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Jackie Evancho, an 11-year-old singer most noted for her appearance on 'America's Got Talent,' will make her solo debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Friday, August 5, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center. Guest conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos will lead Ms. Evancho and the Orchestra.

Circle Theatre's 30th Anniversary Season continues with Becky's New Car, a new play by renowned playwright Steven Dietz. When Becky's New Car first premiered in 2008, Variety claimed that it 'takes the audience on a smart, comic cruise through the perils of middle-aged longing and regret.' In 2009, it was one of six finalists for the prestigious Steinberg New Play Award given by the American Theatre Critics Association. Preview performances are Thursday, July 28; Friday, July 29; and Saturday, July 30 (matinee). The production officially opens Saturday evening, July 30, at 8:00pm, followed by a post-show party with the cast and crew.

The south of the border hotties, Chico's Angels are back this July. The Angels get themselves into deep water as they try to find a killer in, 'Chico's Angels 2: Love Boat Chicas'! Join Kay Sedia (the pretty one); Chita Parol (the smart one) and Frieda Laye (the 'friendly' one) as they take on a high sea case on The Love Boat to find out who wants to kill super-star Charo! Los Angeles show opens on July 14, 2010 and runs through August 7, 2010. Shows are Thursday thru Sunday, plus Sunday Matinees. Tickets on sale now at www.chicosangels.com

Queensland Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre Company present Tennessee Williams's classic family drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama that takes audiences into the Deep South and the Pollitt family's web of deceit and desperate pursuit of happiness.

Legendary television writer/producer and composer Samuel Denoff died July 8, 2011 at his home in Brentwood, California. He was 83 and suffered from Alzheimers' Disease. Services will be held Monday July 11 at 11AM at the Groman mortuary at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills, California.

50 solo singers have been chosen to compete in the fourth annual 'MetroStar Talent Challenge,' an eight-week, jury and audience-voted elimination-round competition that begins on Monday, July 11, at 7pm at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street.

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP), in association with GFour Productions,presents Jake Ehrenreich's A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN from July 28 - August 21, 2011 at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY.

Local Film Director, Max Einhorn, is currently in the pre-production phase of his latest short film My Father, the Old Horse. Principal photography will begin this fall in Middletown and the surrounding areas.

Michael Todd Simpson will sing the role of Escamillo in The Glimmerglass Festival's production of Carmen beginning July 15, replacing Keith Miller who has withdrawn from the role. The new Anne Bogart-directed production runs through August 23 in the Alice Busch Opera Theater in Cooperstown, New York.

A concert honoring the life and career of the late David Gurland has been scheduled for this coming Monday. The event, DAVID GURLAND: A Celebration, will take place Monday, July 11th, at 7:00 PM in the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre at 111 West 46th Street. The concert, originally by invitation only, will now have a limited number of tickets available to the public.

After two sold-out runs at London's Menier Chocolate Factory, LOSING IT transfers to West End's Duchess Theatre from August 31 to October 1. The West End transfer is produced by David Babani.

The celebrated and successful 'Guitar Masters' tour hits the road again for 21 U.S. shows this Fall. Headliner Andy McKee will be joined by Stephen Bennett and Antoine Dufour to give fans another chance to see three of the most popular, talented, innovative and musically rich acoustic guitar players and composers in contemporary music coming together to perform and interact on stage.

Taught by Lon Bumgarner, who has taught hundreds of students and professional actors and serves as Professor of Acting in the Theatre Department at UNCC, this 8-week course is a foundational study in acting and instilling your ability to achieve Sub-textual Objectives, oriented toward work on camera. Classes are Sundays 2-4 p.m. Starting July 10 thru August 28, possibly a week into September (no class Labor Day Weekend). Enrollment is $250 total, including $40 non-refundable deposit.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents PETER PAN, with orchestra, at the Benedum Center October 28 through 30.

Ferguson Center for the Arts is offering pre-sale tickets for Idina's November 4 concert in Newport News, VA at CNU's Ferguson Center. The pre-sale runs just 36 hours before public tickets become available.

Pittsburgh's City Theatre opens its 2011-2012 season with TIME STANDS STILL, October 15 through November 6 on the Main Stage. The production is written by Donald Margulies and directed by Tracy Brigden.

SPIDER-MAN star Reeve Carney played coy today when questioned by Gayle King on his rumored off-stage romance with Jennifer Damiano, Mary Jane to his Peter Parker. Click below to hear Carney's roundabout admission!

Goldstar is offering half-price tickets to THE EXPERT AT THE CARD TABLE, directed by Neil Patrick Harris and based on a book on slight-of-hand written by the mysterious S. W. Erdnase. Click below to hear all about the special deal from Neil Patrick Harris himself!

The smash hit Broadway musical, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, is coming to Lincoln October 26 through 28! Filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide.

Flatwater Youth Shakespeare and the Nebraska Youth Theatre presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the Haymarket Theatre July 1, 2, and 3 at 7pm.