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Napa Valley Opera House welcomes Chanticleer ?Orchestra of voices? to grace Opera House stage on Saturday, September 19 at 8pm.

A Class Act NY, the award-winning acting studio for kids and teens has recently wrapped their widely popular one-week Broadway camp programs. Campers, ages six through 16, came from all over the globe to participate in the camps including London, England, Ohio, Missouri and Pennsylvania.

Tap Dogs is taking the world by storm having performed in 330 cities worldwide with 12 million seats sold. Created by two-time Olivier Award-winning choreographer Dein Perry, with a construction site set by eclectic designer/director Nigel Triffitt and a driving score by composer Andrew Wilkie, Tap Dogs, a rocking theatrical entertainment ? part theatre, part dance, part rock concert, ? a rough, tough and rocking reinvention of tap. Tap Dogs will be performed at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 6 and 7, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $24.50 - $42.50 and are available by calling 801-581-7100 or visiting www.kingtix.com.

Thistle Dew Playwright's Workshop presents Original 1 to 7 minute monologues by members of the Thistle Dew Playwright's Workshop: by Jeff Webster, Susan Webster, Julie Greene, Donya Wicken, Gladys Acosta, Bianca, Eugene Griffith, Charley Cross, Mark Fejta, Frank Ingram & Thomas M. Kelly.

SARTA announces Voice-Over Boot Camp at Studio 24 (2220 K st, Sacramento, Ca. 95816). Session One takes place on September 12 from 10am-1pm and costs $95.

Theatre decision makers and planners, please join them at the Studio Theatre (10th and R St.) on Saturday, September 26 (the Saturday immediately following the Elly Awards Ceremony) from 10am until Noon.

'It's all about the doors,' says Joe Deer, director of The Human Race Theatre's upcoming production of Lend Me A Tenor. 'When a door opens, you know someone's coming through it, and it's always the very worst person it could be.' Worst for the characters, that is - best for the audience.

Amas Musical Theatre is a 41-year-old multicultural, non-profit performing arts organization dedicated to the creation, development and production of new musicals and to the training of young performing artists. The Academy, named for our founder Rosetta LeNoire ('Mother Winslow' on Family Matters) is designed for teenagers of all backgrounds between the ages of 14-20. Students are accepted into the program by auditions held in October 2009.

Turtle Shell Productions is extending a successful run of ?Summer Shorties ? Summ-Ar Not? under a new name, Summer Shorts Fall Briefs, 20 exciting original short plays, which are split between the adult presentation and the youth. The plays are written by innovative playwrights from across the country and internationally. The event has two separate nights of performances that cater to adults and children. Previews begin on September 25.

West Coast Ensemble is thrilled to announce that the third show of their 2009 season, the critically-acclaimed, West Coast Premiere of Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins, written by Brian Christopher Williams and directed by Richard Israel (Big, Floyd Collins) is extending through Sunday, November 1 at The El Centro Theatre, 800 N. El Centro Ave. in Hollywood.

The virtuoso Italian pianist Marino Formenti presents an evening of music entitled ?Kurtág?s Ghosts,? 70 short pieces of music selected by Formenti as a musical homage to the 20th century Hungarian composer. In it, Formenti seamlessly integrates Kurtág?s ?miniatures? with shorts from the composer?s musical idols including Bach, Boulez, Schumann, Stockhausen, Ligeti and Machaut. His playing locates the connections between the works so that the six centuries of music flow in an unbroken stream of sound.

The guys are gambling, the dolls are dancing, and the audience will come up a winner when Cabrillo Music Theatre launches its 2009-2010 season with Guys and Dolls. Returning is Director Nick DeGruccio, whose previous Cabrillo production of Jekyll & Hyde led to three Ovation Awards, including Best Director. Returning with DeGruccio is Choreographer Roger Castellano, Ovation-nominated for Jekyll. Musical Direction is by Darryl Archibald, and the production will be overseen by Artistic Director Lewis Wilkenfeld. Cabrillo?s production of Guys and Dolls, created exclusively for the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, will open on Friday, October 16th, 2009 and run through Sunday, October 25th, for Cabrillo Music Theatre in the 1,800-seat Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks.

A Symposium on Norman Mailer?s work in Film and Theater. ? Did you love it or hate it? Norman would agree.? The event is hosted by The Nuyorican Poets Café (236 E.3rd St. N.Y.C. (btwn Ave. B &C)). For more information, phone (212) 505-8183. It will take place on Wednesday Evening, Sept.23, 2009 from 6:30PM - 9 PM.

The event will take place at St Andrew?s Church of New Bedford (169 Belleville Rd New Bedford MA 02745) on Saturday, September 26th 2009 at 4:00 pm.

Young Frankenstein is set to be Belcourt's final Drive-In on 9/12.

The Deep Dish Theater Company opened its 2009-2010 season with Summer and Smoke, Tennessee Williams? stirring drama of romantic yearning. Directed by Deep Dish Resident Director Tony Lea, the play ends its run September 19 at the company?s home in Chapel Hill?s University Mall.

Ennio is the original quick change artist, revolutionising the art of origami into theatrical magic. His screamingly funny and wildly entertaining solo performance features a whirlwind of superb paper costumes and split second transformations. Backed by an eclectic soundtrack, Ennio uses his dynamic physical comedy and ingenious costumes to magically morph into parodies of our favourite cultural icons. Not just a celebrity impersonator, he is a unique character entertainer whose viruoso performance is a display of technical ingenuity and extraordinary physical dexterity.

Cirque du Soleil and MSG Entertainemnt are set to announce the show name and creative details of the new Cirque du Soleil ?vaudeville-inspired? production, which will premiere at the Beacon Theatre in February 2010. 15 performers will present a very first ever sneak peek performance.

It was announced today that Dominic Gregorio has been appointed Interim Artistic Director of GMCLA, following the end of Dr. Bruce Mayhall's contract with the Chorus.

Never Land opens on Thursday, October 8, 2009 (previews October, 1-4) and runs Thursdays-Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm thru November 15, 2009. Rogue Machine in Theatre Theater is located at 5041 Pico Blvd., LA, CA 90019. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased by calling (323) 960-7774 or at www.roguemachinetheatre.com.