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2017 Grand Prix Final Champion Nathan Chen and 2016 world silver medalist Ashley Wagner highlight NBC Sports Group's more than 20 hours of live coverage of the 2018 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships from the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.

Pittsburgh CLO is proud to announce the cast of the world premiere of UP AND AWAY, January 25 April 15, 2018 at the CLO Cabaret. As part of its Next Generation Capital Campaign efforts, Pittsburgh CLO debuted a staged reading of this new musical comedy this past spring during New Musicals Weekend at the Benedum Center. Tickets are now available online at CLOCabaret.com, by phone at 412-456-6666 or in person at the Theater Square Box Office. UP AND AWAY is also available as part of a CLO Cabaret Series subscription package.

English Touring Theatre presents the touring production of Conor McPherson's Olivier Award-winning play The Weir, co-produced with Mercury Theatre Colchester, with exclusive Scottish dates at King's Theatre Edinburgh, Tue 20 to Sat 24 Feb 2018.

Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, two of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, will tour together as a duo performing back to back sets of both acoustic and electric versions of Grateful Dead classics for the first time ever.

Rehearsals begin today (4 December 2017) for Nicholas Hytner's promenade production of Julius Caesar, the London Theatre Company's second production at the Bridge Theatre.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere production of the Obie Award-winning play You Got Older, written by Clare Barron and directed by Jonathan Berry.

English Touring Theatre today announces additional tour dates of their production of Conor McPherson's Olivier Award-winning play The Weir, co-produced with Mercury Theatre Colchester.

U.S. Champions Nathan Chen, Maia and Alex Shibutani highlight seven hours of live 2017 Bridgestone Skate America coverage. 2014 Olympic slalom gold medalist and reigning overall World Cup Champion Mikaela Shiffrin highlights Saturday's live Alpine Skiing World Cup coverage at 12:30 p.m. ET. IBSF Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup season continues Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET, live from Whistler, Canada, headlined by two-time olympic Bobsled Medalist Elana Meyers Taylor. 2014 olympic bronze medalist Erin Hamlin highlights FIL Luge World Cup season coverage from Winterberg, Germany on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. ET. Coverage streamed on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app.

Terry Gannon calls the action joined by Tara Lipinski & Johnny Weir in Lake Placid, N.Y. Coverage begins this Friday with Pairs' Short at 6:30 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel. Home of team USA & culminates with ladies' free skate this Sunday at 4 p.m. ET on NBC. Last stop in 2017 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series before the Grand Prix Final.

It's the hard-knock life! Paper Mill Playhouse, recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents the hit Broadway Tony Award-winning musical Annie. A friendly reminder that performances begin tomorrow, Wednesday, November 22, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., for a limited run through Sunday, December 31, 2017, at Paper Mill Playhouse (22 Brookside Drive) in Millburn, NJ.

This weekend, NBC Sports Group presents 15 hours of coverage of Grand Prix France from Grenoble, France, including 13.5 hours of live coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. The event is the fifth competition in the 2017 International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series.

Gary Clark Jr.is the central subject of the new season opening episode of PBS TV's Speakeasy, which will air on PBS stations beginning today in New York and Los Angeles markets. Additional air dates in other markets will be announced at a later date.

Today, legendary Grateful Dead drummer, solo artist and world music GRAMMY-winner Mickey Hart will release his 16th solo album - RAMU - on Verve Forecast. RAMU was co-produced by Michal Menert, formerly of Pretty Lights, and features Avey Tare from Animal Collective, andTank from Tank and the Bangas as guest vocalists.

This weekend, NBC Sports Group presents 14.5 hours of coverage of Grand Prix Japan from Osaka, the fourth event in the 2017 International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, including 13 hours of live coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre have today announced details of their 2018 season, which includes Peter Pan, As You Like It, Dinosaur World Live, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Turn of the Screw, a co-production with English National Opera.

November programming has been announced at City Winery Chicago. Highlights of the month include multi-night runs from Jazz vocalist (and Chicago transplant) Lizz Wright (Nov. 1-2), Herb Alpert of Tijuana Brass with his wife, Grammy-winning singer Lani Hall, (Nov. 6-7), and four shows over two days with saxophonist Kurt Elling (Nov. 25-26) plus a benefit for Merit School of Music with Nico Segal (previously known as Donnie Trumpet from the Chance the Rapper-affiliated band, The Social Experiment) and The JuJu Exchange (Nov. 28) and much more.

Rubicon Theatre Company (RTC) opens the company's 2017-2018 20th Anniversary Season with a provocative and gripping drama based on the story of German conductor and composer Wilhelm Furtw ngler, who remained in Germany after Hitler's rise to power and was later accused of being a Nazi sympathizer.

Yale Repertory Theatre opens its 2017-18 season with An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, newly translated from the Norwegian by Paul Walsh, directed by James Bundy, now through October 28 at Yale University Theatre (222 York Street). Opening Night is tonight, October 12.

Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST), along with EST's Youngblood, have announced new EST/Youngblood members for the 2017-2018 season.

Kicking off the 2017-2018 Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) season is Arthur Miller's The Crucible, directed by Jonathan Berry. Steppenwolf Education presents this American classic as part of the SYA season which asks, "When does a lie become the truth?"

Steppenwolf Theatre Company announces complete casting for the first two shows of its 2017/18 season: The Rembrandt by Jessica Dickey, directed by Hallie Gordon and Steppenwolf for Young Adults' production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller, directed by Jonathan Berry.

Yale Repertory Theatre opens its 2017-18 season with An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, newly translated from the Norwegian by Paul Walsh, directed by James Bundy, tonight, October 6, through October 28 at Yale University Theatre (222 York Street). Opening Night is Thursday, October 12.

Berkshire Theatre Group welcomes The Airplane Family with Live Dead '69 to The Colonial Theatre on Friday, October 27 at 8pm. Tickets are $25 and $50.

The Royal Theatrical Support Trust's prestigious accolade, the RTST Director Award - which provides a rare opportunity for up-and-coming directors to make their mark in British theatre and provides grant support to British regional theatres - has been re-named, with immediate effect, the RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award.

Kicking off the 2017-2018 Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) season is Arthur Miller's The Crucible, directed by Jonathan Berry. Steppenwolf Education presents this American classic as part of the SYA season which asks, When does a lie become the truth? Public performances for The Crucible are Saturday, October 7 at 3pm and 7:30pm; Sunday, October 8 at 3pm; Friday, October 13 at 7:30pm; Saturday, October 14 at 3pm and 7:30pm; and Saturday, October 21 at 3pm and 7:30pm in the Downstairs Theatre. The press performance is Saturday, October 7 at 3pm. Weekday performances are reserved for school groups only. Tickets to public performances ($20; $15 with student I.D.) are currently on sale through Audience Services (1650 N Halsted St), 312-335-1650 and steppenwolf.org.