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AUDELCO has announced the nominees for its 2020 'VIV' Awards, honoring excellence in Black Theatre.

Today, The 24 Hour Plays announced of the incredible talents that will help bring the 20th Annual The 24 Hour Plays Broadway Gala into fans' living rooms around the world! The virtual performance will stream LIVE on Tuesday, December 1st at 8:00 PM.

When the best in the business pass their craft down to online students, Broadway World and Stephen Mosher want to hear more.

Frigid New York and Manhattan Theatre Source presenta virtual EstroGenius Festival, the longest running festival celebrating the work of women and gender non-conforming artists in NYC, October 22-27, 2020.

Colt Coeur is welcoming 3 additional artists (playwrights Bleu Beckford Burrell, Adrienne Dawes, and Noelle Viñas) to its Residency Program, with 4 of last year's Residents (directors Tara Elliott, J. Mehr Kaur, and Portia Krieger, and playwright Emma Goidel) opting to extend their Residency through 2021 (due to the unique impact of the Covid-19 pandemic).

Fun, frisky and fabulous, That Drag Show! took to the stage at Proud Cabaret last night and delivered a stellar act from start to finish. Billed as 'London's newest drag revue', the ensemble show is composed of three established London based drag performers:  Velma Celli, Portia De Fosse and Australian queen Karla Bear.

Otherworld Theatre, Chicago's premier Science Fiction and Fantasy theatre and, The Stupid Shakespeare Company, a Shakespearen Parody Troupe, proudly present a?oeMerchant of Sesame Streeta??. This virtual parody of Shakespeare's a?oeThe Merchant of Venicea?? and a?oeSesame Streeta?? is stuffed with  live action puppet pentameter and is designed specifically for Otherworld's digital platform. a?oeMerchant of Sesame Streeta?? will premiere on Otherworld's YouTube page on September 19th and will be available for FREE.

The Young Vic has announced the cancellation of their upcoming run of Portia Coughlan, starring Ruth Negga. Portia Coughlan was scheduled to run from 16-21 September, 2020.

The Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) have announced a new partnership to advance excellence in orchestral performance and foster a greater connection between Central Jersey's young musicians and their professional counterparts.

The Pandemic Playlist is back with a look at the people who made cabaret what it is today.

On August 1st @ 6:30 pm PDT (7:30 MDT; 8:40 CDT; 9:30 EDT), Trezana Beverley will be acting with and directing a stellar cast from New York, Arizona's Southwest Shakespeare Company and others from across the nation in Julius Caesar.

The Show Must Go Online today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed reading of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Review of all four shows BREATHTAKING, HAIR WAITING, A PROMISE OF NEW LIFE, & THE WEDDING PREP that are a part of the Dinner & A Zoom series by Common Ground Theatre & MOXIE Theatre

General Hospital on ABC has resumed production, according to Deadline. The soap opera resumed filming on Wednesday, July 22, and new episodes will air Monday, August 3.

Neo-Political Cowgirls (Kate Mueth, Founding Artistic Director), an organization created for women in theater to help increase the female voice in the narrative of our society's stories, will present their annual fundraiser, Andromeda's Sisters: An Arts and Advocacy Forum, remotely via Zoom on Friday, August 14 and Thursday, September 3.

On this day in 2010, Al Pacino returned to Broadway as the title character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice,

Stomping Ground Comedy Theatre & Training Center, in the Dallas Design District, has had its doors closed since mid-March due to COVID-19; however, that won't stop them from celebrating PRIDE month as only they know how- with comedy.

Broadway Black, the multimedia organization highlighting the achievements of Black theatre artists, will present the inaugural Antonyo Awards, a celebration of the Black Broadway and Off-Broadway community.

HBO Max has shared the trailer for season three of Search Party, a comedy thriller about a group of privileged, self-absorbed twenty-somethings whose search for a missing friend leads them down a dark and shocking path of no return.

Last night, The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues presented 'Fists Up/Underlying Conditions,' a special event featuring entirely Black artists to benefit Communities United For Police Reform.