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Over 6 nights, LOST Theatre Company will showcase what's being described as 'a diverse and stimulating range of shows from some of the country's best young writers and directors.'

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the lineup for their annual showcase of Italian Cinema, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, which will take place from June 8-14.

The Human Race Theatre Company wraps up its 2011-2012 25th Anniversary Season with the Midwest premiere of Band Geeks!, described as 'a gleefully entertaining musical about the trials and tribulations of a down-on-its-luck Ohio high school marching band.'

CANDOCO DANCE COMPANY, the contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers has its Scottish Premiere at Dundee Rep Theatre on 25 May, 8pm with 'Turning 20' - their anniversary bill of three commissions.

As part of an Australian debut tour, Les Ballets Eloelle's Artistic Director, Victor Trevino brings his new work, 'Men in Pink Tights' to the Queensland Performing Art Centre's (QPAC's) Concert Hall for two shows only.

Academy Award® Winner Christopher Plummer's critically-acclaimed performance in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's production of The Tempest storms into select U.S. movie theaters on Thursday, June 14 at 7:00 p.m. local time followed by an exclusive Q&A with the actor and director.

Pumpkin Theatre closes out its 44th Season "What's in a Name?" with YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN.

The show that re-opened the Roundhouse in 2006 is back by popular demand for a strictly limited four-week run, from 27 December.

Horse Trade Theater Group will present StrangeDog Theatre Company's production of Ben Clawson's (The Dangers of Electric Lighting at Luna Stage Company) CLAIRE WENT TO FRANCE. The production will be directed by Artem Yatsunov (Bootstraps at Luna Stage Company) and will feature Scott Cagney, Ailee Chan, Tony K. Knotts, Gary Martins, and Shannon Sullivan. The creative team will include Costume Design by Steph Cathro, Lighting Design by Abby Hoke-Brady, Set Design by Jessica Parks, and Scenic Art by Sara Sciabbarrasi.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles® (BAFTA Los Angeles), which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, announced today that American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producer Nigel Lythgoe will chair the Britannia Committee, which oversees the production of the Britannia Awards. The 2012 Britannia Awards will take place on Wednesday, November 7 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The Chicago Dancing Festival, co-produced by internationally renowned choreographer and Chicago native Lar Lubovitch and highly esteemed Chicago dancer Jay Franke, today announced the program for its sixth season of free dance performances and events, set to take place August 20-25, 2012.

Harry Carson, Hall of Fame Linebacker and all-time NY Giants great, Bennet Omalu, Forensic Pathologist/Neuropathologist/Epidemiologist and Stone Phillips, veteran news reporter, will participate in a panel discussion of the issues raised by Headstrong, the new play by Patrick Link, directed by Ensemble Studio Theatre Artistic Director William Carden, that tackles football's Post-Concussion Syndrome.

Minnesota-based chamber group Accordo is described as 'some of the very best instrumentalists in the country, eager to share their love of classical and contemporary chamber music.' This final of three concerts in their 2012 Winter/Spring Season will be performed at National Historic Landmark Christ Church Lutheran, one of the Twin Cities' great architectural treasures designed by the esteemed architect Eliel Saarinen and his son Eero Saarinen.

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present Chicago Human Rhythm Project's (CHRP) 'JUBA! Masters of American Tap' December 7, 2012 in a rare, full-length performance of American concert tap dance.

The Music Institute of Chicago, the oldest community music school in Illinois and one of the three oldest in the nation, offers the 24th annual Chicago Duo Piano Festival July 13-22 at Music Institute's Evanston East Campus and Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue. In addition to offering students private and group coaching and the opportunity to perform in final recitals, the Festival includes three public performances at Nichols Concert Hall featuring acclaimed performers and celebrated duo piano repertoire.

Nikki Feirt Atkins, Founder and Executive Director, has announced the formation of American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (ADM21), a new not-for-profit dance company dedicated to 'creating a living and vibrant archive of classic and current notable musical theater choreography.'

TheatreWorks presents its 60th World Premiere, the GrooveLily musical WHEELHOUSE. The pop-rock trio GrooveLily, creators of the popular TheatreWorks/Off-Broadway hit Striking 12, stars in this irresistible autobiographical musical about traveling tunesmiths in desperate need of a tune-up as they rocket across the country in a worn-out Winnebago.

The award-winning Musical Theatre Guild, a company of professional performers who present concert-staged readings of seldom seen musicals, will conclude its 16th season with SHENANDOAH, a production commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War. The opening performance will take place on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 7:30 PM at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. A second, and final, performance will occur on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 3:00 PM at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza's Scherr Forum.

Columbia University School of the Arts will hold its Celebration of Graduates at 2:00pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Miller Theatre on the Morningside Campus. Graduates of the School's Master of Fine Arts programs in Film, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts and Writing, and the Master of Arts in Film Studies will be recognized by Carol Becker, Dean of Faculty, program chairs Ira Deutchman, Arnold Aronson and Gregory Amenoff, and poetry concentration director Lucie Brock-Broido.

National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc. (NBLCA) will host its 25th Anniversary Choose Life Awards Hall of Hope and Remembrance Benefit Reception on Thursday, June 7, 2012, at 583 Park Avenue in New York City.