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Crown Center Schedule of Events for January - September 2011

Arvada Center Announces Cast for A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE MUSICAL-Joseph Dellger to Play Ebenezer Scrooge

Crown Center Schedule of Events for January - September 2011

Arvada Center Announces Cast for A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE MUSICAL-Joseph Dellger to Play Ebenezer Scrooge

Fountain Water Shows- Crown Center Square. The famous Crown Center Square Fountain dances to famous tunes! Programmed by the company behind the renowned Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas, Crown Center's fountain is synchronized to music specially recorded for Crown Center by members of the Kansas City Symphony.

A full schedule of educational programs is being presented in conjunction with Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918-1936, the first exhibition in the United States to focus on the vast transformation in European culture between the world wars and to examine its manifestations in all media.

Fountain Water Shows- Crown Center Square. The famous Crown Center Square Fountain dances to famous tunes! Programmed by the company behind the renowned Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas, Crown Center's fountain is synchronized to music specially recorded for Crown Center by members of the Kansas City Symphony.

The Town Hall, Broadway's landmark concert venue, (123 W. 43rd Street) announces its 90th Anniversary season lineup. Headliners include Tony Award ®winning Broadway star Ben Vereen; the acclaimed musical comedy troupe Capitol Steps, back by popular demand; Grammy Award® winning singer and songwriter Don Mclean; the world premiere of a new production by the Romulo Larrea Tango Ensemble; Broadway stars Linda Eder and three time Tony Award® nominee Kelli O'Hara; celebrated singers and actors Andrea Marcovicci and Jeff Harner; Grammy and Tony Award® winner Dee Dee Bridgewater and the acclaimed concert series Broadway By The Year®, featuring the years 1921, 1932, 1982 and 1997.

I'm so happy to be making my Seattle debut one week from today! I've got two shows lined up... the first one is a benefit for the Ingersol Center on Thursday, October 21, and the second is part of 'Thee Wild Herring Cabaret,' presented by The Swedish Housewife on Saturday, October 23rd.

Arvada Center Announces Cast for A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE MUSICAL-Joseph Dellger to Play Ebenezer Scrooge

I'm so happy to be making my Seattle debut one week from today! I've got two shows lined up... the first one is a benefit for the Ingersol Center on Thursday, October 21, and the second is part of 'Thee Wild Herring Cabaret,' presented by The Swedish Housewife on Saturday, October 23rd.

Friday night was HOT as The Mirage Hotel and Casino and Rolling Stone magazine kicked off the first-ever Live Like A Rock Star Weekend .

Crown Center is anticipating a full line-up of events and shows for the 2010 - 2011 season. Located in the heart of downtown Kansas City, Crown Center is often called a city within a city, offering fine hotels, entertainment, dining, shopping, offices and residential living, and attracting more than five million visitors each year. It all surrounds the worldwide headquarters of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Fountain Water Shows Crown Center Square. The famous Crown Center Square Fountain dances to famous tunes! Programmed by the company behind the renowned Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas, Crown Center's fountain is synchronized to music specially recorded for Crown Center by members of the Kansas City Symphony.

The Shakespeare Factory Players (SFP) Present 'Much Ado About Nothing' by William Shakespeare

Today we continue our series of conversations with the recipients of the 2010 Tony Awards for Special Achievement which this year is being awarded to the Alzheimer's Association and their spokesperson: Broadway, film and television star and Tony-winner David Hyde Pierce. In this discussion, I speak to Harry Johns, the CEO of the group, and, in the second part, as the magnetic and magnanimous Mr. Hyde Pierce himself.

Ongoing event- Fountain Water Shows held at Crown Center Square. The famous Crown Center Square Fountain dances to famous tunes! Programmed by the company behind the renowned Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas, Crown Center's fountain is synchronized to music specially recorded for Crown Center by members of the Kansas City Symphony.

ABC's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,' which has won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Reality Program and two People's Choice Awards, will return for Season 8 in the 2010-11 season. Joining the series will be Jillian Harris, a successful designer for restaurants, residences, furniture and fashion who previously was featured as 'The Bachelorette' in that series' Season 5; Xzibit, a tireless performer in music, film and television; and Leigh Anne Tuohy, also a successful interior decorator, best known for being portrayed by Sandra Bullock in this year's Oscar-winning 'The Blind Side.'

Located on the southern edge of downtown Kansas City, Crown Center offers fine hotels, entertainment, dining, shopping, offices and residential living. Home to the international headquarters of Hallmark Cards, Inc., the complex attracts more than five million visitors each year.

Chazz Palminteri, star and writer of the one-man play A BRONX TALE, was honored at a special luncheon at the Via Roma on Federal Hill on Wednesday, April 7. The luncheon was attended by Mayor David N. Cicilline, 13th Ward Representative John J. Lombardi, and more than a hundred Federal Hill business leaders. Proceeds from the luncheon will benefit the annual Columbus Day Parade.