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The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust continues to develop its Late Night Cabaret Series with events such as the Pittsburgh Improv Jam, Salsa Fridays, in addition to many Saturday night events. The series has expanded by adding a weekly improv comedy show every Thursday night. All events play Thursdays thru Saturdays at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue.

For the eighth year, the State Theatre presents the comics, 'Nobodies of Comedy' on Friday, May 7th at 8 PM. April Macie, Buddy Fitzpatrick, Craig Carmean, Jamie Lissow and Helen Hong are all scheduled to appear. These rising stars have been seen on 'The Tonight Show' and Comedy Central. The show is produced by Michael Mills Entertainment, which is also responsible for producing Drew Carey's Improv All Stars, Comedy Central Live and the Last Comic Standing Live. To learn more about the 'Nobodies of Comedy', visit www.myspace.com/nobodiesofcomedy.

Female rock icon, Melissa Etheridge, performs at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines on Saturday, August 14, at 8:00 pm. Melissa is also a mother and a cancer survivor, an outspoken cultural, political and human rights activist, a thought-provoker and a longtime truth-seeker. Her hits-"Bring Me Some Water," "Ain't It Heavy," "I'm the Only One," "Come to My Window," "I Want to Come Over," "Angels Would Fall," "I Run for Life" and "I Need to Wake Up" among them-have rewarded her with five Platinum albums, a pair of Grammys®, an Oscar®, an ASCAP Songwriter of the Year honor, and the ASCAP Founders Award.

The Showboat Majestic (435 East Mehring Way, Cincinnati, OH) will hold auditions for their season closer, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, on Monday May, 17 and Tuesday, May 18 from 7-9 pm.

The Kitano New York presents The Teddy Charles Quartet, Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24. The shows will be preformed in sets at 8 and 10 pm. The Teddy Charles Quartet features Teddy Charles, Harold Danko, Pat O'Reilly, and Stefan Schatz.

Country music's biggest stars, including Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban, will take the stage on Wednesday, June 9 at 8:00 p.m., ET/PT for the 2010 CMT MUSIC AWARDS, it was announced today by CMT. These artists will rock Nashville's Bridgestone Arena at country music's only fan-voted award show, with more performances to be announced.

On Thursday, April 22 from 7-9 pm, the New York Chapter of the Audio Research Society presents speakers George Avakian and Dan Morgenstern. The event is located at CUNY Sonic Arts Center, West 140th Street & Convent Avenue, New York.

On Thursday, April 22, her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, in conjunction with the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), will host the King Hussein Foundation (KHF) Media and Humanity Program at The Japan Society. The evening will include a screening of 'Budrus', the Award Winning Documentary film, a panel discussion moderated by CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour and featuring Avni, Bacha, and the Palestinian protagonist of the film, Ayed Morrar, along with MIT researcher, Nicole Argo. Finally, Queen Noor will award the annual King Hussein Leadership Prize at the Japan Society.

Due to her sold-out 2009 shows, Carly Ozard presents an encore performance at The Rrazz Room on Sat. April 24, 2010 at 10:00 pm. Critically-acclaimed musical theater singer and comedic cabaret artist Carly Ozard presents her newest cabaret show BEWITCHED, BOTHERED, AND BIPOLAR! - where mood and music are characterized by humor and triumph as well as tragedy. The show is co-written by Carly Ozard, Tom Orr, and Barry Kleinbort, with Musical Direction by Joe Wicht.

Starting April 23, Wagner's 'Der Fliegende Hollander' (The Flying Dutchman) returns to the New York Met for the first time since 2000, starring soprano Deborah Voigt in her Met role debut as Senta. When Voigt performed the role in 2005, the Boston Globe described her voice as "huge, bright, and refulgent." Juha Uusitalo brings his renowned interpretation of the mysterious Dutchman to the Met stage for the first time. Tenor Stephen Gould makes his Met debut as Erik, and bass Hans-Peter Konig sings Daland for the first time with the company. Kazushi Ono takes the Met podium to conduct. For the final performance, Philip Webb will sing the role of Erik. August Everding's production, which had its Met premiere in 1989, features set design by Hans Schavernoch, costumes by Lore Haas, and lighting by Gil Wechsler. Stephen Pickover is the Stage Director. Performances run through May 14.

The Orange County Performing Arts Center is offering local high school students the opportunity to join its brand-new weeklong musical theater summer camp from June 22 to 26 on the Center's campus. Students will be educated in musical theater technique and repertoire by some of the industry's leading professional artists and educators, including Tony®Award-nominated actress Erin Dilly and Danny Gurwin, Broadway star and faculty member of American Musical & Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles.

Jazz band, The Microscopic Septet, are using the arts funding resource, http://www.kickstarter.com/ to fund the production of their new CD, 'Friday The 13th: The Micros Play Monk'. Five days remain in achieving their fundraising goal (ends 4/25).

The Spoleto Festival's USA Auction is officially open now thru May 2. Bids can be placed on various items including festival tickets paired with dinner at a Charleston restaurant, tickets to the VIP Spoleto Festival party, and a boating tour of Charleston Harbor. Every bid helps support Charleston's Spoleto Festival. Click here to see/bid on auction items.

Celebre depuis toujours pour ses qualites litteraires, le theatre irlandais est entre en ce debut du 21eme siecle dans une phase nouvelle et passionnante. Au cours de ce programme d'ete, nous sommes heureux de presenter a Paris quatre pieces donnees lors du festival Under the Radar de New York en janvier dernier. Chacune d'elles a son caractere particulier et chacune est superbe. Ainsi que nous l'avons fait durant le festival Friel, les entrees seront gratuites afin de vous encourager a venir nombreux et a nous faire part de vos reactions. Cependant, nous vous demandons instamment d'annuler les reservations que vous ne pourrez pas honorer. Notre programme comporte aussi de l'excellente musique, du cinema, de l'art visuel et de la litterature, a partir de maintenant et jusqu'a la treve de l'ete. Nous esperons que vous apprecierez et prendrez plaisir a tous ces evenements.

Webster University's Conservatory of Theatre Arts presents THE WEDDING SINGER, THE MUSICAL COMEDY, April 28 to May 2 in the Browning Theatre of Webster's Loretto-Hilton Center, 130 Edgar Road.

The Copperstate Dinner Theater at Arizona Broadway Theatre presents the comedy, GREATER TUNA, April 23 thru May 30*. GREATER TUNA is Directed by Peter J. Hill and stars Jack Dwyer and Hill recreating their AriZoni Award winning roles.

Today, Tuesday, April 20th at 8:30 pm, Cornelia Street Cafe will host a CD Release for the Jeff Davis Band. The band's debut album is entitled, 'We Sleep Outside on Loyal Label'. The Jeff Davis Band features: Jeff Davis, drums, cymbals, compositions; Tony Barba, tenor and soprano saxophone; Kirk Knuffke, trumpet; Ben Gerstein, trombone; Jon Goldberger, guitar; Eivind Opsvik, bass.

Tonight, April 20, a book release party for Grace Zabriskie's new book, '/Poems/', will be held at Cornelia Street Cafe. Grace will be reading from and signing copies of her book, '/Poems/'. Starting at 6 pm, the event will be hosted by Editor of The New York Quarterly, Raymond Hammond.

Japanese art gallery, New York's Ronin Gallery, presents an exhibition of woodblock prints by Gashu Fukami. The exhibit is now open online, as well as in person at the gallery (425 Madison Ave, 10th floor, NY, NY).

Direct from Russia, the Moscow Festival Ballet will perform the production, SLEEPING BEAUTY, under the direction of Sergei Radchenko at 7:30 pm, April 30 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lied Center for Performing Arts.