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Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Guest vocalists also include Natalie Schlabs, Betsy Phillips, and Caroline Spence. The intimacy is palpable from the outset, but heavy as it may seem at times, Run Like A Bull is at its core a deeply optimistic record. Listen to the new single now! Plus, pre-order his upcoming album.

Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Sarasota Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

West Side Story leads the nominations with 11 nods. Other nominees include Denzel Washington, Andrew Garfield, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Peter Dinklage, Aaron Sorkin, Lady Gaga, Jessica Chastain, Nicole Kidman, and more.

Prior to the pandemic, an average of 10 million tourists and fans would visit a 15-block stretch of Hollywood Boulevard every year to visit the Walk of Fame and The Hollywood Museum - Today, it is anything but business as usual for the popular sites. So the museum, located in the Historic Max Factor building, has been sponsoring exciting and star studded events to bring the public back to the area.

Five Towns College presents Break Through: A Cabaret Final LIVE at the World Famous Don't Tell Mama Cabaret & Piano Bar. 

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present the return of 54 Celebrates Mel Brooks on January 17th, 2022, at 7:00 and 9:45pm. Audiences can expect to hear iconic songs from The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, Men In Tights, and more!

The Prince of Egypt has this week been filmed live at London's Dominion Theatre by Universal Pictures Content Group. Plans for its broadcast will be released at a later date. The live capture of Scott Schwartz's production is directed by Brett Sullivan and produced by Dione Orrom.

The 24 Hour Plays have announced additional performers who will be joining the incredible line-up for the 21st Annual The 24 Hour Plays Broadway Gala on Saturday, December 11, 2021. Extraordinary artists from Broadway, TV and film will come together to create brand-new plays and musicals written, rehearsed and performed in 24 hours.  

The Mercer County Community College (MCCC) Music Department will present three winter concerts December 13, 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kelsey Theatre located at 1200 Old Trenton Road in West Windsor. The MCCC Chamber Ensemble, Jazz Band and Chorus will perform free of charge. The public is invited.

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park continues its mission to be a home for artists across disciplines with their Annual Summer and Fall Festivals. From June 3 to 19, rising stars from American Ballet Theatre Studio Company and Live Arts Global, and the critical darling of the New York scene Taylor Mac will present both classic and new works.

A new trailer for The King's Daughter has been released. Narrated by Julie Andrews, the film features Pierce Brosnan, Kaya Scodelario, Benjamin Walker, Rachel Griffiths, Bingbing Fan and William Hurt. It is based on Vonda N. McIntyre’s novel 'The Moon and the Sun'. Watch the new trailer now!

Help Make a Difference! New Jersey’s Jesse Walker, host of the online celebrity show “The Jesse Walker Show,” in support of Project ALS, will join 2-time Tony Award winner Judy Kaye for a special benefit virtual performance of the Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It to honor the love and memory of the late Rebecca Luker.

Now boasting close to 17M worldwide streams across her growing body of work, Raiche made her national debut with 2018’s “Money Pies”. “Complicated” followed the next year and was featured on Raiche’s acclaimed debut EP, DRIVE, which was highlighted by the title track featured in Netflix’s Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker.

Rovaris will marshal the company’s musical forces once again on Friday, Jan. 21 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 23, at 2:00 p.m., this time in the company’s concert debut in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, for a program featuring Igor Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex and George Walker’s Lilacs.

Marjorie Waldo, President & CEO of Arts Garage, today announced an hysterical new comedy series, The Art of Laughter, launching on January 6 with TV, Film and Comedy Club superstar Jimmie “JJ” Walker. The new series will run quarterly on First Thursdays and will feature some of the best touring comedians from South Florida and beyond.

GRAMMY-nominated composer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Christopher Cerrone's new opera In a Grove, featuring a libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann, will receive its world premiere performances by Pittsburgh Opera from February 19 - March 3, 2022.

Michael Beach, Michael Jai White and Chaundre A. Hall-Broomfield join Adams and Serayah as series regulars in the new music-driven, gospel drama, which is currently in production. Kingdom Business is an eight-episode series that will take viewers behind the scenes and into the world of the gospel music industry.

Marjorie Waldo, President & CEO of Arts Garage, today announced an hysterical new comedy series, The Art of Laughter, launching on January 6 with TV, Film and Comedy Club superstar Jimmy “JJ” Walker.

Dallas Theater Center (DTC) holds a launch party to celebrate its playwright-in-residences' new book! Jonathan Norton's book is based on his acclaimed DTC production penny candy.