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First Run Theatre announces the finalists of the 9th annual script submissions.

Patrick Marber's play CLOSER is an intriguing examination of the way men and women interact with one another, particularly with regards to their vastly differing ideas as to what love and commitment actually mean.

Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer has constructed an interesting and very engaging work with SIRENS, which comes to us directly from the Humana New Plays Festival.

RUINED is one of those plays that lingers in your mind long after it's over.

Since I've become a theatre critic I've had the opportunity to see several productions of William Shakespeare's MACBETH, and most have left me wanting in one way or another.

Citilites Theatre proudly presents its production of SOUTHERN BAPTIST SISSIES, Del Shores' hilarious and touching follow-up to his cult favorite Sordid Lives (stage play, movie, and TV series) at The Gaslight Theater @ 358 N.

In Ireland, the toe-tapping collegiality of an impromptu living room concert can be summed up in single word: craic.

Kim Massie's concert was originally scheduled for January 5.

In April, Bellingham(WA) based singer/strummer/rambler Robert Sarazin Blake, with the Powderkegs as backing band, will be touring the East Coast in support of their new release 'Put it all down in a Letter'.

Tim Schall has been called a 'consummate cabaret performer' by Cabaret Scenes Magazine.

The 2011 season opens with the St.

Disney's Emmy Award?winning Imagination Movers kicked off their 'In a Big Warehouse' Tour this month.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/20 for St.

Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions bring the 2009 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Billy Elliot the Musical to St.

New York-based Erik Ochsner will conduct performances of the Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring: Live to Projection at Powell Symphony Hall, St.

The Repertory Theatre of St.

Webster University's Conservatory of Theatre Arts presents ALMOST, MAINE by John Cariani.

Facebook, Scrabulous, handheld solitaire games, the Greek Isles, Greek myths.

Bill Clinton was President when Chicago native Michael Flatley created and launched Lord of the Dance.

This month, Washington University's Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences will present the Bard's most popular comedy - arguably the most popular ever written - as its spring Mainstage production: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

The Sheldon presents THE CELTIC TENORS, Friday, March 11, 2011 at 8 p.

The Sheldon presents 'Colors of Russia' featuring David Halen, violin, Miran Halen, soprano and Natasha Paremski, piano, Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 8 p.

In celebration of its 25th season, Circus Flora, St.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/13 for St.

Meet Victor and Walter Franz - brothers who haven't spoken to one another in 16 years.