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Casting has been announed for a major London revival of Parade, the acclaimed Broadway musical by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Alfred Uhry and award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown.

What may be the nation's first LipDub performed solely by residents of a retirement community was produced in Grand Rapids through the joint efforts of Clark Retirement Community and Grand Valley State University.

Landscape architect and public artist Calvin Abe transformed the JACCC plaza with his installation, Ojama. Now, spend an afternoon in JACCC's state-of-the-art Garden Room where Abe will lead this On the Veranda workshop where he will present his unique perspective on the natural and manufactured world and how it influences with his work.

This Saturday, Loring Theater Live gets hot and sweaty. Dance, physical theater and all things strenuous will make this month?s variety show as exhilarating as ever.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) is proud to present The Comedy Pigs 18th Anniversary featuring the best of the Pigs with special appearances from members of the Pigs from the last 18 years. The anniversary will be celebrated with two nights of The Comedy Pigs all original side-splitting sketch and improv comedy. Formed in 1992, the group has performed at national comedy festivals, been featured on Comedy Central, and have been guests at the National Pork Producers Convention.

In response to the success of the musical Footloose, Playhouse on the Square has decided to add a performance to the schedule. The additional performance will be on Wednesday, July 20th at 8 pm.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will close the fourth season at its summer home, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, on Saturday, August 13, at 8:00 p.m., with Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski leading the Orchestra and 'America's favorite little big band' Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in a night of jazz favorites.

Party for a purpose! The Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation hosts the second annual Summer Soiree, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, July 28, Board Room (343 W. Erie St.).

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present its annual free *Picnic Series*, featuring performances by The Theatre's prestigious touring troupe, the *Next Stage Ensemble*, on July 16 and August 6.

Surflight Theatre, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director and Surflight alum Roy Miller and Executive Producer Timothy Laczynski, present A.R. Gurney's Love Letters for six performances only from July 14 through 17.

Park Square's 36th season opens with a perceptible crackle when the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY comes to its stage in September. Leah Cooper, in her Park Square debut, directs this gripping dark comedy that lit Broadway on fire in 2007.

Produced by The Milk Carton Kids (Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan) and Eric Robinson, PROLOGUE contains nine new songs recorded live and mixed over four days at Marlay Studios in North Hollywood. PROLOGUE also includes an expansive and insightful foreword penned by Joe Henry. Read the foreword below.

Experience a spectacular night of song and dance when Pittsburgh CLO presents Love Changes Everything, July 8-14 at the Benedum Center. Highlighted by a magnificent orchestra and a full company of singers and dancers, this dynamic production will feature songs from the emotionally-charged scores of The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Variations and many more in a celebration of one of the world's most accomplished composers, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Tickets are available at pittsburghclo.org, by calling 412-456-6666 or visiting the Box Office at Theater Square.

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center's Youth Repertory Theatre program, featuring local aspiring theatre arts students, present Celebrazione!, a lollapalooza of scenes and songs, at the SaG?Ji Theatre July 21-24.

Brooke Edwards, Kevin Kline winner and founding member of The Orange Girls, will direct two up-and-coming musical theatre professionals in THRILL ME: THE LEOPOLD & LOEB STORY, a provocative, intoxicating two-man musical about Chicago's infamous 'thrill killers.'

The Hartt School is proud to announce its 2011-2012 Dance Division season performance schedule. Admission to each performance is $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups. Tickets are available 6 weeks prior to each show. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for tickets and up-to-date scheduling information for all performances.

Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables will go on sale Saturday, July 16th for the premiere Dayton engagement at the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. The all new production of Les Misérables features glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo.

Under new leadership, The Classical Theatre of Harlem is proud to present two gripping world premiere productions that mark the Company's return to full-scale works. From August 5 - September 4, The Classical Theatre of Harlem will present Shakespeare's great history play, Henry V, in a new staging directed by Jenny Bennett that features OBIE award-winner Ty Jones in the title role. An acclaimed veteran of the Company and driving force behind its survival, Jones heads a cast of 15 in a raw, timeless production. His interpretation of King Henry V not only highlights the character's charisma and inspirational power to lead, but also his heroic faults and morally questionable tactics.

Bryn Mawr College's Performing Arts Series moves into high gear for the 2011-2012 season as it presents five music, dance, and theatre performances that have never been seen or heard in the region. The season begins with a celebrated Celtic singer, the Philadelphia area premiere of a highly touted one-man New York theatre sensation, and a renowned classical quartet. The season will close with the remount of a groundbreaking John Jasperse Company piece and a rare performance with the women of the exhilarating Rennie Harris Puremovement, in a program put together just for the college.

The fully improvised live sitcom, Naked in a Fishbowl, films its next six episodes with a new casting director, Katja Blichfeld (30 Rock, NBC), and a new theater, The Cherry Lane. Starting Monday, July 18 and running through August 15, Naked will run for six episodes starting at 7pm. Each show is 60 minutes long.