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From January 4 through the 7th, International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY) will host performing artists from Australia, the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, and the United States who work in dance, music, theater, physical comedy, and puppetry to celebrate our 35th Annual Showcase along the Avenue of the Arts with full technical productions of their work.

The 16th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival enters its second week with seven Festival openings, including the U.S. premiere production of Montreal-based 7 Fingers' urban circus marvel Sequence 8. Week two also features the world premiere of idiosynCrazy productions' Private Places, by up-and-coming Philadelphia choreographer Jumatatu Poe; local favorite Brian Sanders' JUNK's The Gate Reopened; two New York companies, including Young Jean Lee's Theater Company with UNTITLED FEMINIST SHOW and Elevator Repair Service with Arguendo; Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech from Japan-based theater troupe chelfitsch; and a one-night-only showing of the documentary film Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present.

The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe is expanding its organizational capacity with the hiring and promotion of several key staff members. New hires in the development, marketing and programming departments will help the Festival continue to commission, cultivate and present a diverse range of cutting-edge, contemporary performance and visual art works, as well as support the organization's move toward year-round programming.

From September 7 - 22, the annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival will celebrate its 16th year with 16 days of cutting-edge dance, theater, music, visual and interdisciplinary works by renowned artists from the U.S. and international arts scene. With six world premieres and two U.S. premieres, the Festival is a platform for daring and innovative artists, bringing leaders of the contemporary performing arts world to Philadelphia stages.

Tickets are now on sale for the 15th annual Philly Fringe, which runs in conjunction with the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival from September 2 - 17.

Tickets are now on sale for the 15th annual Philly Fringe, which runs in conjunction with the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival from September 2 - 17.

Desperate Writers,a new comedy, will make its East Coast premiere when it begins performances on Monday, May 16 at Off-Broadway's Union Square Theater (100 East 17th Street at Park Avenue South).

Desperate Writers, a new comedy, will make its East Coast premiere when it begins performances next week, on Monday, May 16 at the Union Square Theater (100 East 17th Street at Park Avenue South).

Desperate Writers, a new comedy, will make its East Coast premiere when it begins performances next week, on Monday, May 16 at the Union Square Theater (100 East 17th Street at Park Avenue South).

Desperate Writers,a new comedy, will make its East Coast premiere when it begins performances on Monday, May 16 at Off-Broadway's Union Square Theater (100 East 17th Street at Park Avenue South).

The 14th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival is just two weeks away. The 16-day Festival, running September 3 - 18, 2010, kicks off opening week with 8 World and U.S. premieres and 3 Philadelphia premieres, at venues throughout the city.

The 14th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, which runs from September 3 - 18, 2010, will showcase 18 cutting-edge programs featuring over 35 original dance, theater, and music works by acclaimed U.S. artists from Philadelphia and New York, along with internationally recognized artists from France, China, and Ireland.

The 14th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival is just two weeks away. The 16-day Festival, running September 3 - 18, 2010, kicks off opening week with 8 World and U.S. premieres and 3 Philadelphia premieres, at venues throughout the city.

The 14th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, which runs from September 3 - 18, 2010, will showcase 18 cutting-edge programs featuring over 35 original dance, theater, and music works by acclaimed U.S. artists from Philadelphia and New York, along with internationally recognized artists from France, China, and Ireland.

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GHOST WHISPERER: THE OTHER SIDE IV, the fourth season of the original scripted, award-winning, online companion series to CBS's GHOST WHISPERER began streaming today on http://www.cbs.com/ghost.

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The 13th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, which opened September 4 and runs through September 19, 2009, will begin the Festival's second week of performances with the opening of four U.S. Premieres in both theater and dance.

The 13th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, which will run from September 4 - 19, 2009, opens this weekend with productions by six of the fifteen presenting Live Arts Festival artists offering five World and U.S. Premieres, alongside countless Philly Fringe shows, featuring a weekend of innovative dance, theater and performance art from the U.S. and around the world.

The 13th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, which will run from September 4 - 19, 2009, will feature fifteen cutting-edge works of dance, theater, and music including 12 World or U.S. Premieres. Acclaimed U.S. artists from Philadelphia and New York, along with internationally renowned artists from Poland, Austria, and Australia will present innovative and highly interdisciplinary performing arts events, offering a snapshot of trends at the forefront of the international performing arts scene.