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Arden Theatre Company is proud to announce its participation in New Visions/New Voices, a week-long festival to support and stimulate the creation of new plays and musicals for young audiences, hosted by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. At the festival, the Arden will be further developing their commission of The Flea and the Professor, Jordan Harrison's new musical adaptation of the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Following a week of collaborative workshops, The Flea and the Professor will be featured in a series of public readings beginning May 21, 2010.

In advance of his new memoir, 'Decision Points,' George W. Bush will deliver a seminar entitled 'How to Deal with your Demons.' This seminar is the vehicle for a new show titled 'The Bush Monologues: Inside the Decider' and is written by Emmy Award winner Rick Overton ('Dennis Miller Live', 'The Informant') and satirist/comic Troy Conrad ('Satiristas', 'The Comedy Jesus Show')

The critically acclaimed, award-winning Elephant Theatre Company will begin its 14th season with the world premiere of Supernova by Timothy McNeil, with performances beginning on Thursday, May 20. Opening night set for Saturday, May 22, and Supernova will play a limited engagement through June 27.

Carmen Souza's voice purrs like kernels of corn swirling on a traditional wooden platter one moment and bursts with a perfect blue note the next. It rings like a red-hot solo and sighs like a ship-deck lament. It finds the sweet spot between Birdland and the white sands of Cape Verde, the archipelago far off the coast of West Africa

Star of DISNEY'S most popular and Emmy Award winning TV show, WIZARDS of WAVERLY PLACE, Bill Chott (Mr. Laritate), is in St. Louis and will be hosting two days of guaranteed laughs for the entire family to benefit The Improv Trick's Improv Summer Camp for Kids.

The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe opens its 51st season with POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker. A small U.S. factory is shutting down. All of the workers are losing their jobs, and to add insult to injury, they have also lost their last two weeks of pay and retirement funds, which were raided over the years to pay stock dividends. They are despondent, but feel there is nothing they can do, so they put in their last shift and raise a glass to their years together. As they leave the Factory for the last time, one of the older Workers gets snagged on a machine. Interpreting this as an act of defiance, The Boss calls security. The situation escalates and before anyone has a chance to think, the Workers have accidentally occupied the Factory!

The Princeton Jazz Quartet featurin Joe Cohn & Steve Wilson is set to perform on Monday, May 24th at 8pm at the Limerick Bar at Rosie O'Grady's Times Square. Tickets are $20 and includes one drink.

Standing O Productions presents This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan at Chesapeake Academy's Black Box Theatre (1185 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd. Arnold, MD). Shows are set for May 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 at 8:00 PM and will be directed by Jacki Null. The production stars Ron Giddings, Samuel Gillam, and Coty Warn.

The family and friends of George Russell will be celebrating the life and legacy of this legendary composer/theoretician and innovator, whose profound influence upon artists of all musical disciplines spanned more than half a century.

A strong lineup of productions for the 2010-11 season continues Children's Theatre of Charlotte's commitment to providing theatre that entertains, challenges and inspires young people and families. In its 63rd year, the Theatre presents a wide range of shows, including musical spectacular Disney's Aladdin, the return of popular holiday production Scrooge! and several storybook adaptations that are new to area audiences.

THE MODERN STAGE is please to annoucne an additional 3 weeks for performances for 'MIRACLE DAY,' a new play written and directed by TOM SIME, Writer in Residence at 45 Bleecker in New York. This romantic comedy-drama is a bittersweet story about extreme happiness-and what comes after. The production features ADAM SMITH, KRISTINA OLSON, DAMIAN MAFFEI and MARCELLA GOHEEN. The action is interwoven with an original rock score composed and played live by VERN WOODHEAD and YANA DAVYDOVA of the Brooklyn band THE EPICURES. 'MIRACLE DAY' opens Monday, May 10th at 8:15pm and runs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8:15 pm through June 15th. All tickets are $21.50. For reser! vations call (212) 239-6200 or visit Telecharge.com. The 45 Bleecker Street Theatre is located at 45 Bleecker Street.

Jubilee Theatre continues the 2009-2010 season with the Southwest premiere of the drama by August Wilson, Gem of the Ocean. Over the past 20 years, Wilson had staked a legitimate claim to the title of the nation's most important dramatist winning two Pulitzers and a Tony. Previews for the production will begin May 28, and the production officially opens on June 4.

The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's production of Much Ado About Nothing is set to open at PFI Historic Park in Ellicott, City, MD on Friday, June 11th at 8pm. The production is directed by Ryan Whinnem and will run through July 11th.

The Music Theatre Company is hosting Fondue & You, an evening of music, season sneak peeks and delicious desserts. The evening is set for Monday, May 17th at 7:30pm.

B. Someday Productions of Kensington/Fishtown, in partnership with the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative and the United Way of Southeastern PA and the City of Philadelphia, present the culmination of a semester's work with students from Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School at two Public Performances on Thursday, May 27, 2010 from 4:00 & 6:00pm. The performances, entitled 'Of Mythic Proportions' was created from the 9th-12th grade student's personal stories about growing up in Kensington and how violence has become a part of their lives. The students will perform their work at Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19125 for the community and the general public. In addition to the performance, there will be a short discussion raised by the topics in the stories, with a chance for the audience to interact with the performers. Following the workshop will be a reception with refreshments. The cost is free.

Leave the chariot at home & catch a train, bus or ferry to BEN HUR at no cost. BEN HUR ticket price includes major event integrated travel. Why go through the hassle of negotiating major event traffic in your ‘chariot' when someone else can do the driving for you?

Bailiwick Chicago's Executive Director Kevin Mayes announced a call for fashion designer submissions for the upcoming production of Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA, which will begin previews on July 1st at American Theatre Company. Bailiwick Chicago seeks four designers to create Egyptian-inspired gowns for the production's fashion show-themed musical number, 'My Strongest Suit.'

The New York Daily News is reporting that Bret Michaels' doctors expect the Poison frontman is likely to make a full recovery after suffering from a brain hemorrhage last week.

The Theatre School at DePaul University's New Playwrights Series Presents The World Premiere of THE CIVIC by Patrick B. McLean, Directed by Sandy Shinner.

Bluegrass great J.D. Crowe and the New South appear at Theater at Lime Kiln in Lexington on May 8th at 7:30pm. Crowe and the New South are among the most influential bluegrass bands of the past three decades, with a visionary sound that suggests both a rich past and a wide-open future.