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This summer marks another historic milestone for the annual Bard SummerScape festival. For the first time since its founding, this season's focus is on the music and culture of Italy, with seven weeks of music, opera,theater, dance, film, and cabaret keyed to the theme of the 27th Bard Music Festival, "Puccini and His World." This intensive examination of the life and times of Giacomo Puccini opens a window onto Italy's rich musical heritage from Palestrina to Menotti, by way of the most popular and successful - yet, paradoxically, frequently critically underrated - opera composer of all time. Complementing the music festival, some of the Tuscan master's most compelling compatriots provide other key SummerScape highlights. These include a rare, fully staged production of Iris, a forerunner of Madama Butterfly by Puccini's close contemporary Pietro Mascagni; the world premiere of Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed, four newly unearthed puppet plays from leading Italian Futurist Fortunato Depero, as reimagined by Dan Hurlin;the world premiere of Fantasque, a new ballet set to the music of Respighi and Rossini by John Heginbotham and Amy Trompetter; a film series on "Puccini and the Operatic Impulse in Cinema"; and the return of Bard's authentic and sensationally popularSpiegeltent,hosted by the inimitable Mx. Justin Vivian Bond. Taking place between July 1 and August 14 in the Frank Gehry-designed Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts and other venues on Bard College's stunning Hudson River campus, SummerScape's 2016 offerings provide new opportunities to discover that, as Time Out New York puts it, "the experience of entering the Fisher Center and encountering something totally new is unforgettable and enriching." Tickets go on sale on Monday, February 15; click here for more information.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb. 18,2016 /PRNewswire/ Leaders in the field of haute couture, currently preparing for London Fashion Week on February 19-23, will join Cunard's Queen Mary 2 7-night Transatlantic crossing in September to New York, the style capital of the world. The inaugural 'Transatlantic Fashion Week' voyage will arrive in the Big Apple the very same day New York Fashion Week 2016 begins.

Set to Duke Ellington's jazz arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker suite, Act 1 opens on a hoppin' holiday party in a New York City Brownstone at the height of the roaring 20's. At the party, Clara receives a nutcracker doll from her mysterious aunt Drossa Myer. Little does she know that the Nutcracker has a magical spell cast upon it. Later that night the Nutcracker tethers a magical snowstorm that carries Clara on a magical adventure to the 1922 World's Fair in Rio De Janiero. In Act 2, the world's fair, New York City's top cultural dance companies will perform.

La Jolla Playhouse, nationally-renowned for its development of new work, has announced four world-premiere productions for the 2016/2017 season, including works by Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro, Pulitzer Prize winners Quiara Alegria Hudes and Ayad Akhtar, and 2014 Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwriting Award winner Jeff Augustin.

Follow young James into a land of talking insects, mean old grown ups, and one giant peach in the Bonstelle Theatre's production of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. One of Roald Dahl's earliest novels comes to life in this adaptation for the stage by David Wood. Playing today, November 13-22, this classic story promises enjoyment for the whole family, as it sets out to unleash your vibrant imagination and spark magic and wonder in the hearts of all.

The Palais Royale – South Bend's Premier Event Facility -- is pleased to host its annual New Year's Eve dinner/dance party on Thursday, December 31, which starts at 7:30 p.m.

Follow young James into a land of talking insects, mean old grown ups, and one giant peach in the Bonstelle Theatre's production of James and The Giant Peach. One of Roald Dahl's earliest novels comes to life in this adaptation for the stage by David Wood. Playing November 13-22, this classic story promises  enjoyment  for  the whole family, as it sets out  to unleash your  vibrant imagination and spark magic and wonder in the hearts of all.

Now on stage at the Hilberry Theatre at Wayne State University is The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance production of THE GREAT GATSBY.  This moving drama tells the story of greed, betrayal and inequality in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922.  The young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby (played marvelously by Santino Craven) has a  quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan (played beautifully by Devri Chism).  The drama brings the classic 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald to life.

Although East Lynne Theater Company has wrapped three of its mainstage shows, and is planning the 2016 season, doesn't mean that it's finished for 2015.

Why did a man in Pennsylvania create The Red-Headed League in London? Who is the person behind 'The Voice' stealing millions in Manhattan? What questions about East Lynne Theater Company's rich background will be asked at its gala celebrating 35 years of presenting American classics and world premieres?

Set to Duke Ellington's jazz arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker suite, Act 1 opens on a hoppin' holiday party in a New York City Brownstone at the height of the roaring 20's. At the party, Clara receives a nutcracker doll from her mysterious aunt Drossa Myer. Little does she know that the Nutcracker has a magical spell cast upon it. Later that night the Nutcracker tethers a magical snowstorm that carries Clara on a magical adventure to the 1922 World's Fair in Rio De Janiero. In Act 2, the world's fair, New York City's top cultural dance companies will perform.

Aristophanes' classic comedy has been reimagined into Lysistrata: A Woman's Translation by Drue Robinson. The Bonstelle Theatre is excited to kick off their season with this bawdy and hilarious translation, playing October 9 through October 18, 2015. Tickets for Lysistrata: A Woman's Translation range from $10-$20 and are available by calling the Bonstelle Theatre Box Office at (313) 577-2960, online at Bonstelle.com, or by visiting the Hilberry Theatre box office at 4743 Cass Avenue on the corner of Hancock Street.

Obie Award winning Metropolitan Playhouse revives Arthur Richman's never-published hit comedy from 1921: THE AWFUL TRUTH.   Directed by 2-time NYIT Award nominee Michael Hardart at the Playhouse: 220 E 4th Street, New York City

Chicago's only entertainment venue dedicated to 'Retrotainment', Uptown Underground, scares up Halloween fun during the month of October. Located under 4707 N. Broadway, Uptown Underground specializes in burlesque, comedy, magic, circus, variety and other forms of Retrotainment in a speakeasy style bar venue. Uptown Underground proudly features entertainment from companies like The Kiss Kiss Cabaret,Chicago Magic Lounge, Acrobatica Infiniti, The Cabaret Project, Boy Toy's Pocket Cabaret, Pervesk Burlesque, Muffy Fishbasket's Drag Nights and many others. For the month of October, each night features Halloween-themed offerings from the spooky to the spectacular, sexy to surprising. Uptown Underground is also concocting unique drinks using local 'spirits'. Nightly cover charge ranges from $5 to $40 and includes the full evening of entertainment. Doors typically open at 7:30 p.m. with performances beginning at 8 p.m. Uptown Underground is a 21 and over venue, minors are permitted with parental accompaniment. For advanced tickets or information visit www.UptownUndergroud.net.

Independent Theatre is poised to roar into The Space with a new version of what is considered the greatest American novel of the twentieth century.

Obie Award winning Metropolitan Playhouse revives Arthur Richman's never-published hit comedy from 1921: THE AWFUL TRUTH.   Directed by 2-time NYIT Award nominee Michael Hardart at the Playhouse: 220 E 4th Street, New York City

Independent Theatre is poised to roar into The Space with a new version of what is considered the greatest American novel of the twentieth century.

Artistic Director Yvonne Ng announces more programming updates for princess productions' biennial dance: made in canada / fait au canada (d:mic/fac) festival.

Toronto, August 11, 2015 - princess productions' biennial dance: made in canada / fait au canada (d:mic/fac) festival runs Thursday, August 13 to Sunday, August 16 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto and features 12 different dance events (including 6 world premieres and 1 Toronto premiere) from across Canada (Alberta, Newfoundland, Ontario and Quebec). 

The Drama League announced this morning that the 82nd Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday, May 20, 2016 beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Marriott Marquis Times Square (1535 Broadway).  More information about the Awards Ceremony, which includes pre-event cocktails and the afternoon luncheon ceremony, can be found by calling (212) 244-9494 or by visiting www.dramaleague.org.

Charged with momentum from the launch of BCMF Spring, the festival's first spring series of two concerts, the 32nd season of Long Island's longest-running classical music festival presents 11 concerts July 29 - August 23, 2015.

Artistic Director Yvonne Ng announces more programming updates for princess productions' biennial dance: made in canada / fait au canada (d:mic/fac) festival.

Imagine Productions of Columbus will present Thoroughly Modern Millie, Book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan, New Music by Jeanine Tesori, New Lyrics by Dick Scanlan, Original Story and Screenplay by Richard Morris for the Universal Pictures Film, Originally Produced for Broadway by Michael Leavitt, Fox theatricals, Hal Luftig, Stewart F. Lane, James L. Nederlander, Independent Presenters Network, L.Mages/M.Glick, Berinstein/Manocherian/Dramatic Forces, John York Noble and Whoopi Goldberg from July 17 - August 2, 2015 at Wall Street Nightclub. Directed by Rose Babington.

The Old Globe's presentation of Kiss Me, Kate, the classic musical comedy featuring a book by Sam and Bella Spewack and an iconic score by Cole Porter, begins tonight, July 1, on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.

The complete cast and creative team have been announced for The Old Globe's presentation of Kiss Me, Kate, the classic musical comedy featuring a book by Sam and Bella Spewack and an iconic score by Cole Porter.