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The Dallas Opera is the proud recipient of two extraordinary new gifts, totaling $2 million, from The Eugene McDermott Foundation and Mrs. Eugene (Margaret) McDermott, who have requested that the position of Dallas Opera General Director and CEO be known henceforth as the “Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO” in honor of the longtime Dallas Opera Board Member and Past Chairman.  Dr. Wildenthal currently serves the company as an Officer-at-large on TDO's Executive Committee.

The New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist and Emmy Award nominated writer Rolin Jones and Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winning Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong's new play with music THESE PAPER BULLETS!, directed by Jackson Gay, opens tonight, December 15, at Atlantic Theater Company.

Kelley Curran and Thomas Jay Ryan have been selected to receive the 2015 Joe A. Callaway Award presented by the Actors Equity Foundation.

“RiffTrax Live,” the cinema series known for making audiences laugh out loud with its now legendary treatment of films since 2009, will present the never-before-seen live riff of “RiffTrax Live: Santa and The Ice Cream Bunny” —one of the strangest Christmas movies ever made

Olympia Entertainment has announced that the all-new live show 'MythBusters Jamie & Adam UNLEASHED!', starring Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, co-hosts of the Emmy-nominated Discovery series MythBusters will make its Detroit debut at the Fox Theatre for one night only today, November 28 at 7:30 p.m.; locally presented by AT&T.

Three-time GRAMMY Award-winner and multiplatinum singer, songwriter, producer, and actor NE-YO announced a "New Year Celebration" with special guest Jeremih at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, January 2 at 8 p.m.

Paramount Pictures, Skydance, Bad Robot and IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced that 'STAR TREK BEYOND,' the third film in the blockbuster franchise, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released in IMAX theaters worldwide beginning July 22, 2016.

The New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist and Emmy Award nominated writer Rolin Jones and Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winning Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong's new play with music THESE PAPER BULLETS!, directed by Jackson Gay, begins tonight, November 20, at Atlantic Theater Company.

The Play Company's (PlayCo) 2015-16 Idea Lab features three curated events, November 18 & 28 and December 4, following performances of award-winning, German playwright Maria Milisavljevic's Abyss. The critically acclaimed U.S. premiere, directed by Maria Mileaf, runs through December 6 at Theaterlab, 357 West 36th Street. Writing about Abyss for The New York Times, Ben Brantley praised the 'poetic drama,' as 'genuinely artful...And it will take you places you didn't expect to go.' Speaking about the play's painfully current themes, he said it considers, 'some very topical questions of European national identities in a time of permeable and shifting borders.'

Women of Faith, the largest producer of inspirational events for women, announces “Women of Faith: An Amazing Joyful Journey,” the organization's first-ever cinema presentation.

Months after making a triumphant return to the stage of her critically-acclaimed Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, international superstar Celine Dion has announced she will also be making a long-awaited return to Montreal and Quebec City for a special limited engagement of six performances beginning July 31, 2016.

Rest in Peace is a book that everyone can relate to because life comes with an expiration date. Sooner or later everyone is going to die. They just don't know when. Walts and White feel that everyone must be aware of what they need to do to get their personal affairs in good order before they are gone, and they need to leave behind, for their survivors, information about themselves and instructions concerning the disposition of their belongings as well as their remains.

From Saturday, November 14, through Sunday, November 22, Asia Society New York presents New Philippine Cinema, a series of four exceptional films representing different genres and exploring diverse themes.

BroadwayWorld is excited to report complete casting for the New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist and Emmy Award nominated writer Rolin Jones and Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winning Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong's new play with music THESE PAPER BULLETS!, directed by Jackson Gay at Atlantic Theater Company. Much of the company carries over from the show's Los Angeles premiere.

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can kill in Investigation Discovery's (ID) all-new series, DEATH BY GOSSIP WITH WENDY WILLIAMS.

MasterVoices announces the appointment of two new Co-Chairs of its Board of Directors, Jewelle Bickford and Deborah Stiles, to succeed its former Co-Chairs, Susan Baker and George Grumbach.

The second day of SAG-AFTRA's National Convention on Saturday began with a presentation by National Executive Director David White, which provided an update to convention delegates on the state of the union. White's presentation covered leadership and activism, union operations, upcoming initiatives and future strategic goals, as well as recent industry trends, including the impact of technology on the media industry.

SAG-AFTRA today announced that Gabrielle Carteris has been re-elected as executive vice president of the union at its second biennial SAG-AFTRA National Convention in Los Angeles. Her new two-year term begins immediately.

In January 2016, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCTC), the country's oldest theater for young audiences, will open a new destination for theater education, expanding its reach into the community. With this new building comes the creation of a new leadership infrastructure capitalizing upon existing internal talent.

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is pleased to announce the appointment of the new members to the Board of Directors for the 2015/16 season. 

San Francisco has long enjoyed a reputation as the counterculture capital of America, attracting bohemians, mavericks, progressives and activists.

Today at 2:00 PM the Memphis Development Foundation (MDF), which operates the Orpheum Theatre, formally dedicated the newest and largest capital project in its history: the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education. The ceremony included a ribbon cutting, flag presentation, dedication prayer, and reception. Event speakers included MDF Board Chairman Andy Taylor, Mayor AC Wharton, Jr., Mayor Mark H. Luttrell, and Orpheum President & CEO Pat Halloran. Mr. Taylor led the ceremony, and Dr. Scott Morris presided over the dedication.

Iconic American film "My Fair Lady," starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison and directed by George Cukor, has emerged from a $1 million restoration process in time for a limited theatrical re-release with more than 800 screenings nationwide beginning October 18.

After composing La Bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, what could Giacomo Puccini possibly do for a final statement? The answer: Turandot. Containing some of the greatest operatic music ever written, Turandot is the culmination of Puccini's brilliant career. This grand-scale opera is full of thrilling choruses, thundering orchestrations, and a cast consisting of, well, most of ancient China!

NBCSN will present an international rugby showdown in primetime today, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. ET, when the USA Eagles host the Qantas Wallabies at historic Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill.