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Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh will be joined by the entire original cast of THE PRESENT when Sydney Theatre Company's production of Andrew Upton's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's first play opens on Broadway. Full casting was announced overnight in the US as tickets go on sale for the limited season, commencing previews at the Barrymore Theatre on 17 December 2016, opening on 8 January and closing on 19 March 2017.

Coronation Street legend Kevin Kennedy is to star as Jimmy's Da in the UK tour of the critically acclaimed musical THE COMMITMENTS, written by Roddy Doyle, starting in October 2016.

Theatre in Schools Scotland is a new initiative, established to support and develop the provision of theatre in Scotland's schools, with the ultimate aim of ensuring that every child in Scotland receives - at their nursery or school - a minimum of one performing arts production, per year, as a core part of their education.

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem and friends present a celebration honoring Dr. Willie Parker, a feminist Christian abortion provider, with a reading from the play SPARE RIB by Winter Miller (In Darfur). Adrienne Campbell-Holt (Cal in Camo), Artistic Director of Colt Coeur, directs the reading. With special musical guest, Lady Rizo.

Melbourne Theatre Company and Terrapin Puppet Theatre join forces for EGG, a brand new family production that follows a tale of hope and eco-adventures. Starring comedy favourite Genevieve Morris, Egg opens on Thursday 30 June at Southbank Theatre, The Lawler before heading across the Bass Strait for a season in Tasmania. 

The King's Head Theatre presents the first major revival of Colin Spencer's SPITTING IMAGE as the headline production of the their 2016 Queer Season. Undoubtedly the UK's first ever openly gay play, this witty and groundbreaking piece examines the fallout when couple Gary and Tom conceive a child amidst the prejudice and homophobia of sixties London.

Glee star Jenna Ushkowitz announced today she will be working with composers, Daniel and Laura Curtis to release the official single for the 2016 Your Voice Competition. The song, Standing On My Own, is available for pre-order from today ahead of the release on June 28th.

An acclaimed new production of Leo Tolstoy's THE KREUTZER SONATA, adapted by Nancy Harris and starring RSC Associate Artist Greg Hicks, will transfer to Arcola Theatre from Wednesday 6 to Saturday 23 July. Press night is Monday 11 July at 7.30pm.

Legendary songwriter Irving Berlin (1888-1989) was so fanatical about his privacy that in his lifetime he prevented anyone from dramatizing his life. 'They can do what they want after I'm dead,' he declared. Since Berlin's  passing, ASCAP award-winning writer/director Chip Deffaa has written no less than five different shows about Berlin, developing them at the 13th Street Theater in New York City. 

Run away with the circus this summer and weave your way through an array of hidden gardens and spectacular lawns at The Savill Garden in this immersive production of Shakespeare's much loved AS YOU LIKE IT from 22 June to 24 July 2016.

The highly-anticipated professional productions at the Kenneth More Theatre begin this September with Paul Ritchie Tomkinson's musical hit BOORSKALE. 

'Let me tell you, now you're in the club, that it's important to keep a sense of humour, because things are going to get, now and for the rest of your life, extremely difficult.' Hampstead Theatre presents the world premiere of Mike Bartlett's darkly comic new play WILD, directed by James Macdonald. WILD explores the unexpected, bewildering, and life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a global level. As the State grows more powerful because of technology, and technology grows more powerful because of the State, where do the self-appointed protectors of the rights of the citizen stand? Heroes? Or traitors?

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Interim Executive Director; David McCoy, Chairman of the Board), in association with Van Dean, Tony Heyes/Mia Moravis, Jose-Manuel Perez/Sister Productions and Jamie deRoy, announced today that the cast of the new Off-Broadway revival of the hit musical YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN will head into the studio to set down tracks for the new cast recording on Monday, June 13, 2016. Broadway Records will release the 2016 Off-Broadway cast recording, now available for pre-order at http://www.broadwayrecords.com and Amazon, and will be available on iTunes and other retailers on September 16, 2016.

The Grove Theatre is excited to announce the opening of LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL this Saturday, June 4th at 7:29 pm. An international award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde: The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery, and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Featuring Emmy Award winner David Lago, who recently appeared as Superman in The Grove's Superman, this action-packed musical explodes on the stage with memorable songs and dynamic dances. Equal parts hilarious and heart-warming warming, this musical is so much fun it should be illegal! 

Peanuts gang in Melbourne for hit musical YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN, opening at The Alex Theatre, St Kilda on June 21. The smash hit Broadway musical  comes to Melbourne with a fun, fresh approach to an ageless story about a boy and his best beagle friend.

Standing Room Only (SRO) Theatre Company opens its 32nd season with Rick Abbot's hilarious showbiz comedy, PLAY ON! This is the comical story of a theater group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty author who keeps revising the script. 

FTI announced the successful 2016 nominees for the 28th Annual West Australian Screen Awards (WASAs) at an event held on Monday 30 May 2016 at The Standard bar in Northbridge.

The musical CABARET, with music by Kansas City's own John Kander and lyrics by partner Fred Ebb, opens the 2016 summer season at Theatre in the Park on Friday night, June 3. The powerful musical about life in Berlin in the 1930s as the Nazi party begins its rise to power continues through Saturday, June 5, and again the following Wednesday, June 8 through Saturday, June 11. The box office opens at 6 p.m. and the gates to the seating bowl open at 6:30 p.m.; the show begins at 8:30 p.m.

It will indeed be a magical addition to our 2016 season when Family Musical Theater takes to the stage for their second show of the season, Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID. 

Librarian Theatre presents THE BOOK'S THE THING, a Rapid Re-telling of Shakespeare's Hamlet, to be performed in UK Libraries. Librarian Theatre are a new theatre company who create shows based on classic plays and stories, and adapt them to be performed between the bookshelves at libraries and bookshops. Having been on a huge tour of the country they are doing their final date on 3rd June 7.30pm Westminster Reference Library before touring a new show in autumn 2016.