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Popejoy Presents is thrilled to announce their 2011-12 Broadway in New Mexico Series in Albuquerque, featuring the New Mexico premiere of the Broadway phenomenon Disney's The Lion King in October 2012 at Popejoy Hall.

The original international phenomenon, RIVERDANCE, the thunderous celebration of joyful music, song and dance that has tapped its way onto the world stage thrilling millions of people around the globe, will return for one week only to the Pantages Theatre, opening November 15, 2011 - exactly 15 years to the day the show originally premiered at the landmark Hollywood venue.

Audiences in Nashville and Middle Tennessee will have a wealth of new offerings awaiting them at the theater this weekend, as companies throughout the region roll out the red carpet for the opening of no fewer than ten new productions. Ranging from the tried and true (Arthur Miller's All My Sons from Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Belmont University Theatre's Dancing at Lughnasa, Lakewood Village Theatre's A Few Good Men and Annie at Towne Centre Theatre) to edgier fare (like The Rocky Horror Show at Boiler Room Theatre and David Mamet's American Buffalo at ACT 1) and newer, less familiar works (Trying from Tennessee Women's Theater Project and the debuting Sideshow Fringe Festival, a new endeavor from Actors Bridge Ensemble that features all manner of new offerings, including a 48-hour playwriting competition from which I'll be tweeting live reviews while the shows happen on Saturday from 6 to 7 p.m.), audiences have a full slate of offerings from which to choose this weekend.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. 'The Book Of Mormon' heads for a Chicago sit-down, two big season announcements, my top five fall productions, a Sondheim rarity, a new work for Mary's Attic and more...

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) launches its 24th Season with the American premiere of the new Irish dance performance piece NOCTÚ, an Èriu Dance Company production, with previews set to begin September 6 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, prior to an official press opening September 12.

Crazy just doesn't begin to sum up TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE. Think body-popping, hip-hopping B-boys, and throw in a few Morris dancers, and you're warm but still not quite there. Find out exactly what everyone's talking about at the Churchill Theatre Bromley on Sunday 11 September.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the complete 2012 Spring Season Series. The upcoming spring season will include THE BOOK OF MORMON, AMERICAN IDIOT, SOUTH PACIFIC, BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL, FELA! and JERSEY BOYS. Off-season specials include IN THE HEIGHTS, MAMMA MIA, RIVERDANCE and CATS.

At a reception held last Wednesday, Consul General of Ireland Noel Kilkenny and Ms. Hanora O'Dea Kilkenny honored The Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director; Ciaran O'Reilly, Producing Director) and welcomed the Ériu Dance Company to New York City for its American premiere of the new Irish dance production NOCTU, running at Irish Rep through October 2.

In celebration with Grand Center's Dancing in the Street Festival on Saturday, September 24 the Fabulous Fox Theatre will host an on-sale extravaganza for several upcoming Broadway shows.

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) launches its 24th Season with the American premiere of the new Irish dance performance piece NOCTÚ, an Èriu Dance Company production, with previews set to begin September 6 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, prior to an official press opening September 12.

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) launches its 24th Season with the American premiere of the new Irish dance performance piece NOCTÚ, an Èriu Dance Company production, with previews set to begin September 6 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, prior to an official press opening September 12.

Celtic Woman is offering a once in a lifetime experience to their North American fans by giving them the exclusive opportunity to purchase tickets and witness the filming of 'BELIEVE,' their brand-new live concert for broadcast on Public Television and release on DVD.

Tony Award Nominee Michael Hayden (Carousel, Judgment at Nuremburg, 'Murder One') and Drama Desk Award winner Rachel York (Victor/Victoria, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) will star in the new musical Ghostlight, which will open on September 26th as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. According to press notes 'Ghostlight excavates the true story of Olive Thomas, a small-town girl who rises to headline alongside Fanny Brice in the Ziegfeld Follies. Seduced by the decadent world of the theatre, Olive stumbles into a secret affair, an unfulfilling Hollywood marriage, and a downward spiral into drugs and alcohol. An homage to Broadway's Golden Age, Ghostlight captures the glamorous and tragic lives of those who changed the face of the American musical forever.' Hayden will play legendary showman Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. with York as Billie Burke, his scorned wife, who was most famous for portraying Glinda in The Wizard of Oz.

The Irish Repertory Theatre presents the American premiere of NO?TÚ- an ÉRIU DANCE Company production, conceived and directed by Breandán de Gallaí.

Few shows have touched audiences like RIVERDANCE, the Original International Phenomenon. This thunderous celebration of joyful music, song and dance that has that has tapped its way onto the world stage thrilling millions of people around the globe, will play The Civic Theatre in San Diego, December 2 - 4, 2011 for 5 performances only!

The official RIVERDANCE APP is here! The internationally-acclaimed celebration of Irish music, song and dance now has its own interactive APP which gives on-the-go, 24/7 access to the show's tour dates around the world.

Dating back more than 2,000 years, the tradition of acrobats is to China what ballet and opera is to the west. World renowned as an art form combining both physical and mental acuity, the acrobat's immense athletic strength, balance, and timing is a demonstration of mind and body focus, and inner harmony - the spiritual pearl of Chinese philosophy.

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) launches its 24th Season with the American premiere of the new Irish dance performance piece NOCTÚ, an Èriu Dance Company production, with previews set to begin September 6 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, prior to an official press opening September 12.

Celtic Yuletide - starring internationally renowned Irish tenor Michael Londra (Riverdance on Broadway) - is now accepting entries from San Francisco Bay Area choirs to perform with Londra on-stage at the Marines' Memorial Theatre at select performances in December.

Born on athletic fields across the nation, BLAST! is a novel art form evolved from the showmanship of outdoor pageantry. A celebration of movement and music, BLAST! explodes the genre with the artistry of the theatre. BLAST! is musical spectacle; it is music in motion.

Crazy just doesn't begin to sum up TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE. Think body-popping, hip-hopping B-boys, and throw in a few Morris dancers, and you're warm but still not quite there. Find out exactly what everyone's talking about at the Churchill Theatre Bromley on Sunday 11 September.

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) will continue its 24th Season with the 20th Anniversary production of Brian Friel's Tony Award-winning play DANCING AT LUGHNASA, with previews set to begin October 19 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, prior to an official press opening October 30.

Celtic Yuletide - starring internationally renowned Irish tenor Michael Londra (Riverdance on Broadway) - is preparing to sweep San Francisco Bay Area audiences away to the music, dance and heart of Ireland during the holidays.

In a rare feat for a documentary, JIG set a new Guinness World Record for 'Longest Riverdance Line' in Nashville on June 3rd during the 2011 North American Irish Dancing National Championships as part of the film's ongoing theatrical campaign. With 652 dancers performing for 5 minutes and 40 seconds, the record was easily beat (the old record was 392 participants in Ireland in 2010).

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) launches its 24th Season with the American premiere of the new Irish dance performance piece NOCTÚ, an Èriu Dance Company production, with previews set to begin September 6 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, prior to an official press opening September 12.