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Lifetime is back with another can’t-miss thriller!

The network is expanding its smash-hit Ripped from the Headlines “Girl In” franchise with Girl in the Attic, premiering Saturday, June 14 at 8/7c — and it’s set to be one of the summer’s most gripping watches.

Starring Yes, Dear’s Jean Louisa Kelly, rising star Sophia Carriere (Girls Like Girls), and Bates Motel’s Keenan Tracey, Girl in the Attic dives deep into the dangers of oversharing online — and the unimaginable strength it takes to survive when the unthinkable happens.

(Xanthe Elbrick/Karolina Turek/Courtesy of Lifetime) A Story of Survival — and the Power of Unexpected Bonds

In Girl in the Attic, Kelsey (Carriere) is a determined young woman grieving the loss of her mother. Hoping to honor her memory, she sets out to run a marathon and shares her journey online — but her inspiring story soon catches the wrong kind of attention.

Today we turn the blog over to Tom Mizer, one half of the songwriting team Mizer & Moore...

Curtis Moore & Tom Mizer photographed by Xanthe Elbrick

by Tom Mizer

The Contestants: Tom and Curtis have been songwriting partners since meeting at Northwestern University. This may or may not have been before computers were required at college.

The Oscar Winning Song Game: Without looking in advance, the contestants will receive a range of Oscar Winning Best Songs. They will each have 30 seconds to peruse the list. When time is up, they will text the other the song “they wish they had written.” After years of working together, will their choices match? If not, they will have a short period to discuss and convince the other of the wisdom of their selection, hopefully arriving at an agreement. This may end their partnership.

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They're here! After two months of taking nominations from you, the Backstage readers, the nominees for the 2014 Readers' Choice Awards are finally here! Starting Aug. 1, you'll have until Aug. 14 to cast your votes for your favorites here! Congratulations nominees! NYC Headshot Photographer Barry Morgenstein, Barry Morgenstein Photography Peter Hurley, Peter Hurley Photography Xanthe Elbrick, Xanthe Elbrick Photography Douglas Gorenstein, Douglas Gorenstein Photography Taylor Hooper, Taylor Hooper Photography L.A. Headshot Photographer Paul Smith, Paul:Smith Photographer Cathryn Farnsworth, Cathryn Farnsworth Photography David Muller, David Muller Photography Joanna Degeneres, Joanna Degeneres Photography Stephanie Girard, Stephanie Girard Headshots NYC Dance Studio Broadway Dance Center Steps on Broadway The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Peridance Capezio Center Ripley-Grier Studios L.A. Dance Studio Edge Performing Arts Center Millennium Dance Complex Debbie Reynolds Dance Studios Blackbird, Blackbird Dance Company Joe Tremaine, Tremaine Dance Conventions NYC Audition Technique Teacher Ted Bardy, Ted Bardy Studio John Pallotta,...

Venus Flytrap: a Femme Noir Mystery

Written by Anthony Dodge

Directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge

The Active Theater, NYC

Through November 14, 2010

It is New York in 1943. Most men are in uniform and women are doing many a "man's job." Thus we find "Butch" Diamond (Xanthe Elbrick), called upon to be a private dick for the deviate underclass. This is the world of Venus Flytrap. What ensues is a prime example of hilarious and inventive burlesque, parody, satire, and farce (admixed with a healthy helping of absurdism). At the same time, the play honors the noir idiom, giving the show levels of richness beyond its comedic antics.

This send-up of noir goes where no man has gone before. Butch, as she calls herself, an avowed lesbian who is not really all that butch, draws her clients from the flotsam and jetsam of Manhattan. Her primary client of the evening is Tom...

"Ragtime" and "The Scottsboro Boys" came up big as the nominees for the 55th annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today. The short-lived Broadway revival of the Terrence McNally musical and the new Off-Broadway tuner each received nine nominations, more than any other production.The nominees were announced by actors Brian Stokes Mitchell and Cady Huffman at the Friars Club in New York. It was also announced that Drama Desk members have voted this year to present special ensemble awards to the casts of "Circle Mirror Transformation" and "The Temperamentals." The awards will be presented May 23 in a ceremony hosted by Patti LuPone at the Laguardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.The complete list of nominees is below.Outstanding play:Alan Ayckbourn, "My Wonderful Day"Annie Baker, "Circle Mirror Transformation"Lucinda Coxon, "Happy Now?"John Logan, "Red"Geoffrey Nauffts, "Next Fall"Bruce Norris, "Clybourne Park"Outstanding musical:"American Idiot""Everyday...