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Repo! The Genetic Opera launched a successful 'Road Tour' several months ago, due to the demand for more up close and personal screenings, new dates for 2009 have been announced.

Repo! The Genetic Opera launched a successful 'Road Tour' several months ago, due to the demand for more up close and personal screenings, new dates for 2009 have been announced.

Repo! The Genetic Opera takes in some solid B.O. numbers for its limited release. Perez Hilton reports it made a respectable $51,600 last weekend. The film stars Paul Sorvino, Paris Hilton, Alexa Vega, Anthony Head, Bill Moseley, Sarah Brightman and Kevin Ogilvie.

Bristol Riverside Theatre will open its 2008-2009 season with the Philadelphia area premiere of The Spitfire Grill by James Valcq (music and book) and Fred Alley (lyrics).

The Present Company proudly presents 'GEM! A Truly Outrageous Parody!' as part of the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival.

Experience the passion, romance and excitement of the most electrifying music ever written for Broadway, when Pittsburgh CLO proudly presents West Side Story August 5 through August 17 at the Benedum Center. This classic musical is filled with jet-propelled dancing, melodious songs and the poignancy of youthful heartbreak.

The Present Company proudly presents 'GEM! A Truly Outrageous Parody!' as part of the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival.

Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in Studio City, CA announces its May, 2008 roster of headliners including From Broadway to All That Jazz and Jantre Haskin.

Pittsburgh CLO's Summer Season 2008 will feature an outstanding array of Broadway stars and musical theater's most respected directors and choreographers.

The Festival of New American Musicals, a two-month musical theatre festival, will be held in May and June, 2008, throughout Southern California. Marcia Seligson and Bob Klein are the Executive Producers of the Festival.

Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF), the leading independent filmed entertainment studio and Twisted Pictures announced today that many of the top rock musicians were enlisted to record music for the Repo! The Genetic Opera soundtrack. Principal photography for the film was completed last month in Toronto, Canada. The film was stars Paul Sorvino, Paris Hilton, Alexa Vega, Anthony Head, Bill Moseley, Sarah Brightman and Kevin Ogilvie.

For its holiday feature, the San Jose Rep will present This Wonderful Life, a visually stunning stage adaptation of the 1946 Frank Capra classic film It's a Wonderful Life. In this theatrical twist, San Jose Rep's associate director Kirsten Brandt directs actor Dan Hiatt, who plays all 35 characters in a one-man tour de force. The show runs from Saturday November 24 through Sunday December 23 at the San Jose Repertory Theatre.

The 2007 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards ceremony was held November 12 at downtown's The Orpheum Theatre. The nights big winners included Sleeping Beauty Wakes (World Premiere Musical), Film Chinois (World Premiere Play) and Jersey Boys (Touring Production)...

The San Jose Repertory Theatre is thrilled to bring the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama, 'Rabbit Hole,' to Bay Area audiences, May 12 - June 10.

Tony award-nominee Calvin Levels (Open Admissions) is set to perform his acclaimed one-man look at the life of renowned American author and Civil Rights activist James Baldwin.

Kristine Zbornik will perform at the Metropolitan Room (34 W. 22nd St.), with Bobby Peaco at the piano, on Monday's in April and May.

Country music star/Golden Globe nominee Reba McEntire ('Reba') and Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate) will reunite this summer for three concerts of South Pacific at the Hollywood Bowl.

Can-Can, the Cole Porter musical that features such standards as 'I Love Paris' and 'It's Alright with Me,' will receive a new production with a revised book next summer

L.A. Stage Alliance announces presenters for 2006 Ovation Awards...

The San Jose Repertory Theatre opens its 2006-07 season with a humorous production of Moonlight and Magnolias, running October 15 through November 12.