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In an insightful interview with AARP The Magazine, Field discusses her early days feeling lonely at her first acting jobs and how work eventually became the most gratifying part of her life outside of family.

Director Daniel Stargel, music director Andy Roberts and a group of the area's better-known actors who sing and singers who act bring Gershwin live on stage for all generations.

Due to critical acclaim and popular demand, Playwrights Horizons has announced an extension of their New York premiere production of FAMILIAR, a new play by Obie Award-winner Danai Gurira (Eclipsed now on Broadway, In the Continuum, The Convert, Michonne on AMC's 'The Walking Dead'). Directed by Rebecca Taichman (Stage Kiss, Milk Like Sugar at PH; The Oldest Boy; Marie Antoinette; Luck of the Irish; Orlando), the play is the fourth production of the theater company's 2015/2016 Season.

Legacy Recordings has just released SUMMERTIME: WILLIE NELSON SINGS GERSHWIN, available today, February 26, 2016.

While she's living the dream in NYC, Maria Briggs is back in the Twin Cities this month to play Val in A CHORUS LINE at the Ordway in Saint Paul.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present Broadway and television actress Linda Lavin for two very special concerts on the historic stage this past week. The show, wryly entitled 'My First Farewell Concert,' is Lavin's personal story told in songs she loves. She performed favorites from the Great American/Brazilian/Yiddish Songbooks, with Billy Stritch at the piano, Steve Bakunas on drums, Ron Affif on guitar, Tom Hubbard on bass, and special guest Aaron Weinstein on violin. Songs included were 'You've Got Possibilities,' 'No More Blues,' and a medley of songs recorded by the late, great Bobby Short. Scroll down for photos from the concert!

Back by popular demand - Apollo's Fire reprises its latest creative crossover program by Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell, in collaboration with guest co-director Nell Snaidas.

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Brian Gallagher & Friends; Ben Vereen at 54 Below; New Musicals at 54: An Americain Boy by Amanda Green & Richard Thomas; Elizabeth A. Davis at 54 Below; and Linda Lavin in 'My First Farewell Concert.'

Legacy Recordings today announced forthcoming release of Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin on Friday, February 26, 2016.

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director and Loop Executive Producer Terry Martin today announced the line-up for the 2016 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival, February 25 - March 6, 2016, at the Addison Theatre Centre. Six world premieres highlight this year's diverse Festival as well as 2 one-woman cabarets, 4 dance works, 1 circus act, 3 solo shows, 1 musical reading, 2 play readings, 9 theatre productions, 1 interdisciplinary piece, 1 spoken word performance, a 24-hour play festival, and many returning favorites. The Festival is made possible, in part, through the generous support of The Town of Addison and the Texas Commission on the Arts as well as media sponsors, TheaterJones.com and the Dallas Observer. The Festival is produced by Terry Martin and Kelsey Leigh Ervi.

Back by popular demand - Apollo's Fire reprises its latest creative crossover program by Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell, in collaboration with guest co-director Nell Snaidas.  “Sephardic Journey: Wanderings of the Spanish Jews” premiered in five sold-out concerts in February 2014.  The program will be performed during February 4-7 at several venues, including an important debut at the new Maltz Performing Arts Center of Case Western Reserve University. The performances will coincide with a highly anticipated release of the program on CD, for British record label AVIE.

Remember that famous line from THE ROOM -- 'Oh Hi Mark'? If you don't, skip along! But if you do, a new sketch called 'Oh Hi Hamilton,' described as 'the mash-up of Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit musical Hamilton and Tommy Wiseau's disasterpiece THE ROOM that you never knew you needed...until now' just hit the web, and it's an epic homage to both works. Check it out below!

Brian Stokes Mitchell talks Broadway's 'Shuffle Along' and his upcoming Christmas concert at San Francisco Symphony. Read the full interview to learn about his creative process, Mitchell's take on arts education, and his upcoming album projects. Then visit sfsymphony.org for tickets to his December 16 concert.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) celebrates the 2015 holiday season with a wide variety of concert programming, from the traditional annual performances of Handel's Messiah with the Concert Artists of Baltimore to a one-of-a-kind experience that pairs world-class acrobats and gymnasts with music by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, in an exciting program titled Cirque de la Symphonie.

The Community College of Baltimore County is hosting a cornucopia of events this November. Art, Dance, Music, Theatre - Oh My! and special events including a bull roast and shrimp feast, an alumni reception and a Job Fair, too. Make CCBC your event destination this holiday season!

Welp. Jessamy's acting weird. Must be a Tuesday. Last week's episode ended, you may recall, with Ventrishire's resident besotted kook walking in on her paramour getting all snuggly with Lady Love in the chapel. Tonight it becomes very clear that Jessamy is jealous, as well as delusional. When Wilk, Maddy, whatever she wants to call him, tells her that he and Toran are off on a boys' trip to trade some grain, Jessamy totally gives him the side-eye. 'Oh, yeahhhh? Any pretty girls gonna be there? Hmmmm?' You can practically see the 'What are you wearing, 'Jake from State Farm'?' in her face, it's actually a bit fantastic. And when Father Ruskin announces to the village that Lady Love's pregnant, man oh man, daggers just about shoot out of her eyes. It's wonderful. She's so wacky.

George and Ira Gershwin's 'Oh, Kay' opens tonight, October 13 at the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row in NYC. Nicolas Dromard (Jersey Boys) plays charming playboy Jimmy Winter, who on the eve of his wedding rediscovers a woman he met in a chance encounter at sea, the enchanting and elegant Lady Kay, played by Elizabeth Broadhurst (Mary Poppins). The production also features Nic Thompson (Mary Poppins) as Bootlegger/ Song and Dance man, Larry Potter.  Check out a first look below!

George and Ira Gershwin's 'Oh, Kay' opens Tuesday October 13 at the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row in NYC.  Nicolas Dromard (Jersey Boys) plays charming playboy Jimmy Winter, who on the eve of his wedding rediscovers a woman he met in a chance encounter at sea, the enchanting and elegant Lady Kay, played by Elizabeth Broadhurst (Mary Poppins).  The production also features Nic Thompson (Mary Poppins) as Bootlegger/ Song and Dance man, Larry Potter.  

The Unsigned Only Music Competition, geared toward musical artists who are unsigned to a major record label or its affiliates, announced its 2015 winners today. The competition recognizes the best in up-and-coming artists worldwide and acts as a benchmark for excellence in contemporary music. Winners were selected from 7,000 entries from all over the world and represent musical genres in contemporary music. More than $100,000 in cash and prizes is awarded to a total of 26 winners. The winning songs can be heard at http://www.unsignedonly.com/winners. Judges include: Aimee Mann; Dustin Lynch; The Killers; David Crowder; Robert Smith (The Cure); Ray Wylie Hubbard; Aaron Shust; Lucero; Kelly Price; Colt Ford; Frank Foster; Rapsody; Kool And The Gang; Anthony DeCurtis (Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone); Kyle Anderson (Senior Writer, Entertainment weekly); Josh Jackson (Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief, Paste Magazine); Shirley Halperin (Music Editor, Billboard and Hollywood Reporter); Hardeep Phull (Music Critic, New York Post), and many more. The 2015 Grand Prize goes to Australian (California-born) Jared Porter and New Zealander Kaylee Bell for their acclaimed duet and co-written song, "Pieces." In addition to winning $10,000 in cash and $20,000 in merchandise and services, Porter and Bell also receive the opportunity to be mentored by the top echelon of record company professionals, including Presidents and top-level executives from Atlantic, Warner Bros., Sony Music Nashville, RCA, Capitol, Big Machine, Roc Nation, Vanguard, Sugar Hill, and American Recordings

3Girls Theatre Company takes pleasure in announcing the world premiere of an original musical comedy: MOMENTS OF TRUTH, by 3GT resident playwright Patricia Milton (book) and Caroline Altman (music & lyrics). This world premiere production is directed by Louis Parnell, with music direction by Scrumbly Koldewyn, and runs tonight, Sept. 16 - Oct. 18, 2015 at Royce Gallery in San Francisco.

The Unsigned Only Music Competition, geared toward musical artists who are unsigned to a major record label or its affiliates, announced its 2015 winners today.

?The Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It, with book by Joe DiPietro, inspired by material by Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse, debuts at Teatro CETIP, in Sao Paulo, with adaptation by Miguel Falabella, who also assumes the role of playboy Jimmy Winter. The show is set in New York in the 20s, when Jimmy's marriage does not come out as planned after he met a certain smuggler, played by Simone Gutierrez. The score is composed by George and Ira Gershwin the direction is by Jose Possi Neto.

Hello, BroadwayWorld.com and fellow vampire killers! It's me, Neala Barron, currently co-starring as 'Susan' in the Brown Paper Box Co.'s Chicago premiere staging of [title of show]! I'm happy to be back and share another #adaywithneala. You only have 1 more weekend to check us out [final performance is Sunday, August 16], but follow me, won't you, around Chicago's Northside & Loop before a SOLD-OUT performance in Edgewater. For more [tos] info, head here - and follow me, won't you again, on Instagram @nealabarron!

Next spring, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Joshua Henry will star in SHUFFLE ALONG Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, a striking new production that presents both the 1921 musical itself, and additionally details the events that catalyzed the songwriting team of Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, and librettists F.E. Miller and Aubrey Lyles to create this ground-breaking work.

This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Cleveland, Denver, Sacramento and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include WEST SIDE STORY at Music Circus, a 'must-see' HAIRSPRAY in Cleveland, and BONNIE AND CLYDE in Denver, just to name a few.