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Buffalo Heart Project featuring ELEPHANT REVIVAL, BOULDER ACOUSTIC SOCIETY, REED FOEHL, LAURA GOLDHAMER & JIM PAGE to play the Boulder Theatre on Friday, February 5. Doors open at 7:30pm, and the show starts at 8:00pm.

Manhattan Theatre Source writers reflect the 2000-2009 zeitgeist with InGENIUS 2010 Short Play Festival. The festival opens Thursday, January 21st, 2010. Week 1 runs from January 21st - 24th and Week 2 is January 27th - 31st.

John Patrick Shanley's provocative 'Savage in Limbo' continues VPT's 'Women on the Cutting Edge' Series for its Studio Theater. The show, directed by Jacque Lueken, will open on January 23rd, 2010.

The Noble Fool Theatricals Performing Arts Academy invites local youth to audition for several opportunities during the winter session, including: NFT Youth Ensemble's musical production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the NFT Show Choir, and the children's musical performance program of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown at Pheasant Run Resort (4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; admin telephone 630-443-0438).

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will continue its Winter 2010 season with Broadway star, MAUREEN MCGOVERN for two shows on January 8. For her show at Feinstein's, Ms. McGovern will give an encore presentation of 'A Long and Winding Road - The Concert.' Her critically acclaimed tribute to iconic singer/songwriters Jimmy Webb, Laura Nyro, James Taylor, Carole King, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell and more, includes 60's classics such as 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix', 'And When I Die', 'Fire and Rain' and 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?' Both shows, which feature Musical Director Jeffrey Harris and bassist Jay Leonhart, will take place at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).

The Garden Theatre announces another Community Meeting in preparation for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2010 from 11:30am-1pm at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street). The meeting will cover general show information on auditions and crew opportunities. All ages and experience levels are invited and encouraged to attend. Community members interested in being a crew team leader, should bring a technical resumé.

The Garden Theatre announces that Open Call Auditions for all adult roles in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat will be held Monday-Tuesday, February 1-2, 2010 from 6-9pm at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street). Equity auditions will be held for select roles, if needed, on Wednesday, February 3 from 6 - 9 pm. Auditions for children's roles will be held Sunday, February 7 from 2-5pm.

Opening at the Des Moines Social Club for an exclusive one night engagement January 9th, HORRIBLE, the latest comedy by the group that brought you BAD GUYS IN SUITS, is a romantically dark comedy about love, death, cannibalism...and flowers.

Omaha Performing Arts presents earth-friendly percussionists ScrapArtsMusic at the Holland Center's Kiewit Concert Hall on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.

Hell in a Handbag Productions is proud to remount David Cerda's parody of the classic children's television special 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer', now in it's 12th year! RUDOLPH THE RED-HOSED REINDEER is currently in performances at Mary's Attic and will continue to run until Saturday, January 2nd. All performances begin at 7:30. There will be no shows on Dec. 24th, 25th, and 31st, but additional shows have been added on Dec. 23rd, 27th, and 30th.

Theater Latté Da today announced casting for Violet, the rarely-produced musical which it will present in the Dowling Studio at the Guthrie, February 26 - March 21, 2010. Under the direction of Theater Latté Da artistic director Peter Rothstein, the production features a score by Tony Award nominee Jeanine Tesori, the composer whose music brought Tony Kushner's book and lyrics for Caroline, or Change to life. Britta Ollmann - a childhood star of the Children's Theatre Company who originated title roles in Pippi Longstocking, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz - will play the title role. Ollman recently returned to the Twin Cities after completing her studies at New York University and appearing in the Broadway premiere of A Catered Affair.

THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, PART 2: THE STORY OF A MARRIAGE, opens on Thursday, December 17 at Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues.

Manhattan Theatre Club's hit production of THE ROYAL FAMILY, written by theatre legends George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber is currently playing its final week. The twice extended production, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes will play its final performance on Sunday, December 13 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Covina Center for the Performing Arts announces the kick off of its 2010 season with a celebrity slate that includes Southern California's Channel 4 weatherman and stand up comic Fritz Coleman, and five performances of Elvis: The Musical, The American Trilogy Show, featuring Las Vegas' two time Entertainer of the Year, Paul Casey.

Olney Theatre Center's National Players celebrated 60 years of touring at a benefit at the Inn at Brookville Farms on Monday, December 7. Helping to celebrate was Tony Award-winning actor Roger Bart, who is currently touring in Young Frankenstein after originating the role of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein on Broadway. Roger is also known for his role as George Williams, the murderous pharmacist, on Desperate Housewives. Roger performed in A Little Night Music at Olney Theatre Center in 1986.

The New York Philharmonic will conduct a holiday food drive to benefit New Yorkers in need, December 12-19, 2009, as part of Food Bank For New York City's annual campaign 'NYC Goes Orange,' which refers to the color of hunger awareness. This is the sixth year that the Philharmonic is collecting food for this initiative. Concertgoers as well as members of the general public are encouraged to donate non-perishable food items in the lobby of Avery Fisher Hall. Monetary donations can also be made online at foodbanknyc.org any time during the season.

In RED NOIR, which opens at The Living Theatre on Thursday, December 10, writer Anne Waldman combines metaphors of the film noir genre and reflections on modern life in our economically and ecologically trouble ridden war culture. Set on the Lower East Side, with an array of vivid characters whose lives intertwine, the play follows Ruby (Sheila Dabney) as she investigates a black market deal done by many greedy hands and pursues two men, Jelly (Anthony Sisco) and Bolt (Eno Edet), each carrying a valise - one filled with a nuclear or toxic substance; the other filled with the seeds of the future.

Blumenthal Performing Arts Center presents DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN from December 26th through the 31st at Booth Playhouse (130 North Tryon St).

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents STS9 on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 9:00pm & Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 8:00pm at Showbox at the Market.

MotorCity Casino Hotel has announced the return of Morris Day & the Time, at Sound Board Friday, March 5th at 8 pm.