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Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) is excited to celebrate the diamond 20-year anniversary for three of its founding veterans. Bobb Cooper, VYT's Producing Artistic Director, Karol Cooper, its Resident Costume Designer and Mark Fearey, its Resident Music Director all brought their award-winning magic to the theatre in 1996.

Mamonas Assassinas was a satirical Brazilian rock band. Their lyrics, music and live performances were as famous as their tragic end: on March 2, 1996, the plane in which they were flying, crashed into the Cantareira mountain range, near São Paulo, causing the death of all the band members.

Like many artists before him, composer Jonathan Larson's genius wasn't fully acknowledged until after he had passed away. As any "Renthead" could tell you, Larson tragically died on the morning of the first off-Broadway preview performance of RENT, which would go on to become the mega rock hit of the 1990s. Although RENT would ultimately be the only complete work Larson left the world, he'd spent many years drafting and performing many unrealized pieces. After his death in 1996, playwright David Auburn (PROOF) got his hands on a "rock monologue" Larson had created (then called 30/90). Auburn reworked the piece into TICK, TICK…BOOM!, a three-person piece biographically documenting Larson's (portrayed through the character, Jon) struggle to create art in The Big Apple as he approached his thirties.

With the curtain about to go up this evening on Druid's much-loved production of Big Maggie at The Gaiety Theatre, the company announced an exciting programme of work for 2016. Following their recent national and international success with DruidShakespeare (nominated in 10 categories in the forthcoming Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards), the multi Tony Award-winning company revealed an impressive slate of work, cementing their place as Ireland's premier independent touring theatre company at home and on the world stage:

Happy Birthday Norbert Leo Butz! Butz made his Broadway debut as Adam Pascal's replacement as Roger Davis in Rent in 1996. Additional Broadway credits include Thou Shalt Not (Camille Raquin, 2001-2002), for which he received a Tony Award nomination; Wicked (the original Fiyero, 2003) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Freddy) for which he received the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, a Drama League Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award. His Off-Broadway credits include The Last Five Years (Jamie), Songs for a New World (Lead Male 2), Saved (Fred), and Juno and the Paycock (Jerry Devine). MOst recently, Butz originated the role of Carl Hanratty in the new musical Catch Me If You Can. For this role he won his second Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical[14] and his second Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

The Big Noir plays Friday evenings at 10:30 p.m. from February 19th to May 20, 2016. Tickets are $10 online and $12 at the door with a special offer to college students (with valid ID) for $5 at the door. All shows are for all ages.

With “Sunday Night Football” ranking #1 among primetime programs on the Big 4 networks in all key measures, NBC has won the week of Dec. 28-Jan. 3 in adults 18-49 and every other key demographic

This month we are all RENT-heads again, because BroadwayWorld is paying homage to the musical with 20 days of RENT! Be sure to check back daily to get your fix with videos of performances from Broadway, the big screen and beyond. Today, we're bringing you Idina Menzel and Fredi Walker performing 'Take Me or Leave Me' in 1996.

This month we are all RENT-heads again, because BroadwayWorld is paying homage to the musical with 20 days of RENT! Be sure to check back daily to get your fix with videos of performances from Broadway, the big screen and beyond. Today, we're bringing you the original cast performing 'Seasons of Love' and 'La Vie Boheme' at the 1996 Tony Awards.

Swing revival group, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, will bring its trademark sound to The Orleans Showroom tonight and tomorrow, Dec. 29-30.

With “Sunday Night Football,” two “Voice” telecasts and “Adele Live in New York City” accounting for four of the week's top five primetime programs on the Big 4 networks, NBC has won the ratings week of Dec. 14-20

With “Sunday Night Football,” two “Voice” telecasts, “Chicago Med” and “Chicago Fire” accounting for five of the week's top 10 primetime programs on the Big 4 networks

SKYLIGHT is a drama by British playwright David Hare. It premiered in London in 1995, played on Broadway in 1996 and was revived in 2015, winning the Tony for Best Revival of a Play. The play also won the 1996 Laurence Olivier Award for Play of the Year. Hare's brutal examination of an extramarital affair gone South, like all of his plays, is unapologetically political. In SKYLIGHT, we see his examination of the Britain that was deeply scarred by Margaret Thatcher. The play, in many ways, mirrors the divide currently happening in this country with our vanishing middle class. It is as much about the state of the nation as it is about the state of the heart.

NBC has won the primetime ratings week of Nov. 23-29 among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49, total viewers and all other key categories, paced by the top two shows of the week in every key measure

NBC wins Tuesday among the Big 4 networks in all key measures, ranking #1 among those networks in all three hours of primetime in every key category (including a tie for #1 in men 25-54 at 8 p.m. and in men 18-49 at 9).

NBC has won the primetime ratings week of Nov. 16-22 among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 and other key demographics, paced by the #1 show of the week in 18-49, “Sunday Night Football,” and top-20 results from “The Voice,” “Chicago Med,” “Blindspot” and “Chicago Fire.”

Swing revival group, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, will bring its trademark sound to The Orleans Showroom Dec. 29-30.

NBC ranks #1 for Monday night among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 and nearly all other key demographics, with “The Voice” and “Blindspot” leading six of six half-hours among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in 18-49.

It was a big year; we met Caitlin Jenner and Steven Colbert debuted on "The Late Show" and we heard everyone's opinion on The Donald running for President.  Come celebrate an eventful year with improv comedy at The Bovine Metropolis Theater in their annual "On The Spot" New Year's Eve celebration.

It was a big year; we met Caitlin Jenner and Steven Colbert debuted on "The Late Show" and we heard everyone's opinion on The Donald running for President.  Come celebrate an eventful year with improv comedy at The Bovine Metropolis Theater in their annual "On The Spot" New Year's Eve celebration.

NBC has finished #2 among adults 18-49 for the primetime ratings week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1 among the Big 4 networks, trailing only Fox, which was boosted last week by five nights of World Series coverage.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Everyone's favorite sitcom dad returns to Broadway tonight!

NBC has won Week 5 of the 2015-16 primetime season among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 and all other key demographics, marking the first time since 2001 that NBC has claimed each of the opening five weeks of the new season in adults 18-49.

NBC has won Week 4 of the 2015-16 primetime season among the Big 4 networks in the key demographic of adults 18-49 and all other key demos, marking the fourth straight year NBC has claimed each of the opening four weeks of the new season in adults 18-49.

Much of what transpires onstage on Jason Sherwood's realistic set is quite hilarious, but at the core of this world premiere musical we also have a sweet and charming story that's not so much about man vs. woman in the standard and expected way. It's more than that. And that's a good thing.