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Today's top stories: behind the scenes of Hamilton in Australia, In the Heights moves up its release date, and more!

Finding top theatre-related podcasts and insider theatre storytelling has never been easier. The Broadway Podcast Network is launching their new BPN app for iPhone and iPad today. The App is designed to bring BPN’s vast library of content to podcast listeners, in an easily discoverable way. 

From producers Brian Grazer and Justin Wilkes, along with Fuqua, the film debuts WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

You may remember him as Elvin on The Cosby Show, but Geoffrey Owens has had a long 35-year career onstage and onscreen since his television debut. And he recounts both the highlights and the low points in a frank and honest discussion with host Patrick Oliver Jones.

From Emmy-award winning filmmaker Rudy Valdez (The Sentence), Imagine Documentaries, and Disarming Films comes We Are: The Brooklyn Saints, a four-part documentary series following a youth football program in the heart of inner city East NY, Brooklyn.

The American Cinematheque announced the line-up of stage and screen stars who will pay tribute to Spike Lee as he receives the 34th American Cinematheque Award in a virtual ceremony on Thursday, January 14.  Colleagues and collaborators including Angela Bassett, Ryan Coogler, Jodie Foster, Rosie Perez, and ‘Da 5 Bloods’.

Cynthia Erivo marked her birthday by unveiling the exclusive key art to National Geographic’s critically acclaimed anthology series, GENIUS: ARETHA.

Make 2021 the year that you take your acting aspirations to the next level!  With Zoom classes at The Ridgefield Playhouse beginner and advanced acting students will have the opportunity to work with Golden Globe Award-winning actor Jeffrey Tambor (The Larry Sanders Show, Arrested Development, Transparent), with two new workshops – Scene Study Tuesdays, January 26 – March 16, 2021 and The Art of the Personal Monologue Mondays, February 1 – March 22, 2021.  

America's favorite castaway, Dawn Wells, passed peacefully this morning, in no pain as a result of complications due to Covid at the age of 82.

Netflix today announced a new four-part documentary series, We Are: The Brooklyn Saints, which will premiere globally on January 29, 2021

Imagine Kids+Family and Imagine Documentaries has formed a multi-format partnership with Rebel Girls, the global entertainment brand best known for its best-selling book series Good Night Stories and its award-winning podcast of the same name. Together, Imagine and Rebel Girls will create original and historical content, feature films, and short and long-form scripted and unscripted television, that will tell the stories of pioneering women and girls who have and are changing the world. 

On December 12th, renowned pianist Lang Lang is hosting Lang Lang & Friends Virtual Concert: Reaching Dreams Through Music; featuring performances by Lang Lang, and other Guest Artists such as Wyclef Jean, Sam Smith, Renee Fleming, Ron Howard, Jon Batiste, The LLIMF Young Pianists, The Young People's Choir of NYC, and more. 

On December 7th, preeminent global theatrical distributor Abramorama will host the North American streaming premiere of the documentary film, PJ Harvey - A Dog Called Money.

Today, Disney+ shared the new trailer for its upcoming original six-part docu-series, “On Pointe,” from Imagine Documentaries and DCTV, which will debut exclusively on the streaming service Friday, December 18, 2020. 

Sundance Institute announced today the third class of the Momentum Fellowship, a full-year program of deep, customized creative and professional support for mid-career writers and directors from underrepresented communities who are poised to take the next step in their careers in fiction and documentary filmmaking.

Sundance Institute announced today the third class of the Momentum Fellowship, a full-year program of deep, customized creative and professional support for mid-career writers and directors from underrepresented communities who are poised to take the next step in their careers in fiction and documentary filmmaking.

NBC is sledding into the holiday season with a lineup full of extraordinary perennial and annual specials that only a broadcast network, with its ability and breadth to reach such a wide audience, can bring into the most festive months of the year.

While quarantining, as everyone was across the country, singer/songwriter CHELSEA WILLIAMS decided to use that time to be creative.

El próximo 18 de diciembre llega a la plataforma Disney + la serie documental EN PUNTAS, de los productores ejecutivosRon Howard y Brian Gazer y la directora Larissa Bills, que nos adentrará en la Escuela del American Ballet (SAB).

Disney+ announced today that the complete original six-part docu-series “On Pointe” will premiere exclusively on the service on Friday, December 18, 2020.