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A new venue has been announced for the invited staged reading of Steve Monarque's THAT'S LIFE, a full-length play with music, directed by Mel Johnson Jr.

ABC News presents a two-hour prime-time television event about Michael Jackson – exploring the King of Pop's life and legacy – from his complicated childhood to the record-breaking comeback concerts, “This Is It,” that he didn't live to perform. Ahead of the 10th anniversary of Jackson's untimely passing, ABC News profiles one of the most influential artists of all time through interviews with the people he knew alongside never-before-seen video from interviews he did with ABC News anchors Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer. The special also includes new interviews with Derek “Cooley” Jackson, one of the dancers who taught Jackson how to moonwalk; Navi, the world-famous Jackson impersonator who was hired as his decoy at public events; and Lisa Staub, the tour operator who was in front of his house on the day he died. “The Last Days of Michael Jackson” airs on Thursday, May 24 (8:00–10:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC.

MonaVision Films will present a private staged reading of Steve Monarque's THAT'S LIFE, a full-length play with music, directed by Mel Johnson Jr.

HISTORY's hit series 'Ancient Aliens' returns with a two hour premiere today, April 27 at 9PM ET/PT in its continued global search for proof that extraterrestrial life exists and these unknown lifeforms visited Earth thousands of years ago. If aliens are among us, how have they impacted our world and how will people react to this discovery? From recent breaking news on the U.S. government's funding of UFO research to recently discovered hidden facts behind chambers in Egypt's Great Pyramid, each new episode covers various alien-related topics with historic detail, first-hand accounts and interviews with the world's top scientists, archaeologists and researchers.

No matter how much you love your significant other, chances are that eventually you are going to need some time apart. However, for real-life married couple Maggie Lakis and Rob McClure, that's not so easy. That's because Maggie and Rob play the fictional married couple Bea and Nick Bottom in the first national tour of the hit musical SOMETHING ROTTEN, which comes to Orlando's Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts from April 24-29.

HISTORY's hit series 'Ancient Aliens' returns with a two hour premiere today, April 27 at 9PM ET/PT in its continued global search for proof that extraterrestrial life exists and these unknown lifeforms visited Earth thousands of years ago. If aliens are among us, how have they impacted our world and how will people react to this discovery? From recent breaking news on the U.S. government's funding of UFO research to recently discovered hidden facts behind chambers in Egypt's Great Pyramid, each new episode covers various alien-related topics with historic detail, first-hand accounts and interviews with the world's top scientists, archaeologists and researchers.

ClampArt is pleased to announce "Rafael Soldi: Life Stand Still Here," the artist's first solo show in New York City.  

Disney Pixar's A BUG'S LIFE To Air On ABC 2/23

Barrel of Monkeys is pleased to present THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: Stories That Groove, the company's annual all-musical revue, directed Eunice Woods, with music direction by Jon Schneidman, playing Mondays at 8 pm from March 12 April 9, 2018 at the Neo-Futurist Theater, 5153 N. Ashland Ave. in Chicago.

The era of the jukebox musical seems to be here to stay, and Australia its fertile ground to spring from: the Beautiful story of Carole King, the adaptation of Whitney's Houston's catalogue into The Bodyguard, mega-hit Jersey Boys, and of course Dream Lover comprising the instantly recognisable sounds but widely-forgotten story - and legacy - of the multi-talented Bobby Darin. Easy thought it might feel to relegate this musical to the contemporaries of its time, Dream Lover's powerful messages of obstacles overcome, dreams fulfilled and sacrifices for success connect to every audience member. Darin's life, adapted for the stage by Frank Howson, Simon Phillips and Carolyn Burns based on an original concept by Frank and John Michael Howson, seems too dramatic to be real, and this larger-than-life production tames that line between truth and fantasy brilliantly.

Thanksgiving dinner is a tumultuous time for many of us as we attempt to spend an evening with our loved ones. Sure, we love our families but we don't always see eye to eye and as the wine flows and the turkey and yams fill our bellies, maybe our inhibitions and filters lower. That's the kind of dinner currently being served at the Seattle Rep as they host the beginning of the national tour of Stephen Karam's Tony Award winning play, The Humans . And while I love the tight dialog and raw honesty, the ending of the play does come across as a bit abrupt.

Lin-Manuel Miranda stopped by last night's TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON and joined The Roots for an improv HAMILTON-style freestyle about an audience member's life.

Everyone knows Hugh Hefner, but the man at Hefner's side for all those ground-breaking Playboy years was Victor Lownes, who passed away January 11, 2017. A Celebration of this extraordinary man's life was organized by The Mabel Mercer Foundation and Victor's wife Marilyn Cole Lownes. It was quite fitting, since Victor Lownes and Hugh Hefner bonded at the beginning of Playboy Magazine because of their love of the cabaret artist Mabel Mercer.

'I - will have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love. Love above all,' says Viola de Lesseps, the woman who is destined in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE to win the titular Bard's heart. 'Not the artful postures of love,' she continues, 'but love that overthrows life.' In this most memorable of quotations lies metaphorically, at least the conundrum of translating the 1998 Oscar-winning film to the stage.

Brantley Gilbert spent all of 2017 taking his music to the people. Working the Rust Belt, the Heartland, the mid-South, the deep South and the Northeast, Gilbert knows it's the people who make and keep the music strong.

Arguably one of the songs of the summer, 'That's What I Like' from Bruno Mars has now found another life as an acoustic track.

In a new interview with UK's The Sun, Mitch Winehouse, father of the late singer Amy Winehouse, revealed that his daughter's life and career will be the subject of a new musical heading to London's West End.

Sometimes you know, within the first thirty seconds, that you're seeing something truly special. Britta Johnson's LIFE AFTER is exquisite from start to finish. Produced by the Musical Stage Company, Canadian Stage and Yonge Street Theatricals, the new Canadian work is the epitome of well-constructed musical. Johnson's remarkable, complex score binds with a moving story, creating a musical that is concise, complete - perfect.

Coming this September is the latest compilation from NOW, That's What I Call Sing. Perfect for singing along to in your car or your bedroom, it's filled to the brim with some of the catchiest tunes to belt out.

Yasmina Reza's LIFE x 3 finds an easy metaphor this hurricane season. The external storm reflected in three 'what if' scenarios, includes decision making, professional and marital vicissitude and reveals inner character.

Coming this September is the latest compilation from NOW, That's What I Call Sing. Perfect for singing along to in your car or your bedroom, it's filled to the brim with some of the catchiest tunes to belt out.

A theatrical triptych, LIFE x 3 offers three variations on the same event: a dinner party gone awry. Unforeseen circumstances combine with unexpected comic and not so comic responses. The repetition and changes in each episode reflect on individual personality with consequential choices inevitable in life decision-making.

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO), led by Music Director Peter Oundjian, opens its 96th season today, September 19 at Roy Thomson Hall. The performance, part of Canada Mosaic (a Canada 150 Signature Project) is anchored by the World Premiere of Life of Pi-a new orchestral suite by Canadian composer Mychael Danna.

Yasmina Reza's LIFE x 3 finds an easy metaphor this hurricane season. The external storm reflected in three 'what if' scenarios, includes decision making, professional and marital vicissitude and reveals inner character.

Coming this September is the latest compilation from NOW, That's What I Call Sing. Perfect for singing along to in your car or your bedroom, it's filled to the brim with some of the catchiest tunes to belt out.