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The first Delaware County Dance Festival, which organizers are expecting to become an annual event, will kick off on Thursday, August 2 at The Media Theatre. It all starts at 7pm with several local dance companies, troupes, and solo performers highlighting various genres of dance.

What happens when you put a bunch of playwrights, directors, and actors in a room and tell them in 24 hours they must write a script and put on a show? Local playwrights will write one act scripts overnight, directors and actors will rehearse all day, concluding with costumed and staged performances in the evening at Playhouse on Park!

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Charles Dillingham, Interim Executive Director) announced that its 2011 - 2012 season has concluded, with the closing performance of August Wilson's JITNEY.

Pipeline Theatre Company in association with Theater for the New City and Crystal Field (Artistic Director) are set to present GIANT KILLER SLUGS from August 22 through September 2 at Theater for the New City's Johnson Theater (155 First Ave) as part of the Dream Up Festival. It is written by Colby Day and will be directed by Daniel Johnsen.

Direct from sold-out engagements and rave reviews across the country, the brassy, sassy Calamari Sisters will bring their hysterical all-singing, all-dancing, all-cooking hit musical COOKING WITH THE CALAMARI SISTERS to Philadelphia's Society Hill Playhouse, with previews beginning on Sept. 27. The limited six-week engagement will continue through Nov. 4, with an official press opening scheduled for Friday, Oct. 12 at 8:00PM.

The press party in Pittsburgh featured full length songs from the new musical DATE ME, DO ME, DUMP ME, conceived and written by Steven V. Mitchell.

Australian soft-rock group Air Supply, a staple of early ‘80s radio, is returning to The Orleans Showroom for three shows this Labor Day weekend, August 31 through September 2.

From the Top with host Christopher O'Riley, the preeminent showcase for young musicians, announces its 2012-2013 National Tour dates for recording its popular NPR radio program. The tour includes concert events at From the Top's home base at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall and cities from Beijing, China to Athens, Georgia to Davis, California. Guest artists for the season will include cellist Matt Haimovitz, as well as two professional orchestras ­- the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

Gail P. Luna and 204 Main presents SONGS FROM A GLASS HALF FULL, a musical revue, about the different perspectives we take toward the moments in our lives, with lyrics by Sharon Springs' very own Drew Taylor and music by Robert Cioffi, will be tested on July 27 and 28th at BANK in Sharon Springs, New York, in anticipation for its Manhattan premiere. The premiere in Sharon Springs will help to benefit the renovation/restoration of Chalybeate Park.

The Stages Rep presents the Southern classic STEEL MAGNOLIAS, opening this week, and the regional premiere of LIFE COULD BE A DREAM continues through September 2.

American Thymele Theatre's NYC Euripides Summer Festival Series presents Euripides' rarely staged and timely play CHILDREN OF HERCULES from August 7th thru 11th with outdoor performances at the East River Park Amphitheatre (8/7 and 8/8), the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park (8/9) and at Theatre 500 in the Times Square Arts Center (8/11). Stephen Diacrussi directs a cast of 25 headed by Michael Raimondi, Diana Swinburne, Tara Bancroft, Stephen Powell, Nicholas Sattinger, Paul Kirchmeyr and Ian Scott. The chorus is led by David Bushman.

Two free tickets will be offered to the event on 7/26, a continuation of Gil Amorina's presentation.

The Gallery has two upcoming receptions on July 25 from 6-8PM at their location at 100A Forsyth Street, New York, NY 10002.

The Canadian Opera Company's upcoming events includes the fall production of DIE FLEDERMAUS, the Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, as well as details about the second annual Ensemble Studio competition.

SANGIN' THE TEARS AWAY, inspired by Natalie Cole, will have its grand opening on Sunday, August 19 at the Actors Guild Hall.

Five Star features Denise Pearson who recently appeared on BBC1's THE VOICE. The band will appear at both Rewind Festivals in the UK in July and August. The first of the two festivals takes place at Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland from today, July 20-July 22. The second Rewind Festival will take place at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-on-Thames from Friday, August 17-19.

What does a marriage consist of and what does it need to survive? What happens when a marriage fails? These questions and more are addressed in a play from the author and playwright of SHADOWLANDS.

Austin's Theatre and Texas' longest running theatre, in its last season before the new Topfer Theatre opens, presents the Austin premiere of XANADU, the over-the-top, roller-skating musical that spoofs the outrageously campy 1980s film starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly.

Prospect Theater Company will present an exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) Hub's 'Coffee Break Talkback Series' entitled THE MAKING OF COLE PORTER'S NYMPH ERRANT on Thursday, July 19 at 3pm. The discussion, which is free to the public,will take place at the NYMF Hub on 42nd Street.

HIST 123 is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Alexandra Panzer, Tara Schuster, and Alice Winslow's I <3 REVOLUTION, directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh. I <3 REVOLUTON will play a limited engagement at The Living Theatre.