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The Purple Rose Theatre Company of Chelsea, Michigan, will offer two summer workshops at the Grosse Pointe Academy in Grosse Pointe Farms. The Young Actors' Academy will consist of two sessions for students entering grades 3-12 in the fall.

Simon Cowell's upcoming reality competition The X Factor has doubled the number of its audition cities. In addition to the 6 open call auditions which are now ongoing, the Fox series is adding 6 more locations, Honolulu, HI, and Phoenix, AZ, Nashville, TN, Anchorage, AK, Kansas City, KS, and Denver, CO, where hopefuls can audio- and video-record their a cappella audition in high-definition mobile recording studios.

The New York City Ballet has announced that choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett, singer Patti LuPone, and NYCB Principal Dancer Wendy Whelan will take part in a 90-minute seminar May 9th, to discuss the creation of Taylor-Corbett's new work, The Seven Deadly Sins.

The Bay Area Reporter (B.A.R.) the country's oldest, continuously published newspaper serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, will celebrate its 40th Anniversary on April 7, 2011.

Oscars co-host James Franco has asked funnyman Stephen Colbert for a job on his hit U.S. late night comedy show, according to the LA Times. The '127 Hours' star, who most recently announced plans to become a professor at New York University in 2012, has set his sights on a new gig - working for The Colbert Report.

Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) is pleased to announce the four actresses playing Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Suzy and Missy, otherwise known as 'The Marvelous Wonderettes,' in the theatre's opening show of the 2011 season. The show is slated to star Brittney Morello, Lara Seibert,Danielle Erin Rhodes and Morgan Smith. THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES

The New York Philharmonic will celebrate the Chinese New Year with a gala concert featuring Chinese and western orchestral music, Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Long Yu - artistic director and chief conductor of the China Philharmonic, music director of the Shanghai and Guanzhou Symphony Orchestras, and artistic director of the Beijing Music Festival - will make his Philharmonic debut.

PlayhouseSquare and Baldwin-Wallace College will partner to present the regional premiere of Passing Strange at PlayhouseSquare's 14th Street Theatre April 29 - May 1. Tickets are only $10 and $20, and are on sale now at the PlayhouseSquare Ticket Office

Supermodel turned actress Christie Brinkley stopped by 'Good Morning America' on Wednesday, April 6 to chat about her upcoming Broadway debut in the role of CHICAGO's Roxie Hart. Brinkley joins a long line of women, from Bebe Neuwirth to Kelly Osbourne, to guest star in the musical.

MEMPHIS collaborators Joe DiPietro and David Bryan shared the spotlight on Wednesday, April 6 at Sirius/XM's Live on Broadway radio show hosted by Seth Rudetsky. The Tony Award winning duo spoke with Rudetsky about their upcoming project now in the works; a musical about a group of songwriters during the early 1960's working in New York City's historic Brill Building.

The talented and compassionate actors from the Broadway touring company CATS partnered with the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in collecting over $8,100 in donations for the Animal Rescue Corps and New Leash on Life this weekend during the CATS three-day run at TPAC as part of their national tour.

A magical, dark, and fictional look into the dangers and consequences of caging innocence, The Family Shakespaere, a play inspired by the true story of the Bowdler family (publishers of the Complete Censored Works of William Shakespeare, and whose family name later replaced 'expurgation' and 'castration of text' with 'bowdlerization') delves into the psyche of a family who thinks has the right to cross out and modify words with the supposed aim to protect youth and purity.

Proceeds from the April 16th performance of Political Subversities will be donated to the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. Additional donation opportunities will also be available at thisperformance.

The Associated Press reports that actors Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey are among hundreds of art advocates expected to visit Capitol Hill to press Congress to preserve arts funding amid budget cuts. However, a hearing at which the actors were to testify Tuesday has been canceled.

Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America - Milwaukee invites you to experience the sounds and splendor of Broadway at the Marcus Center throughout 2011-2012.

Tickets will go on sale Monday, April 11, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. for the Omaha premiere engagement of the Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Orpheum Theater Wednesday, September 7 through Sunday, September 25, 2011.

National recording artists Larry Long, Robert Robinson and Tonia Hughes come together for an evening celebrating our community in song and a CD release cabaret for Larry Long's latest album 'Don't Stand Still' on April 9. The doors will open at 7 pm, with music beginning at 8 pm

While The Iridium stage has played a part in launching the careers of countless artists, it may be best known as The Home of Les Paul, who performed there weekly for more than 12 years until his passing in 2009. 'We all think that playing at the Iridium was Les' life-stretching experience,' says Jeff Beck, whose new DVD was filmed at The Iridium last June on what would have been Paul's 95th birthday.

Porchlight Music Theatre will present its 2010-2011 season finale, the beloved musical THE KING AND I, previewing April 22 and running through June 5. The Press Opening is on Friday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago.

This week, show choirs from around the country will have the opportunity to do battle in a real life GLEE-inspired competition called Finale. On Friday April 8, 2,200 high schoolers will arrive in New York City to compete for a trophy and a $10,000 cash prize.