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Today’s subject Melanie Moore is currently living her theatre life playing the iconic literary character Scout Finch in the U.S. Tour of To Kill a Mockingbird. The show is currently in performance at Kennedy Center’s Opera House and will play through July tenth.

Nearly 425 business and arts leaders were on hand on Saturday, March 24th for the Howard County Arts Council's 21st Annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County. Held at Howard Community College's Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center in Columbia, this year's benefit gala netted approximately $73,000 with an additional $68,377 in donated goods and services in support of the arts in Howard County. Since 1998, more than $1.5 million has been raised through Celebration of the Arts!

The Howard County Arts Council will honor its 2017 Howie Award winners at the 21st Annual Celebration of the Arts on Saturday, March 24, 2018, at the Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD. The Celebration gala provides an opportunity for members of Howard County's arts, education, government, and business communities to gather to honor individuals and businesses that have made meaningful contributions to the arts in Howard County.

It's not too late to reserve your tickets for Howard County's signature event! The Howard County Arts Council presents the Celebration of the Arts in Howard County on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD. Tickets are $100 and $50 and can be purchased online at https://www.hocoarts.org/explore/learn-participate/celebration-of-the-arts/tickets/, by phone at 410-313-ARTS (2787), or in the Arts Council office at 8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043. Any remaining tickets will be available at the box office on the day of the event.

Featuring talented performers from Broadway classics like 42nd Street and Fiddler on the Roof to current favorites Kinky Boots and Beautiful: the Carole King Musical, TACT's 2018 Winter Benefit promises to be an evening you won't soon forget.

Tickets are now on sale for Howard County's signature arts event! The Howard County Arts Council presents the Celebration of the Arts in Howard County on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD.

TACT (Scott Alan Evans, Executive Artistic Director; Nora Chester & Jeffrey C. Hawkins, Associate Artistic Directors) is proud to announce that Adinah Alexander (Kinky Boots; Wicked; Parade); Marc Kudisch (9 to 5, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Bells Are Ringing, Finding Neverand); Liz Larsen (Tony nominee for The Most Happy Fella; Beautiful, the Carole King Musical; Hairspray); Nancy Opel (Tony nominee for Urinetown; Honeymoon in Vegas; former member of TACT); Andrew Samonsky (South Pacific, Drood); and Karen Ziemba (Contact, Curtains, Prince of Broadway), along with Alison Blackwell, Wayne Pretlow, Ric Ryder, Patton Chandler, and Ella Mora will star in an evening of song to benefit the company, supporting and celebrating TACT's mission and programming for the past 25 seasons. Lee Roy Reams (42nd Street) will host.

Mark Kudisch (9 to 5, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Bells Are Ringing, Finding Neverland & a past TACT Guest Artist) has just been added to an already stellar lineup celebrating TACT's 25th anniversary at its 2017 Winter Benefit.

Three Tony-winners converged to honor Cy Coleman at 54 Below last night and Broadwayworld was there.

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond:

On October 8, 2013, Jane Elissa presented An Intimate Evening with Broadway & Daytime Television Stars at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, where Daytime Soap Star Jackie Zeman and many other prominent Broadway stars performed to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Scroll down for photos!

Spend an intimate evening with Broadway and Daytime Television Stars on Tuesday, Oct 8, 2013 7:00 PM at Marriott Marquis Hotel (Sky Room) 16th Floor 1535 Broadway New York, NY 10036

Come see the Silhouette Stages production of the twelve time Tony award winning Mel Brooks musical The Producers, March 7-10, 2013.

The Columbia based community theater, Silhouette Stages, is the first group in the Baltimore/Washington area to land the rights to Avenue Q. The show does have 'Explicit Lyrics' so those younger theater enthusiasts and their parents should be forewarned of its language and content.

The Columbia based community theater, Silhouette Stages, is the first group in the Baltimore/Washington area to land the rights to Avenue Q. The show does have 'Explicit Lyrics' so those younger theater enthusiasts and their parents should be forewarned of its language and content.

The Columbia based community theater, Silhouette Stages, is the first group in the Baltimore/Washington area to land the rights to Avenue Q. The show does have 'Explicit Lyrics' so those younger theater enthusiasts and their parents should be forewarned of its language and content.

Songwriter STEVE MARZULLO Celebrates New CD "Show Some Beauty" in Concert at Birdland Monday, June 6 at 7pm

YELLOW SOUND LABEL will release the debut CD of composer STEVE MARZULLO on iTunes, Amazon.com and other online outlets on June 7, 2011.

Songwriter STEVE MARZULLO Celebrates New CD "Show Some Beauty" in Concert at Birdland Monday, June 6 at 7pm