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The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. 'Jungle Book' reviews, 'Oklahoma!' on the radio, Broadway In Chicago's Park preview, 'Hedwig' and 'Rooms' rock, Team StarKid is back, community theater in Glenview, a children's musical in Mundelein, plus the 'Summer Birthday Showtune Blowout' July 10th!

Bravo! Vail Announces today that a limited number of reservations for The Linda and Mitch Hart Soiree Series are now open and available to the general public. The Linda and Mitch Hart Soiree Series features four private performances in four unique and spectacular homes throughout the Vail Valley. Truly an experience, these events are some of the most exclusive and sought-after performances produced by Bravo! Vail.

The Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) present the Sondheim Artscape Prize: 2013 Finalists. On view at the Walters today, June 29-August 11, 2013, the exhibition showcases artwork by the finalists for the annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, a $25,000 fellowship that is given each year to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Greater Baltimore region. M&T Bank has partnered with BOPA to establish the M&T Bank Sondheim Finalists' Awards, which provide a $2,500 honorarium for each of the remaining finalists not selected for the fellowship.

Bravo! Vail Announces today that a limited number of reservations for The Linda and Mitch Hart Soiree Series are now open and available to the general public. The Linda and Mitch Hart Soiree Series features four private performances in four unique and spectacular homes throughout the Vail Valley. Truly an experience, these events are some of the most exclusive and sought-after performances produced by Bravo! Vail.

The Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) present the Sondheim Artscape Prize: 2013 Finalists. On view at the Walters June 29–August 11, 2013, the exhibition showcases artwork by the finalists for the annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, a $25,000 fellowship that is given each year to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Greater Baltimore region. M&T Bank has partnered with BOPA to establish the M&T Bank Sondheim Finalists' Awards, which provide a $2,500 honorarium for each of the remaining finalists not selected for the fellowship.

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. 54 Below also launched its series of late night events. Joining Tuesday nights' popular "Backstage" with Susie Mosheris the "54 Piano Bar," a new vocal competition - 'The Callback," and more:

Maggie Whitlum, Executive Director of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF), has announced that Laurent Fisher and David Webber have joined the professional staff.

Mayor Brian P. Stack & Board of Commissioners announce that the City of Union City will be presenting 'The Union City Christmas Concert' featuring two highly acclaimed musicians, renown tenor Mariano Vidal and accomplished pianist Alex Brown, on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 7:00 PM at the Union City Performing Arts Center. 'The Union City Christmas Concert' promises to be an elegant evening of live theatre full of memorable holiday music.

Mayor Brian P. Stack & Board of Commissioners announce that the City of Union City will be presenting 'The Union City Christmas Concert' featuring two highly acclaimed musicians, renown tenor Mariano Vidal and accomplished pianist Alex Brown, on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 7:00 PM at the Union City Performing Arts Center. 'The Union City Christmas Concert' promises to be an elegant evening of live theatre full of memorable holiday music.

Morgan James, presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center, will be performing live with her band at the 12th Annual Winter's Eve at Lincoln Square on Monday, November 28 at 7:30pm at the Time Warner Center on the second floor.

Morgan James, presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center, will be performing live with her band at the 12th Annual Winter's Eve at Lincoln Square on Monday, November 28 at 7:30pm at the Time Warner Center on the second floor.

East West Players (EWP), the nation's premier Asian American theatre, celebrates its 45th Anniversary with its glamorous Visionary Awards Dinner & Silent Auction, and salutes those who have raised the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through their artistic excellence and support of the Asian Pacific American performing arts.

Due to the overwhelmingly positive response from artists, managers, and promoters, the Blue Note Jazz Benefit for Japan will be extended to include an additional set of performances on April 18 to benefit those afflicted by the horrific natural disasters in Japan.

Due to the overwhelmingly positive response from artists, managers, and promoters, the Blue Note Jazz Benefit for Japan will be extended to include an additional set of performances on April 18 to benefit those afflicted by the horrific natural disasters in Japan.

East West Players (EWP), the nation's premier Asian American theatre, celebrates its 45th Anniversary with its glamorous Visionary Awards Dinner & Silent Auction, and salutes those who have raised the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through their artistic excellence and support of the Asian Pacific American performing arts.

MELT is proud to participate in The Bergen Lot Party, September 10-11th. The Bergen Lot Party is the collaborative initiative of business on the burgeoning block of Bergen Street between Flatbush & Fifth Avenues to celebrate the eclectic array of our collective businesses while celebrating Fashion's Night Out 2010 and raising money for the Brooklyn based charity, The Center For Anti-Violence Education.

MELT is proud to participate in The Bergen Lot Party, September 10-11th. The Bergen Lot Party is the collaborative initiative of business on the burgeoning block of Bergen Street between Flatbush & Fifth Avenues to celebrate the eclectic array of our collective businesses while celebrating Fashion's Night Out 2010 and raising money for the Brooklyn based charity, The Center For Anti-Violence Education.

MELT is proud to participate in The Bergen Lot Party, September 10-11th. The Bergen Lot Party is the collaborative initiative of business on the burgeoning block of Bergen Street between Flatbush & Fifth Avenues to celebrate the eclectic array of our collective businesses while celebrating Fashion's Night Out 2010 and raising money for the Brooklyn based charity, The Center For Anti-Violence Education.

Arthur Miller's 1950 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play An Enemy of the People explores personal and political issues that resonate in both playwrights' worlds, with a brave central character against corrupt and hypocritical political systems and social intolerance. The themes of this play surface throughout Miller's canon and life, most significantly in his struggles with McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee.