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Brian Posen, artistic director of Stage 773 and The Cupid Players, has annoucned The Cupid Players and their production Cupid Has A Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships are moving from the iO Theater to Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.

The 19th Season of Broadway Onstage Live Theatre and the 32nd Season of Dennis Wickline Productions, Inc. continues with the award-winning comedy GOD OF CARNAGE, by Yazmina Reza as translated by Christopher Hampton, when it opens on Friday, September 7 at the Eastpointe Theatre. Running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Select Sundays at 2pm, this comedy tells the story of two couples coming together to discuss an altercation between their respective children in a nearby park. The production runs through Saturday, October 6.

Actress Lorraine Olsen unveils the work of a professional Artist Model in her theatrical memoir Lorraine Olsen is FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING, premiering Thursday September 13 and performing Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. through September 29, with two Sunday matinees September 16 and 23 at 3 p.m., at 2nd Stage of SF Playhouse, 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco. Tickets: $25 @ brownpapertickets.com.

Ballet Hispanico, recognized as the preeminent Latino dance institution in the United States, announces a Bessie Award Nomination for company member Jessica Alejandra Wyatt. Ms. Wyatt was nominated for a Bessie Award for Outstanding Performer (of a work that stretches the boundaries of a traditional or culturally specific form) for her performance in Asuka by Eduardo Vilaro, performed by Ballet Hispanico at the Apollo Theater.

Young Czech conductor Jakub Hr?ša will replace Ji?i B?lohlavek who is now unable to visit Australia due to ill health. Jakub Hr?ša will conduct two thrilling and exclusive Australian performances by the Czech Philharmonic, one of the world's great orchestras, at 2pm Sunday 26 August and 8pm Monday 27 August.

Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, presents the musical XANADU, previewing September 6, opening Thursday, September 13 at 8 p.m. and running through October 28, 2012.

Russell Granet, nationally known for his work in arts education, has been named Executive Director, Lincoln Center Institute (LCI), it was announced today by Reynold Levy, President, Lincoln Center. His appointment follows a five-month search for a successor to Scott Noppe-Brandon who will be stepping down at the end of August to pursue a new venture.

Red Theater presents the Chicago premiere of Schweyk in the Second World War by Bertolt Brecht and directed by Red Theater Artistic Director Aaron Sawyer, at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave, October 18 - November 11.

To kick off its 2012-2013 fall/winter season, The Joyce Theater will welcome back onto its stage some of the world's leading flamenco artists Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, for an extended two-week engagement, September 18 - 30 with a program entitled Flores para los Muertos.

The preeminent Italian conductor Fabio Luisi, who holds top posts at the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna Symphony, begins his appointment as music director of the Zurich Opera at the start of the 2012-13 season with Jenufa, Janacek's searing 1904 opera about an out-of-wedlock pregnancy.

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival presents the Juilliard String Quartet on Friday, August 24 at 7:30 pm at The Farmers' Museum. The all-Beethoven program features the String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131, and the Quartet in A minor, Op. 132.

16th Street Theater presents the world premiere of Will Dunne's Love and Drowning September 20 - October 27, 2012 at 6420 16th Street in Berwyn, with a press opening of Thursday, September 27 at 7:30 PM. Artistic Director Ann Filmer directs. Love and Drowning is the final offering in 16th Street's Season Five 2012: Love, Faith and the Unknown.

The Peterborough Players' sixth play of the 2012 season, Rounding Third, by Richard Dresser, runs from August 29 through September 9. Tickets are $37 and $39 on Saturdays.

The California Women's Conference will present a panel titled "Legendary Ladies of Stage and Screen," giving patrons the chance to hear personal and professional stories from women who embraced their dreams and worked their advantages.

The song list and talent have been announced for composer/lyricist Charles Bloom's debut recording, titled Music and Lyrics by Charles Bloom: IN HERE. The album is due online in October from Sonic Landscapes.

Popcorn Hat Players Children's Theatre is Central PA's only professional children's theatre and has been entertaining audiences throughout the Susquehanna Valley since 1993.

The Wilson Pickett Jr. Legacy, LLC (WPL) will open the Wilson Pickett: 25 at the Top exhibit on Friday, August 17, 2012. This exhibit pays tribute to one of our greatest rhythm and blues legends - 'Wicked' Wilson Pickett. 25 At the Top: The Exhibit is a pictorial overview which includes original programs, clothing, posters, scores, photos, recordings, awards, video footage and gold records. The exhibit will be displayed at the Porter Sanford III Center for Performing Arts from August 17 - September 23, 2012. Admission is free.

HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER, a new Off-Broadway comedy written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, is set to begin performances next Wednesday, August 22nd at Sofia's Downstairs Theater in the heart of Times Square.

The Clucked Up Comedy series brings "Saturday Night Sizzle - The Hot 'Chicks' of Comedy" to Detroit's intimate City Theatre on Saturday, September 15 starring comedian/actress Vanessa Fraction (Mike Epp Presents-Live from the Nokia/Barber shop 2), Ashima Franklin ( Martin Lawrence 1st Amendment stand up/Monique Show), comedian/actress Tiffany Haddish (Showtime special Snoop Dogg's "Bad Girls Of Comedy/ It's always sunny in Philadelphia ) and introducing comedian/actress Jamila Hamlett aka "JAM" (stage plays/Cheaters). Hosted by Detroit's own comedian/impressionist Martini Harris (One Mic Stand with Kevin Hart/Corner Store), "Saturday Night Sizzle" will take to the City Theatre stage for two performances at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

"The Irish in Film," the free movie series sponsored by the Irish Studies Program at Fairfield University, opens on Wednesday, October 3, with the first of four diverse films. The series, now in its fifth year, is part of Fairfield University's Arts & Minds season of cultural and intellectual programs.