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Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will make its highly anticipated return to New Orleans at the Saenger Theatre for two weeks March 14 25, 2018. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of PHANTOM is performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America. Presented by the New Orleans Theatre Association, PHANTOM is offered as a season option of the East Jefferson General Hospital Broadway in New Orleans 2017-2018 season package.

New show on sale at bergenPAC: Ace Frehly on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 at 8 p.m.; Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.; An Evening with Roger Mcguinn on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 8 p.m.

The Pool, a pop-up theater company, will present three new plays in rotating rep from November 15 - December 16, 2017 in a limited 5-week engagement at The Flea Theater's brand-new Tribeca home, located at 20 Thomas Street. The plays are Susan Bernfield's TANIA IN THE GETAWAY VAN directed by Portia Krieger, Peter Gil-Sheridan's THE RAFA PLAY directed by Morgan Gould, and Lynn Rosen's WASHED UP ON THE POTOMAC directed by Jos Zayas.

It's the hard-knock life! Garden Theatre has announced today the cast and creative team of the hit Broadway Tony Award-winning musical Annie, based on Little Orphan Annie, with book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Martin Charnin. Directed by Steve MacKinnon, with choreography by Spencer Morrow, performances begin Today, November 25, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. with a limited run through Today, December 23, 2017.

The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.

Woodruff School ACE Music will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary with their production of 'Annie JR', the 1977 Tony Award winning musical by Charles Strouse, Thomas Meehan and Martin Charnin beginning December 7th, 2017.

2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award Recipient Dallas Theater Center will present the annual hit production of the holiday classic A Christmas Carol at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre.

Award-winning playwright Sean Chandler created Your Program Is Your Ticket in February 2017. The podcast offers a rare glimpse into the world of theatre from the people who create it. Current interviews include new theatre interviews with New York theatre companies Adjusted Realists, EPIC Players Inclusion Company, Two Headed Rep and Theatre 98 in Alabama.

The Pool, a pop-up theater company, will present three new plays in rotating rep from tonight, November 15, through December 16, 2017 in a limited 5-week engagement at The Flea Theater's brand-new Tribeca home, located at 20 Thomas Street.

It's the hard-knock life! Garden Theatre has announced today the cast and creative team of the hit Broadway Tony Award-winning musical Annie, based on Little Orphan Annie, with book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Martin Charnin. Directed by Steve MacKinnon, with choreography by Spencer Morrow, performances begin Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. with a limited run through Saturday, December 23, 2017.

Overture Center for the Arts is proud to present Gregory Porter in Capitol Theater for one night only on Thurs., Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. This soulful singer-songwriter won GRAMMY Awards in 2014 and 2017 for 'Best Jazz Vocal Album.' Tickets start at $45 (10+ tickets purchased together receive group discount) are available in person at the Overture Center Ticket Office (201 State Street), online at overture.org or by phone at 608.258.4141.

2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award Recipient Dallas Theater Center will present the annual hit production of the holiday classic A Christmas Carol at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre.

DEAD ROCK WEST--the acclaimed California alt-country rock group fronted by Cindy Wasserman and Frank Lee Drennen--will wrap 2017 with more shows in Southern California.

The Roy W. Dean Grant for independent filmmakers, awarded by the non-profit From the Heart Productions, celebrates its 25th year by selecting the documentary Stranger at Home as its first grant winner of 2017.

Doddy's lost; radicalised by US bombs falling too close to home. A trade war between the US and Europe escalates; political pollution, consumer excess, desolation, pills and pints pervade.

LA BELLE ET LA B TE is a post World War II romantic fantasy film written and directed by Jean Cocteau. For the Los Angeles Opera version, Philip Glass replaced Georges Auric's original sound track with a complete opera score. On October 28, 2017, L. A. Opera presented the work, sung live and coordinated with a screening of the film, at the beautifully restored 1920s movie theater in the city's Ace Hotel.

From October 28 through 31, LA Opera presents a special Halloween treat for cinephiles and opera lovers alike: a screening of Jean Cocteau's ravishingly beautiful 1946 cinematic masterpiece La Belle et la B te ('Beauty and the Beast'), with an enchanting Philip Glass score performed live by the Philip Glass Ensemble and four vocal soloists at the spectacular Theatre at Ace Hotel.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, the most awarded new musical of 2015 and winner of four Tony Awards, will play in New Orleans at the Saenger Theatre for a one-week engagement Jan. 30 Feb. 4, 2018. Presented by the New Orleans Theatre Association, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is part of the East Jefferson General Hospital Broadway in New Orleans 2017-2018 season.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, celebrating its roots in the film and television recording industry, presents LACO @ the Movies: Buster Keaton's The General, featuring Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Beal (House of Cards) conducting the world premiere of his score for the 1926 silent classic spotlighting the absurdity of war on Saturday, November 11, 2017, 8 pm, at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, in downtown Los Angeles. Currently celebrating its 50th anniversary, LACO was founded in 1968 as an artistic outlet for the recording industry's most gifted musicians. The Orchestra, regarded as one of the world's premier chamber orchestras as well as a pacesetter in presenting wide-ranging repertoire and adventurous commissions, performs live to The General for this entertaining evening. Considered among the greatest films ever made, the historical parody was adapted from The Great Locomotive Chase and is set during the Civil War. The Theatre at Ace Hotel was built in 1927, just a year after The General was made.

When Benjamin Millepied launched L.A. Dance Project (LADP) in 2012, he brought a new energy to the vibrant and growing Los Angeles dance community. Now, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis) welcomes L.A. Dance Project as its first Company-in-Residence during the 2017/18 Season.

The Flying Ace (1926) makes its Duck Soup Cinema debut on Sat., Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. with accompaniment by Jelani Eddington on the 1928 Grand Barton Organ, one of the last of its kind. This inspiring film, featuring an all African-American cast, is set in World War I and tells the story of a fighter ace breaking through racial barriers to serve the nation and his return to the U.S. after the war.

Award-winning playwright Sean Chandler, creator and host of the theatre podcast Your Program Is Your Ticket (YPIYT), went backstage at the 2017 New York Innovative Theatre Awards, where he interviewed award recipients and presenters.

Organizers of the third annual GI Film Festival San Diego (Oct. 18-22) announce a special preview screening of Thank You for Your Service today, October 19, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. at Regal Carlsbad 12 (2501 El Camino Real).

Marking the 15th anniversary of pioneering company Deafinitely Theatre, Artistic Director Paula Garfield is directing a new production of Mike Bartlett's Contractions. It runs at New Diorama Theatre 1-29 November.

The Pool, a pop-up theater company, will present three new plays in rotating rep from November 15 - December 16, 2017 in a limited 5-week engagement at The Flea Theater's brand-new Tribeca home, located at 20 Thomas Street.