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The University of Minnesota Summer Session and the Department of Concerts and Lectures present Summer at Northrop - 25 free, outdoor concerts located on the Northrop plaza from noon to 1 pm beginning Thursday, June 11.

Aditi Pictures opens the run of its Off -Broadway comedy, ?The Newlyweds? on May 21, 2009, 8 PM at the ATA American Theatre of Actors (314 W. 54th St.). Immediately following the performance will be a private cocktail reception at 10 PM at Whiskey Park (100 Central Park South).

TAKE Dance Company, a contemporary dance ensemble known for its gentle blend of eastern and western sensibilities led by artistic director and choreographer Takehiro Ueyama, presents a program filled with exuberant play, human dancescapes and structural patterns that overflow the stage. The four-performance engagement will feature two premieres: the world premiere of Footsteps in the Snow, set to music by Arvo Part, and the New York City premiere of Shabon, set to the music of Steve Reich, as well as Love Stories (2008), a three movement pas de deux, and the beloved Linked (2008) inspired by the music of Pat Metheny.

Go Comedy! Improv Theater announces that it will host a Marvin night, Sunday May 31 where all tickets will be ?pay what you can,? making comedy accessible to employed and unemployed Detroiters forced to use Marvin, the state?s automated unemployment registration system.

We all know the story of Adam and Eve, the apple and the snake. What if the snake were a person, and not just any person, but a hunk of a man with no morals whose main purpose is to seduce either Adam or Eve? This religiously incorrect retelling of what happened in the Garden of Eden is outrageous, scandalous, and oh so sexy.

Stageworks Theatre announces Auditions for youths ages 9-14 for To Kill a Mockingbird. They are looking for strong young actors to play major roles in this classic play.

Chicago Public Schools Office of Arts Education proudly announces the fourth annual Having a Ball Competition Finalists. The coveted first place trophy was awarded following Sunday evening?s Competition to Eric Kasprzyk and Angieszka Suminski of Oriole Park; second place went to Jamari Bryant and D?Kyra Long of Attucks Academy; third place went to Timothy Grzebieluch and Allyson Abbinanti of Oriole Park; fourth place to Eric Quinones and Raven Jones of New Sullivan; and fifth and sixth places went to Jawaun Lee and Ketyra Carter, and Hasaan P. Morris and Janell Island, respectively, all of Attucks Academy. The Final Competition, held on Sunday, May 17 at the Stephen M Bailey Auditorium, was free and open to the public and saw an unprecedented crowd turn out to support the 80 CPS competitors.

Auditions for Disney?s High School Musical will be held Sunday, May 31 from 1pm - 3pm and Monday June 1 from 7pm - 9pm for at the Broad Brook Opera House, 107 Main Street, Broad Brook, CT.

The Whole Backstage Theatre, which is celebrating its 40th year as one of North Alabama?s most active and vibrant community theaters, is happy to announce the contestants and the opening of ticket sales for Take the Stage, an amateur talent competition with performers from all over the Tennessee Valley.

For the fourth consecutive year the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University and the Johnny Mercer Foundation in New York will present ?A Celebration of Johnny Mercer.? The weeklong revelry will include workshops, lecture demonstrations and a closing concert featuring Broadway performers Liz Callaway and Capathia Jenkins and other guest artists.

Opening Friday, May 22 (preview Thursday, May 21) at 8:00 p.m. and performing through Sunday, June 6 at the 78th Street Theatre LAB, The Secretaries, originally written and performed by the award-winning New York theatre troupe The Five Lesbian Brothers, irreverently and unapologetically explores the ever-expanding human fascination with sex and violence, the journey from self-improvement to self-destruction and the question of what it means to be ?strong? women in a modern world. If Russ Mayer and John Carpenter were characters on ?The L Word,? had a baby and moved to Stepford, perhaps that child would dream up The Secretaries.

The world premiere of Damian Wampler?s soulful play Twin Towers will be presented as part of The Planet Connections Theater Festivity from June 12 through 28, 2009 at the Robert Moss Theater at 440 Studios (440 Lafayette). Proceeds from the play will benefit the non-profit organization ENACT, where actors use role-play and drama therapy techniques to help New York City students learn emotional and social skills.

Get out your dictionaries! Celebrating 35 years of producing award-winning musical theater in Chicagoland, The Marriott Theatre is thrilled to present this side-splitting production of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee previews May 13th, opens May 20th, and runs through July 19th at the Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive.

Farmington Players announce auditions for Mitch Albom's And The Winner Is. The show is directed Tim Timmer & Maureen Mansfield. Auditions will take place on Monday, June 1st, 2009 at 7pm at the Farmington Players Barn. Performances are set to take place on October 2,3,4,8,9,10,11, 15, 16, 17*.

The Tony Award®-winning Old Globe presents the world premier of Cornelia, by Mark Victor Olsen (Big Love), directed by Ethan McSweeny (In This Corner), to run in the Old Globe Theatre May 16 ? June 21. Melinda Page Hamilton, who will play ?Cornelia,? was in the Globe?s critically acclaimed productions of Bell, Book and Candle and All My Sons. Robert Foxworth is a television veteran but is perhaps best known for his role as ?Bernard Chenowith? on HBO?s Six Feet Under. Tickets are available by calling (619) 23-GLOBE, online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, or by visiting the Globe Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.

Previews are now underway at Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) for the New York premiere of Our House, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck (The Butterfly Collection and Bad Dates at Playwrights Horizons, Broadway's Mauritius, co-author of Omnium Gatherum). A scathing new comedy that shakes up Reality TV, Our House is the final production of the theater company's 2008/2009 Season.

Gallery Theater announces auditions for its production of Oliver! Auditions will be held at the theater, 210 NE Ford St, McMinnville, Oregon. Oliver! has music, lyrics, and book by Lionel Bart. It is directed by Phil Darling.

The Strand Theater invites you to its first annual Friends and Neighbors Festival! Its inaugural festival includes a variety of performers, playwrights, and comedians. Every week, for seven weeks, a new artist will take the stage for one weekend to showcase a new work. Artistic Director, Jayme Kilburn is ?very excited about this festival. Every new work we present is a new adventure.?

Broadway legend Barbara Cook will return to the New York Philharmonic for a one-night-only performance Saturday, May 30, at 8:00 p.m., conducted by her acclaimed music director, Lee Musiker. Ms. Cook plans to bring to the Avery Fisher Hall stage songs she has never before performed with the New York Philharmonic, such as Stephen Sondheim's 'Send in the Clowns' from A Little Night Music, selections from Meredith Wilson?s The Music Man, and Sondheim?s ?No One Is Alone? from Into the Woods.

Facing East by Carol Lynn Pearson is the powerful and poignant story of a Mormon couple dealing with the suicide of their gay son. ICT artistic director Shashin Desai directs Terry Davis, Daniel Kash and Christian Lebano in a four-week run, June 12 through July 5 at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. Low-priced previews begin June 9.