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HIPTIX is a special program from Roundabout Theatre Company, offering $20 to young professionals for all Roundabout productions.

Music, passion, madness, and one woman's fight for her right to a career. The intense relationships between Robert Schumann, his wife Clara Schumann and the young Johannes Brahms come to theatrical life in a new romantic drama by playwright and renowned concert pianist, Israela Margalit. This U.S premiere follows a five-year, sold-out run throughout Russia and Ukraine.

Written by Stephanie Janssen and directed by Daniel Talbott (art. dir. Rising Phoenix Rep, Keep Your Baggage With You (at all times)), The Umbrella Plays connects six snap-shot-sized plays, each offering a glimpse into the lives of a disparate (and sometimes desperate) cast of characters, as they work their ways through inclement weather of the literal and figurative variety, searching for shelter in whatever form it can be found. The smallest and most common-place of objects, the simple umbrella, becomes the entry point into these stories, reminding us that there is more than meets the eye in the most innocuous-seeming pieces of a life, and the most fleeting of moments. Storms crash in and leave their marks, lovers are sought and lost and found again, ambitions jump the tracks and hopes get renewed, and in the swirl of these six stories, an umbrella is never, ever just an umbrella.

This weekend Shadowbox Live will open the final musical to be performed on their Easton Town Center stage: Rent.

The 42nd annual NAACP Image Awards were presented on Friday, March 4 at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills and broadcast live on FOX. The awards recognize excellence in film, television, music and literature categories.

Phil Collins will retire from music, according to FHM Magazine. He has said that health issues are among the reasons for ending his career in the business. These include hearing problems, nerve damage to his hands, and a dislocated vertebra. He would like to spend more time with his two sons, Nicholas and Matthew, by his third wife Orianne Cevey.

Singer/songwriter Katie Thompson will be celebrating the release of her third album, ‘Private Page' at the Triad on March 4th, 2011 at 7pm. The concert will be produced by Jill Johnson and Shea Sullivan and will feature songs from the highly anticipated album. Tickets can be purchased now at www.triadnyc.com. 'Private Page' CD's will be available for purchase at the concert. The album's digital release will be Tuesday, March 15th, 2011.

Anne Hathaway and James Franco co-host the 83rd Annual Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. The show is televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

International Celebrity Images celebrated the 20th Annual Production of THE REEL AWARDS, a spoof on the Academy Awards on Thursday afternoon, February 24, 2011 in the Showroom of the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Replete with 70 Celebrity Impersonators as Awards Show Co-Hosts, Nominees, Presenters, Entertainers and Event Attendees, hailing from 25 states throughout the United States, and five countries, including: Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland and Spain, THE REEL AWARDS were presented in 16 categories for excellence in the field of impersonation. Concurrently with THE REEL AWARDS, International Celebrity Images presented the 11th Annual Celebrity Impersonators Convention and 2nd Annual Vegas Tribute Idol competition, also at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino, from February 21, 25, 2011.

LEE SUMMERS (2010 Bistro Award Winner, Dreamgirls Original Company) stars in COLE: REVISITED - A Retelling of the songs made famous by the great Nat 'King' Cole - Featuring ALVA NELSON as Arranger, Musical Director and Pianist. COLE: REVISITED is directed by Broadway's Leslie Dockery (Eubie, Sophisticated Ladies). This premiere performance will launch Monday, March 14th @ 7:pm with the possibility of an ongoing monthly run.

Still humming the tunes from their Jeff-nominated Boojum!, Caffeine Theatre is proud to announce their next project for Spring 2011... and it's a long way from Wonderland. Stage 773 serves as the arena for two devastating plays performed in rotating repertory: Brutal Imagination by Cornelius Eady, directed by Caffeine Managing Director Jason Beck, and Wreckage by Caridad Svich, directed by Joanie Schultz.

Enjoy Timeless Traditions, an ensemble that blends native American flute and Celtic folk harp in classic, ethnic, and contemporary music in original settings. Tinsley and Romer honor the extraordinary diversity of many world cultures and strive to celebrate their rich musical heritage.

In celebration of 'Cabaret Month', Internationally acclaimed Barbra Streisand impressionist Steven Brinberg brings the latest SIMPLY BARBRA show to the West Coast with rare appearances in intimate SoCal venues, where you feellike you can almost touch Barbra... but don't!

Shed your inhibitions, connect with your inner diva and belt out show tunes with other theatre lovers, bandleader and pianist extraordinaire Glenn Pearson and a few special guests from Washington stages at this monthly gathering.

Host JIM CARUSO and musical director/pianist BILLY STRITCH are delighted to announce their return to THE MAGIC CASTLE for TWO nights, Wednesday and Thursday, March 9 and 10. As before, JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY will take place at The Inner Circle at the Castle (700 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood). Doors will open at 6pm for singer's signup, and the open mic-style variety show will start at 8pm.

Algonquin Theater Productions announces its plans to move to Pier 17 and the South Street Seaport, starting in March, 2011.

The Mosaic Theatre will present a free staged reading of Mark Della Ventura's SMALL MEMBERSHIP, 'a story about a big boy with a small problem.'

The RRazz room at Hotel Nikko is San Francisco's premiere nightclub, offering the finest in world-class Classic Soul, R&B, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Comedy, Revue and Cabaret entertainment. This intimate and acoustically perfect venue has been the home for past performers such as: Ashford & Simpson, Oleta Adams, Larry Carlton, Bobby Caldwell, Spyro Gyra, Hiroshima, Diane Schuur, Ben Vereen, Martha Reeves, Miki Howard, The Zapp Band, Con Funk Shun, Pete Escovedo feat. Juan & Peter Michael Escovedo, Freda Payne, Cloris Leachman, Sally Kellerman, Kenny G, Lil' Kim, The Angela Bofill Experience, Australia's Thunder From Down Under, All-4-One, Taylor Hicks, Marlena Shaw, Mary Wilson, Janis Paige, Mark Curry, Stefanie Powers, Davy Jones, Russell Thompkins, Jr. & The New Stylistics, Dame Cleo Laine, Jacqui Dankworth, Keiko Matsui, Ruben Studdard, Eddie Money, David Campbell, Barb Jungr, Lenny Williams, Paula West and Kim Nalley. Host-escorted seating assigned on a first come, first serve basis. Doors open 90 minutes prior to show. The Rrazz Room is a two-drink minimum, all-ages venue, and tickets are non-refundable.

Coming in 3 weeks, Salerno brings its smash hit SERIOUSLY SINATRA: A TRIBUTE CONCERT EVENT to the Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center for three performances March 11-13. Touring Florida for the last nine months, SERIOUSLY SINATRA has been dazzling audiences at major performing arts venues throughout the State.

Octavarius, a Chicago comedy group, hosts a special series of shows titled 'Octavarius: Battle for the Belt,' with guest Colt Cabana, former WWE and current Ring of Honor superstar, Sunday, March 13, 20 and 27 at 7pm at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. 'The Ego' Robert Anthony, CZW Heavyweight Champion, will make a special appearance on the final night of the series.