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Blue Coyote Theater Group has announced the cast for the World Premiere of CONEY, written by David Johnston and directed by Gary Shrader. CONEY begins performances on Saturday, October 27 for a limited engagement through Saturday, November 17.

The Dallas Opera is will present the initial production of the 2012-2013 "Pursuits of Passion" Season: Giuseppe Verdi's passionate and moving 19th century masterpiece, AÏDA, one of the most powerful and popular works in the entire opera canon. AÏDA opens on Friday, October 26, 2012 in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in the Dallas Arts District. The occasion also marks the Dallas Opera's 2012-2013 Season Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the composer's birth.

Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith and Columbia University are pleased to announce the establishment of significant theater award, The Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History (EMK Prize). Ambassador Smith has created the Prize to honor the life and legacy of her late brother, Senator Ted Kennedy. The first recipient of the EMK Prize will be announced on Senator Kennedy's birthday, February 22, 2013.

Single tickets for the 2012-2013 PCPA Theaterfest season - which runs from November 2012 through September 2013 - go on sale Wednesday, October 17, at 12:30 pm.

As previously reported, the Kentucky Center Governor's School for the Arts (GSA) had expected to eliminate its New Media program for budgetary reasons.

Glen Miller, the Andrews Sisters, Bob Hope, Kate Smith, Burns and Allen and Abbott and Costello return to the Robinson Theatre at 617 Lexington Street in Waltham on October 13 and 14 as Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston brings back its popular WWII revue "Remembering the '40s." Featuring classic songs of the era, a tribute to the musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein, a cavalcade of stars from the Rexall Radio Hour, and the unforgettable Big Band sound, "Remembering the '40s" is a joyous and touching trip down memory lane that salutes America's Greatest Generation.

The McKittrick Hotel (530 W 27th Street, New York, NY), home of Sleep No More, announces details ofCarnival des Corbeaux, the follow-up to last year's Halloween festivities at The McKittrick.

On Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 7:30PM in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Yale School of Music launches the sixth season of the acclaimed YALE IN NEW YORK series with a farewell concert to one of the great quartets of the last half-century: the Tokyo String Quartet, who will retire in July 2013.

It's one of the most famous ballets in the repertory, seen in a new and mesmerizing way. Filmed at the historic Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, this HD broadcast of Giselle gives everyone a 'best seat in the house' experience.

MARVELL REP, which received a Drama Desk Award nomination as Best Revival for its production of THE THREEPENNY OPERA earlier this season, begins previews for Sholem Asch's GOD OF VENGEANCE on Tuesday, October 2 with the opening on Sunday, October 7th at TBG Theatre, 312 West 36th Street. On Monday, October 8th Frank Wedekind's play SPRING'S AWAKENING begins previews in rotating repertory at TBG Theatre. Both plays will be directed by Marvell Rep's Artistic Director Lenny Leibowitz. For full performance schedule go to https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/30515.

British star Julie Walters plays Judy Haussman in The Last of the Haussmans--a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that's losing its grip. Anarchic, feisty but growing old, she remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated Art Deco house on the Devon coast. After an operation, she's joined by wayward offspring Nick and Libby, sharp-eyed granddaughter Summer, local doctor Peter, and Daniel, a troubled teenager who makes use of the family's crumbling swimming pool. Together they share a few sweltering months in this chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure.

Area businesses are invited to Seacoast Repertory Theatre on Tuesday, October 9 at 5:30 pm for Curtain Up: 2013 season reveal. This glimpse of The Rep's upcoming 25th Anniversary Season will feature live performances from the Mainstage musicals, Red Light and Rock The Rep series that will grace the stage in 2013. The event will take place on The Rep's stage at 125 Bow Street in Portsmouth.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will hold a Costume, Prop and Furniture Saleon Sunday, October 21st from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Theatre's administration and production facility, 3 Vreeland Road in Florham Park. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. sharp. Admission and parking is free.

The Barns at Wolf Trap have announced the following upcoming performances.

Give Me a Damn Stage: Staged Readings from Spanish Authors, a series of monthly staged readings, will introduce New Yorkers to some of the emerging playwrights from Spain and their most successful plays. Each reading will be presented by professional actors and directors from AENY - Spanish Artists in New York and Repertorio Español. Mi problema con Los Hombres (My Problem with Men) by Emilio Williams, the first reading of the series, will take place at Repertorio Español, 138 East 27th Street, NYC, on October 22, 2012 at 7 PM. Free, general admission tickets are available online at www.repertorio.org/readings or by phone at 212-225-9999.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) begins previews today for the world premiere production of Don't Go Gentle by Stephen Belber and directed by Lucie Tiberghien, who also directed Belber's play Geometry of Fire at the Rattlestick Theater.

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at the CUNY Graduate Center has announced its Fall 2012 season of public programs. The season will launch with the PRELUDE.12 Festival of contemporary performance and continue with 10 free public programs throughout the Fall, featuring contemporary theatre and performing artists from around the world.

Philadelphia Theatre Company was the top winner of this year's Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre with seven awards, the most of any Philadelphia-area theater company. This brings PTC's total number of Barrymore Awards to 53 cumulative wins and 155 nominations.

'Tis the season to give… and the gift of A Rockin' Holiday Celebration, at the Keswick Theatre is set for Saturday, December 1.