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A two-time Grammy Award-winning performer, composer, teacher and writer, Ravi Shankar is India's most esteemed musical Ambassador and a singular phenomenon in the classical music worlds of East and West. Charlotte audiences won?t want to miss the one-night performance by Ravi Shankar at Charlotte?s Belk Theater Monday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $20.00 and are still available online at BlumenthalCenter.org, by phone at 704-372-1000 or at the Performing Arts Center box office.

The award-winning Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in Studio City, CA, adds sizzle to its May headlining roster when regional musical theatre star Shaun Samaro, Television and Broadway star Dean Butler, and Theresa Anne Swain, winner of LA's Next Great Stage Star 2009, make their cabaret debuts at the trendy and immensely popular supper club.

Returning due to unprecedented demand following its highly successful debut at the Balboa Theatre (April 21-26, 2009); the award-winning Beatles concert Rain ? A Tribute To The Beatles announces a return engagement in an electrifying Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation. Rain: A Tribute To the Beatles will return to San Diego for two performances only at San Diego Civic Theatre on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 2PM & 8PM.

A two-time Grammy Award-winning performer, composer, teacher and writer, Ravi Shankar is India's most esteemed musical Ambassador and a singular phenomenon in the classical music worlds of East and West. Charlotte audiences won?t want to miss the one-night performance by Ravi Shankar at Charlotte?s Belk Theater Monday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $20.00 and are still available online at BlumenthalCenter.org, by phone at 704-372-1000 or at the Performing Arts Center box office.

Denver Center Attractions recently announced fall engagements of two immensely popular touring shows to play the Buell Theatre. Rain ? A Tribute to The Beatles will play September 22-27, and Riverdance will play eight farewell performances November 24-29. Ticket on-sale information will be announced at a later date.

The award-winning Beatles concert, RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles, makes its debut in an electrifying Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation at the BALBOA THEATRE, April 21-26, 2009. In a show the Denver Post calls 'the next best thing to seeing The Beatles,' RAIN boasts a repertoire of nearly 200 Beatlemaniac favorites, ranging from such beloved songs as 'Yesterday' and 'Hey Jude' to classic hits including 'Revolution' and 'Come Together.'

The award-winning Beatles concert, Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles, makes its debut in an electrifying Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation at the Balboa Theatre, April 21-26, 2009. In a show the Denver Post calls ?the next best thing to seeing The Beatles, Rain boasts a repertoire of nearly 200 Beatlemaniac favorites, ranging from such beloved songs as ?Yesterday? and ?Hey Jude? to classic hits including ?Revolution? and ?Come Together.?

The award-winning Beatles concert, RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles, makes its debut in a Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation at the BALBOA THEATRE, April 21-26, 2009. In a show the Denver Post calls 'the next best thing to seeing The Beatles,' RAIN boasts a repertoire of nearly 200 Beatlemaniac favorites, ranging from such beloved songs as 'Yesterday' and 'Hey Jude' to classic hits including 'Revolution' and 'Come Together.'

Broadway favorite Sherie Rene Scott is not the 'Sherie Rene Scott' diva character appearing in EVERYDAY RAPTURE, but that doesn't mean everyone knows that yet.

Completing its 30th Anniversary Season, Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will present EVERYDAY RAPTURE, written by Dick Scanlan (Tony nominee for Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Sherie Rene Scott (Tony nominee for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), with musical supervision by Tom Kitt (Next to Normal, High Fidelity), directed by Michael Mayer (Tony Award winner for Spring Awakening).

On April 5, 2009. Broadway in Concert! at the Canyon ushers in Spring with Southland musical theatre stars Peter Welkin and Shannon Watson in From Broadway to Film and Back Again, a thrilling journey featuring music from Broadway that made its way into films; and music from films that became Broadway shows.

On April 5, 2009. Broadway in Concert! at the Canyon ushers in Spring with Southland musical theatre stars Peter Welkin and Shannon Watson in From Broadway to Film and Back Again, a thrilling journey featuring music from Broadway that made its way into films; and music from films that became Broadway shows.

The award-winning Beatles concert, RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles, makes its debut in an electrifying Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation at the BALBOA THEATRE, April 21-26, 2009. In a show the Denver Post calls 'the next best thing to seeing The Beatles,' RAIN boasts a repertoire of nearly 200 Beatlemaniac favorites, ranging from such beloved songs as 'Yesterday' and 'Hey Jude' to classic hits including 'Revolution' and 'Come Together.'

The award-winning Beatles concert, Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles, makes its debut in an electrifying Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation at the Balboa Theatre, April 21-26, 2009. In a show the Denver Post calls ?the next best thing to seeing The Beatles, Rain boasts a repertoire of nearly 200 Beatlemaniac favorites, ranging from such beloved songs as ?Yesterday? and ?Hey Jude? to classic hits including ?Revolution? and ?Come Together.?

The award-winning Beatles concert, RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles, makes its Chicago debut at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (50 E. Congress Pkwy.) for a limited engagement March 3 - 8, 2009.

Producer Michael Sterling of Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in Studio City, CA reports that January and February, 2009 are unprecedented as the two most successful months of attendance at the critically acclaimed supper-club since its June, 2006 opening. 'We are thrilled that in this remarkable time of economical decline, we have hosted a record number of guests since the beginning of this new year.

In its 13th Season, the Virginia Arts Festival will present the world?s great performers to audiences throughout Hampton Roads, in six whirlwind weeks that will bring over 50 performances to more than two dozen venues in ten cities across the region. Performances include the best of Broadway, breathtaking ballet, electrifying modern dance, colorful performance traditions from around the world?and great music for every taste, from the world?s most acclaimed classical artists to top performers of pop, country, bluegrass, and jazz. Showstoppers Liza Minnelli and Patti LuPone, two of the most extraordinary voices in American theater, bookend the 2009 Festival.

TOMMY TURNS 40: A Live Performance of THE WHO'S Tommy Commemorating The Greatest Rock Opera's Fortieth Birthday Featuring WONDEROUS STORIES, GODFREY TOWNSHEND, JACK HOTOP, TOM BOWES, ED RYAN, HOLLIANN LAROCCA, SUE TURNER + more - GODFREY TOWNSEND plays PETE TOWNSHEND Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 7:30pm $25 adv, $30 at door VIP Ticket: First entry to club, reserved seats near the stage and color show poster - $40

Broadway in Concert! at The Canyon, the all new Wednesday night series of intimate concerts headlined by the best of Broadway musical theatre stars and Nightclub artists opening January 7, 2009 at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA, has added longtime LA musical theatre star Steve Gideon to its opening month roster - it was announced today by Canyon Club Managing Partner Lance Sterling and Producer Michael Sterling of Michael Sterling & Associates in Los Angeles.

Broadway in Concert! at The Canyon, the all new Wednesday night series of intimate concerts headlined by the best of Broadway musical theatre stars and Nightclub artists opening January 7, 2009 at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA, has added longtime LA musical theatre star Steve Gideon to its opening month roster - it was announced today by Canyon Club Managing Partner Lance Sterling and Producer Michael Sterling of Michael Sterling & Associates in Los Angeles.