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Calling singers, dancers and actors ages 15+ August 15 & 16 The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) will hold open auditions for its 2009-2010 Season Saturday & Sunday, August 15 & 16 from 1PM-5PM at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center (EJ High School Auditorium), 400 Phlox Street in Metairie.

Jersey Productions (JP), is returning for its fourth season bringing quality theatre to the Greater Cincinnati area, and is delighted to announce the cast and staff for its August production, Little Shop of Horrors running August 14th-22nd at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. This year will mark Jersey Productions' second year at the Aronoff Center for the Arts as a resident company.

Jersey Productions (JP), is returning for its fourth season bringing quality theatre to the Greater Cincinnati area, and is delighted to announce the cast and staff for its August production, Little Shop of Horrors running August 14th-22nd at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. This year will mark Jersey Productions' second year at the Aronoff Center for the Arts as a resident company.

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Subscriptions to Civic Theatre of Allentown's 2009-2010 season, which features the Lehigh Valley premiere of the Broadway smash Rent, are now on sale.

Subscriptions to Civic Theatre of Allentown's 2009-2010 season, which features the Lehigh Valley premiere of the Broadway smash Rent, are now on sale.

Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID begins its final three weeks of Broadway performances, playing its final performance on Sunday, August 30th after 50 previews and 685 performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street).

West Virginia Public Theatre?s Founder and Executive Producer Ron Iannone has announced the line-up for the 2009 summer season, which runs June 23 through August 9, 2009. WVPT will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary Season and has, once again, lined up another summer filled with ?Broadway?s best? productions.

Calling singers, dancers and actors ages 15+ August 15 & 16 The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) will hold open auditions for its 2009-2010 Season Saturday & Sunday, August 15 & 16 from 1PM-5PM at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center (EJ High School Auditorium), 400 Phlox Street in Metairie.

HARTFORD CHILDREN'S THEATRE (360 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT) is holding auditions for Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the first production of the 2009-2010 20th Anniversary Main Stage Season, '20 Years of Enchantment.' Performances of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST will take place at Hoffman Auditorium on the campus of Saint Joseph College in West Hartford October 30 through November 7, 2009.

The story follows a meek down-and out skid row floral assistant who becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon 'Audrey II' grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination!

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) will hold open auditions for its 2009-2010 Season Saturday & Sunday, August 15 & 16 from 1PM-5PM at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center (EJ High School Auditorium), 400 Phlox Street in Metairie, LA. JPAS seeks singers, dancers and actors ages 15 and up of all ethnicities.

Long Beach's Musical Theatre West presents LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Ends July 26

'Down on Skid Row' at the Theatre Project, a strange and interesting plant has been spotted. There is a valid explanation for this occurrence, however. Jimi Kinstle, new Artistic Director for Pumpkin Theatre, directs Little Shop of Horrors, a play full of love, laughter, and dentistry.

'Down on Skid Row' at the Theatre Project, a strange and interesting plant has been spotted. There is a valid explanation for this occurrence, however. Jimi Kinstle, new Artistic Director for Pumpkin Theatre, directs Little Shop of Horrors, a play full of love, laughter, and dentistry.

July continues to be a busy month for Nashville-area theatre companies as five new productions are slated to open by week's end, including the world premiere of a new musical, the Nashville premiere of a new comedy by Sarah Ruhl and a production of Fame, the Musical, from Middle Tennessee's oldest community theatre organization.

Shocking, funny, and very catchy, neatly summarizes the charm of this simultaneously light and dark musical with tongue firmly planted in cheek, 'Little Shop Of Horrors' never fails to entertain.

The story follows a meek down-and out skid row floral assistant who becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon 'Audrey II' grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination!

'Down on Skid Row' at the Theatre Project, a strange and interesting plant has been spotted. There is a valid explanation for this occurrence, however. Jimi Kinstle, new Artistic Director for Pumpkin Theatre, directs Little Shop of Horrors, a play full of love, laughter, and dentistry.

Jefferson Performing Arts Society Announces its 32nd Season of Musicals, Comedies and New Works!