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Resonance Ensemble announces its 10th anniversary season with "Connecting Circuits" featuring two shows in rep, a classic play and new play with resonating themes. This season includes the classic 1920 play R.U.R. by Karel Capek, adapted by Lee Eric Shackleford, directed by Valentina Fratti in rep with THE TRUTH QUOTIENT, by award-winning playwright Richard Manley, directed By Eric Parness. The season will run from January 9 - February 2, 2013 at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre (410 West 42 Street).

City Theatre will present the 2012 Young Playwrights Festival tonight, October 6 and tomorrow the 7th on City Theatre's Lester Hamburg Studio Stage. Featuring original, one-act plays written by select middle and high school playwrights from Western Pennsylvania, the annual festival showcases professional productions of six winning scripts chosen from over 200 Young Playwrights Contest submissions.

I Fantasmi continuano ad infestare la pagina web di BroadwayWorld.com - Italia con il fantasmagorico trailer in HD! BUONA VISIONE! Our Phantoms continue to haunt BroadwayWorld.com - Italy webpage with a phantasmagoric trailer in HD! ENJOY THE SHOW!

Endrik Wottrich singt den Florestan (Rollendebüt an der Wiener Staatsoper) in 'Fidelio' am 1., 4. und 8. Oktober anstelle von Gary Lehman, der die Vorstellungen nach einer Rekonvaleszenz abgesagt hat. KS Ricarda Merbeth gibt ihr Rollendebüt am Haus als Leonore, Valentina Naforni** als Marzelline und Norbert Ernst als Jaquino. Albert Dohmen ist als Don Pizarro zu erleben, Lars Woldt als Rocco und Markus Eiche als Don Fernando. Es dirigiert Peter Schneider.

E' stato rilasciato ieri il primo trailer di "Fantasmi a Roma", il musical tutto italiano presentato in forma di show-case il 30 giugno 2012 in Piazza San Silvestro (Roma) dalla Medina Produzioni e con il patrocinio dell'Assessorato alle Politiche Culturale e Centro Storico Roma Capitale diretto da Dino Gasperini. The trailer for "Fantasmi a Roma" (PHANTOMS IN ROME), an "all-made-in-Italy" musical presented on June 30, 2012 in Piazza S. Silvestro (Rome) as a show case by Medina Produzioni with the patronage of Comune di Roma and of the Assessor Dino Gasperini, has been realeased yesterday.

City Theatre will present the 2012 Young Playwrights Festival, October 6 and 7 on City Theatre's Lester Hamburg Studio Stage. Featuring original, one-act plays written by select middle and high school playwrights from Western Pennsylvania, the annual festival showcases professional productions of six winning scripts chosen from over 200 Young Playwrights Contest submissions.

Vigor, danger and attitude infuse every act in the U.S. premiere of URBAN, a circus featuring 15 performers who share their experiences of barrio life through feats of strength, aerial stunts, acrobatics and more. URBAN, which kicks off the New Victory 2012-13 Season, will run at The New Victory Theater, 209 West 42nd Street, from October 12 through 21.

Nach dem Saisonauftakt mit Verdis 'Don Carlo' am 4. September steht GMD Franz Welser-Möst auch in der Serie von Richard Strauss' 'Arabella' ab Mittwoch, 5. September am Dirigentenpult. Camilla Nylund kehrt als Arabella zurück, Tomasz Konieczny verkörpert den Mandryka, Ileana Tonca singt erstmals die Zdenka, Rainer Trost erstmals den Matteo im Haus am Ring. Daniela Fally ist in der Produktion von Sven-Eric Bechtolf erneut als Fiakermilli zu erleben, Wolfgang Bankl als Graf Waldner, Zoryana Kushpler als Adelaide, Norbert Ernst als Graf Elemér, Adam Plachetka als Graf Dominik, Sorin Coliban als Graf Lamoral und Donna Ellen als Kartenaufschlägerin.

Principal dancers from the American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Washington Ballet and more join the Indianapolis City Ballet's Evening With the Stars. The performance is Saturday, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m. live on stage at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre.

Ballet NY will premiere its 2012 Season, including the World Premiere of Trois Mouvements by Artistic Director Medhi Bahiriand the Company Premiere of emerging choreographerJohn-Mark Owen's Triptych, from today, August 9 through August 11, 2012 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street, NYC (at Ninth Avenue).

Casting is now complete for the world premiere of TAIL! SPIN!, a 'hilarious and heartbreaking verbatim reenactment of the preposterous sex scandals that brought down Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Wiener of New York, Former U.S. Congressman Mark Foley of Florida, and Former U.S. Senator Larry Craig of Idaho.'

'Fantasmi a Roma' - ecco le foto dello show-case presentato il 30 giugno 2012 in Piazza San Silvestro (Roma). Servizio fotografico di Virginia BETTOJA 'Fantasmi a Roma' (PHANTOMS IN ROME) - here are the photos of the show-case presented on June 30, 2012 in Piazza San Silvestro (Rome). Photo session by Virginia BETTOJA

Un musical tutto italiano presentato il 30 giugno 2012 a Roma in forma di show-case! Da un'idea di Simona PATITUCCI - Musiche di Massimo SIGILLO' MASSARA - Liriche e Book di Gianfranco VERGONI - Regia e Coreografia di Fabrizio ANGELINI.

The Media Theatre held auditions for the 2012 "Delco Idol" contests on May 21 and 23. More than 150 singers participated, and now the theatre has chosen this year's contestants. The final list of contestants for "Delco Idol" and "Delco Idol Junior" is available online at www.mediatheatre.org.

Ballet NY presents its 2012 Season, including the World Premiere of Trois Mouvements by Artistic Director Medhi Bahiriand the Company Premiere of emerging choreographerJohn-Mark Owen's Triptych, from August 9-11, 2012 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street, NYC (at Ninth Avenue). Performances: Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2pm. Tickets are $26 ($16 for students and seniors) and are available at www.smarttix.com or by phone at 212-868-4444.

Media Theatre's "Delco Idol" contest begins tonight, July 11 at 7pm, with the "Junior" competition starting up Sunday July 15 at 7pm. Each continues for a total of five weeks. Five or more contestants are eliminated each week until the finals, when 20 singers will try for the 2012 title in each contest. Iron Workers Bank is the sponsor for the third summer.

The Lake Worth Playhouse presents their 60th season with HAIRSPRAY, directed by Clayton Phillips, now playing through July 29th at the Lake Worth Playhouse. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production and show photos below.

Ballet NY will pewawnr its 2012 Season, including the World Premiere of Trois Mouvements by Artistic Director Medhi Bahiriand the Company Premiere of emerging choreographerJohn-Mark Owen's Triptych, from August 9-11, 2012 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street, NYC (at Ninth Avenue).

The heads of some of Hollywood's leading animation TV series have voiced their frustration over the fact that they are not receiving 'equal treatment' when it comes to Emmy consideration.

The Emmy(R)-nominated TRUE BLOOD kicks off its 12-episode fifth season SUNDAY, JUNE 10 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, followed by other new episodes on subsequent Sundays at the same time. Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, the show takes place in a world where vampires and humans co-exist, after vampires have come out of the coffin, thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood that means they no longer need humans as a nutritional source.