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President Nancy J. Uscher has announced that Cornish College of the Arts will award honorary degrees at this year's commencement to ground-breaking American playwright Tony Kushner and to Deborah F. Rutter, president-elect of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Kushner is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Emmy Awards, and a recipient of the National Medal for Arts. One of the nation's leading arts administrators, Ms. Rutter assumes leadership of the Kennedy Center in September. Most recently she has served as president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and, prior to that, she was the executive director of the Seattle Symphony.

Ghostlight Records will release the original cast recording of The Public Theater's production of LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOSTthis summer. The album will be available in digital format on June 3 with physical CDs available online and in stores on July 8. The production was recently nominated for three 2014 Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Choreography. Directed by Alex Timbers, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST features songs by Michael Friedman with book adaptation by Timbers. Two tracks from the upcoming album - 'Young Men' and 'Hey Boys' - are available to stream at www.sh-k-boom.com.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre welcomes back Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner for the West Coast premiere of his latest play, The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, an epic tale of love, family, sex, money, and politics. Kushner reunites with one of his favorite collaborators, Michael Leibert Artistic Director Tony Taccone, to bring this sweeping drama to the Roda Theatre. With his trademark mix of soaring intellect and searing emotion, the legendary writer unfurls a poignant story about an Italian family in Brooklyn. When retired longshoreman Gus Marcantonio decides to die, his kids come home with a raucous parade of lovers and spouses to find that even the house keeps secrets. A portrait of a dysfunctional family filled with weighty dialogue, humor, and passion, Kushner's four-act play previews Friday, May 16, opens on Wednesday, May 21, and runs through Sunday, June 29, 2014.

One Village Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, brings you Black Coffee on DVD and digital download today, April 8, 2014.

President Nancy J. Uscher has announced that Cornish College of the Arts will award honorary degrees at this year's commencement to ground-breaking American playwright Tony Kushner and to Deborah F. Rutter, president-elect of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Kushner is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Emmy Awards, and a recipient of the National Medal for Arts. One of the nation's leading arts administrators, Ms. Rutter assumes leadership of the Kennedy Center in September. Most recently she has served as president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and, prior to that, she was the executive director of the Seattle Symphony.

“But few of them would enter the war as these directors did, with the sense that, in impending middle age, they had found themselves with a new world to conquer, a task that would test their abilities to help win the hearts and minds of the American people under the hardest imaginable circumstances, with the greatest possible stakes.” Mark Harris.

One Village Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, brings you Black Coffee on DVD and digital download April 8, 2014.

The dating gurus of FutureMate are back with two special Valentine's Day performances-a perfect way for singles to find their ideal post-apocalypse match! Set in a future United States that has been devastated by the Cataclysm, where finding a fertile mate has become more challenging than ever, FutureMate is here to help! Hosts Matt & Pam take audience members through the FutureMate system, matching them up through a phone-based speed date and a series of ice breakers, helping them locate that special someone. Come see all the benefits that await you for doing your part to rebuild our great nation. Both singles and citizens clinging to the vestiges of monogamy are welcome.

The dating gurus of FutureMate are back with two special Valentine's Day performances-a perfect way for singles to find their ideal post-apocalypse match! Set in a future United States that has been devastated by the Cataclysm, where finding a fertile mate has become more challenging than ever, FutureMate is here to help! Hosts Matt & Pam take audience members through the FutureMate system, matching them up through a phone-based speed date and a series of ice breakers, helping them locate that special someone. Come see all the benefits that await you for doing your part to rebuild our great nation. Both singles and citizens clinging to the vestiges of monogamy are welcome.

The dating gurus of FutureMate are back with two special Valentine's Day performances-a perfect way for singles to find their ideal post-apocalypse match! Set in a future United States that has been devastated by the Cataclysm, where finding a fertile mate has become more challenging than ever, FutureMate is here to help! Hosts Matt & Pam take audience members through the FutureMate system, matching them up through a phone-based speed date and a series of ice breakers, helping them locate that special someone. Come see all the benefits that await you for doing your part to rebuild our great nation. Both singles and citizens clinging to the vestiges of monogamy are welcome.

The American Century Theater begins the new year with its production of Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris and adapted for the stage by Eric Simonson. Ellen Dempsey directs.

The American Century Theater begins the new year with its production of Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris and adapted for the stage by Eric Simonson. Ellen Dempsey directs.

On Twitter Watch, Neil Patrick Harris wrote ' Last day of our Mexico adventure. Let's see just how many margaritas I can drink. Cheers!

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the publication of a Revised and Complete Edition of Angels in America by Tony Kushner. Available in both paperback and hardcover, this new edition contains both Part One: Millennium Approaches and Part Two: Perestroika in the revised versions that were performed in the 2010 Off-Broadway revival, as well as a new author's introduction.

A slew of Broadway favorites will return to the stage in the upcoming theatre season, including Neil Patrick Harris, who will star in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (set to open at the Belasco Theatre on April 22, 2014).

FutureMate are back to help you find your perfect match! Now that the world has been devastated by the Cataclysm, finding that special someone has been harder than ever. But FutureMate is here to help! Your hosts Matt & Pam will take you through the FutureMate system and help you locate that special someone-who knows, you may even leave with a new mate! Come see all the benefits that await you for doing your part to rebuild our great nation.

Franca Masu, una de las mejores voces de Italia (www.francamasu.com), Sabado 19 de Octubre 21:30 hs, Teatro SHA, Sarmiento 2255 C.A.B.A.

Inspired by stories of whistleblowers that have had to put their life on the line or give up their life in order to expose a secret or truth, author Joel Mark Harris decided to honor them with his new thriller 'Shame the Devil' (published by iUniverse), a tale about a whistleblower and the complications that arise in his life for blowing the whistle.

Franca Masu, una de las mejores voces de Italia (www.francamasu.com), Sabado 19 de Octubre 21:30 hs, Teatro SHA, Sarmiento 2255 C.A.B.A.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the details for the 2013 NYFF Convergence, which will run on Saturday, September 28 through Monday, September 30. Building on the success of last year's debut, the second edition of the crowning event for the Film Society of Lincoln Center's year round programming commitment to transmedia will be presented at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center and the Walter Reade Theater with three days of panels, workshops and “immersive experiences.” This year's edition will also feature a special secret event to close out NYFF Convergence that will be announced at a later date.