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Joyseekers Theatre brings Russian playwright Maxim Gorky's classic play, The Lower Depths, to a contemporary American audience in a brand new adaptation by Australian playwright Tim Redmond, running March 23 - April 7 at the Connelly Theatre, NYC. Set against the backdrop of 1930's depression-era New York, Redmond draws parallels between pre-revolution Russia and a country quickly losing its grasp on the American Dream.

Be among the first to hear selections from an award winning new musical, direct from New York City. Faustus, The Musical, written by Michael Mott and Justin Silvestri, makes its Chicago debut, in concert, on Monday, April 16. An entanglement of various musical styles, this epic musical explores the great duality of human motivation; self-love and self-sacrifice.

According to perezhilton.com, the episode of Inside the Actors Studio featuring the cast of GLEE will air in early April.

ProArts presents "Cinderella", one of their island-famous fractured fairy tales, as the second show of their Spring season which will continue through June this year.

Great Lakes Theater will present CAMP THEATER! - a summer drama camp held at Berea High School for students ages 4-18. Students can sign up for one or both weeks of camp, which will run June 18-22, and June 25-29, 2012. Immersing participants in interactive and educational theater-based activities, CAMP THEATRE is a unique opportunity for students to work with and learn from Great Lakes Theater professional teaching artists in a fun, safe and supportive environment.

Stop the SilenceTM: Stop Child Sexual Abuse, Inc. (www.stopcsa.org) a nationwide, charitable, non-profit organization [501(c)(3)] at the forefront of comprehensive prevention and mitigation of child sexual abuse (CSA), today announced the upcoming Off-Broadway performances of the theater production of "To Kill A Kelpie" from April 6th, 2012 through April 15, 2012 consecutively running at the Theatre 80 Playhouse (www.theatre80.net) and St. Luke's Theatre (http://stlukestheatre.com/) in New York City. The play found earlier commercial success in both the United Kingdom and the United States. More information and tickets available for both theatres at www.tokillakelpie.com.

Science and religion, body and soul, reality and fantasy, nothing is off limits in the award winning play, Freud's Last Session, making its West Coast premiere at Taproot Theatre. Air raid sirens sound overhead, C.S. Lewis is a young and rising academic star and Sigmund Freud has invited him for tea. What could possibly come next? Written by Mark St. Germain and directed by Producing Artistic Director Scott Nolte Freud's Last Session opened last night and will run through April 21, with a pay what you can performance on March 28.

Dancers from major Bay Area companies will unite for an evening of "DANCES FROM THE HEART," presented by the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation (REAF), 7:30pm, Monday, April 30, 2012 at the Cowell Theatre, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. Tickets ($30/$40/$50 performance only; $100-$1,000 patron level includes post-performance reception/preferred seating/more) are available at 415.273.1620 or www.helpisontheway.org.

Blue October will be playing around NYC - at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, NY on April 4 and again at the House of Blues in Atlantic City on April 7 - supporting their 7th full-length studio LP, Any Man in America. A personal album from singer Justin Furstenfeld, these shows bring the music from the new LP to life along with tracks from their catalogue of rock & roll.

First Folio Theatre, at Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83, begs the question, "Are you afraid of ghosts?" with its production of Henry James' psychological thriller THE TURN OF THE SCREW. In this stage adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher, two actors, led by Director Alison C. Vesely, bring all of James' eccentric characters and spine-tingling moments to life; further heightened by the theaters intimate setting within a remote West Suburban Estate. Now in its 15th season of bringing high quality performances of Shakespeare and other classics to the Chicagoland suburbs, First Folio Theatre will preview THE TURN OF THE SCREW on March 28th, open on March 31 and run through April 29th.

The 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards will be held tonight, March 24, 2012 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square and can be streamed live online beginning at 4:30pm.

Kansas City Actors Theatre (KCAT) announces its "Excellent Eighth" Season with four shows including two mysteries, one holiday spoof and one regional premiere.

The 18th Season of Broadway Onstage Live Theatre and the 31st Season of Dennis Wickline Productions, Inc. concludes with the Musical Comedy MOTHER SUPERIOR'S HABITS when it opens on Friday, April 13. Running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Select Sundays at 2pm, this comic musical about growing up Catholic in the 60's will run through Saturday, May 12. There will also be a Special 2pm Sunday Matinee of MOTHER SUPERIOR'S HABITS on Sunday, April 22 at 2pm

The Un-Common Theatre Company presents 'And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank'. This unique theatrical experience will be presented April 13th through April 15th at the Orpheum Theatre, Foxboro, MA.

The Metropolitan Opera today announced the winners of the 2012 National Council Auditions. They are: Janai Brugger, soprano from Darien, IL; Anthony Clark Evans, baritone from Owensboro, KY; Matthew Grills, tenor from Newtown, CT; Margaret Mezzacappa, mezzo-soprano from Euclid, OH; and Andrey Nemzer, countertenor from Moscow, Russia. The winners were selected from nine finalists who performed arias with the MET Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Davis. Each winner receives a cash prize of $15,000, as well as invaluable career exposure: the audience for the auditions includes influential opera executives, artist managers, and music critics, and some of the biggest stars in opera received their first major recognition as National Council Winners. The Grand Finals Concert was hosted by renowned bass-baritone Eric Owens, a 1996 National Council Auditions winner. During the judges' deliberations, he gave a special performance of "Ella giammai m'amo," King Philip's aria from Verdi's Don Carlo.

Teague Chrystie and Jim Frommeyer ('A Very Calvin and Hobbes Christmas') announce the release of their 28-minute original musical, 'Sad Max.' Written, directed, edited and performed by Chrystie, host of the popular film commentary podcast 'Down in Front' in his first-ever acting performance, and produced by Frommeyer, 'Sad Max' is the kind of project that could only happen in the age of YouTube. The musical is about a YouTube celebrity who was famous for his piano tutorials, and the musical itself is accompanied by actual YouTube piano tutorials for every song in the show. The film, the soundtrack and the tutorials are all available for free on YouTube and SadMaxMusical.com, making this project a celebration of all the things modern internet video can be. Check out the full video below!

The NEW DIORAMA THEATRE, working with emerging theatre company PIT, will open their first in-house theatre show and world premiere of THE DARK ROOM, in April.

Catalina Bar & Grill will present "A Birthday Tribute To Billie Holiday" starring Billie Holiday's pianist Corky Hale and singer Freda Payne, with Special Guest, singer Tricia Tahara for One Night Only!!! The performance will be presented on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. at Catalina Bar & Grill; 6725 West Sunset Boulevard (just east of North Highland Avenue); Los Angeles, CA 90028. There is $20 Cover Charge. Valet Parking is available.

The Ruckus Theater presents the workshop premier of Rung by Matt Test, directed by Timo Aker. Rung explores the connection between voice and body. Casts for the project includes Chicago theater favorites and Ruckus regulars. Rung is performed at The Side Project Theatre (1439 W. Jarvis) April 8-10, 2012. The performance on Sunday, April 8th will begin at 3pm. All other performances are at 7:00pm. Tickets are pay what you can.

Viva Patshiva is an original musical comedy about a down and out man who is swept up by an ancient culture living in the shadows of Brooklyn. After embarking on a series of misadventures with a colorful crew of musical wanderers, he is confronted with a choice that could reconnect him with his soul or send him to hell forever.