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Natural Talent Productions of St. Charles, Illinois has announced its cast and creative team for their February 2018 production of Disney's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Peter Parnell, follows deformed Quasimodo on his journey to find acceptance and community, set in 15th century France. The work is based on the Victor Hugo novel of the same title and includes songs from the Disney animated film as well as newly added music.

John Crawford III was shot by officers while carrying a BB gun at a Wal-Mart store in Beavercreek, Ohio. On February 5 at 10 p.m. ET, a new episode of TV One's docu-series 'Two Sides' will evaluate and present multiple points of view of the controversial case.

TWO SIDES is a landmark limited four-part docu-series exploring watershed moments for law enforcement and the Black community at the crossroads between life and death, premiering Monday, January 22 at 10 p.m. ET on TV One.

Natural Talent Productions of St. Charles, Illinois has announced its cast and creative team for their February 2018 production of Disney's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Peter Parnell, follows deformed Quasimodo on his journey to find acceptance and community, set in 15th century France. The work is based on the Victor Hugo novel of the same title and includes songs from the Disney animated film as well as newly added music.

TWO SIDES is a landmark limited four-part docu-series exploring watershed moments for law enforcement and the Black community at the crossroads between life and death, premiering Monday, January 22 at 10 p.m. ET on TV One.

Le Corsaire (The Pirate's Story) is one of the world's most loved ballets complete with pirates, beautiful maidens, romance and shipwrecks. A full length version of the classic has never before been staged by an Australian ballet company. The Victorian State Ballet are delighted to perform the work at The Concourse, Chatswood on Saturday March 17 at 7.00pm and Sunday March 18 at 2.30pm, following its May premiere season in Victoria.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Today's big news: CURVY WIDOW, starring Nancy Opel, opens Off-Broadway tonight!

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Tony Award winner Billy Porter (whose recent studio album: Billy Porter Presents The Soul of Richard Rodgers debuted at #2 on the iTunes R&B charts) and Tony Award nominee Stark Sands (who appears alongside Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in Spielberg's upcoming The Papers) will return to Kinky Boots this fall.

A new drama by Nikkole Salter, LINES IN THE DUST, will play Celebration Arts Theatre this spring.

JAKE MARLEY, a writer from Garden Grove, CA and MICHAEL MICHERA, an illustrator from Pabianice, Poland were announced as the Grand Prize Winners of 'Dreamers and Dragons,' at the The 33rd Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards for Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests in Science Fiction and Fantasy held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, presented by Author Services, Inc. and Galaxy Press on Sunday evening, April 2, 2017.

Author Services, Inc. and Galaxy Press will present The 33rd Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards celebrating the winners of the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests, honoring 12 writers and 12 illustrators from around the world in the genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Bestselling author Jody Lynn Nye has been named as a judge in the highly acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, it was announced by Author Services, Inc., the literary agency and administrator of the contest.

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade will present the November installment of New York Madness on Sunday, November 20 at 8pm with Featured Guest Playwright Mac Rogers (The Honeycomb Trilogy; Universal Robots; Webby Award winning podcast, The Message).

L. Ron Hubbard Presents 'Writers of the Future Volume 32' with its introduction of 13 new winning writers and 12 artists has now officially released and is available broadly, including at Amazon.com, and in Barnes & Noble, and Books-a-Million. In its starred review, Publishers Weekly claimed the annual science fiction and fantasy collection of short fiction was 'always a glimpse of tomorrow's stars.' The newly published writers include: Stewart C Baker of Dallas, OR; Matt Dovey of Lincolnshire, UK; Julie Frost of West Jordan, UT; HL Fullerton of New York; R.M. Graves of London, England; Sylvia Anna Hivén of Lawrenceville, GA; Rachael K. Jones of Athens, GA; Ryan Row of Berkeley, CA; Jon Lasser of Seattle, WA; Stephen Merlino of Seattle, WA; Christoph Weber of Reno, NV; J.W. Alden of Hypoluxo, FL and K.D. Julicher of Fernley, NV. The newly published artists include: Christina Alberici of Sewell, NJ; Camber Arnhart of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Brandon Knight of Shawbirch, Telford, UK; Talia Spencer of Los Angeles, CA; Adrian Massaro of Neuquen, Argentina; Killian McKeown of Phoenix, AZ; Vlada Monakhova of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Paul Otteni of Kirkland, WA; Jonas Spokas of Kaunas, Lithuania; Preston Stone of Loveland, CO; Maricela Ugarte Peña of Monterrey, Mexico and Dino Hadziavdic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Additional stories from established authors include 'The Last Admiral' by L. Ron Hubbard, the Steampunk tale 'Hellfire on the High Frontier' by David Farland and 'The Jade Woman of the Luminous Star' by Sean Williams. In a special article entitled 'Where Steampunk Started,' Contest Judge and World Fantasy Award winning author Tim Powers tells the story of how the subgenre, based on Victorian fantasies, got its name. And the most recent 'Writers of the Future' judge, New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, enters in with his article 'The Fine Distinction Between Cooks and Chefs' as he provides what he feels is the best writing advice he has to offer. And with his amusing article 'How to Drive a Writer Crazy,' L. Ron Hubbard comments on the business of writing in reference to dealing with fickle editors. The Writers of the Future writing contest (www.writersofthefuture.com) was initiated by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983 to provide a means for aspiring writers to get that much-needed break. Due to the success of the Writing Contest, the companion Illustrators of the Future Contest was created in 1988. The intensive mentoring process has proven very successful. The 368 past winners of the Writing Contest have published 838 novels and nearly 4,000 short stories. They have produced 27 New York Times bestsellers and their works have sold over 50 million copies. The 298 past winners of the Illustrating Contest have produced over 4,500 illustrations, 356 comic books, graced 594 books and albums with their art and visually contributed to 36 TV shows and 46 major movies. For more information and to see the awards ceremony online, go towww.writersofthefuture.com.

MATT DOVEY, a writer from Lincolnshire, UK and ADRIAN MASSARO, an illustrator from Neuquen, Argentina were announced as the Grand Prize Winners of The 32nd Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards for Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests in Science Fiction and Fantasy held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, presented by Author Services, Inc. and Galaxy Press on Sunday evening, April 10, 2016.

Mission to (dit)Mars, a theatre arts collective serving Queens artists, is thrilled to continue this season's Launch Pad Reading Series with BRIGHT ANGEL QUADRANGLE, a new play by Mac Rogers (The Honeycomb Trilogy, Frankenstein Upstairs).

The 4th Quarter winners of the 32nd year of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest were announced by Joni Labaqui, the contest Director. The winners are from Utah and Washington. Fourth Quarter Winners First Place - Jon Lasser of Washington Second Place - Stephen Merlino of Washington Third Place - Julie Frost of Utah They were chosen from a group of 8 finalists and are awarded a week long intensive workshop, an awards ceremony and are also published in the annual L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future. Jon, Stephen and Julie will also receive a cash prize for their win this quarter. The quarterly finalists are: Elizabeth Bernett of Ohio Derrik Boden of Louisiana Evey Brett of Arizona K.D. Julicher of Nevada Robert McCarter of Arizona For information on semi-finalists and silver honorable-mentions, go to www.writersofthefuture.com/writer-winners-4th-quarter/ A Grand Prize winner is announced at the annual awards ceremony and is selected by another panel of judges. Jon Lasser will compete with the other 1st place quarterly winners for the grand prize of $5,000.00. Well-known contest judges include: Kevin J. Anderson, Orson Scott Card, David Farland, Larry Niven, Tim Powers, Mike Resnick, Brandon Sanderson, Robert J. Sawyer and Sean Williams. The Writers of the Future writing contest (www.writersofthefuture.com) was initiated by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983 to provide a means for aspiring writers to get that much-needed break. Due to the success of the Writing Contest, the companion Illustrators of the Future Contest was created in 1988. The intensive mentoring process has proven very successful. The 368 past winners of the Writing Contest have published 838 novels and nearly 4,000 short stories. They have produced 27 New York Times bestsellers and their works have sold over 50 million copies. The 298 past winners of the Illustrating Contest have produced over 4,500 illustrations, 356 comic books, graced 594 books and albums with their art and visually contributed to 36 TV shows and 46 major movies. For more information about the contest, go to www.writersofthefuture.com.

Chicago's Redmoon Theater has just announced -- somewhat unexpectedly -- that it will be closing after 25 years in the Windy City.

Sean Williams, a millennial and history major, has completed his new book 'The Last Man': a gripping and fantastical story of the world as run by extreme feminists, and the one man who can stop it.