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This Saturday, July 14 at 10 A.M. EDT, medici.tv presents the world premiere of British composer George Benjamin's opera WRITTEN ON SKIN, recorded live at the Grand Theatre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence last weekend. The opera stars bass Christopher Purves, soprano Barbara Hannigan, countertenor Bejun Mehta,mezzo-soprano Victoria Simmonds and tenor Allan Clayton, with the composer conducting.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party is always an extravaganza of musical fun at Birdland, and this past Monday night was no exception!

Gucci Timepieces & Jewelry, the GRAMMY Foundation, The Recording Academy and China Soong Ching Ling Foundation (C.S.C.L.F.), together with Gucci retail partner, Chong Hing Jewelers, will host an exclusive musical performance at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles to celebrate the students of the GRAMMY Cultural Exchange Program.

Actor and producer, Mark Consuelos, best known for his role on the long-running soap favorite, "All My Children," will read a portion of the book SKIPPYJON JONES to audience members, many of whom are children who have never been to a live theatrical performance.

Due to overwhelming demand, Central Square Theater will extend the world premiere of CAR TALK: THE MUSICAL!!! three weeks through September 2.

Josiah Theatre Works presents the one night only PRE-4TH ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT featuring SOPHIA LOREN COFFEE at the Harlem Tavern at 7PM. This distinguished event will lead up to the world premier musical SANGIN' THE TEARS AWAY.

Three 18 year olds from Nashville turning out tracks that play like lost nuggets from 1968, The Paperhead announce national tour dates bringing the vintage sounds of their Trouble In Mind-released self-titled LP and PICTURES OF HER DEMISE 7' to life.

The Playwrights Foundation's now legendary Indie New Play Festival begins the 35th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF) on July 20 -29 2012 at the Thick House Theater in San Francisco.

The 2012 fall season will include the Sarasota Youth Opera world premiere of LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND. The 2013 Winter Festival will feature three Sarasota Opera premieres: Puccini's TURANDOT; Verdi's A KING FOR A DAY (Un giorno di regno); and Carlisle Floyd's OF MICE AND MEN.

THE PEER GYNT PROJECT is a U.S./U.K./Norway multi-media theater collaboration conceived by Caroline von Kuhn and co-created by Jennifer Gibbs, John Gould Rubin and Ms. von Kuhn, Produced by Robyn Hussa and starring Neil Hancock - a wheelchair-using actor who has Cerebral Palsy. The company is re-telling the epic story of Ibsen's Peer Gynt by injecting accounts of own contemporary struggles into the narrative.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the so-called 'Ground Zero Imam,' will be the Rev. F. M. 'Buddy' Stallings's forum guest speaking on behalf of disenfranchised Muslims around the US who are spiritual, moderate, and patriotic. A book signing will follow.

After more than a decade of triumphant success in both San Francisco and Seattle, Teatro ZinZanni comes south to Segerstrom Center for the Arts with a brand new show, LOVE, CHAOS, & DINNER, October 24 - December 31, 2012.

About to head into its 12th summer, Pacific Symphony's ARTS-X-PRESS once again hosts 150 middle-school students for three weeks of workshops, excursions and activities designed to promote creativity and love of the arts-beginning Saturday, July 14.

In his one man show, Michael Pope tells the true story of fulfilling fantasies at a phone sex hotline in the Empire State Building. After cashing in on the sale of his bike messenger company and narrowly surviving misadventures in the streets, rooftops and skyscrapers of yesterday's New York City, Pope builds a devoted following of men (and eventually women) to underwrite his lifelong dream of becoming a filmmaker.

Scotiabank BuskerFest organizers are proud to announce the exciting local acts for the 13th annual Toronto international street performers festival in support of Epilepsy Toronto. These top-notch performers will dazzle Toronto's St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood along with the best buskers from all over the world as they take over the streets from Thursday, August 23 to Sunday, August 26.

Family Equality Council, the national organization which connects, supports, and represents the one million parents in the U.S. who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) and the two million children they are raising today announced preparations for the 17th annual Family Week to be held from July 28th to August 4th in Provincetown, MA.

Looking Glass Theatre announces its acceptance of #BFAPROBLEMS: THE MUSICAL to its Space Grant Program. This new musical cabaret written by Kyle Fox, Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, and Nicole Weiss will get its world premiere in New York this summer. Directed by Kyle Fox, and starring Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld and Nicole Weiss, the piece will feature sketch comedy, musical theatre, and original songs written by the creative team, as well as original arrangements by the music director Benjamin Rauhala.

Mortal Folly Theatre and Bushwick Shakespeare Repertory, in conjunction with the Looking Glass Space Grant Program, are thrilled to be bringing five female-character driven one-act plays to the stage in BROADSIDE!: WOMEN OF WIT & WILL, starting July 11th at the Looking Glass Theatre.

2nd Story's summer season wraps up with Samuel Taylor's sort-of Cinderella story, SABRINA FAIR.