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A woman tug captain has teamed with a juggling showboat captain to bring two historic vessels to Brooklyn Bridge Park. From Friday July 15 through Sunday, July 24, 'Tug & Barge in the Park' will feature free dockside tugboat & covered barge tours, workshops and low-cost showboat performances. From knot tying demonstrations to the legendary circus-variety series aboard the barge, maritime programs and the return of showboat style performances of days gone by celebrate our 'water highway' and its use for both commerce and popular entertainment.

Respect La Diva, conceived and directed by Adrian Grant, the creator of hit international show Thriller Live, will arrive at the Garrick Theatre for a strictly limited run from 7 September until 24 September, with press night on 8 September.

Nassau County Legislator Vincent T. Muscarella and Hempstead Town Officials will honor television legend and music composer John Tesh for his outstanding achievements and charitable contributions. Tesh was born in Garden City and graduated Garden City High School. He is a pianist and composer of pop music and sold over 8 million records.

Saturday evening July 2nd, Joan Rivers was spotted in the audience at SILENCE! The Musical, the unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, at Theatre 80, located at 80 St. Marks Place (between First & Second Ave.) The legendary comedienne/actress was the first to leap to her feet at the end of the performance, leading the standing ovation. Joan chatted with the cast after the show and she even offered some tongue-in-cheek advice to leading lady Jenn Harris regarding her first scene. Jenn replied, 'You're an asshole!' The two actresses fell into each others arms dissolved in laughter.

Weekend movie box office estimates: July 1-3, 2011.

Unruly Women and the Strand Theater Company proudly presents an adaptation by Francesca Chilcote and Laurie Wolf of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Shrewing of the Tamed subverts the traditional conceits of Shakespeare's classic comedy, challenging gender norms and power structures by flipping the show on its head. By grounding the play in the 'Induction,' Shakespeare's original framing for the text (which actually is in a bar!) this adaptation irreverently strips away all the excesses of traditional productions, finding the joy, pain, and absurdity in what is one of Shakespeare's most problematic comedies.

Musical Theatre West is proud to announce the cast for the professional regional premiere of THE WEDDING SINGER directed by Larry Raben at the beautiful 1,070-seat Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. THE WEDDING SINGER runs July 9 through July 24, 2011, with a low priced preview on July 8.

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Iconic Canadian contemporary dancer Louise Lecavalier performs a program of physical, compelling works during a limited engagement at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival July13-16. This is a rare opportunity for audiences to see Lecavalier perform in the United States; the company will give four performances. In the U.S. premiere of the duet Children, choreographed by DV8 Physical Theatre's Nigel Charnock, Lecavalier performs with Patrick Lamothe, opening a window into a relationship at its breaking point. In A Few Minutes of Lock, also seen in its U.S. premiere, Lecavalier powers through the signature athletic choreography of Édouard Lock to a soundscape of Iggy Pop music.

Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York presents On Shuffle, a group exhibition featuring works by Billy Childish, Kim Gordon, Kalup Linzy, Ryan McNamara, Tony Oursler, Dave Muller, Dario Robleto and Stephen Vitiello on view at 540 West 26th Street, 6 July - 19 August, 2011 . On Shuffle presents works by these interdisciplinary underground cult figures in various mediums, which use and reference music, including sound, performance, painting, mixed media and video.

A List of Nominations in each of the 41 categories for the Helpmann Awards® will be announced in Sydney and Melbourne, concurrently, on Monday 4 July at 6pm at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney and Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne. Jonathan Biggins will host the Announcement Event in Sydney, and Todd McKenney will host in Melbourne.

The 2011 Glimmerglass Festival, the first under Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello, opened to a full house July 2 with a new production of Bizet's Carmen.

Kenji is a teenage math prodigy recruited by his secret crush Natsuki for the ultimate summer job - passing himself off as Natsuki's boyfriend for four days during her grandmother's 90th birthday celebration. But when Kenji solves a 2,056 digit math riddle sent to his cell phone, he unwittingly breaches the security barricade protecting Oz, a globe-spanning virtual world where millions of people and governments interact through their avatars, handling everything from online shopping and traffic control to national defense and nuclear launch codes. Now a malicious AI program called the Love Machine is hijacking Oz accounts, growing exponentially more powerful and sowing chaos and destruction in its wake.

Paradise Theatre has extended its run of GREASE an added performances on July 8 and 9 at 7:30 PM.

In an effort to bring awareness and opportunity of classical music performances to young people, Ravinia Festival teamed with teens from Highland Park High School to create the Classical Youth Initiative, to urge high school students to experience the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for free and a chance to win money for their school's music programs. The program consists of three parts; free lawn attendance for high school students with a valid school I.D. at all classical concerts; a summer-long CSO attendance contest where students can gain points for their school to win a $1,000 grant; and a special high school night including a pre-concert event and the chance to gain double points for the attendance contest.

Joseph Macchia and The Metropolitan Room present Broadway On 22nd Street.This monthly series brings some of the most talented Broadway performers downtown to The Metropolitan Room. This months show will feature six amazing performers. The evening will feature solo numbers as well as several duets.

Musical Footloose, that has brought the spirit of Broadway to Zagreb and has been shaking the city in an unstoppable rhythm four times a week, has blown away the critics and the audience alike, kicked off the Summer Tour. After the first two sold out shows on the tour, an ancient Amphitheater in Pula and on Summer Stage in Opatija, the producers proudly announced the Regional Tour, which will include major cities in the Balkan region. They also hinted the tour might continue on to European and American cities with large Croatian communities.

The hilarious comedy SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU by Christopher Durang plays tonight at the Grove Theatre for one night only! Tickets are just $10, and can be purchased by going to the box office beginning at 6:30 tonight prior to the show. The performance begins at 7:29 PM.

Bright Lights! Shining Stars!, a gala event to benefit the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation, will honor the legendary Roberta Flack with the NYCDAF's First Ambassador for the Arts Award on August 1, 2011 at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU. 566 LaGuardia Place, New York. The star studded evening of song and dance directed by renowned choreographer, dancer and instructor Joe Lanteri will also feature the awarding of $50,000+ in college scholarships to promising young dancers.

ROCK OF AGES has been busy filming in Miami, Florida for the New Line Cinema Film. Directed by Adam Shankman, the film stars Tom Cruise as 'Stacee Jaxx,' Diego Boneta as 'Drew,' Julianne Hough as 'Sherrie,' Russell Brandas 'Lonny,' Alec Baldwin as 'Dennis,' Mary J. Blige as 'Justice,' Brian Cranston as the Mayor, Malin Ackerman as 'Constance Sack,' Catherine Zeta-Jones as the wife of the Mayor and Paul Giamatti as 'Paul Gill.'