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Cell Short Takes is sponsoring the Eyes on L.A.: Hat Stories Contest, which ties in with the current run of Regina Taylor?s award-winning production of Crowns at Pasadena Playhouse. Cell Short Takes is looking for favorite hat stories from Los Angeles County residents over the age of 18, who are legal residents of the United States or D.C. Contestants are to submit their Eyes on L.A.: Hat Stories in cell short takes format by mail, postmarked for receipt by Friday, August 14, 2009. Cell phone short takes are films shot entirely on cell phones lasting between 5 and 10 minutes in length. Short takes will be viewed and voted on by your peers and the Cell Short Takes online community.

The following is the Children's Playhouse of Maryland's art notes. Children's Playhouse of MD announces auditions for the opening show of their 2009-10 season - CPM is set to host auditions for Oliver! Auditions will be held at CCBC Essex, J Building Auditorium on Tuesday, September 1 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm.

Career Transition For Dancers is presenting its National Outreach Project in Orlando, FL September 13 & 14, 2009. The free workshops are for pre-professionals, students, current and former professional dancers, college students, teachers and choreographers. Career Transition For Dancers' mission is to enable dancers to define their career possibilities and develop the skills necessary to excel in a variety of disciplines. Sunday, September 13 at The Center for Contemporary Dance 3580 Aloma Avenue # 7 Winter Park, FL 32792 will be the Community Workshop from 10am-1pm.

This September The Australian Ballet will lift the curtain in Melbourne on the much-anticipated return of Stanton Welch's masterpiece The Sleeping Beauty.

on, as well as its weekly Dance Your Dreams! classes, a community outreach program

Starlight Theatre and the Helen Woodward Animal Center have partnered together to train an 'orphaned' dog to star in Annie for their summer season. The adorable one-year old Barney, a terrier and golden retriever mix, is currently waiting at the Helen Woodward for his debut on opening night. Together, with owner/operator Rob Kuty of San Diego Pet Training, Barney has trained over the past few months to perform his first and last stage role as Sandy in the family musical classic Annie.

The Group Theatre Two presented A Cabaret for 'Count to Ten' held at the Cultural Arts Playhouse in Mamaroneck, NY.

Partially funded by the Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council, L.E.S.T.A. - Learn English/Spanish Through the Arts, will present two free bilingual musical plays by and for kids at the Hart Theatre. As the culmination of Camp 1, on Friday, AUG. 14, students will present 'El Tesoro ... the Treasure of Sierra's Padre'. And from Camp 2, on Friday August 21, students will present 'Los Cangrejos ... the Crabs That Played With the Seas'. Both shows are at 3:00 p.m. at the Hart Theatre, 185 NE Washington, corner of 2nd street, Hillsboro.

Cotuit Center for the Arts offers Art Week from August 24-28. The art camp meets daily from 10am-3pm and includes entertainment during the lunch hour. Students may register for the full week or have the option to attend half days; mornings from 10am-noon or afternoons from 1pm-3pm. CCftA instructor Michelle Law and friends lead students ages 7-10 through a week of workshops designed to encourage artistic expression and raise awareness of the many branches of art. Students are invited to explore the worlds of Fine Art, Music, and Theater as they create under the instruction of exceptional area artists and performers. Projects and themes vary by session.

The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, presents Michael Carbonaro in a program of wit, magic and comic absurdity called Phantazmic on August 28th and 29th at 10:30 PM... Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 3399.

The critically acclaimed rock musical, Rent, rocks the Pollard Theatre stage in October! Loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, La Bohème, Rent is a fantastic journey through love, art and life. You'll be transported to New York City's Lower East Side in the days of the thriving Bohemian East Village. Struggling to survive and create, we find a group of poor young artists living in the shadow of AIDS. Rent gained critical acclaim on Broadway and won a Tony Award for Best Musical. A worthy story told many times, Rent will rock its way into hearts and minds.

The Pollard Theatre in historic downtown Guthrie proudly presents Death of a Salesman running Friday, August 14, 2009 through Saturday, September 5, 2009.

Cirque du Soleil recently announced that it will hold the U.S. premiere of its latest big top touring production Ovo in San Francisco on Friday, November 27, 2009 and on Thursday, February 4, 2010 in San Jose. Proudly presented by iShares®, Ovo will perform for a limited engagement under the trademark blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) at the AT&T Park in San Francisco (corner of Third St. and Terry A. Francois Blvd) and at the Taylor Street Bridge in San Jose (corner of Taylor Street & Highway 87).

In 2009/10, 42nd Sreet Moon will begin a special series of ?Salon Evenings? at the Alcazar Theatre, intimate performances where Moon performers and special guest stars will celebrate in story and song the life and works of musical theatre composers and lyricists.

Rehearsals have been in full swing (pardon the pun) in NYC for the past two weeks. The entire cast and crew move into the Carousel House on the Boardwalk in Asbury Park next week. Most of the actors a excited to expose their full frontal profile and can't wait to show audiences their tanlines. The story of 6 unemployed steel workers who take it off, and I mean ALL off, for some attention from their loved ones, quick cash to pay their bills, and to finally prove to themselves that sexiness is not how you look but how you grind the goods.

This coming Monday August 10th the hit show ?The Temperamentals? by Jon Marans continues the hit Militant Mondays, a series of talk backs following the performance. Joe Masteroff, Marle Becker & Jon Marans will lead the lively discussion. It will be moderated by Stacy Shane. 'The Temperamentals' is Off Broadway at the TBG Theater, 312 West 36 Street 3rd Floor, NYC. MANunderdog and Daryl Roth are presenting the new American play. Thomas Jay Ryan plays Harry Hay and Michael Urie (TV?s ?Ugly Betty?) is Rudi Gernreich, with Tom Beckett, Matthew Schneck, and Sam Breslin Wright completing the cast. The acclaimed play is directed by Jonathan Silverstein. The event is 2hrs & 15 mins including intermission.

A matinee performance of 'A Ride With Bob' starring Asleep at the Wheel has just been added to the Spencer Theater's schedule. The performance is at 12 p.m. Sunday, August 16. Excellent seats (about 200) are still available to the 2 p.m. Saturday, August 15 and a hand-full of orchestra pit seats are also available to the 8 p.m. Thursday, August 13 and 8 p.m. Friday, August 14 performances as well.

Golden Apple Dinner Theatre recently announced its upcoming fall season. The season includes: Run For Your Wife, Caught in the Net, Sister's Christmas Catechism: the Mystery of the Magi's Gold, and The Musical Magic of Bill Hayes and Dick Hyman.

Desert Star puts a new spin on a tale that?s as old as time with the new production, ?Snooty and the Beast: A Twisted Fairy Tale.? Get ready to laugh happily every after beginning August 28th at Desert Star Playhouse.