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The Belcourt Theatre presents Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata and the Masters of Studio Ghibli, a film retrospective of the renowned Japanese animation studio from June 1-13. In addition to the series' 15 animated films, the Belcourt will also feature Studio Ghibli's most recent release, THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETY.

Craig Smith, Managing Partner of the new Alhambra Theatre & Dining, announced that Joyce DeWitt will star in Sam Bobrick's romantic comedy, REMEMBER ME. Miss DeWitt is most widely known to audiences for her starring role as 'Janet Wood' in the ABC Television hit series THREE'S COMPANY. DeWitt has worked both as actress and director in a stage career which spans over forty years. She recently starred in A SCATTERED, SMOTHERED AND COVERED CHRISTMAS MUSICAL and the Canadian productions of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning play DINNER WITH FRIENDS and Alfred Uhry's Tony Award-winning play THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO. Other recent stage performances include the North American premiere of the Australian comedy DAYLIGHT SAVINGS, the British farce NOISES OFF, the revival of Cole Porter's ANYTHING GOES, and the Broadway musical OLYMPUS ON MY MIND, for which she completed the cast recording - her first record album.

Judy & Company will run every Friday & Saturday at 8PM for the month of May at the Peter Mac's Supper Club Theater, a private theater seating 60 people. It is located in the back of The French Market Quarter. The show has Tribute Artist Peter Mac performing all roles as the iconic ladies of yesteryear, including Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Tallulah Bankhead, Katherine Hepburn and Peggy Lee . The evening includes performance by Peter Mac as Peter Mac, with musical direction by Bryan Miller.

Working Theater has announced a reading of the poetry of US Poet Laureate Philip Levine. Readers include Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Jeffrey Eugenides and performers André De Shields, Gene Gillette and Lisa Ramirez on May 7th at 7pm at the SEIU 32BJ building at 25 West 18th Street, on the 5th floor. Reception with artists to follow.

Cherry Pitz and Joe the Shark present HOTSY TOTSY BURLESQUE, New York's only episodic, monthly burlesque show. Featuring a different script each month and a rotating cast, HOTSY TOTSY BURLESQUE features burlesque talent that New York has to offer.

Central Square Theater and its resident companies, The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater, have announced their 2012-2013, and 5th anniversary, season.

The Veterans Speakers Forum has scheduled two public Concert forums. Admission is free with open seating on a first-come, first-served basis.

A festival of devised work centering on the theme of politics from across the southeastern United States and beyond, June 28 - July 8, 2012 at Burning Coal Theatre Company's Murphey School Auditorium, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. All tickets to all performances $5. No reservations necessary. For further information, call 919-834-4001 or visit us online at www.burningcoal.org. A complete listing of performances and events will be forthcoming.

Kritzerland Upstairs at Sterling's presents BROADWAY BOUND - UNSUNG SONGWRITERS with Zina Goldrich, Marcy Heisler, Alan Chapman, Milt Schaefer, Ira Levin, Michael Leonard, Larry Grossman, Hal Hackady, Brad Ross, Douglas Bernstein, Denis Markell and more. The show will be held Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Tom Griep is musical director.

As Chicago's all-Latina theater company approaches its 12th anniversary and launches its new community arts center Luna Central in Chicago, it is expanding its national reach. Its upcoming world premiere of Los Angeles playwright Diane Rodriguez's, Obie award winner and TCG board member, new play LIVING LARGE IN A MINI KIND OF WAY is a comedy with immigration drama and universal issues about identity and privilege. Luna brings light to this exploration of the American Dream. Rodriguez will also direct the play.

Orlando Repertory Theatre (The REP), in partnership with UCF, has announced its 10th Birthday Season. The REP is Orlando's only professional theatre for families and young audiences and has performed shows such as PINKALICIOUS: The Musical, Lyle the Crocodile, and A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas.

For more than thirty years, Peter Gros and his animal friends have entertained children and adults alike. In this live stage show tonight, April 27 at 7:30 PM, Gros highlights his wildlife adventures with a mix of video clips, audience participation, and exotic animals. He includes stories that deal with issues of conservation, travel, and wildlife filming.

Soprano Teresa Wakim makes her Handel and Haydn Society (H&H) Symphony Hall debut as a featured soloist with Mozart Coronation, H&H's final program of the 2011-2012 Season. Wakim, a member of the H&H professional chorus since 2003, will be stepping in to replace scheduled guest Rosemary Joshua, who has withdrawn from her appearance due to personal reasons. Performing with Wakim is tenor Thomas Cooley, who returns to H&H in Mozart Coronation after most recently performing in Mozart Mass in C Minor in 2010; he can be heard on H&H's recording of the work, released on CORO. Soloists also include mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy and Boston-based baritone Sumner Thompson, who both return toH&H after having performed as members of the H&H Chorus as well as guest soloists. Murrihy most recently appeared in Handel's Messiah in 2008, and Thompson was heard last season in The Bach Experience.

Glammy Award nominee Marti Gould Cummings hosts the weekly Broadway revue UNTUCKED AND UNCENSORED at The Ritz Lounge on 46th Street and 9th Avenue. Each week a broadway guest performs along with Cummings and DJ Clayton Moore at 11pm. This free show has featured Felicia Finley, Saycon Sengbloh, Ben Cameron, Stephanie Gibson, just to name a few.

Aluna Theatre is set to present an international festival of theatre for Human Rights - Panamerican Routes / Rutas Panamericanas: a new festival featuring a new generation of Canadian and Latin American voices that will converge on Toronto from across the continent from May 15-27 for two weeks of mainstage performances, special presentations, professional development workshops and a conference exploring Theatre and Human Rights as well as a photography exhibit. All events take place at Theatre Passe Muraille. Visit alunatheatre.ca for more information, detailed schedules and/or to purchase tickets.

The Pretty Good Girl Dance Studio will perform LUNA, directed by Louise Barrett. LUNA brings to life the book of the same name by LGBT author Julie Anne Peters.

The Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre has announced its 51st Season Line Up. Opening the season will be BUS STOP by William Inge, which was the show that launched the Spotlighters Theatre 50 years ago on October 12, 1962.

Hilary Easton & Company are set to present THE CONSTRUCTORS May 17-20.

For more than thirty years, Peter Gros and his animal friends have entertained children and adults alike. In this live stage show on April 27 at 7:30 PM, Gros highlights his wildlife adventures with a mix of video clips, audience participation, and exotic animals. He includes stories that deal with issues of conservation, travel, and wildlife filming.

In Shakespeare's time, all female roles were played by men (often boy apprentices), who learned to create an idealized version of femininity onstage. This practice continued throughout the Jacobean era until the theatres were closed by Oliver Cromwell in 1642. When Charles II returned from his exile on the continent in 1661, the theatres reopened and actors initially resumed the tradition of men-as-women. But the new monarch had an appreciation for women onstage and the old practice was quickly abolished.