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Theatre in the Round Players (TRP) presents Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare to open its 58th season as the longest-running theatre in Minneapolis. The show performs on weekends September 11 through October 4, featuring a Thursday performance October 1.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announced today a fundraising campaign, 'Paramount Sign of the Times - Replication, Restoration and Greening,' an effort to finance an exact replication of The Paramount vertical sign and restoration of its marquee. The vertical sign replacement will begin October 6, 2009.

All Shook Up hits the DM Playhouse from Sept. 11-Oct. 4, 2009.

The Jungle Theater is set to present Connie Evingson in an exciting new 3-part concert series exploring the work of songwriters Peggy Lee, Lennon and McCartney and Norman Gimbel ('Girl from Ipanema,' 'Killing Me Softly with His Song').

Cabaret at the Castle has chosen Grammy-nominated recording artist, television and Broadway star, Ilene Graff, to appear in celebration of 100th anniversary of the structure known today as the Magic Castle. Accompanied by her Musical Director-husband Ben Lanzarone, Graff performs songs from Broadway, the movies and the pop world with completely unique interpretations and arrangements. From Harold Arlen to the Beatles, the Bergmans to Sondheim, you?ve never heard these songs sung the way Ilene does. Graff?s career started on Broadway, performing in Promises, Promises, the original production of Grease (Sandy), and in the original cast of Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart?s I Love My Wife, creating the role of Cleo. Feeling honored that he tailored it to her specific talents, Ilene reprises ?her very own Cy Coleman song,? Love Revolution in her show, as well as pieces from Grease, Porgy and Bess, Gypsy and many others. First You Dream hits the Magic Castle on Monday, Sept. 14th, 2009 and Tuesday, Sept. 15th, 2009. Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8pm.

Comedy Legend of Stage and Screen, Rip Taylor, is scheduled to introduce ?It Ain?t All Confetti? at the new series Comedy at the Castle. Rip is one of television's most recognizable celebrities and ?It Ain?t All Confetti? puts a humorous and revealing spotlight on a career that has spanned five remarkable decades, 'It Ain't All Confetti' is set to take place on Sunday, Oct 11th, 2009. Doors open 6pm. Show begins at 7pm. Another performance is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 12th, 2009. Doors open 7pm. Show begins at 8pm.

JoAnne Worley is set to appear at the Magic Castle Sunday, October 4th and Monday, October 5th, 2009. Doors open at 7pm. Show begins at 8pm.

Known to millions as Carol Brady, Florence Henderson, a multi-talented actress, talk show host, performer, recording artist, author and Broadway veteran, brings her critically acclaimed one-woman production of All the Lives of Me?A Musical Journey, under the musical direction of Emmy award-winning Composer Glen Roven, to Cabaret at the Castle. A crowd-pleasing evening with ?America?s Favorite TV Mom,? featuring songs from her starring roles in such Broadway hits as Oklahoma, South Pacific, Sound of Music and Annie Get Your Gun. Audiences will be treated to personal anecdotes of a life on the boards of Broadway and the Brady set. The event will take place on Monday, November 9th and Tuesday, November 10th at 8:00 pm at the The Inner Circle at the Magic Castle, 7001 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028.

ArtsWest starts the 2009-10 season with Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new work from Sarah Ruhl, the playwright behind The Clean House and Eurydice. When Jean answers the cell phone of the corpse at the next table, she unwittingly embarks on a quirky odyssey that takes her from grief to the black market to the afterlife. With unfailing empathy, she sets the dead man's bizarre life to rights and on the way resurrects her own. ArtsWest favorite Carol Roscoe returns to direct this Seattle premiere.

The inaugural season of the New York Chamber Music Festival (http://www.newyorkchambermusicfestival.org) will take place September 13-20, 2009 at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St ).

Broadway Theatre of Pitman is set to present Jacob Moon on September 20th at 8:00pm. Tickets cost $30.

Theatre in the Round Players (TRP) presents Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare to open its 58th season as the longest-running theatre in Minneapolis. The show performs on weekends September 11 through October 4, featuring a Thursday performance October 1. (Editors: See calendar on back for specific dates and times).

Two new musicals celebrating Hollywood legends will bookend International City Theatre's 25th Anniversary Season in 2010.

The paintings of Bristol resident Kathleen Kolb are featured in a new exhibit that opens September 18 at the Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater.

MTNZ will be celebrating their 50th year of existence at this conference and it is intended that it will be a most memorable one. Not to say that many other conferences haven?t been memorable but it is not every year you get to mark such a special occasion and milestone. Whilst Kate has advised many of the details of conference already through previous Spotlights, Zone One organising team have a few surprises up their sleeve for those who intend being there. They encourage you all to get your numbers attending sorted out and registrations in early for, if indications they are receiving are correct, they could see a record attendance. They are aware of a number of musical theatre people who regularly attended conference in the 1980?s and 1990?s and haven?t been since who are making a special effort to attend the 50th Anniversary celebrations.

Emporia State University Theatre presents its 2009-2010 season of plays.

Imagination Players is bringing a Broadway classic to the stage at the KD Studio Theatre. ?Bye Bye Birdie? tells the story of a rock and roll singer who is about to be inducted into the army. His manager plans a farewell party at which the star is to kiss one lucky fan good bye on ?The Ed Sullivan Show? before he departs to serve his country. Rehearsals will be held Saturdays starting September 19th, running thru November 7 from 10am-2pm. Performances, at the KD Studio Theatre, will be November 13, 14 and 15, 2009.

Single tickets to Idaho Falls Arts' shows on sale now. To order tickets call the Idaho Falls Arts Council at 522.0471. For more information, visit www.idahofallsarts.org.

Profiles Theatre announces the fourth extension of its hit production Graceland, the World Premiere play written by Ellen Fairey. To make way for Profiles? upcoming Midwest premiere of Neil LaBute?s The Mercy Seat, Graceland will move to the theatre space three doors down from Profiles (National Pastime Theater) beginning September 17.

Join KD Studios an exciting Auditioning for the Camera seminar led by John S. Davies. This class concentrates on one on one camera auditions using film and television scripts from projects shot in Texas and Louisiana. John invites you to visit: www.johnsdavies.com. One Day Only Saturday, September 12, 2009 10am - 1pm Working Lunch Break (Please bring your lunch) 2pm - 5pm Cost: $125