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For the ArtsWest 2012-2013 season, Artistic Director Christopher Zinovitch has announced a selection of plays, beginning in September with a fast-paced irreverent rock musical about the country we live in - a Broadway blockbuster, that received Tony Award© nominations, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and two Drama Desk nominations. The holiday season will include a mix of rockin' holiday hits in a fond salute to 1960's girl groups. Audiences will then travel from Liverpool to Greece with a middle-aged, working class housewife in a classic comic masterpiece. The season's fourth play, another recent Broadway blockbuster, exposes the fundamental truths that result when opposing views of family and friends collide. The season will close with a genius at work as Beethoven and a musicologist examine the creative process against a background of passion and parenthood.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company will host a Summer Intensive for College Students and Adults May 29-June 2, 2012, 11am-4pm, Tuesday-Saturday. Classes May 29-June 1 will be held at Xavier University. A performance on June 2 at 3pm will be held at the CSC Theatre.

Performing Arts Fort Worth welcomes Ricky Nelson Remembered, featuring Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, to Bass Performance Hall on Tuesday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the BNSF Popular Entertainment Series. Tickets start at $22 and are on sale NOW!

HA! is a trio of Rich Orloff's one-act comedies. The three plays have had a total of over 300 productions in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Each of the three comedies has been published in the annual Best American Short Plays anthology. Check out the production photos below!

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston presents the regional premiere of Mitzi Gaynor's one-woman show "Razzle Dazzle! My Life Behind the Sequins" on Sunday, April 22 at 1 p.m. at the Robinson Theatre. The legendary Hollywood, television and Las Vegas sensation is perhaps best known for her portrayal as Nellie Forbush in the movie musical "South Pacific.'

History Theatre returns to the crime-ridden streets of St. Paul in the early 1930s with the return of a play written by David Hawley with music and lyrics by Drew Jansen, Capital Crimes: The St. Paul Gangster Musical. This new production is directed by Noah Bremer (artistic director and co-founder of Live Action Set) who is working with the design team to create a world full of bright colors and the idolized ambiance of a speakeasy as juxtaposition the harsh - and often bloody - reality of the stories being told. Hawley, a former writer for the Pioneer Press himself, uses the voice of Nate Bomberg a St. Paul reporter who covered the police for 52 of the 69 years he lived, to tell the tales of murder, mayhem, kidnappings, and shady deals. The lines between good guys and bad guys get crossed and double-crossed by everybody including gangsters, lawmen, the media and even innocent bystanders all to the playfully sinister and clever tunes of Drew Jansen.

Terrace Plaza Playhouse presents THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE April 20, - June 2, 2012 every Friday, Saturday and Monday evening at 7:30 PM.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company continues its eighteenth season with John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" in an adaptation by Frank Galati. This production features CSC Ensemble Members Justin McCombs, Sherman Fracher and Drew Fracher and is directed by Brian Isaac Phillips. "The Grapes of Wrath" opens on March 30th and runs through April 29, 2012. The production design is generously sponsored by AAA.

On Monday, April 23, 2012 at 8 p.m. in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, the Musica Sacra Chorus will perform a concert featuring compositions of Romantic icons Brahms, Schubert, and Schumann.

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, starring George Hamilton and Christopher Sieber, arrives in Orlando at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre June 5-10, 2012. Ticket prices start at $38 and will be available online at www.OrlandoBroaway.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America - Orlando box office located at 100 South Eola Drive, Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32801 during normal business hours. To charge by phone call 1-800-982-2787. Group orders of 15 or more may be placed by calling (407) 704-6116.

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres presents the Twin Cities' Premiere of Pamela McNeill's RUMOURS & DREAMS - The Music of Fleetwood Mac. The concert performance will play on The Fireside stage for a limited two-night engagement on Wednesday, April 25 and Thursday, April 26.

Japan Society's annual all-day culture festival j-CATION traditionally promises "a trip to Japan without ever leaving New York City". But the 2012 installment themed around sakura-or cherry blossoms, a spring season delight in Japan- promises more: one person will walk away with an actual trip to Japan. As the concluding event in the Sakura - Spring Renews, Beauty Blooms programming series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Japan's gift of cherry trees to Washington, DC and New York City's Upper West Side, this year's j-CATION: Sakura transports visitors to a cherry blossom-filled haven of workshops, crafts and mini language lessons; a classic film screening; a Japanese-style game show with a grand prize of a round trip ticket to Japan; live music concerts; DJ party; stunning design art from the exhibition Deco Japan; and a hana-mi (cherry blossom viewing) lounge with seasonally appropriate drinks and snacks for purchase.

Ladies and Gentleman, and Children of all ages...the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum presents, on Saturday, April 14, from 2-5 pm, the opening of "Il Circo" ("The Circus")-an exhibition of "Recycled Material Sculptures," peopled by whimsical characters created by Staten Island artist Larry DiSalvo from a pile of junk.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) presents the world premiere of STOREFRONT CHURCH, written and directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner John Patrick Shanley and starring Bob Dishy, Giancarlo Esposito, Zach Grenier, Ron Cephas Jones and Tonya Pinkins. STOREFRONT CHURCH will begin previews Wednesday, May 16; officially open Monday, June 11; and play a limited engagement through Sunday, June 24 Off-Broadway as the first production to return to Atlantic's main stage Linda Gross Theater in Chelsea following completion of a historic $8.3M renovation.

Schulich Children's Plays at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival presents You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Director and Choreographer Donna Feore discuss the music, cast, and core message of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown in the behind the scenes video below. The show is one of fourteen productions in the 2012 Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

"Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone," comes out nationwide on April 2nd, 2012 from Abrams Image. The definitive book on The Ramones, "Commando…" is the first and only autobiographical work written by a founding member of the Ramones chronicling his life, and the story of the band itself, from start to finish. Johnny authors an honest and detailed firsthand account of the band, from inception and their humble beginnings at CBGB in 1974 all the way through to their retirement in 1996 and beyond. Ramones will have a book signing tonight, March 30, in NYC at Barnes & Noble Tribeca at 6:00 PM. The address is 97 Warren Street.

Maestro Louis Scaglione, President and Music Director of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization (PYO), today announced the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra's performance on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts' Verizon Hall. More than 100 of the region's most gifted and talented young, classical musicians will perform several pieces under the direction of Maestro Louis Scaglione, who is celebrating his 15th anniversary season with the PYO organization.

An Evening of Baseball History and Music, an event celebrating both the new installation Breaking the Color Barrier in Major League Baseball, and the Met's permanent baseball card collection, will be hosted by the Museum's Spectrum Initiative on Friday evening, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. The event, which will be held in the Museum's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, will feature a panel discussion with sportswriters and baseball insiders on topics ranging from the racial integration of the major leagues to the history and evolution of baseball card collecting. The discussion will be followed by a baseball-themed musical performance by indie-rock "supergroup" The Baseball Project. The event is timed to coincide with the beginning of the 2012 baseball season and Jackie Robinson Day in Major League Baseball, which will be celebrated on April 15.

Laugh Factory Las Vegas is introducing magic to their comedy mix with the addition of a resident show. The "Laugh Factory Presents: Murray 'Celebrity Magician'" stars magician Murray SawChuck, who comes direct from America's Got Talent and History Channels 'Pawn Stars'. The show debuts April 30th for a limited engagement and will be performed at 7:00 p.m. nightly, before the regular comic lineups take the stage at 8:30p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

Frank Ferrante, the award winning and internationally known comedic actor, stages his virtuoso tribute to Groucho Marx at ACT - A Contemporary Theatre, in An Evening With Groucho. Mr. Ferrante is the winner of the 1987 New York Theatre World Award, nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award and Laurence Olivier Award, and well-known for his comic creation 'Caesar' with Teatro ZinZanni.