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Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF (http://www.orlandoshakes.org) concludes its inaugural Studio Series season with a captivating World Premiere of the ancient Greek epic, The Odyssey, playing at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center from February 14 - March 17, 2013.

Fed up with their stress-filled and time challenged lives, a couple decides to leave modern society behind and join a 1950s re-enactment community. Can they escape the tension and problems of the present and find peace and happiness in the past, or will they discover this "simpler time and place" isn't so simple after all? Join us on the corner of Maple & Vine, where The Twilight Zone meets Ozzie and Harriet, and find out!

"I just knew that I had to get down on my knees and help someone not die." What's more important: making sure your child has the best life possible, or making sure another child has a chance to live? In Bleeding Heart Collective's guest production of Mother Teresa is Dead by Helen Edmundson, that is the question that crosses Pacific Theatre's stage when a young mother abandons husband and son without a word, turning up among the street children in the slums of India.

Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director of Great Lakes Theater (GLT), unveiled an ambitious, five-production array of classics to headline the company's 2013-14 season. Great Lakes Theater's fifty-second year is scheduled to run from September 2013 through April 2014 at PlayhouseSquare's Hanna and Ohio Theatres.

Nerds rule in School Dance, the new comedy by Australia's Windmill Theatre. At Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse from Wednesday 10 - Saturday 20 April as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, School Dance tells the story of three awkward teenage boys and their quest for social acceptance at high school.

In the spirit of the beloved hit The Black Rider, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues the tradition of introducing eclectic, unforgettable musical projects to the stage with the world premiere of Stuck Elevator. A visionary musical work, Stuck Elevator is based on the true story of Gu?ng (?), a Chinese deliveryman who was trapped in a Bronx elevator for 81 hours.

Cutting Ball Theater continues its 14th season with Eugene Ionesco's THE CHAIRS, in a new translation by Rob Melrose. This tragic farce, in the tradition of Cutting Ball's hit productions of Ionesco's The Bald Soprano (2010) and Victims of Duty (2008), is as comedic as it is heartbreaking. Annie Elias (Tenderloin) directs THE CHAIRS, featuring David Sinaiko, Tamar Cohn, and Derek Fischer, March 1 through 31 (Press opening: March 7) at the Cutting Ball Theater in residence at EXIT on Taylor (277 Taylor Street) in San Francisco. For tickets ($10-50) and more information, the public may visit cuttingball.com or call 415-525-1205.

In a bold new production, Tony Award winning director Michael Mayer has set Verdi's towering tragedy in the bright lights and seedy underbelly of 1960's Las Vegas.

The Warner Stage Company will present Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat February 8,9 & 10 at the Warner Theatre.

Breakthrough rock band Biffy Clyro has claimed the top spot on the UK charts with their new album Opposites. The band's sixth release and first #1 debut sold over 70,000 copies, almost double what the #2 album sold. Opposites is set for US release March 12th.

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2010, WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return to New Orleans at the Mahalia Jackson Theater, May 8 - June 2. Tickets for the return engagement go on sale Friday, March 8 at 11 a.m.

Country comedian Bill Engvall will bring his trademark blue collar comedy back to the Treasure Island Theatre March 8 at 9 p.m.

The Second Annual Cabin Fever Festival returns to Lee and the Spectrum Playhouse this February.

The Sundance Institute Theatre Program has begun the 2013 Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation. The 13th annual writing colony at the 20,000-acre working cattle ranch outside of Sheridan, Wyo. takes place through February 22 and provides a supportive environment for artists to create new work and receive guidance and reactions to it at an early stage. Under the supervision of Philip Himberg, Artistic Director of the Theatre Program, and Producing Director Christopher Hibma, the Playwrights Retreat is made possible through the generosity of Ucross Foundation.

Grammy winning folk icons the Indigo Girls will be performing at the Byham Theater on Sunday, March 3 at 8:00 p.m. with supporting act The Shadowboxers, a young 5-piece band originally from Atlanta. This will be the first time ever the group will have a full band tour and a chance for fans to hear their music performed in an all-new way. The group will be performing songs from their new recordBeauty Queen Sister as well as their classics for one night only.

At 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10, the Oakland Symphony Orchestra (OSO) will present the 16th Annual David Daniels Young Artists Concert, which will feature the winners of the Oakland University Concerto Competition. The competition is open to all OU music majors.

Seattle Opera continues its 2012/13 season next month with 10 performances of one of the most popular operas ever composed. At turns joyful and heartbreaking, Puccini's La Boheme tells an unforgettable story of impoverished young people who are rich in friendship, love, and passion. La Boheme returns to Seattle Opera on February 23, running for 10 performances through March 10.

The Michigan AIDS Coalition (MAC) today announced Terry Ryan as its newly appointed CEO. Ryan, the former director of grants and special projects for the organization, was chosen in December to succeed former CEO Helen Hicks.

The Nora Theatre Company has announced the complete cast for its March 2013 production of the World Premiere of Alan Brody's Operation Epsilon to be directed by Andy Sandberg.

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University (CJS), in cooperation with EarShot, the National Orchestra Composition Discovery Network, will present the second Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) Readings in 2013. Three orchestras – the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (April 23 & 24), ACO (June 3 & 4), and La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (September 19 & 20) – will workshop, rehearse, and give public readings of new works for symphony orchestra written by seventeen jazz composers.