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Theatrical notable and multi-Emmy Award-winning writer John Weidman has submitted the newest entry for the unique ongoing interactive songwriting challenge ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM, sponsored by the New York Public Library.

Engaging students and keeping them interested in reading and studying history can be a challenge. Teachers are using Linda Hubalek's historical fiction book series about Kansas pioneers to carry students back in time for a great history lesson.

Berkeley Playhouse closes its fifth season with the Tony Award-winning musical THE WIZ. Kimberly Dooley(Lucky Duck, Seussical, The Musical, Once On This Island) directs and choreographs this soulful re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's family classicThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz, featuring a cast of 46. THE WIZ plays today, July 13 through August 25 (Press opening: July 13) at the Julia Morgan Theater in Berkeley.

Berkeley Playhouse closes its fifth season with the Tony Award-winning musical THE WIZ. Kimberly Dooley(Lucky Duck, Seussical, The Musical, Once On This Island) directs and choreographs this soulful re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's family classicThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz, featuring a cast of 46. THE WIZ plays July 13 through August 25 (Press opening: July 13) at the Julia Morgan Theater in Berkeley. For tickets ($17-60) and more information, the public may visit berkeleyplayhouse.org or call 510-845-8542x351.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse has added a performance of 'Seussical TYA' at 4:00 PM, Saturday, May 18. Tickets for this and the originally scheduled performances through May 19 can be purchased at dmplayhouse.com, at the Playhouse box office, and by phone at 515-277-6261.

PERFORMANCE OF THE CENTURY's book signing took place last night, December 14th at the Drama Book Shop. Actors' Equity president Nick Wyman and author Robert Simonson, as well as special guests gathered to recall Equity's first 100 years and celebrate the new book, PERFORMANCE OF THE CENTURY: 100 YEARS OF ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION AND THE RISE OF PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN THEATER. Actors Lee Roy Reams and Danny Burstein, and Justin 'Squigs' Robertson, who designed the book's cover, attended.

Fowler and Company invites you to an evening of men, music, and magic with THE MAGIC FACTORY. It's a slice of Las Vegas in Bucktown, complete with lights, illusions, and dancing studs! Featuring classics of magic and dangerous feats, Wesley Fowler will challenge the laws of physics and what is believed impossible in THE MAGIC FACTORY tonight, December 1st at 7PM for one night only.

Fowler and Company invites you to an evening of men, music, and magic with THE MAGIC FACTORY. It's a slice of Las Vegas in Bucktown, complete with lights, illusions, and dancing studs! Featuring classics of magic and dangerous feats, Wesley Fowler will challenge the laws of physics and what is believed impossible in THE MAGIC FACTORY on Saturday, December 1st at 7PM for one night only.

ONCE UPON A ROM COM: THE BILL PULLMAN STORY performs Wednesdays at 7:30pm, tonight, September 5 - October 31, 2012 at Gorilla Tango Theatre (1919 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago IL 60647). Tickets are $15; to purchase tickets visit www.gorillatango.com or call 773-598-4549.

After making a career out of playing the 'other guy' in numerous nineties romantic comedies, American actor extraordinaire Bill Pullman has sunk into a deep depression, believing he will never find true love. It will take the help of a fairy godfather in the form of the one and only Jeff Goldblum to pull him back together and save the girl of his dreams from a devious and wicked French lover. This is a real man's fairy tale for the hopeless romantic in all of us! ONCE UPON A ROM COM: THE BILL PULLMAN STORY performs Wednesdays at 7:30pm, tonight, September 5 - October 31, 2012 at Gorilla Tango Theatre (1919 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago IL 60647). Tickets are $15; to purchase tickets visit www.gorillatango.com or call 773-598-4549.

ONCE UPON A ROM COM: THE BILL PULLMAN STORY performs Wednesdays at 7:30pm, September 5 - October 31, 2012 at Gorilla Tango Theatre (1919 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago IL 60647). Tickets are $15; to purchase tickets visit www.gorillatango.com or call 773-598-4549.

Is he or isn't he? That is the question of utmost importance in Michael Hollinger's GHOST-WRITER, especially since the "he" to whom the question refers is acclaimed novelist Franklin Woolsey (Leland Crooke) who happens to be dead.

After making a career out of playing the 'other guy' in numerous nineties romantic comedies, American actor extraordinaire Bill Pullman has sunk into a deep depression, believing he will never find true love. It will take the help of a fairy godfather in the form of the one and only Jeff Goldblum to pull him back together and save the girl of his dreams from a devious and wicked French lover. This is a real man's fairy tale for the hopeless romantic in all of us! ONCE UPON A ROM COM: THE BILL PULLMAN STORY performs Wednesdays at 7:30pm, September 5 - October 31, 2012 at Gorilla Tango Theatre (1919 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago IL 60647). Tickets are $15; to purchase tickets visit www.gorillatango.com or call 773-598-4549.

Known for ribald parodies of nerd-friendly pop-culture topics, it's no surprise that Gorilla Tango Burlesque (GTB) eventually caught the attention of one of the 'big guys' they've been sending up. The Performance Formerly Known As "Go Go Power Rangers: A Mighty Morphin Burlesque" - opening tonight, Friday, June 8, 2012 at 11:59pm, and performing thru July - will undergo a slight makeover!

There was no prohibition on Carole J. Bufford's talent during her break-out performance in 'speak easy.' a 16-song homage to the music of an era when only people imbibing in a secret club could spare a dime.

The Active Theater presents a revival of Richard Greenberg's metaphysical period comedy 'The Violet Hour'.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse opens its 94th season with two Broadway musicals, 'Rent' and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Sunset Boulevard.' These are two of the 11 shows comprising the 2012-13 Playhouse season. Playhouse season tickets are currently on sale online at dmplayhouse.com, at the Playhouse box office, and by phone at 515-277-6261.

The Museum is housed in a building owned by the City of New York and its operations are made possible in part by public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Natural Heritage Trust (administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation). The Museum also receives generous support from numerous corporations, foundations, and individuals. For more information, please visit http://movingimage.us.

The Museum is housed in a building owned by the City of New York and its operations are made possible in part by public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Natural Heritage Trust (administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation). The Museum also receives generous support from numerous corporations, foundations, and individuals. For more information, please visit http://movingimage.us.

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse focuses on the explosive production of graphic art-prints, drawings, posters, illustrated books, and periodicals-associated with Expressionism, the broad modernist movement that developed in Germany and Austria during the early decades of the 20th century.

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse focuses on the explosive production of graphic art-prints, drawings, posters, illustrated books, and periodicals-associated with Expressionism, the broad modernist movement that developed in Germany and Austria during the early decades of the 20th century.

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse focuses on the explosive production of graphic art-prints, drawings, posters, illustrated books, and periodicals-associated with Expressionism, the broad modernist movement that developed in Germany and Austria during the early decades of the 20th century.

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse focuses on the explosive production of graphic art-prints, drawings, posters, illustrated books, and periodicals-associated with Expressionism, the broad modernist movement that developed in Germany and Austria during the early decades of the 20th century.

On Line: Drawing and Film January 12-February 6 Held in conjunction with the gallery exhibition On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, this series presents films from MoMA's collection by artists whose work redefines the very parameters of drawing through an investigation of the line, both static and kinetic.

The Merry War Theatre Group's staging of William Shakesepeare's most famous tragedy promises to be one of the most innovative, ambitious, and entertaining to hit Los Angeles in years. A cast of just thirteen actors, two fight choreographers, and one beautiful theatre space will risk it all in this thrilling and imaginative rendering of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet. Featuring Benjamin Fitch, McKinley Belcher III, Evan Charest, Joseph Barone, Terra Shelman, Michael Prichard, Barbara Keegan, Jason Parsons, Phillip Kelly, Samantha Barrios, Laura Manchester, and Adam Burch and Chase McKenna as the star-crossed lovers. Romeo & Juliet opens at The Hollywood American Legion November 12th at 8PM and runs thru December 12th.