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You can't go crippling yourself in a caring society. They won't stand for it. BLUE ON BLUE is a visceral, poignant and darkly funny play by novelist and screenwriter Chips Hardy, directed by Harry Burton. The production will play the Tristan Bates Theatre (1a Tower Street, London WC2H 9NP) Tuesday 19th April to Saturday 14th May 2016. Press Night: is Thursday 21st April, 7.30pm. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal below!

You can't go crippling yourself in a caring society. They won't stand for it.

Entertainment icon Carol Burnett stopped by CBS's THE TALK to chat about her upcoming SAG Life Achievement Award honor, with Carol saying, 'when I heard about it… I was absolutely gobsmacked. I'm thrilled.'

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will present the Life Achievement Award to comedic trailblazer, actor, singer, dancer, producer and author Carol Burnett live at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Jim Squadrito, a veteran, decorated medic, successful businessman, activist for veterans and various charities and writer has completed his new book with the assistance of Arlene Violet. Arlene Violet is the first woman elected state attorney general, a published author, prior talk show host and attorney. This gripping and potent account takes the reader on a journey through the heartbreaking, brave and passionate moments one experienced during his time serving during the Vietnam War.

16th Street Theater is proud to present the world premiere of GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES written by ELAINE ROMERO and directed by KEVIN CHRISTOPHER FOX March 26 - May 2, 2015 at North Berwyn Park District's 16th Street Theater, 6420 16th Street in Berwyn, with a press opening on Thursday, April 2 @ 7:30 PM.

16th Street Theater announces their Season Eight 2015: FATHERS DAUGHTERS MOTHERS SONS featuring three world premieres by three award-winning female playwrights: Stephanie Alison Walker, Elaine Romero and Aline Lathrop. In 2015 16th Street explores the most intimate of relationships - that between a parent and a child. Excerpts from 16th Street's upcoming 2015 season will be performed in a FREE event with a cash bar on Saturday, December 6 from 5:00 - 6:30 PM at WIRE at 6815 Roosevelt Road in Berwyn.

Hopefully if you're joining me for the final season of FX's hit series “SONS OF ANARCHY,” you've already gone through the first six seasons of family feuds, friendly (and not-so-friendly) fire, guns, drugs, murder and betrayal. This is not a show you should leap into mid-season. It is a finely crafted, leather clad, loosely Shakespearean tale that uses six seasons to show the evolution of the inhabitants of a small town named Charming, and its tormented leader, Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam).

City Parks Foundation's SummerStage performing arts festival is looking for fans to help curate the upcoming 30th anniversary season in 2015. SummerStage, New York's largest free performing arts festival annually brings over 100 free performances to parks throughout the five boroughs. With performances ranging from American pop, Latin and World music to dance, comedy and theater, SummerStage fills a vital niche in New York City's summer arts festival landscape.

Hummingbird in a Box, the latest work from legendary musician Peter Frampton, will be released June 23 via RED Distribution. The new music was inspired by the Cincinnati Ballet, featuring seven original guitar pieces in Frampton's virtuosic stylings. Frampton composed all songs on the mini-album along with Gordon Kennedy, who also co-produced the recording. The two previously teamed up for Fingerprints, which garnered them both a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.

The hilarious new blog-book Desperate in DC has been released at a discounted price of just $1.99 for Amazon Kindle readers just in time for the New Year! Desperate in DC from first time authors and radio personalities Crystal Walker and Phoebe Thompson chronicles the exploits of two privileged and wickedly funny professional women in Washington, DC through their witty and often laugh-out-loud blog exchanges with one another. The ladies gleefully skewer the privileged and powerful in the nation's capital, while simultaneously tackling their own life challenges.

The Television Academy's Hall of Fame Selection tvacadlogoCommittee has announced the groundbreaking television legends to be inducted into the 23rd Hall of Fame.

Announcing the highly anticipated release of Desperate in DC, the hilarious new blog-book that chronicles the exploits of two privileged and wickedly funny professional women in Washington, DC through their witty and often laugh-out-loud blog exchanges with one another. Readers can now view, purchase, and gift ebook copies of Desperate in DC online through Smashwords for only $1.99 - dollars less than your favorite cocktail.

TV Guide reports Carol Burnett was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. It is the country's top humor Honor.

A lineup of top entertainers including, Julie Andrews, Lucie Arnaz, Tony Bennett, Tim Conway, Tina Fey, Rashida Jones, Vicki Lawrence, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Rosemary Watson and others will salute Carol Burnett at the 16th Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. The evening will pay tribute the humor and accomplishments of Carol Burnett, and will be taped by WETA Washington, D.C. as Carol Burnett: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize. The program will air on PBS stations nationwide November 24, 2013 (check local listings). Artists are subject to change.

In "Identification: Friend or Foe: Death by Friendly Fire, Discovered Sixty-Two Years Later" (published by Trafford Publishing), author James MacLeod's new military mystery book, readers follow MacLeod and two other investigators as they search for the truth behind the death of an airman.

Come spend Mother's Day with comedic legend, Carol Burnett when she returns to DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center tonight, May 12, 2013. 'Laughter and Reflection with Carol Burnett: A Conversation with Carol where the Audience Asks the Questions' is Burnett's off-the-cuff conversation with the audience, a format that grew out of the question-and-answer sessions she shared with her studio audience on each episode of The Carol Burnett Show.

Fay Kanin, who served as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1983, has passed away at 95.

Wil Anderson is an award-winning stand-up comedian, television host, writer and podcaster from Australia.

Tonight on COMEDY CENTRAL, catch all-new episodes of 'Tosh.0,' 'The Burn with Jeff Ross,' 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report'. Below, get a sneak peek of TOSH.O and THE BURN!