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The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will return to Nashville for three performances on January 27 and 28 at TPAC's Andrew Jackson Hall.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will visit the fair city of Portland for two performances on October 20th and 21st at Merrill Auditorium, both performances are at 8pm.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will visit the fair city of Portland for two performances on October 20th and 21st at Merrill Auditorium, both performances are at 8pm.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will visit the fair city of Easton, PA for one performance only on Friday, October 14th, 8 PM at the State Theatre.

Actors' Equity Association announced today that James Earl Jones is the recipient of the 2011 Paul Robeson Award. Created in 1971, the Award recognizes a person who best exemplifies the principles by which Mr. Robeson lived.

The Indiana University Department of Theatre and Drama in the College of Arts and Sciences 2011-2012 season begins at the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will visit the fair city of Portland for two performances on October 20th and 21st at Merrill Auditorium, both performances are at 8pm.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will visit the fair city of Easton, PA for one performance only on Friday, October 14th, 8 PM at the State Theatre.

UnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. (www.UnsungMusicals.org) announces complete casting for its world premiere of the original score from Gatsby at Signature Theatre's Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd Street) on September 30 at 7pm and 10pm as part of the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Today we are kicking off Broadway World's multi-part series of interviews with the stars of the 2011 Kennedy Center produced and Eric Schaeffer directed production of Stephen Sondheim & James Goldman's seminal showbiz musical, FOLLIES, currently in previews on Broadway at the Marquis Theater. Suave leading man Ron Raines sheds light on the central, pivotal role of Benjamin Stone and how he sees the character - in his youth, in his marriage, in the present and, also, in the future, post-Loveland and, even post-FOLLIES - as well as illuminates his interactions with the colorful array of stars he shares the stage with eight nights a week - chief among them: Bernadette Peters, Elaine Paige and Jan Maxwell! Additionally, we discuss what has changed in the transfer from Washington, D.C. to NYC, as well as examine the underlying message and story told in Ben's stunning musical triptych of 'The Road You Didn't Take', 'Too Many Mornings' and 'Live, Laugh, Love'. As if all that were not enough, Raines and I cast a glance back at his previous stage and screen work and discuss his solo albums, upcoming concert appearances and much, much more! Plus, first news of his essaying of the title role in SWEENEY TODD with Karen Ziemba in St. Louis next summer, directed by the helmer of the original Christopher Bond play that inspired Sondheim to compose the musical adaptation in the first place back in 1969.

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance today announced its full Harris Theater Presents 2011-2012 season, offering Chicago audiences a ground-breaking collection of innovative, culturally diverse programming by the world's finest musicians and dance companies, as well as Harris' signature collaborations with Chicago's leading dance and music institutions.

The Indiana University Department of Theatre and Drama in the College of Arts and Sciences announces its upcoming 2011-2012 season at the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will visit the fair city of Durham for two performances on May 24 & 25, 2011 at DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center.

THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE closes May 8 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. For tickets ($10-55) and information the public can call (510) 843-4822 or visit auroratheatre.org.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will return to the fair city of Memphis on May 6th-8th, 2011 at The Orpheum Theatre for five performances during a one weekend only engagement.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will return to the fair city of Memphis on May 6th-8th, 2011 at The Orpheum Theatre for five performances during a one weekend only engagement.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's SPAMALOT returns to the fair city of Providence for a five-show engagement, April 15 - 17, at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC).

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's SPAMALOT returns to the fair city of Providence for a five-show engagement, April 15 - 17, at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC).

According to published reports, Woody Allen will get his own 'American Masters' documentary on PBS. The two-part program will air this fall.

Today we lost one of the greats: the gentle giant of directors, Sidney Lumet. What a resume! Just to pick seven of perhaps the best known of the bunch, the bunch in question being over 100 titles strong: 12 ANGRY MEN, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, SERPICO, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, NETWORK and BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD - the films spanning fifty years from MEN in 1957 and DEVIL in 2007 - it is clear to see why Lumet was one of the most cherished and celebrated directors in Hollywood, especially known for his tough, gritty New York stories and his pristine stage-to-screen transfers. For an excellent example of the latter (in addition to LONG DAY'S JOURNEY and the others) check out DEATHTRAP - based on Ira Levin's play, the longest-running thriller in Broadway history - featuring Michael Caine in one of his best roles and Christopher Reeve and Dyan Cannon in their finest performances on film. For an example of the former genre, look no further than NETWORK, containing one of the strongest screenplays ever penned, from the fiery and ferocious pen of Paddy Cheyefsky, and Faye Dunaway in her Oscar-winning performance for all the ages. As far as theatrical screenplays on screen, Lumet would be hard-pressed to even come close to the power, prescience and transformative brilliance at the core of the conceit of that film - yet he did just that; with his final, 2007 film no less. I am speaking, of course, of the underrated and riveting BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, with Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris. Taking an original screenplay that could just as well have been written for the stage - shades of 12 ANGRY MEN, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, NETWORK and SERPICO, certainly - Lumet made a bristling, biting brilliant work of staggering craft and ingenuity - all with verve, energy and drive of a man a quarter of his age at the time (80). His films were classics in his own time and, now, in his passing, they are just as timeless - if not more so. With each passing year, new layers of truth, beauty, sadness and soulfulness can be found in the countless frames in the innumerable unforgettable scenes in his many masterpieces.

One of America's most enduring musicals, "Hello, Dolly!" makes its way to Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre in April.

One of America's most enduring musicals, "Hello, Dolly!" makes its way to Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre in April.

In honor of Tennessee Williams' 100th birthday, Aurora Theatre Company continues its 19th season with the playwright's haunting drama THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross helms this evocative play featuring Beth Wilmurt, Charles Dean, Marcia Pizzo, and Thomas Gorrebeeck, along with Amy Crumpacker, Ryan Tasker, Leanne Borghesi, and Beth Deitchman.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's Spamalot, will return to the fair city of Memphis on May 6th-8th, 2011 at The Orpheum Theatre for five performances during a one weekend only engagement.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's SPAMALOT returns to the fair city of Providence for a five-show engagement, April 15 - 17, at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC).