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NYC-based ballet companies Dances Patrelle and Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance present Ballet: Uptown Downtown / Today and Tomorrow, diverse perspectives on dramatic expression through the language of contemporary ballet from May 6-8, 2010 at 8pm at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, NYC, including three World Premiere productions. A stunning cast of dancers, including ballet stars and graduates of NYC's premiere conservatories, combines live music and innovative choreography to make this exciting collaboration a must-see event.

2nd Story Theatre wraps up its 2009-2010 Season with Steven Martin's 'The Underpants', directed by Ed Shea, from April 30 - May 30. It may be bad taste to drop your knickers in public but in Steve Martin's case, it's hilarious. This superb comedy is racy, witty, and indescribably funny.

The Marines' Memorial Association, a non-profit Veterans organization presents the Grand Opening Gala for San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre.

Smiling Rhino Theatre, in conjunction with the Pompton Lakes Chamber of Commerce, has announced a benefit performance of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown on April 3, 2010.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will kick off an Independence Day weekend of music entertainment at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, the Orchestra's summer home, beginning Thursday, July 1, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.* The Orchestra, led by conductor Bridget Michele Reischl, will perform patriotic sing-alongs with the U.S. Army Field Band Chorus, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, and feature post-concert fireworks.

Taking her cue from the stars, Director Lora Oxenreiter uses celestial inspiration for the upcoming Prime Stage production of literature's most famous love story, Romeo and Juliet.

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill has announced its upcoming performances and gigs through November 20th, in addition to its already scheduled concerts. Tickets may be purchased via Ticketmaster - www.ticketmaster.com/212-307-7171 or at the B.B. King's Box Office: 10:30am - Midnight ($2 per ticket service charge).

Washington National Opera, under the leadership of GeneralDirector Plácido Domingo, will present a Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist performance of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Opera House. This one-night-only performance is a rare opportunity to witness emerging artists in the early stages of their careers, performing in a fully staged opera. In the spirit of cultivating the next generation of opera talent and opera lovers, this performance is offered exclusively to new members of Generation O, the company's free-to-join young professionals group. The Marriage of Figaro is performed in Italian with English supertitles. Tickets are $15 to $35; complete production and ticketing information is below, and artist biographies are available upon request or are available here.

Internationally acclaimed pianist Vladimir Feltsman, virtuoso violinist Mark Kaplan, and distinguished pianist Yael Weiss will join renowned actress Christine Baranski at an exclusive benefit event to support the education of gifted young Israeli musicians studying at Mannes College The New School for Music. It will be held at the Manhattan residence of Lenore Ruben, chair of the Benefit Committee.

The Jupiter Academy of Music and the Florida Classical Ballet Theatre is proud to present 'Shine the Light,' a celebration of music and dance in memory of Makayla Joy Sittion. Please join us as we celebrate Makayla's life and legacy with an afternoon of joyful entertainment.

Come celebrate the holiday of Passover at Coney Island USA's Sideshows by the Seashore with one grand afternoon of 'Jewish-Centric' sideshow, magic and variety entertainment.

Don't you feel the pressure to change? Your neighbor has become one. And so has your wife. With their beautiful horns, rough skin, and cacophonous trumpeting-don't you think they are just a little bit better than you? The answers to these questions (with even more questions raised) are at the center of RHINO -- the latest production from San Francisco's most innovative troupe -- Boxcar Theatre (www.boxcartheatre.org). Based on Eugene Ionesco's absurdist masterpiece, Rhinoceros.

Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen is an alchemist at heart. Finding inspiration in musicians ranging from Bach to Stevie Wonder, Avishai can transform a tired Israeli school tune back into poetic gold. He can take the Sephardic melodies his grandfather sang in prayer, or his mother hummed while washing dishes, and make them groove. He can take a sinuous and spontaneous jazz bass line turn it into a top forty hit.

New York alternative music duo, Die! Die! My Darling!, will make a special appearance on Jeremy X. Halpern's weekly music show aired on www.Weirdos.TV. Katie Madonna Lee and Louis Jordan of Die! Die! My Darling! will join composer and producer Jeremy X. Halpern for a jam session at Halpern's Williamsburg studio on Tuesday April 6, 2010.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts proudly invites the community to celebrate and experience the work created by its faculty and students at Kenilworth Open Studios on April 17 from 11am - 2pm at Kenilworth Square East, 1925 E. Kenilworth Place on Milwaukee's east side.

Two of Brooklyn's vanguard organizations for African American music and culture, Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium and International African Arts Festival, will collaborate to produce a Community Day Gala Concert, as part of the 11th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, featuring saxophone great Pharoah Sanders.

Plays & Players, Center City Philadelphia's longest continually operated theater at 1714 Delancey Place, has teamed up with Represented Theatre Company's REP RADIO to present On Stage Philadelphia's Performing Arts Preview Series featuring ten minute sneak-peak performances of upcoming productions in the Greater Philadelphia area representing theatre, dance, music, comedy and multimedia. Audiences will have an opportunity to meet and mingle with artists, and take advantage of special offers to the upcoming productions.

Virginia Opera is wrapping up its 35th Anniversary Season with the scorching production of the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess. The production, also celebrating a famous 75th Anniversary, is a brave American classic bridging the gap between Broadway and opera. The clever love story between characters Porgy and Bess explodes with a fiery tempo, amid George and Ira Gershwin's distinguished style featuring jazz, Broadway, and opera. Porgy and Bess is based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and the play of the same name he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward, which focuses on African-American life in the early 1920s in Catfish Row located in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Full Metal Blues Band, headed by father and son team, Vince and Dre', bring their hard edge blues sounds to the Cornelia Street Cafe' on Tuesday night, March 23rd at 8:30 PM.

The off-Broadway musical GOOD OL' GIRLS is set to record its cast album today, March 23. The cast features Sally Mayes, Teri Ralston, Lauren Kennedy, Liza Vann, and Gina Stewart. A release date for the recording has yet to be announced.