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JCC Manhattan launches the sixth season of PREformances with Allison Charney on Monday, October 20th at 12:30pm.

In Ridgetop, South Carolina, 1906, Mirandy is determined to catch Brother Wind. It's the best bet to win the cake walk, but he eludes all the tricks that her friends advise. This adaptation of Patricia McKissack's award-winning book (Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators) is a cultural celebration that is full of lively song and dance. Mirandy and Brother Wind is the final production in RLT's series, 'Connecting Theatre to 20th Century African American Experiences.' This is an area premiere.

The veteran act brings their unique combination of Celtic Rock to the Dr. Pepper stage at one of the oldest and largest state fairs in the country featuring music from the brand new CD “Steal The Sky” digitally released September 23rd.

Signature Theatre is proud to present Sunday in the Park with George, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-winning musical, directed by Signature Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Signature's Dreamgirls, The Threepenny Opera). Running in the MAX Theatre through September 21, the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine classic is the first production of Signature Theatre's 25th Anniversary.

Prior to their official CD release September 26th where they'll also be celebrating their 15th anniversary of their extraordinary annual run at the State Fair of Texas, performing five shows a day for 24 days (120 in all!), The Killdares have decided to give their dedicated hometown fan base a taste of what's to come with their seventh release...and newest studio release since 2008. The band will be performing at The Granada Theater September 5th and will be giving away free copies of the new CD Steal The Sky to all those who purchase their tickets in advance, prior to Sept. 5th.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is pleased to announce several conducting appointments: Markus Stenz as principal guest conductor, Ken Lam as associate conductor for education, Nicholas Hersh as assistant conductor and Michael Repper as the 2014-2015 season BSO-Peabody conducting fellow.

Mo Rocca returns to the primetime lineup to discover treasured family recipes and stories from grandparents in their kitchens across the country in a brand new season of My Grandmother's Ravioli

Following national auditions, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the appointments of Principal Trombone Aaron LaVere and Assistant Principal Oboe Melissa Hooper; additionally, Principal Cello Dariusz Skoracezwski, who has served in this role since 2011, was granted tenure. The new appointees will begin their service with the orchestra with the upcoming 2014-2015 season.

Wild with Happy is the joyous new comedy by Tony nominee Colman Domingo that is currently kicking off summer and the end of Season 51 at Center Stage. Now playing through June 29, the production is earning strong reviews from critics and audiences. The Baltimore Sun says the show is "priceless," "dynamic," an "endearing comedy…spiced with sharp humor," while Maryland Theatre Guide calls it "a perfect show."

The Baltimore Symphony, Folger Theatre Company, and Baltimore Choral Arts Society Women's Chorus combine for a musical delight.

The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, proudly announces that the 2014 Smith Prize Commission, which carries an Award of $5,000, has been awarded to Chris Weikel for The Word from Kampala. Awarded annually to a proposal for a play that dramatizes the pressing issues of our times, The Smith Prize is funded by a gift from screenwriter, novelist and playwright Timothy Jay Smith and a number of other socially-conscious donors. The Word from Kampala was conceived in reaction to the recent act of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who signed into law a bill that makes acts of homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment.

The Center for the Arts located at the corner of Church and College streets off of the square in Murfreesboro introduces Disney's MY SON PINOCCHIO Jr., The show presents an endearing twist on the classic tale of toymaker Geppetto and his little wooden puppet Pinocchio. This new musical, which retells the classic Disney story from Geppetto's perspective, features the beloved songs 'When You Wish Upon a Star' and 'I've Got No Strings,' alongside a host of new songs by Oscar- and Grammy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz, tackling timely issues about what it means to be 'the perfect child' - and what it means to be 'a real father.'

Damian Lewis will play Henry VIII opposite Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in the much anticipated adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novels which has begun filming.

On Friday 16 and Saturday 17 May 2014, a ghost peloton of 30 synchronised cyclists in LED light suits will commit to mass choreographed movement in a live performance that fuses endurance sport, dance and public art. A collaboration between Phoenix Dance Theatre and Glasgow-based public arts organisation NVA in partnership with Sustrans, Ghost Peloton is a 45-minute event. It will unite the live action of the cyclists in their controllable LED light suits with film projection of stunningly illuminated dancers interacting with a nationally reputed 'flatline' BMX stunt cyclist. This film also includes the Ghost Peloton blazing a trail through iconic locations drawn from the Tour de France route through Yorkshire.

The Center for the Arts located at the corner of Church and College streets off of the square in Murfreesboro introduces Disney's MY SON PINOCCHIO Jr., The show presents an endearing twist on the classic tale of toymaker Geppetto and his little wooden puppet Pinocchio. This new musical, which retells the classic Disney story from Geppetto's perspective, features the beloved songs 'When You Wish Upon a Star' and 'I've Got No Strings,' alongside a host of new songs by Oscar- and Grammy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz, tackling timely issues about what it means to be 'the perfect child' - and what it means to be 'a real father.'

In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small-town girl met a big-city dreamer - and in L.A.'s most legendary rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the '80's. It's ROCK OF AGES, a hilarious, feel-good love story told through the hit songs of iconic rockers Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, and many more. This 5 time Tony nominated musical, with a star studded motion picture in the works, is rockin' its way across the USA and Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom is fortunate to be one of its destinations.

Earlier this week, the American Marketing Association (AMA) - Baltimore presented the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) with the Marketing Excellence Award for Best Advertising Campaign for its ongoing Musicians Campaign. The 2013 campaign, comprising of 20 unique and disarming photos featuring members of the BSO as real and relatable individuals, was the brainchild of BSO Vice President of Marketing and Communications Eileen Andrews, BSO Art Director Elisa Watson and photographer James Bartolomeo, who served as the project's creative director. By celebrating the BSO's world-class musicians in less formal and more personal ways, the initiative allows the public to feel a connection to these artists that they otherwise would not. This award-wining campaign complements the BSO and Music Director Marin Alsop's commitments to being a leader and innovator in the field for accessibility and audience engagement.

Seattle Theater Writers, a critics' circle of local theater writers and reviewers, today announces the 2013 slate of nominees of the third annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, theater awards devoted to recognizing excellence across the economic spectrum of professional Seattle theaters.

Discovery Channel is going back woods Today nights, visiting two unique and fascinating groups of people, with very different occupations.

Discovery Channel is going back woods Tuesday nights, visiting two unique and fascinating groups of people, with very different occupations.