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NEW WORKS presents Monstah Black and The Sonic Leroy: Submerged in Blue

Flesh eating zombies have taken over Britain and are multiplying as quickly as they kill. Survivors must rapidly find ways to endure in a world that offers little refuge. Cocooned in the safety of their 'Big Brother' house, fame-seeking contestants of this hit reality TV game show are safe and blissfully unaware-until 'eviction night,' when all hell breaks loose.

Today we begin a new comprehensive academic music discussion series on BroadwayWorld in which I speak to the most cutting-edge artists in the recording industry, on Broadway and in Hollywood about their influences and experiences in the industry with an emphatic emphasis on the songwriting process itself and what drives and inspires it. While these discussions may be on occasion only tangentially theatre-related, the insights provided by the various participants is a demonstrative way in which to illuminate perhaps the most mysterious of all the arts: music. Peering into the psyche of the composer and lyricist, we may begin to understand what the craft of composition and lyric-writing is all about and why musical theatre tends to attract the most talented and innovative songwriters, both in the twentieth-century and today (as this column proves).

Avant-Garde-Arama! gets an Our Hit Parade infusion as Bridget Everett and Kenny Mellman come aboard as guest curators and hosts for what is Performance Space 122's longest running interdisciplinary festival!

Avant-Garde-Arama! gets an Our Hit Parade infusion as Bridget Everett and Kenny Mellman come aboard as guest curators and hosts for what is Performance Space 122's longest running interdisciplinary festival!

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts celebrates its tenth year and continues to gain prominence as a major center for art exhibitions with the 2011 Ingram Gallery exhibition schedule that includes the Frist-organized Vishnu: Hinduism's Blue-Skinned Savior, Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Andy Warhol's Work and the stunning exhibition of Egyptian antiquities, To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum.

Baltimore Development Cooperative + Friends host THE FOOD NETWORK. Opens Sat Sep 18 5:30-7:30pm

JEWELBOX THEATER at the RENDEZVOUS, a venue that features theatre, burlesque and film, announces their events for June 17-30. A Burlesque fundraiser, 'Match' game show, PUSS 'N BOOTS, and an art class are among the shows and performers. All events are listed below:

Splash Bar is proud to present a very special edition of 'Scott Nevins' Curtain Call' with Broadway's Frankie James Grande ! On Monday, June 14th Directly following the video madness of 'Musical Mondays' at 11:30pm, co-host Emily McNamara welcomes this sexy and talented Broadway boy (MAMA MIA!) who was crowned the winner of the first 'Mr. Broadway' beauty pageant back to Splash as he takes the stage to serve up a full set of Broadway's hottest tunes, plus a few special guests and surprises. Make sure to get there early to grab a seat to watch those legendary musical numbers on the big screens, and then sit tight as Frankie James Grande performs live in person.

JEWELBOX THEATER at the RENDEZVOUS, a venue that features theatre, burlesque and film, announces their events for June 17-30. A Burlesque fundraiser, 'Match' game show, PUSS 'N BOOTS, and an art class are among the shows and performers. All events are listed below:

Splash Bar is proud to present a very special edition of 'Scott Nevins' Curtain Call' with Broadway's Frankie James Grande ! On Monday, June 14th Directly following the video madness of 'Musical Mondays' at 11:30pm, co-host Emily McNamara welcomes this sexy and talented Broadway boy (MAMA MIA!) who was crowned the winner of the first 'Mr. Broadway' beauty pageant back to Splash as he takes the stage to serve up a full set of Broadway's hottest tunes, plus a few special guests and surprises. Make sure to get there early to grab a seat to watch those legendary musical numbers on the big screens, and then sit tight as Frankie James Grande performs live in person.

Stephen Pevner joins producers Hammerstein Weiner LLC, Christopher McElroen, Alfred Preisser, and Kingsize USA, as lead producer of CALIGULA MAXIMUS, currently playing at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre through April 17th.

The Hollywood Bowl - one of the premier outdoor music venues in the world and the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic - was honored at the 21st Annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards on February 17, 2010, as the Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue.

FEB 14 - FEB 17 AT JOE'S PUB FEATURING A VERY BALTHROP VALENTINE'S DAY

THE SAINT AT LARGE in association with The Federation of Ballroom Houses present THE OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT PARTY OF NYC'S GAY PRIDE ?09 LOVEBALL, Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall and Benefiting Heritage of Pride

THE SAINT AT LARGE in association with The Federation of Ballroom Houses present THE OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT PARTY OF NYC'S GAY PRIDE ?09 LOVEBALL, Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall and Benefiting Heritage of Pride

Single tickets for the 2009 summer season at the Hollywood Bowl go on sale this Saturday, May 2. It's the 88th season for the historic venue - one of the most renowned summer cultural venues in the United States - and the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1922.

Last night in Beverly Hills, Monday January 26th, The Paley Center for Media saluted the work of award-winning composer Charles Strouse in the third of its concert & conversations series, PaleyAfterDark. The composer of such great Broadway hits including Bye Bye Birdie, Golden Boy, Applause, Annie, and Rags, Strouse with special guests Bonnie Franklin (who nominated for a Tony award for Applause) and cast members of Minsky's shared a rare evening of story and song which celebrated his illustrious career and the Los Angeles debut of his latest musical triumph, Minsky's. The program was illuminated by archival footage of rare Strouse material from the Paley Center's collection and finished with a musical performance by the composer singing an arrangement of favorites from 'Put on a Happy Face' to 'Tomorrow.'Minsky's is based on the Bud Yorkin-Norman Lear production of 'The Night They Raided Minsky's.' Charles Strouse has touched the life of almost every American in the last half century with his musical works. There may be no other living composer from America's popular songbook whose work is as integrated into the popular culture as that of Charles Strouse.His music has attracted top recording artists from the last half-century with covers of his songs recorded by such diverse pop artists as Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Harry Connick, Jr., Bobby Rydell, Jay Z, Vic Damone, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Grace Jones and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra.Strouse has written the score to over 30 stage musicals, 14 scores for Broadway, four Hollywood films, two orchestral works and an opera.He has been inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Theatre Hall of Fame.

Minsky's is the second new musical playing the Ahmanson this season, boasting a book by Bob Martin and direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw, who both crafted the U.S. premiere of the musical The Drowsy Chaperone at the Ahmanson in 2005. Composer Charles Strouse (Bye Bye Birdie, Annie) will join lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Triumph of Love) on the musical, which begins performances January 21 through March 1, 2009.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jon Steingart and Jenny Wiener Steingart, Executive Producers) proudly announces its 2009 Play Group and Artists-in-Residence. Play Group is Ars Nova's vibrant and eclectic group of emerging writers who gather twice a month at Ars Nova to share new work and get peer feedback. The group offers members the chance to develop their plays with peer support, form collaborative relationships and build a strong sense of community within Ars Nova.