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A record 61 entries from 36 countries, along with 497 entries from students representing 122 U.S. colleges and universities, are in competition for the 2010 Student Academy Awards. This year's pool of submissions includes a first-ever entry from Nigeria. The competition - now in its 37th year - will culminate in the awards presentation, which will include screenings of the winning films, on Saturday, June 12, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Leviathan Lab opens its 2010 Classical Reading series with the Spanish play 'The Siege of Numantia' by Cervantes, directed by Theatre C Artistic Director Carlos Armesto on Monday, April 26th at 7:00 p.m.

The Skylighters, an auxiliary of Milwaukee's Skylight Opera Theatre, presents a new twist on its annual wine tasting fundraising event. 'Flight Night at the Skylight: A Wine, Cheese and Chocolate Event' is scheduled for Saturday, May 15 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway, in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward. Tickets are $35 per person in advance, $45 at the door. Proceeds from the event benefit the Skylight Opera Theatre and its programs. Patrons must be 21 to attend the event.

Celebrating its 60th anniversary season in 2010, Starlight Theatre is proud to present another summer filled with spectacular Broadway musical entertainment. Starlight's 2010 season lineup features five hit shows - four nationally touring musicals and the locally produced Mel Brooks hit, The Producers.

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE, Paul Adams, Artistic Director, and Derek Jamison, Associate Artistic Director, present TOGETHER THIS TIME: A NEW ROCK MUSICAL with book by Zac Kline, music by Andrew Heyman, and lyrics by Andrew Heyman & Zac Kline.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment present the fourth production and the 'rocking-est' show of La Mirada Theatre's 2009-2010 season, BUDDY - The Buddy Holly Story, written by Alan Janes & Rob Bettinson with choreography by Dana Solimando, musical direction by Darryl Archibald and directed by Glenn Casale. BUDDY - The Buddy Holly Story will began performances on Friday, April 16 and officially opened on Saturday, April 17. The production will run through Sunday, May 2 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Boulevard in La Mirada.

Young love, enduring love, reunited love, unrequited love, puppy love-it's all here as Taproot Theatre continues its 34th season with Charley's Aunt.

Profiles Theatre concludes its 2009-2010 Season with the Midwest premiere of Body Awareness by Annie Baker, directed by Benjamin Thiem. The production runs May 14 - June 27, 2010, at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway. Opening night is Thursday, May 20, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.

Legendary costume designer ALBERT WOLSKY and world renowned scenic designer MING CHO LEE are among the 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, April 23 at 6:30pm at the Hudson Theatre (145 West 44th Street). Two-time Academy Award-winner Albert Wolsky will receive the 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for costume design, and Tony Award-winning scenic designer and educator Ming Cho Lee will receive the TDF/Irene Sharaff Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design.

The legacy of Maya Deren, considered America's first prominent avant-garde filmmaker, film theorist, and visionary of experimental cinema, is explored in the exhibition Maya Deren's Legacy: Women and Experimental Film, a five-month film series and video installation in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters and lobby galleries, from May 14 through October 4, 2010.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, presented locally by Omaha Performing Arts and Broadway Across America, is coming to Omaha. Produced by NETworks Presentations, this elaborate theatrical production will come to life on stage at the Orpheum Theater, Tuesday, June 22 through Sunday, June 27, 2010.

The track/song list for Glee Music: Volume 3 'Showstoppers' has been announced.

On Friday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. in Uihlein Hall, Cantos de las Americas will provide a captivating program from beginning to end. It is going to be an evening for all time in which fourteen MPS schools at their best in an annual celebration of culture, traditions, folk dancing, music and learning as interpreted proud students.

Closing Aurora Theatre Company's 18th season is the Bay Area Premiere of Stephen Karam's fiercely funny SPEECH & DEBATE. Robin Stanton (Betrayed, The Busy World is Hushed, and Permanent Collection) directs this distinctive new play Entertainment Weekly called 'One of the top ten plays of the year...Even if you're not fluent in IM, you'll LOL at this subversive comedy.' Featuring Jayne Deely, Jason Frank, Maro Guevara, and Holly Hornlien, SPEECH & DEBATE plays June 11 through July 18 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. For tickets ($34-55) and information the public can call (510) 843-4822 or visit auroratheatre.org. Contains mature themes and subject matters.

Out of 230 contestants and 15 finalists - more participants than in any previous year - seven outstanding singer-actors rose to the top to win prizes in the 2010 Lotte Lenya Competition, held on April 17 at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. Winners were selected by a team of distinguished musical theater experts: Broadway and opera stars Timothy Nolen and Lisa Vroman, and Rob Berman, Broadway and Encores! music director, who served as judges for the competition finals.

Audiences will enjoy the unique mix of slapstick, fast-paced dialogue, and smouldering sexual tension in GLORIOUS, the new play by Richard Huber opening in The Forge on April 30. Gloria Lord (Amy Straker) is a hurricane in high heels who wreaks her particular brand of mayhem on the life of Jimmy (Keith Adams) an aspiring writer working at one of her daddy's cocktail parties as a waiter. After a chance meeting Gloria decides that she's going to marry Jimmy - no matter what he says.

Musical Theatre Guild, the winner of the Los Angles Drama Critic's Circle Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in the theatre, has announced an eclectic quintet of shows to celebrate its fifteenth season of Broadway in Concert musicals.

A Little Night Music, The Stephen Sondheim hit that gave us 'Send in the Clowns', is in its final weekend at the Grove, April 23rd, 24th and 25th.

According to a recent tweet from pop star Christina Aguilera, the singer will appear on season finale of hit television show 'American Idol' on May 26th.

Front Row Of ROMEO AND JULIET Is 'Safe' Says Fight Choreographer, Runs 4/23-25.