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CT Free Shakespeare is performing Romeo and Juliet outdoors in July and early August at destination venues in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

When 'Rock Center with Brian Williams' returns on Thursday, June 7 at 10p/9c, its time slot this summer and into the fall, the newsmagazine will 'do what it does best - profile remarkable people and deliver groundbreaking stories that touch lives.'

Silk Road Rising co-founders, Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani, have announced three staged readings for Summer 2012: Danny Bernardo's Mahal, Yussef Guindi's The Mummy and The Revolution, and Shane Sakhrani's The Doctor is Indian. All three staged readings will be presented in the company's venue in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building at 77 W. Washington St. in Chicago. Tickets are $5.00 for each reading.

The North Carolina Symphony presents a special Rush Hour concert event for Triangle residents later this summer. Join the Symphony right after work for "Mozart and Martinis," an intimate celebration of Mozart's most popular masterworks, music full of passion, power, heroism and grace.

Northrop Concerts and Lectures at the University of Minnesota today announced the recipients of the 2012 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Choreographers and the McKnight Artist Fellowships for Dancers. Each Fellow will receive a $25,000 fellowship award.

Stillspotting nyc is a two-year multidisciplinary project that takes the Guggenheim Museum's programming out into the streets. Site-specific commissions in all five of New York City's boroughs identify moments of urban quiet and stillness and respond to everyday issues of noise and anxiety. For stillspotting nyc: staten island, the fourth edition in the series, sound artist Justin Bennett and poet Matthea Harvey present Telettrofono, an audio walking tour that braids history with fantasy along and around the waterfront.

Opera House Players, Inc. will kick off its summer Cabaret series with TO BROADWAY, LOVE TONY II, a musical revue featuring songs from Tony Award winning and nominated shows on Friday, June 22 and Saturday, June 23 at 8pm and Sunday, June 24 at 2pm at the Broad Brook Opera House, 107 Main Street, Broad Brook, CT.

The stars are out for an evening of musical enchantment, sharing songs by the writers who have most inspired them from George Gershwin to Paul McCartney. Featuring one of the leading champions of the Great American Songbook and "the singer who stills the room": Tony-nominated Broadway star Ann Hampton Callaway (SWING!), this one-night-only concert will also include performances from Tony-nominated composer and lyricist Craig Carnelia, Grammy-nominated composer and lyricist Andrew Lippa, Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Lari White, emerging songwriters from the 2012 Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project and an appearance by the great Johnny Mercer himself through audio and video recollections where he reveals the writers who most inspired his prolific career.

The National Theatre's WAR HORSE, winner of five 2011 Tony® Awards including Best Play, will make its Atlanta debut at the Fox Theatre September 25-30, as part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta 2012-13 season

The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) today announced the lineup of full-length plays and musicals for its thirteenthseason, running from July 16 to August 5, 2012 at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC. Tickets are $18-15. Tickets are available at www.midtownfestival.org or by phone at 866-811-4111.

The 5th Avenue Theatre will take Seattle behind-the-scenes of RENT at the latest installment of the 5th's free Spotlight Night series.

On the road with his "C 4 URself" Tour, comedic superstar Carlos Mencia will perform at Treasure Island July 6 at 9 p.m. Guests must be 18 years or older to attend.

The Dallas Opera today announced important promotions within the Department of Development: Gae Whitener has been appointed to serve as the company's new Director of Development, effective immediately, after fulfilling those responsibilities in an interim capacity for the past year; while Eva James Toia has assumed the role of Associate Director of Development previously held by Ms. Whitener.

glory|struck today announced casting for their upcoming production of SPRING AWAKENING: IN CONCERT at Downtown Los Angeles' Hayworth Theatre.

The Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, presents Marc Robin's musical retelling of the Brothers Grimm tale SLEEPING BEAUTY from July 7th through August 18th. With stereotypes shattered, rules broken and quests aplenty, this musical, with direction and choreography by Matt Raftery, is described as 'certain to surprise and delight.'

Dame Maggie Smith will be the 2012 recipient of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Legacy Award and will be honoured at a gala at Toronto's new Four Seasons Hotel on Monday, September 10.

The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards®, returns to Los Angeles' STAPLES Center on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, and will air live on the CBS Television Network from 8 - 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

The summer season spans mid-June to Labour Day offering four productions plus a one-man comedy show and a jazz quartet. It all happens under the roof of the repurposed Hudson train station (28 Wharf Road, Hudson, QC J0P 1H0).

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, has announced additional casting for its 2012/2013 Season. Four-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara and two-time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey join previously-announced Oscar and two-time Tony Award nominee Amy Ryan and Emmy Award nominee David Schwimmer for the Playwrights Horizons 2012/2013 Season at the theater company's home at 416 West 42nd Street.

The Young Naturalist Awards is a nationwide, science-based research contest for students in grades 7 through 12. The contest, presented by the Museum and supported by Alcoa Foundation, challenges youngsters to embark on their own scientific investigations.