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The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA)honors extraordinary talent in the Toronto performing arts community as they host the 33rd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards tonight, Monday, June 25, at the St. St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts in the Bluma Appel Theater. As with all awards, BroadwayWorld brings you full coverage of the ceremony. Keep checking back as the list of winners is updated below! And stay tuned in the next couple of days for special photo coverage!

The Latino spirit is alive in New Harlem Arts Theatre's upcoming production of 'Sweet Charity,' directed by Julio Agustin, to be presented July 26 to August 19 at CCNY's Aaron Davis Hall, 135th Street and Convent Ave. The characters of the classic sixties musical will be re-envisioned to reflect the changing roles of Latinos in our society while the traditional music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon will be preserved. The 1966 Broadway tuner was originally conceived, staged and choreographed by Bob Fosse. Director Julio Agustin has tapped choreographer Lainie Munro for the job of nestling his radical new concept into Fosse's formative jazz dances.

Yara Arts Group, a resident company of La MaMa Experimental Theater in New York, will perform 'Dream Bridge' tonight, April 27 to May 13. The work is an original, experimental theater piece featuring Yara artists from New York, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine. The production, created by Virlana Tkacz, is based on a Ukrainian poem 'Dream' by Oleh Lysheha and uses fragments from Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' (mentioned in the poem), as well as the dreams and nightmares of the participants. It features Kyrgyz traditional music, as well as an electronic score by Kyiv composer Alla Zahaykevych. Interweaving performances in English, Ukrainian and Kyrgyz, 'Dream Bridge' is highly visual show and completely accessible to all audiences.

Loreen Arbus, Founder & Chair of Women Who Care, and Edward R. Matthews, CEO of United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, today announced the 2012 Celebrity Presenter line-up for The 11th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon to benefit United Cerebral Palsy of New York City.

Blast Radius, the second installment of Mac Rogers' epic science fiction Honeycomb Trilogy, touches down at the Secret Theatre in Queens.

Yara Arts Group, a resident company of La MaMa Experimental Theater in New York, will perform 'Dream Bridge' April 27 to May 13. The work is an original, experimental theater piece featuring Yara artists from New York, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine. The production, created by Virlana Tkacz, is based on a Ukrainian poem 'Dream' by Oleh Lysheha and uses fragments from Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' (mentioned in the poem), as well as the dreams and nightmares of the participants. It features Kyrgyz traditional music, as well as an electronic score by Kyiv composer Alla Zahaykevych. Interweaving performances in English, Ukrainian and Kyrgyz, 'Dream Bridge' is highly visual show and completely accessible to all audiences.

Loreen Arbus, Founder & Chair of Women Who Care and Edward R. Matthews, CEO of United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, today announced the honorees for The 11th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon, benefitting United Cerebral Palsy of New York City. The event will be held on Thursday, May 3rd, at Cipriani 42nd Street.

Lone Star and Laundry are two complementary one-act plays written by James McLure. Though not a native Texan, McLure is known as a premier Texas playwright because he graduated from SMU's theatre department in 1973 and his best-known plays are prized for their precise capture of the feel and character of West Texas. Not to mention the great southern humor running through every page! McLure died in February of this year from cancer. He was 59.

Lone Star and Laundry are two complementary one-act plays written by James McLure. Though not a native Texan, McLure is known as a premier Texas playwright because he graduated from SMU's theatre department in 1973 and his best-known plays are prized for their precise capture of the feel and character of West Texas. Not to mention the great southern humor running through every page! McLure died in February of this year from cancer. He was 59.

The line-up for the '2011 MTV EMA' is officially complete! MTV today announced worldwide sensation Justin Bieber and GRAMMY-winning artist/producer/DJ David Guetta with special guest performers will be joining the party in Belfast, Northern Ireland for the world's biggest night in music.

The Brick Theater, presenter of the blockbuster New York Clown Theatre Festival in 2010 (and returning in 2012!), does not want fans of Clown Theatre to go hungry in the meantime.

The Brick Theater, presenter of the blockbuster New York Clown Theatre Festival in 2010 (and returning in 2012!), does not want fans of Clown Theatre to go hungry in the meantime.

It just got a whole lot easier being green. Walt Disney Records is set to release Muppets: The Green Album, a musical tribute to the world's much-loved Muppets, featuring 12 fan favorite songs reinterpreted by today's hottest artists.

The Brick Theater, presenter of the blockbuster New York Clown Theatre Festival in 2010 (and returning in 2012!), does not want fans of Clown Theatre to go hungry in the meantime.

Wide Eyed re-imagines Euripides' THE TROJAN WOMEN, antiquity's most powerful play about the eternal tragedy of war.

It just got a whole lot easier being green. Walt Disney Records is set to release Muppets: The Green Album, a musical tribute to the world's much-loved Muppets, featuring 12 fan favorite songs reinterpreted by today's hottest artists.

Wide Eyed re-imagines Euripides' THE TROJAN WOMEN, antiquity's most powerful play about the eternal tragedy of war.

Wide Eyed re-imagines Euripides' THE TROJAN WOMEN, antiquity's most powerful play about the eternal tragedy of war.

Raven Theatre closes the 2010-2011 season with The Cherry Orchard, directed by Michael Menendian. Opening is Sunday, June 5 at 7:00 p.m. at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark, with a reception following in the Raven lobby.

Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre announces auditions for Laundry & Bourbon/Lone Star by James McLure.