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After sold out shows at the Canal Room, the Laurie Beechman, and NYMF, Cutting-Edge Composers will be at Joe's Pub on Monday, February 4th at 7:00pm at Joe's Pub in New York City. $25 tickets can be purchased at www.joespub.com. Up-and-coming musical theater writers are teamed with Broadway's hottest performers in this concert series directed and produced by Laura Pietropinto (Next to Normal) and co-produced by Jillian Robbins with Musical Direction by Julie McBride.

Today, Virginia Stage Company announced its glittering 35th Season show lineup and a season-long celebration of The Wells Theatre, VSC's performance home. Norfolk Southern will again be VSC's Season Presenting Sponsor.

Triple platinum recording artist Aaron Carter has announced that he will be going on a concert tour and taking an extended leave of absence from his role as Matt in The Fantasticks.

8-10 February, Pontine Theatre presents Sandglass Theater's, Eric Bass, in his solo production, Autumn Portraits. Performances are Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 4pm & at 8pm, and Sunday at 2pm.

Maryland Public Television (MPT) and Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC) are one of ten partnership organizations selected to participate in the SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED National Community Outreach Initiative. This program partners public media stations with Shakespeare festivals and theatre companies across the country to raise awareness of the upcoming SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED series, foster enthusiasm for Shakespeare's work at the local level, and engage and build new audiences for public media and the performing arts in creative and innovative ways.

PATRICIA RACETTE, one of the world's most acclaimed opera sopranos has released her first crossover CD, Diva On Detour, on GPR Records. The CD, which is available for sale nationwide, download from iTunes and the Android market and at www.GPRRecords.com, marks Ms. Racette's first venture into the world of cabaret.

Towne Street Theatre's 6th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival will present ten unique plays in honor of Black History Month, and celebrating TST's 20th season of producing quality theatre in Los Angeles.

The BSO's second concert in its 40th Anniversary Season features works by Smetana, Respighi, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven. Celebrated cellist Elizabeth Lee joins the orchestra to perform two works for cello and orchestra.

Patrons are required to simply "pay what they can" for this very special performance of August: Osage County. Tickets are limited and will only be available in-person at the Everyman Box Office that night. Those interested in attending are encouraged to arrive as early, as this performance often sells out.

On Friday, January 11, 24th Street Theatre received a commendation from the City of Los Angeles for "fifteen distinguished years of dedication to making a difference in the lives of Angelenos and audiences around the world."

General Director Irene Dalis announced today the repertoire for the company's 30th season to begin Saturday, September 7, 2013 with Verdi's masterwork Falstaff, conducted by Opera San José's founding music director and principal conductor, David Rohrbaugh. In November, Opera San José will present Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, a family classic to welcome the holiday season. Acclaimed stage director Brad Dalton returns in 2014 to direct Puccini's bittersweet Madama Butterfly. The season will culminate with Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Erich Bergen, currently starring as Billy Crocker in the national tour of Anything Goes, is set to bring his one-night-only concert to San Francisco's premiere nightclub, Live At The RRazz, on Monday, January 28 at 8pm. Anything Goes is currently playing at the Golden Gate Theatre through February 3. Of Bergen's performance, Rob Hurwitt in The San Francisco Chronicle, said, " ... the hopeless romantic Billy Crocker [is] embodied by the wonderful Erich Bergen with leading man charisma, fine song-and-dance chops, and comic versatility."

Bedlam follows up it's critically acclaimed revival of Shaw's Saint Joan (named 2012's Best Revival of A Play by The Wall Street Journal and called 'a production to be treasured' by The New York Times) with HAMLET. In this bold, environmental staging directed by Eric Tucker, Shakespeare's classic drama is performed by an ensemble of only four actors. Previews for this limited run Off-Broadway engagement begin February 8th at Access Theatre with opening night set for Sunday, February 17th.

Beginning this Saturday, January 19th, Broadway favorite Sean McDermott will star as serial killer Hannibal Lecter in Off-Broadway's smash hit SILENCE! The Musical. Following the announcement that SILENCE! would be ending its long run December 30th, ticket sales unexpectedly soared, shattering all previous box office records for the show so far. As a result, the producers determined that performances of the smash hit show will resume after a brief hiatus on January 19th.

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival will offer a gritty and chill-filled version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth January 25 through May 18. Under the direction of ASF's producing artistic director Geoffrey Sherman, one of the literature's greatest and most powerful tragedies is set in a haunting post-Apocalyptic world.

As Time Warner Cable, Inc. subscribers throughout the New York Metropolitan area continue to learn of their providers disappointing decision to drop Ovation, disheartened community members are coming together to ignite positive change in neighborhoods reliant on the television channel for exposure to the arts.

The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University announces the programming lineup for its spring 2013 season, featuring world premiere performances and innovative explorations of classic works.

Florida Studio Theatre presents David Auburn's The Columnist, the story of noted political writer Joseph Alsop's fall from power in the 1960s - opening in Florida Studio Theatre's (FST) Keating Theatre (1241 N. Palm Avenue) on Friday, February 1, 2013. Tickets for the intense political drama are on sale through April 7, 2013 and can be purchased online at FloridaStudioTheatre.org, by phone at (941) 366-9000 or by visiting the Box Office.

Broadway's Morgan James brought to 54 Below her smoky and soulful renditions of songs from her debut CD 'Morgan James Live: A Celebration of Nina Simone,' as well Motown tunes (an ode to her next stint on Broadway this spring!) and a glimpse of her upcoming studio album, on January 12. View photos from the concert below!