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34.1 Million Traveling for Labor Day Says AAA, Highest Since Recession Driven Decline

AAA Travel projects 34.1 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the upcoming Labor Day holiday, a 4.2 percent increase from the 32.7 million people who traveled last year. The anticipated increase in holiday travel is predominantly due to increased consumer spending and the improving housing market. The total number of 2013 Labor Day holiday travelers is expected to reach a new post-recession high. The Labor Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, August 29 to Monday, September 2.

Finborough Theatre to Kick Off VIBRANT 2013 Festival, Oct 6

Now in its fifth consecutive year, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre - the coalface of British Theatre - presents Vibrant 2013 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, its annual explosion of new writing, running between 6-25 October 2013

Toni Braxton and Babyface's Duets Album, LOVE, MARRIAGE & DIVORCE Out 12/3

With an all-time total of 16 Grammy Awards between them, multi-platinum superstars Toni Braxton and Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds have finally teamed up for their first album of duets together, 'Love, Marriage & Divorce', arriving in stores December 3rd on Motown Records.

Toni Braxton and Babyface's Duets Album, 'Love, Marriage & Divorce' Out, 12/3

With an all-time total of 16 Grammy Awards between them, multi-platinum superstars Toni Braxton and Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds have finally teamed up for their first album of duets together, 'Love, Marriage & Divorce', arriving in stores December 3rd on Motown Records. The album celebrates the strong bond that has been in place between the two artists ever since Babyface and Toni's duet on her smash 1992 debut, 'Give U My Heart,' which was co-written and co-produced by Babyface (from the Boomerang movie soundtrack).

Toni Braxton & Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds Release LOVE, MARRIAGE & DIVORCE Album on 12/3

With an all-time total of 16 Grammy Awards between them, multi-platinum superstars Toni Braxton and Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds have finally teamed up for their first album of duets together, LOVE, MARRIAGE & DIVORCE, arriving in stores December 3rd on Motown Records. The album celebrates the strong bond that has been in place between the two artists ever since Babyface and Toni's duet on her smash 1992 debut, 'Give U My Heart,' which was co-written and co-produced by Babyface (from the Boomerang movie soundtrack).

Roxy Regional Theatre to Open 31st Season with SPAMALOT, 9/13-10/19

Flying cows, killer rabbits, beautiful show girls and rude Frenchmen are just some of the oddities and marvels which will be on hand to usher in the Roxy Regional Theatre's 31st season with the opening of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy sensation Monty Python's SPAMALOT on Friday, September 13, at 8pm.

American Lyric Theater Announces $150,000 Grant for Opera Composers and Librettists

Lawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of American Lyric Theater (ALT), announced today that the company has been awarded a $150,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support capacity building and the national expansion of the company's Composer Librettist Development Program (CLDP), the only full-time professional mentorship initiative for emerging operatic writers in the country.

Synetic Theater to Host 2013 Vampire's Ball, 11/1

Synetic Theater invites you to the annual Vampire's Ball on Friday, November 1. The Vampire's Ball has been a tradition at Synetic since 2007, when it was originally organized in conjunction with The Fall of the House of Usher. This year, The Vampire's Ball will follow another creepy and supernatural Synetic stand-out, The Picture of Dorian Gray. After being treated to a spectacular performance, guests will dance the night away in Synetic's new studio, courtesy of Resident Composer and Halloween DJ Konstantine Lortkipanidze. The event will also include an open bar, light appetizers and costume contest with fabulous Synetic prizes! Tickets are $60 or $100 for a pair and can be purchased online at www.synetictheater.org or via phone at 866-811-4111.

67th Edinburgh International Festival Opens with Tech and Art Themes Today

As major productions by artists from countries from France to America, and Scotland to Korea get set to open this weekend across Edinburgh's major theatres and concert halls, audiences from around 70 nations are expected to join in Scotland's capital to enjoy, what remains, one of the world's greatest arts Festivals.

Chicago Opera Theater to Present Giuseppe Verdi's JOAN OF ARC, 9/21-29

Chicago Opera Theater's Chicago Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Joan of Arc places the audience directly in the midst of a play within a play in a newly conceived production by "avant-garde director for the masses" David Schweizer. With Suzan Hanson returning after her acclaimed COT debut as Madeleine in The Fall of the House of Usher to sing the title part in this opera, selected via poll by COT audiences to celebrate Verdi's 200th birthday. COT's production features Chicago's New Millennium Orchestra conducted by its artistic director Francesco Milioto. Performances are held at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive:Saturday, Sept 21; Wednesday, Sept 25; Friday, Sept 27; and Sunday Matinee, Sept 29. Tickets are on sale now.

'Def Leppard Viva! Hysteria Concert' to Rock Cinemas This Fall

This fall, NCM Fathom Events together with AEG Live and Network Live take movie-goers back to the '80s on a rocking, Sin City, rollercoaster ride with the two-night cinema event “Def Leppard Viva! Hysteria Concert”

Deer Valley Music Fest Concludes with Free Utah Opera & Utah Symphony Concerts This Month

The final week of the tenth anniversary Deer Valley Music Festival includes three performances with the Utah Symphony in Park City, Utah. The Utah Symphony performs Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 tonight, August 7. Then, on August 9 opera stars and the Utah Opera chorus serenade audiences under the night sky. The Festival ends with its seventeenth concert of the summer: a rock 'n' roll tribute to the Music of the Rolling Stones with the Utah Symphony on August 10.

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY to Open Synetic Theater's 2013-14 Season, Begin. 9/26

Synetic Theater kicks off its 2013-2014 season with a new adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Synetic Founder and Artistic Director Paata Tsikurishvili. Synetic's reinvention of this classic tale features dynamic movement and multimedia, and promises to be a unique fusion of visual and verbal poetry that will explore the internal and external dimensions of Wilde's only novel, which many consider his most personal work-a timelessly supernatural story of man's endless conflict with the nature of mortality.

Russell Brand Pokes Fun at Sex Life with Ex-Wife, Katy Perry, on World Tour

According to the Daily News, Russell Brand made jokes about his sex life with ex-wife, Katy Perry, saying 'When you're a monk, you're not allowed to have sex with anyone. When you're married, it's one person. That's one more than a monk. It's not that different.' He continued, saying that he'd 'be thinking 'think of anyone, anyone else,' during sex with ex-wife Katy Perry.

The Neo-Futurists to Welcome Six New Artistic Associates

For the first time in 25 years, The Neo-Futurists open the doors to a group of six word-playing, art-slinging and talent-oozing Artistic Associates. These six artists have been regulars around The Neo-Futurarium for years and the Neos are finally making honest artists out of them. The new Artistic Associates are: Anthony Courser, Clifton Frei, Evan Hanover, Halena Kays, Molly Plunk, and John Szymanski.

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