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The Laguna Playhouse Executive and Artistic Directors, Karen Wood and Ann E. Wareham are thrilled to present the third show of their 2014-2015 season and the perfect confection for the Holiday season, the Orange County Premiere of STRIKING 12, with book music and lyrics by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin and Valerie Vigoda and directed by Janet Roston.

Jordan Dean (Mamma Mia! CSC's Midsummer), Jeff Hayenga (The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Elephant Man), Mark Junek ('Smash', Berkeley Rep's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) and Elizabeth Morton (Death of a Salesman) will lead an industry reading of Locust Song, a new play by Jerry Marsini on November 17th at 7 pm and on November 18th at 12:30pm at the WorkShop Theater Company's Main Stage, 312 W 36th Street. Drama Desk Nominee, Tony Speciale, who recently directed the Barry Manilow musical Harmony (2014 Suzi Bass Award winner Outstanding Director of a Musical & Outstanding Production of a Musical), will direct the Manhattan reading.

The Laguna Playhouse Executive and Artistic Directors, Karen Wood and Ann E. Wareham are thrilled to present the third show of their 2014-2015 season and the perfect confection for the Holiday season, the Orange County Premiere of STRIKING 12, with book music and lyrics by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin and Valerie Vigoda and directed by Janet Roston.

This Summer, Orange County, CA---which includes Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Santa Ana, Irvine, and even cities just a hop over the county line like La Mirada and Long Beach---is so chock-full of hot stage goodies, that you may have to earmark a lot more time in the next three months to properly satisfy all your theatrical cravings. Here's our Top 5 Summer Must-See picks, plus a few other noteworthy shows to check out around the area, too!

Actor Josh Sticklin turns in a superb performance in Rosemary Jenkinson's world premiere of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S RIOT, at the Keegan Theatre in Washington, DC. The play sensitively and humorously explores the plight of the residents of the Protestant Cluan neighborhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Today we are shining a spotlight on one of the most respected and revered stage and screen stars of the last several decades who is known the world over for not only his stirring and commanding dramatic performances and touching and rib-tickling comedies on film, but also for his iconic roles on the stage playing Shakespeare, performing in straight drama and also musicals - and, perhaps, beloved most of all for his essaying of Captain Von Trapp in the celebrated Robert Wise film adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Tony Award-winning THE SOUND OF MUSIC - the elegant, graceful and eminently gifted Christopher Plummer.

Music has always played the role of Muse for me as a stage director. Occasionally, when I am stuck creatively or wanting to be around the actors in the rehearsal room or need to assistance in focusing, I will play the same piece of music over and over. I have meditated on Dvorak when considering the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West in Vita & Virginia, on Bach's cello concertos when considering Julius Caesar, on Bartok when constructing A Midsummer Night's Dream, Zoe Keating for The Tempest, Rachmaninoff for Hamlet, and many others.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) will host a one-night-only staged reading of the hit off-Broadway play, UNNATURAL ACTS, to benefit The Trevor Project on Monday, January 27, 2014. The special event will be held at 7pm at NYTW (79 East Fourth Street, between Bowery & Second Avenue) and will feature the entire original off-Broadway cast. A brief panel discussion to follow.

The Dallas Opera has announced the opening production of their 2013-2014 “By Love Transformed” Season: Georges Bizet's colorful, sensual and passionate 19th century masterpiece, CARMEN, one of the most beloved and popular works in the entire opera canon.

Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin and President and CEO Allison Vulgamore today announce the 2013-14 season of The Philadelphia Orchestra.

SALON/SANCTUARY CONCERTS opens its fifth season with Ethan Peck, Florencia Lozano and Steven Rattazzi, joining Grammy-nominated musicians Jory Vinikour and Jose Lemos in the return of 'THE HEIRS OF TANTALUS' tonight, September 19 and the 21st, 2013.

Tonight, as the curtain rises at the (770 seat) Alliance Theatre, in Atlanta, this will be the center of the Universe for Barry and Bruce. This musical is, and has been, their baby for a long time, while waiting for this moment.

SALON/SANCTUARY CONCERTS opens its fifth season with Ethan Peck, Florencia Lozano and Steven Rattazzi, joining Grammy-nominated musicians Jory Vinikour and Jose Lemos in the return of 'THE HEIRS OF TANTALUS' on September 19 and 21, 2013.

Producers Meredith Lucio and Sarah Hancock in association with Perry Street Theatricals present the critically acclaimed Bedlam productions of William Shakespeare's Hamlet and George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, directed by Eric Tucker.

He is a Roman general, handsome & brave. She is the Queen of Egypt, beautiful & proud. Together they will defy the power of an Emperor. Together they will destroy that which they strive to uphold. Join us as the HARLEM SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL presents Shakespeare's ANTONY & CLEOPATRA from August 28th thru September 1st, at the Waterfront Amphitheatre in Riverbank State Park. Award-winning actress & director Petronia Paley leads theTWAS Classical Actors of Color as they share the stage with classical actor Christopher Sutton as Antony & Debra Ann Byrd as Egypt's last Queen, Cleopatra.

SALON/SANCTUARY CONCERTS opens its fifth season with the return of 'THE HEIRS OF TANTALUS'.

Playing the role of Ichabod Crane in the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's production of the world premiere of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' is Matt Baxter Luceno. His first appearance with ELTC was playing Rodney Martin in the comedy 'It Pays to Advertise' last fall, and now he's back as the music and school teacher from Connecticut who lands a job in superstitious Tarrytown, New York.

Written by O'Neill in 1919 while living in Provincetown and performed at the Provincetown Playhouse in 1920, this autobiographical one-act about O'Neill's own attempted suicide was destroyed by the playwright following its premiere in New York. He wrote 'the sooner all memory of it dies the better pleased I'll be.' According to O'Neill all copies of the script were accounted for, but his then wife Agnes Boulton held onto one copy. She later secretly gifted the copy to screenwriter and producer Philip Yordan, with a cryptic message 'something you said you'd like to have' written on the label. Yordan's ex-wife while sorting through her late husband's archive discovered this manuscript some ninety years later. It is with great privilege that we now resurrect this 'lost' play to have its Provincetown premiere. One performance only: tonight, June 8th at 7.30pm at the Art House, 214 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Mass.

Beginning in July 2013, the Alley Theatre will produce Agatha Christie's The Hollow during its popular ExxonMobil Summer Chills series. Under the direction of Gregory Boyd, the Alley's resident company of actors will bring to life the colorful cast of characters in Agatha Christie's The Hollow.

Written by O'Neill in 1919 while living in Provincetown and performed at the Provincetown Playhouse in 1920, this autobiographical one-act about O'Neill's own attempted suicide was destroyed by the playwright following its premiere in New York. He wrote 'the sooner all memory of it dies the better pleased I'll be.' According to O'Neill all copies of the script were accounted for, but his then wife Agnes Boulton held onto one copy. She later secretly gifted the copy to screenwriter and producer Philip Yordan, with a cryptic message 'something you said you'd like to have' written on the label. Yordan's ex-wife while sorting through her late husband's archive discovered this manuscript some ninety years later. It is with great privilege that we now resurrect this 'lost' play to have its Provincetown premiere. One performance only: Saturday, June 8th at 7.30pm at the Art House, 214 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Mass.

Circle in the Square Theatre School's annual Spring 'Festival Of Theater,' featuring five full-length productions of plays and musicals performed by its graduating class, begins this weekend with the School's production of THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov, directed by Alan Langdon. 'Festival Of Theater' performances are open to the public for a $5 suggested donation and take place at Broadway's famed Circle in the Square Theatre (50thStreet between Broadway and Eighth Avenue).

Circle in the Square Theatre School's annual Spring "Festival Of Theater," featuring five full-length productions of plays and musicals performed by its graduating class, begins this weekend with the School's production of THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov, directed by Alan Langdon. "Festival Of Theater" performances are open to the public for a $5 suggested donation and take place at Broadway's famed Circle in the Square Theatre (50thStreet between Broadway and Eighth Avenue).

The 2013-2014 Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre season was announced today by CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie.

Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin and President and CEO Allison Vulgamore today announce the 2013-14 season of The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Crossroads Theatre Company kicks off its 2012 - 2013 season of insightful, compelling and entertaining plays with Charles Smith's acclaimed KNOCK ME A KISS, a fictionalized look at the drama surrounding the ill-fated marriage of W.E.B. Du Bois' daughter. The production is directed by Chuck Smith (no relation to the author). The play will be on stage at the New Brunswick theatre with a run beginning tonight, October 25 and continuing through November 4. Tickets are on sale now.