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Feinstein's at Loews Regency, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will continue its all-star Spring 2010 season with the debut of Tony Award nominated Broadway star Kerry Butler for one night only on April 19. For her show at Feinstein's she'll be singing selections from 'Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust' her debut CD of Disney classics and rarities, along with songs from shows she's done throughout the years. The show, which is directed by Scott Wittman with Musical Direction by Michael Kosarin, runs at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).

Join the students from Ball State University's Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry as they present a concert reading of their original musical, 'The Circus in Winter', inspired by Cathy Day's novel of the same title. The story follows Wallace Porter, a young and country-raised stable owner as he acquires a disheveled circus and menagerie. Set while the circus is winter-quartered in Lima, Indiana, Porter and company consider notions of risk, redemption and rebirth through relationships as graceful and perilous as an acrobat's high-flying routine.

In a 19th-century London marked by the grime of early industrialization, the workhouse orphans devour their meager dinner of gruel. Then one small boy holds out his empty bowl and requests the unthinkable: 'Please sir, I want some more!' So begins OLIVER!, one of the best loved family musicals of all time.

A concert version of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once On This Island will hit the stage on May 16th at 7:30pm at the York Theatre. The concert will be performed in connection with Asian Heritage Month and will be directed by original cast member Gerry McIntyre. Randy Redd will serve as musical director.

The international stage, film and television star Mike Burstyn has just been cast to play the title role in the world premiere of a new musical, 'The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer,' which the Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene presents this spring beginning May 25.

Pulitzer Prize-nominee Rajiv Joseph's latest work, The Medusa Body, will be produced by the Alley Thetare as part of its 2010-2011 season.

The cast of THE ADDAMS FAMILY is set to head into the studio on April 19th to record the show's previously announced cast recording produced by Decca Broadway. The cast recording is set to be released this June.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC is set to play the Sioux Empire Community Theatre beginning April 30th. Performances are scheduled for April 30th through May 2nd, May 7-9th and May 14-16th.

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC STAR and Academy Award-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones will appear on the cover of next month's Allure magazine, which hits newsstands April 20th.

Seth Rudetsky is set to welcome Mary Catherine Garrison and Jay Klaitz, current stars of the Broadway revival LEND ME A TENOR, on the April 15th edition of Seth's Broadway Chatterbox.

Tony-nominated director Susan H. Schulman is set to direct I DO, I DO, a musical by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, this summer at the Westport Country Playhouse from August 10th through the 28th.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford has officially backed out of the upcoming remake of Footloose. Entertainment Weekly reports that Paramount is now planning on casting an unknown to take on the role Kevin Bacon made famous in the iconic 1984 film. Hairspray star Zac Efron was originally cast in the role before Crawford replaced him. It was widely believed that Crawford was tapped in order to avoid typecasting in the role.

Stage and screen stars Scarlett Johansson and Sam Rockwell are set for the upcoming movie Lunatic at Large. The movie is based on a treatment written by Jim Thompson and the late Stanley Kubrick.

Chicago's Harris Theater for Music and Dance has announced its 2010-2011 season. Alan Cumming, John Waters and Laurie Anderson are among the familiar faces that will be taking the stage this year.

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center presents the world premiere of dre.diohead, a new evening length piece by the renowned NYC-based dance company dre.dance, for TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY: Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1. Choreographed by dre.dance co-founder and Artistic Director Andrew Palermo, with additional choreography by co-founder Taye Diggs, dre.diohead is set to music by award-winning, iconic alternative rock band Radiohead. Tickets for the world premiere of dre-diohead, by dre.dance, start at $20 and can be purchased through the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center box office at 718-482-7200 or online at www.LaGuardiaPerformingArts.org. LaGuardia Performing Arts Center is located at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City. It is easily accessible via the 7, E, V, R, N, W Subways and the Long Island Railroad.

Beginning Saturday, April 17, L.A. Theatre Works Radio Theatre Series will air Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet, starring Adam Arkin, Jeff Goldblum and Dina Waters. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

CPCC Theatre will present the final performances of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson on Friday 4/16 and Saturday 4/17 at 8:00pm and Sunday 4/18 at 2:30pm in Pease Auditorium on the Central Campus of CPCC. Tickets can be purchased at the box office Monday - Friday from 10:00am to 5:00pm at 704-330-6534 or online at CarolinaTix 24/7. Tickets are $16.00.

The Orange County Performing Arts Center's Free or All series continues this summer with the enormously popular and eagerly awaited return of free Movie Mondays on the community plaza. This year's line-up will be the biggest and best ever with five great movies: the timeless classic The Wizard of Oz with Judy Garland; the screwball comedy Some Like it Hot starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon; the Dickensian musical Oliver! being presented in partnership with public radio station KCRW-Santa Monica (89.9 FM and www.KCRW.com); the coming-of-age story Dirty Dancing featuring Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze; and the inspiring documentary about New York City school students learning to dance in Mad Hot Ballroom, which was chosen in an audience poll last summer. The Center has always been 'the place' in Orange County to experience Broadway's best and brightest, and Movie Mondays offers audiences the most fun and exciting musical and dance films under the stars and all for free.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will honor Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's Tom Mossbrucker (Artistic Director) and Jean-Phillippe Malaty (Executive Director) at its annual Spring Gala on Monday, April 19 at ESPACE (635 West 42nd Street).

Playwright Tracey Scott Wilson rips through the pages of history in The Good Negro, a 'powerfully moving' (The New York Times) and 'thunderous new play' (Variety) about the drive for racial equality-and the clash between private ethics and public good. Goodman Resident Director Chuck Smith, who helmed Wilson's 2005 play The Story at the Goodman, directs this Chicago premiere, featuring a cast of Broadway stars and local favorites. A design team led by Tony Award-nominated Set Designer Riccardo Hernandez brings the production to life using inspiration from the iconic imagery of photojournalist Charles Moore. The Good Negro runs May 1 - June 6, 2010 in the Goodman's Albert Theatre. Tickets start at $25. In conjunction with this Chicago premiere, WBEZ's Richard Steele interviews Wilson and Smith for an Artists Talk discussion about The Good Negro on Wednesday, May 5, 6 - 7pm at Goodman Theatre. The Edith-Marie Appleton Foundation is the Major Production Sponsor for The Good Negro; Allstate Insurance Company is the Major Corporate Sponsor; and Bank of America and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP are the Corporate Sponsor Partners. The Joyce Foundation provides principal support of Artistic Development and Diversity Initiatives. American Airlines is the Exclusive Airline of Goodman Theatre.