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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is pleased to announce the world premiere of Manufacturing Mischief, a new satirical play by Pedro Reyes that features puppet characters based on Noam Chomsky, Karl Marx, Ayn Rand, Elon Musk and "Tiny Trump." Making its world premiere at MIT's Simmons Hall on April 26 and 27, 2018, the work was conceived as part of Reyes' residency as the inaugural Dasha Zhukova Distinguished Visiting Artist at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology. This position was established to support artists in the development of new work through contributions made by MIT's renowned faculty and students.

The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to present "Sister Act: The Musical", April 13 through 22, 2018.  This reimagining of the classic film features music by Tony- and eight-time Oscar winner, Alan Menken (Newsies, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors).  This exciting new musical was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Texas Christian University's School of Music is proud to present the world premiere of a new opera, The Falling and the Rising, by contemporary artistic duo Zach Redler, composer, and Jerre Dye, librettist. The new opera paints a powerful portrait of the incredible resiliency, fortitude and heroism of our nation's wounded warriors, and is the culmination of a large-scale project commissioned by TCU together with the Arizona Opera, San Diego Opera, Opera Memphis, Seagle Music Colony, Seattle Opera and the U.S. Department of Defense. A product of the TCU School of Music's dedication to commissioning new music, The Falling and the Rising will premiere at 7 p.m. April 6 at Ed Landreth Hall and Auditorium and run for five performances.

The Broadway blockbuster, "Disney's The Little Mermaid," opens March 23 for Orange County audiences with family-friendly ticket prices ranging from $22-24. The Disney hit features music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater and book by Doug Wright

The Skidmore College Department of Theater is pleased to announce its Spring 2018 Mainstage production, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, directed by Saratoga Shakespeare Company's Artistic Director Lary Opitz. This 90-minute contemporary production features non-traditional gender casting and calls forth the ever-present threat of losing democracy to ambitious rulers in an adaptation that highlights the timelessness of Shakespeare's iconic work, particularly within our current political climate.

The Flea Theater continues its partnership with Brown University's Writing for Performance program for the second annual playwriting Project Residency, taking place from March 31 - April 3, 2018.

Five principal dancers from the New York City Ballet, including 2017 Tony nominee Robert Fairchild, will grace the Koger Center stage April 15, as the University of South Carolina Department of Theatre and Dance presents the 13th Annual Ballet Stars of New York Gala Performance.

In April 2016, the SDSU School of Music and Dance produced the largest off-campus, non-athletic event in SDSU history. Over 250 music students played to a sold-out audience in Jacobs Music Center at Copley Symphony Hall, raising $40,000 for music education scholarships.

John Wolf chairs the prestigious Theatre and Dance department at Detroit's Wayne State University, creating well-rounded and meticulously educated students turned theatre professionals. Wolf took a moment to speak with us at BroadwayWorld about the program he oversees and how he encourages the future generations of arts professionals.

Teri Schwartz, Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), one of the world's premier institutions for entertainment and performing arts education, announced today that the William Randolph Hearst Foundation (Foundation) has gifted $250,000 to UCLA TFT to create the groundbreaking Hearst Theater Lab Initiative. This transformational donation is in keeping with a series of innovative initiatives created by Dean Schwartz, in partnership with faculty and visionary donors, to support UCLA TFT's central vision as a pre-eminent storytelling school - one whose mission is educating and developing a new generation of diverse, humanistic artists, industry leaders and scholars to use the power of story to not only entertain, but to enlighten, engage and inspire change for a better world.

Marquette Theatre will present Pericles, Prince of Tyre at the Evan P. and Marion Helfaer Theatre, April 12-15, and April 18-22.

A collection of materials from Carnegie Mellon University alumnus William H. Putch documenting his career as the artistic director of the Totem Pole Playhouse has been gifted to the Carnegie Mellon University Archives by his daughter, Pamela Putch, and son, John Putch.

The Hunter College Department of Theatre is proud to announce the inauguration of a new public-event series: TheaterMatters-An Artists and Critics Review Panel.

Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to present Nana Dakin's (Columbia MFA Directing Candidate 2018) production of RICHARD III.

Theatre UCF presents Bernarda Alba, a production that finds five idealistic and rebellious young women trapped within the walls of their own home by the rules of their widowed mother. Set in the south of Spain, this musical adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca's 1936 play The House of Bernarda, explores the vivid passion for life associated with the Spanish culture. Bernarda Alba will open on Thursday, March 22 and run through Saturday, March 31 in the Theatre UCF Main Stage.

Juilliard today announced that Obie-award winning director Evan Yionoulis, currently professor in the practice of acting and directing at Yale School of Drama and a resident director at Yale Repertory Theatre, will become the school's Richard Rodgers Director of Drama at Juilliardstarting with the 2018-19 academic and performance season. The Juilliard Drama Division, celebrating its 50th anniversary this season, offers a program that encompasses one of this country's most respected conservatory educations for actors as well as highly successful pre-professional mentoring for playwrights.

The Juilliard School announced today that it has received a bequest from Academy Award-winning composer and conductor John Williams of his complete library of concert music and film music scores as well as his sketchbooks. Mr. Williams, who studied piano with longtime Juilliard faculty member Rosina Lhevinne, announced the gift at a special alumni event held in Los Angeles at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills, where Mr. Williams was also presented with a President's Medal by Juilliard President Joseph W. Polisi.

The UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance presents Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., written by Alice Birch and directed by Sean Graney.

The UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance presents The Skriker by Caryl Churchill, directed by Jon Reimer.

From March 22 through March 25, Purchase Opera will present a modern interpretation of Mozart's masterpiece, Don Giovanni, inspired by the "Me Too" movement.

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company presents 42nd Street, the timeless and beloved, Tony Award-winning Broadway musical that promises to keep you singing and dancing along with the cast.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents a dazzling night of music and musings as the Webster Conservatory Musical Theatre Class of 2018 makes its NYC debut alongside Webster Alumni. Please join the entire Webster family in celebrating the Gorlok Community. This performance is in memory of Neal Richardson, beloved faculty member.

The University of Montana welcomes back one of its own as a guest choreographer for the School of Theatre & Dance's March production of "Dance in Concert."

The Howard Community College (HCC) Theatre Program presents Qui Nguyen's 'She Kills Monsters.' The show will take place in HCC's Smith Theatre, located within the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center (HVPA), with performances March 15-18. Directed by Theatre Department Coordinator Jenny Male, 'She Kills Monsters' will feature current HCC students and guest artists, who will bring this wonderful play to life. 'She Kills Monsters' is an action-packed comedy, with a touching storyline.

Community College of Baltimore County Academic Theatre presents The Mojo and the Sayso by Aishah Rahman, a moving and lyrical drama about grief and the rituals of healing that a family endures to come together following a tragedy. Performances will be held March 8 - 12 at CCBC Catonsville, Center for the Arts Theatre, 800 S. Rolling Road. The Mojo and the Sayso is being presented as part of thePerforming Arts at CCBC Baltimore Stories program, a yearlong series about Baltimore told through dance, music and theater by artists in diverse genres who live in or have roots in Baltimore.