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Outfest LA has announced its full lineup for the 2020 online festival! The festival will take place August 20-30.

A true original, Kim David Smith is fully represented on his new live recording, just released last week, and perfectly so.

At a time when the world is at its most chaotic, Zero Theorem are releasing 'Swarm' as the perfect expression of our collective frustrations.

Burning Coal Theatre Company in partnership with The League of Women Voters of Wake County and thirteen other theatre and/or opera companies from across central North Carolina has announced that it will present The 19th Amendment Project.

Power-pop group Teenage Halloween have announced that they have signed to Don Giovanni Records for the release of their debut self-titled LP, and have released the lead single 'Stationary' listen below!

In place of in-person summer activities on the grounds, Seattle Center and its resident organizations offer multiple virtual options this month. Streaming summer camps, masterclasses, music, classical performances and much more present fun, engaging and educational experiences for youth, families, aspiring artists and the public at large.

Great American actress and songstress Linda Purl has released a new CD with Tedd Firth and Nelson Rangell and it is a musical journey par excellence.

Birdmask, aka Zeal and Ardor's Manuel Gagneux, has released his powerful new single “Set Me On Fire” on MVKA. A fire-and-brimstone testament to emotional and romantic torment, “Set Me On Fire” sets Birdmask's impassioned soul vocals to church organ, choral harmonies and portentous drums. 

It was an important year for me, 2004. I started sixth form (no more school uniform!) and the Kaiser Chiefs burst onto the music scene. I discovered them through Soccer AM and my borderline obsession with the music channels on Sky, their pop-punky beats, smart lyrics, and incredible energy grabbing me by the throat and forcing me to pay attention. Sixteen years later and t'Chiefs are still going strong a?' as is my love of the band.

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company  and Asia Society Texas Center present  a celebration of women's voices as we stage three readings of Houston premiere plays by Asian and Asian American women.

Brooklyn Film Festival's (BFF) 23rd edition: TURNING POINT, an online festival out of the norm with more than 140 films viewable for free from May 29 through June 7 at  www.brooklynfilmfestival.org, announces today its plans for its opening night program

With the current theatre world on hiatus, I have created a Spotlight Series on Broadway World which features interviews with some of the many talented artists who make our Los Angeles theatre community so exciting and vibrant thanks to their ongoing contribution to keeping the Arts alive in the City of the Angels. And just like all of us, I wondered how they are dealing with the abrupt end of productions in which they were involved. This Spotlight focuses on Monica Ricketts who discovered the magic of performing onstage as a child and never looked back or wanted to do anything else.

HBO Max has revealed the second slate of premium Max Originals available to viewers after the streamer's May 27th launch.

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the 101 greatest Beatles songs, including some of the fab four's solo works. They're all here: 'Twist and Shout,' 'In My Life,' 'Helter Skelter,' 'Imagine,' 'Something,' 'Maybe I'm Amazed,' 'Let It Be.' See if your favorites made the grade!

May and June episodes will feature Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus, choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and actor Elizabeth Stanley on their collaboration during Jagged Little Pill; Tony-winning director Michael Mayer with actors Jonathan Groff and Christian Borle on Little Shop of Horrors; directors Lileana Blain-Cruz, Sheryl Kaller, and Desdemona Chiang; director Gaye Taylor Upchurch and playwright Lauren Gunderson on The Half-Life of Marie Curie; and more.

Japanese Breakfast has announced a ticketed livestream on Thursday, May 14th at 7 PM EST to benefit her touring band and crew.

The music album 'Numbered Places' (neo-classical piano music) was released on May 1, 2020, in Spotify, Apple Music, AmazonMusic and nearly all other Digital Streaming Platforms - through the label Bliss Recordings (London).

The Remote Read revive Sir Tom Stoppard's 1966 television play using the technology of 2020, and provide an interesting insight into theatre's enduring power - and a rattling good play!

Now that the Metropolitan Opera has had a major success with its At-Home Gala, there are other opera companies with similar ideas. The Florence May Festival, (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino), will offer its presentation on Friday, May 1, 2020, at noon. P.D.T. Since many opera lovers are working from home, the audience should be enormous. 

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best musical theatre characters from 1940-2020; see if your favorites are on our list of the best characters from Broadway musicals.

Elon University's production of VIOLET was cancelled due to the health crisis. However, the students from the Department of Performing Arts produced a video to commemorate their work on the April 2020 production.

As Australia and New Zealand prepare to commemorate Anzac Day amid the COVID-19 crisis even more artists have joined the lineup for Music From The Home Front. The televised concert event is being staged as a thank you for those who have served our country and frontline workers.

Psychological thriller SANCTUARY (Apr 23) starring Josefin Asplund (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vikings) in a dual role and Matthew Modine (Stranger Things) as a manipulative doctor (Trailer), Sundance Now is excited to announce its May slate, which includes two Exclusive Premieres.

English folk artist Luke De-Sciscio has announced that he will release his next album, Eucharist, the second in a planned trilogy of records, next Friday, April 24. Today, he shared the album's first single, “Jamie Song'

Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) today announced six of the seven plays for the 2020-21 Season, including the world premiere of Young Americans by Lauren Yee, as well as two of the plays originally scheduled for the current season, according to new Nancy L. Donahue Artistic Director Courtney Sale and Executive Director Bonnie J. Butkas.