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Unless you have been in Austria, Italy or Slovenia over the course of the last ten or eleven summers, attended the Life is Good festival in Boston, caught EY?S live broadcast on FOX 25 news, or heard one of the groups four professional CDs, you may not be familiar with ?Electric Youth?, a dynamic ensemble of talented young singers and dancers. Trained at FSPA, The School of the New England Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin and backed by an eight piece band of Boston?s finest musicians, Electric Youth will bring their live show to Mechanics Hall in Worcester in an effort to promote and inspire the performing arts among area youth. Electric Youth performances offer exciting family entertainment with an extensive repertoire of pop, rock and Broadway music staged and choreographed to entertain and delight audiences of all ages.

The Playmakers-Grove announces its 2009/10 season.

Othello Polynesia, a new take on the classic by the Black Friars is coming to Downstage in June. This tragic tale of revenge, betrayal, jealousy and love comes alive in modern-day Polynesia.

?Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as...as a Fiddler on the Roof,? announces Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka. So begins a tale of love and laughter, devotion and defiance, and changing traditions. The Tony Award® winning Fiddler on the Roof continues to capture the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal. This North American Tour offers audiences a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Jerome Robbins? original Broadway direction and choreography, complete with the star of the original West End production and the 1971 film, Chaim Topol. A Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation, it will play at San Diego Civic Theatre, July 14 ? 19, 2009.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, announces the cast of Franklin & Figaro, by Kristina Sutherland. The production, directed by the playwright, features Bob Atkinson, Tom Churchill, Ed Cornachio, Patricia Duff, Deana Duncan, David Gignac, Dave Mayer, L. Bennett Nolen, and Katie Woodzick.

Get ready, the ?Last of the Red Hot Mamas? is back!! Sophie Tucker, the brassy burlesque and vaudeville entertainer was a legend spanning most of the 20th century. Sunday, June 7, at 2:00 PM at the Skokie Theater, 7924 North Lincoln, (in Skokie- Admission is $25.00 at the door, $20 in advance, with discounts for groups of 10 or more. Order by calling 847-677-7761 or online at www.skokietheater.com.) Chicago cabaret comedy favorite Carla Gordon will salute the great Miss Tucker.

On May 30 & 31, Deep Dish Theater Company will present its annual Side Dish fundraising benefit. This year?s event will feature Deep Dish favorite Katja Hill performing her acclaimed one-woman show, Cornucopia of Me. Saturday evening will begin with a champagne reception at 7:30 p.m., followed by the show at 8 p.m. and a post-show reception; Sunday afternoon?s reception will begin at 1:30 p.m., with the performance time of 2 p.m.

4 Master classes in Okinawan dance with Master Choreographer, Sachiyo Ito will take place on July 7 - 28, 2009.

2009 Acting and writing workshop with Ernest Abuba runs June 3 ? July 2. Acting instruction focuses on scenes from Chekhov?s Three Sisters and The Seagull and Shakespeare?s Richard II and Richard III. Writing instruction includes one-on-one input and work-shopping with the class. This course is open to all actors, writers and solo performers, from beginners to the more experienced. Previous Pan Asian students have represented a wide diversity of cultures and backgrounds, and gone on to perform their works nationally and internationally, as well as in Pan Asian Rep showcases and other venues. Click here for details.

'The Shanghai Gesture' has been extended until May 24th. The Mirror Repertory Company is offering an exclusive discount on tickets to their production of the groundbreaking thriller, ?The Shanghai Gesture? friends of Pan Asian Rep.

The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company presents four Tony Award-winning plays and musicals as part of the 2009-2010 theatre season, which begins in October of 2009.

The New McCree Theatre was award a $10,000 Access to Artistic Excellence grant for Musical Theater by the National Endowment for the Arts. This grant is being used to support McCree?s Traveling Theatre Experience (TTE)program. TTE is presenting the hit Broadway musical, Purlie, based on the play, Purlie Victorious by Ossie Davis, June 12 and 13, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. at the beautiful Malcolm Field Theatre on the campus of Saginaw Valley State University, 7400 Bay Road, 3 miles north of the Fashion Square Mall.

New Village Arts (NVA), Carlsbad's award-winning professional theatre, has announced its' Ninth Season of programming. Executive Artistic Director Kristianne Kurner and Managing Director Alex Scollon are thrilled to announce the new season, along with expansion plans for NVA in its current location. In Season 9, New Village Arts continues to explore the human experience, this time focusing on the amazing workings of the mind. All areas are covered - from genius, to neurological afflictions, to the power of love. With two regional premieres, two American classics and three thought-provoking comedies, Season 9 is New Village Arts' most exciting and ambitious season yet!

Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Managing Director Brian Colburn, announces two new opportunities for its audiences to think, talk, laugh and stay connected to each other.

The World Premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis?s a Voice, a Messenger, featuring New York Philharmonic Principal Trumpet Philip Smith as soloist, and previously announced for June 4, 6, and 9, 2009, has been postponed until the 2009?10 season to allow the composer and the soloist more time to collaborate on the work. The piece, a Philharmonic co-commission with the Big Ten Band Association, will be replaced by Haydn?s Trumpet Concerto, to be performed by Mr. Smith. Lorin Maazel will conduct these concerts, which are part of his final weeks as New York Philharmonic Music Director.

Counting Squares Theatre announces its 2009-2010 Season, ?with reverence to the new, to the classics, and to ourselves.?

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) was honored by the Boston Theatre Critics Association with its second Elliot Norton Award last night at a ceremony at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre. This season's production of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing! directed by Gamm Resident Director Fred Sullivan, Jr. won in the category of 'Outstanding Performance by a Small Company.' This was The Gamm's second consecutive Norton Award nomination and second win, having received the 2008 award in the category of 'Outstanding New Script' for Paul Grellong's Radio Free Emerson, The Gamm's first-ever commission.

Gallery Theatre (210 NE Ford St, McMinnville, OR.) will be holding auditions for Rick Lewis' Taffeta Memories on Monday, May 18th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm (call backs will be on Tuesday, if needed). The show is directed by Faye Pitman Trupka.

Ensemble Studio Theatre LA & Open Fist Theatre Company, two of Los Angeles? most respected theatre companies join together for the first time to present a world premiere play, Love Water, written by Jacqueline Wright (Eat Me, Buddy Buddette), directed by Dan Bonnell (Happy End) and produced by Isabel Storey. Love Water will preview on Saturday, May 30 at 8pm; Sunday, May 31 at 7pm; Wednesday, June 3 and Thursday, June 4 at 8pm and will open on Friday, June 5 at 8pm and run through Saturday, July 11 at The New Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. (former home of The Actor?s Gang) in Hollywood.

Portland Center Stage presents Grey Gardens: The Musical, the Broadway smash hit inspired by the cult documentary classic that redefined our notions of eccentricity, American royalty and glamour in decline. Grey Gardens: The Musical previews on Tuesday May 26th, opens on Friday, May 29th and runs through June 21st, 2009. Tickets range from $33.50 to $68.50, with student and under 30 discounts available. Rush tickets for Grey Gardens are $15 and available starting 10 minutes prior to curtain. Show times are 7:30 pm Tuesday through Saturday, with a 2:00 pm Sunday matinee and alternating Saturday 2:00 pm and Sunday 7:30 pm performances. See the show calendar http://tickets.pcs.org/buytickets/calendar.asp for the complete performance schedule.