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A pants-less Will Swenson (Priscilla Queen of The Desert, Hair - Tony Award nominee) just performed with The Skivvies last nighth, August 5 at Joe's Pub.

Stand-up comedy star Margaret Cho was just nominated for a 2012 prime time Emmy Award as Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Kim Jong II on TV's 30 Rock, and also currently stars on the Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva. As of this month, she will also be starring at The Art House in Provincetown for an extended run from August 11th - 18th. For tickets please visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 508-487-9222.

Grab your poodle skirts, leather jackets and go-go boots as The Alhambra Theatre & Dining announces a unique, first-time-ever special event: This Magic Moment. Featuring an energetic singing and dancing ensemble cast and a live band, Alhambra's Musical Director, Michael Ursua, will take the audience for a stroll down memory lane, reliving the pop music from the 1950s and 1960s.

30+ performers have been added to the 2012 9th Annual Decibel International Festival including the legendary DJ Shadow, MiMOSA, Tycho, Star Slinger, Tipper, Dam-Funk, Clark, Jimmy Edgar, Sepalcure, Public Lover, Machinedrum, George FitzGerald, Peter Van Hoesen, Objekt, Braille, Jeff Samuel, Groudislava, Eprom, AntiVJ, B.Bravo, Keyboard Kid and more.

Marilyn Sokol, currently featured in the off-Broadway hit OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES is a guest on "How to Do Everything," the popular podcast created by the producers of NPR's "Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me." On HTDE, listeners ask questions ranging from how not to sound stupid when ordering wine to how do I escape a charging rhino. The hosts answer them, or "usually, given how little we actually know how to do, we find experts who can help you out."

The 16th Annual New York International Fringe Festival in conjunction with Project Girl Performance Collective presents Girl's Liberation Front (GLF) at The Player's Theatre (located 115 MacDougal Street between West 3rd and Bleecker) from August 12th to August 26th. For five captivating performances, GFL redefines what little girls are made of by taking away most of the sugar and adding their own spice.

'Disasteroid!' which opens August 10th at the Underground Theater Company in Los Angeles, tells the tale of Alfred Edgley, a career tax auditor who's given a shot at some excitement when astronomers at the local observatory trick him into thinking the end of the world is rapidly approaching.

Geoff Paine is a nice guy, who played nice guy Clive Gibbons in the early years of Neighbours. Then he moved next door to real life neighbours-from-hell, and life wasn?t like the TV show.

Cirque du Soleil is pleased to announce that the critically-acclaimed touring production Dralion will perform in Ontario at Citizens Business Bank Arena from October 24 - 28, 2012 for seven performances only.

Detroit area natives, Joshua Funk (MTV's Wild & Out), Nyima Funk, Marc Evan Jackson, Keegan Michael Key (Key & Peele), Maribeth Monroe (Workaholics) and Jaime Moyer will return to Detroit from Los Angeles for the innaugural Detroit Improv Festival beginning Wednesday night in Ferndale.

The Bushwick Starr and Katy Pyle present Covers, by Katy Pyle with Jules Skloot. In this evening length cabaret of forms, Pyle and Skloot shape-shift through a series of queered archetypes in a continual effort to see and be seen through layers of shame and loneliness. Performing beneath quilts, they cover and transform songs, dance styles, and contemporary performance tropes, inhabiting and discarding roles in an amorphous landscape of shifting identity and perception. Text by Francis Weiss Rabkin. Music contributions from Erica Livingston, Margot Bassett, and Katie Workum.

He's considered one of the greatest songwriters in American History and his story is coming to the Wagon Wheel Theatre August 15-25. It's called I Love a Piano.

Pride Films and Plays concludes its very fun summer with a Chicago premiere: Mariah MacCarthey's delightful comedy spoofing all things gender-centric: The All-American Genderfuck Cabaret, directed by Tara Branham.

MARCUS GOLDHABER has reached beyond his comfort zone as a highly regarded jazz vocalist and come into his own as a singer-songwriter on his third CD, ALMOST LOVE (Fallen Apple), due for release Oct. 9, 2012. For the first time in his career, every track is an original - rare territory for even the best of his breed.

Jaytech's second full-length Multiverse, available August 13 on the renowned Anjunabeats imprint, is a lush journey through multiple styles of electronic music, progressive vibes mixed with classy, peak-time anthems. Following up on 2008's classic Everything Is OK ("a crossover gem" - DJ Mag), Multiverse takes his sound into the main room, while still retaining all the melodic flair and refined production that his prolific career has been built on.

Ralph Meitzler, of Broadway's Rock of Ages, will be making his Solo Cabaret Debut at the Laurie Beechman Theater on 42nd Street and 9th Avenue, August 8th, at 9:30pm. This musical journey of reflection, self-discovery, and acceptance, entitled "I Believe" is musically directed by Benjamin Rauhala and includes a 4-piece band and 2 back-up singers, Shira Elias and Norman Payne!

One of the breakout CDs of 2012 was the debut release by David Watt Besley titled 'Believe These Eyes', which made a believer out of many listeners! Now, the highly anticipated second release by David Watt Besley titled 'Hopeless Romantic' is available!

Family members of all ages will be reminded that "a dream is a wish your heart makes" as they enjoy "A Disney Spectacular," the final children's musical presented during the 37th season of Upper Darby Summer Stage. A tribute to Walt Disney and his love for imaginative adventure, "A Disney Spectacular" is an entertaining musical revue featuring songs from "Snow White" to "Tangled!"

The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, presents as part of its on the road 'Soul Train Nights' series, the one and only EDNA WRIGHT & THE HONEY CONE. The classic '70's R&B and Soul trio will be singing all their hits including 'Want Ads,' 'Stick Up,' 'One Monkey Don't Stop No Show,' and many more hits. The show will run for one night only, August 5, at the Los Angeles Gardenia Restaurant and Lounge (7066 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA).

The Donkey Show is celebrating turning 3 by offering all Dance Floor tickets Buy One Get One Free!