Come eat, sing dance and celebrate as the longest running show the Boychick Affair comes to The Times Square Arts Center. Saturdays @6:30, Sundays@1pm.Full buffet meal included. Perfect for the entire family. www.boychickaffair.com

Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, announced today that due to overwhelming audience demand 42nd Street has been extended. The show will run for 8 additional performances.

For its sixth season, the NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble will present Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors in repertory with Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, at the Lebanon Opera House from June 18 through July 4. These two classic plays will showcase the versatile talents of NESE's acting Company: Comedy is a fast-paced popular delight, full of puns, wordplay and slapstick humor, and one of the funniest plays the Bard ever wrote; in contrast, Godot is a tragicomedy, where "nothing" happens, but audiences still stay glued to their seats.

From the creator of Gramdma Sylvia's Funeral comes The Boychick Affair-The Bar Mitzvah of Harry Boychick. After a two year run in LA and Florida the Boychick Affair comes to the Times Square Arts Center. Eat,sing dance and celebrate with the Boychicks on this special day. A MUST SEE- LA TIMES OUTRAGEOUS AND FUN- MIAMI HERALD

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Theatre503 presents David Harewood as Martin Luther King in The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, directed by James Dacre.

Little Angel Theatre's Summer Party 2009 is held Saturday 4th July 2009. Admission is free and the event runs 1-5pm

The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe celebrates its 50th Anniversary season with a song and dance satire of monumental proportions, TOO BIG TO FAIL. Wilma Bonet directs Velina Brown (Veronique of the Mounties, Red State), BW Gonzalez (Seeing Double), Ed Holmes (Seeing Double, Making a Killing), Lisa Hori-Garcia (GodFellas, Red State), Adrian Mejia (Red State), and Michael Gene Sullivan (GodFellas, Making a Killing) in this odyssey through the twists and turns of banking bureaucracy and international finance.

West Fest 2009, WalMart and the Utah Cultural Celebration Center present a free outdoor concert by the Utah Symphony, performing patriotic and other crowd pleasing compositions to kick off the week of July 4.

"The Boychick Affair-The Bar Mitzvah of Harry Boychick" is making its New York City debut on July 4, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at The Times Square Arts Center. From the creator of the beloved off-Broadway smash-hit "Grandma Sylvia's Funeral" and former star of the legendary "Tony & Tina's Wedding," "The Boychick Affair" is a hilarious interactive comedy show that gives new meaning to the phrase "dysfunctional family."

All the wrong men chase all the wrong women in Misalliance, an exuberant Victorian comedy from George Bernard Shaw that begins previews at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival June 26 and runs through July 4.

Once the ashes have settled from Columbus' annual Independence Day celebration "Red, White, and Boom!," make plans to see another kind of fireworks - the ones onstage at Shadowbox. The troupe will present their summer review, The Best of Shadowbox, for one show only on the evening of July 4th, with a special menu option for patrons.

Independence Day 2009 offers a night of laughs in Las Vegas, as four of comedy's brightest talents come to the Orleans Arena in Uncle Sam's Comedy Jam with Mike Epps and More! Joining Epps are Arnez J, Earthquake and Leslie Jones for a hilarious one-night event on July 4 at 9 p.m.

Once the ashes have settled from Columbus? annual Independence Day celebration ?Red, White, and Boom!,? make plans to see another kind of fireworks ? the ones onstage at Shadowbox. The troupe will present their summer review, The Best of Shadowbox with a special 4th of July menu option for patrons.

Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel and Rob Thomas are set to sing along with the New York Pops and the Choir Academy of Harlem during the Macy's Fourth Of July Fireworks celebration.

Cast members from the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS will perform on PBS-TV's "A Capitol Fourth" independence day concert celebration on Saturday, July 4 from 8:00pm to 9:30pm ET (check local listings).

MAZEL TOV! MAZEL TOV! MAZEL TOV! "THE BOYCHICK AFFAIR - THE BAR MITZVAH OF HARRY BOYCHICK" IS COMING TO NYC'S TIMES SQUARE ARTS CENTER ON JULY 4TH!

The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will hold a special Fourth of July performance of its currently running production of Twelfth Night among the picturesque ruins of the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park, Ellicott City, Maryland. The Saturday performance will be held at 5:00 p.m and will be over at approximately 7:30 p.m., leaving plenty of time for audience members to get to local fireworks displays around the area.

James Dybas will join the cast of the hit Baby Boomer musical revue "DON'T LEAVE IT ALL TO YOUR CHILDREN! on July 1st, subbing for Ronnie Schell who is taking a leave to fulfill some concert engagements. Ronnie will re-join the cast in early fall. Mr. Dybas joins BARBARA MINKUS (Picon Pie), MARCIA RODD (The Last of the Red Hot Lovers) and STEVE ROSSI (of Allen & Rossi) in the revue written and directed by Saul Ilson (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour) with musical staging by Rudy Tronto.

Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is now playing at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts through July 18 in its North Carolina premiere.

Declare your independence from the same old picnic and come see the show everyone is talking about...THE FULL MONTY on July 4th.

Start your celebration early by catching the fireworks happening on stage during Georgia Shakespeare's Summer Festival. Tennessee Williams' sizzling Southern drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof joins the line-up alongside the Bard's romantic comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Derby Dinner Playhouse offers Buy One Get One Free deal: buy one ticket at regular price to see HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL on the evening of July 4 only and we will give you one ticket FREE!

On Saturday, July 4th, Upright Cabaret presents "American Anthem, a celebration of American song" starring Broadway's Jennifer Leight Warren and a all-star cast at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club, which will weave a tapestry of American song with great stories and classics that you know and love!

The Apple Tree, a musical comedy at Crown City Theatre Company, is extended through July 26th. Half-price tickets are now available July 4th weekend.

SPOOKY DOG AND THE TEEN-AGE GANG MYSTERIES announces its final weekend. Friday, July 3 at 7:30 pm, **JUST ADDED** Friday, July 3 at 8:30 pm, Saturday, July 4 at 7:30 pm.

The following lists IndyArts' July 4th celebrations around the city.

ALTAR BOYZ announced today that it would be changing its schedule for the summer: beginning Saturday July 4th, the Saturday matinee would be at 4 pm. Beginning Sunday July 12th, the Sunday evening performance will begin at 7:30 pm. Saturday matinees at 2 pm will resume after Labor Day, but the Sunday evening performance will remain at 7:30 pm permanently.

Theater Talk announces upcoming guests for the month of July. Lewis Black and Nancy Giles On Thirteen: Friday, July 3rd at 1:00 AM On CUNY TV: Saturday, July 4th at 8:30 PM

American Stage Theatre Company has canceled the Saturday, July 4 at 8 p.m. performance of the hit comedy/drama, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Jeffrey Hatcher after Mitch Albom.

Bill Irwin and John Glover, currently starring in Roundabout Theatre Company's Waiting for Godot, will be featured on NY1's "On Stage" this weekend beginning Saturday, July 4th on channel 1. Bill and John sit down with NY1's Patrick Pacheco to discuss this highly acclaimed Broadway revival.

If there's one thing Nashville knows how to do, it's throw a party. On Saturday, July 4th head down to Riverfront Park for a day filled with summer fun. Check out the Coca-Cola FREE Family Fun Zone with inflatables and more fun for every member of the family.