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On August 19th at 7pm, BroadwayUnderstudies.com has invited some of Broadway's most talented understudies to the stage of the Laurie Beechman Theatre to share their rare talent-the ability to perform at a second's notice. They'll be thrown into the fire in 'Half Hour: A Last Minute Concert,' a show where even they don't know what they'll be singing before they step up to the microphone. The audience will get to vote on what song each performer will sing.

The July 30th 7:30pm benefit concert for The Actors Fund of the Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and Bjorn Ulvaeus musical CHESS will offer a limited amount of $30 Student Rush Tickets to students with a valid ID, cash only. Starring Tony Award-nominee Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde, Les Miserables), Helen Hayes Award-winner Natascia Diaz (Man of La Mancha, Seussical, The Capeman, Carnival) and Drew Sarich (Les Miserables, Lestat, starring in the upcoming Broadway-bound production of Rocky the Musical in Europe) this special CHESS "In Concept" Concert will take place at LaGuardia Arts at Lincoln Center (100 Amsterdam Avenue); this stripped down all through-sung concert-version will focus on the music, lyrics and characters, emulating the original 1984 concept album and incorporating virtually all of the original London score.

This summer, Center for Puppetry Arts presents a very special production for Atlanta's younger audience members and their parents. Five timeless tales of fun and friendship hit the stage in a fresh and invigorating new format specifically developed to engage and educate children ages two through six. This 'Theater for the Very Young' production takes audiences on a playful carnival ride with a bandwagon of animal friends that will have little ones bouncing, clapping, and singing along. The show features some of Aesop's most famous fables including the Lion and the Mouse, the Country Mouse and City Mouse, the Fox and the Crane, the Ant and the Grasshopper, and the Tortoise and the Hare.

C3 Presents and Texas Performing Arts present Primus in 3D, Wednesday, November 7 at Bass Concert Hall. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 3 at 10:00 a.m. at the following authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall ticket office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org and C3concerts.com, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

Michael Schenker will return with his classic rock band Temple of Rock on a 12-date UK tour in April 2013. The tour starts at the ARC, Stockton on Tees on Tuesday 9th April. Tickets go on sale Monday July 30th from www.thegigcartel.com and 0844 478 0898.

Twin Cities favorites Nathan Keepers (Estragon) and Jim Lichtscheidl (Vladimir) take on the leading roles in The Jungle Theater's WAITING FOR GODOT, Samuel Beckett's "tragicomedy in two acts," widely considered one of the most significant plays of the 20th century. Artistic Director Bain Boehlke directs the duo who play two old friends debating the meaning of life and the absurdities of human behavior in this funny, captivating and illuminating production. Allen Hamilton (Pozzo) and Charles Schuminski (Lucky) round out the cast.

Island City Stage and Empire Stage have announced their co-production of the play 'The Twentieth-Century Way' by Tom Jacobson, which will be performed at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Dr., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304, beginning August 9. The official opening is set for August 11, 2012, and the play will run Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 5:00pm, through September 9. The ticket price is $30, $20 for previews. For reservations or further information, call 954-678-1496. Tickets may be purchased with credit or debit card through Smarttix at www.smarttix.com or by calling 212-868-4444. Tickets may also be purchased at the door (cash only).

Lucky Penny Productions will present the musical WHO MURDERED LOVE? written by LISSA MOIRA & RICHARD WEST, as part of the 16th Annual New York International Fringe Festival/FringeNYC.

With under a month to go, "Rewind The 80s Music Festival" which takes place at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-on-Thames from August 17 - 19th, has sold out for the second year running.

Billy Connolly will bring his uncensored, uncut and unpredictable stand-up to New York this winter when he plays the legendary Beacon Theatre on Friday December 7 with his show, BILLY CONNOLLY: THE MAN LIVE. Tickets are now on sale at www.ticketmaster.com. Other cities will be announced in the future.

Theatre East presents "Normalcy" by Bennett Windheim, Off Broadway at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 416 West 42nd Street, NYC. Benard Cummings directs the new play. Previews begin for the limited engagement on August 31 and the opening is Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm. For this opening of its 2012-13 season, there will be a series of talk-backs throughout the run, with the author, the producers and director, as well as experts in the respective field of this emotionally charged play. The schedule will soon be announced.

With its winning combination of trade show and performances, the international dance fair "interrnationale tanzmesse nrw" has been a magnet for contemporary dance companies, professionals and artists from all over the world since 1994. The fair became a biennial event in Dusseldorf in 2002 and has since attracted a growing number of contemporary dance professionals, with the last event in 2010 being the largest ever: More than 1000 trade attendees from 42 countries came to Dusseldorf to meet with 246 dance-related organizations at 102 booths on the show floor and watch performances from 60 dance companies from 23 countries on stages in Dusseldorf and beyond over 4 days. This year's show dates are August 29 - September 1, 2012. 243 exhibitors from 34 countries are registered at this time with a 30% increase in the number of booths compared to 2010.

That Dorothy Parker, written and performed by Carol Lempert, will be part of Parkerfest 2012. That Dorothy Parker is a one-woman biographical drama about the life and work of the famous writer Dorothy Parker.

Illusion, acrobatics, zydeco music and beloved children's books coming to life on stage make up the 2012-13 Children's Theater Series, presented by the Community Engagement & Education Department at PlayhouseSquare. The Children's Theater Series, with a subscription price of $40 for four shows, has provided an affordable, entertaining way for parents and grandparents to introduce children to quality live theater and the arts for 30 years.

Snoopy is dead, Lucy is in jail, Sally is goth, Linus is a pot-head, Peppermint Patty and Marcie are alcoholics and Charlie Brown is questing his existence. The Peanuts gang has been turned upside down in Bert V. Royals' dark comedy Dog Sees God coming to the Cambridge YMCA Theatre this August. The Boston Teen Acting Troupe's production focuses on the raw uncensored life of high school students.

Close to 50,000 Victorians flocked to Arts Centre Melbourne over the weekend to explore and enjoy the reopening of Hamer Hall after a two-year $135.8 million redevelopment.

The giant installation of pink gladioli, Bouquet, which has captured the imaginations of Victorians during the Hamer Hall Opening Celebrations at Arts Centre Melbourne, makes way today for a new art installation, an enchanted garden to be known as Kaeru.

Guerilla Opera has been honored with recognition by The Improper Bostonian as Best Opera Company in its selection of 'Boston's Best 2012.'

Zion Theatre Company will present The Death of Eurydice and Other Short Plays at the Off Broadway Theater in Salt Lake City on August 10, 11, 13, 17, 18 at 7:30 pm. The short plays are all written by national award winning playwright Mahonri Stewart, a Utah native.

Local makes good! Artists' Exchange is one of 340 businesses to be honored in the annual RI Monthly Best of RI Awards.