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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.

Gateway to Shakespeare is a consortium of Shakespeare related performances and events designed to spotlight Shakespeare in the coming year. In support of all Shakespeare-related performance and educational events during the upcoming St. Louis Theatre Season, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, in celebration of its Tenth Anniversary Year, is collecting for cross- promotion projects and performance dates from organizations and individuals for any Shakespeare related public event from October 2009 - July 2010. Participation might include a Shakespeare related theatre production, film or staged reading, concert, window display or artistic installation, Guinness World Record attempt.

Broadway In Chicago is proud to announce the complete 2010 Broadway In Chicago Season Series. The shows included in the 2010 Season Series are Billy Elliot the Musical, Shrek The Musical, August: Osage County, NETworks presentation of Disney?s Beauty and the Beast, and The 39 Steps; the selection of shows continue to emphasize Broadway In Chicago?s long-standing commitment to bringing the best of Broadway to Chicago. Season subscriptions go on sale Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 10 a.m.

Burning Coal Theatre Company of Raleigh, NC will present Ragni, Rado and McDermott?s Hair September 10 ? 27, 2009 at Meymandi Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Tickets are $20 or $15 for students, Seniors and Active Military. Thursday tickets are $10. Sunday, September 13 at 2 pm in Audio Described for the Hearing Impaired and ?Pay What You Can? day. For reservations, please call 919-834-4001 or visit us at www.burningcoal.org. Show contains mature subject matter and brief nudity.

The following is the Gallery Theater's upcoming events.

To mark Giancarlo Guerrero?s official debut as Music Director, and to kick off the 2009/10 season with an extra flourish, the Nashville Symphony is presenting two special features at its First Tennessee All-Beethoven Opening Night with piano sensation Lang Lang on Friday, September 11.

Aspiring musical theatre performers from all over the world will have the opportunity to work with a Broadway veteran faculty in the Musical Theater Conservatory Program at the New York Film Academy, merging stage and screen with cutting-edge movie musical opportunities. Additional faculty announcements include Jenn Colella (High Fidelity, Urban Cowboy), Lisa Mandel (Sunset Boulevard, Producers, Mamma Mia!), David Balderamma (In The Heights, Movin? Out, Saturday Night Fever), Robin Irwin (Titanic, Grease, Dance of the Vampires), Stephanie Kurtzuba (Billy Eliott, Boy From Oz, Mary Poppins), Dan Johnson and Timothy Smith (Aida, Sweet Charity, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).

Iron Age Theatre brings two productions to Shakes Mainfor the Fringe festival. First is Shakesploitation II: Iambic Boogaloo by Andy Grigg at the 941 Theater 941 N Front Street, Philadelphia.(Northern Liberties). Second is Citizen Paine by Bill Hollenbach

Single Carrot Theatre will open its 2009/2010 season with Ruhl?s Eurydice, a vibrant new take on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (pronounced yoo-RID-uh-see). Ruhl?s version tells the familiar love story from the perspective of Eurydice, whose wedding to Orpheus is marred by her sudden death.

A group of exceptional young artists from Europe and the United States will convene in Los Angeles this October. Feldstärke ('Force Field') International is a joint educational exchange project led by three international arts organizations: Cent Quatre in Paris, France, PACT Zollverein in Essen, Germany and California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles, California. Designed to foster dialog and collaboration among advanced arts students and recent graduates, the goal of this ongoing program is to create opportunities for arts students from all disciplines (design, dance, cinema, circus arts, landscape art, visual art, music, new media, film/video and theater) to collaborate across international boundaries.

New Edgecliff Theatre opens its 2009-2010 season with the critically acclaimed Equus. Written by the Oscar Award-winning Peter Shaffer, Equus opened at the National Theatre in 1973 and became a worldwide sensation, winning both the Tony and Drama Desk Awards. In 2007, a new production opened in London starring Richard Griffiths and Daniel Radcliffe (star of the Harry Potter series), becoming one of the biggest hits ever seen in the West End before moving to Broadway.