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Howard Scott Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of the solo exhibition Marshland by Fred Stonehouse. The show will open to the public on Thursday, 8 April and continue through May 8. The recent works that will compose the exhibition include examples of all of the artist's painting formats.

Kaufman Center and New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), acclaimed by New York Magazine as 'The best classical music programming in New York,' will present an all-new program on May 4 and 6 at 8 PM of American composers, including the premiere of Beautiful Ohio, a song cycle by 2009 Pulitzer Prize- finalist Harold Meltzer, with texts of poet James Arlington Wright and composed specifically for the young American tenor Paul Appleby.

Enjoy a rare behind the scenes glimpse at the inspiration for some of Broadway's greatest hits with Kevin Moore presents Score-by-Score: An Evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre on April 7, 2010.

Howard Scott Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of the solo exhibition Marshland by Fred Stonehouse. The show will open to the public on Thursday, 8 April and continue through May 8. The recent works that will compose the exhibition include examples of all of the artist's painting formats.

Signature Theatre, winner of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents the Washington premiere of the hit musical comedy [title of show], winner of three Obie Awards and a Tony nomination.

The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, nationally known for its interpretation of Stephen Sondheim musicals, celebrated its 20th anniversary season by presenting Sondheim's most popular musical SWEENEY TODD, directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The production will end its run in the 276-seat MAX Theater, April 4, 2010.

Signature Theatre, the current recipient of the Tony Award® for Regional Theatre, presents the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees by Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of the acclaimed opera The Grapes of Wrath and the OBIE Award-winning Orpheus and Euridice, as well as the musicals My Life with Albertine and Dream True.

The Off-Broadway premiere of LOOKING FOR BILLY HAINES, a new comedy with dance by Suzanne Brockmann and Will McCabe, with music by Barry Singer, opened on Thursday March 25th at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street)h. The limited engagement is set to run through May 22nd.

Zap2it.com is reporting that select cities around the country will be hosting pre-screenings of the GLEE premiere prior to its mass broadcast on Fox on April 13. Sponsored by FOX, the paid screenings will be used as fundraisers to benefit the Grammy Foundation's 'Grammy in the Schools' music education programs. Pre-screenings begin on April 6. See below for a complete schedule.

Arts and Artists at St. Paul's will continue their Songbook Series on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 6 PM, this time featuring composer/lyricist Nick Blaemire.

On Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8:00 PM, the Eastman School of Music - one of the nation's premier music institutions, named 'Hottest School for Music' by Newsweek - presents its esteemed faculty-based chamber ensemble, Eastman Virtuosi, in concert at Kaufman Center's Merkin Concert Hall. The program features works by Georg Philipp Telemann, Francis Poulenc and Anton Dvorak, as well as the New York premiere of Sebastian Currier's Pulse (2002).

Phoenix Artistic Director Steven C. Anderson has produced a concert version of the five-time Tony Award-winning musical Titanic and recruited 38 local performers to donate their performances to help raise funds for Phoenix's "at risk" residency program with Columbus City Schools. Phoenix artists and educators go into these schools and partner with teachers to mentor fourth graders considered "at risk of failure in the classroom" by engaging them to create plays based on core curriculum.

On Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8:00 PM, the Eastman School of Music - one of the nation's premier music institutions, named 'Hottest School for Music' by Newsweek - presents its esteemed faculty-based chamber ensemble, Eastman Virtuosi, in concert at Kaufman Center's Merkin Concert Hall.

As the Helen Hayes Awards ceremony on April 5th honors performances and productions from the past year, DC theatergoers will be hearing two gorgeous scores by Jason Robert Brown and Jeanine Tesori, and seeing a new opera about a boxer, a splashing pool on stage, Tyne Daley as diva Maria Callas, Maurice Hines tapping his way on the Lincoln Theatre stage, Mrs. Robinson seducing Benjamin, a red balloon thrilling young audiences, Harvey Fierstein wishing he was a rich man, tales and songs from a Scottish Jewish composer, a new children's show with lots of princesses, a little musical with the title in [ ], a triumphant mounting of a short-lived Broadway musical, and a wordless Kafka classic performed in Georgian style. The crocuses, cherry blossoms, and azaleas will be in full bloom, as the nation's capital will be awash in beautiful colors. It's the perfect time to visit and see some great shows in our DC area theatres.

The Off-Broadway premiere of LOOKING FOR BILLY HAINES, a new comedy with dance by Suzanne Brockmann and Will McCabe, with music by Barry Singer, will tonight Thursday March 25th at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street)h. The limited engagement is set to run through May 22nd.

Two-Time Tony Award winner CHITA RIVERA will perform songs from her legendary Broadway career in her own concert CHITA RIVERA: MY BROADWAY coming to the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater on Monday, April 19th at 8pm for one show only! Tickets will be available on LiveNation.com.

The Off-Broadway premiere of LOOKING FOR BILLY HAINES, a new comedy with dance by Suzanne Brockmann and Will McCabe, with music by Barry Singer, will begin performances Thursday, March 11th at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street), with Opening Night set for March 25th. The limited engagement is set to run through May 22nd.

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Big band sound transforms the Lincoln Theatre into a Duke Ellington jazz club as Arena Stage presents Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, choreographed by and starring Maurice Hines (Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies and Uptown... It's Hot!) with direction by Charles Randolph-Wright (Arena's Guys and Dolls and Blue).

Arts and Artists at St. Paul's will continue their Songbook Series on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 6 PM, this time featuring composer/lyricist Nick Blaemire.