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In “Strip Yourself Naked: Your Journey toward Self-Empowerment: Inspiring Success Stories on Overcoming Adversity, Hardship, and Challenges” (published by Balboa Press), author, motivational speaker, healer and certified life coach Valentina Rise offers readers respite from the adversity in their lives, inspiring them to begin their journey of heartfelt change.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has announced the Brisbane exclusive and Australian debut performance by internationally acclaimed Ukrainian-born classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa tonight 8 June 2013.

Anne Berlin presents a reading of Joe Pintauro's (The Raft of the Medusa) Snow Orchid, directed by Valentina Fratti, today, June 7th at 12pm at The Robert Moss Theater as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. The Robert Moss Theater is located at 440 Studios (440 Lafayette Street).

To support the June 23 premiere of its new drama Devious Maids, executive produced by Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria, Lifetime(R) will make the pilot of the eagerly-anticipated series available in English and Spanish across multiple platforms

ABC Studios had another banner development year with nine new shows ordered to series. New dramas "Betrayal," "Killer Women," "Lucky 7," "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland," "Resurrection," along with new comedies "Trophy Wife" and "Mixology," were picked up at ABC. New drama "Intelligence" was ordered at CBS. ABC Studios had the most drama orders of any studio.

Anne Berlin presents a reading of Joe Pintauro's (The Raft of the Medusa) Snow Orchid, directed by Valentina Fratti, June 7th at 12pm at The Robert Moss Theater as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. The Robert Moss Theater is located at 440 Studios (440 Lafayette Street).

Today the Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by Film Independent, in conjunction with Presenting Media Sponsor the Los Angeles Times and Host Partner L.A. LIVE, announced its official US and international selections. Fox Searchlight Pictures' The Way, Way Back, written and directed by Oscar winners Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, will serve as the Closing Night film for the 2013 Festival.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has announced the Brisbane exclusive and Australian debut performance by internationally acclaimed Ukrainian-born classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa on Saturday 8 June 2013.

Saxophonist Emma Reinhart and Vocalist April Murphy shared the Helen Turner Grand Prize Award at the McCallum Theatre's Annual Open Call Talent Competition on Saturday night, the first time in the event's fifteen year history the judges declared a tie for the top prize. The winners were announced by host (and Open Call 2011 Grand Prize winner) Rob Watkins following a rousing finale which featured all twenty-two finalist acts (76 individual performers) before a sold-out audience. The family of award namesake Helen Turner determined on the spot that each winner would receive the $2,500 grand prize.

Emiko Lyovin chronicles the real-life adventures of a woman who lived in pre-revolutionary Russia and war-torn Europe before making her way to Hawaii in her 2012 biography, "Valentina: An Odyssey from Pre-Revolutionary Russia Through War-Torn Europe to a Pacific Paradise" (published by Trafford Publishing), which is getting a new marketing push.

Lifetime will premiere its highly-anticipated new drama DEVIOUS MAIDS, executive produced by Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives) and Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), on Sunday, June 23, at 10PM ET/PT.

Garinei e Giovannini sono e continuano ad essere due pietre miliari nella storia del teatro italiano: attingere dal loro repertorio non puo che essere un'occasione per rispolverare la nostra cultura… innovandola, sempre nel solco della tradizione. È ben chiaro dunque l'esperimento che si sta cercando di mettere in atto con AGGIUNGI UN POSTO A TAVOLA, la celebre commedia musicale firmata G&G insieme a Iaia Fiastri con le musiche di Armando Trovajoli che, come precedentemente annunciato, si prepara al debutto del suo sesto revival.

York Theatre Company and its Developmental Reading Series presents the reading of the new musical, Howling Hilda, with book and lyrics by Anne Berlin, and music by Andrew Bleckner will be directed by Valentina Fratti, with music direction by Timothy Splain, and featuring Mary Testa. The reading, free and open to the public with a reservation, is set for one-performance only tonight, March 12th at 7:30 p.m. at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (Entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

York Theatre Company and its Developmental Reading Series presents the reading of the new musical, Howling Hilda, with book and lyrics by Anne Berlin, and music by Andrew Bleckner will be directed by Valentina Fratti, with music direction by Timothy Splain, and featuring Mary Testa. The reading, free and open to the public with a reservation, is set for one-performance only on Tuesday, March 12th at 7:30 p.m. at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (Entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

In her new book, "Don't Bite the Apple" (published by iUniverse), author Vanessa Waznis tells an exciting story about an attractive, hedge-fund owning socialite named David who is looking for love and finding far more.

SHREK, l'orco verde piu simpatico di tutti i tempi, dopo aver calcato i palcoscenici di Broadway e del West End e dopo un fortunatissimo tour italiano, arriva finalmente nella Capitale! Il musical - scritto da Jeanine Tesori (musiche) e David Lindsay-Abaire (liriche e libretto) e diretto da Claudio Insegno e Ned Grujic - rimarra al Teatro Olimpico di Roma (RM) fino al 3 marzo!

Gary Naylor sees an old favourite updated and performed with panache.there

Dopo due fortunatissime stagioni milanesi, il bus di PRISCILLA, LA REGINA DEL DESERTO 'parcheggia' nella Capitale accolto da una platea elettrizzata e folta d VIP - fra i tanti Paolo Bonolis, Francesco Pannofino, Cesare Bocci, Pippo Baudo, Rossella Brescia, Vladimir Luxuria... - che ieri, 24 gennaio ha buttato giù il Teatro Brancaccio a suon di applausi.

Ieri, 17 gennaio, ha debuttato in anteprima nazionale, presso l'Aula Magna della Sapienza, FANTASMI A ROMA, la favola musicale - basata sull'omonimo film del 1961 scritto e diretto da Antonio Pietrangeli - che aveva catturato la nostra attenzione grazie allo show case presentato il 30 giugno in piazza S. Silvestro e che finalmente abbiamo avuto modo di apprezzare nella sua interezza in forma di allestimento semi-scenico prodotto da Nota Preziosa di Massimo Sigillò Massara.

Oxygen's fan favorite original series BAD GIRLS CLUB returns for season 10 in Atlanta on a new night and time beginning tonight, January 15 at 8 PM ET/PT.