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NJ State Opera's Artistic Director Jason Tramm, at the podium as Music Director for the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, will conduct the Great Auditorium Choir and Orchestra in Antonin Dvo?ak's Stabat Mater this Sunday August 26th at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove.

Jessica Gaynor Dance presents the World Premiere of Hero from November 15-18, 2012 at 8pm at the Aldous Theater, Triskelion Arts, 118 North 11th Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Tickets are $15 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/259374.

Multi-platinum rockers Papa Roach have been forced to cancel the remainder of their scheduled dates on the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival, which kicked off last week in Kansas City. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix has been diagnosed with a nodule on his left vocal chord. At the advice of his physician, he will undergo corrective surgery to remove the nodule and prevent further damage.

Skylight Music Theatre will open its 2012-2013 season with the Tony Award- winning musical AVENUE Q which will run from September 21 through October 14 in the Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center (158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee WI).

FronteraFest, one of Central Texas' most legendary performance events is pleased to announce its call for 2013 entries. FronteraFest is a collaboration between Hyde Park Theatre and ScriptWorks, a playwright development and service organization. Applications are available online on the Hyde Park Theatre website www.hydeparktheatre.org. The Fest is celebrating its twenty anniversary this year, with the Short Fringe kicking off January 15 - February 16 and the Long Fringe running from January 21 - February 3, 2013.

The Collective Theatre has announced its inaugural production: the Chicago premiere of HooDoo Love by Olivier Award-winning playwright Katori Hall, directed by Nelsan Ellis, star of HBO's hit series True Blood.

The Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center (KVPAC) Board of Trustees is hosting their annual fundraiser once more at the beautiful Agave Road located at 1016 FM 1463 in Katy on Thursday, October 18, 2012 from 6:30-10:00pm. The event will be a Masquerade benefiting all KVPAC Programming. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts education organization, KVPAC annually serves more than 38,000 children, youth and adults through its tuition based classes, community theatre productions, outreach programs and free ARTS for ALL! Family Festival. Patti Lacy Realtor, Coldwell Banker, is slated to sponsor this year's Board Benefit for a fourth consecutive year.

Garden Lights, Holiday Nights - the city's newest holiday tradition - once again transforms the Atlanta Botanical Garden into a giant magical kaleidoscope November 17-January 5. The second annual light show extravaganza is sure to dazzle with more colors, more displays and a cast of characters to boot.

Hot Mess in Manhattan: The Musical, featuring music by 12 of today's musical theatre composers, will perform a limited run August 30-September 8 at The American Theatre of Actors (314 W. 54th Street NYC) as a part of the second annual Araca Project.

Barrel of Monkeys (BOM) kicks off its 15th season with an all new, cross-disciplinary extravaganza titled 'Chicago's Weird, Grandma'. From the powerhouse theater of Steppenwolf to the experimental dance of BONEdanse to the quirky stylings of Noah Ginex Puppet Company, BOM brings children's stories to life in an innovative way. 'Chicago's Weird, Grandma' is a new spin on the BOM classic 'That's Weird, Grandma' on Mondays, October 8 through December 17 at 8 p.m. at the Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland. BOM Artistic Director Molly Brennan directs.

Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters, co-founder of Broadway Barks, recently stopped by Access Hollywood to talk about the cause with some furry friends. Check out Peters' appearance - with an intro from BWW TV - below!

TACT/The Actors Company Theatre (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Jenn Thompson, Co-Artistic Directors), the critically-acclaimed and Drama Desk nominated Off-Broadway company "dedicated to presenting neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit," announces the cast and creative team for Lovers by Brian Friel, the first production of the company's 20th Anniversary Season. Directed by TACT Company Member Drew Barr, performances begin at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street - between 9th & 10th Avenues) on Tuesday, September 18th, 2012. Opening night is Thursday, September 27th at 7:30pm. Performances will continue through Saturday, October 20th.

Southern Rep Theatre will announce its 2012-13 Season at the Contemporary Arts Center's Spun Cafe 'Happy Hour' Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 5-7pm. Southern Rep and the CAC are welcoming friends, subscribers, members, audiences, local artists and press to gather for the announcement and to celebrate the two companies' partnership in the coming year. Complimentary Hors D'oeuvres and a Cash Bar will be available.

The North Carolina Symphony and WUNC 91.5FM have partnered to present great music for a summer evening all season long, and just two powerhouse Symphony performances from the past concert season remain in the series.

The 2012-13 Concert Season at the Centenary Stage Company will kick off with a "Curtains Up - Opening of the Season Celebration" and a performance by Robert Klein, on Saturday, Sept 22 in the David and Carol Lackland Center in Hackettstown.

The University of Pittsburgh today observed its own 225th anniversary and the 100th anniversary of the birth in Pittsburgh of special Academy Award-honored dancer, director, choreographer, actor, singer, and Pitt alumnus Gene Kelly (1912-1996) by setting a new World Record.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse is the home for Second Saturday, 7:30-10:00 PM, Saturday, Sept. 8. Second Saturday is an alternative Saturday night entertainment for young people in grades 6-12. Cost is $8. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, and is available online at dmplayhouse.com.

PBS is bound for Broadway this fall with a three-hour primetime documentary series that tracks the real life stories of America's top high school musical performers vying in the ultimate competition to find the nation's best young theater stars. It's non-stop drama when 60 talented teens - chosen from a nationwide casting call of over 50,000 students - descend on New York for an intensive week of "theatrical boot camp" and a shot at stage stardom and scholarships. The annual event, held each summer, is filmed for the first time ever inBROADWAY OR BUST, airing on consecutive Sunday nights, September 9-23, 2012 at 8:00-9:00 pm ET on PBS (check local listings).

The Last Smoker in America, with book and lyrics by Tony Award® Nominee Bill Russell (Side Show) and music by Drama Desk Nominee Peter Melnick (Adrift in Macao), with direction by Tony Award® winning producer and director Andy Sandberg (Hair; Gore Vidal's The Best Man), choreography by Tony Award® nominee AC Ciulla (Footloose) and music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations by Fred Lassen (The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess), will play its final performance Saturday evening, September 1, 2012 upstairs at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). Previews began on July 11, 2012 with Opening Night on August 2, 2012.

Previews begin tonight for If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, a new play by Nick Payne, directed by Michael Longhurst. If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet features Annie Funke (Anna), Michelle Gomez (Fiona), Jake Gyllenhaal (Terry) and Brian F. O'Byrne (George).