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Sean Chandler host of the podcast 'Your Program Is Your Ticket', in association with the Broadway Podcast Network, has announced the latest episode of its 'Act II...Places' series featuring Shelley Butler and West Hyler of the innovative play-by-mail company 'Artistic Stamp'.

The Drama League has announced the formation of its first Directors Council, featuring nationally-renowned directors Daniel Banks, Melia Bensussen, Christopher Burris, Jillian Carucci, Jennifer Chang, Desdemona Chiang, R.J. Cutler, Estefanía Fadul, Raz Golden, Brian Eugenio Herrera, Adam Immerwahr, Gwynn MacDonald, Tony Phelan and more.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced that the public can attend NAMT's 32nd Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS by making a donation to NAMT ($30 donation for one day / $50 donation for both days).

New Jersey power pop rock band The Mylars released their new single 'Satellite Girls' off of their upcoming EP, Pop's Station due out in 2021 via Melody Records.

National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced this year's directors, musical directors and casting for their 32nd Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, on Thursday, November 19 and Friday, November 20, 2020. Due to the pandemic, the Festival will be reimagined and shared online through Broadway On Demand. Events will kick off on November 17.

Today's top stories: One Royal Holiday trailer (Aaron Tveit & Laura Osnes), trailer for What the Constitution Means to Me on Amazon Prime Video, and more!

Deadline reports that Jordan Fisher will star in the big screen adaptation of 'Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between,' based on the book by Jennifer E. Smith.

Global entertainment mogul and E! founder Larry Namer has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of FanVestor.

National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced the line-up of new musicals for their 32nd Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, on Thursday, November 19 and Friday, November 20, 2020.

Riot Ten & Whales' heavy-hitting collaboration 'Save You (feat. Megan Stokes)' receives a bass-laden remix package compliments of Kompany, Ace Aura and AFK. The bundle is rounded out with Riot Ten's official 'Save You' VIP mix, twisting the melodic single into a menacing thrasher.

Audible has announced  its latest Emerging Playwrights Fund class.

In celebration of Women's Equality Day and the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and The Woman's Club of Palo Alto present a virtual performance of excerpts and songs from Perfect 36, with lyrics and book by Laura Harrington, music by Mel Marvin, and direction by Mac Pirkle.

Adapted from the award-winning The Shape of the Pain (Scotsman Fringe First), this new short film created in isolation is a powerful and intimate insight into living with a rare, synesthetic chronic pain condition.

Last month, Phoebe Bridgers released her second solo album, Punisher, to international acclaim.

Cloud21 International and Kultura PR International co-presented the third annual 'Global Entertainment Showcase: Cannes 2020' on June 24, 2020, virtually, during this year's Online Marché du Film. The ZOOM event featured panelists Threshold Entertainment Group CEO Larry Kasanoff (producer Mortal Kombat, Terminator 2), Roskino CEO Evgenia Markova and E! founder | Metan Global Entertainment Group President/CEO Larry Namer, with award-winning filmmaker Sue Vicory as moderator.

This Spotlight focuses on composer, conductor, lyricist, and producer Christopher Raymond who has won an NAACP, Stage Raw and Broadway World Awards for his work in theatre. Chris has also music directed several Los Angeles area awards shows as well as 14 productions with DOMA Theatre Company in Hollywood, among many others. And in December 2018, he became Music Director for Valley Outreach Synagogue in Calabasas where Passover and Shabbat services are being LiveStreamed from home.

Club44 Records has announced the release of Love Notes, the new album from LINDA LAVIN. Love Notes, an elegant and swinging mix of timeless standards, jazz classics and gems of the pop/rock era, features the album's first single, 'Stars Would Fall,' a sophisticated new song by Joel Lindsey and Wayne Haun.

Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club at The LINQ Promenade proudly announces a new limited engagement with comedian, actor and original cast member of In Living Color, Tommy Davidson. The fiercely funny industry veteran is returning to the spotlight with new stand up material for his limited engagement beginning April 5. Tickets are now on sale.

The Old Globe has announced the 2020 Classical Directing Fellowships, a program of the Karen and Stuart Tanz Fellowships at The Old Globe, led by the Globe's Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, a leading Shakespearean scholar, author, and director.

Austin-based record label Chicken Ranch Records partners with India's Ziro Festival of Music for an 'Indie from India' showcase of bands, followed two nights later by the label's annual SXSW showcase.  

Ruth Wilson and Matt Bomer will star in The Book Of Ruth, with Michael Arden directing the feature, according to Deadline. The film is based on the true story of Ruth Coker Burks, a devout Christian divorcée and single mother from Arkansas who became a champion and caregiver for AIDS sufferers in 1980s America.

ACE Comic Con will return to the Northeast to open 2020, delivering some of the most popular stars from two of the biggest movie franchises in history. Chris Evans (Captain America), Tom Hiddleston (Loki) as well as Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker) and Shameik Moore (Miles Morales, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), making their ACE debuts, will headline ACE Comic Con Northeast at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 20-21-22, 2020.

Today, the Iowa-born, Nashville-based singer and songwriter Hailey Whitters shared a new song 'Happy People' ahead of her highly anticipated new album The Dream that will be released on February 28, 2020. The song was co-written with Grammy Award-winning songwriter Lori McKenna and was recorded by Little Big Town in 2017.

Danny De La Rosa released his second single 'Third Wheel Man' off of his debut solo album titled 12 Weekends due out early 2020.

Metta Theatre a?" one of the UK's leading mid-scale touring theatre companies a?" has six new British musicals in progress, all being developed and showcased around the UK throughout the first half of 2020. Established in 2005 by Poppy Burton-Morgan and Motley trained Designer William Reynolds, Metta Theatre is at the forefront of new work - with a strong focus on the development of new British musical theatre, and a commitment to highlighting climate justice and sustainability; disability and deaf integration and inclusion (both from a political perspective and in order to artistically enrich the work); queering mainstream and family theatre - writing characters that represent and normalise (rather than problematise) the diverse range of queer experiences and identities; re-gendering protagonists in order to give girls strong female role models.