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Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein have announced the upcoming lineup at the all-new Feinstein's at the Nikko for the months of October, November and December. Artists include Emmy Award winning actress Megan Mullally ('Will and Grace) and actress Stephanie Hunt ('Friday Night Lights,' 'Californication') and their band Nancy & Beth; actress, producer and singer Rita Wilson; Broadway star and recording artist Linda Eder; soul and jazz vocalist Oleta Adams; and more!

In celebration and remembrance of events 50 years ago, Red Mountain Theatre Company (RMTC) is taking its dramatic interpretation of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' across the state.

In celebration and remembrance of events 50 years ago, Red Mountain Theatre Company (RMTC) is taking its dramatic interpretation of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' across the state.

Rumor has it that DJ Murray the K from WINS-AM in New York was the first DJ to ever play a Beatles song on U.S. radio on September 28, 1963. And 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' very first U.K. chart topper. In celebration of this iconic band and 50 years to the day of that rumored first U.S. air play, Beatlemania Now, A Live On-Stage Tribute to The Beatles, recaptures the excitement, the mood, and the frantic intensity of one of the most turbulent decades of modern times - the 1960's. Beatlemania Now performs live on the HARMAN Stage on Saturday, September 28th at 8 p.m. at Stamford's Palace Theatre. Tickets may be purchased online at www.SCAlive.org.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University welcomes three-time Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston to play the lead role of Lyndon Baines Johnson in Robert Schenkkan's new play All The Way opening the A.R.T.'s 2013-14 Season at the Loeb Drama Center. The production, directed by Bill Rauch, will begin performances tonight, September 13, 2013.

The Orlando Repertory Theatre (The REP) is proud to announce a partnership with Theatre UCF to co-present Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963 by Christina Ham, as part of a national staged reading commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham Bombing. This reading is September 15th, 2013 at 6pm in Studio 1 of the UCF Performing Arts Center. It is FREEand open to the public (UCF Parking Policies apply).

Red Mountain Theatre Company (RMTC) will participate in this week's events commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement. As an organization committed to transforming lives through theatre, RMTC is honored to bring stories from this transformative and inspirational time in American history to the stage.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) has scheduled American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted performances and Audio Described performances for blind and low-visioned audiences during the A.R.T.'s 2013-14 Season.

Red Mountain Theatre Company (RMTC) will participate in this week's events commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement. As an organization committed to transforming lives through theatre, RMTC is honored to bring stories from this transformative and inspirational time in American history to the stage.

The acclaimed playwright is being celebrated in staged readings through Sept. 28 at The Greene Performance Space in Lower Manhattan.

'I Have a Dream' -- four words that helped change the course of American history. ABC News and Yahoo! News will host a first-ever live global broadcast on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington and his iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech. This hybrid digital-television event will be anchored by George Stephanopoulos along with Dan Kloeffler from ABC News World Headquarters in New York beginning at 11:00 a.m., ET.

THE MARCH premieres tonight, August 27, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS.

NBC News is asking every American to share their dreams as the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, NBC News will make available the August 25, 1963 edition of “Meet the Press,” featuring interviews with Martin Luther King, Jr. and NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey announced today it was extending the run of its critically acclaimed comedy Tovarich through September 1st. Added performances of this long-forgotten treasure, by French playwright Jacques Deval and adapted by the American author Robert E. Sherwood, are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 29th, 30th and 31st at 8 p.m.; and Saturday August 31st and Sunday, September 1st at 2 p.m.

ATLANTA, Aug. 14, 2013 - Family members of Martin Luther King Jr. and IHG's(InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] InterContinental Hotels & Resorts brand, will celebrate the 50 th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech with a gospel brunch set to take place in the grand ballroom at the Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington D.C., on Sunday, Aug. 25 at 11:30 a.m. Dr. King put the finishing touches on the famous speech in his suite at the Willard Hotel the night before the pivotal August 28, 1963 March on Washington civil rights rally.

Half a century hence, prize-winning historian Stewart Burns tells the epic story of the American freedom struggle of 1963, from Birmingham to the March on Washington to the September church bombing, drawing important lessons for our time. As our nation celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address, this passionate, dramatic history honors the Civil Rights Movement and the 'mystic chords of memory' that tie Lincoln's leadership to King's a century later.

Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein have announced the upcoming lineup at the all-newFeinstein's at the Nikko for the months of October, November and December. Artists include Emmy Award winning actress Megan Mullally ('Will and Grace) and actress Stephanie Hunt ('Friday Night Lights,' 'Californication') and their band Nancy & Beth; actress, producer and singer Rita Wilson; Broadway star and recording artist Linda Eder; soul and jazz vocalist Oleta Adams; and more! Additional artists will be announced at a later date.

President Barak Obama has bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom upon Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist who worked alongside Martin Luther King Junior, and author of Time on Two Crosses (Cleis Press). As Metro Weekly reports, Apollo astronaut Sally Ride will also receive this honor, which makes both recipients LGBT.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's 2013 Season continues with the provocative romantic comedy Tovarich. This long-forgotten treasure, by French playwright Jacques Deval, and adapted by the great American author Robert E. Sherwood, began performances on August 7th at The Shakespeare Theatre's Main Stage - The F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Published on the centennial of his birth, and in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, here is Bayard Rustin's life story told in his own words.

Today, in time for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Newseum opens "Make Some Noise: Students and the Civil Rights Movement," an exhibit that explores the new generation of student leaders in the early 1960s who fought segregation by exercising their First Amendment rights and making their voices heard.

'1963 was really the year that changed things,' says Byron Williams, the author of 1963: The Year of Hope & Hostility. Several books discuss the events that Williams, a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, explores in his book, but none have viewed them through the lens of a 365-day odyssey that chronicles this watershed moment in American history and culture. None have focused with laser-like precision on the major events of that year. In 1963, Williams, the pastor of the Resurrection Community Church in Berkley, California, examines America as it was fifty years ago and its impact on America today.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University announced today that single tickets for the first production of the 2013/14 Season are now on sale to the general public. The A.R.T. will open its season with Robert Schenkkan's new play All The Way, directed by Bill Rauch, with three-time Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston playing the lead role of Lyndon Baines Johnson. The production begins performances on September 13.

On Aug. 2, 2013, in time for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Newseum will open "Make Some Noise: Students and the Civil Rights Movement," an exhibit that explores the new generation of student leaders in the early 1960s who fought segregation by exercising their First Amendment rights and making their voices heard.