15 May 2016 at Thomas Edmonds Opera Theatre, Adelaide Showground, Wayville.

ODC Theater, one of the West Coast's major centers for contemporary dance and performance, has announced the program for its 2016 summer season. Highlights include world premieres by Hope Mohr Dance and RAWdance, and the fifth anniversary of ODC Theater's signature summer dance event, the Walking Distance Dance Festival-SF, featuring performances by BODYTRAFFIC, Christopher K. Morgan and N? Lei Hulu I Ka W?kiu. On the final day of Walking Distance, ODC Theater in association with Epiphany Productions will also co-present a celebratory festival within a festival, a day of free, outdoor performances within walking distance of ODC's two-building campus in the Mission District.

WE tv is set to premiere the, unprecedented, unscripted docu-series, SISTERS IN LAW today, March 24 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

To celebrate World Voice Day 2016, The Australian Dysphonia Network presents two major concerts. Voices in the Valley which will be held on Friday, 15 April in the Evan Theatre Penrith Panthers and Sing-it-Sydney which will be held on Sunday, 17 April 2016 at Paddington Town Hall.

Pinch 'n' Ouch Theatre will launch its 2016 season with the Atlanta premiere of Johnna Adams' critically acclaimed play, Gidion's Knot, about a grieving mother and a primary school teacher in the midst of a deep parent/teacher conference. Directed by Hillary Heath, performances run March 3 to March 26, starring bold newcomer Vanessa Aranegui, and Monique Grant, who was recently mentioned as one of Atlanta's top actresses by Keely Herrick of Creative Loafing. Monique Grant also starred in Quiara Alegria Hudes' Pulitzer Prize winning play, Water by the Spoonful, at Pinch 'n' Ouch Theatre last season. 

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) Artistic Director Bill Rauch announced the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2017 playbill today.

In their on-going focus on new works by local artists, Scripps Ranch Theatre presents two staged readings of VARIATIONS ON A THEME by award-winning San Diego playwright, James Caputo.  The performances take place at Scripps Ranch Theatre on the Campus of Alliant International University on April 14th and 17th at 7pm. Stephen Metcalfe, acclaimed author, playwright and screen-writer will direct.