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Boston Children's Theatre (BCT) has announced the return of the critically acclaimed play REFLECTIONS OF A ROCK LOBSTER.

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced it will begin accepting submissions beginning March 15, 2013 for the third annual Made in the Berkshires festival, which will occur October 11-13 at both the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield as well as the Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge.

The Academy of The Company Theatre (ACT) presents Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr.

Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) was founded in 1976 and has risen to be New England's largest opera company.

Shakespeare & Company has announced its 33rd annual Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare, which will bring the beloved comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream to over 50 schools and theatres throughout New England, New York, and New Jersey this spring.

Single-day tickets are now available for Wilco's Solid Sound Festival, the three-day celebration of music, art, comedy and more, which takes place June 21-23 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA.

Bringing beloved classics to life on the Colonial Stage, The Hit Men, featuring original stars from Frankie Valli & The Four seasons, perform live at The Colonial Theatre on March 21 at 7:30pm.

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced it will begin accepting submissions beginning March 15, 2013 for the third annual Made in the Berkshires festival, which will occur October 11-13 at both the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield as well as the Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge.

Moonbox Productions presents A NEW BRAIN, the engaging, life-affirming musical about finding serenity, humor and music, in the face of death.

ImprovBoston is kicking off March with a one-night only performance from legendary comic Eddie Pepitone.

Daniel Berger-Jones and Phil Tayler play more than a dozen characters between them in Marie Jones' 2001 Olivier Award-winner for Best New Comedy.

Sisters for Peace and WAM Theatre are delighted to be hosting a free screening of the PBS Documentary 'Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide' at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 15 at 7pm as part of the March Berkshire Festival of Women Writers.

The young actors cast as Captain von Trapp's children in the Franklin Performing Arts Company's production of The Sound of Music have spent countless hours rehearsing together to bring the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical theater classic to the stage this weekend.

What I love most about the theatre is the passion the actors have for their work.

Stickball Productions, which brought The Friends of Eddie Coyle to sellout shows at Oberon in 2012, again plumbs the urban underworld in the New England premiere of John Godber's rowdy comic classic Bouncers at Central Square's historic Cantab Lounge April 5-27.

Nearly fifty visual artists, writers, and actors participate in 10X10on10, a collaborative event of Alchemy Initiative and WAM Theatre.

Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans take on Joan Crawford (and Bette Davis) in the noir musical MILDRED FIERCE.

The best-selling book comes to life in the musical satire, SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody, on the Colonial stage March 14 to March 16 at 8pm.

In conjunction with The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Alison Larkin presents an evening of Anglo-American comedy on March 9 at 7:30pm at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge.

Now in her 20th year as Artistic Director of Forty Steps Dance, Sallee Slagle has been fiscally sponsored by the Boston Dance Alliance, and recently incorporated as a non-profit cultural heritage institution.

The award-winning Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V.

The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training continues its 2012-13 Season with Will Eno's The Flu Season, directed by Marcus Stern.

Tony Award-winning director John Tiffany blends the strength and delicacy of Tennessee Williams' haunting memory play The Glass Menagerie into a heart-breaking metaphor for the fragility of dreams

The Boston College Theatre Department continues its 2012-2013 season with its second student-directed workshop production of the year: the contemporary romantic comedy Jack and Jill.

Fort Point Theatre Channel presents The Good Person of Setzuan written by Bertolt Brecht and adapted by Tony Kushner.