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The first iTunes Festival was held in the US, featuring an amazing lineup of global superstars, running from March 11-15. Taking place at ACL Live at the Moody Theater, home of Austin City Limits, the iTunes Festival at SXSW will feature iTunes chart toppers including Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, Pitbull, Keith Urban, ZEDD and more to come. All five nights of the iTunes Festival will be available to enjoy for free as a live and on-demand stream via the iTunes Store on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC. Performances can also be seen in the iTunes Festival app on your iOS device or with Apple TV in stunning HD. Check out the video below!

The White Plains Performing Arts Center presents Gilbert Gottfried, Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 8:00pm. As a famed comic's comic, Gottfried puts aside political correctness for his live performance and fires an onslaught of jokes that know no boundaries. Check out the video below!

France's Opéra de Lyon will perform its multimedia opera — the story of Steve Jobs with Henry V, taken from Shakespeare's 1599 play. Check out a sneak peek below!

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces the World Premiere co-production of Chapatti, a new work developed through Northlight's Interplay program. Chapatti, by acclaimed Irish playwright Christian O' Reilly, is directed by Artistic Director BJ Jones and features John Mahoney and Penny Slusher. The production is running at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie, from March 7-April 13, 2014. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights of the show below!

In this clip from her exclusive interview on THE DINNER PARTY SHOW WITH CHRISTOPHER RICE AND ERIC SHAW QUINN, literary icon ANNE RICE reveals that her next novel will feature the return of one of the most popular vampires of all time, Lestat de Lioncourt. Check out the video below!

Court Theatre continues its 2013-2014 season with the Chicago premiere of Water by the Spoonful written by Quiara Alegria Hudes, and directed by Henry Godinez. Water by the Spoonful will run March 6 - April 6, 2014 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. Press Opening is Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 8:00PM. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights below!

Marcia Littlejohn conducts an interview (in two parts) with Kevin Spirtas starring in Closer Than Ever at Riverside Theatre, opening tonight!

Broadway In Chicago's HEARTBEAT OF HOME, from the producers of Riverdance, made its U.S. premiere in Chicago at the Oriental Theatre (151 W. Randolph) for a limited two-week engagement beginning March 4 - 16, 2014.

Blurring the boundaries between dance, theater, and performance art, the Minneapolis-based SuperGroup makes its New York debut with The Tent Has Been Pulled Down, an evening-length work featuring the collective's three artists. Pregnant with contradictions, the piece unfolds in a world of text, sound, and evolving movement scores.

The Baroque pastiche The Enchanted Island, a hit when it premiered at the Met in 2011, returns for its first revival on February 26. New cast members Susan Graham (Sycorax) and Andriana Chuchman (Miranda) join many of the principal singers who appeared in the work's world premiere: David Daniels as Prospero, Plácido Domingo as Neptune, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, Anthony Roth Costanzo as Ferdinand, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. The four mismatched Athenian lovers will be sung by Elizabeth DeShong, who sang Hermia in the world premiere, joined by new cast members Janai Brugger (Helena), Andrew Stenson (Demetrius), and Nicholas Pallesen (Lysander) completing the quartet of Athenian lovers. In the video below, watch acclaimed bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni transform before your very eyes!

Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson surprises everyone, especially the Judges, with his impromptu audition for So You Think You Can Dance Australia. Will his moves be good enough to impress Judges Paula Abdul, Jason Gilkison, Aaron Cash and Shannon Holtzapffel?

Broadway legend and Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has joined hundreds of artists from around the world to celebrate public art in Art Set Free, an unprecedented global arts showcase that aims to create the world's largest collection of public art over the next year. Acclaimed for presenting hundreds of exciting, world-class cultural experiences for free to hundreds of thousands of people each year worldwide, Arts Brookfield launched Art Set Free in October 2013 to celebrate its 25th anniversary and offer the opportunity for artists of any level anywhere to have their work presented to an international audience on ArtsBrookfield25.com and at Brookfield's premier commercial properties in New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Houston, Toronto, and Perth.

Sally Cookson's adaptation of Jane Eyre opened at the Bristol Old Vicon 20 February and runs through 29 March. Let's see what the critics had to say:

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the tortured poet in the Met's new production of Massenet's Werther, running through March 15, 2014. Check out the video below of Jonas singing 'O Nature.'

Sisters Gracie Latkovski, 9, and her sister, Quincy, won the Jamfest Dance Super Nationals in Convington, Kentucky this weekend.

The Holy Grail of Entertainment at The 5th Avenue Theatre: Monty Python's Spamalot. Featuring an all-star Seattle cast. Lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail, with Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle; Music by Eric Idle, John Du Prez, and Neil Innes. Directed by Josh Rhodes with choreography by Lee Wilkins, the show will run January 30-March 2, 2014. BroadwayWorld has a first look below!

Mesmerizing and illuminating, Alice Hoffman's The Museum of Extraordinary Things is the story of an electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century. Below, listen to an excerpt from the book and a discussion of Bestselling author Alice Hoffman with narrator Judith Light!

In the 2014-15 season, David Mirvish will present 16 shows in Toronto, consisting of seven shows in the Mainstage Subscription Series, three in the Off-Mirvish Subscription Series and six shows off-subscription. Check out the video below!

Pittsburgh Opera presents Second Stage Project: PAUL'S CASE, February 22, 25, 28; March 2, 2014 at George R. White Studio, Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters. Music by Gregory Spears • Libretto By Gregory Spears and Kathryn Walat. PAUL'S CASE is part of Pittsburgh Opera's 2014 American Opera Series.

Jimmy welcomed Jerry Seinfeld to perform as the first comedian on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and Jerry tells jokes about technology and the U.S. Postal Service. Check it out below!