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The Student Theatre Guild of Theatre Charlotte will hold auditions for its upcoming production of SWEENY TODD and for 2010-2011 guild membership/camp. Auditions will be held Saturday, May 8, at 2:00 p.m. and Monday, May 10, at 6 p.m. at Theatre Charlotte, located at 501 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC.

Today, May 4, New York based theater group, EBE Ensemble (Eric Alba, Artistic Director; Montgomery Sutton, Executive Director), announced that they are accepting submissions for their fourth annual new one-act play festival, Elephants on Parade 2011. Festival dates have not been announced.

The flooding in downtown Nashville, TN has caused destruction of three monumental art centers: The Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Country Music Hall of Fame, Grand Ole Opry House, and Gaylord Opryland Hotel have all reported significant damage as of Monday, May 3.

Guitarist Jake Hertzog, musical director for Nickelodeon stars, Nat and Alex Wolff, is set for a Midwest Tour starting in Indianapolis, MN on May 29. The five-dater tour will finish in Urbana, IL on June 2. Hertzog is taking rhythm section Harvie S (bass) and Victor Jones (drums) on the upcoming tour in support of his new jazz CD "Patterns" (Buckyball 022).

Sire/Action Theory Records artists, The Maine, have announced the release of their new album 'Black & White' for July 13, 2010. Their major label debut is the follow-up to 'Can't Stop, Won't Stop', the band's acclaimed first album, which came out on Fearless Records in 2008.

Credit Suisse, a leading financial services provider, and the New York Philharmonic, America's oldest symphony orchestra, today, May 4, announced that Credit Suisse has renewed its Global Sponsorship of the Orchestra for three years. The partnership, which began in the 2007-08 season, has enhanced the global brand presence of Credit Suisse, and represented the Bank's first signature cultural sponsorship in the United States, involving all events in New York, across the United States, and around the world. The collaboration unites two longstanding institutions that share historic commitments to excellence and creativity. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Jazz band, Toph-E & the PussyCats are returning to Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar (254 West 72nd Street) on Tuesday, May 4th at 8:30 pm. Their upcoming CD, 'No Ordinary Day' is set for release this month.

"On May 3rd, we will present a piece in which the goal is to help raise awareness on the topic of equality for all people" says Judith Blazer, founder. A host of Broadway artists will join the evening to support the innovative theatre company and school, The Artist's Crossing. ALL THINGS EQUAL is a provocative evening of song and spoken word that will explore the struggle of human beings to achieve equality on every front in our community, our country and the world. It will be presented at 7 pm on Monday, May 3rd 2010 at the Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, New York, NY 10012.

Beginning May 24, The George Gee 17-piece Big Band will begin a weekly Monday night engagement at Harlem's newest hotspot - Gospel Uptown/GU LIVE! (Located at 2110 Seventh Avenue @ 125th Street). Featuring jazz and blues vocalist John Dokes (in the style of Joe Williams and Billy Eckstine), George Gee and his big band orchestra pay tribute to the swingin' music of Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb and many other Savoy Ballroom jazz icons. This marks the return of regular Big Band Jazz to Uptown NYC after a long hiatus.

Staten Island OutLOUD, a community dialogue and performance project, presents 'I've Known Rivers', poems by Langston Hughes on Saturday, May 8 at 12:30 pm. Participants will have a chance to read from Hughes' poems and discuss the African-American writer's legacy.

Portland Revels begins May and June with May Day at the Portland Children's Museum on May 1, speakers Julia and Tarik Banzi on May 6, and auditions for the 2010 Christmas Revels; taking place June 6 and 12. For more information on the following events, visit www.portlandrevels.org.

Today, April 29, Bailiwick Chicago's Executive Director, Kevin Mayes, announced that their musical revue titled, SHOW US YOUR LOVE, will be revived for a one-night only benefit performance at the Skokie Theatre on Sunday, May 23 at 7:30pm.

Antoinette Montague has released her Spring 2010 performance schedule for May & June. The short tour will celebrate Montague's 2010 CD Release, 'Behind the Smile'. The jazz singer will be performing in New York, Connecticut, and her home state - New Jersey. All performance dates are listed below.

Tonight, April 29, Cornelia Street Cafe presents Eric Plaks Trio at 6 pm and a reading of NOTES ON A SCANDAL at 8:30 pm. In celebration of his recent CD release, the young Eric Plaks will perform on the piano. NOTES ON A SCANDAL: A READING will parody the 2006 film with the same title.

Today, April 29, The Hartt School of the University of Hartford in Connecticut announced that Tony Award Nominee, Marin Ireland is the recipient of the 2010 Hartt Alumni Award. The award will be conferred on Ms. Ireland, who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Hartt School in 2000, during Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 16, 2010.

Galli Theatre presents SISTER ALYONUSHKA AND BROTHER IVANUSHKA: A Russian Fairytale for kids in six performances every Saturday and Sunday, 3 p.m. at 38 West 38th Street, New York, NY from May 1 through May 23, 2010.

MotorCity Casino Hotel announces 'An Evening with Al Jarreau', at Sound Board on Friday, September 17 at 8:00 pm.

The Actor's Lab in Charlotte, NC presents an Advanced Teen Class with L.A. acting coach, J.D. Lewis - Tuesdays from 4:45 - 6:30 pm. J.D.'s students in Charlotte are booking leads in feature films, guest-starring roles on television, and principal roles in national commercials. Additionally, J.D. Lewis has worked with actors who have been nominated or won Academy Awards, Emmys, Tonys, SAG Awards and Golden Globes.

Acorn Productions, presenters of the "Naked Shakespeare" series, announces plans for the first annual Westbrook Shakespeare Festival, to take place May 14 to 23 at Riverbank Park in Westbrook, Maine. The Westbrook Shakespeare Festival will feature 2 different outdoor productions by Naked Shakespeare actors in repertory over 2 weekends. The featured presentation is AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Michael Howard, which will be presented as a full-length production Friday through Sunday evening at 5:30 p.m. AS YOU LIKE IT is a classic comedy of disguise, in which Rosalind, one of Shakespeare's strongest female characters, dresses as a man when she is exiled to the forest of Arden along with her cousin Celia. Theater-goers are invited to bring a picnic or purchase a fresh taste of the old Southwest from the event's sponsor, the Blue Burrito, who will be doing concessions for the performances. Acorn's production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy ROMEO AND JULIET, directed by Karen Ball, will be shown weekend afternoons at 2 p.m. This heart-breaking tale of teenage love has been substantially abridged to run about 90-minutes and is the final project of the Young Actors Shakespeare Conservatory, a training program for local teen actors that began meeting in the fall of 2009. Admission to all performances at the Westbrook Shakespeare Festival is free, with a $5 suggested donation for ROMEO AND JULIET and $10 for AS YOU LIKE IT.

It was announced yesterday, April 28, that this spring, NYC Parks will launch the Greeter Corps, a volunteer team of ambassadors whose job it is to represent Parks in the community. Building on the success of the Parks Opportunity Program (POP) Greeter program and the Central Park Greeter program, volunteers will welcome patrons at entrances to parks, beaches, and playgrounds, inform patrons of available amenities and programs, gauge the public's opinion and interests, and serve as eyes and ears for the park's condition and environme