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On Friday 15 March 2013 at 7pm, Digital Theatre's film version of Michael Attenborough's Almeida Theatre production of King Lear will have a fundraising screening at BAFTA's Princess Anne Theatre.

Cast members from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, King Kong and Jersey Boys along with a number of guest performers, will come together to perform a variety of songs from their personal repertoires to support the Australian Children's Music Foundation (ACMF) on Sunday, 15th March at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne commencing at 7.30pm.

Flux Theatre Ensemble will present the World Premiere of Johnna Adams' (The Angel Eaters Trilogy with Flux; 2011 recipient of the Princess Grace Award) Sans Merci, April 26-May 17 at the 4th Street Theatre (83 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). The production will be directed by Heather Cohn (NYIT Outstanding Direction Award nominee for The Lesser Seductions of History) and will feature Rachael Hip-Flores (Anyone But Me webseries; Hearts Like Fists with Flux), Susan Ferrara* (Peasant with KEF Productions), and Alisha Spielmann* (Blast Radius with Gideon Productions; The Runner Stumbles with Retro Productions). The Production Stage Manager will be Audrey Marshall. *Actor appears courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association.

The Dallas Opera, in partnership with Cowboys Stadium and with support from The Dallas Foundation, is delighted to report that the first milestone has been achieved: more than10,000 tickets have been requested for the free April 13th Dallas Opera Cowboys Stadium Simulcast at One Legends Way in Arlington, TX. Of that number, over 40% of the households have no previous purchase history or simulcast history with the Dallas Opera; while more than half of the tickets were requested by households that either attended or requested tickets for the initial simulcast last April.

The Stephen Sondheim Theatre Box Office (124 W 43rd St) will open on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 10am for the upcoming Broadway revival of Horton Foote's beloved classic, The Trip to Bountiful, starring Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad and Tom Wopat.

After opening to critical acclaim, My Name is Asher Lev, the hit play adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok (The Chosen) at The Westside Theatre (407 W. 43rd Street) has just announced that it will extend its run for the third time, through September 1, 2013.

"Comedian's comedian" Eddie Pepitone and director Steven Feinartz, a Columbia College alum, return to Chicago for a special one-night showing of their film festival hit The Bitter Buddha. Author and AV Club editor Nathan Rabin moderates a post-screening conversation Friday, March 15, 9:30 p.m. at Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport.

Portland Shakespeare Project announces that its third season will include William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and John Fletcher's The Tamer Tamed (staged reading) running in rotating repertory, July 10 though August 4, 2013. Both shows will be performed on the Alder Stage at Artists Repertory Theatre. Tickets are on sale now at the Artists Rep Box Office. Plays run in rep Wednesday through Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2pm and 7:30pm, Sunday at 2pm. Full schedule and more information at www.portlandshakes.org.

The Adirondack Shakespeare Company announced this week that their upcoming productions of 1,2,3 Henry VI and Richard III would not only be an opportunity to experience Shakespeare's portrayal of the War of the Roses, but a chance to lend support to modern day war veterans, through the company's sponsorship of the IAVA (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America).

Three-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and pianist Bruce Hornsby will bring a rare, intimate, solo piano performance to Concord's Capitol Center for the Arts on Friday, April 19 at 8pm.

The French singer and actress Floanne returns to Joe's Pub on Sunday March 24 at 7:30pm with a new edition of her still unfolding Edith Piaf project, "Edith Piaf Alive."

St. Ann's Warehouse (Artistic Director, Susan Feldman; Executive Director, Andrew D. Hamingson) is pleased to welcome back Tristan Sturrock, the leading man of Kneehigh's Brief Encounter (and a longtime member of the company), for the American premiere of Mayday Mayday. Written and performed by Sturrock, and directed by Katy Carmichael, Mayday Mayday is a "laugh out loud funny and tear-inducingly moving" (Bristol Evening Post) solo performance.

WWFM The Classical Network, New Jersey's only full-time classical music radio station, will present a free concert to honor the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach Thursday, March 21, at The Princeton Theological Seminary's Miller Chapel at 7 p.m.

Hear from Rowenna Jeffries, Tour Production Coordinator, and David Millman, Production Manager, of TOTEM from Cirque du Soleil talk about the Cirque du Soleil Big Top going up at New York City's Citi Field in Queens.

The Pearl Theatre Company has rescheduled the world premiere of Terrence McNally's And Away We Go. The production will anchor The Pearl's 30th season, running November 11 - December 22, rather than the previously announced April 19 - May 19, which will now be dedicated to a production of This Side of Neverland featuring two one-acts, Rosalind and The Twelve Pound Look, by J. M. Barrie.

CenterStage has announced that legendary cabaret performer and Golden Globe Award Winner Amanda McBroom will be the final artist in the 2012-13 U.S. Trust Life is a Cabaret! Series: A Celebration of the Great American Song Book.

Legendary rocker Jon Bon Jovi announced today that he will be bringing his solo project to Vegas at the end of March. Jon Bon Jovi will rock out with The Kings of Suburbia at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Sunday, March 24. This will be an exciting solo performance for Jon Bon Jovi where fans can expect to hear favorite Bon Jovi hits, as well as classic rock and roll songs. Tickets go on sale today at 10am.

'CHAMPAGNE AND BOSOM BUDDIES - A SALUTE TO JERRY HERMAN' will be presented as a Staged Reading for one night only, at 7:30 PM on Monday, March 18th, 2013, in Lynn University's Wold Performing Arts Center, Boca Raton, FL.

Meryl Tankard is one of Australia's iconic choreographers. She produces what's being described as 'affecting, compelling and absorbing dance productions that have been seen worldwide. Meryl's work ranges from the intricate and intimate to large-scale, site-specific commissions, which are transformative both to the space they reside in and to the audience. It is this diversity and creativity that has attracted international artistic acclaim and commercial success.'

One part folk/funk concert, one part contemporary dance, 'Heartbeat: A Modern Dance Rock Concert' weaves together music, dance, and visual arts to tell the story of one man's love life at the Oberon Theatre on March 21st, 2013 at 8:00pm. Follow the protagonist through teenage twitter-pation, affairs, temptations, weddings, and funerals as dancers bring to life thirteen interwoven tracks that blend classic grooves with stellar songwriting. Performed in the round using the Oberon Theatre's full 360 degrees of theatre space, the audience becomes the active participants in an extravagant party that celebrates love, throughout life.