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Paragon Theatre presents Harold Pinter's classic masterpiece OLD TIMES, which opens Saturday, July 18. Tickets are on sale now. Memories never fade. And some never really happened.

Water Works Theatre Company will open the ninth annual Shakespeare In The Park in Royal Oak with Macbeth July 23rd for a three week run in Starr Jaycee Park. Tickets ($15) are available online at www.waterworkstheatre.com and one hour prior to performances at the Starr Jacyee Park box office located at 1101 West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak MI 48073.

Orfeo Group, Orfeo Group is planning an ambitious series of programming as an extension of its production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). Beginning at 6:00 PM before every performance of the 'Complete WOWS(a)', Orfeo Group will present a Prelude during which local actors, directors, playwrights and arts groups will showcase their work.

Centre Stage cordially invites you to a sizzling summer fundraiser at Saffron's Sidewalk Cafe on July 30 beginning at 6 p.m. This casual attire event features live music by Puzzle, dancing, open bar, Chef Glenn Sawicki's delectable hors d'oeuvres and free valet parking ... plus silent and live auctions!

Carsie Blanton with Devon Sproule is coming to the Broadway Theatre of Pitman on Wednesday, July 22 at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $15. These are two of the best in the business!

The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, is having a birthday party Monday, July 20, 2009 at the historic Off-Off-Broadway Venue Demo Hall / Carmine St. Center at Our Lady of Pompeii located at 25 Carmine Street (corner of Bleecker) from 7pm to 10pm.

Kansas City Cappies* present URINETOWN! by Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis on July 24 and 25 at 7 pm, Friday and Saturday. This production of URINETOWN is the culmination of the Kansas City Cappies Summer Theatre Camp, featuring nominees from The 2009 Kansas City Cappies Awards Gala.

Catonsville Theatre Company, a committee of the Catonsville Chapter of the CCBC Alumni Association, in conjunction with The XXVIII Baltimore Playwrights Festival, presents the original play, Dancing Without You, by Robin Rouse.

On Saturday, July 18, from 10:00am-1:00pm, join the Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center for an enormous artful celebration. We have doubled our size, and yet kept the same address at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center Complex. Located at 2501 S. Mason Rd, # 290, we have so much room now to celebrate, we will need YOUR help to party.

California International Theatre Festival 2009 season is presented by the City of Calabasas with Linda Purl as Festival Director, M. Edgar Rosenblum as Executive Director and Joe Peracchio as Festival Producer. The Festival will take place in several Calabasas locations and will include distinguished international productions.

Musical Theater Heritage presents BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN in concert at the Off Center Theatre at Crown Center (3rd floor), August 13 through 30.

Take a seat for the opening act as the students of the New York City High School for the Performing Arts take center stage when 'Fame' Season One & Two steals the spotlight on DVD September 15 from MGM Home Entertainment.

Walking Shadow Theatre Company presents the world premiere production of SQUAWK by company member John Heimbuch at the Gremlin Theatre in the Minnesota Fringe Festival from August 1 through 8, 2009. SQUAWK is directed by Amy Rummenie.

Walking Shadow presented the second production ever of Robots vs. Fake Robots by young LA playwright David Largman Murray. This sexy, awkward, and very funny script envisions a dark future where some humans want to be like the ruling robot class. It asks questions about what it means to be human, what we should desire, and what we're willing to give up to achieve our dreams.

Lucky Penny Productions in association with the 7th Sign Theatre Productions presents FaceSpace, written by Talia Gonzalez & Bisanne Masoud, directed by Daniel Winerman, and with lighting design by Jana Mattioli.

The Talent Company will present the Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents musical classic, 'West Side Story,' July 9 through August 9 in the NewTimes Theatre at the New York State Fairgrounds.

American Stage Theatre Company will produce the Tampa Bay-area premiere of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning hit drama, DOUBT, as the final play of the theatre's 30th anniversary season, playing July 22 through August 16.

John Dossett and Tony Award winner Beth Leavel will be joining the cast of the Broadway production of MAMMA MIA!, playing at the Winter Garden Theatre since 2001. Leavel will play Donna Sheridan, while Dossett will star opposite her as Sam Carmichael. The two take over the roles starting September 22.

In 2009, Spoleto Festival USA showcased 125 performances, ranging from the critically acclaimed LOUISE to the U.S. premiere of Kneehigh Theatre's DON JOHN. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Hugh Hughes' STORY OF A RABBIT, Punch Brothers and Jake Shimabukuro were some of the other breakout hits of the 2009 festival.

The Drama Studio at St. Genesius Theatre is holding auditions for THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW COMEDY SKETCHES, the original sketches from the Carol Burnett variety show.