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Iconic screenwriter-director-producer James L. Brooks, whose acclaimed films include Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, and As Good As It Gets, has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America West's 2018 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement in recognition of his extraordinary career and body of work.

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that filming trucks spotted outside the Shubert Theatre over the weekend were on hand to capture a performance of Hello, Dolly! for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. This weekend marked the final performances for many of the show's original cast members, including Taylor Trensch, Beanie Feldstein, David Hyde Pierce, and Tony winner Bette Midler.

Former lead singer of The Platters Sonny Turner and award-winning comedienne Sommore will perform at Suncoast Showroom in January. Guests can also enjoy free dance parties and live entertainment throughout the month.

The Recording Academy announced its Special Merit Awards recipients today, and this year's Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Hal Blaine, Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris, Louis Jordan, the Meters, Queen, and Tina Turner.

Mary Wilson, founding member of the iconic group The Supremes, will make her Feinstein's at the Nikko debut on Friday, February 16 (8 p.m.) and Saturday, February 17 (8 p.m.). In this intimate evening, Ms. Wilson will perform a mix of classic Supremes hit and favorites from the Great American Songbook, as well as share stories from her legendary career. Tickets for Mary Wilson range in price from $48.75 $85 and are available now by calling 866-663-1063 or visitingwww.ticketfly.com.

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the nation's premier orchestra dedicated exclusively to commissioning, performing, and recording new orchestral music, honors trailblazing American composer Joan Tower in a one-night only concert championing five of her orchestral works. In collaboration with the New England Conservatory, the program celebrates the end of her NEC residency as well as her milestone 80th birthday (b. 09.06.38).

'You've come a long way, baby' was one of the most iconic advertising campaign slogans of the 1970's. And now, Braata Productions, the nonprofit Caribbean Cultural entity founded by Jamaican Andrew Clarke some eight years ago, is giving new life to that timeless tag line.

To celebrate the Velvet Underground's 50th anniversary, Verve Records/UMe is releasing The Velvet Underground, a limited-edition career-spanning box that collects all four of the pioneering band's studio albums, Velvets collaborator Nico's debut LP, Chelsea Girl, and a reconstruction of the fabled 'lost' 1969 album

After the record-breaking auction during the 40th anniversary Elvis Week this past August, there will be another opportunity to own a piece of music history as highlights of the rare Elvis Presley artifacts to be included in the upcoming Auction at Graceland were announced today along with registration information and catalog ordering details. The auction event will be held during Elvis' birthday celebration at Graceland on Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 1:30 pm Eastern / 12:30 pm Central.

The Kitchen, founded in 1971, has continued to serve as an important catalyst for a broad community of groundbreaking artists working across disciplines. In today's landscape, where contemporary artists and arts institutions are collaborating in new ways and generating new contexts for the continuing evolution of multi-disciplinary art, The Kitchen, as a nimble, smaller-scale organization, plays an especially vital role.

Just two days after the 60TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS , CBS, the Recording Academy and AEG Ehrlich Ventures will celebrate the legendary career of five-time GRAMMY winner and 2000 MusiCares ' Person of the Year honoree Elton John, by presenting Elton John: I'm Still Standing A GRAMMY Salute.

The Mabel Mercer Foundation announced this week that Adela and Larry Elow have established a $50,000 endowment fund, created specifically to 'encourage teenagers to learn and perform The Great American Songbook, as composed between the years 1900-1970.'

Jerome Robbins, world renowned for his work as a choreographer and director of ballet and theater, film and television, would have been 100 years old on October 11, 2018. In honor of his life and legacy, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, partnering with other institutions across the country and around the world, will celebrate his centennial year through Spring 2019.

The State Theatre in Easton announces four new shows for the 2017- 2018 Season bringing the mid-season addition list to seven new shows for its 91st season.

Broadway shows have been preserved for decades thanks to one pioneer with a passion. Betty Corwin was working in a hospital in 1969 when she came up with a brilliant idea to record them for history. It enabled legendary performances including Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire to be forever on tape.

In collaboration with the Recording Academy, GREAT PERFORMANCES presents GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends 2017, the second annual all-star concert offering a primetime spotlight for the Academy's 2017 Special Merit Awards recipients.

'Replica, Originality, and the Art of Devotion,' a panel discussion with Marcus Boon, John Giorno, Ariana Maki and Tsherin Sherpa, is being organized by Wen-Shing Chou and Sarah Watson.

La MaMa's wildly popular family series LA MAMA KIDS returns this season with a line-up of Family Friendly productions and workshops from artists.

'Replica, Originality, and the Art of Devotion,' a panel discussion with Marcus Boon, John Giorno, Ariana Maki and Tsherin Sherpa, is being organized by Wen-Shing Chou and Sarah Watson.

This spring New York City Ballet will present a World Premiere ballet by Tony Award-winning choreographer and director Warren Carlyle that pays tribute to the legendary Broadway career of NYCB's co-founding choreographer Jerome Robbins.

In collaboration with the Recording Academy, GREAT PERFORMANCES presents GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends 2017, the second annual all-star concert offering a primetime spotlight for the Academy's 2017 Special Merit Awards recipients.

New York Live Arts, under the artistic leadership of MacArthur Genius Award and National Medal of Arts awardee Artistic Director Bill T. Jones and Associate Artistic Director Janet Wong, announced the organization's 2017-2018 season today.

CONQUEST OF THE UNIVERSE OR WHEN QUEENS COLLIDE which marked the birth of the The Ridiculous Theatrical Company, co-founded by the late groundbreaking playwright and performer Charles Ludlam in 1967 will return on the occasion of the play and the company's 50th anniversary with a production, starring and directed by Everett Quinton, a long-standing member of RTC who assumed leadership as Artistic Director when Mr. Ludlam died 30 years ago, in 1987.

New York City Ballet will open its 2017-18 Season at Lincoln Center today, September 19, and will continue with 21 weeks of performances, through Sunday, June 3, featuring 61 ballets by 15 different choreographers.