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Festival General Director Nigel Redden announces the program for the 40th annual Spoleto Festival USA, taking place May 27 through June 12, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina.

Celebration Theatre at the Lex presents its second play in its new home, under the artistic direction of Michael Matthews & Michael A. Shepperd, the Los Angeles premiere of DREAM BOY by Eric Rosen, based on the novel by Jim Grimsley and directed by Ovation Award-winner Michael Matthews (The Color Purple, Failure: A Love Story).

Signature Theatre presents WEST SIDE STORY, directed by Signature Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Signature's Sunday in the Park with George, Cabaret). The musical, a collaboration of music, dance and theater giants Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins and Arthur Laurents, is considered by some to be one of the greatest musicals of all time. WEST SIDE STORY will run from tonight, December 8 - January 24 in Signature Theatre's intimate MAX Theatre.

Clinton Hill cultural hub and OBIE award-winner JACK launches its winter/spring 2016 season with an a cappella opera set in Zimbabwe by composer Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, a weekend of curated works by Modesto "Flako" Jimenez, the premiere of the dirty and bracing play Tom & Eliza, by Celine Song, the English-language premiere of Argentinian playwright Rafael Spregelburd's SPAM, The Geneva Project by Jennifer Harrison Newman, Antonio Ramos' Thirsty Mind, love and starvation sitting in a lonely tree and an exploration in minimalist/pop art performance by the No Face Performance Group.  JACK also engineers the return of Walter Dundervill's ARENA (which had two sold-out runs at JACK in 2014 and 2015). 

Kansas City Repertory Theatre continues its 2015-16 season  with the return of David Sedaris' THE SANTALAND DIARIES, directed by Kansas City Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Eric Rosen and starring Brian Sills as Crumpet the Elf.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the three winning shows in the TRU Voices Musicals Series, which will have readings on Mondays January 18 and 25, and February 1, 2016 at 7pm at the Engelman Recital Hall in the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Ave, NYC.

Ninety handpicked exhibitors for the American Fine Craft Show Brooklyn, this weekend, November 21-22, 2015, at Brooklyn Museum will again fill the regal Beaux-Arts Court with ceramics, decorative and wearable fiber and leather, furniture, glass and jewelry-all made by hand and celebrating American creativity-Richard Rothbard, show co-founder/director announced today.

Kansas City Repertory Theatre continues its 2015-16 season  with the return of David Sedaris' THE SANTALAND DIARIES, directed by Kansas City Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Eric Rosen and starring Brian Sills as Crumpet the Elf.

The Old Globe's 18th annual production of DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, starring J. Bernard Calloway in the title role, opens tonight, November 12, 2015 and will run through December 26th.

Audience Architects, the leading service organization for building and engaging dance audiences in Chicago, showcases the depth and breadth of the Chicago dance industry with a Lights Festival Dance Celebration Saturday, November 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. at ARTSPACE 8, 900 N. Michigan Avenue, 4th floor. This FREE event is taking place during the BMO Harris Bank Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, the beloved kickoff to the holiday season in Chicago.

Signature Theatre has announced the cast of WEST SIDE STORY, directed by Signature Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Signature's Sunday in the Park with George, Cabaret). The musical, a collaboration of music, dance and theater giants Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins and Arthur Laurents, is considered by some to be one of the greatest musicals of all time. WEST SIDE STORY will run from December 8 - January 24 in Signature Theatre's intimate MAX Theatre.

Ninety handpicked exhibitors for the American Fine Craft Show Brooklyn, November 21-22, 2015, at Brooklyn Museum will again fill the regal Beaux-Arts Court with ceramics, decorative and wearable fiber and leather, furniture, glass and jewelry-all made by hand and celebrating American creativity-Richard Rothbard, show co-founder/director announced today.

Winners of the prestigious international Search for New Musicals were announced today at New Musicals Inc. in Los Angeles.

PITTSBURGH – Experience a concert that is both bone-rattling and sidesplitting when Igudesman & Joo return to perform the conductor-less “Scary Concert” with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall tonight, October 31 and the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theater at West Virginia University on November 2.

A Tribute to Mighty Sam McClain is an evening to remember and celebrate the life and music of Mighty Sam McClain, who died at age 71 in June 2015. The fundraiser to benefit homelessness (an issue near and dear to Sam's heart) is set for the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA on Saturday, Nov 28 at 7:00 PM, the Sat. after Thanksgiving.

FX Networks has promoted three veteran entertainment programming executives, Gina Balian, Nicole Clemens and Jonathan Frank, to the title of Executive Vice President

PITTSBURGH – Experience a concert that is both bone-rattling and sidesplitting when Igudesman & Joo return to perform the conductor-less “Scary Concert” with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall on October 31 and the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theater at West Virginia University on November 2.

BroadwayWorld can officially report the complete cast and creative team for The Old Globe's 18th annual production of DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, starring J. Bernard Calloway in the title role!

With today's science moving at breakneck speed, how much knowledge is too much? Deborah Zoe Laufer's new play Informed Consent, an Off-Broadway comedy drama at Horizon Theatre, is an electrifying journey of science, religion and ethics that follows one woman's journey to uncover ancient truths and save her 4-year-old daughter. Inspired by a true story, this fast-paced tale of science, secrets and lies unfolds on the Horizon Theatre stage October 9- November 8. With science and belief pitted against one another, the question, 'Is my DNA really my history and my destiny?' is asked.

This October, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street. For

With today's science moving at breakneck speed, how much knowledge is too much? Deborah Zoe Laufer's new play Informed Consent, an Off-Broadway comedy drama at Horizon Theatre, is an electrifying journey of science, religion and ethics that follows one woman's journey to uncover ancient truths and save her 4-year-old daughter. Inspired by a true story, this fast-paced tale of science, secrets and lies unfolds on the Horizon Theatre stage October 9- November 8. With science and belief pitted against one another, the question, 'Is my DNA really my history and my destiny?' is asked.

Folk people are the People's People. Folk signify kith, kin, family, ancestry, and flesh and blood.

11 NFL players will join seven-time Grammy Award-winner and multi-platinum recording artist Carrie Underwood for her performance of "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night," the opening theme for primetime television's No. 1 program, Sunday Night Football on NBC.

The Play Company (PlayCo), led by Founding Producer Kate Loewald and Executive Producer Lauren Weigel celebrates its 15th Anniversary season with programming that exemplifies its unique commitment to premiering plays from around the world, including the U.S., to advance a dynamic, international experience of contemporary theater as part of the American repertoire.

Grammy® Award winning singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins has joined forces with Nashville songsmiths Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman to form a new band, Blue Sky Riders. Together, Blue Sky Riders craft tightly woven songs that combine dazzling harmonies with elements of country, pop and Americana for a sound Billboard Magazine says “defies genre classification.” Poway OnStage (formerly the Poway Center for the Peforming Arts Foundation) is pleased to feature Blue Sky Riders in a concert celebrating our 25th Anniversary Season.