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Thanks to the collaboration of two young, ambitious creators, a dedicated staff and a community that has totally embraced them, Hammonton New Jersey's Eagle Theatre is truly becoming 'the little theater that could' steadily and in a big way!

President Nancy J. Uscher has announced that Cornish College of the Arts will award honorary degrees at this year's commencement to ground-breaking American playwright Tony Kushner and to Deborah F. Rutter, president-elect of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Kushner is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Emmy Awards, and a recipient of the National Medal for Arts. One of the nation's leading arts administrators, Ms. Rutter assumes leadership of the Kennedy Center in September. Most recently she has served as president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and, prior to that, she was the executive director of the Seattle Symphony.

It truly is the most wonderful time of the year, when artist and artisan, newsman and newsmaker, singer and songwriter celebrate the holiday season with PBS. This year, Tony-winner Alfie Boe and veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw - along with 'Hal' Halvorsen, the 'candy bomber' who dropped chocolates into post-war Berlin in 1948 - join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for an inspirational concert at Temple Square. Harking back to WWI, PBS presents Silent Night, a poignant opera based on the Christmas Eve truce of 1914, when French, German and Scottish soldiers laid down their arms for one evening of peace.

THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY is an unprecedented cinematic event, an epic journey through the history of world cinema that is a treat for movie lovers around the globe.

THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY is an unprecedented cinematic event, an epic journey through the history of world cinema that is a treat for movie lovers around the globe.

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Broadway Across Canada's Landmark 2013/2014 season is on-sale to the general public today at 10 AM. Subscriptions are available toll-free at 1.866.532.7469 or visit www.BroadwayAcrossCanada.ca. All performances are held at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary.

Broadway Across Canada, the Nation's top presenter of touring theatrical productions,has announced its landmark 2013/2014 season of Broadway engagements at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. 2013/2014 Broadway Across Canada season subscriptions are available to the general public on February 25, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. exclusively through Broadway Across Canada, call toll-free at 1.866.532.7469 or visit www.BroadwayAcrossCanada.ca. Current Broadway Across Canada - Calgary subscribers have first access to 2013/2014 season packages and are able to renew their seats beginning January 21, 2013.

Island City Stage and Empire Stage have announced their co-production of the play 'The Twentieth-Century Way' by Tom Jacobson, which will be performed at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Dr., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304, beginning August 9. The official opening is set for August 11, 2012, and the play will run Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 5:00pm, through September 9. The ticket price is $30, $20 for previews. For reservations or further information, call 954-678-1496. Tickets may be purchased with credit or debit card through Smarttix at www.smarttix.com or by calling 212-868-4444. Tickets may also be purchased at the door (cash only).

The Suffolk University Theatre Department presents Christopher Marlowe's drama Doctor Faustus, directed by David R. Gammons, from November 17 - 20, 2011 at the Modern Theatre.

The Suffolk University Theatre Department presents Christopher Marlowe's drama Doctor Faustus, directed by David R. Gammons, from November 17 - 20, 2011 at the Modern Theatre.

The Suffolk University Theatre Department presents Christopher Marlowe's drama Doctor Faustus, directed by David R. Gammons, from November 17 - 20, 2011 at the Modern Theatre.

Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell officially announced the playbill for the Shaw Festival's 51st season today.

Actors' Shakespeare Project inaugurates The Modern Theatre with William Shakespeare's Antony & Cleopatra, a treatise for the ages on love, passion, greatness, and political folly.

Henry Horatio Hobson's three bossy daughters are driving him to drink, and the end result is comedy in the PICT production of Harold Brighouse's 1914 classic, Hobson's Choice.

Henry Horatio Hobson's three bossy daughters are driving him to drink, and the end result is comedy in the PICT production of Harold Brighouse's 1914 classic, Hobson's Choice.

Henry Horatio Hobson's three bossy daughters are driving him to drink, and the end result is comedy in the PICT production of Harold Brighouse's 1914 classic, Hobson's Choice.

Theater Latté Da today announced a dynamic season of four productions that feature the powerhouse rock opera Evita at the Ordway Center McKnight Theatre (September 30 - October 31, 2010), the new holiday classic All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 at the Pantages Theatre (December 16-19, 2010), the regional premiere of an award-winning new play with music, Song of Extinction, at the Guthrie Theater Dowling Studio (February 25 - March 20, 2011), and the world-premiere of Steerage Song at the Fitzgerald Theater (June 2-5, 2011).

Formerly a project of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, the Incubator Arts Project supports independent, experimental performing artists through a series of programs aimed at offering production opportunities and guidance with long-term growth and artistic sustainability. (More info at the end of this announcement.)

Artistic Director Robert Falls announces an unprecedented creative partnership with Austria's 'Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture,' advancing his focus on international programming for Goodman Theatre. The Goodman and 'Linz09'?a year-long festival devoted to projects in all cultural disciplines?will share Joan Dark, created and directed by emerging Bosnian director Aida Karic with Goodman Literary Manager Tanya Palmer. A new adaptation of the story of Joan of Arc involving live music and movement, Joan Dark originates in Austria in a one-week June 17-20 engagement at 'Linz09' and makes its U.S. premiere at Goodman Theatre September 11 ? November 11, 2009.

Artistic Director Robert Falls announces an unprecedented creative partnership with Austria's 'Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture,' advancing his focus on international programming for Goodman Theatre. The Goodman and 'Linz09'?a year-long festival devoted to projects in all cultural disciplines?will share Joan Dark, created and directed by emerging Bosnian director Aida Karic with Goodman Literary Manager Tanya Palmer. A new adaptation of the story of Joan of Arc involving live music and movement, Joan Dark originates in Austria in a one-week June 17-20 engagement at 'Linz09' and makes its U.S. premiere at Goodman Theatre September 11 ? November 11, 2009.