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Commedia Beauregard, a Chicago-based theater company dedicated to producing plays in translation, turned the concept of translation on its head this year with the audience favorite production of Bard Fiction. Their upcoming summer show, Corleone: The Shakespearean Godfather continues their film-to-Shakespeare season and will be presented at the Greenhouse Theater Center from June 1-24, 2012.

Following their feature on Britain's Got Talent last year, Out of the Blue is putting on the largest professional show run entirely by students in the history of university a cappella in the UK. The concert will run on the 11-12th of June at 7:30 PM in the New Theatre, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2AG.

Musical stand-up comedian Ashley Frieze will perform Discograffiti: Songwriting under the spotlight at the Brighton Fringe Festival on the 18th/19th May, 9.30pm and 25th/26th June, 8.15pm, At The Hobgoblin, 17 York Place, Brighton.

MSG Entertainment and The Bowery Presents will welcome Metric to the Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 8PM. This show is in support of the band's fifth, full-length studio album, Synthetica.

On the heels of her 'Self-Producing: Owning Your Voice & Manifesting Your Vision' talk on 5/6 in suport of Stray From the Heart Dog Rescue, Suzana Stankovic has been invited to speak at Theater Resources Unlimited this weekend as part of their TRU Producer Boot Camp course. Suzana will speak on 'Production Time Line: What Happens When' and 'Putting Together Your Production Team'.

"Mike Stoller In Conversation with Steve Barri" will be presented at the Skirball Cultural Center on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the auditorium at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Immediately following the program, Mike Stoller will signing copies of his book, "Hound Dog - The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography."

A Storytelling Workshop For Kindergarten, First & Second Graders with instructors Becky Everly and Denise Dodd will take place on Saturday, May 19th at HARMONY VINEYARD CHURCH, 600 NE 46th Street, Kansas City, MO 64116 from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

A cabaret about depression? In the hands of writer/performer Jo Loth, this odd combination has created Mind Games, an entertaining take on a serious issue. In June 2012, Jo will be playing a return season of Mind Games at The Butterfly Club, Melbourne's home of cabaret.

Rubicon Theatre continues its 14th season May 24 with August Wilson's powerful and poignant drama GEM OF THE OCEAN. Ahead of the first preview tomorrow, May 16, check out these production shots of Lillias White and the rest of the cast in action.

Oberon in association with the Ministry of Theater will present a pre-New York tryout of ROLLER DISCO THE MUSICAL!, an unautherized parody of the classic film Roller Boogie, from May 30 to August 30 at Oberon in Cambridge Massachusetts, with its world premiere opening night on June 13. With executive producer Pablo Rojas, Roller Disco aims to transfer to Off-Broadway in Spring 2013.

Glass Mind Theatre's Brainstorm festival is back, this year with a new twist! Playwrights will be teaming up to tackle 5 brand-new short plays inspired by the Baltimore community. The twist? Each playwright chose a submitted location and were tasked with creating half a play either starting in said location, or ending there. Brainstorm 3: Mind the Gap runs June 1 - June 17, 2012 at Load of Fun Theatre (120 West North Avenue, Baltimore), on Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm.

Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz will be honored with Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's inaugural Melpomai Award at When You Believe: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz May 19 in Palm Springs.

Showbiz Players, Inc. presents AVENUE Q from June 1st - 10th at Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Blvd. Covington, Ky. 41011. Check out this video of the cast and puppets performing 'Movin' On Up'.

Anthony Freud, general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, announced today that the company is reporting a breakeven operating performance for fiscal year 2012. Lyric has operated in the black for 24 of the past 25 years-a record among the country's major not-for-profit music and performing-arts companies.

Check out this video of the Elements Theatre Company rehearsing 'The Dining Room' by A.R. Gurney.

Siobhan Dillon and Mark Evans from GHOST: The Musical will release their cover of the Righteous Brothers song 'Unchained Melody' on the 11th of June on Sain Records. This is the first track to be lifted from Mark Evans debut English album 'The Journey Home', which will be released on June the 18th.

West End stars Dave Willetts (Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Cats, Ragtime, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) and Marti Webb (Blood Brothers, Tell Me On a Sunday, Evita, Cats) will join forces to headline the legendary Broadway musical 42nd Street as it embarks on a national tour of the UK from 1st June 2012, playing 23 venues to the end of the year.

World-renowned Jazz and Rhythm & Blues Vocalist, Barbara Morrison will present top talent in The 1st Annual Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center Blues Festival to be performed on two stages at the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center (BMPAC), 4305 Degnan Boulevard, #101, Los Angeles, CA 90036 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 18, 19 and 20, 2012.

Check out this video of the cast and crew of ANTHING GOES miming to 'What Makes You Beautiful' sung by One Direction. Choreographed by Brandon Bieber & Brandon Rubendall, the film is directed/edited by Raymond J. Lee.

Art Gallery Tours New York have announced a Lower East Side art gallery walking tour for Saturday, May 26 at 1:00 PM - rain or shine. The tour will meet at 196 Bowery near Spring St. and cost $20.