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Laurel Mill Playhouse, located at 508 Main Street in historic Laurel, MD., presents GUYS AND DOLLS, a musical fable of Broadway, based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon, music and lyrics by: FRANK LOESSER, book by: JO SWERLING and ABE BURROWS, and presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI), directed by Jocelyn Knazik, choreographed by Hannah Mollerick, music director Stu Knazik and producer Patti Knazik.

150 local students who have participated in the 2012 State Theatre Acting Camp will present 'Spotlight is on You!', the 10th Anniversary recital directed by Denise Crawn of Prestige Productions on the State Theatre main stage this Saturday, July 21stat 2 PM.

The New York International Fringe Festival will feature the award winning musical Mother Eve's Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood, book by Uma Incrocci, Erica Jensen, and Kirk McGee, with music by Christian Pedersen, lyrics by Uma Incrocci, choreography by Ashley Wren Collins, musical direction by Jason Wynn and directed by Erica Jensen. Mother Eve will play at The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street) from August 15 - 26. Tickets are available at www.FringeNYC.org for $15 in advance, $18 at the door.

With baseball season in full swing, NATIONAL PASTIME, a new screwball musical comedy, will make its New York debut, beginning performances Off-Broadway on August 8, 2012 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons in Manhattan (416 West 42nd Street).

Faith Prince is a Tony Award winner for the acclaimed revival of Guys and Dolls, a Tony nominee for Bells are Ringing and A Catered Affair, a featured star of The Little Mermaid, and a regular on Lifetime TV's hit series Drop Dead Diva, in the role of Brooke Elliott's mother, Elaine. On July 26th and 27th, she will make her Provincetown debut with two shows at The Art House, joined by Seth Rudetsky at piano. For tickets please visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 508-487-9222.

Anthony Freud, general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, announced today the creative team and performance dates for Oklahoma! The classic American musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II will receive its Lyric Opera premiere in May 2013, following the company's regular opera season.

From Thursday, October 25 through Saturday, October 27 at 7:30 PM, OUT COLD/ZIPPO SONGS-a double-bill of dramatic song cycles with music and lyrics by Phil Kline (Unsilent Night,John the Revelator)-will be presented as part of BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)'s 30th Next Wave Festival, in a co-production with American Opera Projects (AOP).

Michael Martinez and Fred Coscia have announced a special appearance by vocalist Briana Davis (Smokey Joes Cafe, The World Goes Round) at An Evening of Music and Comedy at Don't Tell Mama on August, 3, 2012. This showcase and variety show will also feature singers Tara Bruno, Michelle Guadalupe, Leandra Ramm and Joanna Schubert. Producer Michael Martinez has previously presented showcases at Birdland, Don't Tell Mama and theaters in New York City. Fred Coscia is an television host, producer and entertainment manager.

Berkshire Playwrights Lab will present a staged reading of Philip Gerson's new playApeshit (note: if unprintable, please spell it Apesh!t) directed by Bob Jaffe on Monday, July 23 at 7:30pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, Mass.).

K2K Entertainment and Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre will host the Second Annual Kelsey Theatre Awards on Saturday, August 11, at 7 p.m. This awards show will be held in the theater, on the college's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

Antoni Cimolino today announced the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's playbill for 2013, his first season as Artistic Director, and began to outline his vision for the Festival's future during his tenure.

The International Beethoven Project, headed by Artistic Director George Lepauw, presents its second annual Beethoven Festival: REVOLUTION 2012, Sept. 8-16.

Sonnet Repertory Theatre celebrates a decade of producing classic theatre for the modern planet with a world-premiere adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Michael Raver, directed by Quin Gordon. The Picture of Dorian Gray will begin performances on Thursday, August 9, with an official opening slated for Friday, August 10, at The Studio Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts will present LA Opera's Off Grand in a special concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi's The Two Foscari (I Due Foscari) on Monday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

Playhouse on the Square's 43rd Season kicks off with the regional premiere of Legally Blonde The Musical. Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone "serious," she packs her pooch and her stilettos and heads to Harvard Law to get him back. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

The Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, Indiana, announces a fantastic new look to the www.MorrisCenter.org website. Completed by Interlink Companies, new web pages were added including Welcome, FAQs, Special Needs Patrons, Theater Etiquette, Historic Timeline and more. The website was redesigned to be visually pleasing and user friendly with more information for patrons.

The Estate of Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil will present Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour™in Boston on August 3 - 4, 2012 at TD Garden.

The National Theatre of the Deaf has appointed a theatre veteran as its new executive director, while it also has opened a main office at the O'Neill Theater Center in New London.

Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn announced a revision to the 2012-2013 Season, which will now include Eugene O'Neill's Hughie. This play will replace the previously announced production of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman. Tony Award winnerDoug Hughes (STC's The Little Foxes, Broadway's Doubt) will direct Hughie at the Lansburgh Theatre (450 7th Street NW) from January 31 - March 17, 2013.

The Laurie Beechman Theater will present a special edition of 'Broadway Sessions' with casts of Off Broadway shows, featured singers, and guest host Emily McNamara (My Big Gay Italian Wedding, The Awesome 80's Prom).