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Franz Liszt's piano compositions and transcriptions are among the most challenging pieces in the piano repertoire. What could be more impressive? Liszt times two!

ESPN today announced that THE JUMP, its daily NBA studio show, will return for season two starting Monday, Oct. 24, during the opening week of the NBA season.

Franz Liszt's piano compositions and transcriptions are among the most challenging pieces in the piano repertoire. What could be more impressive? Liszt times two!

ESPN today announced that THE JUMP, its daily NBA studio show, will return for season two starting Monday, Oct. 24, during the opening week of the NBA season.

The American Theatre Wing and The Village Voice have just announced the judges for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards.

ESPN host Rachel Nichols conducted a rare one-on-one interview this week with three-time NBA champion and four-time league MVP LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.

SARASOTA, Fla., June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ The Peppertree Press announces the release of Mast Island by Anne Nichols Reynolds. Mast Island is now available in hardcover (ISBN: 978-1614934059, 296 pages, $28.95), trade paper (ISBN: 978-1614934042, 296 pages, $18.95) and eBook editions.

Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Pop Filter's 'Fauxchella Music Festival' tonight, May 7, 2016. This rock concert of fake bands satirizes pop music with original songs and characters ripped right off the charts.

The Music Institute of Chicago celebrates the 80th birthday of piano/improvisation faculty member Abraham Stokman with a solo concert, "Abe Stokman Is Still Alive and Doing Very Well" Saturday, May 21, 7:30 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Pop Filter's 'Fauxchella Music Festival' on May 7, 2016. This rock concert of fake bands satirizes pop music with original songs and characters ripped right off the charts.

Rock N' Roll Debauchery in association Jonathan Stevens present 'Burlesque Dreams' Tonight (Thursday April 28th) at the new 42West.

Following impressive critical and audience response, the sci-fi thriller “Midnight Special,” from acclaimed writer/director Jeff Nichols, will launch the second wave of its North American release on Friday, April 1st.

The iconic work of director Mike Nichols (1931-2014), adored by audiences and critics alike for such films as The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Angels in America, will be celebrated on Sat, March 12 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with a one-day tribute that highlights two of his award-winning classic films and a panel featuring friends and colleagues of the late filmmaker. One of few individuals to win an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy Award, Nichols achieved landmark status on Broadway and in Hollywood from the 1950s through 2014, the year he passed away. Screenwriter Buck Henry (Catch-22, The Graduate) and producer Lawrence Turman (The Graduate) will be joined by Vanity Fair editor Sam Kashner to reminisce, share stories and discuss the impact the legendary stage and screen director had on their lives and work (additional panelists to be announced). The panel, moderated by Pete Hammond, takes place on the stage of Bram Goldsmith Theater at The Wallis between screenings. Admission to the panel discussion is free and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Prospect Theater Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Cara Reichel and Managing Director Melissa Huber, has announced principal casting for the premiere of Death for Five Voices, inspired by the life of Renaissance composer and murderer Carlo Gesualdo, from March 24 - April 17, at The Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street, NYC.

With disarming candor, wry wit and sharp self-deprecation, Nichols delivered a master class on his craft in what would be his last in-depth interviews, for BECOMING MIKE NICHOLS, debuting TONIGHT, FEB. 22, exclusively on HBO, following its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

As part of her return to ESPN, Rachel Nichols will host a new, daily program focused on the NBA that will debut tonight, Feb. 18, when NBA games resume following the All-Star break.

Winner of an Oscar, a Grammy, four Emmys, nine Tonys, three BAFTAs and many other awards, director, actor, writer, producer and comedian Mike Nichols (November 6, 1931 - November 19, 2014) was an artistic trailblazer. As the legendary comedy duo Nichols and May, Nichols and his partner Elaine May revolutionized comedy in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Now, May has directed the first documentary about her former partner, Mike Nichols: American Masters, premiering tonight, January 29, 2016, at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) to launch the 30th anniversary season of THIRTEEN's AMERICAN MASTERS series.

In PBS's upcoming AMERICAN MASTERS:MIKE NICHOLS documentary, airing Friday, January 29th, Oscar winner Meryl Streep recalls working with the acclaimed director.

Below, watch clips from the documentary including Alec Baldwin, Neil Simon, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane and Frank Langella remembering Mike Nichols' famous laugh and Dustin Hoffman and Paul Simon sharing stories about The Graduate.

As part of her return to ESPN on Feb. 1, Rachel Nichols will host a new, daily program focused on the NBA that will debut Thursday, Feb. 18, when NBA games resume following the All-Star break.