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Former theatrical and motion picture talent agent Jeff Hunter died on Saturday, January 27, at age 91.

To celebrate the commencement of the 2018 Winter Olympics, a very special THROWBACK THURSDAY is coming to the big screen at Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre celebrating the 25th Anniversary of COOL RUNNINGS for one night, Thursday, February 8, 2018. 

3,000 Miles Off-Broadway Productions proudly presents ABBA MANIA at the historic El Portal Theatre Debbie Reynolds Mainstage, in the NOHO Arts District, North Hollywood, CA. Back by popular demand for the 3rd time, ABBA MANIA celebrates the music and style ABBA at this special two show only engagement will be presented Sunday, February 25, 2018.

The fourth year of BCMF Spring, the spring series of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, presents three concerts featuring favorite BCMF musicians, both veteran and recent, and the acclaimed Pacifica Quartet performing some treasures of the chamber music repertoire. Introduced in 2015 as a two-concert series, BCMF Spring has proved a successful expansion of Long Island's longest-running summer classical music festival, and a welcomed addition to the cultural offerings of the East End.

Tickets officially now on sale at www.elcapitantickets.com, by calling 1-800-DISNEY6 and at The El Capitan Theatre box office for the presentation of Marvel Studios' Black Panther February 15 to 25, shown in brilliant Dolby VisionTM Laser Projection & Dolby Atmos Sound Technology.

Seattle Public Theater rings in the new year with the fourth production of its 2017-18 Season with the musical comedy-fantasy Vanishing Point. Aviatrix Amelia Earhart, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, and author Agatha Christie all have one thing in common: they were women who vanished mysteriously. Christie walked out of her life in 1926 and was discovered at a hotel 11 days later with no recollection of what happened.

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre presents Star Wars: The Last Jedi from December 14, 2017 through January 28, 2018.

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre presents Star Wars: The Last Jedi from December 14, 2017 through January 28, 2018.

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre presents a special engagement of Disney Pixar's COCO November 22 to December 10, shown in brilliant Dolby VisionTM Laser Projection & Dolby Atmos Sound Technology.

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre presents a special engagement of Disney Pixar's COCO November 22 to December 10, shown in brilliant Dolby VisionTM Laser Projection & Dolby Atmos Sound Technology. Tickets are now on sale at www.elcapitantickets.com, by calling 1-800-DISNEY6 and at The El Capitan Theatre box office.

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre presents a special engagement of Disney Pixar's COCO November 22 to December 10, shown in brilliant Dolby VisionTM Laser Projection & Dolby Atmos Sound Technology.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, celebrating its roots in the film and television recording industry, presents LACO @ the Movies: Buster Keaton's The General, featuring Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Beal (House of Cards) conducting the world premiere of his score for the 1926 silent classic spotlighting the absurdity of war on Saturday, November 11, 2017, 8 pm, at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, in downtown Los Angeles. Currently celebrating its 50th anniversary, LACO was founded in 1968 as an artistic outlet for the recording industry's most gifted musicians. The Orchestra, regarded as one of the world's premier chamber orchestras as well as a pacesetter in presenting wide-ranging repertoire and adventurous commissions, performs live to The General for this entertaining evening. Considered among the greatest films ever made, the historical parody was adapted from The Great Locomotive Chase and is set during the Civil War. The Theatre at Ace Hotel was built in 1927, just a year after The General was made.

With Lauren Gunderson's Silent Sky, the Next Act Theatre invites us, for a couple of hours, to orient ourselves in a place and time before the 1990 Hubble telescope, before the 1969 moon landing, before the first rocket launch in 1926, and before Edwin Hubble proved the vastness of galaxies far beyond our own in 1923. It's here that we meet mathematician and aspiring astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, played by the always-brilliant Deb Staples.

I've known Diane Meholick for several years. It's so nice to see good things happening for her and a chance to interview Diane as well.

In NoHo this season the Troubies are loose in their new home for the holidays The Historic El Portal Theatre. The joint will be jumping as the Ovation Award winning, Los Angeles-based Troubadour Theater Company presents How the Princh Stole Christmas, a musical parody directed by the company's Master of Mayhem and Artistic Director Matt Walker.

The legendary El Capitan Theatre becomes your destination this October for two Halloween season traditions: Disney's beloved Hocus Pocus October 6-15, followed by the 24th annual presentation of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas October 20-31, in 3D with spine-tingling interactive 4D sensory effects, including wind, snow, fog and much more. In addition, props and photo opportunities from these two classic Halloween movies will be on display before and after every screening.

Music Director Designate Jaap van Zweden will open the New York Philharmonic's 176th season, leading two programs that feature the virtuosity of the musicians of the Philharmonic in repertoire both central to the Orchestra's history and new to Philharmonic audiences.

El Portal Theatre proudly presents SPACE ODDITY: The Ultimate David Bowie Experience featuring David Brighton on the Debbie Reynold's Mainstage at the historic El Portal Theatre in the NOHO Arts District, North Hollywood, CA. This special one-performance only engagement will be presented Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 8pm.

Tickets are now on sale at www.elcapitantickets.com, by calling 1-800-DISNEY6 (347-6396) and at The El Capitan Theatre box office, for DREAM BIG, PRINCESS AT THE EL CAPITAN THEATRE, a special collection of movies being presented in conjunction with the Disney "Dream Big, Princess" initiative September 8 to October 1, 2017 at The El Capitan Theatre.

As BroadwayWorld sadly reported earlier this week, comic legend Jerry Lewis died at 91 years old at his home in Las Vegas.

Tickets are now on sale at www.elcapitantickets.com, by calling 1-800-DISNEY6 (347-6396) and at The El Capitan Theatre box office, for the 1995 original Disney "A GOOFY MOVIE," featured at The El Capitan Theatre  August 25 to September 4, 2017.

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that comic legend Jerry Lewis died at 91 years old this morning at his home in Las Vegas.

Tickets are now on sale at www.elcapitantickets.com, by calling 1-800-DISNEY6 (347-6396) and at The El Capitan Theatre box office, for the 1995 original Disney "A GOOFY MOVIE," featured at The El Capitan Theatre  August 25 to September 4, 2017.

ShawChicago presents The Art of Langston Hughes, a collection of plays and short stories that celebrate the American legacy of Harlem Renaissance poet and playwright Langston Hughes. This is a one night performance on September 18 at 7 PM at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60610.

Tickets are now on sale at www.elcapitantickets.com, by calling 1-800-DISNEY6 (347-6396) and at The El Capitan Theatre box office, for the El Capitan Theatre's presentation of "THE LION KING SING-ALONG", August 4 to August 20, 2017.