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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announces 80 Our Town grant awards totaling $4.995 million and reaching 44 states and the District of Columbia. Cedar City's Office of Economic Development is one of the grantees and will receive up to $50,000 for landscape design, linking the Utah Shakespeare Festival with the city's historic downtown. The Festival will match the grant amount to help complete this project.

Celebrities Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo, Eriq La Salle, Sinbad and Boris Kodjoe together with Robert Greenblatt, President of NBC, caught Streetcar Named Desire stars and producer Stephen Byrd backstage last night at the Broadhurst Theater. The show is headed into its final performances; it is set to close on Sunday, July 22.

Single tickets to the Manatee Players' productions of LEGALLY BLONDE, EVITA, PUMPBOYS AND DINETTES, PLAID TIDINGS, ANYTHING GOES and A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM will go on sale on Monday July 16.

No Name producer Eric Vetter promises a hot lineup at a cool venue when "NYC's Best Damn Comedy / Variety Show brings its multicultural mix of comedy, music and fun to 92YTribeca (200 Hudson Street) in Manhattan on Thursday, July 26th. Vetter brings some of their best including comic Liam McEneaney (Comedy Central's "Premium Blend"), Elon James White ('This Week In Blackness', Huffington Post), and comic/storyteller Ophira Eisenberg (NPR's "Ask Me Another") for this inaugural visit to the venue.

Bucks County Playhouse (BCP) (Jed Bernstein, Producing Director) has announced the casting for Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon, its second production of the 2012 summer season.

Shaina Taub plays Rockwood Music Hall on Friday July 13th at 7 PM, featuring brand new original music and songs off her record, What Otters Do.

York Theatre Company's revival of the classic Off-Broadway hit Closer Than Ever is set for a limited run through July 14, 2012 at The York Theatre at Saint Peter's, and stars including Christian Borle, Judith Blazer and more have stopped by. View photos below!

The world-wide smash hit production of JERSEY BOYS - The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons will return to Melbourne's Princess Theatre beginning Thursday, January 10, 2013.

Mayor Michael A. Nutter joined members of Philadelphia's visual arts community this morning to celebrate the creation of two new Community Supported Art (CSA) programs that will help strengthen the relationship between local artists and their community. The programs, based on a successful model developed by Minnesota's Springboard for the Arts, are being replicated here in Philadelphia thanks to support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

This major site-specific installation will include nine monumental sculptures made of polyester resin, with mosaics of ceramic, mirror and stained glass, towering as high as 16 feet and as wide as 13 feet. It will feature Saint Phalle's signature nanas and totems, as well as works from her iconic Black Heroes series depicting legendary jazz musicians and athletes.

Ars Nova has announced the following upcoming events.

American Ballet Theatre, the University of California, Irvine and Segerstrom Center for the Arts continue their 12-year artistic partnership, presenting ABT's 2012 Summer Intensive. The program was created by ABT to help talented young dancers, selected through an audition process, further hone and develop their talent.

Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced the full cast for the American Premiere of Nick Payne's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, directed by Michael Longhurst. If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet will feature Annie Funke as "Anna," Michelle Gomez as "Fiona," Jake Gyllenhaal as "Terry" and Brian F. O'Byrne as "George."

Pig Iron Theatre Company is excited to announce the world premiere of ZERO COST HOUSE, a new work of performance created in collaboration between Pig Iron and Toshiki Okada, esteemed Japanese playwright and the director of chelfitsch, an acclaimed dance-theater ensemble.

Hennepin Theatre Trust and Minneapolis Musical Theatre (MMT) announced today a new partnership showcasing MMT's upcoming season at the Trust's New Century Theatre in City Center. This endeavor highlights MMT's ongoing evolution and commitment to presenting performances in downtown Minneapolis. Details about MMT's 2013 season and ticketing will be announced shortly. Additional information will be posted on HennepinTheatreTrust.org and at aboutmmt.org.

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) today announced it is accepting submissions for its fourth annual Buffalo Young Writers (BYW) contest; RLTP also indicated that, this year, it will be extending a call-for-work to students between the ages of 15 and 23 currently enrolled in Western New York (WNY) schools. (Previously, only WNY students ages 17 to 22 were invited to submit.) As in past years, local students are encouraged to write a ten-minute play; one grand-prize winner (selected by RLTP) will receive $250 and see his or her play produced at the Road Less Traveled Theater. Four runners up will also receive readings of their submissions, as well as complementary tickets to RLTP shows.

In the 2011-12 season, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich premiered three new works-Shadows for piano and orchestra, Commedia dell'Arte for violin and orchestra, and a Quintet inspired by Schubert's "Trout" Quintet that was performed across the country.

Birmingham Hippodrome's popular summer workshop for Young Carers returns to the theatre for a phenomenal sixth year from Monday 30 July - Friday 3 August 2012.

Cape Rep Theatre presents Avenue Q, the Tony award winning musical with Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and Book by Jeff Whitty.

On Saturday evening, July 28th, at 7:30 p.m. center stage at The Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre (BRIFT) will come alive in the most hilarious of ways. Three short plays by award-winning writer Christopher Durang will be performed by actors trained by Hollywood legend Burt Reynolds.