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Today, Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced that it is extending its latest show for two weeks. Originally scheduled to close on April 29, RED adds 12 performances due to popular demand and now runs through May 12.

I LEFT MY HEART...A SALUTE TO THE MUSIC OF TONY BENNETT, a musical by David Grapes and Todd Olson, will play Wesport's MTC MainStage from April 20 - May 6.

The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Patrick Willingham, Executive Director) will continue the 2011-2012 Public Forum season in May with THE CULTURE CAPITAL: IS NEW YORK CITY STILL A HOME FOR ARTISTS?

Zawe Ashton and Alex Beckett join Alison Steadman in Rose Theatre Kingston's revival of Michael Frayn's HERE from 19 April to 12 May. In an exciting change at the Rose, HERE will be performed on a new stage built out into the auditorium bringing the intimacy of Here even closer to the audience.

An innovative installation, featuring some of the most important objects in the Brooklyn Museum collection, has been developed to create new ways of looking at art and exploring the Museum by making connections between cultures as well as objects.

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks is a comedy about Lily Harrison (Phyllis Spear), who hires Michael Minetti (Larry Buzzeo) for private lessons in Tango, Swing, Modern, Foxtrot and Cha-Cha. Over the course of six weeks, this odd couple transforms their acrimony into a dance of intimacy as they learn to overcome their differences and create a poignant connection to each other.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) will present the premiere of Justin Sayre Is Alive and Well... Writing, an evening of short plays by the acclaimed comedian and writer Justin Sayre, directed by Ben Rimalower.

Internationally-renowned tenor Piotr Beczala wowed critics and Metropolitan Opera audiences, alike, Monday evening (March 26) with his first assumption of the role of the hapless and hopelessly romantic Chevalier des Grieux in Massenet's Manon. Mr. Beczala shares the stage with soprano Anna Netrebko as the work's seductive, eponymous heroine. This new production, directed by Laurent Pelly, receives eight subsequent performances (March 31e; April 3, 7m, 11, 14e, 17, 20 & 23) www.metoperafamily.org

The award-winning SUICIDE LETTER LOVE NOTE is a fresh, funny and irreverent look at the joys and agonies of first love, lost love, sex and comic books. It is the first play by comedian David Head. The production will play from April 24th-May 5th.

Breakin' Convention, the critically acclaimed international festival of hip hop dance theatre, returns to Birmingham Hippodrome with another line-up of jaw-dropping performances by companies from around the world.

Violinist Lisa Batiashvili will perform Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3, instead of the previously announced Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish, on concerts conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, Thursday, April 26, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 27, at 2:00 p.m., and Saturday, April 28, at 8:00 p.m.,

The Beehive Statesmen Chorus, directed by Beth Bruce, is presenting their annual Spring concert on Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5, 2012 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center (UCCC) 1355 West 3100 South, West Valley City, UT 84119.

Cherry Pitz and Joe the Shark, two of New York's premiere names in modern burlesque, will present Hotsy Totsy Burlesque! Combining Burlesque and Theater, Hotsy Totsy is New York's only episodic, monthly burlesque show. Featuring a different script each month and a rotating cast, Hotsy Totsy is a high camp soap opera showcasing some of the best burlesque talent this city has to offer.

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre's production of William Shakespeare's OTHELLO opened last night.

TimeLine Theatre Company, named one of the nation's top 10 emerging professional theatres by the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards®, presents the world premiere of My Kind of Town by John Conroy, directed by Nick Bowling, May 11 - July 29, 2012 (previews May 1 - 10) at TimeLine Theatre, 615 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago.

Julie Reiber (On a Clear Day, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) will hold the release party and concert for her debut album, LOVE TRAVELS, at the Rockwood Music Hall on April 25th at 9:30 p.m.

Classical Southern East Indian and contemporary dance meld together in a visual performance with Ragamala Dance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lied Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. April 11. World-class dancers and original music create an immersive cultural experience as Ragamala celebrates life as an eternal cycle in its new work, 'Sacred Earth.'

The Lark, founded in 1994 as a laboratory for new voices and new ideas, is proud to announce the grand opening of the Lark Play Development Center, located at 311 West 43rd Street. To celebrate the addition of this new artistic center to the theater district, a Grand Opening event, organized by award-winning producer Bruce Cohen (American Beauty, Milk), will take place on Thursday, April 26, 2012 beginning at 7:00 p.m.

The NITWITS are performing on Newnan Theatre's Main Stage Friday and Saturday, April 6 and 7, at 8:00 pm. The Friday show will consist only of Act 1. The ticket price is just $2.50 ? whereas the price is $5.00 for the full two-act show on Saturday night.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust proudly announces headline music concerts for the 2012 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 1 - 10. All concerts are free to the public and take place on the Dollar Bank Stage in Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh. The line-up of musicians represents just one facet of the multi-disciplinary Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, which celebrates its 53rd year in downtown Pittsburgh this summer. Additional daily music acts will be announced in the coming weeks, along with other Festival attractions.