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Carla Cook, Brandon Victor Dixon, Jared Grimes and Adriane Lenox star in Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Parade, opening November 18 at New York City Center and Broadway Beat got a sneak peek!

Award-winning actor and musician Hershey Felder (George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur Chopin, Beethoven As I Knew Him) returns to Chicago with Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein. Combining first-person narrative with the music of composer Bernstein and the artists who inspired him, Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein is the story of the legendary American composer and longtime music director of the New York Philharmonic. Helmed by award-winning director Joel Zwick, Hershey Felder will return to Chicago's Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted, where from September 2004 through January 2006, he held residence with George Gershwin Alone and the World Premiere of Monsieur Chopin, culminating in 70 weeks of live performances. Maestro will begin previews on November 1st with press opening November 9th, and will play through December 30.

On Monday October 31st, at 7:30pm Red Bull Theater will host a STAGED READING OF EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR by Lauren Gunderson.

Carla Cook, Brandon Victor Dixon, Jared Grimes and Adriane Lenox have been cast in Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Parade, opening November 18 at New York City Center.

On Monday October 31st, at 7:30pm Red Bull Theater will host a STAGED READING OF EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR by Lauren Gunderson.

The Ensemble Theatre celebrates the first performance of its 35th Anniversary Season, Lotto: Experience the Dream, a comedy by Cliff Roquemore, with Opening Night and Media Reception, Thursday, September 29, 2011, 6:30 p.m.

The Ensemble Theatre celebrates the first performance of its 35th Anniversary Season, Lotto: Experience the Dream, a comedy by Cliff Roquemore, with Opening Night and Media Reception, Thursday, September 29, 2011, 6:30 p.m.

The Ensemble Theatre celebrates the first performance of its 35th Anniversary Season, Lotto: Experience the Dream, a comedy by Cliff Roquemore, with Opening Night and Media Reception, Thursday, September 29, 2011, 6:30 p.m.

Revelation Readings is an OBIE Award-Winning ongoing series presenting staged readings of new plays and rarely-performed classic texts.

The Ensemble Theatre celebrates the first performance of its 35th Anniversary Season, Lotto: Experience the Dream, a comedy by Cliff Roquemore, with Opening Night and Media Reception, Thursday, September 29, 2011, 6:30 p.m.

Revelation Readings is an OBIE Award-Winning ongoing series presenting staged readings of new plays and rarely-performed classic texts.

For the second year in a row, Merrimack Hall proudly presents The Mixer, our annual fundraiser for the Johnny Stallings Arts Program, which provides performing arts education to individuals with special needs.

For the second year in a row, Merrimack Hall proudly presents The Mixer, our annual fundraiser for the Johnny Stallings Arts Program, which provides performing arts education to individuals with special needs.

Critics and audiences alike are 'bugging out' over METAMORPHOSIS. Aurora Theatre Company announces that it will add an additional week of performances of its current hit production of METAMORPHOSIS.

The Town Hall, New York's landmark theatre and concert venue is presenting the 5th Annual Summer Broadway Festival, created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall. Presented on three consecutive Monday nights in July at 8PM, the festival kicked-off with BROADWAY WINNERS! THE AWARD WINNING MUSIC OF BROADWAY on July 11th. BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below!

Critics and audiences alike are 'bugging out' over METAMORPHOSIS. Aurora Theatre Company announces that it will add an additional week of performances of its current hit production of METAMORPHOSIS.

The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street), New York's landmark theatre and concert venue presents the 5th Annual Summer Broadway Festival, created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall. Presented on three consecutive Monday nights in July at 8PM, the festival kicks-off with BROADWAY WINNERS! THE AWARD WINNING MUSIC OF BROADWAY on July 11th. Initial casting for BROADWAY WINNERS! includes two-time Tony Nominee Tom Wopat (Catch Me if You Can), Stephanie Umoh (Ragtime), Drama Desk nominee Alexander Gemignani (Sweeney Todd), Drama Desk Nominee Eddie Korbich (The Little Mermaid) and Kendrick Jones (The Scottsboro Boys). The evening features Tony, Grammy, and Academy Award Award-Winning music created on the Great White Way.

Closing Aurora Theatre Company's 19th season is the first professional American production of METAMORPHOSIS. Award-winning Bay Area director, performer, and playwright Mark Jackson returns to Aurora Theatre Company, where he helmed the company's acclaimed productions of Salome and Miss Julie, to put his own unique spin on this landmark work of existential literature.

For nearly 300 years, theatre scholars have doubtEd Lewis Theobald's claim that his Double Falsehood was an adaptation of Cardenio, a lost collaboration by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher.  But the recent acceptance of highly-regarded publisher Arden Shakespeare has, in the eyes of many, provided a new entry for the Bard's canon.  But while Brian Kulick's well-acted production for Classic Stage Company is a worthy mounting, the mystery of the play's origin stirs up more interest than anything left on the written page.

Marin Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of Tall Tales by Steve Yockey, based on classic American folk tales about larger-than-life heroes.