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The 2012 Summer Season kicks off with the fiery fun musical DAS BARBECÜ in the Keating Theatre, June 13 through July 15. DAS BARBECÜ, with book and lyrics by Jim Luigs and music by Scott Warrender, is loosely based on Wagner's epic Ring Cycle opera. Add in some modern day Texas twang, big hair, and big hats, and you've got a lightning-paced musical that's fun for opera buffs and regular joes alike. Get a first look at the cast on stage in the photos below!

59E59 Theaters has announced the 2012 line up for the 8th annual EAST TO EDINBURGH festival, beginning on Tuesday, July 10 for a limited engagement through Sunday, July 29. Each July, 59E59 Theaters hosts a plethora of innovative US productions en route to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world. Created as a way to help shows get on their feet before flying off to Scotland, EAST TO EDINBURGH simulates the same production constraints that all shows experience during the Festival, while giving them a clean, comfortable and nurturing space to fine-tune their productions. This whirlwind three-week festival, featuring 16 productions, reflects some of the most adventurous theater from NY and across the US.

Florida Studio Theatre presents an exciting new Summer Season - with a hootin' n' hollerin' Ring Cycle-inspired musical, a Pulitzer Prize-winning love story, and a comedy full of mistaken identities and slamming doors.

Deviant Septet--an acclaimed ensemble modeled after Igor Stravinsky's favored instrumentation of violin, bass, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, and percussion--will perform the NYC premiere of a new collaborative evening-length work entitled Histories, written by six-piece composer collective Sleeping Giant, tonight, May 24th at Brooklyn's Issue Project Room.

The 2012 Summer Season kicks off with the fiery fun musical DAS BARBECÜ in the Keating Theatre, June 13 through July 15. Subscriptions to FST's three-show summer season may be purchased for as little as $29, online at www.floridastudiotheatre.org or by calling the box office at (941) 366-9000. Single tickets to Das Barbecu range from $19 - $36.

Florida Studio Theatre presents an exciting new Summer Season - with a hootin' n' hollerin' Ring Cycle-inspired musical, a Pulitzer Prize-winning love story, and a comedy full of mistaken identities and slamming doors.

Florida Studio Theatre presents a new Summer Season lineup - with a Ring Cycle-inspired musical, a Pulitzer Prize-winning love story, and a comedy full of mistaken identities and slamming doors. The Summer Season opens June 13 and plays through September 9 in the Keating and Gompertz Theatres (Downtown Sarasota). A subscription to all three plays can be purchased for as little as $29, online at www.floridastudiotheatre.org or by calling the box office at (941) 366-9000.

Florida Studio Theatre presents an exciting new Summer Season - with a hootin' n' hollerin' Ring Cycle-inspired musical, a Pulitzer Prize-winning love story, and a comedy full of mistaken identities and slamming doors.

Deviant Septet--an acclaimed ensemble modeled after Igor Stravinsky's favored instrumentation of violin, bass, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, and percussion--will perform the NYC premiere of a new collaborative evening-length work entitled Histories, written by six-piece composer collective Sleeping Giant, on May 24th at Brooklyn's Issue Project Room.

RENT is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, La Boheme. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of AIDS. MCC's Act I Musical Productions is presenting the full, uncut version of RENT March 1 - 10, 2012 at MCC's Theatre Outback, 1833 W. Southern Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85202. For ticket information call (480) 461 - 7172 or purchase your tickets online (and pick your own seats) at www.ezticketlive.com/mcc.

New addition Marc Ribot's Really the Blues closes out an all-star February at The Iridium, leading into a March full of guitar heroes. Check out the highlights, including members of The Allman Brothers Band and New Riders of the Purple Sage, plus Andy Timmons, Stanley Jordan, and more.

The Nightborn, a new theater company will debut with the world premiere of Spark by Angela Santillo.

RENT is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, La Boheme. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of AIDS. MCC's Act I Musical Productions is presenting the full, uncut version of RENT March 1 - 10, 2012 at MCC's Theatre Outback, 1833 W. Southern Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85202. For ticket information call (480) 461 - 7172 or purchase your tickets online (and pick your own seats) at www.ezticketlive.com/mcc.

New addition Marc Ribot's Really the Blues closes out an all-star February at The Iridium, leading into a March full of guitar heroes. Check out the highlights, including members of The Allman Brothers Band and New Riders of the Purple Sage, plus Andy Timmons, Stanley Jordan, and more.

The Nightborn, a new theater company has announced its debut with the world premiere of Spark by Angela Santillo.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Oracle Theatre, Inc. with the world premiere of CAPTAIN FERGUSON'S SCHOOL FOR BALLOON WARFARE, written by Isaac Rathbone and directed by Philip Emeott.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Oracle Theatre, Inc. with the world premiere of CAPTAIN FERGUSON'S SCHOOL FOR BALLOON WARFARE, written by Isaac Rathbone and directed by Philip Emeott.

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American Conservatory Theater's (A.C.T.) highly anticipated production of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has been extended an additional two weeks through July 24 due to unprecedented demand. The world premiere musical amassed the largest advance sale in A.C.T.'s history prior to its first preview performance on May 18 and has continued to break sales records heading into this week's opening night gala. Check out photos from the event below!

The inaugural performance by Deviant Septet--a new collective of the country's foremost contemporary music players modeled after Igor Stravinsky's favored instrumentation of violin, bass, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, and percussion--will present an eclectic evening centered around the virtuosic piece that inspired their ensemble, Stravinsky's l'Histoire du Soldat (A Soldier's Tale), on May 26th at New York City's Greenwich Music House.