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Is it the end of an era? After playing for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and to people from across the country and around the world, award-winning singer/songwriter David Ippolito announces that he will perform a one-night concert commemorating 25 years as "That Guitar Man® from Central Park" on April 1st at 7:30PM in the Peter J. Sharp Theater at Symphony Space. The concert is both a celebration and a look back at a uniquely New York musical career, as the singer/songwriter begins to transition to a new career as a playwright. Tickets are $45 & $35 and can be purchased online at http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/9126/Music/that-guitar-man-from-central-park-25-years

Classical Roots is an important Detroit Symphony Orchestra tradition.  For 37 years, the Classical Roots concert has celebrated African-American contributions to classical music.  Tonight, guest conductor Roderick Cox leads NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis and soprano Laquita Mitchell in paying tribute to Jessye Norman and the late Dr. Silas Norman Jr, with a program featuring Gershwin, Marsalis' own composition, and more.

DONALD CORREN, Broadway and Television star, will make his cabaret debut on Monday, March 14th, 2016 at the Metropolitan Room ( 34 West 22nd Street -between 5th and 6th Avenues).  Show time will be 9:30 pm with doors opening at 9:00 pm.  Tickets are $24.00 with a two drink minimum.  For information and reservations call 212 206-0440 or visit www.metropolitanroom.com

The Landing Theatre Company, Houston's professional company dedicated to advancing American Playwriting, has a new home: The Landing Theatre @ the Docks!  LTC has taken over the theatre venue formally operated by Diverse Works and then the Catastrophic Theater at 1119 East Freeway.  The Landing Theatre Company boldly kicks off their 2015-16 season in its new home with Sam Shepherd's modern classic: Fool for Love.

The Capitol Center for the Arts is pleased to welcome two award-winning filmmakers, Esy Casey and Sarah Friedland, to the historic Kimball House as part of 2015-16 Salon Series on April 15 at 7:30pm.

According to Variety, comedian Louis C.K. added a postscript to an email blast announcing the sixth episode of his web series 'Horace and Pete,' referring to Donald Trump as 'an insane bigot.' 

One day after her dear friend and author, Pat Conroy, passed away from pancreatic cancer, Barbra Streisand took to Instagram to pay tribute to her friend and his work. Read her full tribute here.

Today's #Ham4Ham features Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton) singing 'Laurie's Song' from Aaron Copland's The Tender Land, accompanied by music director Alex Lacamoire. Check out the video below!

Chicago's Griffin Theatre Company turns classic fairy tales inside out for the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Presenting Series season's final family show: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. William Massolia adapted the play from the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. With a host of wacky characters and silly songs, the production offers an 11 a.m. and a 2 p.m. matinee onSaturday, March 12 on the Patricia George Decio Theatre stage. All tickets are $10 and available online at performingarts.nd.edu.

Tacoma Little Theatre presents The Library by Scott Z. Burns, on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 7:30pm.  The production will be directed by Niclas Olson.

Two young drifters hanging out behind a Vermont coffee shop discussing art and the nature of the universe decide to teach a lonely high school student everything they know. THE ALIENS, "a gentle and extraordinarily beautiful new play" (New York Times) by Pulitzer Prize-Winner Annie Baker is being presented by The Theater Project, March 31 - April 3, at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, 10 Durand Rd, Maplewood.

According to Variety, Cary Elwes (Saw, The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men in Tights) will star opposite Penelope Cruz in Fernando Trueba's upcoming comedy-drama, THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. The movie is a sequel to Trueba's 1998 film The Girl of Your Dreams, which also starred Cruz. 

Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute is presenting West Side Story this weekend in three performances only March 4, 5, and 6, 2016, at the Knockdown Center. Check out highlights from the performance here!

According to Entertainment Weekly, SCANDAL's Dan Bucatinsky is joining the cast of the 24 reboot series - 24: LEGACY. Bucatinsky won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor for his performance on SCANDAL as James Novak. Coral Pena (Blue Bloods) and Charlie Hofheimer (Mad Men) are also joining the 24: LEGACY cast. 

Vogue recently released a new clip from the upcoming documentary, BATTLE OF VERSAILLES, which is set to air this Sunday, March 6th. The film documents the November 28, 1973 Battle of Versailles fashion show, and prominently features Broadway diva Liza Minnelli, who began the fashion show with an unforgettable performance. Check out the clip here!

According to Entertainment Weekly, Tony Dyson, the creator of Star Wars's beloved R2-D2, has passed away at the age of 68. 

The University of Hartford's Hartt School Dance Division presents 'Reflected Light', the Spring Senior Dance and Music Collaboration, tonight, March 4th at 7:30 p.m., and tomorrow, March 5 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Theater, at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

Tonight and tomorrow, 4 and 5 March, Riverside Theatres and Outlandish Arts will present Falling in Love with Frida, an intimate and enticing show from award-winning performer and choreographer, Caroline Bowditch, that explores the life, loves and legacy of painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).

'Here I Go' marks the first single by ROGUE (written and produced by Matthew Neff and Brian Morey) and debuts today, March 1st.

Las Vegas based comedian Don Barnhart and his Battle Comics - Laughter For The Troops will be heading to the Middle East in March to entertain the troops for Armed Forces Entertainment.  The Battle Comics will be performing at some of the bases where the Vegas based 17th Sustainment Brigade is currently deployed.