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For the fourteenth year in a row, Seattle Public Theater (SPT) welcomes back the horrible and hilarious Herdman family for another assault on our seasonal sensibilities in Barbara Robinson's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever directed by Emily Purington.

The Italian Academy hosts the inaugural concert of *The Stefan Wolpe Fund featuring world premieres and works by Charles Wuorinen, Jonathan Dawe, Matthew Greenbaum and William Anderson tonight, October 30th at 8pm. Also on the program, a New York premiere for string sextet by Charles Wuorinen. Featured artists: JACK Quartet, pianist Steven Beck, Vox n Plux, violist Miranda Cuckson and cellist Jay Campbell. This concert was produced by Zaidee Parkinson and Alanna Maharajh Stone with generous support from *The Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music.

The Theatre School at DePaul University will present The 2014 Awards for Excellence in the Arts gala on Monday, November 3, 2014, at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago. The Four Seasons is located at 120 East Delaware Place. The event will begin with a 6 PM cocktail reception, followed by dinner and the awards presentation at 7 PM.

Walnut Street Theatre's 2014-2015 Independence Studio on 3 season opens with BAD JEWS. This Philadelphia premiere began previews on October 7th, opens October 16th and continues through November 30th in the Walnut's Independence Studio on 3. BroadwayWorld brings even more photos at the cast onstage below! Click here to see BroadwayWorld's first look at the show.

The star-studded Broadway production of the backstage comedy It's Only A Play, by 4-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, opened on October 9, 2014, at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street). Scroll down to learn more about the full cast and watch interviews with the company below!

Walnut Street Theatre's 2014-2015 Independence Studio on 3 season opens with BAD JEWS. This Philadelphia premiere began previews on October 7th, opens tonight, October 16th and continues through November 30th in the Walnut's Independence Studio on 3. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

Walnut Street Theatre's 2014-2015 Independence Studio on 3 season opens with BAD JEWS. This Philadelphia premiere began previews on October 7th, opens October 16th and continues through November 30th in the Walnut's Independence Studio on 3. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

The Italian Academy hosts the inaugural concert of *The Stefan Wolpe Fund featuring world premieres and works by Charles Wuorinen, Jonathan Dawe, Matthew Greenbaum and William Anderson on Thursday, October 30th at 8pm. Also on the program, a New York premiere for string sextet by Charles Wuorinen. Featured artists: JACK Quartet, pianist Steven Beck, Vox n Plux, violist Miranda Cuckson and cellist Jay Campbell. This concert was produced by Zaidee Parkinson and Alanna Maharajh Stone with generous support from *The Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music.

Bobby Cronin and NEXT UK bring the hit NYC Inspired Benefit Concert Series to London with INSPIRED UK: A Benefit Concert for Manchester Dog's Home, on SUNDAY 5th OCTOBER at 7:30pm at Freedom Bar in Soho.

SecondStory Repertory has announced its Theatre For Young Audiences Season 16. These one hour, family friendly, plays and musicals are perfect for school aged children. Scroll down for details!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chris Hemsworth ('Thor,' 'The Avengers') and Charlie Day ('Horrible Bosses,' 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia') have been added to the cast of the reboot of the classic 'Vacation' series.

Actors Jonathan Morgan Heit (Date Night; Valentine's Day; Bedtime Stories); Aly Mawji (Silicon Valley; Parks and Recreation; Grey's Anatomy) and Satya Vanii (Natasha Meet Janice; Cut; Co-ed Scandal) will represent the Screen Actors Guild Foundation's BookPALS as "storytime readers" at the Hollywood Arts Council's 29th Annual FREE Children's Festival of the Arts to be held at Paramount Pictures, this Sunday, August 10, 2014 from 12-Noon - 4:30 p.m.

SecondStory Repertory has announced its Theatre For Young Audiences Season 16. These one hour, family friendly, plays and musicals are perfect for school aged children. Scroll down for details!

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF has announced partial casting for LES MISERABLES.

As fans of TNT's Top 10 drama Major Crimes prepare for the start of an all-new season, they will get the chance to enjoy a 19-hour marathon of the entire previous season. The marathon will bgan running June 8, at 2 a.m. (ET/PT) and will continue right up until the season three premiere tonight, June 9, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

As fans of TNT's Top 10 drama Major Crimes prepare for the start of an all-new season, they will get the chance to enjoy a 19-hour marathon of the entire previous season.

Today the Rose Theatre Kingston announces its Christmas production for 2014 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The Rose's Director of Learning and Participation, Ciaran McConville, directs Theresa Heskins' adaptation of CS Lewis' masterpiece.

For 27 years, SteppingStone Theatre has given young people a place to experience the joy of creation and a sense that they can make a difference in the world. We keep this front and center every year and this season in particular. At no time has this been more important for today¹s young people.

TUTS Underground will stage the Texas Premiere of Hands On A Hardbody, June 12-22 at Zilkha Hall at The Hobby Center.

There's something beautifully poetic in juxtaposing two current offerings by small theater companies in Boston. Bad Habit Productions celebrates ambitious women in Caryl Churchill's TOP GIRLS at the Boston Center for the Arts, while Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans are light years removed from Walt Disney in SNOW WHITE AND THE 7 BOTTOMS at Machine Nightclub in the shadow of Fenway Park.

The Footlight Players are proud to present the final show of this season's LateNight @ the Footlight series with a stark and gripping examination of ethics and morals, Extremities, by William Mastrosimone. Performance dates are today, April 3-5, 10-12 at 9:00 pm and April 6 and 13 at 4:00 pm.

Seattle Public Theater (SPT) at the Bathhouse has announced its 2014-15 Mainstage season featuring two Pacific Northwest premieres and a world premiere play penned by a Gregory Award winning playwright.

The Footlight Players are proud to present the final show of this season's LateNight @ the Footlight series with a stark and gripping examination of ethics and morals, Extremities, by William Mastrosimone. Performance dates are April 3-5, 10-12 at 9:00 pm and April 6 and 13 at 4:00 pm.

Walnut Street Theatre's 2013-2014 Independence Studio on 3 season continues with a World Premiere play by Eric Conger, BEAUTIFUL BOY. The Walnut is proud to have served as a home for many World Premieres, including Eric Conger's Eclectic Society. Directed by David Stradley, BEAUTIFUL BOY began previews on February 18th, opens tonight, February 20th and continues through March 9th in the Walnut's Independence Studio on 3.

Today we are talking to a terrifically talented triple-threat diva known for her legendary Broadway performance as the title character in the iconic original production of ANNIE as well as notable appearances on Broadway since in STARLIGHT EXPRESS, LES MISERABLES, STATE FAIR and more - the engaging and passionate Andrea McArdle. Opening up about her life after 'Tomorrow' as well as sharing memories of her time in ANNIE, McArdle sheds some light on her idiosyncratic showbiz career and shares sensational stories from her past and present while also looking ahead to the future. Additionally, McArdle looks back on many of her most famous roles to date, including her roller skating days in STARLIGHT EXPRESS and her recent stint as MAME herself, as well as her various Judy Garland-related properties, too - the TV biopic RAINBOW and the stage adaptation of MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS among them, not to mention her sensational star turn as the opener of the recent sold-out series of 10th anniversary concerts at Joe's Pub, BROADWAYWORLD.COM VISITS OZ, directed by Richard Jay-Alexander and MaryBeth Abel, where she exquisitely performed 'I'm Always Chasing Rainbows'. Plus, McArdle comments on her recent Broadway Records live album 70'S & SUNNY and the material and decade that inspired it. Most importantly, McArdle looks ahead to her new series of solo shows kicking off at 54 Below this week titled DREAM ROLES and previews some of the stupendous song selections she has chosen for the show - with material by Stephen Sondheim, Charles Strouse and more included! All of that and much, much more awaits in this career-spanning chat with one of Broadway's best and best-loved leading ladies.