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Lilly is an exuberant young mouse facing all-too-familiar issues at home and in school. Although she courageously stands up to bullies and delights in teaching her friends to spell backwards, Lilly still needs to learn important lessons about family, friendship and forgiveness. Through clever dialogue, fast-paced scenes, realistic characters, and yes, even cheese, the award-winning playwright Kevin Kling creates an entertaining and insightful tale.

Over the years, Bobby Collins has hosted VH-1?s Stand Up Spotlight; toured with Cher, Julio Iglesias, Dolly Parton and Tony Bennett, among others; and released six comedy CDs titled “On the Inside,” “Out of Bounds,” “You're Not Coming With Us,” “Mr. New York,” “I Wanna Go Home” and most recently “I'm on the Boat.”

SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody comes to Jacksonville's Times- Union Center's Terry Theater for six performances only from Tuesday, April 9 - Saturday, April 13.

Sunday, March 17, is the closing day of the popular exhibition Matisse: In Search of True Painting at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

DanceBrazil arrives on The Eccles Center stage with plenty of sizzle, Saturday, March 30. Inspired by the cultural tapestry of Brazil, this gorgeous troupe combines Afro-Brazilian movement, contemporary dance and Capoeira (the traditional dance/martial arts form that had its origins in Africa and evolved in colonial Brazil as a way of fighting enslavement). Performance starts at 7:30 p.m.

Florida Repertory Theatre has announced the opening of a multiple Tony-nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist,Other Desert Cities. This powerful, witty and electrifying drama by Jon Robin Baitz plays March 15-April 6 with previews March 12, 13 and 14.

Chicago's legendary sketch comedy theater, The Second City: Laughing Matters will bring their unique brand of humor to the Trinity Rep stage from March 20-23 at 7:30pm featuring some of the best sketches, songs, and improvisations from The Second City's fifty-two year history. This is The Second City's first engagement in Providence since their sold-out run last summer, and tickets are going fast.

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati ends its 88th MainStage Season with "Disney's Cinderella KIDS," directed and choreographed by Jay Goodlett, music and lyrics by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston, book adapted and additional lyrics by Marcy Heisler, music adapted and arranged by Bryan Louiselle, based on the screenplay by Ken Anderson and Homer Brightman.

Barefoot Theatre Company will continue its new bareNaked Reading Series (Molly Marinik, Program Director; Jennie West, Co-Producer) with a reading of Hilary Bettis' new play ALLIGATOR directed by Jerry Ruiz on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:00pm.

The Howard County Arts Council has announced the guest performers for the 16th annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County gala. Featured this year are: Misako Ballet Company, with guest dancer Lester Holmes and guest choreographer Eva Anderson, and pianist Brant Challacombe. You can catch them, along with the ten finalists in the Arts Council's Rising Star Competition, at the Celebration gala on March 23, 2013 at 8 p.m. Emcee for the event is Richard W. Story, Senior Vice President for Marketing at JPB Enterprises, Inc.

Picture Perfect draws on new, original material as well as Davis's debut recording, Cautiously Optimistic: The Music of Scott Evan Davis, released in 2011 by Sonic Landscapes Music. He has assembled an exciting group of performers to interpret his compositions, staged in group and solo arrangements.

Matthew Paul Olmos' 'so go the ghosts of mexico, part one' -- selected by Sam Shepard as the inaugural play to be presented under the auspices of the first-ever Ellen Stewart Award -- will be given its world-premiere production by La MaMa (74 E. 4 St.) with preview performances starting April 11 prior to its official press opening on April 14, it has been announced by La MaMa artistic director Mia Yoo.

One of the largest performing arts companies in Canada is set to open a 'cultural hub' and 500-seat theatre in Cambridge, Ontario. Drayton Entertainment inaugurates its seventh and largest venue, Dunfield Theatre tonight. The facility consolidates the company's operations under one roof and revitalizes the riverfront district of this historic city.

The Guthrie Theater will host the 14th annual Shakespeare Classic on Sunday, March 24, offering young people ages 10 to 17 an opportunity to experience an energetic, original Twelfth Night by Britain's Propeller. This annual event, tailored specifically for young audiences, features a specially prepared play program, $10 tickets to the 1 p.m. matinee performance and a post-play discussion in which actors from the show will engage with the audience.

The 43rd annual Decorators' Show House & Gardens at Tuffeau estate is pleased to welcome aboard its 2013 designers. This year, the notable talent will showcase their inventive design ideas while focusing on fresh techniques, creative trends and innovative process. Open to the public from April 20 - May 12, 2013, Tuffeau is a French-inspired Show House nestled within a West Paces Ferry neighborhood.

The Abrons Arts Center will present Narcissister and the premiere of Organ Player, a large-scale performance that stretches the limits of spectatorship. While her recent solo exhibition at envoy enterprises, Narcissister is You, placed us in proximity to surfaces and mirrors, Organ Player lures us into a body that threatens to eject its contents. Her mobile hinges cast an eerie humor throughout this episodic performance, which abounds with dance, striptease, music, and vaudevillian trickery.

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2005, 2007 and 2010, WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return to Houston at the Hobby Center, July 10 - August 11. Tickets for the return engagement go on sale Sunday, April 7 at 10 a.m.

MoMA PS1 announces EXPO 1: New York, an exploration of ecological challenges in the context of the economic and socio-political instability of the early 21st century. Acting in the guise of a festival-as-institution, EXPO 1: New York reconsiders the museum from the ground up, presenting a simultaneity of modules, interventions, solo projects, and group exhibitions that encompass all of MoMA PS1 and other locations such as Rockaway Beach. EXPO 1: New York is made possible by a partnership with Volkswagen.

The Den Theatre will present its first-ever public dance performance: REPURPOSE by Mary Tarpley, a collection of dance pieces inspired by existing art, playing one weekend only March 22 - 24, 2013 at The Den, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Wicker Park Neighborhood. Tickets are currently available at www.brownpapertickets.com.

The Midwest Premiere of A THOUSAND CIRCLETS by Theroun D'Arcy Patterson will be at 8:30 PM on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the Detroit Repertory Theatre. This moving family drama is about a renowned African American architect who is on the cusp of realizing his life's ambition: to build a skyscraper.