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Two icons of Australian Theatre, Nancye Hayes and Reg Livermore, take to the stage for the world premiere tour of Turns - a reflection on identity, family, show business ... and completely losing your marbles! Turns will be performed in Adelaide at Her Majesty's Theatre from 4 - 16 April as part of a national tour.

Alec Baldwin will be the 26th Honoree when the Museum of the Moving Image presents its Annual Salute on February 28, 2011 at Cipriani's 42nd St., in New York, announced Rochelle Slovin, the Museum's Director. The evening, sponsored by Ermenegildo Zegna, begins with cocktails at 7pm followed by Dinner and presentation at 8pm.

Fantasia Barrino has been announced to play the staring role in an upcoming film adaptation of the 1993 book Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The screenplay for the movie was written by Jim Evering, and Euzhan Palcy will serve as director.

As a 'valentine' and 'get-well card' to Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award and GRAMMY Legend Award recipient Aretha Franklin, four-time GRAMMY winner Yolanda Adams, four-time GRAMMY winner and Latin GRAMMY winner Christina Aguilera, GRAMMY winner Jennifer Hudson, country superstar Martina McBride, and current nominee Florence Welch will join together on the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards in celebration of the 18-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee's music and ongoing legacy. The special segment will feature individual and collective performances of some of the Queen of Soul's classic hits and will add to the stellar lineup for Music's Biggest Night.

The Society of London Theatre and Mousetrap Theatre Projects are inviting teachers who are interested in finding out about London theatres' educational opportunities to book for their next EducationLive event on Tuesday 5 April 2011.

At a festival celebrating the 78th birthday of the late Patsy Cline, held on the singer's front steps in Winchester, VA and judged by her surviving family and friends, Carol Glass thrilled the crowd with her amazing ability to sing like the country music star. Glass, who lives in Seneca and has performed Patsy Cline songs in area festivals and programs for the last seven years, brought back the title and the knowledge that her voice was the closest thing to those who knew Patsy best.

Jason Kao Hwang, composer and violinist, will be preimering his work 'Burning Bridge' on February 14, 2011 at 8:30pm. The concert will take place at Roulette, located at 20 Green Street (just north of Canal.)

THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS are taking the forthcoming election very seriously. For the first time ever meetings around the country will take place on February 14th at 11am. Meetings will be held at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin, the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway, and the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork. In Dublin, arts spokespersons from all 5 political parties will attend a meeting to outline their respective arts policies and answer questions.

Peter Allen was one of the greatest and most acclaimed Australian performers of all times. Having died 19 years ago Peter's music lives on and his songs have been recorded by countless international singing stars. Thursday 10 February marks his birthday - being only 16 days from the return of Todd McKenney in The Boy From Oz. After a recent sellout season in Melbourne The Boy from Oz will play a strictly limited season at the Capitol Theatre from Saturday 26 February to Thursday 17 March 2011.

Victoria Theatre Association proudly announces the PNC Family Series presentation of Creole for Kidz & the History of Zydeco, February 26-27, 2011 at 1pm and 3:30 pm in the historic Victoria Theatre.

Earlier this morning the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced a list of esteemed presenters for their 2011 inductees. Among those presenting are Paul Simon, Elton John, John Legend, Bette Midler, and Neil Young. The list of inductees includes Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Leon Russell, and more. For a complete list, visit the official website.

FAB Cafe, the artists' cafe in the East 4th Street Cultural District, is planning a sweet surprise to celebrate the opening week of New York Theatre Workshop's musical Peter and the Starcatcher. FAB Cafe will celebrate its new concession partnership with New York Theatre Workshop by offering delicious mini-cupcakes from the Lower East Side Girls Club's Sweet Things Bakeshop starting February 18, 2011. Cupcakes will be sold for $1 and will be available in the theater's lobby during performances and at the Cafe's main location at 75 East 4th Street. For kids, it doesn't get better - an entertaining, exciting show hand in hand with sweets.

As theatregoers, we are used to seeing the reviews of critics up on the marquee. We're also used to artistic directors asking for comments from audience members, according to Boston.com. But Robert J. Orchard at the Paramount Center is trying something new with his show 'The Color of Rose.' He's putting audience tweets on the marquee outside.

Nineteen of the 20 nominees in the acting categories will be among more than 140 Oscar® nominees who will gather at noon on Monday, February 7, at the Beverly Hilton when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors this year's Oscar contenders at its annual Nominees Luncheon. Additional confirmations are expected to come in over the weekend.

SHOWTIME is airing a marathon of the first four installments of its newest hit series SHAMELESS on Saturday, February 5th, starting at 5:00 PM. SHAMELESS stars William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum and Joan Cusack. New episodes air on Sundays at 10:00pm. SHAMELESS is SHOWTIME's best performing freshman drama series in the past seven years.

In celebration of Black History Month, The Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) is hosting its 'African American Arts Festival' with programming over the course of two weekends. Aimed at young children and parents, activities, CMOM's performances, activities and music pay homage to the Black experience in America.

Kate Walsh will return to ABC's Grey's Anatomy for an upcoming musical episode, according to TVGuide.com. Walsh currently stars as Dr. Addison Montgomery in Private Practice, ABC's spin-off series from Grey's Anatomy.

After announcing this morning that he will return to the Royal Shakespeare Company this summer, Patrick Stewart has also announced that he will be returning to the Young Vic next year. He will appear as William Shakespeare in Edward Bond's 1973 play Bingo, a play he first appeared in back in April 2010 at Chichester Festival's Minerva theatre.

The Theater Company (TTC) can't stand the 'antici...pation' anymore! Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW opens next week! This is TTC's second time producing this Sci-fi cult hit. Due to popular demand, it is being staged again after several years of their patrons begging for a revival. But don't expect the same production as last time, 'Rocky can be done in many different ways,' notes Producing Artistic Director David Zimmerman, 'and we are bringing a fresh design and look to the show instead of copying the movie or our past production. Director Billy Mitchell has shown in the past that he can relate to an audience and create something different and interesting all at the same time, so I am confident we will not only repeat our success, but sell out this production!'

Pam Murphy's one woman show, The C Word, is coming back to the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre on Wednesday February 9th and 16th, at 8:00 PM. The C Word was named BEST SOLO SHOW OF 2010 by Time Out NY.