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Hundreds of Chicago's young arts supporters will gather for a high-energy evening of music, dancing, signature cocktails, delectable food and a silent auction at the Steppenwolf Auxiliary Council's 9th annual Red or White Ball on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 8 pm (7 pm VIP reception

The Levine Jewish Community Center Theatre Department announces OPEN AUDITIONS (Adults 18 and up) for THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES Adaptation by Sharon A. Cole, of the story by Hans Christian Andersen Directed by Stephen Gundersheim

Chip's Chocolate Factory, one of the most longstanding and visited shops at Crown Center, has signed a deal to remain at the shopping center for the next seven years. Mike Herman owns the store on Level 2 of the Crown Center Shops. It originated at Crown Center as Kansas City Fudge in 1983 and is well known for its marble tables, copper kettles and daily fudge-making displays. The store is scheduled to get some national attention later this month, when it's featured on Food Network's 'Kid in a Candy Store' program.

Seanachaí Theatre Company is currently presenting its Jeff Recommended production of That Was Then by Gerard Stembridge in the 3rd Floor theatre at the Irish American Heritage Center. There will be a performance on the evening of St. Patrick's Day, Thursday March 17th, at 7.30pm.

Patsy's Italian Restaurant, located at 236 West 56th Street, New York's best-loved Italian restaurant, still family owned and operated for 66 years, will host a 'Swingin' on a Star,' a three course dinner and musical performance on Tuesday, March 29 at 6:30 pm.

Galleon Theatre Presents THE MAIAS, a novel by Eça de Queirós Adapted & Produced by Alice de Sousa Directed by Bruce Jamieson; 'On the Basis of at least half a dozen books Eça ought to be up there with Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy as one of the nineteenth century's talismanic names.' - Jonathan Keates, The Observer

Last year, the August Wilson Center for African American Culture formed a partnership with American Urban Radio Networks and their nationally syndicated program, The Bev Smith Show, to host four town hall meetings at the August Wilson Center. These meetings, broadcast live nationwide in front of a local audience, focus on the broad topic of the 'Disappearing Black Community and How We Can Get it Back.' An open and honest dialogue on this subject is well within The Center?s mission and strategic thrust to work concentrically (from local to regional to national and international) and collaboratively to preserve, present, interpret celebrate and shape the art, culture and history of African Americans.

Peppa Pig is currently one of TV's top-rated children's shows and a BAFTA Award winner. Now, for the first time ever, she has her own live stage show coming to Wexford Opera House for 2 shows on Tuesday, April 5 at 1pm & 4pm.

Comedic performer and Saturday Night Live alum Kevin Nealon will perform his stand up act at the Suncoast Showroom, April 2 and 3, each evening at 7:30 p.m. Perhaps best known for this nine-year stint as a cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live, Nealon has attracted quite a following and received critical acclaim for his role in the Showtime series Weeds, nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award and twice for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company of Detroit presents the Michigan premiere of Last of the Boys, by Steven Dietz, directed by Frannie Shepherd-Bates (Artistic Director, Magenta Giraffe Theatre Co.). The show runs from March 11-April 2, 2011. Tickets are $15-$18, with pay-what-you-can tickets available to all performances. Tickets may be reserved by phone at 313-408-7269 or at www.magentagiraffe.org.

The Tony Award Winner for Best Musical, Cabaret, opens on the Theatre Memphis Lohrey Stage March 11, 2011, with a cast that features Cassie Thompson as Sally Bowles, Stepehn Garrett as Cliff and 2010 Ostrander Best Actor winner Jonathan Christian as the Emcee. Experience the thrills and threats of 1930's Berlin with a young writer and a charmingly care-free nightclub performer who navigate and negotiate their way through an increasingly dangerous world during the rise of the Nazi party.

THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO TEN EVENTS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED: Eddie Izzard, Stripped to the Bowl - Hailed as one of the foremost stand-ups of his generation, Emmy-winning comic genius Eddie Izzard makes Hollywood Bowl history with Stripped to the Bowl, the first-ever all-comedy presentation at the iconic venue. (Wednesday, July 20 at 8:00 pm)

South Coast Repertory's 14th Annual Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF) will take you through time and across the map, from tornado-tossed Kansas to not-quite-past, not-quite-future London, from a ramshackle trailer in the Colorado desert to the visiting area of a Massachusetts prison.

The Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford is pleased to present The Larry Willis Quintet in concert on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at 7:30 PM in Millard Auditorium at the University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Tickets are $10 general admission (no discounts are available), and are free to University of Hartford students, faculty, and staff with valid University of Hartford ID.

Celebrate Daniel Gerould's Quick Change: Theatre Essays and Translations on Monday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m with the English Language Premiere of Andrzej Bursa's Count Cagliostro's Animals (1957), Staging by Allison Troup-Jensen/Counterpoint Theatre

The award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, presented by NETworks, will enjoy its first major Los Angeles engagement in 15 years when it comes to Hollywood's Pantages Theatre for a limited 3 week engagement, March 9 - 26, 2011.

BoHo Theatre presents Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde, a multilayered exploration of American entertainment icon Mae West as seen through the eyes of a pair of disaffected present-day fans, running April 1 through May 1, 2011 at Theater Wit, 1229 W Belmont Avenue. Dirty Blonde is directed by BoHo Artistic Advisor Stephen Genovese.

Paramount officials confirmed today that they have hit the 2,000 mark for reservations, and thus have officially sold out the theater's Big Reveal Party, Friday, March 18 at 7 p.m. That's when - and only when - the titles of the four blockbuster musicals that will make up the Paramount's inaugural 2011-2012 Broadway Subscription Series, launching this fall, will be made public for the first time.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will hold its renowned fundraiser gala and cabaret performance on March 26 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Hilton Short Hills in Short Hills, New Jersey. In addition to kicking off the 2011 Season, The Shakespeare Theatre gala will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Theatre's acclaimed Outdoor Stage and the partnerships that make this extraordinary event possible each summer

Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 2010-2011 season with The Hot L Baltimore by Lanford Wilson, directed by ensemble member Tina Landau. The production features ensemble members Alana Arenas, Kate Arrington, Jon Michael Hill, James Vincent Meredith, Yasen Peyankov and Molly Regan with de'Adre Aziza, Jeremy Glickstein, Sean Allan Krill, TaRon Patton, Namir Smallwood, Samuel Taylor, Allison Torem and Jacqueline Williams. The Hot L Baltimore plays March 24 - May 29, 2011 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre