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New York Live Arts' Ford Foundation Live Gallery is currently featuring CROWD (for Bill T. Jones), a commissioned, site-specific work by artist Donald Baechler. Before Live Arts visitors enter the theater and third floor studio space, they will encounter Baechler's monumental mural. A large-scale paper collage constructed directly on the wall, the work is on view now through January 2013. Members of the press are invited to the view the work at an opening reception on Tuesday, September 18th, 6:30 - 7:30PM. New York Live Arts' 2012-13 presenting season opens the same night, starting at 7:30pm, with Voices of Strength: Dance and Theater by Women from Africa.

In connection with the opening of its 2012-2013 Season, Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today expressed its gratitude to area corporate organizations offering support for the 2012-2013 Season. The RLTP 2012-2013 Season officially opens tonight, Friday, September 14, 2012, with From The Mississippi Delta, by Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland. Productions to follow during the September through May season include the world-premiere of Jon Elston's 2012: End of the Road, the Western New York (WNY) premiere of Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation, the world-premiere and Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop Selection of Donna Hoke's Seeds, and the WNY premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Clean House.

"Tartuffe, or the Imposter," is perhaps Moliere's most famous comic masterpiece. The plot revolves around a pompous head of household taken in by a cunning charlatan, under the religious cloak of piety. Tartuffe seeks to marry his benefactor's daughter, seduce his wife and gain the family fortune. Moliere gives us a farce with a scathing wit as he roasts religion, hypocrisy and sexual deceit.

Blackfriars Theatre, a professional, not-for-profit theatre located on Rochester, NY's "Theatre Row" keeps the beginning of the Rochester theatre season rolling with the premiere of "[title of show]," a musical, with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen, and book by Hunter Bell. This Tony Award nominated musical finds two struggling writers, Jeff and Hunter, who hear about a new musical theatre festival. However, the deadline is a mere three weeks away. With nothing to lose, the pair decides to try and create something entirely new with the help of two of their best friends, Heidi and Susan. They make a pact to write up until the festival's deadline and dream about the show changing their lives. A tuneful love letter to the uniquely American art form.

Learn how our diverse communities contribute to the economy and culture of the Pacific Northwest on Next 50 Cultural Exchange Tours to four Seattle neighborhoods. The tours start and end at Seattle Center and include lunch and roundtrip transportation from 1st Ave N. along the West Plaza of KeyArena at Seattle Center, 10 a.m., Saturdays, Sept. 15, 22 and 29.

The Albuquerque Theatre Guild has announced Albuquerque's inaugural Free Night of Theatre, to be held from October 1 through November 30, 2012. Free Night of Theatre offers theatergoers a chance to win free tickets to participating ATG member theatres with productions during the giveaway period. Albuquerque is one of many communities across the country participating in the event, which campaigns to attract new audiences to live theatrical performances.

The Calidore String Quartet (violinists Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violist Jeremy Berry, and cellist Estelle Choi) will perform in the Finals of the 61st ARD Music Competition in Munich, Germany to be streamed live (www.ardmusikwettbewerb.de) from the Prinzregententheater on Saturday, September 15th.

The New Group will present the first production in its 2012-2013 season, the world premiere of The Good Mother, a new play by Francine Volpe. Directed by Scott Elliott, this production features Darren Goldstein, Gretchen Mol, Alfredo Narciso, Eric Nelsen and Bill Sage. Previews begin October 29 in advance of an Official Opening Night on Thursday, November 15 at 7:00pm. A limited Off-Broadway engagement is slated through December 22 at The New Group @ Theatre Row (The Acorn Theatre / 410 West 42nd Street / Acorn Theatre).

KUSC 91.5 FM, one of the largest and most listened-to public classical music stations in the country, will honor Academy® and Tony® Award-winning actor Joel Grey on Saturday evening, September 15, 2012 with a 90-minute tribute broadcast. The program is the final installment of this year's monthly musical theater series, "The Shows of Shows" presented by KUSC and the Festival of New American Musicals.

The Multicultural Diversity Progamming Committee and Arts and Cultural Events at Salt Lake Community College present acclaimed Poet and Spoken Word Artist, Mayda del Valle, on September 24th, 2012.

Luna Stage has announced a partnership with Diversity Youth Theater to offer year round performing arts programming for young artists in the New Jersey and New York area, recognizing the value in their combined arts and educational strengths. The partnership has recently completed a successful summer program, which culminated in a wonderful sold out production where public demand sparked the addition of four additional shows.

The Sundance Institute Theatre Program is now accepting submissions for the 2013 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab, which will return to the Sundance Resort in Sundance, Utah. Under the supervision of Philip Himberg, Artistic Director, and Producing Director Christopher Hibma, the three-week Lab (July 8-28, 2013) is the centerpiece of the Theatre Program's year-round work and is designed to develop emerging and established artists and to create a place where their original work can be effectively mentored and challenged.

The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, will present a very special concert event with "America's Got Talent" finalist TIM HOCKENBERRY on September 25. Howard Stern declared Hockenberry's "America's Got Talent" semi-final performance the "most moving we've had from a singer in a long time." Tim's remarkable voice might at first remind you of Ray Charles, Joe Cocker or Tom Waits, but you only need to hear a few minutes of him singing 'I Left My Heart In San Francisco' to understand that this is an artist who has the power to make you hear a classic in a new way. Having shared stages with stars such as Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and Steve Miller, Hockenberry has established himself as one of the most compelling artists in the Bay Area scene today.

In a career spanning four decades, acclaimed Irish group Clannad have made music that entwines the traditional and the modern, the past and the future, with stunningly beautiful results. With their haunting songs, mesmerizing vocals, and captivating sound, the award-winning group has sold more than 10 million records worldwide.

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, which will make its North Texas premiere October 2-21, 2012, presented by Dallas Summer Musicals at the Music Hall at Fair Park.

David Salle will open Ariel and Other Spirits, an exhibition presented in conjunction with the Met premiere of Thomas Ades's The Tempest, at the Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gallery Met on September 25. Salle has created a suite of paintings and watercolors for the show, which relate to both Ades's opera and the Shakespeare play. Ariel and Other Spirits will be on display in Gallery Met through January 12. The Tempest, conducted by the composer and directed by Robert Lepage, opens October 23.

First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83) presents THE MADNESS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE: A LOVE STORY, an original play by Executive Director David Rice. This critically acclaimed production first premiered in 2006 and sold out the entire run. The riveting tale of life and death, love and heartbreak previews September 26, opens Saturday, September 29 at 8 p.m. and runs through November 4. THE MADNESS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE: A LOVE STORY is directed by Michael Goldberg (Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream at First Folio) and stars Christian Gray as 'Edgar Allan Poe' (A Moon for the Misbegotten at First Folio Theatre, A Christmas Carol at Drury Lane Theatre, and Richard II at Writers' Theatre).

'Unfinished Songs,' a new song from Celine Dion and songwriter Diane Warren, was written and recorded for the upcoming British film Song For Marion. Written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams, Song For Marion will be closing the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Saturday, September 15. The song will be included on Celine's upcoming English-language album, Water And A Flame, to be released this coming November.

Johnny Hallyday will continue his world concert tour with a performance in New York City at The Beacon Theatre on Sunday, October 7th. The Beacon Theatre show marks the first concert hall performance in New York City of Hallyday's impressive 50-year career.