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12 ANGRY JURORS Comes to Sussex County Community College
by Stephi Wild - Oct 28, 2024

The Visual and Performing Arts Department at Sussex County Community College will present the court drama, “12 Angry Jurors”, based on the Emmy Award-Winning television movie by Reginald Rose and adapted for the stage by Sherman L. Sergel.

THE BEAR, ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, & More Receive 2024 Astra TV Awards Nominations; See the Full List
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 9, 2024

With 15 nominations, FX’s The Bear was the most nominated series this year, followed by Max’s Hacks and Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building with 13 each. ABC’s Abbott Elementary and CBS’s Ghosts are tied for third place, with 11 nominations each.

Teen Guitarist And Rocker Nikhil Bagga Releases New Single 'Never Meant It'
by Josh Sharpe - May 8, 2024

Even a 15-year-old guitar god-in-waiting occasionally has to deal with normal, everyday high-school angst. For Nikhil Bagga on his new single, “Never Meant It,” that means having to sit home with his trusty axe while everybody else is out having a good time. Listen to the single!

14-Year-Old Guitarist Nikhil Bagga To Perform U.S. National Anthem At NHL's Winter Classic
by Michael Major - Dec 26, 2023

The National Hockey League (NHL) provided an illustrated preview of its takeover of T-Mobile Park, home of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners, and unveiled its entertainment plans for the 2024 Discover NHL Winter Classic outdoor game between the Seattle Kraken and Vegas Golden Knights on New Year's Day.

Spitalfields Music Festival 2023 Announces Line-Up
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 25, 2023

Spitalfields Music has announced the full programme for its 2023 Festival, which will see world premieres, new music, overlooked historic pieces and classic repertoire performed in iconic East London locations from Village Underground to the Tower of London.

SOUP! Release New Single 'Supplies'
by Michael Major - Feb 21, 2023

Popping with the nuanced character and colourful palette we have come to expect from Soup!’s releases, the band also cite a host of retro influences such as Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Josef K and Factory Records heroes A Certain Ratio; all of whom are said to filtered into its heady brew of sounds.

Previews: EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL at Kechi Playhouse
by Paula Makar - Jun 29, 2022

Kechi Playhouse is happy to announce the second production of their 40th year: Everybody Loves Opal by John Patrick, July 8-31.

Whidbey Telecom Summer Nights Series to be Presented by Whidbey Island Center for the Arts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2021

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts will present the Whidbey Telecom Summer Nights Series June 27 - August 29. The series takes place on the center's patio and on the mainstage and features favorite regional artists, music, comedy, improv, and theatre.

BILL'S 44TH Will Be Performed in Person and On Demand at Dixon Place
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2021

Many styles of puppetry, raucous balloons, and a cheeky piece of crudité all collide to examine the pitfalls of impatience and the wonder of loneliness.

Nancy Wilson Releases '4 Edward'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Apr 16, 2021

Of the track Wilson shares, “ When Heart toured with Van Halen I asked Eddie why he never played acoustic guitar, his response ‘I don’t have one.’”

Heart's NANCY WILSON Releases Title Track From Her Debut Solo Album
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Mar 9, 2021

Of the new song Wilson shared with Rolling Stone, “‘You and Me’ is a zero-gravity conversation with my mom that exists outside of time and space. In the video, I used paneled mirrors to find the camera lens for a more otherworldly feel as if I’m talking to both me and my mom through the connection of our common DNA.”

J GRGRY Announces Groundbreaking Performance at Seattle's Historic Moore Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 23, 2021

On March 20, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. PST/6:00 p.m. EST, Queer artist J GRGRY will return to his hometown of Seattle, Washington’s legendary Moore Theatre, where he will perform a first-of-its-kind, interactive, visually-electrifying live concert, streamed exclusively on Amazon streaming platform Twitch.

Authentic Community Theatre Presents GODSPELL
by Stephi Wild - Feb 17, 2021

Authentic Community Theatre Inc. of Hagerstown MD, is ready to bring a little bit of the gospel to Hagerstown MD with their production of GODSPELL!

Area Premier Of ELF THE MUSICAL Prepares To Hit The Stage In Hagerstown
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 16, 2020

The Area Premier of Elf The Musical is gearing up to hit the stage in Hagerstown MD at the Historic Maryland Theatre. Directed by Scott Rubel, Choreographed by Samantha Williams, and Music Directed by Zayna Burnham, the story of Buddy The Elf comes to life on stage in this magnificent christmas delights.

Air Supply Musical 'SWEET DREAMS' Gets A Pandemic Friendly, Staged Workshop At Fredericton Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 5, 2020

Sweet Dreams is a comedic, modern day adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream set to the timeless music of AIR SUPPLY.

People's Light Announces Drive-In Summer Concert Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 10, 2020

People's Light in Malvern, PA has turned its parking lot into an open-air venue for a series of socially distanced drive-in concerts! Every weekend from July 18 through August 21 will feature a different band from a wide variety of musical genres. Concerts begin at 6:30pm and run about 75 to 90-minutes.

Laurence Fishburne to Host and Narrate New History Franchise HISTORY'S GREATEST MYSTERIES
by Kaitlin Milligan - Feb 19, 2020

HISTORY announces a new non-fiction programming strand 'History's Greatest Mysteries,' hosted and narrated by Academy Award(R) nominee and Emmy Award(R) winner Laurence Fishburne ('Black-ish,' John Wick, The Matrix, Apocalypse Now and Boyz N The Hood) that will investigate a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each including the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell, John Wilkes Booth, and more. Slated to launch this summer 2020, each program within the franchise will showcase fresh, new evidence and perspectives including never-before-released documents to the general public, personal diaries and DNA evidence to unearth brand-new information about these infamous and enigmatic chapters in history.

Photo Flash: First Look at TAROT at VAULT Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2020

Live Tarot reading meets mesmeric contemporary circus as The Feathers of Daedalus come to VAULT Festival with a spell-binding reworking of their Edinburgh Fringe hit, Tarot. Taking audiences on a thrilling and unpredictable adventure guided by fate, the visual imagery and characters of the cards are brought to life through skilled acrobatic and musical improvisation.

TAROT Comes to VAULT Festival
by Stephi Wild - Dec 9, 2019

Live Tarot reading meets mesmeric contemporary circus as The Feathers of Daedalus come to VAULT Festival with a spell-binding reworking of their Edinburgh Fringe hit, Tarot. Taking audiences on a thrilling and unpredictable adventure guided by fate, the visual imagery and characters of the cards are brought to life through skilled acrobatic and musical improvisation.

USA Network Reveals Premiere Date for THE PURGE and TREADSTONE
by Kaitlin Milligan - Aug 23, 2019

@ThePurgeTV This fall, USA Network will bring blockbuster action to television every Tuesday. Starting October 15, the suspense commences with THE PURGE Season 2 premiering at 9/8c, followed by the debut of the new series TREADSTONE at 10/9c.