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MPAC goes retro with a blast of 80s rock Thursday, August 7 at 8 pm. Rock of the 80s features The Romantics ('What I Like About You'), The Smithereens ('A Girl Like You'), Marshall Crenshaw ('Someday, Someway') and Tommy Tutone ('867-5309/Jenny'). Tickets are $39-69.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the hilarious play Noises Off by Michael Frayn and directed by Edward Stern. This highly entertaining comedy will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, today, March 19-April 13, 2014.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) concludes its 2013-2014 Studio Theatre series with the topical Soups, Stews and Casseroles: 1976 by Rebecca Gilman and directed by Seth Gordon. This moving production will be performed in the Emerson Studio Theatre at the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, today, March 12-30, 2014.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the hilarious play Noises Off by Michael Frayn and directed by Edward Stern. This highly entertaining comedy will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, March 19-April 13, 2014.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) concludes its 2013-2014 Studio Theatre series with the topical Soups, Stews and Casseroles: 1976 by Rebecca Gilman and directed by Seth Gordon. This moving production will be performed in the Emerson Studio Theatre at the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, March 12-30, 2014.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the striking play Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz and directed by Steven Woolf. This sharp play will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, today, February 12-March 9, 2014.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the striking play Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz and directed by Steven Woolf. This sharp play will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, February 12-March 9, 2014.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) continues its 2013-2014 Studio Theatre series with the riveting play The Other Place by Sharr White and directed by Rob Ruggiero. This engaging production will be performed in the Emerson Studio Theatre at the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, tonight, January 22-February 9, 2014.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the fascinating play Opus by Michael Hollinger and directed by Brendon Fox. This unique play will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, tonight, January 8-February 2, 2014.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) continues its 2013-2014 Studio Theatre series with the riveting play The Other Place by Sharr White and directed by Rob Ruggiero. This engaging production will be performed in the Emerson Studio Theatre at the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, January 22-February 9, 2014.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the fascinating play Opus by Michael Hollinger and directed by Brendon Fox. This unique play will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, January 8-February 2, 2014.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the famous and fun whodunit play The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie and directed by Paul Mason Barnes. This classic mystery will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, today, December 4-29, 2013.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents the famous and fun whodunit play The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie and directed by Paul Mason Barnes. This classic mystery will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, December 4-29, 2013.

The 2013 New York International Fringe Festival's Producing Artistic Director Elena K. Holy announced this year's recipients of the festival's Overall Excellence Awards on August 25 at a ceremony held at the New York night club The Cutting Room. An independent panel of over 40 theater professionals selected the winners from among the festival's 185 entrants. Among those 185 shows was The Young Olympians and the Most Amazingly Awesome Adventure Ever produced by Maryland Ensemble Theatre's family theatre, The Fun Company. The show was also among those whose name was announced at the ceremony on the 25th, winning an Overall Excellence Award for an Ensemble. Scroll down for photos of the cast and crew in NYC!

It's time to be brave...again. The Fun Company's hit family show The Young Olympians and the Most Amazingly Awesome Adventure Ever is back by popular demand. In April of 2012 the show by playwright Sarah Shulman made its World Premiere on Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) stage to packed houses and rave reviews. 'The Young Olympians was a serendipitous triumph of words music and performance...take everyone from toddler to grandparent, aunts and uncles, teens and random folk you meet on the street. You'll be glad you did.,' proclaimed Charlie Smith of Want2Dish. Audiences will have the opportunity once again to enjoy the heroic achievement of The Young Olympian's when it returns to the MET stage at the historic FSK Hotel (31 W Patrick) in downtown Frederick for six performances today, June 21 through the 30.

It's time to be brave...again. The Fun Company's hit family show The Young Olympians and the Most Amazingly Awesome Adventure Ever is back by popular demand. In April of 2012 the show by playwright Sarah Shulman made its World Premiere on Maryland Ensemble Theatre's (MET) stage to packed houses and rave reviews. 'The Young Olympians was a serendipitous triumph of words music and performance...take everyone from toddler to grandparent, aunts and uncles, teens and random folk you meet on the street. You'll be glad you did.,' proclaimed Charlie Smith of Want2Dish. Audiences will have the opportunity once again to enjoy the heroic achievement of The Young Olympian's when it returns to the MET stage at the historic FSK Hotel (31 W Patrick) in downtown Frederick for six performances June 21 through the 30.

BroadwayWorld.com's Critic's Choice Award-Winning show Judy Sings Judy is a theatrical concert starring Judy Ann Moulton that celebrates the music of the legendary Judy Garland. Judy Ann and her 8-piece orchestra will bring to life the classic Judy Garland catalog of songs for one show only at 7:30pm tonight, May 11, 2013 at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts' newest venue, the Snowy Owl Theater, Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, 7409 Icicle Road, Leavenworth, WA. The show is compiled and directed by David Hunter Koch, noted national director and playwright, and the creator and producing director of Seattle's preeminent cabaret theatre, Cabaret De Paris from 1988-2003.

BroadwayWorld.com's Critic's Choice Award-Winning show Judy Sings Judy is a theatrical concert starring Judy Ann Moulton that celebrates the music of the legendary Judy Garland. Judy Ann and her 8-piece orchestra will bring to life the classic Judy Garland catalog of songs for one show only at 7:30pm on May 11, 2013 at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts' newest venue, the Snowy Owl Theater, Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, 7409 Icicle Road, Leavenworth, WA. The show is compiled and directed by David Hunter Koch, noted national director and playwright, and the creator and producing director of Seattle's preeminent cabaret theatre, Cabaret De Paris from 1988-2003.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) continues its fifteeenth anniversary season this December with a festive new take on a holiday classic with, It's A Wonderful LIfe: A Live Radio Play. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!