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As exhilaratingly in-your-face as only the very best of contemporary theater can deliver, Green Day's American Idiot - now onstage in a startlingly emphatic and exuberant production at Clarksville's Roxy Regional Theatre - exemplifies just how far the company itself has come since its beginnings as a community theater. Now, serving as a training ground for some of the very best of musical theater stars-to-come, The Roxy has more than come into its own, continuing to push the envelope, to challenge audiences to expand their artistic purview and to create theater that is as compelling as any you'll find on a stage anywhere in the good ol' US of A.

As Charlie “Bird” Parker, the great jazz saxophonist, who is the central character in CHARLIE PARKER'S YARDBIRD--the opera that had its New York premiere last week at the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem--Lawrence Brownlee wonderfully embraced the classical and bebop sides of the score.

The world premiere of Bobby Theodore's translation of THE JUST by Albert Camus is now playing at Soulpepper. Directed by Frank Cox-O'Connell, this new adaptation of the 1949 French play set in Russia, follows the paths of five socialist revolutionaries plotting terror attacks against the Grand Duke of Russia in the early 1900s. The ensemble cast led by Raquel Duffy (Dora) and Peter Fernandes (Voinov) also features Katherine Gauthier, Diego Matamoros, Gregory Prest and Brendan Wall.

The iconic music of Elvis Presley inspired writer Joe Dipietro to create ALL SHOOK UP, a musical set in 1955 utilizing the rock 'n roll star's songs. The bottom line with Elvis's music is that it makes a lot of people very happy, even 50 years after it was recorded. And Dipietro thought, what other type of entertainment form does that? And that's when he came up with the Shakespeare comedies, which are very much about love and finding your joy, marriage, passion, and all the good stuff of life. And of course, frequent cases of mistaken identity!

Gary Naylor looks back on over 100 reviews to pick plenty of Christmas crackers and a few Christmas turkeys after another wonderful year in London Theatre.

The Doctor's motives in 'Heaven Sent' become apparent in the Season 9 finale of DOCTOR WHO. At the end of the previous episode, we found out that The Doctor spent billions of years breaking through the wall, instead of just giving up what he knows about the hybrid. The people who wanted that information were the Time Lords, who trapped him in his own confession dial. When The Doctor returns to Gallifrey, and since he is a war hero to the people, he is able to take over Gallifrey and become president.

OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Economic historians have made great progress in unraveling the causes of the Great Depression, but until now no one has fully explained why it began in America in late 1929 or explained why the resulting economic malaise was prolonged and deepened, taking a multitude of twists and turns from 1929 to 1940.

What if instead of encouraging Jay Gatsby to find the greatness in his true self, Nick Carraway had led his rich friend down a path of phony-spiritualism that brought him to the brink of bankruptcy? That is the premise behind the Jazz Age-inspired production of Moliere's TARTUFFE running at Rollins College's Annie Russell Theatre through November 21st. Directed by John Christopher Jones, a veteran of 15 Broadway shows, including the 1990 revival of Moliere's THE MISER, the production makes great use of a uniformly delightful cast to create a whimsical evening of classic theatrical farce, even if it they never seem to get the most out of the more than 350-year-old text.

TV One celebrates the holidays with a programming slate of original movies, series and specials focused on love, laughter and lyrics.

Rogue Machine presents the World Premiere of Ovation Award winning playwright Jonathan Caren's NEED TO KNOW, directed by Bart DeLorenzo and opening at 7pm Sunday, October 25, 2015.

Author Danielle Katzen implores Christian readers to get closer to God through prayers and spiritual reflections. Her new book, Words for Your Walk, features biblical passages and other sections that stir readers to relate selected scriptures to real-life circumstances, thus giving room for a deeper and more personal musings.

NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ She is funny, stupendously so, as we have come to learn through each of her books in which humor is never left behind, even if it involves a romantic epic filled with poetic eroticism, evident in her critically acclaimed novel LOVE. Her humor doesn't come unnoticed during the intriguing dialogue of three scientists in Surviving Pan, solving the mysteries of history and mythologies, either. With a keen eye for the smallest details, Kasper shared her canny observations about men's features and what they reveal about men's personalities in her insightful and thigh-slapping humorous dating guide for women, Sensing Mr. Right Guy. In her latest endeavor, The Freedom to Think, we get to know the real Leagan Kasper, previously hiding behind the fictional characters of her books.

Tony Manero--of Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group's (ATEG) 2015 Asian touring production of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (SNF), which is based on John Badham's '70s landmark film of the same name--would have succumbed to the evil oblivion of his own fever had it not been for one simple--yet pivotal--plot deviation. The inevitable loss that awaited him is not alien but one all too familiar to all those coming of age--and it is through recognizing this evil that he realizes, it is better not to struggle against it but to just flow with it.

Gary Naylor sees a supercharged political black comedy, 50 years old, but as fresh as if it were written on 6 May 2015 delivered by a cast well up to its considerable demands.

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, the country's premier socially-conscious, eco-friendly arts festival, is proud to announce its seventh season of plays, musicals & staged readings, with all shows taking place at The Paradise Factory, 64 East 4th St, between 2nd Avenue & Bowery.

This summer twelve actors and musicians will transform The Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park, Britain's finest ornamental garden into a world of warring ethereal kings, queens and star-crossed lovers, for an immersive theatre version of Shakespeare's much loved comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, running from 24 June - 19 July 2015.

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I've seen it happen a million times, well probably not exactly a million because that's dramatic but you get my point. I'm talking about the moment when someone gets into a relationship and then they start valuing the relationship of their significant other over the opinions of their best friend. And who is officially guilty of doing just that? Andrew. And who doesn't like it in the least bit? Stu. Let's the games begin…

The Daily Mail revealed a stunning first look at The Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger as 'Grizabella', the fallen 'Glamour Cat' in the current London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS. Scroll down for photos!

I always look forward to our Book Brahmin author questionnaire series, but I have to keep myself from skipping ahead to one question: Book you've faked reading. Some people claim they never do it, but I love the brazen responses the most. Moby-Dick gets cited often, as does Ulysses. I have read neither and haven't lied about it, but I suffer from a different (related) problem.

A unique project gathering nineteen tracks from eighteen prolific producers including Claude Vonstroke, Brodinski, Cassius and Art Department centred around one inimitable singer; JAW. 'Midtown' is the ambitious sound of an artist reflecting on his vision of the world, through collaborations with friends from every corner of the planet.

To open its 60th anniversary season, Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Mozart's Don Giovanni, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis in a brand-new production by renowned director Robert Falls, artistic director of Chicago's Goodman Theatre. It opens on Saturday, September 27 with 10 performances through Wednesday, October 29. Performance dates are Sept. 27, 30, Oct. 11, 14, 17, and 29 at 7:30pm; Oct. 2, 5, 8, and 24 at 2pm.

With only three more performances of this operatic masterwork, it is essential to waste no time in booking tickets. This is not to be missed.

The production is visually stunning, blending live actors, puppets and keenly choreographed movement that breathe life into everyday inanimate objects. The puppetry involves a huge range of ground-breaking techniques and variety of creations - from the smallest mechanical creatures to the huge god-like masks and limbs that represent Oberon and Titania, King and Queen of the Fairies.

Below, get a sneak peek at the next episode of ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME titled 'The Jolly Roger' - It's a pirate life for Hook, but so many women and so little time could spell the end for this swashbuckler!