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Circle Theatre finishes the Main Stage season in September of 2014 with the musical thriller CARRIE THE MUSICAL , running September 4 through 20 .

Circle Theatre finishes the Main Stage season in September of 2014 with the musical thriller CARRIE THE MUSICAL, running September 4 through 20. Set today, in the small town of Chamberlain, Maine; this suspenseful musical with book by Lawrence D. Cohen (screenwriter of the classic film), Lyrics by Dean Pritchard (Fame, Footloose) and music by Michael Gore (Fame, Terms of Endearment) is based on the novel by Stephen King. CARRIE THE MUSICAL tells the story of a misfit named Carrie White. At school, she's an outcast who's bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she's at the mercy of her loving but cruelly over-protective mother. But Carrie's just discovered she's got a special power, and if pushed too far, she's not afraid to use it...

Circle Theatre continues the Main Stage season today with the musical comedy MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, running August 7 through 23. This hilarious musical with book and lyrics by Eric Idle and music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle is lovingly ripped off from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. This Tony award winner for Best Musical retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful showgirls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful showgirls?

L.A. Theatre Works celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2014-15 with a season of ten radio-theater productions, each recorded by a star-studded cast in front of a live audience for future radio broadcast, distribution on CD, digital download and online streaming. All performances take place at the 300-seat, acoustically vibrant James Bridges Theater located on the campus of UCLA in West Los Angeles. In addition, the company heads out on its 10th annual national tour.

Grammy Award winner Chip Davis and co-producer MagicSpace Entertainment are celebrating Christmas in July! Tickets went on sale on Friday, July 25, 2014 in cities across America for Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis, the longest running tour in the music industry. Join us for this holiday tradition as we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Christmas Tour and release of the group's very first holiday CD, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, an album that revolutionized the Holiday Season music category. It's also the 40th Anniversary of Davis' first album in his Fresh Aire series which pioneered a brand new category in the music industry. For more information about the national tour, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis, visitwww3.mannheimsteamroller.com/events/.

Circle Theatre continues the Main Stage season in August of 2014 with the musical comedy MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, running August 7 through 23.

Overtone Industries, a celebrated force in the evolution of contemporary music theatre and experimental opera, will share the stage at REDCAT, CalArt's downtown center for contemporary arts, with two other Los Angeles-based arts organizations during the kick-off weekend of the New Original Works Festival 2014 (NOW Festival), tonight, July 24, through Saturday, July 26, 2014.

Mannheim Steamroller will present the best the holiday has to offer this season. Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis, a classic holiday tradition for many, returns to the Fox Theatre for one performance only on Sunday, December 7 at 7 p.m.; as part of the Fifth Third Bank Fox Theatre Series.

THE ILLUSIONISTS - WITNESS THE IMPOSSIBLE, the world's best-selling touring magic show, will make its Broadway bow this fall at the Marriott Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway), beginning previews on November 26 and opening on December 4. It will play a strictly limited six-week engagement through January 4 2015 as part of a 30-city US tour. Tickets for THE ILLUSIONISTS go on sale today at www.ticketmaster.com.

Circle Theatre continues the 2014 season in June with the family Magic Circle production of A SLEEPING BEAUTY SOMEWHERE IN TIME, running today, June 25 through 29.

Circle Theatre continues the 2014 season in June with the family Magic Circle production of A SLEEPING BEAUTY SOMEWHERE IN TIME, running June 25 through 29.

Circle Theatre continues the Main Stage season in June of 2014 with the farce DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER, running today, June 5 through 21.

The New Group opened the New York premiere of Annapurna by Sharr White, directed by Bart DeLorenzo and featuring Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, on April 21. The limited Off-Broadway engagement will officially end its run on June 1.

Circle Theatre continues the Main Stage season in June of 2014 with the farce DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER, running June 5 through 21. This hilarious comedy (a sequel to last season's BOEING BOEING) by Marc Camoletti and adapted by Robin Hawdon begins as Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in his charming converted French farmhouse, whilst his wife, Jacqueline, is away. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmet delights, and has invited his best friend, Robert, along too to provide the alibi. It's foolproof; what could possibly go wrong? Well.... suppose Robert turns up not realizing quite why he has been invited. Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers, and consequently determined that Jacqueline will NOT leave for the weekend. Suppose the cook has to pretend to be the mistress and the mistress is unable to cook. Suppose everyone's alibi gets confused with everyone else's. An evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed.

Chip Davis, founder and creator of Mannheim Steamroller and the industry's largest independent record label, American Gramaphone, announced that his annual Christmas concert tour will begin on November 12th and continue through December 28th. Two traveling ensembles will hold 85 performances across the country, including a stop at Jacksonville's Times-Union Center's Moran Theater on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 8PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 25, 2014 at 10AM through the FSCJ Artist Series, the official presenter of the Jacksonville show.

English National Ballet will present a First World War themed world premiere at the National Portrait Gallery today, 16 May for one night only as part of Museums at Night and the Gallery's Late Shift programme.

English National Ballet will present a First World War themed world premiere at the National Portrait Gallery thisFriday 16 May for one night only as part of Museums at Night and the Gallery's Late Shift programme.

Blumenthal Performing Arts has announced that the all-new live show MythBusters: Behind the Myths, starring Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, co-hosts of the Emmy-nominated Discovery series 'MythBusters,' will debut at the Belk Theater (130 N Tryon St.) for one night only on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.

Exceptional Artists is thrilled to announce that the all-new live show MythBusters: Behind the Myths, starring Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, co-hosts of the Emmy- nominated Discovery series 'MythBusters,' will debut at the Orpheum Theater for one night only on Tuesday, December 9 at 7:30 PM.

Starting off the Main Stage season in May of 2014 is the rock musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, running May 8 through 24. This rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice is a thought-provoking and emotional dramatization of Christ's final days. Propelled by a stirring score, by turns driving and majestic, satirical and tender, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR illuminates the transcendent power of the human spirit with a passion that goes straight to the heart.