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The Gift is coming to the Park Theatre in January 2025. The Gift is a comedy about the extraordinary lengths one man is prepared to go to in order to unmask the anonymous sender of a knowingly disgusting present.

Drawing on their own upbringings in military families and being taught that the USA was the greatest country in the world, double Fringe First Award winner Xhloe and Natasha's new show delves into the idealised American childhood and the boys it left behind.

Trinity Repertory Company’s first production of 2024 will be the world premiere of La Broa’  (Broad Street) by Orlando Hernández, inspired by “Latino History of Rhode Island: Nuestras Raíces,' oral histories collected by Marta V. Martínez.

Get ready for a rocking holiday season as Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans bring their high-energy musical, 'The Rocky Menorah Christmas Show,' to South Boston. Running from November 30 to December 23 at the Iron Wolf Theatre, this star-studded production promises to deliver the Orphans' signature satirical style and plenty of holiday cheer.

A brand new season of the hit series 90 DAY FIANCÉ: THE OTHER WAY returns this summer on a new night, as seven Americans make the incredible sacrifice of moving across the world for the ones they love. In season five, viewers will be introduced to new as well as returning couples in the 90 Day Fiancé universe.

CONVERSE BASIN is the moniker of California-based DJ and producer James Converse. CONVERSE BASIN sings, plays guitar, and has been a house DJ for 20 years, drawing from a wide variety of influences to fuse his passions for dance, techno, electronic, and indie music. The debut CONVERSE BASIN album OCEANS WILL NEVER KEEP US APART will drop in June.

HARRIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS will present two exceptional music performances in one evening. Taylor Dayne and Sheena Easton will perform beginning at 8:00 PM on Sunday, April 30. Between them, these two pop icons have garnered nine GRAMMY Award nominations, two GRAMMY Awards, two Billboard Music awards, one American Music Award, six Platinum albums, five Gold albums, 39 Billboard Top 20 singles, and 11 #1 Billboard singles.

Gypsy’s original Dainty June is back with a new cabaret at Pangea!

Chicago is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. This month we've got The Sound of Music, Wicked, and more!

After closing its doors in 2020, iO Theater announces its return to the Chicago improv comedy stage. Starting Thursday, November 3, more than twenty different improv productions will once again be featured across the theater's stages, including favorites like “The Armando,” “Sex and the Windy City,” and “Stir Friday Night.”

Snowflake Mountain is a funny, warm-hearted reality show which takes a bunch of clueless kidults who aren’t yet living to their full potential and puts them through their paces at a wilderness survival retreat to try and kickstart them into standing on their own two feet. Watch the new trailer now!

 Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret, Chicago’s premier location for enjoying music in an intimate setting, announces its roster of June performances in its Cabaret and Piano Bar. Davenport’s, 1383 North Milwaukee Avenue, is open Fridays and Saturdays from 7 p.m. - 12 a.m. and Sundays from 6 - 11 p.m.

Washington, D.C.-based experimental pop band The North Country is pleased to present 'Born at the Right Time' the lastest press release single from EP Born at the Right Time (Exquisite Corpse). 'Born At The Right Time' is now available. The single is the follow up to 'Procrastinator' which was released last month. Plus, check out tour dates!

The band is pleased to share 'Procrastinator' the first single to be lifted from Born at the Right Time (Exquisite Corpse). The song and official video, which was directed by The North Country's guitarist Jon Harmon, debuted today at Music Mecca and can also be shared at YouTube. The single will be available this Friday on all streaming platforms.

Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles (LACLA) will present virtual screenings of their Nueva Onda (new wave) selections.

Get your tickets for a night of side-splitting satire! Musical Theatre West is excited to announce that the highly-anticipated cameo role of King George will be played by Broadway and musical theatre star Jason Graae in the Long Beach premiere of Spamilton: An American Parody.

Take a trip back in time as Taylor Dayne, Tiffany, and All-4-One bring Our Greatest Hits Tour to the not-for-profit Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts on Thursday, April 14 at 8pm.

Years later, Blakeslee teamed up with producer Enrique Tena Padilla and recorded the album in New Orleans, at the house studio of Preservation Hall Band.

 Lo-Flo Records was a germ of an idea in the 1970s, and ultimately conceived in 2015 by the inimitable songwriter, composer, arranger, librettist, Jane McNealy.

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OnThursday, July 23, Taylor Swift surprised fans by announcing that she would be dropping her eighth studio album 'folklore' at midnight EST on July 24.

The Actors Fund has teamed with SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley, to produce a daily mini-online show, entitled Stars in The House, featuring stars of stage and screen singing and performing live (from home!) on social media to promote support for The Fund's services for those most vulnerable to the effects of the virus.

Let's face it- as fun and exciting as college can be, campuses are a bit of a cesspool for germs! With winter rearing its head and temperatures dropping, it's important to think about maintaining your health! If you happen to be a performer, your body is your instrument, and keeping germs and sickness away is something that should always be on your brain.

Put a little spirit into your holidays a?" three of them, in fact a?" and battle the bah-humbugs with a?oeScrooge,a?? a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, at Mercer County Community College's (MCCC) Kelsey Theatre Nov. 22 through Dec. 1.

The Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival has unveiled the full lineup for its sixth annual event celebrating the life and career of novelist Philip K. Dick. With an emphasis on technological advancements and existence of alternative worlds and cultures, the festival will gather in Lille, France from October 25-26, 2019 and in Cologne, Germany from October 31-November 1, 2019.

Pop icon Taylor Dayne brings her 30th Anniversary 'Tell It To My Heart' Tour to Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts on Saturday, October 12 at 8pm.