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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CINDERELLA Musical Coming This Year

Gillian Lynne Theater in London West End will open Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella musical this summer. The original idea for the contemporary take on the classic fairy tale Cinderella came from Emerald Fennell, the lead writer for Killing Eve season 2.

Olof Palme Prize Awarded To John le Carré 

John le Carré, former spy and current author of spy thrillers, has been awarded the $100,000 Olof Palme prize in part for his career being “an extraordinary contribution to the necessary fight for freedom, democracy and social justice.” Le Carré plans to donate the prize money to NGO Médecins Sans Frontières.

2020 National Poetry Month Poster Contest for Students Winner

The Academy of American Poets named the winner for the 2020 National Poetry Month Poster Contest: Samantha Aikman. While she will receive money, art store gift card and supplies the poster will also have 100,000 prints and be distributed by the Academy of American Poets. Check out the winning poster!