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Adirondack Film Festival, in its 5th year of operation (produced by the Adirondack Theatre Festival), has invented a new way to bring the film festival experience into patrons' homes. Producing Artistic Director, Chad Rabinovitz, has announced the world's first Film Festival in a Box, available Oct. 15-18, 2020.

Joan Ryan may be keeping socially distant but her social media keeps her socially active!

Brazilian superstar acts Alok and Vintage Culture have debuted their highly-anticipated new single ‘Party On My Own’ with FAULHABER.

Making Our Movies Film Festival (MOM Film Fest) has announced the list of official selections for the 2020 edition of its first annual online film festival. This year's lineup includes 38 films and series that feature a mom in a leadership position on each project.

Brazilian superstar acts Alok and Vintage Culture have debuted their highly-anticipated new single ‘Party On My Own’ with FAULHABER and we've got a first listen.

Variety reports that Peacock has ordered a 'Tiger King' scripted series starring Kate McKinnon as Carole Baskin.

Atlanta’s hottest new artist out of Zone 6, Ola Runt, has released a new video for “Trap Cap,” off his latest mixtape Beggin For a Body [Front Street/Cinematic Music Group]. The video (directed by JLShotThat) captures Ola cruising through the Bronx as he spits blunt truths over the Bankroll Gotit-produced beat.

Making Our Movies Film Festival (MOM Film Fest) has announced the list of official selections for the 2020 edition of its first annual online film festival. This year’s lineup includes 38 films and series that feature a mom in a leadership position on each project.

First Independent Musical in Australia to be written in just one week set to take the stage in defiance of the effects of COVID-19 on Sydney's theatre industry.

The premiere of a new work inspired by the rewilding of white storks at Knepp Estate in Sussex will take place in an online concert broadcast by the Bernardi Music Group at 6.30pm on Sunday 19 July as part of the 2020 Shipley Arts Festival. 

American Humane, the country's first national humane organization, today announced Helen Mirren has narrated its soon to be released documentary, “Escape from Extinction,” expected to be released this fall.  

Birmingham Stage Company today announce its production of Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain will be part of the Car Park Party, the UK's Only LIVE touring event, with two daytime shows at Powderham Castle, Devon on Saturday 4th July.

PlayGround, San Francisco's premier theatre development lab, is hosting the nation's largest fully digital new play festival PlayGround Zoom Fest presented May 11 through June 14, 2020.

The Marsh San Francisco has long been known as the city's breeding ground for new performance. Like theater companies the world over, The Marsh is also having to invent new ways of engaging with audiences while in-person performances are suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Their creative solution is called MarshStream, which offers a mind-boggling variety of programming seven days a week, including game nights, live performance readings, performance development classes, and archived performance streams. Content is being offered via Zoom, YouTube, Instagram, Spotify, Google Podcasts and iTunes. For weekly event schedules and additional information, visit www.themarsh.org. BroadwayWorld recently caught up with Stephanie Weisman, The Marsh's Founder/Artistic Director, to learn more about MarshStream and check in on how she and The Marsh are weathering the pandemic.

Carriageworks and Sydney Chamber Opera (SCO) today announced the online world premiere of Breaking Glass, four new operatic works created by Australian female composers: Peggy Polias, Josephine Macken, Georgia Scott and Bree van Reyk. Following the temporary closure of Carriageworks during the COVID-19 crisis, these new one-act operas will be presented for the first time as a Facebook Premiere Event to be broadcast free to the public on the Carriageworks Facebook page on Saturday 25 April at 730pm.

The Marsh San Francisco, the city's breeding ground for new performance, has launched a new MarshStream Broadcast Platform, offering a variety of programming starting at 7:30pm nightly to theater-goers sheltered-in-place, available via TheMarsh.org.

Nature's spies are back undercover. Their mission? To go deeper into the animal world than ever thought possible. From the hot and humid tropics to the freezing poles, the sequel to 2017's popular Nature: Spy in the Wild miniseries places even more spy creatures in the middle of some of nature's greatest events.

Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang (Soft Power, M. Butterfly) has joined the #WashTheHate campaign.

We continue our series of interviews with leaders of the Garden State theatre community to find out how they are dealing with the current times and their plans for the future. We had the opportunity to learn about Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) in Rahway, thanks to the Center's Executive Director, Brian Remo.

Key West Songwriters Festival (KWSWF) announced they would be postponing their 25th Annual event, originally scheduled May 6th - May10th, until further notice. Due to the rapidly evolving effects of COVID-19, KWSWF believes this is in the best interest of the health and safety of attendees, performers, sponsors, venues, hundreds of volunteers.

Key West Songwriters Festival (KWSWF) announced they would be postponing their 25th Annual event, originally scheduled May 6th - May 10th, until further notice. Due to the rapidly evolving effects of COVID-19, KWSWF believes this is in the best interest of the health and safety of attendees, performers, sponsors, venues, hundreds of volunteers and overall, the general public. Charlie Bauer, KWSWF Founder and longtime community leader in Key West states, “After 24 years you'd think you've seen it all, but that's not always the case. We are focused on playing our part in getting through these difficult times and when the time comes that we can safely hold the event, we look forward to the 25th installment of the Key West Songwriters Festival. Bringing the music, fans, industry and business back to Key West will be a major factor in the road to recovery. Our festival has not only become a benchmark for songwriters but also an important part of the local economy”. 

In support of community efforts to respond to COVID-19, Book-It Repertory Theatre is canceling its upcoming mainstage production of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski, which was scheduled to run June 3 -June 26, 2020.

London trio Girls In Synthesis have today announced details of their debut album 'Now Here's An Echo From Your Future', due to be released May 22ndon Harbinger Sound.

Wayne Glover-Stuart has been named as the new producer at Chiswick Playhouse. Having trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he has since worked as a Creative Producer at the BBC, General Manager at Tramshed and the Artistic Lead at Shaw Theatre. He joins Chiswick Playhouse after its relaunch in late 2019 with the aim of fulfilling the big ambitions of this small space.

The Agatha Christie favourite Witness for the Prosecution appears to be a jury-pleaser. Opening in 2017, it's currently booking at London's historic County Hall until September 2020 - surpassing the play's original West End run. We talk to cast members Taz Skylar and Alexandra Guelff about performing the show in such a unique venue and why Christie's work is still so popular.