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"The Game's Afoot" by Ken Ludwig is opening March 22 at the Granite Theatre.

New Holt Festival artistic Director Anwen Hurt has announced the first highlights for the 2019 festival. Now in its eleventh year, it's one of the East of England's most anticipated events. Each July the festival sets the charming North Norfolk Georgian country town alight with performers, musicians, art exhibitions and literary events. Local audiences and cultural tourists flock to the town to enjoy the delights on offer.

Theatre of Arts has announced its production of The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute, set to run eight performances only from March 14 28. Directed by David Conolly, the cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Shalom DeSota, Hallie Gibb, Joshua Johnson, Vincent Mordente, Josephine Parks, and Gerald Waters.

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade in association with Manhattan Theatre Source will present the 2019 EstroGenius Festival, the longest running festival celebrating the work of women and gender non-conforming artists in NYC.  Begun in Manhattan Theatre Source in 2000 as a short-play festival, the festival has launched and supported hundreds of artists in its 19 years. In 2017 the festival moved to its new home at The Kraine Theatre on E. 4th St.

Nashville's Oginalii (pronounced 'oh-gan-ALL-ee' and which translates to 'my friend' in Cherokee) have unleashed “Light As A Feather,” the fourth single from their forthcoming debut LP Cause and Affection. “With a ticking clock as an opening harbinger, Guitarist Emma Hoeflinger's voice twists and turns throughout the song like gnarled trees in oncoming headlights,” says Audiofemme in their premiere of the track. “Bandmates Ryan Quarles (guitar), Simon Knudtson (drums), and Emma Lambiase (bass) attack from all angles, creating a call and response between the music and lyrics.” Light As A Feather  channels both anxious energy and childhood mythos as it explores the idea of coping with stress and anxiety in a healthy way.

From 8 to 10 March, Third World Bunfight will present four performances of Samson at Rhenish in Stellenbosch. It is written, designed and directed by Brett Bailey and created with the support of The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) and the Institut Francais, in collaboration with Woordfees and the National Arts Festival. Samson is a sensuous, poetic and thought-provoking dance-music-theatre piece set in a dystopian contemporary context of political extremism, inequality, human displacement and violence.

Phoenix artist Craig Bohmler received the 2019 Governor's Arts Award for Artist of the Year and Phoenix Theatre Managing Director Vincent VanVleet received the Individual Award at the 38thannual Governor's Arts Awards on Thursday, March 7 at the Renaissance Downtown Phoenix. 

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon announced the full cast and creative team for Vanity Fair, acclaimed playwright Kate Hamill's rollicking new stage adaptation of William Thackeray's classic 19th-century novel that pops with 21st-century spirit. Ambitious Becky Sharp may not have been born with wealth or status, but she's determined to attain both-at any cost. Armed with fierce wit and calculating charm, Becky forges her own path through London's high society, dealing herself into a game she was never invited to play. Displaying the celebrated audacity and verve that she brought to her adaptation of Sense & Sensibility, Hamill conjures an inventive and lively period drama that combines a fierce contemporary edge with the theatricality of Victorian Burlesque.

Space Rock Psych Warriors Black Mountain announce their forthcoming album, Destroyer, out May 24th via Jagjaguwar. Available to pre-order here: https://blackmountain.ffm.to/destroyer

Theatre of Arts has announced its production of The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute, set to run eight performances only from March 14?28. Directed by David Conolly, the cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Shalom DeSota, Hallie Gibb, Joshua Johnson, Vincent Mordente, Josephine Parks, and Gerald Waters.

Urban Stages will present post-show talkbacks following performances of Will Snider's DEATH OF A DRIVER directed by Kim T. Sharp.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Starry featuring Dylan Saunders, Jaime Lyn Beatty, and Mariah Rose Faith on Thursday, May 2nd 2019.

59E59 Theaters is thrilled welcome to Brits Off Broadway the US premiere of CAROLINE'S KITCHEN, written by Torben Betts and directed by Alastair Whatley. Produced by Original Theatre Company, Ghost Light Theatre & Eilene Davidson, CAROLINE'S KITCHEN begins performances on Thursday, April 25 for a limited engagement through Saturday, May 25.

Audiences are in for a rare treat when theatrical legend Charles Busch and playwright/performer Lee Tannen team up for a special two-performance concert staging of Tannen's I LOVED LUCY on Friday March 22 and Saturday March 23 as a benefit for Catskill's Bridge Street Theatre. This delightful stage adaptation of Tannen's own 2001 memoir, directed by Carl Andress, stars the fabulous Charles Busch as Lucille Ball, Lee Tannen as … Lee Tannen, and also features the multitudinous talents of actor/pianist Tom Judson.

GIRLSCHOOL announces its first collaboration with the LA Phil for BREATHEWATCHLISTENTOUCH: The Work and Music of Yoko Ono at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday, March 22. Throughout this exceptional evening, Ono's art and music will be performed by a diverse group of artists - whose work is informed by Ono's legacy - in a concert-length celebration of her 60-plus year career produced by GIRLSCHOOL. The concert is part of the LA Phil's season-long Fluxus Festival.

Known for their roles in the 1970s sitcom "The Love Boat," Fred Grandy (Gopher) and Ted Lange (Isaac the Bartender) have reunited to star in Redhouse's production of "I'm Not Rappaport," which will run from March 14th - March 24th at its theater complex at City Center. I'm Not Rappaport is a Tony-Award winning play written by Herb Gardiner that revolves around a pair of octogenarians who spend their days on benches in Central Park, waging a private war with the environment, park degenerates and their rapidly deteriorating bodies. Despite the serious and occasionally eloquent subtext about society's treatment of the elderly, the emphasis is on the comic interplay between the actors. The show is sure to hit home with those who are are experiencing aging, or who have aging parents and family member as it deals with both the joys and pitfalls of aging and long time friendships, with humor and charm that is sure to evoke some tears but much laughter.

'The Immigrant,' a heartwarming story inspired by the real experiences of a Russian-Jewish emigrant to the United States, will be performed at George Street Playhouse from March 12 through April 7. Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing Benjamin Palteson about his career and his role as Haskell Harelik in the show.

Awards being presented to honorees at the 38th annual Governor's Arts Awards have been created by nine Arizona artists. Twenty-one 2019 Governor's Arts Awards finalists in seven categories have been selected from communities around the state. Honorees will be announced on Thursday, March 7 at the Renaissance Downtown Phoenix, 100 N. 1stStreet.

Casting has been announced for the Portland engagement of Disney's Aladdin.  The hit Broadway musical will begin performances at Keller Auditorium on Wednesday, March 27 for a limited engagement through Sunday, April 7. The press opening night is Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 pm. 

Today, Outdoor Channel announced the cast of its new original series The Brigade: Race to the Hudson, which debuts on the outdoor lifestyle network on Monday, April 22 at 8 p.m. ET. The 10-member cast is comprised of participants from the United States and Canada. The show follows the group's trek across the rugged Canadian wilderness in an epic 750-mile adventure. The announcement was made by Outdoor Sportsman Group President and CEO, Jim Liberatore.