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Westport Country Playhouse's Young Professionals Network and Norwalk's Triangle Community Center will present the first-ever 'LGBT Night Out at the Playhouse,' for members of the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender communities and allies, on Thursday, August 12.

BLACK NATIVITY NOW by Alfred Preisser and Tracy Jack, is set for a limited Off-Broadway run from December 3, 2010 - January 2, 2011, at the Theatre at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street in New York City.

The Roscommon Arts Centre presents 'Fading not Ending' by Maggie Madden from July 9th to August 5th.

Performance Network, Michigan's most award-winning theatre, is proud to announce its 2010-2011 season. The year will feature seven shows beginning September 16, 2010 and running through August 28, 2011.

The world of Cold War intrigue, forbidden love, and 1980s rock rules when the legendary musical Chess , by the composers of Mamma Mia!, plays Signature Theatre, August 10 through September 26. The first major American production in almost 20 years-and the Washington region's very first professional production-stars Broadway's Jill Paice (Curtains), Euan Morton (Boy George in Taboo), and Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose) in the Russian/American conflict made new again. Director Eric Schaeffer (Broadway's Million Dollar Quartet) and his creative team capture the gritty, sexy world of Chess' 1985 radio hit ‘One Night in Bangkok' in the amazing intimacy of Signature's 276-seat MAX Theatre. The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre has a national reputation for its work with musicals - polishing underappreciated gems, as well as producing world premieres and reinventing classics.

Westport Country Playhouse's Young Professionals Network and Norwalk's Triangle Community Center will present the first-ever 'LGBT Night Out at the Playhouse,' for members of the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender communities and allies, on Thursday, August 12.

TACT/The Actors Company Theatre (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, Co-Artistic Directors) has announced its 2010/2011 Season. The critically-acclaimed company dedicated to presenting neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit will offer Mainstage productions of The Memorandum by Vaclav Havel, and Three Men on a Horse by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm at The Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street) on Theatre Row.

The Roscommon Arts Centre announces upcoming events for July. Maggie Madden's first solo exhibition opens on July 9th. Toni Walsh performs on July 21st. ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is presented on July 24th. Roscommon Arts Centre is a vibrant, purpose-built arts space, which is committed to presenting a dynamic and ambitious multi-disciplinary programme of events that creates and develops audiences for the arts and contributes to local arts development in County Roscommon.

'THREE IRISH WIDOWS versus THE REST OF THE WORLD' opens Tuesday, September 7th at the Stage Left Studio Theatre (438 West 37th Street - between 9th & 10th Avenues) where it will play through Friday, September 17th as a featured attraction in the 1st IRISH 2010 FESTIVAL.

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, is pleased to announce that seven new members were elected to the Board of Directors during the organization's recent annual conference in Los Angeles.

The Roscommon Arts Centre presents 'Fading not Ending' by Maggie Madden from July 9th to August 5th.

The Roscommon Arts Centre announces upcoming events for July. Maggie Madden's first solo exhibition opens on July 9th. Toni Walsh performs on July 21st. ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is presented on July 24th. Roscommon Arts Centre is a vibrant, purpose-built arts space, which is committed to presenting a dynamic and ambitious multi-disciplinary programme of events that creates and develops audiences for the arts and contributes to local arts development in County Roscommon.

The Roscommon Arts Centre presents 'Fading not Ending' by Maggie Madden from July 9th to August 5th.

It's that time of the year again for the recognition of some amazing up and coming talent on the theatre scene, specifically, the 20th Annual Kleban Awards. The Kleban Foundation is pleased to announce that the 20th Annual Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theater lyricist has gone to Peter Mills and the award for the most promising musical theater librettist has gone to Barry Wyner. The 2010 awards will be presented on June 21, 2010, in a private ceremony (by invitation only) at ASCAP.

Complete casting has been announced for the Signature Theatre's staging of CHESS, joining the previously announced Jill Paice, Jeremy Kushnier and Euan Morton will be Eleasha Gamble, Russell, Sunday. Chris Sizemore, Christopher Bloch, Jamie Eacker, Christopher Mueller, Gregory Maheu, Rachel Zampelli, Jonathan Atkinson, James Gardiner, Katie McManus and Bayla Whitten.

THREE IRISH WIDOWS Opens At Singers Forum, Opens 6/10

Offering up greater variety, including more than 50 debuts from Sting to Wagnerian tenor John Treleaven, Ravinia Festival Chairperson Pamela B. Strobel and President and CEO Welz Kauffman today announced details of the 2010 season, including a Chicago Symphony Orchestra residency that celebrates major anniversaries of Mahler, Chopin, Schumann, Barber, Bernstein and Copland, as well as milestone birthdays of Music Director James Conlon, Christoph Eschenbach and Stephen Sondheim. The season, featuring 117 separate events, runs from June 3 through September 7.

THREE IRISH WIDOWS Opens At Singers Forum, Opens 6/10

La MaMa E.T.C., in association with Watson Arts, will end the New York Premiere of BRAZIL NUTS on May 23. Internationally acclaimed writer/performer Susan Jeremy (P.S. 69 and Was That My 15 Minutes?) plays all the parts in this new comedy about gay marriage and immigrant rights, co-written and directed by Mary Fulham.

The 2010/11 season at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts features six distinct performance series that highlight amazing artists and extraordinary experiences. This season showcases a world-class roster of performers including international theatre companies, jazz and world music greats, superstar dance companies and Philadelphia's most edgy and innovative artists.

La MaMa E.T.C., in association with Watson Arts, presents the New York Premiere of BRAZIL NUTS. Internationally acclaimed writer/performer Susan Jeremy (P.S. 69 and Was That My 15 Minutes?) plays all the parts in this new comedy about gay marriage and immigrant rights, co-written and directed by Mary Fulham.

La MaMa E.T.C., in association with Watson Arts, presents the New York Premiere of BRAZIL NUTS. Internationally acclaimed writer/performer Susan Jeremy (P.S. 69 and Was That My 15 Minutes?) plays all the parts in this new comedy about gay marriage and immigrant rights, co-written and directed by Mary Fulham.

La MaMa E.T.C., in association with Watson Arts, presents the New York Premiere of BRAZIL NUTS. Internationally acclaimed writer/performer Susan Jeremy (P.S. 69 and Was That My 15 Minutes?) plays all the parts in this new comedy about gay marriage and immigrant rights, co-written and directed by Mary Fulham.

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs has announced the nominees for the 2010 24th Annual MAC Awards. The ceremony honoring the nominees, will take place on May 4, 2010 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, and will be hosted by Sharon McNight. Leslie Uggams will be honored for Lifetime Achievement, with Board of Directors Awards being presented to Peter Leavy and playbill.com. The event will begin at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm. Lennie Watts will direct the evening, with Tracy Stark musical directing.

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) will close the second production of their 2010 Spring Festival Season - Cavalli's Jason (Giasone) on May 2 at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park.