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Gwen Terry, The Duke Ellington Society, International Women in Jazz, Jazz Foundation of America and Saint Peter's Church - Jazz Ministry are partnering to produce a fundraiser for Clark Terry on Monday, April 23 at 7 PM at Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, New York City.

Paula Abdul, dancer, singer, and star of 'American Idol,' is set for the Hudson Union Society on May 17th at 7 p.m.

Art Gallery Tours New York have announced a Chelsea art gallery walking tour for Saturday May 5th, at 1:00 PM - rain or shine. The tour will meet at 526 W. 26th St. (10th & 11th Ave.), West Chelsea Arts Building and cost $20.

Dave Willetts will release his new album, ONCE IN A LIFETIME, celebrating his 25 years in show business on May 28th. The album, to be released by Stage Door Records, features 21 tracks, 16 of which are previously unreleased.

Widely regarded as Shakespeare's smartest comedy, 'As You Like It' as presented by The NOLA Project will be presented amongst the natural settings of NOMA's Besthoff Sculpture Garden, opening on May 9th.

New York City Opera remains true to its roots with today's 2012-13 season announcement, presenting New York City audiences with new artists and productions, ranging from rarely heard opera bouffe and bel canto opera to edgier contemporary fare. Through three-year alliances with two theaters - BAM in Brooklyn and New York City Center in midtown Manhattan - the company offers four brand new productions from leading directors Jay Scheib, Sam Buntrock, Michael Counts, and Christopher Alden, plus a fall showcase of the celebrated VOX program in conjunction with OPERA America's New Works Forum.

The Arizona premiere and winner of the Best New Play in Chicago Award ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT is a highly stylized, moving, and thought-provoking play written by award winning playwright Shirley Lauro, inspired by interviews with German Gentile women who lived through the Third Reich.

BROWNIE POINTS, written 2010, opened at Lamb Players Theatre, and has seen previous productions in Atlanta, Sacramento and Seattle. The production at Lamb's resident theatre in Coronado will be the play's Southern California premiere.

Pontine Theatres co-directors, Greg Gathers & Marguerite Mathews, bring their unique approach to George Savary Wasson's early 20th C. stories based on the tales and lore of Kittery Point fishermen in CAP'N SIMEON'S STORE & OTHER STORIES.

Plan-B Theatre Company has announced its ninth annual SLAM, 24-hour short play writing festival. After 23 hours of writing, the plays will be performed on May 12th at 8 p.m.

Caramelo is a crew of top musicians and flamenco dancers with a shared love of soulful R&B, alt rock, and hot Latin grooves. On their debut Ride, dropping May 29, 2012, Sara Erde and flamenco singer Alfonso Cid ("La Luna") grace the band's urbane hooks, unexpected instruments, and ear-candy songwriting.

This May, Atlanta Ballet (AB) Artistic Director John McFall will present another cast of emerging choreographers in the Company's now annual production New Choreographic Voices (NCV) - a mixed repertory program featuring two world premieres and an Atlanta Ballet premiere on the Alliance Stage at The Woodruff Arts Center May 18 thru May 20.

Looking Glass Theatre, celebrating almost 20 years of productions strengthening the voice of women in theater and the arts, presents the NYC premiere of Frankie Little Hardin's EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON, a new children's play directed by Naima Warden.

Easter Oratorio and Magificat, the latest concert presented by The Mid Manhattan Performing Arts Foundation (MMPAF), will fill the sacred space of St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue on Tuesday April 24th, with two of the Bach's most festive works composed while he was Kantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig.

On Friday April 20th, Notch, a vocalist renowned for his ability to fuse the musical traditions of his Latin, Caribbean and Urban background, will be celebrating the digital release of his newest single, 'Bomba' which can now be purchased now on iTunes. In addition to a live performance by Notch, entertainment will be provided by Heavy Hitter & 105.9FM's DJ REY MO and the Copa's very own DJ Lucho and DJ Elmer G. Guests who RSVP will also have access to a Jack Daniels open bar from 9pm -11pm.

The Glimmerglass Festival held its 2012 Spring Gala GL!MMERATA! on April 10 at The Metropolitan Club in Manhattan. The glittering evening benefitted the company's Young Artists and Summer Internship programs.

Folksbiene presents the world premiere of NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND, an innovative mixed media concert produced by the National Yiddish Theatre, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, on Monday May 14 at 7pm.

Oracle Productions' Public Access Theatre Season 2 continues as Artistic Director Max Truax directs a world premiere adaptation of THE SANDMAN, based on the short story by E.T.A. Hoffman, adapted by Bob Fisher. THE SANDMAN opens May 19 and runs through June 30. Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday nights at 8PM.

Triangle Productions presents a new original musical GRACIE that celebrates the life of Northwest native, Gracie Hansen. The musical begins on the eve of her gubernatorial announcement in 1970 and looks back on her years in entertainment in Morton, Washington; the '62 Seattle World's Fair and the years at the Hoyt Hotel's Roaring 20's Room.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announced today that in addition to being among the 37 international companies who will come together for an unprecedented 37-play 'Globe to Globe' Festival for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad on May 5 and 6, CST's commission, The Q Brothers' Othello: The Remix, will be Chicago Shakespeare's premiere appearance in Germany's Shakespeare im Globe Neuss Festival July 6 and 7 and return engagement at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 1-27, 2012 where Funk It Up About Nothin' won critical acclaim in 2009.