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Slavic Soul Party! will perform on Thursday, July 19 as part of The Jewish Museum's popular SummerNights concert series. Slavic Soul Party! offers virtuoso brass band music mixing Balkan and Gypsy sounds with American jazz and soul. DOORS OPEN AT 7 PM. THE CONCERT BEGINS AT 7:30 PM. Attendees will also enjoy an open bar with beer and wine, and free ice cream courtesy of Chozen. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.

Uptown Players returns to the Kalita Humphreys Theater to continue its 2012 season with the Texas premiere of the 2011 Off-Broadway hit comedy, The Divine Sister in a 3- week limited run from July 13 - 29, 2012.

Presentations of Page 73 Productions' developmental workshop of A THICK DESCRIPTION OF HARRY SMITH (Volume I) by Chicago-based playwright Carlos Murillo (DARK PLAY OR STORIES FOR BOYS) and directed by Kip Fagan (Page 73's JACK'S PRECIOUS MOMENT) will begin Thursday, June 28 at 2pm and continue Friday, June 29 at 2pm; Sunday, July 1 at 7pm and Monday, July 2 at 3pm (please note the altered performance time for the July 2nd performance) at Culture Project (45 Bleecker Street). Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at page73.org/harrysmith.

Blackfriars Theatre, a not-for-profit professional theatre on East Main Street's "Theatre Row" is bringing back the smash hit from last year, "Tomfoolery," with words and music by Tom Lehrer, July 8-August 5, 2012.

KTC, known for actors such as Buck Henry, Stephanie Zimbalist, Doris Roberts, James Cromwell, George Clooney, Doris Roberts, Helen Hunt, John Glover, and Jenna Elfman, brings you multi-award winner Tony Abatemarco's BEAUTIFIED.

At the invitation of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM), 43 members of the Young People's Chorus of New York City, under its artistic director/founder Francisco J. Núñez, will represent the North American continent at the World Choral Summit in Beijing from July 15 to 18. YPC is one of six international choirs from each of six of the seven continents to take part in this global summit.

Josh Young, the Tony Award nominated actor who made his Broadway debut as 'Judas' in 2012 revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, has announced the release of his new CD, Still Dreaming Of Paradise.

The Muny features CHICAGO as its second show of its 94th season, running June 25 through July 1, directed and choreographed by Denis Jones. Patti Murin and Natascia Diaz star as Roxy Hart and Velma Kelly, joined by Justin Guarini as Billy Flynn. Also appearing are Jackie Hoffman as Mama Morton, Patti Cohenour as Mary Sunshine and Dean Christopher as Amos Hart. View photos from the opening night performance and after party below!

Diamond Head Theatre will present what's being described as 'a musical masterpiece - Singin' in the Rain - featuring an impressive array of New York guest artists.' Popular demand has already prompted an extension to August 12th.

The Baltimore Playwrights Festival (www.baltplayfest.org) continues its Thirty-First Season with the July12th opening of Hired Gun, by Mark Scharf, to be produced by Theatrical Mining Company (http://tmc.originalplays.com/ ) at Load of Fun Theater, 120 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21201.

PTP/NYC (Potomac Theatre Project) will host an event for the literary journal New England Review in New York City on Monday, July 16, 2012 at 7:30pm at The Atlantic Stage 2, located at 330 West 16th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues.

This 'amusing tale of matrimonial bliss takes place in the honeymoon suite of a quaint English country inn, which quickly becomes a centre of chaos and confusion on the morning of Bill and Rachel's wedding day.'

Last fall, Theatre Development Fund (TDF), the not-for-profit performing arts service organization whose mission includes making theatre accessible for all audiences, piloted the new program, Autism Theatre Initiative, as part of TDF's Accessibility Programs (TAP), to make theatre accessible to children and adults on the autism spectrum, and their families.

C.S. Lewis is getting some love in Utah this summer with the upcoming "C.S. Lewis Theatre Festival" produced by Zion Theatre Company, which is featuring two plays that center around C.S. Lewis's life and work.

WILLY WONKA JR. is described as a 'scrumdidilyumptious musical guaranteed to delight everyone's sweet tooth. In a troubled world looking for escape, let Willy Wonka take you a fantasy ride into the land of pure imagination!'

Theatre in the Round Players (TRP) will conclude its 60th Anniversary Season as the longest-running theatre in Minneapolis with Alan Ayckbourn's comedy Round and Round the Garden in weekend performances July 6-29.

Street Theatre Company presents the beloved story, The Secret Garden, this summer, featuring nearly 30 area youth, directed by Elaina McKnight Shaver and musical directed by Erica Haines.

Celtic Woman will perform Christmas songs in a unique and traditional symphonic setting when the ensemble visits Segerstrom Center for the Arts for a one-night-only holiday concert on Tuesday, December 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Segerstrom Hall. Tickets go on sale July 29.

The Charlotte improvisational theatre group, the Chuckleheads, will present their Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza at the Dilworth Neighborhood Grille, 911 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, on Saturday, July 14 beginning at 8:00pm.

Theatre Aspen begins its 29th summer season with the Tony Award-winning musical comedy Avenue Q tonight, in the new Hurst Theatre, situated along the Rio Grande River. The theatre is unveiling a new lobby facility to complement the Hurst Theatre, which was erected last summer. Next up is the musical How I Became a Pirate, based on the beloved children's book by Melinda Long (July 10th - Aug 18th) and the film noir thriller The 39 Steps (July 25th - Aug 18th).