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The National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will play the Aronoff Center in Cincinnatias part of the 2013-2014 Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati season.

The Arts and Education Council has announced the associates and principals of Edward Jones have raised $673,382 through its 2012 Workplace Giving Campaign, PARTICIPATE - Keep Art Happening, to support arts and arts education organizations throughout the 16-county, bi-state St. Louis area. The campaign at Edward Jones is the largest and most successful Workplace Giving Campaign in A&E's history with 2,857 of the firm's associates and partners, representing 73% of its workforce, contributing to this year's effort.

Howard County's signature event, the Celebration of the Arts in Howard County gala, will be heldon Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center at Howard Community College.

Today, with musicals such as The Book of Mormon enjoying phenomenal box office success, revivals like The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess delighting new generations, and musical stage versions of popular films such as Once and Newsies dominating the Tony Awards, Broadway is proving yet again that its vitality and magic endure. Nominated for five 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards and winner of two, including Outstanding Nonfiction Series, THIRTEEN's landmark Broadway: The American Musical returns Sunday, October 7 at 10 p.m., and continues on six consecutive Sundays through November 11 (check local listings).

ETHEL, the acclaimed string quartet that Pitchfork.com described as "a necessary jet of cold water in the contemporary classical scene," will begin performing as resident ensemble at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Balcony Bar on Friday, October 5, 2012.

The York Theatre Company in association with Edward Negley, Neil Berg and Adam Friedson, will welcome James Moye (Dogfight, Million Dollar Quartet) to the cast of Closer Than Ever with Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Music by David Shire, filling in for George Dvorsky from September 25 - October 7, due to a prior commitment.

This rock opera based on the opera La Boheme, RENT tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. During the year, follow the group as they deal with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story.

Alan Raymond Fine will be performing his original contemporary classical piano composition 'Heaven & Earth' at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Vogel Hall (a 90 minute concert) on October 13, 2012 at 8:00 PM.

Broadway In Boston has announced that the highly anticipated Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons returns to the Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre for a limited five week engagement January 30-March 3, 2012 as part of the Lexus Broadway In Boston Series.

Imagination Stage's 2012 Gala, chaired by Hillary Baltimore, Siobhan Davenport, and Tammy McKnight, spotlights creativity and provides an occasion to celebrate and honor those who ignite young imaginations. This year's event honoree is Mario Bonds.

Horse Trade Theater Group (Heidi Grumelot, Artistic Director, Erez Ziv, Managing Director) will present the First Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival; collecting some of the best shows curated and produced by Horse Trade Artistic Director Heidi Grumelot and resident hosts Peter Aguero, Seth Lind and Adam Wade.

Pace University's Lubin School of Business has launched a new Arts and Entertainment Management (AEM) concentration that addresses the growing interest of business students in the management side of industries within the broad range of the arts/entertainment field. Management majors concentrating in Arts and Entertainment Management earn a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree that prepares them for careers in theater companies, museums, dance companies, art galleries, talent representation and management companies, and television production firms, as well as in related support services.

The official launch of the 2012/13 season of the Colorado Symphony takes place September 28 - 30 at Boettcher Concert Hall in the Denver Performing Arts Complex and features some of the most powerful music in the classical repertoire. Conductor, Gilbert Varga, leads superstar Andre Watts in the mighty Brahms Second Piano Concerto, and Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, "Pathetique."

On Oct 18, the Arvada Center opens the children's theater production How I Became a Pirate, book, music and lyrics by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman, directed by David and Julie Payne. The stage production is based on the book, How I Became a Pirate written by Melinda Long and illustrations by David Shannon. The show will run Oct 18 - Dec 28, 2012. Performances are 10 a.m. and noon, most Tuesdays through Fridays, select Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. For specific show dates please check our website. How I Became a Pirate is recommended for ages four and up. Ticket prices range from $8 weekdays and $10 weekends and holidays for reserved seating. To purchase tickets and for more information call 720-898-7200 or go to www.arvadacenter.org

New York's Rock and Roots radio station WFUV (90.7 FM/wfuv.org) is releasing FUV Live 15, the latest collection of exclusive, live performances from its own Studio A, in time for its fall membership drive, which begins on September 27. The 20-track CD includes performances from a broad range artists - veterans like Bonnie Raitt and Ryan Adams, indie favorites such as Blitzen Trapper, Feist, and The Shins, and hot newcomers like Gary Clark Jr., Dawes, and Alabama Shakes. Audio samples can be heard at wfuv.org.

The Eagle Theatre, located at 208 Vine Street in Hammonton, NJ, will present the Tony® Award winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee from October 5 to October 20.

The Hammonton Art District Steering Committee has announced that Mr. Nelson Johnson has been selected as the Hammonton's 2012 Artist of the Year. Nelson is the author of the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Decline of Atlantic City, which inspired the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, as well The Northside: African Americans and the Creation of Atlantic City.

Know Theatre of Cincinnati has announced the return of St. Louis based Van Ella Productions, the burlesque troupe that brought the sell-out Show-Me Burlesque (2010) and The Beggar's Carnivale (2011) to Know Theatre. This year will feature 'two entirely different and unforgettable nights of sexy entertainment! On October 11th, enjoy anintimate evening of burlesque with The Hoochie Coo Revue! Return on October 12th or 13th to witness The Beggar's Carnivale, a huge spectacular with tons of antics and this time with live music!'

Silhouette Stages of Columbia, MD will be presenting another of its very popular Cabaret Nights at Wilde Lake's Slayton House on September 29th, 2012.

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre joins with Pentacle's other East Coast Gallery artists for a one night only performance of new and touring repertoire on October 1, 2012 at 7:30pm at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street (at Ninth Avenue), New York City.