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 Lamplight Productions, in collaboration with KTO Productions, presents its first production, The 39 Steps, winner of 2 Tony and Drama Desk awards. Based on the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock spy/romance film, this hit play is sure to please anyone who enjoys spies, hijinks, handcuffs, murder, missing fingers, kissing, secrets, chase scenes, more kissing, trains, planes and yes, automobiles. A cast of four actors tackle over 100 characters in what is guaranteed to be a riotous good time.

Lamplight Productions, in collaboration with KTO Productions, presents its first production, The 39 Steps, winner of 2 Tony and Drama Desk awards. Based on the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock spy/romance film, this hit play is sure to please anyone who enjoys spies, hijinks, handcuffs, murder, missing fingers, kissing, secrets, chase scenes, more kissing, trains, planes and yes, automobiles. A cast of four actors tackle over 100 characters in what is guaranteed to be a riotous good time.

Below, check out a first look at Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in ALLIED. The period spy thriller is directed by Oscar winner Robert Zemeckis from an original screenplay written by Steven Knight.

Mark Cuban, actress Sara Foster (VH1's “Barely Famous”), singer-songwriter Cole Swindell and former Miss America Sharlene Wells Hawkes will serve as celebrity judges for the 2017 MISS AMERICA COMPETITION.

There is still time to read this summer and books not to miss. Mystery and thriller publisher Le French Book has published its summer reading selection, ranging from gentle wine-country mysteries to continent-spanning conspiracies and espionnage, with quite of bit of Paris in the mix. The publisher is dedicated to choosing and translating top European mysteries and thrillers. Its catalogue offers something for everyone, with suspense and adventure set in foreign climes and escape reading with a French flair.

SAN FRANCISCO (July 22, 2016)—San Francisco Opera's 2016–17 Season opens Friday, September 9 with a gala performance of Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chénier in a new production by Sir David McVicar. Company Music Director Nicola Luisotti leads a stellar cast, including three international stars making their San Francisco Opera debuts in the demanding lead roles: South Korean tenor Yonghoon Lee in the title role, Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi as Maddalena di Coigny and Georgian baritone George Gagnidze as Carlo Gérard. The opening night festivities are distinguished by San Francisco Opera Guild's glamorous Opera Ball 2016: La Révolution et L'Amour and BRAVO! Club's Annual Opening Night Gala. The opening of the Company's 94th season also marks the beginning of Matthew Shilvock's inaugural season as General Director. Shilvock is the seventh General Director in the Company's history.

San Francisco Opera's 2016-17 Season opens Friday, September 9 with a gala performance of Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chénier in a new production by Sir David McVicar.

?Women and War is a month long festival examining the effect of warfare on women worldwide.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva comes to town with his latest, a stunning new thriller of high stakes international intrigue featuring Gabriel Allon. From its shocking opening in Paris, THE BLACK WIDOW is Daniel Silva's most timely and powerful novel yet.

Pierre Beaumarchais' The Barber of Seville opens at Theater at Monmouth Friday, July 15th at 7:30 p.m. The play which inspired the famous opera is lush, lively, and a bit naughty, complete with ingenious characters that will tickle your funny bone and dazzle your senses.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva comes to town with his latest, a stunning new thriller of high stakes international intrigue featuring Gabriel Allon. From its shocking opening in Paris, THE BLACK WIDOW is Daniel Silva's most timely and powerful novel yet.

Angry Orchard today announced the release of its new year-round specialty hard cider, Walden Hollow. This is the first cider from Angry Orchard to be made exclusively with apple varieties from New York State, including varieties from last year's harvest at the Angry Orchard in New York's Hudson Valley, and heirloom apples from other local orchards.

Whether it's climate change or the economic battle for control of rare earth elements, former top intelligence officer and award-winning thriller writer Bernard Besson knows how to set an entertaining, action-packed espionage story on the backdrop of today's geopolitical landscape. For James Bond fans, there are plenty of sophisticated gadgets, fiendishly complex puzzles and clever use of technology. And readers who look beneath the glossy, high-paced surface, will find a thought-provoking plea to re-examine the way we live and act today.

Just announced, the official launch night of the month-long WOMEN AND WAR festival will feature a one-off performance of SEVEN, a documentary play about seven ordinary women who became extraordinary activists, starring Rula Lenska, Miriam Margolyes and Josie Lawrence.

Kino Lorber announced the acclaimed French television series The Bureau (Le Bureau des Légendes) will launch exclusively on iTunes in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday, June 6th. Starring Mathieu Kassovitz (Amélie), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Le Havre) and Sara Giraudeau (Beauty and the Beast), The Bureau is the first release from Kino Lorber's Episodic Cinema label, which will be focused on high-quality serial content from all over the world.

 Kino Lorber announced the acclaimed French television series The Bureau (Le Bureau des Légendes) will launch exclusively on iTunes in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday, June 6th. Starring Mathieu Kassovitz (Amélie), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Le Havre) and Sara Giraudeau (Beauty and the Beast), The Bureau is the first release from Kino Lorber's Episodic Cinema label, which will be focused on high-quality serial content from all over the world. 

Penobscot Theatre Company is now registering youths aged 4-15 for its upcoming Dramatic Academy spring production of FANTASTIC MR. FOX.

Women and War is a month long festival examining the effect of warfare on women worldwide.

The lovable and funny Portokalos family is back and as uncontrollable as ever in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, the long-awaited follow-up to the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time, coming to Digital HD on June 7, 2016, and Blu-ray , DVD and On Demand on June 21, 2016, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Written by Academy Award -nominee Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, My Life in Ruins), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 reunites the entire beloved clan as they celebrate the biggest, Greekest wedding yet in a film that FOX-TV calls, 'Hilarious and heartwarmingA big fat great time!' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 on Blu-ray , DVD and Digital HD also features a hysterical gag reel and never-before-seen bonus features including a sit down with the stars to hear what really happened behind the scenes.

Syracuse University's Department of Drama concludes its 2015-2016 season with David Ives' new version of French playwright Georges Feydeau's bedroom farce A Flea in Her Ear. Directed by Stephen Cross, this production runs May 6-14 at the Storch Theatre in the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex. The opening night performance is scheduled for Saturday, May 7 at 8 p.m.

Mardi Gras Indian funk band Cha Wa will release their debut album, Funk 'n' Feathers, on April 1, 2016, after years of explosive, thunderous live performances all over the Crescent City.

ARCHER SEASON 6 will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on March 29th with exclusive extras. Join everyone's favorite spies in some sabotage and betrayal in Archer, season six.

LES MISERABLES stirred a musical maelstrom in Manila last Wednesday (March 16), and is poised to win audinces over via a memorable theatrical experience. At the heart of its seamless and dynamic storytelling beats a conscience that rouses, provokes, mangles, and transforms souls: a singular man's search for acceptance and meaning in a fractured and unforgiving 19th century France. This Cameron Mackintosh new production of Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil's legendary and popular musical takes center stage again, this time against the canvases of Victor Hugo's lesser known paintings--never before seen in the original London's West End and Broadway productions--providing a perfect complement to the production's memorable music and breath-taking sets of that iconic turning-barricade-flying-helicopter-falling-chandelier stature Mackintosh productions are known for.

Monmouth Community Players is proud to announce the cast of their final 2015-2016 season production of the Tony Award-winning adventure comedy, Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, directed by MCP's Artistic Director Adam P. Blais. Performances begin on April 15th at the historic Cumston Hall in Monmouth for this madcap cross between a 1930's film noir spy thriller and a slapstick British farce.

The Drama Book Shop, now celebrating its 99th year, is thrilled to welcome acclaimed playwright, novelist and screenwriter Theresa Rebeck for a discussion and signing of her new novel, I'M GLAD ABOUT YOU.