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Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC) presents Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 1pm. All tickets are $15 and can be purchased by phone at 718-951-4500 (Tues-Sat, 1pm-6pm), or online at www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org. Recommended for ages six and up.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) presented its Songwriter Spotlight concert at 54 Below February 11 at 54 Below.

"We are not closing. We are stepping back because we need to change the way we operate our business," said Producing Artistic Director Matthew Wiener. "Our entire board has been deeply involved in strategic discussions leading to this action and fully supports this focus on evaluating our business model while staying true to our artistic mission. Our goal is to continue producing the quality, thoughtful and entertaining theater we've become known for and to develop a more relevant connection to the community. We had hoped to finish our season at the Herberger Theater Center but recently learned that two large foundation gifts we had anticipated receiving this fiscal year will not happen."

Downtown Cabaret Children's Theatre presents Freckleface Strawberry - The Musical on Saturdays and Sundays beginning February 23 and continuing through March 30.

MadLab will present 3 in 30: She, the latest in the long running 3in30 series, featuring 3 plays, She, by Jim Azelvandre, BFFs, by Aran Carr, and Only Wide Enough, by Christopher Lockheardt at 10:30pm on Friday March 15th and Saturday March 16th at MadLab Theatre & Gallery, 227 N. 3rd St., Columbus. Tickets cost $5. Call 614-221-5418 or visit www.madlab.net.

Two For One Comedy Night at The Wagon Wheel Theatre-WARSAW, Indiana (February 12, 2013) - Calling all folks needing a good laugh! On Saturday, March 9th, the Wagon Wheel Theatre presents two nationally touring comedians…at one low price! This dual/headlining night of comedy features Dave Dugan, who has appeared over 200 times on The Bob and Tom show over the past two decades and contributed to over 25 Bob and Tom albums. One of Dugan's most recognizable characters is the politically incorrect, old-school BART McCALLISTER (of Bart and Sid fame). Dave's ability to adapt to each audience has made him a highly sought after comedian. His first national exposure was on the then ratings-leading Arsenio Hall Show and since has (aside from Bob and Tom) become a regular at the world famous Comedy Store in Hollywood and also has appeared numerous times on HBO, COMEDY CENTRAL and VH-1. You have likely heard Dugan on national commercials, as well. Also an award-winning voice actor, Dave can be heard on commercials that include Ford, Disney, Subway, Bass Pro, Edge Gel, Troy-Built Firestone, Erie Insurance, Dick's Sporting Goods and as a weekly voice for NASCAR programming on SPEED.

The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) will continue its 34th Season in the Gothic setting of First Congregational Church of Los Angeles (540 South Commonwealth Avenue) on March 16th and 17th with its performance of "Awakenings," featuring special guests Vox Femina Los Angeles (VOX) and the new youth chorus, Outside Voices.

Almost twenty-five years to the day John Waters' iconic film was released, the Kean Department of Theatre will present the Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of Hairspray from Friday, February 22nd to Saturday, March 2nd in Kean University's Wilkins Theatre. Featuring music by Mark Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Mr. Shaiman, and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, Hairspray is based on Mr. Waters' popular 1988 comedy of the same name, and received its Broadway premiere on August 15, 2002. Hairspray ran for nearly six-and-a-half years on Broadway (over 2,500 performances), and collected an unprecedented thirteen Tony Award nominations in 2003, going on to win in eight categories (including Best Musical), the most wins by any production nominated that year. It has subsequently toured throughout the United States and received several high-profile international productions, including a successful run in London's West End in 2008 that garnered a record eleven Laurence Olivier Award nominations, ultimately winning four awards (including Best New Musical). In 2007, a second feature film adaptation of Hairspray - based on the original film and Broadway musical - was released, starring John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Featuring an all-star line-up of musical acts from the '80s -- including Vince Neil of Motley Crue, Night Ranger, Skid Row, Warrant and Quiet Riot -- Bob Rocks invades Orleans Arena on March 22. Bob Rocks is an '80s Metal Festival presented by New Breed and Frederic Entertainment, and 107.9 Bob FM.

Chicago's The Gift Theatre explores the challenges of loss, love and letting go in the darkly comic one-act play Vigils, written by Noah Haidle (Stand Up Guys, Mr. Marmalade) and directed by Erica Weiss (A Twist of Water). In a gently whimsical take on a heartbreaking scenario, a young widow keeps her deceased fireman husband's soul in a box by her bed, but then has to make a tough choice when the possibility for new love comes into her life. Vigils runs February 28-April 21 at The Gift Theatre, 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave (at Lawrence) in Chicago.

Curtain Call Performing Arts will present Live with the Shawn Megofna Band, the second concert as part of CCPA's Unplugged Concert Series. The Shawn Megofna Band (TSMB) is composed of talented, fun, and energetic individuals from the Bay Area. TSMB fuses island, reggae, acoustic, and rock genres into one complete sound, and will perform covers and original works, while also raising funds for two deserving Bay Area organizations; San Leandro Relay For Life (2/22) and the Bay Area Fight Academy (2/23).

Digital Theatre today (12 February 2013) announces its next release - Tony and Olivier Award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce stars in Michael Attenborough's production of William Shakespeare's King Lear. The production, the second collaboration between Digital Theatre and the Almeida Theatre, was captured live in October 2012 during the play's sell-out run.

The Maverick Theater presents Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, winner of five Tony Awards - including Best Play - and eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, for the 1984 film adaptation. The Maverick first produced Amadeus in 2003 and proudly brings back to its stage this genius tale of music, madness, and Mozart.

The hit off-Broadway show OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES takes up residence on the Main Stage of Chicago's Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted Street, beginning performances Tuesday, September 24, and officially opening Wednesday, October 2, at 7:30p.m.

Teen musical group Jetset Getset (JSGS) has been named by the Country Music Association among 'Who New to Watch in 2013." The prestigious list, which is published in the February issue of CMA Close Up Magazine, includes 20 rising stars in Nashville, and is widely regarded as a barometer of future success.

Tarragon Theatre will present A Double Bill celebrating the work of acclaimed playwright-in-residence Hannah Moscovitch, with premieres of her plays Little One and Other People's Children. A co-production with Theatre Crisis and Theatre PANIK, A Hannah Moscovitch Double Bill opens February 20 and runs to March 24 (previewing from February 14) in Tarragon Theatre's Extra Space.

KMBC TV9 chief meteorologist announces yet another guest appearance at the next live performance of Right Between the Ears - Saturday, February 23 at 8:00pm at Liberty Hall in Lawrence.

BARE's Missi Pyle makes her solo show debut at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street) with Sexy as Hell on Saturday, February 16th at 11:30pm.

Billed by Dennis Miller as "the next really big comedian" and described by fans as 'acerbic and brilliant,' Colin Kane has proven himself to be a force in comedic circles. This April, Kane will take the Comix stage for the first time for four highly-anticipated shows beginning on Thursday, Apr. 11 at 8 p.m., with additional shows on Friday, Apr. 12 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Apr. 13 at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. These shows are not for the faint of heart or easily offended, lines will be crossed and common decency will be left at the door. Fans will be welcomed to witness a "Nasty Show with Colin Kane" during his final uproarious performance.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins February 19 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis and plays a limited two week engagement through March 3. In St. Louis, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece at the Fox Theatre box office, at 531 N. Grand Blvd.