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Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil embark on their second season, one which features a greatly expanded presence for Dudamel in Los Angeles, with twelve weeks of subscription concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall. During the 2010/11 season the LA Phil will present a vast spectrum of imaginative concerts, welcoming back old friends while continuing the tradition of introducing rising artists and composers.

According to her twitter, Kerry Butler might be guest starring in the August 17th episode of FX's Rescue Me.

The Un-Common Theatre Co proudly presents an Improv Soup Alumni Show playing this Friday August 20th, 2010 at 7.30pm on the Orpheum Foxboro Stage.

Blackfriars Theatre, a not-for-profit mid-sized professional theatre on Rochester's 'Theatre Row' is pleased to announce the opening of its 2010-2011 season with 'MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE COLOR OF FLESH,' a drama by Joel Gross.

A special fundraiser will be presented on Saturday, August 21 at 8pm and Sunday, August 22 at 2pm at the Broad Brook Opera House, 107 Main Street, Broad Brook, CT. 'HEART BEHIND THESE HANDS' is Cabaret-style show that weaves a story about love and money through songs from Broadway shows. All tickets are $20 and will benefit the Opera House Players, a non-profit community theater group that presents at least four major Broadway-style musicals each year. Tickets are available by calling the box office at 860-292-6068 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              860-292-6068      end_of_the_skype_highlighting or can be purchased online at www.operahouseplayers.org.

Pianist Noah Haidu's playing and composing combine hip rhythms, harmonic sophistication, spontaneity, soul, and swing into a distinct approach that stands out from the crowd of today's young jazz artists.

The 2010-2011 national tour of the new Broadway production of GREASETM opens at Detroit's Fox Theatre on Friday, Dec. 3 for a limited three performance engagement through Saturday, Dec. 4.

According to Theatermania, Tony Award winner Eddie Redmayne, along with actor Naomi Watts, model Jourdan Dunn, chef David Chang, and others, will be in a featured fashion spread in the September 2010 issue of Vogue.

The Electric City Playhouse will be rocking during the third installment of Cooper and Friends Sing the Blues: Blues & Mo'. A full live blues band and some favorite local performers and musicians will take to the ECP stage to perform blues and blues-inspired songs. Both previous installments of Cooper and Friends were been very well attended and tickets to this year's shows are expected to sell out early.

Laura Bell Bundy, along with Kellie Pickler and Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott made a cameo appearance in fellow country singer Miranda Lambert's music video, 'Only Prettier.'

Spike Hill, on 184-186 Bedford Avenue and North 7th Street, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will be presenting many musical artists this August and September. Tickets and information about the events can be found on www.spikehill.com or by phone (718) 218-9737.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Carl Forsman, Artistic Director/Wayne Kelton, Executive Director) today announced their 10th anniversary season celebrating the work of Michael Frayn, author of such acclaimed hits as Noises Off and Copenhagen. First will be the US premiere of Alphabetical Order, based on the revised version performed at the Hampstead Theater for their 2009 revival. Mr. Forsman will direct. This will be followed by the 25th Anniversary production of Benefactors this spring.

FMPAT is pleased announce Auditions for new students for 2010 Fall Term. The final round of Auditions will be held on the following date: Monday, August 23rd by appointment only. Openings are filled on a space available basis, so auditioning early is advised.

Westport Public Library is pleased to announce that The Malloy Lecture in the Arts will be held on Thursday, September 16, at 7:00 pm. The event will take place at Westport Country Playhouse (25 Powers Court, Westport). Entitled 'The Malloy Lecture in the Arts: Remembering Archie (Archibald MacLeish-The Poet and the Man), as told by Christopher Plummer,' the evening will feature Emmy and Tony award-winning actor Christopher Plummer, who will combine MacLeish's poetry with his personal reminiscences of the poet. In addition, Plummer will be interviewed by Westport Country Playhouse Artistic Advisor Anne Keefe about his own career and memoir, 'In Spite of Myself.'

The leading Italian musical comedy theatrical Production Company, Compagnia della Rancia in collaboration with Queens-based Incanto Productions LLC and The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, announced the American debut of 'PINOCCHIO The Italian Musical' for one week only October 19 - 23, 2010.

Throughout September, HOWL! Arts Project and The Actors Fund present HOWL! ARTS PROJECT 2010, a month-long series of theater, performance art, music, poetry, film, entertainment for and by kids, and much more at Theatre 80 (80 St. Marks Place). Proceeds benefit HOWL! HELP, an emergency services assistance and health fund for eligible and qualifying East Village artists, administered by The Actors Fund.

Victoria Theatre Association and Heidelberg Distributing conclude the 2010 Michelob Ultra Cool Films Series with Norman Jewison's production of Fiddler on the Roof, August 27-August 29, at the historic Victoria Theatre.

The New York premiere of PLAY DEAD, a new Off-Broadway thriller co-written and directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and co-written & performed by Todd Robbins, will begin performances at Off-Broadway's Players Theater (115 MacDougal Street at Minetta Lane) on Thursday, October 21 for an open-ended run. The official press opening is slated for Wednesday, November 10.

Now playing at venues across Northern NSW, Janis Balodis' new play Engine is leaving its mark with its poignant story of human resilience, after a community is rocked by a fatal car crash. It's about kids and cars; how we hurt and how we heal.

Set in Ireland's County Donegal in 1936, DANCING AT LUGHNASA is a memory play told from the point of view of the adult Michael Evans. He recounts that summer spent in his aunts' cottage when he was seven years old, when love briefly seemed possible for three of his aunts and the family welcomed home their frail elder brother, returning from a life as missionary in Africa. The play takes place around the festival of Lughnasa, the festival of the first fruits, when the harvest is welcomed. Whether Michael's family will reap a bountiful or bitter harvest remains a question until the very end.