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The not-for-profit Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts presents comedian Rita Rudner on Saturday, March 28 at 8pm.

Cannery Casino Hotel will host its annual Cannerystock Music Fest, featuring iconic '80s hits at The Club on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. April entertainment at Cannery will also feature performances by Yellow Brick Road, “Queen Nation – Tribute to Queen” and The Whispers with Evelyn “Champagne” King. Guests can also enjoy the live boxing event, Showtime at the Cannery, and free live entertainment at Pin-Ups Bar and Victory's Bar & Grill throughout April.

SHOWTIME and CBS Television Studios have announced they have signed Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning writer and executive producer Clyde Phillips (DEXTER®, NURSE JACKIE) to an overall deal through which he will develop projects for both entities that can air on platforms within or outside the ViacomCBS family. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc., and David Stapf, President, CBS Television Studios.

Award-winning and globally-recognised production company Showtime will debut their highly-anticipated new stage show spectacular - 1999 The Ultimate Prince Experience - at Cape Town's Artscape Opera House in May.

Johannesburg, get ready for the musical tribute spectacular of the year! International singing superstar and Showtime Australia artist, Belinda Davids, is returning home to South Africa to perform a limited number of special orchestral concerts in the City of Gold this June - for her sole concert offering in her home country for 2020.

BROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway cast twice monthly. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron (Bway Wicked, Aida, Footloose, Dance Captain Dance Attack web series) and features musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes on piano. This Thursday night, March 12th, Broadway Sessions will welcome cast members from West Side Story!

Trinity Theatre Company proves in their committed, hilarious, and perceptive production of CLYBOURNE PARK that the more things change the more they stay the same.

Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club at The LINQ Promenade proudly announces a new limited engagement with comedian, actor and original cast member of In Living Color, Tommy Davidson. The fiercely funny industry veteran is returning to the spotlight with new stand up material for his limited engagement beginning April 5. Tickets are now on sale.

Co-hosts John Heilemann, Alex Wagner and Mark McKinnon, along with guest contributor Jennifer Palmieri, fan out across the country for the momentous Super Tuesday primary elections, and explore what the aftermath means for the 2020 presidential race.

Interview with F. Michael Haynie as he steps into the (snow) shoes of one of the most beloved snowmen ever, Olaf in the national tour of Disney's FROZEN coming to Broadway San Diego March 26th a?' April 12th.

Pennsylvania Ballet Paints Rich Tapestry With La Bayadere at The Academy of Music

Watch Beetlejuice's Leslie Kritzer, as her character Delia Deetz, walk us through the stages of grief as the show's closing date looms closer.

SHOWTIME has released the official trailer for the eagerly anticipated drama PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS, premiering on Sunday, April 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The series stars Tony® and Emmy® winner Nathan Lane, Natalie Dormer, Daniel Zovatto, Kerry Bishé, Rory Kinnear, Adriana Barraza, Michael Gladis, Jessica Garza and Johnathan Nieves. Tony and Golden Globe® winner and three-time Oscar® nominee John Logan, the creator, writer and executive producer of the Emmy-nominated series PENNY DREADFUL, continues in those same roles. Michael Aguilar (KIDDING) also serves as executive producer.

Actor / comedian Rhonda 'Passion' Hansome, (SiriusXM 'John Fugelsang's Tell Me Everything') celebrates Women's History Month with her funny friends: Shelly Colman (Newcomer National Grand Champion Ladies of Laughter Competition), Dara Jemmott (Brooklyn House of Comedy), Nancy Lombardo ( 'Saturday Night Live' / Toyota Comedy Festival), Robin Montague ('Gotham Comedy Live' / 'Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen') and a surprise or two at BMCC / Tribeca Performing Arts Center (199 Chambers Street) in Manhattan with a night of standup comedy on Friday, March 6, 2020. Tickets for the 8pm show are $25 ($15 for seniors / students with ID) and for reservations and additional information, contact (212) 220-1460 or go to: www.tribecapac.org/.

On this episode of West of Broadway Will Armstrong and Wendy Rosoff speak with Gedde Watanabe and George Xavier, two cast members of East West Players' Spring 2020 production of the award-winning Broadway musical Assassins.

Presley Ryan has announced her final day at Beetlejuice on Broadway will be Sunday, March 29. Ryan made the announcement on her Instagram, where she also announced she'll be doing a giveaway for a pair of tickets to her final performance for Women's Day this Sunday. A replacement for Lydia has not yet been announced.

SHOWTIME has released every episode of the second, standalone season of its docu-series THE TRADE to its subscribers. All four episodes are available now for on-demand streaming or download on the SHOWTIME and SHOWTIME ANYTIME® apps, as well as for viewing via SHOWTIME On Demand. Directed by Emmy® and DGA Award winner and Oscar® nominee Matthew Heineman, THE TRADE will debut on air on SHOWTIME tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT and continue to air new episodes every Friday.

Two local dance companies are co-hosting a brand new festival taking place in the heart of Baltimore City. Artistic Directors Caitlin McAfee and Malcolm Shute came together in the fall of 2019 and decided to bring together a group of colleagues who wished to showcase shorter works of contemporary dance. A casual night of dance evolved into a full week of exciting activities, including classes, workshops, and dance film screenings. 

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced the concert-theater performance of Joplin's Pearl featuring Amber Ferrari on Saturday, March 21, at 8 p.m. at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. The Janis Joplin tribute concert is being presented in conjunction with Hamptons Arts Network's 2020 THAW Fest. Tickets are on sale now for $30, $40 day of, and are available online 24/7 at baystreet.org or by calling the Box Office at 631-725-9500, open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. or until showtime.

Today, a digital lottery for The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini and adapted by Ben Power was announced ahead of the production's first preview on Saturday, March 7. This strictly limited, 16-week engagement comes to Broadway on the heels of runs at London's National Theatre and New York's Park Avenue Armory, as well as an engagement in London's West End. Directed by Academy Award and Tony Award winner Sam Mendes, and starring its original cast of Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Ben Miles, The Lehman Trilogy opens officially at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street) on Thursday, March 26, 2020.