Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 8/18/2012

THE HUNGER GAMES to Arrive on Blu-ray/DVD, 8/18 - 8/18/2012

Lionsgate�s THE HUNGER GAMES juggernaut will arrive on home entertainment at 12:01 A.M. on Saturday, August 18, as the first film in Lionsgate�s The Hunger Games franchise.

dell'Arte Opera Ensemble Opens DIALOGUES DES CARM�LITES - 8/18/2012

dell�Arte Opera Ensemble of New York City announces its 2012 season, featuring two masterworks from the French operatic repertoire: George Bizet�s Carmen (1875) and Francis Poulenc�s Dialogues des Carm�lites (1957), with stage direction by Knud Adams and Victoria Crutchfield and musical direction by dell�Arte�s Artistic Director, Christopher Fecteau.

TV: NEWSIES Cast to Take Part in Live Chat - 8/18/2012

For the third time this year, cast members from the breakout American musical Newsies will chat with fans live on YouTube. This Saturday, August 18th at 6:00PM EST, Newsies� Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Ryan Steele, Garett Hawe and Laurie Veldheer will be on hand to talk about the show.

American Chamber Opera Closes DON GIOVANNI - 8/19/2012

The American Chamber Opera Company presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart�s Don Giovanni in English, Fridays August 10 and 17 at 7:30 PM, Saturdays August 11 and 18 at 7:30 PM and Sundays August 12 and 19 at 4:00 PM. All performances take place at The Chicago Temple, located at 77 West Washington St., Chicago, Ill.

Dayton's Victoria Theatre Continues Cool Films Series with THE GODFATHER Trilogy - 8/19/2012

Victoria Theatre Association makes you an offer impossible to refuse with an epic three-day presentation of THE GODFATHER TRILOGY August 17 � 19, 2012 at the Victoria Theatre as part of our 2012 Cool Films Series.THE GODFATHER, showing Friday, August 17, 2012, introduces audiences to the infamous Corleone family, including Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone and Al Pacino as Michael Corleone. The family�s integral involvement in the New York Mafia spawns the plot for this cinematic landmark.

Playwrights Horizons begins accepting entries today, Wednesday, August 15, for its popular LIVEforFIVE online lottery for $5 tickets to DETROIT, the New York premiere of the much-heralded new play by Obie Award winner Lisa D�Amour. Ms. D�Amour is both a 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist for this play and a 2011 Steinberg Playwright Award winner for her body of work. Directed by Obie Award winner Anne Kauffman (Maple and Vine at Playwrights Horizons, Slowgirl, Stunning, Naked Angels� This Wide Night) in a completely new production, DETROITis being presented as the first production of the theater company�s 2012/2013 Season.