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The two-day celebration of Smokey Robinson's 50-year career—and his selection as the 2016 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song—began in the nation's capital with a touching trip down the keyboard of George Gershwin's piano and ended with a rollicking concert of his greatest hits.

The pivotal event in American history will blaze to vivid life at the Norris Theatre in a staged concert performance of the musical, '1776,' November 11-12 at 8 p.m.

Lin-Manuel Miranda announced on Twitter today that he will be appearing on tomorrow's episode of Ellen. Posting a picture holding up the script for the show, the composer has not yet revealed what his appearance will hold, but promises that it will be a 'doozy.' See the original tweet below:

On today's LIVE, Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs  told Kelly Ripa and guest co-host Tony Goldwyn the story behind his Tony Awards acceptance speech

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Tony Award winning actor Daveed Diggs and The Roots' Black Thought trade bars about voting in the 2016 presidential election.

The pivotal event in American history will blaze to vivid life at the Norris Theatre in a staged concert performance of the musical, '1776,' November 11-12 at 8 p.m.

NBC has announced that Tony Award winner and former HAMILTON star Daveed Diggs will guest on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON on Monday, November 7th.

ABC has announced that Tony Award winner and former HAMILTON star Daveed Diggs will guest on Live with Kelly on the morning of Tuesday, November 8th to discuss his role on the ABC series black-ish. Kelly's co-host that morning will be 'Scandal' star, Tony Goldwyn. Miles Teller will also speak about the film 'Bleed for This.'

Following the November 3rd evening performance of the Chicago production of HAMILTON, the cast gathered on stage to celebrate the Cubs winning the World Series championship

Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts in Kenner's Rivertown will be the center of the most entertaining political process in history when the Tony Award- winning musical 1776 convenes on the Main Stage November 4 -20, just in time to give voters some relief and diversion from this year's Presidential election mayhem.

Ari Afsar, who plays 'Eliza Hamilton' in the Chicago production of HAMILTON, recently stopped by the web series 'City of Michael' - check it out below! 

NBC has announced that Tony Award winner and former HAMILTON star Daveed Diggs will guest on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON on Monday, November 7th.

When the Chicago Bears played the Minnesota Vikings yesterday, the men of Hamilton where on hand to sing the national anthem. Below, watch their performance, straight from Soldier Field!

During this period of highly charged political campaigns and just a few days prior to Election Day, the Crossroads Theatre Company will present Social Justice: Genesis, an evening of short plays focusing on themes of social justice at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4.

Lantern Theater Company continues its 2016/17 season with the Philadelphia premiere of An Iliad, written by Lisa Peterson and Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare and based on Robert Fagles' acclaimed translation of Homer's Iliad. M. Craig Getting directs a cast that includes Barrymore Award-winners Peter DeLaurier and Liz Filios; Filios also serves as co-composer, working with sound designer Michael Hahn to create the evocative original music that scores the production. Theater critics and members of the press are invited to attend opening night on Wednesday, November 16 at 7 p.m. A full schedule is included in the fact sheet below.

As it celebrates its 125th anniversary as the world's first land preservation organization, The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) has announced a significant portion of its extensive historical collections is now available online for the first time, via a partnership with digital preservation specialist, Preservica.

Comedy Central has a yuuggeeee plethora of politically-themed programming slated for the 2016 Presidential Election highlighted by an all-LIVE Late Night Election Night featuring a special, one-hour telecast of 'The Daily Show with Trevor Noah' airing LIVE on both coasts

Presidential memorabilia and documents have never been more relevant than during this turbulent election year.

The National Tour of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, welcomed Cory Jeacoma (Bob Gaudio) on September 15 in Syracuse, NY. He joins a company that includes Matthew Dailey (Tommy DeVito), Aaron De Jesus (Frankie Valli) and Keith Hines (Nick Massi) as The Four Seasons, with Barry Anderson and Thomas Fiscella. JERSEY BOYS will return to the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, TN October 25-30.