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The award-winning Vital Theatre Company has announced the return of UNCLE PIRATE, with book by Ben H. Winters, music and lyrics by Drew Fornarola and directed by Marshall Pailet, based on the book by Douglas Rees

The award-winning Vital Theatre Company has announced the return of UNCLE PIRATE, with book by Ben H. Winters, music and lyrics by Drew Fornarola and directed by Marshall Pailet, based on the book by Douglas Rees

If the Oscars need a host, Billy Crystal, who hosted the show eight times between 1990 and 2004, would be willing. At the 20th anniversary screening of ‘City Slickers' in Santa Monica, a fan asked Crystal a question about the Academy Awards and he admitted that he got 'itchy' after his cameo during last year's ceremony.

The award-winning VITAL THEATRE COMPANY has announced that its 2011-2012 Family Programming will include four musicals for children and families, performed by adults. Two popular shows returning this season are THE BULLY and UNCLE PIRATE. Angelina BallerinaTM returns to the Vital stage in ANGELINA BALLERINATM THE VERY MERRY HOLIDAY MUSICAL and STINKYKIDS®, THE MUSICAL rounds out the season.

Manhattan Theatre Club's new Broadway production of Terrence McNally's MASTER CLASS, directed by Stephen Wadsworth, opened tonight on Broadway. Check below to see what the critics had to say!

Rollicking bands of pirates will be swashbuckling through Sleepy Hollow at Philipsburg Manor's brand-new July Fourth weekend festival, "Pirates of the Hudson: The Siege of Sleepy Hollow."

Long Wharf Theatre will present the improv and sketch comedy show The Best of Second City from June 15-19 on the Mainstage.

Rollicking bands of pirates will be swashbuckling through Sleepy Hollow at Philipsburg Manor's brand-new July Fourth weekend festival, "Pirates of the Hudson: The Siege of Sleepy Hollow."

For reservations & advanced tickets visit www.hotfestival.org or call 212.219.0736. Tickets are also available at the door.

A lack of enthusiasm embodied me as I entered the Regent Theater on Saturday night for the Australian opening of Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew LLoyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Having seen the show twice at the Adelphi Theater in London I had a fair idea of what I was in for and quite honestly I felt that the two previous times where more than enough to convince me that this show, no matter how hard LLoyd Webber tries, simply does not work. How wrong I was. This is a brand new show from Overture to Curtain and even the familar story and score seemed to rise in this herculean effort by an Australian creative team led by Director Simon Phillips and Designer Gabriela Tylesova. The vast minimalist expanses of the Adelphi stage were now filled with a carnival of lights, carousels, and a cast of freaks and outcast characters that finally gave the show the vibe it needed. One cannot help but be wowed by the spherical design employed by Tylesova in the Coney Island Waltz in the early stages of Act 1, and in reality, it is the design of the show that is its star attraction. That and Phantom Ben Lewis. Lewis' character is vocally as powerful a Phantom that I have seen. However, it wasn't Lewis' vocal ability that won me over, it was his tender acting performance. So much so that what in the past was a particularly unmoving final scene became one of the most finite and complete in recent memory. The audience either side of me were fossicking for their handkerchiefs and it left me wishing I had brought one myself.

Long Wharf Theatre will present the improv and sketch comedy show The Best of Second City from June 15-19 on the Mainstage.

The Levine Jewish Community Center Theatre Department announces OPEN AUDITIONS (Adults 18 and up) for THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

The Levine Jewish Community Center Theatre Department announces OPEN AUDITIONS (Adults 18 and up) for THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES Adaptation by Sharon A. Cole, of the story by Hans Christian Andersen Directed by Stephen Gundersheim

The Levine Jewish Community Center Theatre Department announces OPEN AUDITIONS (Adults 18 and up) for THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

The Levine Jewish Community Center Theatre Department announces OPEN AUDITIONS (Adults 18 and up) for THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES Adaptation by Sharon A. Cole, of the story by Hans Christian Andersen Directed by Stephen Gundersheim

The Cleveland Blues Festival, a high-energy concert event featuring world-class blues entertainers, celebrates its 4th Anniversary with a return to PlayhouseSquare's State Theatre March 5th at 7 pm.

It isn't just Curtis Moore's action-accenting electric guitar licks that give Richard Thomas a rock star presence in director Barry Edelstein's swift and rowdy production of Timon of Athens, a stinging morality tale attributed as a collaboration of sorts between William Shakespeare and the younger scribe, Thomas Middleton.  Though scholars will call the piece incomplete and problematic, the star gives a charismatic performance that glides through the rough patches.

The Ensemble Theatre celebrates Black History Month with its production of 'Gee's Bend' by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder. Opening night and media reception held, Thursday, February 3, 2011, 6:30 p.m.

The Cleveland Blues Festival, a high-energy concert event featuring world-class blues entertainers, celebrates its 4th Anniversary with a return to PlayhouseSquare's State Theatre March 5th at 7 pm.

The Ensemble Theatre celebrates Black History Month with its production of 'Gee's Bend' by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder. Opening night and media reception held, Thursday, February 3, 2011, 6:30 p.m.