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Executive producers Barbara Nagel and Rosanne Braun are pleased to announce that THE MAR VISTA:In Search of My Mother's Love Life, a play with music and dance created by award-winning Brooklyn-based playwright and choreographer Yehuda Hyman, will have its premiere at the Ford Foundation Studio Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center on West 42nd Street, March 5 through March 23, 2019.

RENT is coming back to Detroit! The Detroit engagement is part of the 20th Anniversary Tour and will be here from January 8th -20th at the Fisher Theatre. In 1996, an original rock musical by a little-known composer opened on Broadway and forever changed the landscape of American theatre. Two decades later, Jonathan Larson's RENT continues to speak loudly and defiantly to audiences across generations and all over the world. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony-Award winning masterpiece returns to the stage in a vibrant 20th anniversary touring production. A reimagining of Puccini's La Boheme, RENT follows an unforgettable year in the lives of seven artists struggling to follow their dreams without selling out. BroadwayWorld Detroit had a chance to speak with Logan Marks, who plays the role of Mark in the 20thAnniversary Tour of RENT, about the show, his iconic role, and why RENT is still going strong 20 years later. Check out our conversation below!

On Thursday, December 7th, for one night only, the Duke University Theater Studies department presents a developmental workshop of the groundbreaking Kurt Weill-Alan Jay Lerner musical Love Life directed by New York-based director and Tony Award winning actress, Victoria Clark ( The Light in the Piazza).  

The original cast CD of LOVE, LINDA starring acclaimed jazz vocalist Stevie Holland, has just been released by 150 Music in anticipation of Holland's upcoming limited engagement return at the Triad Theater. The CD features several newly recorded selections from the show as well as previously un-recorded songs.

The Schoolhouse Theater presents LOVE LINDA, the Life of Mrs. Cole Porter, What is this Thing called Love? a celebration of the enduring legacy of the Cole Porter songbook. The one-woman tour de force, directed by Tony-Award-winning director Richard Maltby, Jr. and starring acclaimed jazz vocalist Stevie Holland, enjoyed a highly successful Off-Broadway run 2013-2014 and now comes to the Schoolhouse Theater for a very special limited engagement todays and Saturdays October 5,6,12 and 13 at 8pm and on Sundays October 7 and 14 at 3PM. The Schoolhouse Theater presentation of LOVE LINDA is the last chance to see this production in Westchester prior to the show's return to New York City.

When Della and her Goddaughter Jen have a truthful heart-to-heart about making the decision whether or not the wedding cake will be baked at Della's Sweets, even though you may need a Kleenex, listen closely to the truthful honesty with which the lines are delivered by these two actresses dedicated to showing audiences that neither side is right nor wrong, just diametrically opposed and correct to each of them. And I am not revealing whether or not Della bakes the cake or even attends the wedding as the truth is revealed during the final moments of the play when THE CAKE proves that love is always the key ingredient in life.

New Jersey based country, folk, Americana singer-songwriter Michael Patrick will release his latest, long overdue recording, 'John Wayne Movies' with two special CD release shows on October 13, 2018 at The Lighthouse Tavern, and October 20th at Roxy & Dukes.

The Rainbow, as a symbol, is realized through the KESHET CHAIM DANCE COMPANY with Special Guest Artists, DANCE STUDIO 84 ~ Rainbows speak directly to our hearts and souls. They bring the promise that the troubles of today will surely come to pass, and if you hold strong to your faith and vision, there will be new beginnings, new prosperity. On a foggy September evening up atop Mulholland Drive, at a beautiful location, environment and atmosphere, at the lovely Gindi Auditorium of The American Jewish University, 'Keshet @ 36, an Anniversary Celebration' took place to commemorate 36 years of art and entertainment.

The Schoolhouse Theater presents LOVE LINDA, the Life of Mrs. Cole Porter, What is this Thing called Love? a celebration of the enduring legacy of the Cole Porter songbook. The one-woman tour de force, directed by Tony-Award-winning director Richard Maltby, Jr. and starring acclaimed jazz vocalist Stevie Holland, enjoyed a highly successful Off-Broadway run 2013-2014 and now comes to the Schoolhouse Theater for a very special limited engagement on Fridays and Saturdays October 5,6,12 and 13 at 8pm and on Sundays October 7 and 14 at 3PM. The Schoolhouse Theater presentation of LOVE LINDA is the last chance to see this production in Westchester prior to the show's return to New York City.

A romantic comedy about a rich Asian man and a hard-working Asian American woman featuring an all Asian cast. No, I'm not talking about the soon-to-be smash hit movie CRAZY RICH ASIANS, I'm talking about a world premiere new play written by a local Hmong playwright and featuring a charming 10-person local cast. Theater Mu's THE KOREAN DRAMA ADDICT'S GUIDE TO LOSING YOUR VIRGINITY, written by May Lee-Yang, is a sweet, funny, fantastical story about love, friendship, and the melodrama of life.

Songwriter, performer, filmmaker and author Rory Feek does what he calls lifesteading on his farm south of Nashville. This practice is more about cultivating relationships than soil, as he's dug deeper into his community and family while they have worked through the two years since his wife and music partner Joey passed away. Once Upon A Farm: Lessons on Growing Love, Life, and Hope on a New Frontier (ISBN: 9780785216728, hardcover,www.onceuponafarmbook.com, Thomas Nelson) is out today, and available everywhere books are sold.

VIDEO: The CW Shares LIFE SENTENCE 'Inside: Love Factually' Clip

On Sunday night, The Right Honourable The Lord Lloyd-Webber was honored with a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. While accepting the trophy, the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber spoke of his life-long love for the Broadway musical. See Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's Acceptance Speech.

Starting next month, Book-It Repertory Theatre is hosting Literature to Life/Young Audiences of New York to present a stage adaptation of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. This 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Junot Diaz was adapted and directed for the stage byElise Thoron and will be performed by Elvis Nolasco ("American Crime", "She's Gotta Have It"). This collaboration across the coasts is the first time Book-It has hosted another company in its 28-year history.

Becky Perry Brown goes on the record in her new book,GOING OUR WAY, and explores her life and the love she shared with Grand Ole Opry andCountry Music Hall of Fame star Jim Ed Brown during their 54 years of marriage. 

Greet the arrival of spring with an enchanting play about the magnificent power of love and the resilience of the human spirit. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company presents Shakespeare's medieval fantasy, The Winter's Tale, now through April 7, 2018, in the downtown theater at 7 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Life is impossible to predict, but the heart might be an even bigger mystery. Both have the power to bring about unbridled joy, while at the same time, lead to crushing heartache and loss. Author Anita Gibbons pens a powerful love story, highlighting the unexpected places life and love take us in 'Fragments of Life.'

Kitchen Theatre Company continues its 2017-2018 Season with the regional premiere of Bright Half Life  by Tanya Barfield, a love story that follows Erica and Vicky over the course of a nearly five decades long relationship. Performances of Bright Half Life  begin at the Kitchen Theatre Company in The Percy Browning Performance Space on March 4 and run through March 18.