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On September 22, 2012, Adventure Stage Chicago (ASC) was honored as the recipient of the Illinois Theatre Association's 2012 Award of Excellence in Theatre for Young Audiences. The awards presentation took place as part of the Illinois Theatre Association's 39th Annual Convention, Ignite Your Creative Spirit, and was held at the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago, Illinois.

WaterTower Theatre has announced the election of Derek Blount as President of the Board of Directors, serving for a third term. WaterTower Theatre also announced the election of a slate of Board Officers including Vice President John Ackley, Secretary Buddy Frazer and Treasurer Katie Myatt.

Due to circumstances out of our control, William Topley's September 29th date has been rescheduled for Wednesday, November 14th, 2012.

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is seeking nominations for the 2012 Sally Ordway Irvine Awards. These prestigious awards, now in their 21st year, provide an opportunity to recognize and honor extraordinary achievements in the arts throughout Minnesota.

On Saturday, September 29 at 8pm, David Gray will perform at Torrington's Warner Theatre.

On Friday, September 28 at 8pm, Montgomery Gentry will perform at Torrington's Warner Theatre.

On Sunday, September 30 at 7pm, the Warner Theatre welcomes Clannad on the main stage.

Lawrenceville, GA Ghost Tours celebrates its seventh Halloween as Gwinnett's longest-running and most-visited ghost tour. The spooktacular holiday schedule includes tours every night in October. Come to the oldest city in metro Atlanta for an evening of history, haunting and horror like no other.

German Pérez has been named the official artist of the XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® (www.latingrammy.com), it was announced today by The Latin Recording Academy®.

¡Fiesta! Celebrating Hispanic and Latin American Cultures-a museum-wide cultural celebration held during Hispanic Heritage Month with an emphasis on family programming-will be presented on Saturday, September 29, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art by the Museum's Multicultural Audience Development Initiative and the Museum's Education Department. The Metropolitan's fifth annual ¡Fiesta! will feature programs for all ages from noon until 5 p.m., offering visitors art-making activities, talks with renowned artists, music performances, and other exciting activities related to Precolumbian, Spanish, and Latin American art from the Museum's collection. All of the ¡Fiesta! events are free with Museum admission.

On October 6, Houston Symphony Associate Conductor Robert Franz will wave his baton and cast a spell over the entire audience to kick off the 2012-13 Family Season with Wands and Batons - The Music of Harry Potter and More.

This summer, new casting and additional dates were announced for the international tour of Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT, the two-time Tony Award®-winning Broadway hit. Get a first look at the new company below!

Sweet Smell of Success, with music by Marvin Hamlisch and directed by Mehmet Ergen, will gets its UK professional premiere production at Arcola Theatre for six weeks from Friday November 9 - Saturday 22 December.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC) continues its 2012-2013 season with its annual holiday performance of Dance Theatre in Westchester'sThe Colonial Nutcracker on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 2pm. Tickets are $10 each, and can be purchased by phone at 718-951-4500 (Tues-Sat, 1pm-6pm), or online at www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of André Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that it will produce the world premiere of NIKOLAI AND THE OTHERS, a new play by Richard Nelson, in the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater this spring. The play, which was commissioned by Lincoln Center Theater, will be directed by David Cromer and will begin performances on Thursday, April 4. Opening night is Monday, May 6.

THIRTEEN, the flagship PBS station in New York, and Arielle Tepper Madover Productions have announced a ground-breaking partnership focused on the upcoming Broadway revival of Annie.

Shakespeare on the Sound, Connecticut's premier outdoor summer theater company, today announced that Joanna Settle will step down as artistic director at the end of her contractual term, which concluded following the company's 17th season this past July. Settle directed four successful productions for the company, including A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, and this year's critically acclaimed Romeo & Juliet. Settle drew nationally renowned acting and creative teams to the company during her tenure, including the composers Stew and Heidi Rodewald (Passing Strange), who brought their singular talents to providing original music and, in the case of Romeo & Juliet, new text for the productions Settle helmed. In addition, Settle founded the Shakespeare on the Sound Apprentice Company.

Bailiwick Chicago Theater presents Rock Show(tunes), an evening of classic Broadway showtunes reimagined as modern rock songs on Wednesday, October 3 at 9 pm (doors open at 8 pm) at Chicago's Underground Lounge, 952 W. Newport Ave. Tickets for this unique fundraising event cost $10 in advance, $15 at the door, and are available at www.bailiwickchicago.com. Rock Show(tunes) takes place one day before Bailiwick officially launches its 2012/13 season with the much-anticipated rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.

The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) is joining Americans for the Arts and arts agencies across the nation in encouraging people to celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM) by supporting the arts in their local communities during the month of October.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents 'Chicken Little,' Friday, Oct. 12. This story is the first in the 2012-13 season of Friday Funday, a creative participatory story theatre program for children ages 4-6. Performances are at the Playhouse, Friday, Oct. 12, at 9:30 and 10:30 AM, and 1:30 PM. Shows are approximately 45 minutes in length. Admission is $5 per person, adults and children. Reservations are suggested and can be made online at dmplayhouse.com and by calling the Playhouse ticket office at 515-277-6261.