(5/21 at 8:15 PM) - Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the availability of two new plays by John Logan: I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers and Peter and Alice, both published by Oberon Books (London). (read...)

(5/21 at 8:06 PM) - The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced the nominees for its eleventh annual 5th Avenue Awards Honoring High School Musical Theater. A version of the Tony Awards for high school theater programs, The 5th Avenue Awards allow musical theater students from across Washington state to meet, celebrate, and honor the exceptional musical theater productions presented during the 2012/13 school year. These awards are designed to shine the spotlight on high school musical theater programs, offering performing arts students the kind of support and recognition that accomplished high school athletes have received for decades. The 5th Avenue Awards will be held at 7:00 PM, Tuesday, June 11, at The 5th Avenue Theatre. (read...)

(5/21 at 8:06 PM) - She & Him have released the music video for I COULD'VE BEEN YOUR GIRL, the first single from their latest album VOLUME 3. The video marks Zooey Deschanel's directorial debut. Check it out below! (read...)

(5/21 at 7:59 PM) - New Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, honored entertainment lawyer and New Dramatists Chairman of the Board Seth Gelblum with their 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 64th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, held today, May 21 at the New York Marriott Marquis. (read...)

(5/21 at 7:50 PM) - 'The Dark Tower' airs Monday, June 3 at 10:00 p.m. on NBC. Check out a first look below! (read...)

(5/21 at 7:48 PM) - Monty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy 'lovingly ripped off from' the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways. The original 2005 Broadway production, directed by Mike Nichols with Eric Idle writing the musical's book and lyrics, won three Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2004-05 season and received 14 Tony Award nominations. (read...)

(5/21 at 7:46 PM) - Pivot Arts launches a new celebration of innovative theater, music and dance in unique and often historic spaces from June 6 - 22, 2013 throughout Chicago's Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods. The inaugural PIVOT MULTI-ARTS FESTIVAL answers the City's call for a reinvigorated Uptown Entertainment District by uniting artists, businesses and local organizations around multidisciplinary "pop-up" performances occurring in a former Vaudeville Theater, an at-one-time Charlie Chaplin film studio and other historic spaces throughout these communities. Tickets are now on sale, with a range of free events and no more than $15 per event. To purchase tickets, and for complete festival information, visit www.pivotarts.org/festival or call 773-609-0782. (read...)

(5/21 at 7:44 PM) - Get all the scoop on REVOLUTION, airing on NBC on Monday, June 3, 2013! (read...)

(5/21 at 7:43 PM) - 2Cents Theatre Group has announced that its production of Rent, Jonathan Larson's legendary Broadway smash hit that is now celebrating its 20th anniversary, will benefit four different HIV/AIDS research and support organizations during its run. Beginning on May 30, a percentage of each weekend's gross sales will be donated to AIDS Project Los Angeles, AIDS Research Alliance, Being Alive, and Alliance for Housing and Healing. Directed by Kristen Boule, with musical direction by Morgan Fitch, Rent opens on Friday, May 24. (read...)

(5/21 at 7:42 PM) - 'Her Negotiation' airs Wednesday, May 22 at at 9:00 p.m. on NBC. Check out a first look below! (read...)

(5/21 at 7:39 PM) - WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced the cast for Black Tie, running May 31 - June 23, 2013 at the Addison Theatre Centre on the Main Stage. The cast includes Stan Graner as Curtis, John S. Davies as Curtis' Father, Marcia Carroll as Mimi, Katherine Bourne as Elsie, and Jordan Brodess as Teddy. (read...)

(5/21 at 7:37 PM) - Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) has announced its 2013-2014 mainstage season. MET's sixteenth mainstage season will run from September of 2013 through June of 2014 and will feature a British comic classic, an American masterpiece and several contemporary crowd pleasers. MET Artistic Director Tad Janes believes that each of the six mainstage shows in MET's upcoming season will help, 'build on the strong reputation we have earned over the past decade and a half as a destination for challenging, entertaining, professional theater.' (read...)

(5/21 at 7:33 PM) - Get all the scoop on CROWD RULES, airing on CNBC on Tuesday, July 2, 2013! (read...)

(5/21 at 7:32 PM) - Get all the scoop on CROWD RULES, airing on CNBC on Tuesday, June 25, 2013! (read...)

(5/21 at 7:31 PM) - The Grove Theatre announces the opening of South Pacific on May 31st, under the direction of Frank Minano. From the hauntingly beautiful first three notes of "Bali Hai" to the romance of "Some Enchanted Evening," it's easy to tell why this Rodgers & Hammerstein favorite is considered by many as the finest musical ever written. (read...)

(5/21 at 7:31 PM) - Get all the scoop on CROWD RULES, airing on CNBC on Tuesday, June 18, 2013! (read...)

(5/21 at 7:29 PM) - Get all the scoop on CROWD RULES, airing on CNBC on Tuesday, June 11, 2013! (read...)

(5/21 at 7:29 PM) - Get all the scoop on CROWD RULES, airing on CNBC on Tuesday, June 4, 2013! (read...)

(5/21 at 7:27 PM) - Get all the scoop on CROWD RULES, airing on CNBC on Tuesday, May 28, 2013! (read...)

(5/21 at 7:27 PM) - In an effort to cultivate the next generation of theatergoers, International City Theatre is offering high school students free tickets to preview performances for the reminder of the 2013 season. (read...)

(5/21 at 7:23 PM) - Commemorating the passing of music legend Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for The Doors, Smithsonian Channel will air encore presentations of THE DOORS: MR. MOJO RISIN' - THE STORY OF L.A. WOMAN throughout the next week. One of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s, the Los Angeles group The Doors personified the turbulent era in America at the time with its raw form of rhythm-and-blues-inspired rock and its charismatic, poetic and unpredictable front man Jim Morrison. (read...)

(5/21 at 7:23 PM) - Multi-award winning Broadway composer/lyricist Adam Guettel is set to make his debut appearance in Australia this June, for a series of public performances and master classes. The grandson of Richard Rodgers, one of the greatest music theatre composers of all time (South Pacific, Carousel, Oklahoma and many more), Guettel has been likened by The New York Times, to a contemporary Stephen Sondheim. (read...)

(5/21 at 7:19 PM) - From June 20 to June 29, past members of the Original Kids Theatre Company will reunite to present Avenue Q. This stunning musical-comedy utilizes live actors along with an ensemble of hand puppets that eerily resemble those of a beloved children's show. (read...)

(5/21 at 7:15 PM) - The songs from the final episode of NBC's musical drama series SMASH are now available, including the Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman showstopper 'Big Finish', performed by Megan Hilty and Katharine McPhee. (read...)

(5/21 at 7:12 PM) - ArtPlace America, one of the nation's largest organizations committed to creative place-making, is investing $350,000 in new grant dollars for culturally-based development and programming in Miami's urban core. The Adrienne Arsht Center has been awarded a $250,000 grant to establish an Office of Neighborhood Development in association with the Town Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (TSNDC), making it one of the first performing arts centers in the country to have an office dedicated to the development of its surrounding community. O Cinema, Miami's premiere venue for independent, foreign, and art films, has been awarded $100,000 for the development of Cine Al Fresco, a sustainable green space and outdoor theater in Wynwood. ArtPlace America selected the organizations from a pool of more than 1,200 applicants. (read...)