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As a result of unprecedented ticket demand resulting in 15 weeks of sold-out performances, TimeLine Theatre Company announces a second extension of its critically acclaimed Chicago premiere of The History Boys by Alan Bennett, directed by Nick Bowling. TimeLine will continue the play, originally scheduled to close on June 21 and previously extended to August 2, now through September 27, 2009, at TimeLine Theatre.

Flipside Circus proudly present their latest work 'Roll up!....or Run Away?'. These days many children and young people and in fact many adults never get to see the circus like they did in the old days. The era of the traveling circus are numbered!

This summer marks the 25th anniversary of Indiana University's prestigious Jacobs School of Music Summer String Academy, which brings together students and renowned faculty from around the world.

The Loveland Music Guild is proud to present Rick Lewis' lighthearted musical The Taffetas, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, August 11-13, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Rialto Theater in Loveland (228 East 4th Street, Loveland, CO).

500 Clown Theater, a Chicago non-profit that believes 'life is worth the risk,' presents '500 Clown and the Elephant Deal' - a musical missile aimed at the tenuous border between fiction and reality - as part of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Visiting Company Initiative. Run time will be approximately 90 minutes, and post-show discussions will follow Wednesday and Thursday performances (free with paid ticket).

WWS Productions, in conjunction with William and Wendy Spatz, presents the original sci-fi, audience interactive, docu-comedy 'Earth:TTFN?! Or Will the Developer from Planet Sildenia Destroy Earth, Calling it a Blight on the Intergalactic Neighborhood?'

Dangerous Ground presents 3! as part of the undergroundzero festival at Performance Space 122.

Backstage Bar announces July events with cabaret at Theater Square. Backstage Bar is a project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, located in Theater Square at 655 Penn Avenue. Hours are Tuesday-Thursday, 5 p.m. - midnight; Friday, 5 p.m. - 1 a.m.; Saturday, 5 p.m.-2 a.m.; Sunday, noon - 6 p.m.; closed on Monday. There is no cover charge and happy hour is 9-11pm. The perfect meeting place-open to the public!

Come to the Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's Third Annual Student Theater Workshop production, and all will be revealed in a new adaptation by artistic director Gayle Stahlhuth of Mary Mapes Dodge's 1865 novel 'Hans Brinker,' about an ice-skating race in the Netherlands and the silver skates that are the prize.

The Centre Theater at the Montgomery County Cultural Center has an exceptional summer camp for students ages 5 - 14 years old. The very successful program is beginning its 14th year of very special activities in theater, music, dance and art.

Meadow Brook Theatre's 2009-2010 season has something new for everyone with a full season of Michigan professional premieres! Meadow Brook Theatre's five-play season is all new for 2009-2010.

Mark your calendar for ArtLuck! This Friday, June 26, 6:30 PM. Join Kirkland Arts Center and area artists for BBQ and critiques at ArtLuck!

Ars Lyrica's 2009-2010 season offers a fantastic musical excursion: London, Naples, Paris, and Rome await - and you don't need to get on an airplane or pack a bag! Our musical 'Grand Tour' follows a path trod by generations of young people to soak up the culture of distant nations.

Clark Teen Laughing Matter Improv is June 26 at the Charles E. Norman Theatre. Old Crow Confessions at the Nightingale Theater. The Spontaniacs! at the Nightingale Theater 6/27.

Actor, performer, dancer, singer, tap sensation and US Air Force welterweight boxing champion, Joe Orrach has performed worldwide on stage, television and in motion pictures with greats such as Gregory Hines, Woody Allen, Savion Glover, Honi Coles, and James Mangold.

Why travel all the way to New York to see the latest Broadway musicals when you can enjoy them right here in the Bay Area? Diablo Actors' Ensemble's raises the temperature with 'Broadway Heat,' a musical revue of the hottest shows currently on Broadway from July 17 - August 9 at its intimate theater in Walnut Creek.

New Shows Just Added for Yoshi's of Oakland and San Francisco! On Sale Now. Tickets for all shows are on sale now at www.yoshis.com, the Yoshi's Box Office or by phone at 415-655-5600 (SF) or 510-238-9200 (Oakland).

The Summer Play Festival (SPF) announces casting for the eagerly anticipated 2009 Festival in New York City. Casts include stage and screen actress Ally Sheedy; Ari Graynor, recently seen in NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLST; Maulik Pancholy, regular on the Showtime hit WEEDS and NBC's 30 ROCK; Katherine Waterston, who broke out in THE BABYSITTERS; Aya Cash, recently seen in Manhattan Theater Club's FROM UP HERE; and Eddie Kay Thomas, from the AMERICAN PIE movie series.

Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) limited engagement of Christopher Hampton's The Philanthropist will play its final performance on Sunday, June 28th at 2:00 PM. Matthew Broderick, Jonathan Cake, Anna Madeley and Steven Weber star in this revival directed by David Grindley, at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd St).

EAST RIVER COMMEDIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLLECTIVE: UNCONSCIOUS PRESENT playgroundzero, a playreading series curated by Saviana Stanescu AS PART OF THE undergroundzero festival.