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Profiles Theatre continues its 2010-2011 Season with reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute, directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder.

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre celebrates new work in the month of February. This month, ACT's Mainstage play series kicks off with ACT and The 5th Avenue Theatre's production of Vanities: A New Musical, the life-affirming journey of three women, three decades, and one friendship; The Hansberry Project returns to the stage with its overwhelmingly popular You Really Got a Hold on Me, along with a new partner, Danceable Planet with Poetry + Motion; Balagan Theatre's smash hit guest production Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog continues its quest for world domination; and The Central Heating Lab at ACT cooks up art installations, dance theatre, confidential confessions, and culture clashes. SOIL Artist-Run Gallery unveils all-new performance-inspired installation art along 7th Avenue. Cornish Dance Theater presents The Merce Cunningham minEvent Project with a special site-specific performance in ACT's Bullitt Cabaret. In Seattle Confidential, local actors give voice to Seattle's secrets in a tell-all evening of anonymous divulgence hosted by Ian Bell. ACT also welcomes cutting edge new films by RAWSTOCK, plus two new theatre partners: ReAct Theatre and Pratidhwani's new play, Mother in Another Language by Taniya Hossain, and eSe Teatro's staged reading of the poignant play Passport by Gustavo Ott.Balagan Theatre:

Rochelle Slovin, Director of Museum of the Moving Image, today announced the complete schedule for the screenings and programs that will celebrate the grand re-opening of America's only museum dedicated to film, television, and digital media.

Since COIL began in 2006, 50+ companies from NYC, the US, UK, Australia, continental Europe, Latin America and Asia have been presented as part of this mid-winter festival.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson), Producer Mark Russell and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP President and CEO Sandra Gibson) announce the line-up for UNDER THE RADAR 2011, running January 5-16 at The Public Theater as well as at partner venues around the city.

Rochelle Slovin, Director of Museum of the Moving Image, today announced the complete schedule for the screenings and programs that will celebrate the grand re-opening of America's only museum dedicated to film, television, and digital media.

In a guest house on the Gulf, a hundred miles from New Orleans, old friends gather in a summer home to rediscover connections, rekindle lost relationships, and find peace - only to find that they can't rewrite the stories of their past. The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s classical theater ensemble, presents The Autumn Garden by Lillian Hellman, directed by Larry Biederman. Four gala openings of the fully double-cast production, two with each cast, take place October 28-31, with performances continuing through December 19 at Antaeus' interim home, Deaf West Theatre in the NoHo Arts District. Low-priced previews begin October 22.

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) announces 2010 Next Wave Festival, featuring 16 music, dance, theater, and opera engagements from Sep 21-Dec 19. BAM 2010 Next Wave Festival is part of Diverse Voices at BAM sponsored by Time Warner Inc.

Since COIL began in 2006, 50+ companies from NYC, the US, UK, Australia, continental Europe, Latin America and Asia have been presented as part of this mid-winter festival.

Long Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Ray Cullom, present the U.S. premiere of The Old Masters by Simon Gray.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Speakers series in collaboration with Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) is pleased to announce an evening of engaging conversation about the theater company's upcoming world premiere of A Small Fire, a new play by Obie Award winner Adam Bock (The Drunken City at PH, The Receptionist, The Thugs, Swimming in the Shallows), featuring Mr. Bock, director Trip Cullman (Adam Bock's The Drunken City at PH and Swimming in the Shallows) and Tony Award-winning actress Michele Pawk (Hollywood Arms, Merrily We Roll Along, Chicago, Caberet and Seussical).

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Speakers series in collaboration with Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) is pleased to announce an evening of engaging conversation about the theater company's upcoming world premiere of A Small Fire, a new play by Obie Award winner Adam Bock (The Drunken City at PH, The Receptionist, The Thugs, Swimming in the Shallows), featuring Mr. Bock, director Trip Cullman (Adam Bock's The Drunken City at PH and Swimming in the Shallows) and Tony Award-winning actress Michele Pawk (Hollywood Arms, Merrily We Roll Along, Chicago, Caberet and Seussical).

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson), Producer Mark Russell and The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP President and CEO Sandra Gibson) are happy to announce that tickets are on sale now for UNDER THE RADAR 2011, running January 5-16 at The Public Theater as well as at partner venues around the city.

Connect to the sights, sounds and spirit of the season at Seattle Center Winterfest presented by KOMO 4 TV, five weeks of free (except for Winterfest Ice Rink), spectacular and fun-filled activities and entertainment, Nov. 26 - Dec. 31.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson), Producer Mark Russell and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP President and CEO Sandra Gibson) announce the line-up for UNDER THE RADAR 2011, running January 5-16 at The Public Theater as well as at partner venues around the city.

Connect to the sights, sounds and spirit of the season at Seattle Center Winterfest presented by KOMO 4 TV, five weeks of free (except for Winterfest Ice Rink), spectacular and fun-filled activities and entertainment, Nov. 26 - Dec. 31.

Morgan Freeman has been selected by the American Film Institute's (AFI) Board of Trustees to receive the 39th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film, it was announced today by Sir Howard Stringer, Chair of the AFI Board of Trustees.

In a guest house on the Gulf, a hundred miles from New Orleans, old friends gather in a summer home to rediscover connections, rekindle lost relationships, and find peace - only to find that they can't rewrite the stories of their past. The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s classical theater ensemble, presents The Autumn Garden by Lillian Hellman, directed by Larry Biederman. Four gala openings of the fully double-cast production, two with each cast, take place October 28-31, with performances continuing through December 19 at Antaeus' interim home, Deaf West Theatre in the NoHo Arts District. Low-priced previews begin October 22.

Storming into its tenth year as one of the West End's most successful shows, Queen & Ben Elton's We Will Rock You has announced that one of the UK's most loved and best recognised actors, Kevin Kennedy will join the new cast starting on September 6th.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) opens Season 26 with Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet's 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about four unethical Chicago real estate agents embroiled in a ruthless contest to sell questionable investments to reluctant buyers.

Storming into its tenth year as one of the West End's most successful shows, Queen & Ben Elton's We Will Rock You has announced that one of the UK's most loved and best recognised actors, Kevin Kennedy will join the new cast starting on September 6th.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers return in triumph to the Minetta Lane Theatre for an open-ended engagement in their hit show 4PLAY beginning Thursday, July 22, and opening Monday, August 9 at 7pm.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) opens Season 26 with Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet's 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about four unethical Chicago real estate agents embroiled in a ruthless contest to sell questionable investments to reluctant buyers.

Barbra Streisand, actress/singer/director/writer/composer/producer/designer/author/activist and eight-time GRAMMY® winner (as well as GRAMMY Legend and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient), will be honored as the 2011 MusiCares® Person of the Year at its 21st annual benefit gala, it was announced today by Neil Portnow, President/CEO of the MusiCares Foundation® and The Recording Academy®, and Paul Caine, Chair of the MusiCares Foundation Board.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers return in triumph to the Minetta Lane Theatre for an open-ended engagement in their hit show 4PLAY beginning Thursday, July 22, and opening Monday, August 9 at 7pm.