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The Broadway Premiere of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which comes on the heels of its sold-out run at Lincoln Center, has announced a youth rush ticket policy. A number of $37 tickets will be made available for each performance for patrons aged thirty-five and younger. These tickets must be purchased day-of, in-person at the box office and are subject to availability. Valid photo I.D. will be required, and patrons are limited to two rush tickets per performance.

On March 13, 2013 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 'join the band of swashbuckling buccaneers, bumbling British bobbies, frolicsome Victorian maidens, and the delightfully dotty 'model of a modern Major-General' for a rollicking romp over the rocky coast of Cornwall.'

Transport Group, the Drama Desk and OBIE award-winning theatre company, has announced that the New York premiere of a new musical, The Memory Show, book and lyrics by Sara Cooper; music by Zach Redler; directed by Joe Calarco, will begin performances Tuesday, April 16, at 7pm at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street project, at 229 West 42nd Street. The Memory Show features Catherine Cox and Leslie Kritzer. Opening night is scheduled for Tuesday, April 30 at 7pm.

This tale of courage and sisterhood is inspired by the true story of the Dominican Republic's Mirabal siblings whose underground resistance proved that despots are not invincible. IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES, on stage April 5-27 at Mixed Blood Theatre, will be performed in Spanish and English (with translated supertitles in both languages). This bilingual world premiere of Julia Alavarez's 1994 New York Times best-selling historical fiction is written by Caridad Svich, author of Mixed Blood's 2010 play based on Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits.

ANN, a new play written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor, opens tonight at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street).

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the iconic American comedy The Odd Couple, March 22 through April 6, 2013.

On March 15, 16 and 17, the Houston Symphony welcomes guest conductor Hannu Lintu, baritone Stephen Powell and the Houston Symphony Chorus in a performance of Walton's Belshazzar's Feast. The concerts will begin with Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, which features the string sections of the Symphony divided into two separate orchestras on stage. Then, the wind and percussion sections will come on stage for a full-orchestra performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 98. After intermission, Lintu will lead the Symphony musicians, Powell and the Houston Symphony Chorus on stage to close the evening with a piece which is amazing in both scope and storytelling, Walton's Belshazzar's Feast.

The City of New York Parks & Recreation is has announced the photography exhibition New York City of Trees by Benjamin Swett. Twenty-nine color portraits of trees around the five boroughs take the viewer up close to some of the extraordinary species that grow along the streets and in the parks, cemeteries, gardens, and backyards of the city. On view in the Arsenal Gallery from March 6 through April 26 (Arbor Day and Frederick Law Olmsted's birthday), the images have been selected from Swett's forthcoming book New York City of Trees, to be released by the Quantuck Lane Press on March 6.

What happens when Oedipus is a woman and Jocasta is a man? Driven by the belief that what was traditional in 429 BC is radical today, The Faux-Real Theatre Company searches beyond the Freudian notions of "boy loves mom," and re-examines Oedipus the King with modern eyes and ancient techniques, uncovering the fearful truths and the (occasionally comedic) grotesque ironies that Sophocles presented audiences 2000 years prior to the birth of psychology.

Lights Up! Productions presents the premiere production of Anything But Brilliant- a love story, by Bobby Ryan, co-directed by Bobby Ryan and Matt Pavik. The play runs Thursday-Saturday from March 30 to April 20 at the Profile Theatre space at Theatre! Theater! at 7:30pm. Opening weekend is offered free of charge.

The Collegiate Chorale announces Song of Norway by Robert Wright and George Forrest on April 30, 2013 at 6:30pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, NYC. Tickets are on sale at www.carnegiehall.org. Single tickets for this concert start at $25.

HAIR: a celebration of peace and love!, this 2009 Tony Award-Winning Best Musical Revival directed by Diane Paulus, will play the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza for a limited engagement March 19 through March 24. Tickets, starting at $44, are available at the box office, online at theaterleague.com, at Ticketmaster and ticketmaster.com or by calling 800.745.3000.

Seattle Center Festal presents Irish Week Festival, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., March 16 and 10 a.m. - 6 p.m, March 17, in Seattle Center Armory. Explore and experience the cultural roots and contemporary influences of Ireland through live performances, visual arts, hands-on activities, foods, games, and a lively marketplace.

Act II Playhouse in Ambler is putting a new 'spin' on the annual fundraiser by presenting The Act II Price is Right, an original live game show, on Saturday, March 23.

Bucks County Playhouse (BCP) (Jed Bernstein, Producing Director) has announced three visiting productions at the Playhouse this Spring: the international hit comedy My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy!, a one-man show by award-winning author Steve Solomon and starring Peter J. Fogel; A return engagement of In The Mood, a 1940s swing dance musical revue featuring the String of Pearls Big Band Orchestra and the In The Mood Singers; and legendary comedian David Steinberg's one man show: David Steinberg: Might Be Something Big…Might Not. The Bucks County Playhouse is located at 70 South Main Street in New Hope, PA

Paris-based American artist Evan Roth (b. 1978) re-appropriates public space, popular culture, and digital techniques to create surprising and illuminating works both on and off the Internet. Museum of the Moving Image is currently presenting a new installation by Roth, entitled A Tribute to Heather, comprised of ten large-scale animated GIFs, commissioned by the Museum. Each work will be exhibited as a 50-foot long projection in the Museum's lobby for a full day on a two-week cycle. The installation, which opened on February 27, will be on view through June 30, 2013.

Dance and party at Bay Street Theatre at the ERIN GO MARDI GRAS PARTY on Saturday, March 16 at 8 pm. This night promises to combine the crazy fun of Mardi Gras (which had to be cancelled due to last month's snowstorm) with the Erin go Bragh fun of St. Patty's Day. Dance to Joe Lauro's HOODOO LOUNGERS and GENE CASEY & THE LONE SHARKS! Tickets are $15 in advance and can be purchased at the box office or online at www.baystreet.org. Tickets will be $25 at the door. Dress in your best St. Pat's green or your Mardi Gras finery!

The Cincinnati Arts Association has announced the winners of its 2013 Overture Awards Scholarship Competition, held on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater. The competition annually awards $3,000 scholarships to six area students for post-secondary education, with 18 runners-up each winning $500 scholarships.

The Waukesha Civic Theatre will display the work of Dawn Farina from February 26th to April 1st in the Waukesha State Bank Art Gallery. There will be an art crawl on March 2nd.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON which played a record-breaking two-week run in January 2013 will return for a limited engagement from July 22 - August 10, 2014 at The Paramount Theatre. Subscribers to the 2013/14 KeyBank Broadway at The Paramount season will have first access to purchase tickets on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 to the return engagement of THE BOOK OF MORMON. A public on sale date is to be determined.