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It's been a Devious two years at Lifetime and the network is set to get even more Devious in 2015. Lifetime has renewed its hit series Devious Maids (#DeviousMaids, #DeviousArmy) for a third season, placing a 13-episode order for the program executive produced by Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria, and starring Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramírez, Roselyn Sánchez, Edy Ganem, Judy Reyes and Susan Lucci. Produced by ABC Studios, Devious Maids will return next year. The announcement was made today by Rob Sharenow, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lifetime.

The world premiere of Jordan Harrison's 'Marjorie Prime' opened at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum on Sunday, September 21, 2014, at 7 p.m. Directed by Obie Award-winner Les Waters, the profound and engaging new play continues through October 19, 2014. Check out a look back at opening night below!

Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA), under the artistic direction of Ben Donenberg, returns to the Japanese Garden at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Campus for the third consecutive summer, with a Los Angeles-centric summer production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet -- directed by Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre alum Kenn Sabberton -- for seventeen performances only, today, July 8 to 26 (press opening July 13).

Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA), under the artistic direction of Ben Donenberg, returns to the Japanese Garden at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Campus for the third consecutive summer, with a Los Angeles-centric summer production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet -- directed by Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre alum Kenn Sabberton -- for seventeen performances only, July 8 to 26 (press opening July 13).

The Steppenwolf Theatre Company Ensemble has announced its newest member, playwright Bruce Norris. Among his many accomplishments, Norris is the author of The Qualms, playing July 3 - August 31 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre. Since 2000, Steppenwolf has produced seven of Norris's plays, including Clybourne Park and the world premieres of A Parallelogram, The Unmentionables, The Pain and the Itch, We All Went Down to Amsterdam, Purple Heart and The Infidel.

Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominee June Squibb (Nebraska) will appear as a Special Guest Star on Lifetime's critically-acclaimed hit series Devious Maids (#DeviousMaids, #DeviousArmy) during its upcoming second season. She will portray Velma, the mother of Genevieve Delatour (Susan Lucci) in a two episode arc.

Lifetime's critically-acclaimed hit series Devious Maids (#DeviousMaids, #DeviousArmy), returns for a second season on Sunday, April 20, at 10PM ET/PT. The series is executive produced by Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria, and stars Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramirez, Roselyn Sanchez, Edy Ganem and Judy Reyes as five maids with ambition and dreams of their own while working for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. Longoria will direct the series' eagerly anticipated season two opener, marking her television directorial debut.

THE PIECE PROJECT and VS THEATRE present two exclusive Los Angeles reading of Terri Minsky's AMAZING FROGS AND TOADS on Thursday, December 12, 2013 and Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 8pm. Founded by Devon Gummersall and Andrew Carlberg, THE PIECE PROJECT is a celebrity-based theater ensemble. Every two-three months, The Piece Project hosts a play reading to benefit a local Los Angeles theater company. Ron Klier and Jacob Chase will direct these readings of AMAZING FROGS AND TOADS, whose casts include Patrick J. Adams, Brandon Barash,Brian Geraghty, Josh Pence, June Diane Raphael, and Abigail Spencer.

Talented local singer/songwriter John Michael Presney will play live in concert on Monday, October 7 at the famous Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret in Chicago, Ill. Jeff Award Winning pianist/producer/arranger Austin Cook and virtuoso fiddle player Lauren Vogel to join.

Millions of people across the U.S. got devious -- real Devious - last night when a series high 3.0 million Total Viewers watched the season one finale of Lifetime's hit drama Devious Maids (#DeviousMaids) in a highly competitive environment. In addition to a series best with Total Viewers (a +50% jump versus the program's June 23rd premiere), the drama reached series highs across all of the key demographics, including 1.4 million Adults 18-49 viewers (+69%), 1.3 million Adults 25-54 viewers (+50%), 1.2 million Women 18-49 viewers (+90%) and 1.0 million Women 25-54 viewers (+51%), according to Nielsen Research.

Lifetime and its viewers are going to get even more Devious next year. The network has renewed for a second season its hit drama Devious Maids (#DeviousMaids), starring Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramírez, Roselyn Sánchez, Edy Ganem and Judy Reyes, with a 13 episode order, it was announced today by Rob Sharenow, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lifetime. Devious Maids is produced by ABC Studios.

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Bruce Norris' new play "A Parallelogram," directed by the Tony Award-winning Anna D. Shapiro, opens Sunday, July 21 at 7 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. The darkly comic new play continues through August 18, 2013. (Preview performances started July 10.)

Lifetime's all-new hit drama Devious Maids (#DeviousMaids) from executive producers Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria, and starring Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramírez, Roselyn Sánchez, Edy Ganem and Judy Reyes, continues to grow, having reached series highs across all key demographics in its sixth week on the air last night.

A Parallelogram celebrated its opening night Sunday, July 21, at the Mark Taper Forum. The play, by Bruce Norris, is directed by Anna D. Shapiro. Along with the director Anna D. Shapiro and the cast (Carlo Alban, Marylouise Burke, Marin Ireland and Tom Irwin), check out the video with Michael Chernus, Judy Reyes, Ana Ortiz, Jeff Goldblum, Jimmy Smits and James Franco at the opening night party for 'A Parallelogram.'

According to Euclidean geometry, a parallelogram is defined as a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides that are non-intersecting, which means they will never cross. Bruce Norris throws definition to the winds as one of the characters in his blistery new play A Parallelogram, now at the Mark Taper Forum, totally manipulates and reinvents it. It's an off-quilter exploration of life taken to extremes, showing the contradictions, disappointments and overall negativity that living has to offer. The joys expressed are a paltry number. Taking today's technological mode a giant step further, one quite ordinary gadget practically becomes a fifth character in the play: a remote control with magical powers that can instantaneously zap the repetition of an action at will, at least when used by Bee (Marin Ireland) or her older counterpart/conscience (Marylouise Burke). With stunningly skilled direction from Anna D. Shapiro and an excellent cast of four actors, A Parallelogram curiously entertains with vitality, intelligence and a deliciously wicked sense of humor.

A Parallelogram celebrated its opening night last night, Sunday, July 21, at the Mark Taper Forum. The play, by Bruce Norris, is directed by Anna D. Shapiro. Celebrities in attendance last night included: James Franco, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, Michael Chernus, Josh Radnor, Jeff Goldblum, Tony Goldwyn, Jason Butler Harner, Marg Helgenberger, T.R. Knight, Liza Weil, Paul Adelstein, Jimmy Smits, Wanda De Jesus, Keir O'Donnell, Ana Ortiz, Jeff Perry, Zoe Perry, Judy Reyes, Grant Show, Rebecca Wisocky and more. Scroll down for photos from the festivities!

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Bruce Norris' new play "A Parallelogram," directed by the Tony Award-winning Anna D. Shapiro, opens Sunday, July 21 at 7 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. The darkly comic new play continues through August 18, 2013. (Preview performances started July 10.) Click below to go behind the scenes with the cast and creative team!

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Bruce Norris' new play 'A Parallelogram,' directed by the Tony Award-winning Anna D. Shapiro, opens Sunday, July 21 at 7 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. The darkly comic new play continues through August 18, 2013. (Preview performances started July 10.) Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action!