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Taylor De Cordoba will present Thread, a solo exhibition of new oil paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Kimberly Brooks.

City Parks Foundation recently announced the 2011 season of SummerStage, New York's largest free performing arts festival.

Smoke & Mirrors Collaborative presents POINT OF DEPARTURE Directed by Jonathan David Martin (Lincoln Center Theater's WARHORSE), assistant directed by Katie Meister (Shakespeare in the Park's ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL), and originally conceived with Zoey Martinson (Shakespeare in the Park's ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL) and MacKenzie Meehan (Classic Stage Company's DOUBLE FALSEHOOD) as the highly -anticipated inaugural production of this Brooklyn-based theater company.

Silk Road Theatre Project's celebrated production of David Henry Hwang's Obie award winning Yellow Face will close on July 31, 2011.

A new soundtrack and DVD inspired by Disney Junior's #1 series Jake and the Never Land Pirates, are planned to set sail this September with Walt Disney Records' album release of eighteen hook-filled songs from the series on September 20 and The Walt Disney Studios 'Jake and the Never Land Pirates:Yo Ho, Mateys Away!' DVD release featuring seven episodes from the series on September 27.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen a new print of 'Thelma & Louise' in celebration of the film's 20th anniversary on Thursday, August 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. A summer theater tour of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and northern Indiana, plus the Muny in St. Louis and some thoughts upon returning from Toronto.

On Friday, July 29 at 8:00pm in the Spanish Courtyard, Caramoor presents a seemingly unlikely encounter between singer-songwriter and polymath Gabriel Kahane and cello virtuoso Alisa Weilerstein.

Released in September 1991, Nirvana's sophomore album and major label debut elevated Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl from a critically acclaimed Aberdeen, Washington, cult band to generational spokesmen who'd unwittingly created a cultural shift and musical touchstone.

Folks You Meet In Longs, by Lee Cataluna, perhaps Hawai‘i's best-known and one of its most popular plays, returns to the stage for just eight performances as a benefit for Kumu Kahua Theatre.

Yesterday, July 19, Sister Act celebrated it's 100th performance on Broadway. Stars Patina Miller and Victoria Clark were on hand for the celebration with the company. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a look backstage during the celebration.

SISTER ACT features an original score with music by multi-Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning composer Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Enchanted), lyrics by Tony and Academy Award-nominee Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid), and a book by multi-Emmy Award winners Cheri and Bill Steinkellner ('Cheers') with additional book material by Tony and Olivier Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane (Xanadu, The Little Dog Laughed). The show hit the 100 performance mark today - check out a snapshot featuring SISTER ACT stars Victoria Clark and Patina Miller celebrating!

For Maria Baratta, growing up a first-generation American in an Italian household required a delicate balancing act, as she explains in her one-woman show, Vignettes of an I-talian American Girl.

Yellow Face, the nationally-acclaimed play by Tony Award winning playwright David Henry Hwang, will close at Silk Road Theatre Project (SRTP), produced in association with the Goodman Theatre, on July 17. Yellow Face, directed by Steve Scott, plays in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington St, Chicago.

Oak Park Festival Theatre presents Shakespeare's Henry V, directed by Kevin Theis, to be performed in Austin Gardens in the 100 block of N. Forest Ave. in downtown Oak Park, IL.

Portland Shakespeare Project kicks off its inaugural season with As You Like It, William Shakespeare's comedy about romance in the Forest of Arden starting July 13 and running Thursday through Sunday until August 7.

Folks You Meet In Longs, by Lee Cataluna, perhaps Hawai‘i's best-known and one of its most popular plays, returns to the stage for just eight performances as a benefit for Kumu Kahua Theatre.

Originally scheduled to close on July 17, 2011, Silk Road Theatre Project's celebrated production of David Henry Hwang's Obie award winning Yellow Face has been extended through July 31, 2011.

Oak Park Festival Theatre presents Shakespeare's Henry V, directed by Kevin Theis, to be performed in Austin Gardens in the 100 block of N. Forest Ave. in downtown Oak Park, IL.

The Shakespeare Players, a program of the Rochester Community Players, is presenting Shakespeare's tragedy Othello this summer as our 15th annual Free Shakespeare at the Highland Bowl. The production is being directed by Stephanie Roosa and produced by Patrick White.