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The Broward County Cultural Division will receive a grant of $250,000 for salary assistance to local arts organizations from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), through President Obama's economic stimulus package-American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The four-character play made its Broadway premiere in 1931, starring Noel Coward himself. It has a long history with six Broadway revivals, most recently in 2002, and a long list of well known cast members including Laurence Olivier, Tallulah Bankhead, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Alan Rickman.

Puerto Rican-born actress/poet Deborah Magdalena, a veteran performer of TV and film, including Sesame Street, Apollo Comedy Hour, Suns of Thunder, Striptease and For Love of Country, will be performing pieces from her New CD 'Deborah LIVE' and is launching a one-hour bilingual variety show Todo Urbano con Deborah Magdalena.

STILL UNTITLED, a new play written by South Florida resident Matt May, based upon stories by Terrance Olear, will receive its world premiere production July 22 - 26, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale. Set backstage on the opening night of Tristan O'Brien's Broadway debut, the play chronicles his reflections on life, love, loss, and perseverance, while coping with the back-to-back deaths of his mother and brother.

Recently, The Cultural+Plannng Group, LLC was selected for consulting on an 18-month project- Broward County's 2020 Community Cultural Plan. This, uniquely 'Broward' 10-year strategic plan, will reflect diverse population trends and will include three component plans focused on the Creative Economy, Cultural Tourism, and Public Art and Design.

The smash hit 'Fuerza Bruta' extends at the Arsht Center through August 2.

'Internet Killed the Video Star!' is an original, professional comedy theater production written and produced by The Jove that offers one of the most unique comedy experiences in South Florida.

Two greedy Hollywood executives are set to pitch a can't-lose deal to the studio boss when an unlikely obstacle, in the form of a seductive temp secretary, creates unexpected complications. Revived to great acclaim on Broadway in 2008, this hilarious, acid-etched satire depicts Hollywood as a culture as corrupt as the society it claims to reflect.

Mary Becht, Director of the Broward County Cultural Division received Americans For the Arts' United States Urban Arts Federation (USUAF) - Ray Hanley Innovation Award at a private event in June. A coalition of leaders from the country's 60 largest cities - USUAF established the award in 2007 to honor both Hanley and others who make outstanding individual contributions to arts and culture in American cities.

Does Miami have the next Susan Boyle? You can find out at Miami's talent competition, 'Talent Quest Miami!' when performers take center stage at Miami Beach to show the rest of the world that, while Britain and America may have talent, we've got the best performers on the planet.

Set in the early 1900s, KNISH ALLEY! tells the story of a poor troupe of Yiddish actors on board an ocean liner, as it crosses from England to America, who work menial jobs on the ship by day and perform operettas up on deck by night to earn their passage to a new and better life they hope awaits them on New York's lower east side, on Second Avenue, otherwise known as 'KNISH ALLEY!'

The festival will include performances by the faculty and students, as well as seminars by faculty members including Jed Bernstein and Dave Clemmons. Workshops taking place during the project will also be featured including directors such as Frank Wildhorn, David Loud and Christopher D'Amboise.

Star of 'Murder She Wrote' and the current Broadway hit 'Blithe Spirit' Angela Lansbury will introduce the NPR broadcasts. The great mystery series will include a special live broadcast on Saturday, August 15th of 4 American premiere Agatha Christie stage classics performed in front of live audience members during the 2009 International Mystery Writers' Festival in Owensboro, KY.

The producers of the Miami Improv Festival invited The Nuclear Family to perform as the weekend's headliner because of their wild and always crazy plots mixed with the incredible singing, dancing and acting talents of John Gregorio, Stephen Guarino, and Jimmy Ray Bennett. Executive Producer, David Christopher explains, 'It is a tremendous treat to have a group as funny and talented as The Nuclear Family here at the Miami Improv Festival. After their breakout performance at the Miami Improv Festival in 2003 we have eagerly been trying to get their great show back to South Florida. These guys are hysterical, and it won't be long before one, two or all three of them end up on a show like Saturday Night Live, so see them now here in Miami, while you can!'

CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL - LIVE ON STAGE. Adapted from the cult film by Trey Parker(Emmy Winner and Oscar Nominee), creator of SOUTH PARK and TEAM AMERICA .

A season ticket subscription is available that includes Smokey Joe's Café, Hamlet, Almost, Maine, Baby with the Bathwater, and Rent. Camelot: In Concert is available as a special add-on to the season subscription. Subscription prices for the five show season are: Weekdays and Matinees: $68 regular admission / $60 seniors. Friday and Saturdays: $80 regular admission/ $68 seniors. Camelot:In Concert reduced price tickets for season subscribers are Weekdays and Matinees: $18 regular admission/$16 seniors. Friday and Saturdays: $22 regular admission/$18 seniors.

The four-character play made its Broadway premiere in 1931, starring Noel Coward himself. It has a long history with six Broadway revivals, most recently in 2002, and a long list of well known cast members including Laurence Olivier, Tallulah Bankhead, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Alan Rickman.

Celebrity followers of James' De La Guarda included Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Cameron Diaz, Sting, Britney Spears, Harrison Ford, Tyra Banks, Robert DeNiro, Catherine Zeta Jones, Sandra Bullock, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore and Drew Barrymore, Lil Wayne among others.

Ground Up & Rising announced their upcoming production of On an Average Day at the renowned Byron Carlyle Theater in Miami Beach. On an Average Day is written by Olivier Award-nominated playwright John Kolvenbach and directed by Arturo Fernandez, Producing Artistic Director for Ground Up & Rising.

The Alliance Theatre Lab returns to the South Florida theatre scene with the announcement of its 2009/2010 season. The Alliance, 'dedicated to producing contemporary dramatic works which give voice to the outsider,' is preparing to bring its vision to the Miami area with four works: Swimming in the Shallows by Adam Bock (Fall 2009), Orphans by Lyle Kessler (Winter 2010), Coyote on a Fence by Bruce Graham (Spring 2010), and Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara (Summer 2010).