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Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to present a workshop production of Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi's inaugural ensemble performance, Dream of Home , onstage November 30 and December 1, 2018. The event will kick off at 6:00pm in CPT's Storefront Studio with live music and food. The performance will take place in CPT's James Levin Theatre, and following the workshop production, audiences will join the ensemble and advisory committee in CPT's Cabaret space for postshow live music, dancing, and dessert.

As part of work related to the connector facility linking Bojangles' Coliseum and Ovens Auditorium, the City of Charlotte, ASC, Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority (CRVA) and ODELL Architects will work to create a public art installation that pays homage to the legacy of the 63-year-old venues.

Dallas Children's Theater (DCT), the leading youth and family arts center in Dallas, announced the addition of Manuel F. Valencia to its Board of Trustees. Valencia, the founder and partner at CONNECTIVE Agency, will join a distinguished group of trustee leaders and board advisors, and further promote the history, vision and mission of DCT to inspire young people to creative and productive lives through the art of theater.

Portland Stage Will Stage the World Premiere of REFUGE MALJA by Bess Welden with Arabic Translation by Ali Al-Mshakheel begins Oct 30 through Nov 18, opens for reviewers Friday Nov 2, 2018. When a Jewish-American war photographer feels compelled to assist a young refugee who steps in front of her camera, she calls an old friend to translate but hesitates to reveal why she is so drawn to the boy. This poetic, decade-spanning drama explores how we each define and find our own malja (refuge). Affiliate Artist Bess Welden's Refuge Malja was developed as part of the 2017 Little Festival of the Unexpected and was subsequently workshopped in the Studio Series in January of 2018. Refuge Malja is made possible with support from the Maine Humanities Council and the Maine Arts Commission.

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to present the world premiere of Everything is Okay (and other helpful lies). The production is onstage from October 20 - November 10, 2018, in CPT's James Levin Theatre.

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS has announced the release of How We React and How We Recover, the new album from three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, on physical CD online and in stores today, Friday, September 28.

Iconic independent Brooklyn label Fool's Gold debuts their full September calendar of events today. After hosting hugely successful pop-ups by the likes of Desus & Mero, Comethazine, Brujas and ItsTheReal in recent months, Fool's Gold is doubling down on programming at 147 Grand St. this month.

LiveConnections is proud to announce that Leonard Haas, professional actor, Vice Chair of the William Penn Foundation, and Trustee of the Wyncote Foundation, will receive the organization's 4th annual Connector Award at this year's Big Hurrah celebration on November 12, 2018.

 Netflix Netflix has announced its first Mexican reality series, MADE IN MEXICO, according to Variety. The series is set to premiere worldwide on September 28th.

BRIC, the pioneering NYC arts-and-media organization and leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, announces programming for its milestone 40th Anniversary season at BRIC House (September 2018-May 2019)-the organization's award-winning 40,000SF Downtown Brooklyn home. The season at BRIC House-its first under newly appointed BRIC President Kristina Newman-Scott-highlights the central idea that has animated BRIC's identity from the very beginning: that to create the future we want to see, artists must be supported in their role as civic leaders and citizens must be empowered to speak in their own creative voice. The season also deepens the organization's inclusive approach to both local and global discussions, and the places where they intersect.

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: we have your first look at the cast of Be More Chill, and more!

This morning in Nashville, during a live broadcast on SiriusXM'sBluegrass Junction, 15-time GRAMMY® winner Ricky Skaggswas formally announced as aninductee for the IBMA Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Along with Paul Williams, Tom T.Hall and the late Dixie Hall, Skaggs will be officially inducted onThursday, September 27 in Raleigh,NC at the International Bluegrass Music Awards. The awards show will be broadcast live at 7:00 p.m./ET on SiriusXM's Bluegrass Junction (Ch. 62).

SKIPTOWN PLAYHOUSE, is pleased to announce casting and performance schedule of THE LAST FIVE YEARS, the hit Off-Broadway musical comedy by Jason Robert Brown. Scheduled to play July 19 through August 3rd, 2018, THE LAST FIVE YEARS will star Sasha Travis (Dinner with the Savages) and Vincenzo Carubia (Co-Founder, Skiptown Playhouse) at the new East Hollywood home of Skiptown Playhouse (665 N. Heliotrope Drive).

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, announces that the 28th annual TCG National Conference will take place in St. Louis, MO from June 14 to 16, 2018.

It's a different dating scene today for those who have been married, are over 40 and trying to find their way in this new love jungle (while dragging old baggage). Aging GenX and Boomers alike are trying to connect through cell phones and hip coffees. Full of technology, emojis, new acronyms and adventures-- dating can feel impersonal, selecting companionship from mug shots, hoping for the ideal and fearing the worst.

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth goes inside the Tony Award season. Oliver opens the episode by talking to first-time nominee Itamar Moses, the bookwriter for Best Musical favorite 'The Band's Visit.' Oliver also spoke to 2016 winner and 2018 nominee Clint Ramos about going through the process again, and they get into Ramos' costume designs for 'Once on this Island.'

Vassar & New York Stage and Film will soon present the 34th Powerhouse Season, which brings together some of the most influential theatrical voices working today for fully-staged productions, workshop presentations, and readings of new plays and musicals in progress.

Music nonprofit LiveConnections' 2017-18 concert series, which features collaborative concerts especially for adventurous music-lovers, dares to ask a bold question: Can music build community?

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks with BroadwayWorld's Matt Tamanini about the recent 2018 Tony nominations. They discuss all of the major categories, including the unusual six nominations in the Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category, categories that should be added for future ceremonies, and Oliver makes some bold predictions in some of the biggest categories of the season. 

Powerhouse, the theater development program by Vassar and New York Stage and Film, has announced its 2018 season, according to Variety. The season will include new musicals by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, the duo behind Spring Awakening, as well as Jason Robert Brown.

On Tuesday, April 17, Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) Commissioner Julie Menin will host the 2018 MOME Finance Lab, an afternoon of collaboration and networking in support of film projects by, for or about women. The event will provide over thirty women filmmakers with an unprecedented opportunity to pitch multiple financiers for investment in their projects. The aim of the event is to cultivate films in New York City made by, for, and about women. Now in its second year, the MOME Finance Lab seeks to address the persistent gender gap in the filmed entertainment industry.

Theater at Monmouth continues its long-standing tradition of providing access to arts education for young people in Maine with its annual Page to Stage tour. TAM has provided literature-based education programs in schools and community centers since the Theater's founding. Education Tours make adaptations of classic literature accessible to a geographically and economically diverse audience. "The live performance is something students don't see often anymore," said 4th grade teacher Pamela Prescott of Belgrade Central School. "[Attending a] performance of classic literature is a great connector to the classroom." Jolene Libby, 1st grade teacher at Turner Primary School said, "I believe it to be a real and authentic experience that students might not experience otherwise."