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Artistic Director Jenny Gersten announced new Main Stage and Nikos Stage productions for the 2012 Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) season, the Festival's 58th Season and second under Ms.

ANNIE, one of the best-loved family musicals of all time, takes center stage at North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) now through Sunday, July 29.

The world premiere of Edith, which chronicles the political actions of first lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, opens Berkshire Theatre Group's Fitzpatrick Main Stage on August 4 at 8pm.

North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) presents ANNIE, now playing through July 29.

Faith Prince is a Tony Award winner for the acclaimed revival of Guys and Dolls, a Tony nominee for Bells are Ringing and A Catered Affair, a featured star of The Little Mermaid, and a regular on Lifetime TV's hit series Drop Dead Diva, in the role of Brooke Elliott's mother, Elaine.

Berkshire Playwrights Lab will present a staged reading of Philip Gerson's new playApeshit (note: if unprintable, please spell it Apesh!t) directed by Bob Jaffe on Monday, July 23 at 7:30pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, Mass.

The Estate of Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil will present Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour™in Boston on August 3 - 4, 2012 at TD Garden.

Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning regional theatre in downtown Pittsfield, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director, and Tristan Wilson, Managing Director, is proud to present the return of Broadway's Leslie Kritzer in Hello, Gorgeous! Leslie Kritzer Sings Jule Styne, with

Trust can be bought by the highest bidder in The Fakus - A Noir, described as 'a head-spinning theatrical romp mingling money, passion and dreams.

The Un-Common Theatre Young Adult Company's presentation of THE WHO'S TOMMY opens Thursday, July 19 through Sunday, July, 22 at the Orpheum Theatre, Foxboro.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) holds Open Houses from 10:00 - noon and 6:00 - 8:00 p.

Fresh from a string of sold out performances of their critically acclaimed Hedda Gabler, the newly minted Harbor Stage Company launches the second production of their inaugural season, Young Jean Lee's meditation on religion and ritual, Church.

Bill Engvall, from The Blue Collar Comedy Tour, performs at The Colonial Theatre on Saturday, August 4 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm.

Huntington Theatre Company and Dorchester's Codman Academy Charter Public School reunite for the seventh annual Huntington-Codman Summer Theatre Institute.

Berkshire Theatre Group's Acting Apprentice Company begins performances of Pinocchio at the Neil Ellenoff Stage at The Mount, 2 Plunkett St.

Franklin Performing Arts Company has announced the following upcoming events.

"Leapin' Lizards!" ANNIE, one of the best-loved family musicals of all time, takes center stage at North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) from tonight, July 17, through Sunday, July 29.

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Cirque du Soleil announced today that 2 additional matinee performances have now been added to the Boston engagement of TOTEM, on August 3 and 4, 2012 at 4pm.

Due to recent health issues, Freddie Roman was unable to perform in the Friars Club Comedy Festival which he curated for the Mahaiwe and had planned to host.

This summer Steps Off Broadway will be hosting master dance classes and lectures being taught by NYC and Broadway professionals.

Mama and Her Boys will premiere their new show at the nationally recognized Harwich Junior Theatre.

The Un-Common Theatre Young Adult Company's presentation of THE WHO'S TOMMY opens Thursday, July 19 through Sunday, July, 22 at the Orpheum Theatre, Foxboro.

Spectrum Playhouse Presents Improv Night With RBIT on July 20th.

Williamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director Jenny Gersten announced the plays and artists participating in the annual Fridays @ 3 Reading Series, beginning today, July 13 at the Paresky Center on the Williams Campus.