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CoLaboratory at Son of Semele has announced the world premiere of Sand Moon, a new drama written and directed by Liz Lanier. Opening is set for Friday, April 19, at 8pm, at Son of Semele Theater in Los Angeles. The engagement will run through April 28 only.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), under the leadership of Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Producer Diane Borger announced its 201920 Season programming today, including subscription offerings, A.R.T. Breakout, Afterglow @ OBERON, Live @ OBERON, the Run AMOC! Festival, The Donkey Show, and A.R.T. in the World.

Vassar & New York Stage and Film announce the programming lineup for their upcoming 35th Powerhouse Season, the annual summer season that brings together some of today's most influential theatrical voices for fully-staged productions, workshop presentations, readings, and other works in progress for theater, film and television.

Manhattan School of Music (MSM) Opera Theater's new production of Tobias Picker's Emmeline opens next week for a four-performance run at MSM's newly renovated Neidorff-Karpati Hall.

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas today announced complete details for Festival 2019, which opens on June 8 and continues for two weeks through June 22 in New Haven, Connecticut.

Alternative stalwarts Mayday Parade premiered the brand-new music video for “Never Sure” today via YouTube – watch now!

This incredible roster of shows joins the 20 recently announced shows supported by the Pleasance Futures programme, including this year's winners of the Charlie Hartill Special Theatre Reserve Fund and Comedy Reserve Fund, marking Pleasance's commitment to nurturing talent and supporting ambition. It's time to get your highlighters out and start booking some of these amazing 140 plus shows.

Drab Majesty have announced details of a new album, Modern Mirror, set for release on July 12th via Dais Records, and have shared a first single and touring plans.

LOOK OUT! Hook & Eye Theater is landing at The Flea with three outrageous new ideas to share. From a They/Them Generation riff on 1920s drag culture set against a Mae West play, to a tale of the MTA's wayward past and perhaps glorious future in the form of a subway ride, and an original play about a narcissistic soldier from the Gulf War in a play about identity, responsibility, and community. Hook And Eye Invades The Flea offers three unique visions for your pleasure. Each night a staged reading of our newest original work Echo & Narcissus and in-progress material from our inaugural Spoolers' Eliza Bent and Roger Q. Mason.

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts announced today an exciting lineup of programming for its 2019-2020 season that is filled with new adventures, new stories, and new worlds to discover. Driven to bring Segal Centre audiences first-rate theatre that is both entertaining and transformative with the power to strengthen and connect communities, Artistic and Executive Director Lisa Rubin has planned a theatre season that features six must-see productions that will take audiences on astonishing and emotional inspiring journeys.

CoLaboratory at Son of Semele has announced the world premiere of Sand Moon, a new drama written and directed by Liz Lanier. Opening is set for Friday, April 19, at 8pm, at Son of Semele Theater in Los Angeles. The engagement will run through April 28 only.

Ridham Janve's debut feature, presented by National Film Development Corporation, The Gold Laden Sheep & The Sacred Mountain won FIPRESCI award at the prestigious Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) held from March 18- April 3, 2019

After a six-year hiatus, John Vanderslice has returned with his highly anticipated new album The Cedars, out today on Native Cat Recordings. Vanderslice dedicated the past few years working in his renowned Bay Area studio Tiny Telephone, where artists like Death Cab For Cutie, Sleater-Kinney, and Spoon have recorded, but then returned to songwriting, pouring out an emotional series of songs about his despair over his mother's death, his complicated relationship with drugs, and his nostalgia for a pre-tech boom San Francisco. In an intimate interview with The Fader, Vanderslice calls The Cedars 'a bleak, dark, beautiful Christmas card.' Stream the record NOW.

TimeLine Theatre Company, acclaimed for presenting plays that explore today's social and political issues through the lens of the past, announces its 23rd season.

The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble's (LCCE) 2018-2019 season culminates with Dorothea and Artemisia, a program featuring the world premieres of two original chamber operas, each inspired by the contributions of an extraordinary woman artist. The concert includes From the Field, a micro-opera by Christopher Stark illuminating the work of Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange, and Artemisia, a dramatic operatic work by Laura Schwendinger based on the life of 17th century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi. The performances will be presented at Z Space, located at 450 Florida Street, San Francisco, on Saturday, June 1 at 7:30pm, and Sunday June 2, at 2pm.

This year, Pleasance Theatre Trust will be supporting a record number of artists and companies at all stages of their careers through the investment of over £140,000 (both in-kind and direct financial support) through its Pleasance Futures programme. Recognising how important it is to help open the door for talent, Pleasance's major investment reflects its core beliefs in creating opportunities, supporting ambition, encouraging excellence and building reputations. These 20 productions go on-sale today exclusively via The Pleasance.

Know Theatre is delighted to close our 21st MainStage season with a return to the world of playwright Steve Yockey, with the regional premiere of Mercury.

In anticipation of opening night of Theatre Calgary's production of Billy Elliot, I sat down with Dance Captain Amber Bissonnette to talk about her career and life as a dancer. 'I got started in dance when I was five. My second cousin's mom owned a dance studio and my mom and my sister had just moved to Edmonton - where I'm from - and she was looking for a way to keep us busy. I started singing and acting when I was about thirteen and it was all downhill from there.'

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) stages its second Studio Theatre production of the 2018-19 season with "If We Were Birds" by Erin Shields. Helene Kvale will direct. Performances will be held in the Studio Theatre from March 28-April 7, 2019. For tickets and information, please visit crt.uconn.edu or call (860) 486-2113.

John Vanderslice's anticipated new album The Cedars is out next week, and today the renowned producer/songwriter shared an advance stream of the full record with The Fader. Vanderslice also gave a revealing interview with the magazine, speaking of his childhood in rural Florida, his despair over his mother's death, his disillusionment with San Francisco, and his relationship with drugs. 'There's stuff on the record that I'm talking about very transparently because I want everyone to know what's happening with me,' he says. 'It's like a bleak, dark, beautiful Christmas card.'

Small Town Monsters has announced the official debut of their first miniseries, Seth Breedlove's 'On the Trail of Bigfoot'.  Shot throughout 2018, the six episode series was filmed in fourteen U.S. states and features over twenty interviews with witnesses, investigators, historians, and researchers on the American legend. 'On the Trail of Bigfoot' walks viewers through the history of the Bigfoot phenomenon, starting with the earliest known reports of apelike creatures in the 1800s and bringing them all the way up to the modern day.  'On the Trail of Bigfoot' will premiere Friday, March 29th on Amazon Instant Video, Vimeo OnDemand, and VIDI Space, as well as DVD. 

On Saturday, May 18th at 8PM at CMT Auditorium in New York City, the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony led by Maestro David Bernard, will perform the New York Premiere of an animated interpretation of Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' set to live music.

Today, Los Angeles-based musican Geographer celebrates the release of the New Jersey EP which is available to stream on Spotify and also at Buzzbands LA. The EP, which is availablehere, reflects this time of Mike Deni's youth in New Jersey and explores the themes of the hopes and aspirations of the young and how they become refracted as we move towards them. This spring Geographer will tour North America with special guests Manatee Commune. All upcoming tour dates, including shows in Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Chicago, Washington, D.C, New York, Atlanta are listed below.