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The Dramatists Guild Fund has announced this year's Madge Evans and Sidney Kingsley Award to actress Linda Lavin and playwright Lynn Nottage. The awards will be presented by Dramatists Guild Fund Board Member Terrence McNally on Monday, February 25, 2013 at an intimate salon with award-winning composer Charles Strouse. The event will also include remarks by Jeffrey Lyons, godson of Sidney Kingsley, and will be held at the home of lyricist and playwright Gretchen Cryer.

Beginning Friday, The Duplex welcomes Carly Sakolove in an open-ended engagement of her one-woman show, I HEAR VOICES. In addition to Carly, a surprise guest "Diva" will be performing to celebrate the opening. As of February 22, audiences can enjoy Sakolove's critically acclaimed "Broadway Diva" impressions on the last Friday of each month. The show, written by Sakolove and Tony Award nominee Bill Russell has previously played sold-out engagements at The Duplex and Joe's Pub.

A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry's drama, will extend its performance schedule through March 9th at Palm Beach Dramaworks' Don & Ann Brown Theatre (201 Clematis Street). The production will play the following additional performances: Thursday 3/7 at 8pm, Friday 3/8 at 8pm and Saturday 3/9 at 2 & 8pm.

LuluBelle Productions is set to present the world premiere of Alabama Baggage, a new drama written by Buddy Farmer, and directed by Paul Messinger, at Theatre Asylum in Hollywood. There will be one preview on Friday, March 8, and opening is Saturday, March 9 at 8pm, and Alabama Baggage will play a six-week engagement through April 14 only.

Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), the not-for-profit which brought new life to the historic Theatre By The Sea for the past five years, will present a staged reading of They Walk Among Us at their new state-of-the-art theatre in Warwick on Sunday, March 10 at 7:00 pm.

The producers of the Tony-winning hit musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT have announced that two-time Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick has extended his run in the production and will now perform through June 15th. His co-star four-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara will play her final performance on March 31st. Tony Award nominee Jessie Mueller will join the show in the role of 'Billie Bendix' on April 2nd.

Short Story Theatre, a story-telling troupe of local writers, will present an evening of storytelling on Tuesday, March 5, at 7:00 p.m. at the Laughing Chameleon, 1830 Tower Drive, in Glenview in the Glen.

The Milkshake Trio, the groundbreaking band for kids and grownups, celebrating the release of their fifth CD, Got a Minute?, is performing a family concert on Sunday, March 3 at 2:00 pm at The Jewish Museum. In this show for kids ages 2 to 7, the band will play old favorites like 'Baseball' (where the trio plays a mini-ball game with the audience), 'Fingers & Toes' (in which band member Michael 'Shepp' Sheppard tries out his French), and 'Bottle of Sunshine' (featuring the Milkshake Bottle of Sunshine), along with an array of new songs from Got a Minute? Known for an energetic pop-rock style, the Milkshake Trio's musical influences range from Julie Andrews and The Beatles to The White Stripes and Bo Diddley. The trio also includes the founders of Milkshake, Lisa Mathews and Mikel Gehl.

Now a much-anticipated feature of the arts centre spring programme, Roscommon Drama Festival showcases nine nights of award-winning performances by amateur groups from all over Ireland, all of who are eager to win a nomination to the All-Ireland Drama Finals. This years festival taking place from Friday 1st - Saturday 9th March represent an exciting mix of theatre offering something for all audiences, all under the eye of adjudicator, Michael Poynor. A.D.A.

The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present 'Cathy Rigby Is Peter Pan'at 7 p.m. on Feb. 12 and 13.

Elements Theatre Company of Orleans, Mass., will explore the ways in which our culture and relationships have changed over the past 30 years by presenting and discussing A. R. Gurney's Pulitzer-nominated play, The Dining Room, at Nyack College (Nyack and Manhattan campuses) March 4-7, 2013. As part of its annual educational tour, Elements will perform Gurney's comedy of upper-middle class American manners plus conduct talk-backs, workshops, and a panel discussion designed to examine the relevance of theater and art in today's society.

Curtain Call Performing Arts will present Live with the Shawn Megofna Band, the second concert as part of CCPA's Unplugged Concert Series. The Shawn Megofna Band (TSMB) is composed of talented, fun, and energetic individuals from the Bay Area. TSMB fuses island, reggae, acoustic, and rock genres into one complete sound, and will perform covers and original works, while also raising funds for two deserving Bay Area organizations; San Leandro Relay For Life (2/22) and the Bay Area Fight Academy (2/23).

Philadelphia Young Playwrights leads a charge of high school, university, emerging and professional artists in the development and presentation of Time Machine, a performance installation co-produced with the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts 2013 (PIFA) and the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at the University of the Arts (UArts). Performances take place April 23-26 as part of PIFA in the Kimmel Center Innovation Studio.

Theatre Kavanah, a Burlington-based company devoted to exploring the intricacies of the Jewish experience, will bring a staged reading of Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok's The Chosen to Town Hall Theater on Thursday, March 7th.

Carolines on Broadway, “America's Premier Comedy Nightclub,” announces its all-star line-up of talent for the month of March 2013, highlighted by headliners Faizon Love, from BET's “The Real Husbands of Hollywood” and the films “Friday” and “Elf,” February 28 – March 3; Darrell Hammond, from NBC's “Saturday Night Live” on March 8 and 9; Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher, from E! Entertainment Television's “Chelsea Lately,” March 15 – 17; Steve-O, host of Tru TV's “Killer Karaoke” and from MTV's “Jackass,” March 21 – 24; and Nick DiPaolo, from his Showtime special “Raw Nerve,” March 28 – 30.

97.3 KBCO & Z2 Entertainment will present Toots and The Maytals at the Fox Theatre on Monday, April 1st. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 22nd for $28.00 in advance and $30.00 day of show.

A Red Orchid Theatre announces new performance dates for its hit Chicago Premiere production of Annie Baker's The Aliens, directed by Shade Murray. Due to high ticket demand, the production is now extended through Saturday, March 16, 2013 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells. Tickets for the two-week extension are now on sale through the box office, (312) 943-8722 and www.aredorchidtheatre.org.

Good Theater has announced the New England premiere of Amy Herzog's award winning 4000 MILES playing March 6 - 30. Performances will be at Good Theater's home, the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. For tickets go to the Good Theater website www.goodtheater.com or call the box office at 207-885-5883.

Nestled in the heart of Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood sits one of the city's most impressive homes - a grand display of French architecture constructed by William T. Baker, one of America's most famed residential designers. The French-inspired home will be this year's project house for the 43rd Annual Atlanta Symphony Associates' Decorators' Show House & Gardens April 20 - May 12, 2013. Proceeds from the event will support the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and its education and community engagement programs.

The Wagner College Theatre will present the hit comedy, "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress," March 5-10 in its Stage One studio theater. This outrageously funny and touching celebration of the female spirit was written in 1993 by Alan Ball, the award-winning creator of the movie, "American Beauty," and the HBO series, "Six Feet Under."