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Julien's Auctions has announced the marquee lineup of Music Icons to take place on Friday, June 19 and Saturday, June 20 live in Beverly Hills and online at juliensauctions.com.

The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed life as we know it, and artists have been especially hard hit. Many of us have lost jobs, gigs, future shows, and are staring down the barrel of months of unemployment. But, there is hope - and help - to be found in the Atlanta Artist Relief Fund!

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.

Given the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, upcoming performances of Notre Dame de Paris at the David H. Koch Theater have been postpone to July 13th -17th 2022.

As of April 24, 2020, Artist Trust has distributed $350,000 in rapid relief funding to WA State artists through their COVID-19 Artist Trust Relief Fund. This fund was established quickly in mid-March 2020 to provide funding for artists of all disciplines in Washington State whose livelihoods were severely impacted by the COVID-19 global pandemic.   

The Broad Stage at Home is a destination offering new, live-streamed content from artistic partners and archival footage, highlighted by new, recurring series and content broadcast live.  This Saturday, April 25 at 8:00 p.m. The Broad Stage at Home presents readings and conversation on the Red Hen Press Poetry Hour, hosted by author Sandra Tsing Loh.

Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, professional Theatre in Residence at the Oakes Center in Summit, will offer an online Improv Class for adults and teens beginning May 2. In light of the social distancing order now in place, Dreamcatcher has restructured our class to accommodate a range of levels using the Zoom platform.

There's good news and bad news. The bad is that many in the entertainment industry have been left jobless as a result of the current health crisis. The good(ish?) news is that as of March 27, Congress passed the CARES Act, which included much-expanded unemployment benefits for those who work both in and outside of the arts. 

Broadwayworld NJ continues our series interviews with top theatre professionals to learn about their upcoming plans. Our readers will enjoy this one with Mark S. Hoebee, the Producing Artistic Director of Paper Mill Playhouse. Hoebee also directs shows at the Playhouse.

Broadway in Chicago has released the following statement regarding updates to their show schedule:

Broadway in Chicago has released the following statement:

Broadway in Chicago has released the following statement regarding upcoming cancellations:

Members of staff from Gallagher Insurance have been going the extra mile with their support of the Belgrade Theatre by giving up their time to help out with projects aimed at helping people to access theatre.

Pocket Sandwich Theatre will remain open amid Covid-19 and has announced its increased safety measures:

Broadway in Chicago has released the following statement regarding upcoming performances: 

The California Department of Public Health issued a mandate that all public gatherings, including concerts and presentations at Walt Disney Concert Hall, should be canceled through March 31, 2020 to protect public health and slow the rate of transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Many Broadway stars have taken to their social channels to share their thoughts on the Covid19 Broadway suspension. We will continue to update live.

The UK theatre industry weathers the Covid-19 outbreak. Read updates here:

On i??Friday, March 6, 2020, Maine-based guitarist Tim Pence will give a lecture recital titled, a?oeWhat's So Classical About Classical Guitar.a?? His lecture will examine the history of a?oeclassicala?? guitar music through the lenses of three composers: Mauro Giuliani, Dionisio Aguado and Fernando Sor.

It's fun at times and messy, but the mega-talented Ms. Kanyinda takes it to completely higher level.

The Circuit Playhouse, in partnership with super sponsor, Dr. Thomas Ratliff will welcome an all-time favorite back to the Mid-South for school matinees and limited public performances.

The name Roger Duvoisin is familiar to Zimmerli audiences: the museum's gallery dedicated to its collection of original children's book illustrations is named in his honor, more than half of that collection consists of Duvoisin's artwork, and numerous exhibitions have celebrated this beloved author and illustrator. Now, Mood Books: The Children's Stories of Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin delves into one of the most important aspects of his career, a partnership with author Alvin Tresselt that spanned three decades and resulted in 18 books. The exhibition, opening March 14 at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers, features more than 30 original watercolor and gouache illustrations from four of their collaborations: White Snow, Bright Snow, Hide and Seek Fog, It's Time Now!, and What Did You Leave Behind?, all published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard in New York. The images capture an array of feelings evoked by common experiences that tend to stick with us throughout life in very uncommon ways.

NY Classical Theatre in association with Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group and David Heron's Sure Thing Productions will present a staged reading production of Carlyle Brown's acclaimed play The African Company Presents Richard III on two nights in March.

Trisha Brown Dance Company will celebrate its 50th anniversary at The Joyce Theater (April 21-26) with an historical season commemorating Brown's extraordinary partnership with visual artist Robert Rauschenberg. Over the course of five decades, Brown and Rauschenberg maintained a remarkable creative dialogue, drawing inspiration from each other while investigating the visual and the kinetic. The Joyce program features two pivotal works: Foray Forêt, with original costumes by Rauschenberg, and Astral Converted, featuring Rauschenberg's costumes and mobile set of lighting towers. 

The Lotos Foundation, with a philanthropic mission of encouraging and supporting the creative arts and sciences, will bestow eight grants to in-school and after-school programs across New York City, as well as award six monetary prizes to creative artists at the outset of their careers across a broad spectrum of the arts. This year's awards include a new prize, The Lotos Foundation James McCracken and Sandra Warfield Opera Prize, honoring the late internationally-acclaimed American tenor and mezzo-soprano.