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The Gateway presents the high-octane dance extravaganza DANCE TO THE MOVIES at Patchogue Theatre from August 10-14.  Tickets start at $59 and are available online at www.gateway.org or by calling the Box Office at (631) 286 1133.  Discounts are available for groups of 15 or more.

Cooperstown, NY -- An award-winning string quartet known for 'guerilla chamber music' and a hand-picked quintet of jazz all-stars kick off an eventful August for the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and The Playroom Theatre present the July Producer Boot Camp Recognizing Commercial Potential: Is This Show Worth Investing In? on Saturday, July 23, 2016 at from 1-5pm  at The Playroom Theater, 151 W. 46th Street, 8th floor, NYC 10036. For more details visit http://truonline.org/investor-lab/.

The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN. All episodes are available at metrofocus.org following the broadcast.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and The Playroom Theatre present the July panel Marketing Mavericks: New Thinking, New Methods, New Audiences, on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 7:30pm at The Playroom Theater, 151 W. 46th Street, 8th floor, NYC 10036.

From a farming community in rural Oregon to the big cities of Los Angeles and New York, playwright EM Lewis takes aim at her own relationship with firearms in The Gun Show.  The playwright grew up in rural Oregon, where everyone has guns.  She learned to shoot on a date.  She worked at Jackson's Bookstore during an armed robbery, and once encountered a threatening cop in New York.  She's got multiple stories to tell.  And then there's the fifth story: the one that doesn't let go, the one that triggered this show.  Five gun stories in a country full of gun stories. 

?Featuring a cast of unusual, but absolutely authentic, American characters, Last Gas is a new comedy that theatres around the country are already fighting over to get the rights to produce.  Chenango River Theatre is proud to be one of the first in the country to showcase this snappy new comedy.  How new is the script?  So new it's not even published yet.  Author John Cariani, currently starring in the Broadway musical Something Rotten, has been sending script revisions to CRT's cast on a regular basis as he fine tunes the script for productions around the country.

Amas Musical Theatre and The Amas Musical Theatre Lab will present staged readings for the New York premiere of 'Round Thelonious, a new play with music about the unique relationship between Rothschild heiress Pannonica (Nica) de Koenigswarter and jazz genius Thelonious Monk, written and performed by Anita Pollard. Directed by Shidan Majidi with Musical Direction by Willerm Delisfort (on piano), the readings will be held on Monday, July 25th and Tuesday, July 26th at 7pm at Ripley Greer Studios (939 Eighth Avenue - between 55th & 56th Streets). 

The Franklin Stage Company continues its 20th season of admission-free professional theatre with a three week run of 'We 3,' a bold and buoyant adaptation of Anton Chekhov's 'The Three Sisters.'

?Featuring a cast of unusual, but absolutely authentic, American characters, Last Gas is a new comedy that theatres around the country are already fighting over to get the rights to produce.  Chenango River Theatre is proud to be one of the first in the country to showcase this snappy new comedy.  How new is the script?  So new it's not even published yet.  Author John Cariani, currently starring in the Broadway musical Something Rotten, has been sending script revisions to CRT's cast on a regular basis as he fine tunes the script for productions around the country.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents How to Write a Musical That Works (part 3): Reckoning & Resolution on Saturday July 16th, 10am to 6pm at Nola Studios, 244 W. 54th Street, 11th floor.

Joel Grey officiated the ceremony where the happy puppet couple celebrated their fifth anniversary.

Below, check out quotables from NBC's 'THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON' June 14 – June 17

Hoff-Barthelson Music School's award-winning Flute Orchestra celebrates their 40th year anniversary at Flute Plus 40 - a 'Flute Playdate Party' today, June 18, 2016, at 1:00 pm, at Hoff-Barthelson Music School, 25 School Lane, Scarsdale.

Hoff-Barthelson Music School's Festival Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Jun Nakabayashi, performs its annual Finale Concert, today, June 11, 2016, at 8:00 p.m. 'Sounds of the Baltic,' a concert featuring the works of composers from nations bordering the Baltic Sea, will be held in the Recital Hall at the Purchase Theatres, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York.

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival's 18th season continues on June 19th at 7:30 pm with a performance of the Schubert Trout Quintet and chamber music by Gaubert, Mahler, and Schulhoff. The concert, which will be held in the ballroom of the Otesaga, features Linda Chesis, flute; Mikhail Kopelman, violin; Anat Almani, viola; Jerry Grossman, cello; Jeremy McCoy, bass; and Elizaveta Kopelman, piano.

New York Live Arts, home of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and under the artistic leadership of MacArthur Genius Award and National Medal of the Arts recipient Bill T. Jones, announced its upcoming 2016-2017 season today.

Hudson River Park, one of the nation's longest waterfront parks and an urban oasis for New Yorkers and visitors from every corner of the world, will be the stunning natural setting for the second annual Hudson River Dance Festival, presented at Pier 63 in Hudson River Park. This free celebration of NYC's premier dance culture is a rare and unique opportunity for diverse audiences to experience some of the most talented and acclaimed dancers and ground-breaking dance compositions and performances in the world. The Festival takes place on Wednesday, June 15th, and Thursday, June 16th at 6:30 p.m.  The same program will be featured each evening.

Dixon Place's new commission of Monstah Black's HYPERBOLIC! (The Last Spectacle), a genre-crossing, provocative work is the centerpiece of the 2016 HOT! Festival, the 25th annual celebration of LGBTQ culture.  The production will open on Friday, July 8th at 7:30 pm and will six performances only: July 8th,  July 9th, July 15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd at 7:30 pm at Dixon Place (161 Chrystie Street) during the world's  longest running LGBTQ performance festival.  Tickets for HYPERBOLIC! (The Last Spectacle) are  $19 in advance, $22 at the door, $15 students / seniors / ID NYC and can be purchased by visiting www.dixonplace.org or by calling (866)-811-4111.

Casting for the seventh and eighth weeks of American Ballet Theatre's 2016 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.