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What happens when artists reclaim prominent fairy tale figures from Disney's sparkling and sanitzied translations? Well, for one, INTO THE WOODS is born. The show, with a book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, presents fairy tale characters that are closer to their origins. They are bawdy, sarcastic, humorous, and ultimately tangibly real in their own ways. The varnish is removed and their valuable lessons are given to light again. Whether you love or hate Stephen Sondheim's work, there is no denying that the man is brilliant and INTO THE WOODS, as produced by Colton Berry's Bayou City Theatrics, magnificently illustrates this.

How do you measure a year? Bayou City Theatrics, Houston's newest musical theatre company, asks this question through their pay-what-you-will performance of RENT (book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson) on New Year's Eve. The show is staged in a concert-style, allowing the audience to focus on the brilliant music, by the late Jonathan Larson, which made the musical a worldwide phenomenon.

How do you measure a year? Bayou City Theatrics, Houston's newest musical theatre company, asks this question through their pay-what-you-will performance of RENT (book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson) on New Year's Eve. The show is staged in a concert-style, allowing the audience to focus on the brilliant music, by the late Jonathan Larson, which made the musical a worldwide phenomenon.

Singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and composer Gabriel Kahane performs the world premiere of his composition The Fiction Issue, commissioned by Carnegie Hall, tonight, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall on a program entitled Don't Even Listen.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts previously announced the restaurant lineup for its 7th annual Dine Out with the Chefs benefit, which will take place today, Oct. 7, at 3 p.m. More than 25 of the Valley's top chefs will participate in this year's event with proceeds supporting The Center's education and outreach programs.

Singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and composer Gabriel Kahane performs the world premiere of his composition The Fiction Issue, commissioned by Carnegie Hall, on Thursday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall on a program entitled Don't Even Listen.

GabrielKahane will return to Carnegie Hall on April 27, 2013, this time in Stern Auditorium. It will be another world premiere: a concerto for himself and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, with which he has served as composer-in-residence for two seasons.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce the restaurant lineup for its 7thannual Dine Out with the Chefs benefit, which will take place Sunday, Oct. 7, at 3 p.m. More than 25 of the Valley's top chefs will participate in this year's event with proceeds supporting The Center's education and outreach programs.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has announced the following upcoming events.

Tim is a normal, twentysomething New Yorker trying to get ahead at work while keeping his girlfriend Amy happy and living a 'normal' life. However, in Tim's world, his often peculiar choices leave him in outlandish, surprising situations.

Tim is a normal, twentysomething New Yorker trying to get ahead at work while keeping his girlfriend Amy happy and living a 'normal' life. However, in Tim's world, his often peculiar choices leave him in outlandish, surprising situations.

The UK Daily Mail is reporting that Denise Van Outen will join with Matt Johnson for a new showbiz show for Channel 5, OK! TV which will replace Live from Studio 5.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company rings in the holiday season with a Hollywood treatment of William Shakespeare's classic comedy THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, featuring Hayley Clark and Christopher Guthrie and directed by Associate Artistic Director Matt Johnson.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company rings in the holiday season with a Hollywood treatment of William Shakespeare's classic comedy THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, featuring Hayley Clark and Christopher Guthrie and directed by Associate Artistic Director Matt Johnson.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company rings in the holiday season with a Hollywood treatment of William Shakespeare's classic comedy THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, featuring Hayley Clark and Christopher Guthrie and directed by Associate Artistic Director Matt Johnson.

On Thursday, March 27th the musical Gypsy opened at the St. James Theater. The after party was held ad the NYC club 'The Mansion' Gypsy tells the dramatic musical tale of the legendary stage mother of Gypsy Lee Rose and June Havoc, a woman who drove her two daughters into show business with a misguided and terrifiying passion. The classic musical is a journey that travels from the slowly fading vaudeville venues of yesterday to backstages of it's often unseemly replacement the strip-tease house. Gypsy starsTony Award winner Patti LuPone. The Broadway production reunites LuPone with her City Center co-stars Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti.

New York City Center's highly anticipated production of Gypsy, starring Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti and directed by Arthur Laurents, recently opened as the first offering of the Encores! Summer Stars series!

The 2007 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing, aired live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS on Sunday, June 10th. Stars from the worlds of theatre, film and TV strolled down the red carpet before the ceremony!

WHO: Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore WHAT: The Full Monty WHEN: Through March 25. Thurs. - Sun., with some Tues, Weds, evenings and Thurs matinees. BWW Discount 03/01, 02 and 04! Buy One, Get One!

WHO: Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia WHAT: Meredith Willson’s Here’s Love WHEN & HOW MUCH: Through January 14th. Show times and prices vary. Go to www.tobysdinnertheatre.com for more information.