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It was a one night only special event, and it was so special that people better start wishing for another one night.

Nicolas Cage’s new movie "Dream Scenario" investigates the trappings of fame and what happens when someone's notoriety is bigger than themselves—something Cage understands well.

On this Thanksgiving Day, we are grateful for the help that nonprofits provide to struggling Arizonans with support from Season for Sharing.

Also, the State Theatre in Easton will present the "Nutcracker Magical Christmas Ballet," and "Cirque Dreams Holidaze" will be performed in Reading.

Skate-laced acrobatics are carving a path back to Montreal, as Cirque du Soleil CRYSTAL glides into town. The one-of-a-kind spectacle, which last played in Quebec six years ago, has toured the globe and is now returning to its roots. MTL Blog got a behind-the-scenes look at the rigorous training that shapes the awe-inspiring acts.

In 2010, Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin adapted Elf the Movie into a Broadway production. Ever since, the musical has been a beloved addition to community theater schedules around the world. It's on stage at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theater now through Christmas Day. But what makes this production so magical is its quest for personal identity, connection and purpose.

Songwriter Alicia Keys makes her legit stage debut with "Hells Kitchen," a jukebox musical about a songwriter — with a trim story.

In ‘Hell’s Kitchen,’ Alicia Keys sticks to familiar musical-theater structure and form, but the show blossoms anyway owing to its killer performances.

So, for this podcast, Editor-in-Chief Via Poolos and Senior Multimedia Editor Jared Adelman sat down with two people who are intimately familiar with the process of dying. In Act One, Dan Loesche explains Washington University's Gift of Body donation program and what it is like to be a mortician. In Act Two, we talk with Barbara Finch, who is signed up to donate her body to Dan's program when she dies.

The new single from vocalist Julie Garnyé and the Grammy, Tony, and Academy Award-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz has been released. Listen here!