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Lyric Theatre, Oklahoma?s premiere professional theatre company, will open its 2009 summer season of musicals on Thursday, June 25th with the live stage version of Disney?s High School Musical 2, the second installment of the wildly popular movie series about the adventures and friendships of a group of high school students. Due to Lyric?s success with the 2007 live production of the first High School Musical, the Oklahoma City theatre company was one of the first in the country to be given permission to produce a professional version of the sequel. Disney?s High School Musical 2 plays from June 25th ? 28th at the Civic Center Music Hall in downtown Oklahoma City. Call (405) 524-9312 for tickets.

Comedy Works South is pleased to announce the appearance of Moshe Kasher at The Landmark Village location in Greenwood Village Thursday, July 9th, through Saturday, July 11th.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents the New York premiere of the new musical The Tin Pan Alley Rag, written by Mark Saltzman, with Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin & Scott Joplin, directed by Stafford Arima.

Bristol Riverside Theatre continues its 2009 Summer Season of Musicales with Woodstock at 40, running July 16 ? 26. This summer marks the 13th season of the hugely popular Summer Musicale Series, created by BRT?s Artistic Director Keith Baker. This year?s series has also featured songs of the late 1950s and early 1960s with It Was A Very Good Year and will be celebrating Broadway later this summer.

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center welcomes the return of American Ballet Theatre (ABT), America?s National Ballet Company®, led by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie, to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, July 16-19, with its full-evening production of Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet. MacMillan's masterful interpretation of Shakespeare's enduring romantic tragedy entered American Ballet Theatre?s repertoire in 1985 and has since become one of the Company?s signature productions. Against the sumptuous setting of Renaissance Italy, MacMillan weaves a dance tapestry rich in character nuance and sensuality, and Sergei Prokofiev's stirring music underscores the lyric beauty and passion of this beloved ballet's star-crossed lovers.

Don't Quit Your Night Job, featuring a revolving cast of Broadway's brightest performing without a net, returns after a six month hiatus on Thursday, July 9 at 11:30pm at their new venue, Julia Miles Theater (424 W 55th St/9th Ave). Tickets are $20 and proceeds go to benefit the Theatre Development Fund?s Open Doors Program.

The final free performance of WET Productions INKubator Summer Series is set to take place Monday, June 29. The series will conclude with the reading of Swimming in March, a wildly imaginative, haunting adaptation of Buchner?s expressionist play, Woyzcek. It follows the story of Louis Woyzcek, a recently deployed soldier from the National Guard, who has just returned home from operation ?Enduring Freedom? in Afghanistan.

?We are thrilled to bring back the tap dancing musical extravaganza 42nd Street,? exclaims Christopher B. Manos, Producer of Theater of the Stars. ?And starring as the perennial leading lady ?Dorothy Brock,? is the sublime Loretta Swit, an amazing actress whose career spans stage, screen and television roles from Mame to ?Hot Lips Houlihan? in M*A*S*H*. Our brand new production is sure to delight audiences of all ages! Join us for an unforgettable experience and see one of the all-time great musicals at the Fabulous Fox Theatre from July 28 through August 2. Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.com.?

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is set to present West Side Story. The show, which is from Summer at the Conservatory is directed and choreographed by Jo Patrick. Showtimes are 7:30pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students.

The Des Moines Playhouse celebrates summer with the family musical phenomenon, 'Disney's High School Musical 2,' July 17-Aug. 9. Tickets may be purchased at The Playhouse ticket office, by phone at 515-277-6261, and online at www.dmplayhouse.com. 'Disney's High School Musical 2' is sponsored by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa.

The Jamal Lullabies is a musical tribute and lament written and scored by Emily Conbere and directed by Paul Bargetto. In the piece four young, white women sing about Jamal, a beloved black student at their school who was killed at a gang shooting during a party. As the women unfold their stories it becomes clear that each of them loved him in profound ways that altered the course of their lives. The Jamal Lullabies is a potently ironic exploration of love and race in the popular cultural imagination. It stars Bekah Coulter, Debbie Friedman, Kristina Teschner, and Nicole Stefonek

The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities presents 'Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' running July 14 - August 9, 2009 in the Main Stage Theater.

A day-of-performance lottery for 20 orchestra seats will be held daily for Wicked, which will be performing July 1-26 at ASU Gammage. Each day, two and half hours prior to show time ? please visit asugammage.com for complete list of show times ?people who present themselves at the ASU Gammage Box Office will have their names placed in a lottery drum and then 30 minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Rodrigo y Gabriela on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Moore Theatre.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Psychedelic Furs & Happy Mondays on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Moore Theatre.

Please note that Musica Curiosa has been cancelled. Refunds are available at point of purchase.

The New York Philharmonic?s Performance History has gone online for the first time in the Orchestra?s 167-year history. The extensive database will be a resource for those wishing to conduct comprehensive searches or simply to discover interesting tidbits about the New York Philharmonic. The database, named in honor of Carlos Moseley, the Philharmonic?s Chairman Emeritus, can be found at nyphil.org/carlos.

Executive Producer Lou Spisto is thrilled to announce the addition of Robert Foxworth to the exclusive list of Old Globe Associate Artists. Foxworth is the 52nd artist named to the illustrious group that includes Paxton Whitehead, Marion Ross, A.R. Gurney and Richard Easton.

The course of true love never did run smooth, Lysander tells his distraught lover Hermia at the beginning of A Midsummer Night?s Dream. Mischief, mayhem, moonbeams, and magic potions abound as four young Athenian lovers encounter more than they imagined possible in one of Shakespeare?s best known romantic comedies.

Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Producing Director Richard M. Parison, Jr., announced today that Glynis Bell will star in the acclaimed Off-Broadway hit play Underneath the Lintel by Glen Berger. Lintel will run from July 8 through 26, 2009 at BSC?s Stage 2, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield, MA. Directed by Andrew Volkoff, Underneath the Lintel will have its press opening on Sunday, July 12 at 7:30pm.