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MR. ROBOT won over audiences at the SXSW Film Festival last week, winning the coveted audience award in the Episodics category.

MR. ROBOT won over audiences at the SXSW Film Festival last week, winning the coveted audience award in the Episodics category. The pilot debuted on Tuesday, March 17 in front of a packed crowd in the Vimeo Theater and was followed by a Q&A with creator Sam Esmail and stars Christian Slater, Rami Malek, Portia Doubleday and Carly Chaikin. MR. ROBOT premieres this June on USA Network.

Aria Entertainment's Katy Lipson is taking over the Old Red Lion this May to present a revival of the renowned Portia Coughlan; a ferocious, haunting and beautiful Irish tale by Marina Carr, writer of By The Bog of Cats, The Mai and Ullaloo.

Ars Nova has announced the lineup for Bridget Everett Gets F*cked by Ars Nova, a one-night-only blow-out concert celebrating everyone's favorite badass b*tch, alt-cabaret priestess and Ars Nova All Star, Bridget Everett. In addition to Everett herself, the benefit concert, directed by Scott Wittman (Hairspray, Rock Bottom), will feature tributes, roasts and send-up performances from Grammy and Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone and actor, comedian and Emmy-nominee Billy Eichner. Comedians, drag queens and entertainers aplenty round out the lineup, including Jim Andralis, DJ Jonjon Battles, Justin Vivian Bond, John Early, Cole Escola, Dan Finnerty, Murray Hill, Champagne Jerry, DJ Sammy Jo, Larry Krone, Erin Markey, Molly Pope, Marc Shaiman, Sweetie, The Tender Moments (Matt Ray, Mike Jackson, Carmine Covelli and Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz), Chris Tyler, Varsity Interpretive Dance Squad (VIDS); plus a few fun surprises.

Huck is continuing his downward spiral at disturbing lengths as Olivia is trying out an alternative method to cure her PTSD. Lena Dunham (and that wig) guest stars on this week's SCANDAL.

The Public Theater announced additional casting today for the 2015 Free Shakespeare in the Park season, beginning Wednesday, May 27 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. This summer will feature Shakespeare's late romances with THE TEMPEST, directed by Tony Award nominee Michael Greif, and CYMBELINE, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan. Jesse Tyler Ferguson will return to the Park this summer as Trinculo in THE TEMPEST, along with Hamish Linklater and Lily Rabe teaming up again with Daniel Sullivan on CYMBELINE to play Posthumus Leonatus/Cloten and Imogen, respectively.

Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media have announced April 24, 2015 as the theatrical and VOD release date for AFTER THE BALL, the hilarious and sweet romantic comedy that puts a fashionable twist on the classic Cinderella story.

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, continues its 2014-2015 REVOLUTIONary season with two new productions: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar March 22 to May 8 (press opening March 28) and The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's groundbreaking theatrical work in Michael Feingold's translation now through May 17.

Joining the previously announced David Deblinger ('Broad City,' 'The Sopranos,' Kiss Me Guido), Portia (Film: The Sunshine Deli, Grocery) and David Proval ('The Sopranos,' 'Picket Fences Film: Mean Streets, The Shawshank Redemption,') will be Vincent Pastore, who most recently appeared on the stage in Bullets Over Broadway.

USA Network will screen the world premiere of the new psychological thriller MR. ROBOT at the SXSW Film Festival on Tuesday, March 17 at 1:00pm at the Vimeo Theater

On the next episode of ABC's SCANDAL titled "It's Good to be Kink" - Olivia springs into action when she hears of a woman intending to expose sex secrets of some of DC's most elite.

This May, Katy Lipson of Aria Entertainment presents the world premiere of a new musical The Verb, 'To Love' by Andy Collyer.

Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (BSF) is proud to announce Maryland Theatre Guide will produce a LIVE webcast of company's historic production of The Merchant of Venice on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 8 p.m.

Labyrinth Theater Company has announced the line-up for the second half of their 16th Annual Barn Series, the award-winning company's free play reading series. Running March 23-30, the Barn Series lets audiences encounter new plays written by or starring Labyrinth Company Members.

Jackson Leonard Productions in association with Steve Acunto and Ric Zivic, will present the World Premiere of Michael Ricigliano Jr.'s A QUEEN FOR A DAY directed by John Gould Rubin, beginning on April 14. A Queen for a Day will open on May 3 and run through July 26 at Theatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46 Street).

Casting is announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) summer productions of The Merchant of Venice and Othello, running in repertoire in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and broadcast worldwide 'Live from Stratford-upon-Avon'.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The following media advisory is being released by the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum:

The City Theatre Company will open its 2015 theatre season with William Shakespeare's most riveting drama Julius Caesar playing tonight, February 20 - March 15 at City Theatre. CTC's Jeff Hinkle, who previously directed Romeo and Juliet, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and the acclaimed A Streetcar Named Desire, leads with a dynamic and powerful interpretation of this tragic tale of corruption, love and ambition.

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, continues its 2014-2015 REVOLUTIONary season with two new productions: The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's groundbreaking theatrical work in Michael Feingold's translation, now through May 9 (press opening February 21) and William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, March 22 to May 8 (press opening March 28). While both plays spoke to the times in which they were first produced - Weimar Germany and Elizabethan England, respectively-they also speak to this season's theme of REVOLUTION, most especially from a socio-political point of view. Scroll down for a first look at THE THREEPENNY OPERA cast in action!

Aria Entertainment is taking over the Old Red Lion this May to present a revival of the renowned Portia Coughlan by Marina Carr and the world premiere of a new musical The Verb, 'To Love' by Andy Collyer.