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The producers of the musical adaptation of Dirty Dancing have announced new casting for the next stage of the UK tour, now booking through to the summer of 2013. The new company, which includes Jill Winternitz, Nicky Griffiths and Paul-Michael Jones, will have their first performance at the Birmingham Hippodrome on Wednesday 4 July.

Dame Helen Mirren is currently considering a role as Queen Elizabeth II in THE AUDIENCE, a play about the Queen's reign so far by Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) in the West End this fall and on Broadway in spring 2013, according to the New York Post. Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot) has been tipped to direct the play, which will humanise the Queen by mixing stories of her private and public lives.

Peter Karrie will be joined by Rebecca Timmons and select students from the Egyptian Theatre Youtheatre Musical Program for an evening of musical theatre fun on July 19, 2012. Check out the preview photographs of the performance below.

Harry Christophers, Artistic Director of the Handel and Haydn Society (H&H), has been named in the Queen of England's 2012 Birthday Honors List, receiving a CBE for services to music. CBE is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II, and stands for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire."

Mad Cow Theatre has announced its 2012-2013 season of live, professional theatre in the Heart of Downtown Orlando will include Sunday in the Park with George, Dreamgirls, Death of a Salesman and more.

The Hit Men are returning to the Broadway Theatre of Pitman this summer for a concert on August 25 at 8pm. This quintet of original recording and performing members of mega-star acts produced hundreds of hit records in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

At Saturday night's 12th annual Midsummer Night Drinks hundreds of friends and supporters gathered at Woodhouse Park, the stunning East Hampton home of Tony Ingrao and Randy Kemper, for a wonderful evening of fun, food and cocktails, all benefiting God's Love We Deliver. This signature event supports one of New York City's most beloved charities, the only organization of its kind that cooks and home delivers nutritious meals to clients living with severe illnesses, their children and senior caregivers.

The world premiere of the full-length version of a new play by acclaimed young playwright, Kieran Lynn, An Incident At The Border opens at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of nine Sunday and Monday and Tuesday matinee performances on Sunday, 22 July 2012.

The multi-award winning team of shake & stir theatre co are back at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) from 16 August to 1 September in the Cremorne Theatre with an adaption of George Orwell's classic novel 1984.

The Public Theater will present an additional free performance of AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Daniel Sullivan, tonight (Tuesday, June 19) at 8 p.m. AS YOU LIKE IT, the first show of The Public's 50th Anniversary season at the Delacorte, will officially open on Thursday, June 21 and continue through Saturday, June 30.

The award-winning Outfit Theatre Company have announced a wacky and whimsical production of ALICE, based on the classic stories by Lewis Carroll and adapted by the team who brought you Treasure Island and King Arthur. The show runs at TAPAC Theatre, 100 Motions Road, Western Springs from July 4 to 14.

THAT PLAY: A Solo Macbeth, starring Tom Gualtieri, has extended its Off-Broadway Run through July 12 at Stage Left Studio. Check out the trailer video below, which features Lady Macbeth planning interior decoratation for the castle.

The Broadway Theatre Project has announced that actor, conductor, music director and vocal arranger David Loud will teach young performers aspiring to be on Broadway, at this year's summer intensive program. This summer, David Loud has asked to work with 12 of the Broadway Theatre Project's best singers in a workshop setting. He will also do a Q&A and teach master classes to all of the students.

Midway through its run of performances, the producers of Dancing with the Stars: Live in Las Vegas at the New Tropicana Las Vegas have extended the show's run to August 5, 2012. The lively stage production based on the smash ABC hit Dancing with the Stars will continue to entertain Las Vegas audiences through most of the summer.

Former Jersey Boys Chicago cast member, John Michael Coppola, will be "workin' his way back" to the New York tri-state area this July with his solo concert, A JERSEY VOICE: Sinatra to Springsteen...And Everyone In Between. Featuring song selections from the 1940s through present day, the set list includes songs made popular by such artists as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and of course, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Indhu Rubasingham has announced her inaugural season at The Tricycle, which will launch with the World Premiere of Red Velvet, written by Lolita Chakrabarti with Adrian Lester in the role of Ira Aldridge; followed by The Tricycle's first festive family show, The Arabian Nights, written by Mary Zimmerman and adapted from The Book Of The Thousand Nights and One Night. In 2013, The Tricycle present an Eclipse Theatre production of One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, by Don Evans, followed by another World Premiere: Paper Dolls, written by Philip Himberg and adapted from the award-winning documentary by Tomer Heymann, produced by Stanley Buchthal.

MAC Award nominated songwriters Sam Carner & Derek Gregor (Unlock'd) and Drew Fornarola (COLLEGE The Musical) team up for AWKWARD THREESOME: Carner & Gregor and also Fornarola at The Duplex Thursday, June 28 at 9:30pm. They will be joined by some of Broadway's top young performers. The songwriters will present selections from their shows, as well as debuting a new song co-written by all three of them. The evening will be directed by Marlo Hunter with music direction by Gregor and Emily Whitaker. Scheduled to perform are Claybourne Elder (Bonnie and Clyde); Ali Ewoldt (Les Miserables); Alyssa Fox (Wicked - SF); Julie Reiber (Wicked); A.J. Shively (La Cage Aux Folles); Brian Sills (The Lion King Tour); Sarah Stiles (Avenue Q); and Dashaun Young (The Lion King).

Art Gallery Tours New York has announced a Chelsea art gallery walking tour for Saturday, June 30 at 1:00 PM.

On Monday, June 25, 2012, The Laurie Beechman Theatre will serve up the delightful musical soiree We're Having A Dinner Party: A Jubilee of Delicious Music. Joining Babs Rubenstein and Liam Forde are Whitney Bashor (The Fantasticks, Amazing Grace), Alyssa Fox (Wicked), and Corbitt Williams.

Check out these arrivals photographs of Diane Neal, Gabriel Mann, Alexander Ludwig, Wilmer Valderrama, Rosie Perez, Jason Biggs, David Krumholtz, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Joshua Jackson, Tracie Thoms and Jessica Szohr from THE 24 HOUR PLAYS BENEFIT at The Shore Hotel in Santa Monica, Los Angeles on June 16, 2012.