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TheatreWorks Stage Two Program for teens will present the Broadway musical HAIR, The American Tribal Love - Rock Musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot tonight, August 9 and Saturday August 10 at 7:00pm. Tickets are just $20 each.

In the final full month of its special exhibition, Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers, the Museum of the City of New York will host a series of events showing visitors how they can live, decorate, cook and organize in small spaces - all taking place in a fully-built micro-unit housed in the Museum.

In honor of the 15 th anniversary of the U.S. publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the first book in the award-winning Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, 15 public libraries nationwide have been chosen as winners of the Harry Potter Public Librarian Contest from Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of the series. Taking inspiration from the series, hundreds of librarians submitted their ideas for Harry Potter celebrations designed to introduce a new generation of readers to the wizarding world. Librarians' ideas include serving Harry Potter-themed food, hosting trivia contests, dressing up as favorite Potter characters, having live owls, house-sorting parties, scavenger hunts, Quidditch matches, wand-making, and classes from Hogwarts such as Potions, Divination, and Herbology. Potter parties will be held on or around August 27, 2013, the date when the new U.S. trade paperbacked editions of the books featuring all new covers by #1 New York Times bestselling author/artist, Kazu Kibuishi are released.

Kicking off its 26th Season, Lookingglass Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of Marguerite Duras' The North China Lover, adapted and directed by Ensemble Member Heidi Stillman. The North China Lover runs September 25 - October 4, 2013 at Lookingglass Theatre Company, located inside Chicago's historic Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. at Pearson. The Press Opening is Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) and the Shakespeare Society (Artistic Director, Michael Sexton; Executive Director, Betsy Davidson Pickering) are now accepting applications for the 2013-2014Shakespeare Works Artist Residencies, part of the Shakespeare Society's Shakespeare Works program. The residencies will culminate in panel discussions about Shakespeare's plays, hosted by The Public Theater. The first two panel discussions will take place on Monday, September 30 and Monday, December 2 at 425 Lafayette Street.

The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, Hair, often hailed as the father of modern rock musicals, takes the stage at the Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre for one weekend. Set for 3 performances, Hair will be performed on Friday, August 9, Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11 at 7:30 pm.

Peninsula Players Theatre's popular series of free public seminars continues today, August 3, at 2:30 p.m. with a conversation with Door County Artist Craig Blietz on the influence of 19th century artist Georges Seurat. Free seminars, providing an inside look at topics related to the plays of the 2013 season, are held at the theater select Saturdays throughout the season.

TheatreWorks Stage Two Program for teens will present the Broadway musical HAIR, The American Tribal Love - Rock Musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot on Friday August 9 and Saturday August 10 at 7:00pm. Tickets are just $20 each.

Gloriæ Dei Cantores, the internationally acclaimed choir from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, continues its 2013 25th Anniversary Celebration - a series of concerts illuminating choral treasures from rich cultural traditions around the globe - with concerts today and tomorrow, August 2 and 3 at the Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans. The repertoire features rarely performedmasterpieces Missa Brevis by Zoltán Kodály, Cherubic Hymn by Howard Hanson, Brazilian Psalm by Jean Berger, and Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice by Gerald Finzi. Tickets are $35 ($30 Seniors and Free for students and under 18.)

From today, Aug. 2 through Mon. Aug. 5, Boog's 22nd anniversary will be celebrated by putting on the seventh annual Welcome to Boog City poetry, music, and theater festival. It will feature 71 poets, 19 musical acts, 10 tabling small presses, 8 poets theater plays, 3 political talks, 2 poets in conversation with one another, 1 d.a. levy lives visiting press, 1 poetry workshop, and 1 small press publishing panel over the four days.

With its seventh season, Tympanic introduces you to two outcasts striving to be a part of society in very different ways. A woman with a rare genetic condition joins a freak show under the pretense of false romance. A young man blazes a trail of blood and destruction through the American West, believing it's the only way to become truly human. The tragic, yet touching characters in this season's exciting lineup of shows explore the lengths people are willing to go to become 'one of us,' and if it is truly worth it in the end.

August Strindberg Repertory Theatre (www.strindberg.org), which was formed in 2012 to illuminate Strindberg's plays for today's American audiences, will present the English language premiere of Strindberg's 'Mr. Bengt's Wife' (1882), directed by Craig Baldwin (Associate Artistic Director of Red Bull Theater) September 6 to 29, 2013 at the Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street, where August Strindberg Rep is the resident company. 'Mr. Bengt's Wife' has been characterized as Strindberg's answer to Ibsen's 'The Doll's House.' It utilizes realism, expressionism, melodrama and dreamscape to tell the story of the rebellious Margit, whose quest to become an independent New Woman catapults her from a convent to a castle, where her husband and two lovers vie for her attention.

With music by Galt MacDermot and book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, HAIR has been around for years. It's been around long enough to earn a Tony win for best revival, and take that revival on a tour. Wavestage's production of HAIR channeled everything audiences have come to know and love of the iconic show.

The St. Louis County Library Foundation's 'Buzz' Westfall Favorite Author Series is pleased to present journalist and author Vanessa Gezari for a discussion and signing of her book 'The Tender Soldier: A True Story of War and Sacrifice.' The event will take place at Library Headquarters (1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.) on Wednesday, August 14 at 7:00 p.m. The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from Left Bank Books.

'Cafe Cabaret' CafeCabaret is an eclectic variety/cabaret show with a rotating cast of performers. With a new cast every month, the show is always fresh. From poignant to funny, mirth to disaster it all happens at Cafe Ballou. Cafe Ballou is located @ 939 N Western. The show begins @ 7pm.

SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, Broadway's high-flying spectacular, is launching a massive coast-to-coast search, to find its next Peter Parker/Spider-Man! The show's original and current star, Reeve Carney, will depart the production on Sunday, September 15, 2013 and two open casting calls, in Los Angeles and New York, are being planned to find his replacement. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take over the lead role in Broadway's most famous show is completely open to the public. Hopefuls should be males in their late teens to early twenties of any ethnicity. They must have a great rock singing voice. They can be nerdy with an understated sex appeal and a good sense of humor.

Critically acclaimed theatre company The Playwrights Realm has announced the cast and creative team for the New York premiere of Lauren Yee's new play The Hatmaker's Wife, directed by recent OBIE Award winner Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812). The Hatmaker's Wife marks the first Playwrights Realm production at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street) in midtown Manhattan, following previous engagements in several downtown Off-Broadway venues. Previews begin Tuesday, August 27, for an opening Thursday, September 5.

InterAct Theatre Company and the New York based company, The One-Minute Play Festival (OMPF) today announce their joint presentation of the First Philadelphia One-Minute Play Festival, to be performed tonight, July 29th-31st 2013 at 8:00 PM EST. Following sold-out performances in a dozen other cities, this festival serves as the culmination of a yearlong collaboration between the two companies after engaging in community and consensus building workshop sessions with local artists since August of 2012.

Peninsula Players Theatre's popular series of free public seminars continues August 3, at 2:30 p.m. with a conversation with Door County Artist Craig Blietz on the influence of 19th century artist Georges Seurat. Free seminars, providing an inside look at topics related to the plays of the 2013 season, are held at the theater select Saturdays throughout the season.

Dragon's Eye Theatre, a Philadelphia ensemble committed to creating theatrical experiences that celebrate the power of imagination for audiences of all ages and backgrounds, presents A Mystery? in the 2013 Philly Fringe Festival. When a group of friends discovers something unusual, they form a secret society to tackle the case and enlist the audience to help them. The creators of sold-out Fringe 2012 hit Seek and Hide bring a new interactive adventure through Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse that invites audiences to use their imaginations alongside the actors. This show is best enjoyed by audience members ages 4 to 104.