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Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board presents their second annual Montco Jazz Festival, an industry-leading entertainment offering that, for 2023, will celebrate female-identifying jazz artists across a variety of genres and styles.

Off Broadway's Our Town... But Wilder, a new comedy that centers on a small-town high school theater department in the 1980's and the chaos that ensues from a love affair between a teacher and a student, will be presenting special post-show talkbacks featuring several prominent figures from the worlds of journalism, law, and religion.

The 2022 Tony nominees are already winners... literally. For some, this marks their first nomination, but others have already won Tony Awards in seasons past. We took a look at which nominees have won at least a Tony or two (or six!) - amongst them, they've gathered a total 61 awards!

Society for the Performing Arts presents restauranteur, author and chef Yotam Ottolenghi, on Monday, May 2, 2022 at 7:30 PM at the Wortham Center's Cullen Theater. The evening will be moderated by James Beard Award-winning Houston chef Chris Shepherd and a portion of each ticket sold will be donated to Southern Smoke. Southern Smoke is a crisis relief organization for people in the food and beverage industry. Houston independent bookseller Brazos Books will be on hand, selling pre-signed books by Yotam Ottolenghi and Chris Shepherd.

The Carnegie is preparing for its first-ever Tiny Concert Series, featuring local singers and Carnegie favorites, and Community Film Series next month.

Conway Twitty, best known for his smooth voice voice and hit song “Hello Darlin” has a new single heading to radio via CDX. 

The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) presents an exhibition dedicated to the work of American artist Roger Brown (1941-1997), examining the ways in which collecting, arrangement, and the theatrical informed and enriched his artistic practice. Roger Brown: Virtual Still Lifes, on view through September 15, 2019, features works made in the final years of the artist's life that combined his passion for collecting with his groundbreaking approach to painting. Marking the first solo museum show in New York devoted to Brown, the exhibition at MAD offers a rare opportunity to view over forty works that trace the artist's evolution through the lens of collection and display.

The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced its 2019 lineup of 63 diverse and engaging short films in competition, including 31 world premieres. This year's shorts program includes a cross-section of international and U.S. filmmakers, curated from a record 5131 submissions with female filmmakers directing 45% of the selections. The short films will be presented in 11 distinct competition programs, consisting of six narrative, four documentary, and one animation program. There will also be special screening programs for the annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival and the debut of shorts from The Queen Collective, a program aimed at accelerating gender and racial equality behind the camera. The 2019 shorts lineup is programmed by Sharon Badal and Ben Thompson. The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival takes place April 24 - May 5.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Happy Friday! End your week and kickstart an amazing weekend by catching up on the latest Broadway news!

Vincente Amigo, the "technically stunning and emotionally free-flowing" (The Seattle Times) Flamenco guitarist will give a rare Southern California performance today, October 17 at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya).

Vincente Amigo, the "technically stunning and emotionally free-flowing" (The Seattle Times) Flamenco guitarist will give a rare Southern California performance on Wednesday, October 17 at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya).

The Grammy-nominated Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, which captures the infectious fun of big band music, will perform at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) on Thursday, April 5 at 8:00pm.  Jazz Times called the Los Angeles-based band, with a 32-year history, "one of current jazz's most vital large ensemble." Co-founder bassist John Clayton is a CSUN alumnus who has gone on to play with superstars such as Michael Jackson, Patti LaBelle and Madonna.

Eric Genuis has spent a lot of time in prison, even though he was never convicted of a crime. Now, he is about to return behind bars, when he and other musicians perform at several California prisons.

SAN DIEGO, CA - March: Book Three, published by Top Shelf Productions / IDW Publishing, a subsidiary of IDW Media Holdings (OTC PINK: IDWM), received an unprecedented honor when it became the first graphic novel to ever receive the National Book Award. Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell were present to accept the award.

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, proudly presents a wide range of events in the 2015-2016 Season, including The National Circus & Acrobats of China, performing on Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30pm, Beyond Third Wave (dance troupe), performing Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20 at 7:30pm through Sunday, May 21 at 3:00pm, David Gonzalez with City Of Dreams - Featuring the Poetic License Band performing Friday, October 23 at 8PM, and more! We also continue to present a diverse slate of Family programming, free film retrospectives, and a variety of dance, comedy, and special events.  All 2015-2016 events are listed below with more information. Tickets are $15-$25 and on sale soon. To purchase tickets, call 212-220-1460 and/or visit www.tribecapac.org.  

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, proudly presents a wide range of events in the 2015-2016 Season.

It's been rumored since early in the new production's run -- and now it's official! Original star John Cameron Mitchell will return to the role he co-created with composer/lyricist Stephen Trask in their musical Hedwig and The Angry Inch, which they debuted in the 1998 hit Off-Broadway production. Mitchell will step into the role on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre starting Wednesday, January 21 for a strictly limited eight week engagement. Mitchell will join co-star and Tony Award winner Lena Hall who continues with the production as Yitzhak.

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Donald Katz is best-known today as the visionary behind Audible, the world's largest seller and producer of audiobooks and other spoken-word content. Prior to founding the Amazon subsidiary, which today serves millions and includes more than 150,000 digital audio titles, Katz was an award-winning author and journalist for twenty years. His 1992 book Home Fires, called “mesmerizing, important” by The New York Times, was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Home Fires is now available as an ebook and a digital audiobook; both editions include a new introduction by bestselling author Jonathan Alter, who calls the book “an astonishing record of the last four decades of the 20th century.” Katz produced the audiobook, narrated by award-winning actor Joe Barrett, via Audible's Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX). The ebook, made possible via author services company Archer, and the audiobook download will be followed by a wide trade paperback release in fall 2014.

NEW YORK, May 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Donald Katz is best-known today as the visionary behind Audible, the world's largest seller and producer of audiobooks and other spoken-word content. Prior to founding the Amazon subsidiary, which today serves millions and includes more than 150,000 digital audio titles, Katz was an award-winning author and journalist for twenty years. His 1992 book Home Fires, called 'mesmerizing, important' by The New York Times, was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Home Fires is now available as an ebook and a digital audiobook; both editions include a new introduction by bestselling author Jonathan Alter, who calls the book 'an astonishing record of the last four decades of the 20 th century.' Katz produced the audiobook, narrated by award-winning actor Joe Barrett, via Audible's Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX). The ebook, made possible via author services company Archer, and the audiobook download will be followed by a wide trade paperback release in fall 2014.

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey announces their $25 ticket special for the Paul Rodgers with Special Guest Matt O'Ree Band Tuesday, April 29th performance. Ticket special is available on Thursday, April 25th from 10am-11:59pm pm only. In order to receive discounts use code RODGERS online at ticketmaster.com or at the box office (201-227-1030/ 30 North Van Brunt Street - Englewood NJ). There are a limited number of tickets available, offer is good while supplies last. Restrictions apply. Cannot be combined with any other promotional offers. Offer is not retroactive to previously purchased tickets. Offer may not be modified and can be revoked at any time. Additional fees and charges apply.

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood New Jersey presents Grammy nominated Paul Rodgers with special guest Matt O'Ree Band on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 8PM. Be sure to reserve tickets online at www.ticketmaster.com or call bergenPAC's Box Office at 201.227.1030.

A retrospective of the Brothers' 40 years of comedy, theatre, juggling, and music from their founding in 1973 on the streets of San Francisco to the Big White Way and the Silver Screen.

Larenz Tate (Rescue Me) and Nia Long (Third Watch) have signed on as recurring season two guest stars in the hit SHOWTIME® comedy series, HOUSE OF LIES. Tate will play Marty's (series star and executive producer Don Cheadle in his Emmy®-Award nominated role) younger, less-ambitious, activist brother, while Long stars as a fellow consultant and former classmate of Marty's who proves to be a formidable foe. The casting marks a reunion of sorts for the pair who earned acclaim for their work as gun-shy lovers in the popular 1997 film Love Jones. The second season of HOUSE OF LIES begins shooting in Los Angeles in November for a Sunday, January 13th at 10 p.m. ET/PT debut.