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Broadway composer Andrew Lippa and head of the musical theatre program at Texas State University Kaitlin Hopkins took Texas State University musical theatre students into the studio.

Transport Group Theatre Company, the winner of a special Drama Desk Award and two OBIE Awards, presents the New York premiere of LYSISTRATA JONES, a new musical with a book by Douglas Carter Beane; music and lyrics by Lewis Flinn; directed and choreographed by Dan Knechtges. Previews began Sunday May 15 on the basketball court of the Judson Memorial Church Gymnasium, 243 Thompson Street at Washington Square South. Opening is Sunday, June 5, at 8pm.

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The first of two summer musicals planned this summer at Playhouse on Park opens June 15th. You're A Good Man Charlie Brown is based on the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz; book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner. Don't miss the chance to take a peek into the world of Charlie Brown, his dog Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang for a fast paced, lighthearted musical sure to entertain audiences of all ages! This 1999 revised version of Charlie Brown won two Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards. Director: Sean Harris Music Director: Emmett Drake

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Come join us for a mid-summer's evening at 'Cocktails & Cabaret,' a benefit for TheatreWorks New Milford's Building Fund. The event will be held on Saturday, August 6, with cocktails from 6:00 - 7:30PM at the home of Loretta and Bob Kretchko, and the Cabaret curtain going up at 8:30PM at TheatreWorks.

The Tona B. Dahlquist Casting Group will be holding casting calls for 2 Projects this Sunday.

Hordes of high school students are sure to get a thrill when a Broadway groom and a furry little teacher take the stage at the California Theatre this Monday. Happy Mahaney, starring as the hunky 'Sky' in MAMMA MIA! at Broadway San Jose, is joining forces with 'Kate Monster,' the plucky puppet heroine from AVENUE Q, to host San Jose Stage Company's 2011 Top Honor Awards, a celebration of excellence in high school musical theatre in the Bay Area.

Let the spelling begin! H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S is how many critics describe the Tony Award® winning musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which opened the 78th season at Theatre By The Sea on June 1.

The Drama League's monthly Coffee Club was held on Thursday at The Palace Theater, currently home to the blockbuster musical, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT. The event was hosted by Drama League Board Member, Bonnie Comley & Stewart F. Lane (co-owner of The Palace Theater) and moderated by Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director of The Drama League.

Triple Tony Award winner Carol Channing was one of several Hollywood community leaders who was honored at a luncheon fundraiser for the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Community Foundation, according to Patch.com.

Corporal Burt Richards, member of Actor Equity and Screen Actors Guild for 40 years, has been selected from hundred of submissions from Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties, to receive an award at the 10th Annual Community Courage Awards Luncheon in the Education category. The Awards Luncheon will be held Wednesday, June 22 at 11:30 a.m. at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.

July 6th - August 6th on the Time Warner Cable Stage at MusicalFare Theatre.

The Ogonquit season opens when 'Sesame Street meets South Park' in the Tony Award Best Musical of the Year, smash-hit, Avenue Q. This delightful parody that dares to ask the question, 'What do you do with a B.A. in English?' is on stage through June 18.

Our next production will be Terra Nova by Ted Tally.

Bringing Voices to Light A Benefit Concert to Support Global Internet Access will be presented at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Monday, June 13th at 7PM, featuring Alex Brightman, Adam Halpin, Nadine Malouf, Megan Reinking, A.J. Shively.The evening will feature the original music and lyrics of David Levinson (Les Enfants de Paris, Bàthory, NYMF Next Link Finalist 2009 ) along with some of Broadway's rising talents to sing on behalf of human rights and global digital access.