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Danny Chait has been tapped to perform at the debut incarnation of The Lower East Side Music Festival on Thursday, August 23 at 8:00pm. The performance will feature his latest single, and the title track of his debut EP, The Back Room.

Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts, announced six new and two returning members have been elected to the Tony Award-winning theatre's Board of Directors. Joining the Board for an initial two year term are Lois Anderson of Avon, Sonya D. Dockett of Avon, Judith E. Meyers of North Haven, Eric D. Ort of Farmington, Charlie Ortiz of Hartford, Esther A. Pryor of West Hartford, Judith E. Thompson of West Hartford, and John H. P. Wheat of Bloomfield.

Celebrating its 48th season, the award winning New Jersey State Opera, under the leadership of Artistic Director and Maestro Jason C. Tramm proudly announces casting for its August 16th production of Verdi's Requiem.

From August 12-18, in advance of the box office opening for the 2012-13 season, the New York Philharmonic will offer tickets for $69.50 with the purchase of three or more subscription concerts, up to 48% off regularly priced tickets. Fans of the Philharmonic on Facebook can access the sale early for one day only on August 10 (12:01 a.m. until midnight).

The Marriott Theatre, Chicago's longest running musical theatre announced today that subscriptions will soon go on sale for its 2013 season.

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre will present Walt Disney's animated masterpiece "Cinderella" for a special limited engagement from August 15 through August 30 2012, announced today by Lylle Breier, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Special Events for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

MGM Grand Hotel & Casino is now a one-stop shop for laughs and fun with a special offer from CSI: The Experience and Brad Garrett's Comedy Club. For only $45, guests receive one ticket to CSI: The Experience and one ticket to Brad Garrett's Comedy Club.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS The Musical devours the Glendale Centre Theatre. One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time, with a hit movie and a Broadway revival to its credit, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS takes root on Thursday, August 23 and flowers through Saturday, October 6. Locally produced exclusively for Southern California audiences, performances take place at the beautiful, nearly 400 seat Glendale Centre Theatre now in its 65th year of operation as the oldest, continually operating theatre in the United States.

For Projects 98: Slavs and Tatars, The Museum of Modern Art presents the first United States solo exhibition by Slavs and Tatars, from August 15 through December 10, 2012. Slavs and Tatars is a collective whose installations, lectures, publications, and multiples focus on relationships between Western cultures and the Eastern world.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG), the non-profit performing arts operator of the historic Paramount, Moore and Neptune Theatres today announced the appointment of Katherine K. Anderson, CPA as its new Chief Financial Officer. Anderson assumes her role on August 13, 2012.

Ever Mainard (T.B.S. Just For Laughs, Bridgetown Comedy Festival-Best of Fest, Best of Chicago) and Alicia Queen (Acedamia del'arte, Roundhouse Theater's Reservoir Dogs) present SHAKESPEARE'S FEMALE WOMEN, an 'absurd romp that delves into the feminine mystique of the Bard.' SHAKESPEARE'S FEMALE WOMEN will perform Saturdays at 7:30pm, September 8-29, 2012 at Gorilla Tango's Skokie Theatre (7924 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL 60077). Tickets are $15. To purchase tickets call 773-598-4549 or visit www.gorillatango.com.

An exhibition described as 'exploring the rich interactions between pictorial and garden arts in China across more than 1,000 years will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning August 18. Showcasing more than 60 paintings as well as ceramics, carved bamboo, lacquerware, metalwork, textiles, and contemporary photographs-Chinese Gardens: Pavilions, Studios, Retreatswill be displayed in eight galleries encircling The Astor Court, a Chinese garden that is modeled on a 17th-century scholars' courtyard in the Garden of the Master of the Fishing Nets in Suzhou. After more than a year during which the Museum hosted several major loan exhibitions in its galleries for Chinese painting, the installation, drawn entirely from the permanent collection, features many of the Metropolitan's most important paintings.'

As part of the traveling exhibition, New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music, members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will join the Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters to perform "Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands" - a collaborative program of African-American spirituals and slave songs native to the Georgia Low Country - on Saturday, August 18, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in the Archie B. Myers Sr. Fine Arts Center at the McIntosh Academy in Darien, GA. This concert is free and open to the public.

A Red Orchid Theatre presents the world premiere of Ensemble Member Brett Neveu's The Opponent, directed by Karen Kessler. The production will run October 18 - December 2, 2012 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells. Press Opening is Monday, October 22, 2012 at 7:00PM.

This month, as Susanna Phillips finishes her performances of Mozart's Idomeneo at Ravinia Festival (August 17 and 19), the soprano will immerse herself in chamber music at Twickenham Fest, the summer chamber music festival that she co-founded in her hometown of Huntsville, Alabama.

The play, which won the 2007 Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Mystery Play, will be the Houston professional premiere. Written by one of the most produced playwrights of our time, Steven Dietz, who is currently in residence at the University of Texas Austin, the play had its World Premiere at Arizona Theatre Company in a co-production with Pasadena Playhouse in 2006, and has since played throughout the country.

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, launches 'The INsiders' program to explore the company's six 2012-13 season masterwork productions and their relevance to the 21st century with lively discussion forums led by guest experts and specialty workshops on the artistic process.

Z2 Entertainment will present Timeflies at the Fox Theatre on Sunday, October 21st. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 10h for $20.00.

The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, launches its 2012 - 2013 season at the Pittsburgh Playhouse on September 7th with a pillar of modern drama, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts. The recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and five Tony Awards in 2008, August: Osage County runs Sept. 7 through Sept. 23; John Shepard directs.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced casting today for the groundbreaking American musicalAssassins, the first production in The Rep's Quadracci Powerhouse for the 2012/13 Season. T