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Sound Theatre Company brings award-winning playwright Tony Kushner's adaptation of THE ILLUSION to the Center Theatre this August. In Pierre Corneille's 17th century tale, a father seeks the dark arts of a magician in a cave to learn about the travails of his estranged son, when he is thrust into a fantastical journey that challenges his assumptions about love, life, and reality.

54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, has announced July events.

This July 4th, America's national Independence Day celebration kicks off our country's 236th birthday, as A CAPITOL FOURTH on PBS welcomes a brand new host, Emmy Award-winning television personality Tom Bergeron.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Hand2Mouth Theatre with the New York premiere of MY MIND IS LIKE AN OPEN MEADOW, written by Erin Leddy and directed by Jonathan Walters.

The Eye on India Festival returns to Chicago, July 12th to 22nd, 2012, with an incredible line-up of performers, internationally renowned writers and Bollywood.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company announced today the appointment of Ryan O'Steen as Technical Director and Production Coordinator of Aurora Theatre Company. O'Steen replaces Chris Killion, Aurora's first Technical Director and Production Coordinator at its current Addison Street space. Killion, an integral part of the company for 11 years, collaborated with the architects and builders on both the original Aurora Addison Street space, as well as the new Dashow Wing, in addition to constructing sets for 55 Aurora productions. O'Steen joins the company directly from Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

KGNU & Z2 Entertainment will present two nights of Dark Star Orchestra at the Boulder Theater on Friday, October 19th & Saturday, October 20th, 2012. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, July 6th , 2012 at 10:00 am for $25.00 in advance and $27.50 day of show.

The Guthrie Theater today announced additional details of its celebration of the multifaceted writer Christopher Hampton, which will inaugurate the theater's 50th season. In addition to the previously announced Tales from Hollywood on the Wurtele Thrust Stage and the world-premiere Appomattox on the McGuire Proscenium Stage, the celebration will also feature a production of Hampton's Embers in the Dowling Studio from October 9-27, 2012, directed by Joe Dowling.

After a sold out concert at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in March, The Tenors are excited to return to Las Vegas with a brand new show on August 5, 2012 at 2 p.m. The concert will be recorded in the breathtaking 2,050 seat Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center for an upcoming PBS special and live concert DVD. Tickets for this exciting performance by The Tenors go on sale Tuesday, July 3.

Z2 Entertainment will present The Gourds & James McMurtry at the Fox Theatre on Sunday, September 23rd. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, July 6th for $18.00 in advance and $21.00 day of show.

Two River Theater Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, announces an open call for Boléro Red Bank, a world premiere created by visionary modern-dance choreographer Larry Keigwin.

Porchlight Music Theatre launches its 18th season with the Chicago premiere of A Class Act, September 1 - October 7, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. A Class Act's music and lyrics are by Edward Kleban and the book is by Linda Kline and Lonny Price.

Bay Street Theatre is pleased to announce the second production of the 2012 Mainstage Season. MEN'S LIVES, by Joe Pintauro; based on the book by Peter Matthiessen; directed by Harris Yulin begins previews Tuesday, July 3 at Bay Street Theatre. The show will run through Sunday, July 29.

The Glimmerglass Festival kicks off its 2012 season at 8 p.m. on July 7 with a new production of Verdi's Aida. As part of a season focusing on social, political and cultural issues, Aida will be presented in an intimate setting meant to highlight the personal drama of the main characters and the political conflict at the heart of the work.

Actor, comedian and former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Norm Macdonald will bring his stand-up act to The Orleans Showroom August 10 and 11.

Chicago comedian Jacob Williams will perform a special extended performance at the Gorilla Tango Theatre (1919 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago IL 60647) on July 8th at 7:30pm. Tickets are $10 and are available at gorillatango.com or by calling 773-598-4549.

The Hearing Loss Association of Sarasota (HLAS) was awarded the first annual "National Get in the Hearing Loop" award for its advocacy work in getting the revolutionary loop system accepted by so many local venues in the past year. The honor was presented by the Hearing Loss Association of America's (HLAA) at its' annual convention in Providence, Rhode Island last week.

Broadway's Ed Dixon, currently featured as The Captain in Roundabout Theatre's Anything Goescelebrates the publication of his memoir SECRETS OF A LIFE ON STAGE...AND OFF, with a cabaret act/book launch at The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street). The event is sold-out.

The Actors' NET of Bucks County concludes its 16th season presenting the blockbuster musical Gypsy, suggested by the memoirs of burlesque queen Gypsy Rose Lee.

Lyric Opera of Chicago joins the rest of the international operatic community in mourning the death of the legendary American soprano Evelyn Lear, whose career was one of the most varied and distinguished of any American singer of her time. She died in Sandy Spring, Maryland, at the age of 86.