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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.

This spring, Berkeley Repertory Theatre concludes its season with another new play, Dael Orlandersmith's BLACK N BLUE BOYS/BROKEN MEN. This world premiere introduces audiences to children and adults forging identities in families fractured by abuse. Each relates a story that transforms these challenges into a celebration of our capacity to survive.

The New Orleans Ballet Association will present the world premiere of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, with Artistic Directors Dwight Rhoden & Desmond Richardson and special guests artists Wendy Whelan, Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet, and The Nicholas Payton Quartet on April 21, at 8 pm at the Mahalia Jackson Theater.

To coincide with Isadora Duncan's 135th birthday May 26, 2012, Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company will honor the mother of modern dance by offering a week of performances May 22-26. The six performances of the program The Art of Isadora will offer a retrospective on the life and art of Isadora Duncan, including signature solos and group works performed with live piano accompaniment by Matthew Ward.

The twelve finalists for this year's Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Competition will be judged by Danielle Hope (Dorothy in Wizard of Oz and soon to be in the film of Les Miserables), Michael McCabe (Producer, Wicked), David Shrubsole (Conductor, London Road) and Laurie Sansom (Artistic Director, Derngate Theatre, Northampton). The chairman of the judges will be Edward Seckerson, Chief Classical Music and Opera Critic for The Independent and the prize will be awarded by Julia McKenzie and a representative of Overtures: The Bunnett-Muir Musical Theatre Archive Trust, sponsors of the SSSSSPOTY first prize. The event is being hosted by Claire Moore (London Road/Miss Saigon) and takes place at 3pm on Sunday 27 May at the Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London.

After a successful Fall repertory series focusing on the modern effects of war, the side project theatre company in Rogers Park will present a look at the historical impact of war, specifically on youth, with one U.S., one world, and one Chicago premiere. Enola, by Al Smith; Joan's Laughter, by Jacob Juntunen; and a new adaptation of Aleksei Arbuzov's The Promise, by Nick Dear open May 13th, 16th and 22nd, respectively. The rep will run through June 17.

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts and Delmar Freight Forwarders will close the English theatre season with Bernard Slade's award-winning romantic comedy SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR, a story of love through the ages, starring R.H. Thomson and Michelle Giroux and directed by Diana Leblanc.

B. B. KING BLUES CLUB has added additional concerts to its upcoming schedule including Raekwon, Maino, Ginuwine, and more.

The Honey Brothers new LP, Time Flies Like A Peach, is available now on Velour Music Group/ RED. The band's first full-length release since 2006's Songs For Your Sister, this latest effort was produced by Malcolm Burn (Emmylou Harris, Patti Smith) and recorded in Kingston, NY. The Honey Brothers kick off the release with a headlining date at NYC's Bowery Ballroom on Thursday, April 19.

Men will sit on one side of the house and women will sit on the other for TWO INTIMATE, an evening of EDEN by Eugene O'Brien and THE LOVER by Harold Pinter, to be presented by Cat on my Head Productions, LLC from May 24 to June 9 at Dorothy Strelsin Theatre at Abingdon Theatre Complex, 312 West 36th Street.

TheatreSquared announced today the TheatreSquared Season 7, the 2012/13 lineup. The four-play season includes the Olivier Award-winning comedy NOISES OFF by Michael Frayn, PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT, a comedy by Tennessee Williams, Stephen Karam's SONS OF THE PROPHET, and the 2010 Pulitzer- and three-time Tony Award-winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL.