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59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Grove Theater Center (Los Angeles, CA) with the New York City premiere of ETERNAL EQUINOX, written by Joyce Hokin Sachs and directed by Kevin Cochran. ETERNAL EQUINOX began performances on Thursday, March 1 for a limited engagement through Saturday, March 31. Press opening is Wednesday, March 7 at 7:30 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM and 8:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters. Tickets are $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org.

Theatre Bay Area and the research firm WolfBrown announce the completion of the book Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art. The book contains the final report of "Measuring the Intrinsic Impact of Live Theatre," and interviews with more than 20 prominent artistic directors in the United States, and essays by industry thought-leaders Diane Ragsdale, Arlene Goldbard, Rebecca Novick, and more. A book tour will launch March 12 in Chicago, and will visit eight cities in the United States including Minneapolis, Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art is now available for purchase at www.theatrebayarea.org/intrinsicimpact. Also available on the site are the executive summary of the work and interview excerpts, available free of charge.

On March 11, 2012-the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Japan-American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) will join over 65 theaters across the country in presenting SHINSAI ("great quake" in Japanese), a benefit reading to support fellow theater artists on the other side of the world. Selections will be drawn from a menu of 10-minute plays and songs that were commissioned from major American and Japanese artists, who have donated their work for this one-night only event. Performance takes place at 7 p.m. at The Garret at the American Conservatory Theater. Tickets are $5 and can be ordered online at act-sf.org or by calling 415.749.2228. All proceeds will benefit the Japan Playwrights Association.

ArtsRock, a Rockland County, NY not-for profit arts organization, announces the appointment of its 2012 Board of Directors including Joe Morley as the Board President.

One of Broadway's masterpieces, the romantic A Little Night Music deals with the universal subject of love. It is an award winning musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Performing in the Gyder Theater from March 16th - April 7th tickets are $31 / adult and $21 / student. Tickets are on sale now!

Michi Barral, Cindy Cheung, Joel de la Fuente, Angel Desai, Ann Harada, Jennifer Ikeda, Paul Juhn, Peter Kim, Ken Leung, Li Jun Li, Jennifer Lim, Angela Lin, Paolo Montalban, Olivia Oguma, Jon Norman Schneider, Thom Sesma, Sab Shimono, Jade Wu, Jonny Wo, James Yaegashi and Stacey Yen will be featured in Shinsai: Theaters for Japan, a two performance benefit to raise funds that will go directly to Japanese theater artists devastated by last year's great earthquake (Shinsai). Shinsai: Theaters for Japan, will be performed this Sunday, March 11 at 3pm and 8pm at the Great Hall at Cooper Union (Seventh Street at Third Avenue).

With ethereal music, strong acting and impressive use of the body in a visually stunning space, Cutting Ball Theater's "Tontlawald" offers an out-of-this-world experience - an that's not an description based on the quality of the show. No, "Tontlawald" literally transports audiences to an unfamiliar and strange world. It's a modern, edgy "play" based on Poland's famed Teatr ZAR, which combines the body and song to tell a story.

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) and Milwaukee Children's Choir (MCC) are announce that on March 11, 2012, at 3:00 PM, MYSO and MCC will present this year's collaborative Milwaukee Youth Music Celebration in the Auditorium of Elmbrook Church, 777 S. Barker Road, Brookfield. At this concert-an annual event since 2005-the Milwaukee area's young musicians gather to perform some of the world's best music.

Rhythm and blues musician Robert Cray, along with his band, will perform at The Orleans Showroom April 14 and 15.

Oprah Winfrey sits down with Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina, her sister-in-law and manager Patricia Houston and Whitney's brother Gary Houston in an interview to air as a special episode of 'Oprah's Next Chapter' Sunday, March 11 (9:00 - 10:00 p.m. ET/PT) only on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

CityLit Project partners with the new Baltimore Open Theatre for its first public event, which features Hungarian theater critic and writer Andrea Tompa.

The professional pursuits of songstress/designer Shana Farr will come together at the press premiere of her new Shana Farr Pure Imagination Jewelry Collection. The venue for her launch is the legendary Players Club at a breakfast engagement on Wednesday, March 7, at 9 AM when Shana will entertain the fashion press with music and jewels.

This Monday, March 5th at 7 PM, Socrates in the City will present a very special debate featuring noted author and Christian apologist Dinesh D'Souza and self-proclaimed agnostic Bart D. Ehrman at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street (at Central Park West). Titled GOD, SUFFERING & EVIL, the event will be hosted by bestselling author and Founder of Socrates in the City, Eric Metaxas. Just last month, Metaxas was the keynote speaker at the 2012 National Prayer Breakfast for President Obama and the First Lady. Past speakers at that annual event have included such varied and distinguished luminaries as Mother Teresa, Bono and Tony Blair. Among the VIPs set to attend GOD, SUFFERING & EVIL include legendary TV talk show host Dick Cavett, and Mark St. Germain with Carolyn Rossi Copeland, author and producer respectively for Off-Broadway's smash hit play Freud's Last Session.

One hundred years ago on the shores of Maine, the African American population of Malaga Island was forced to evacuate their homes under the guise of economic improvement for a nearby, neighboring town. Beginning Fri., March 16, Children's Theatre Company (CTC) will mark the 100th anniversary of this event by bringing this, and the emotionally charged story of an unlikely friendship, to the stage in Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.

Watch the trailer for FIGHTVILLE below! The film opens 4/20 in New York and Los Angeles, with nationwide dates to follow. Also available the same day via on demand and digital download.

With book by three-time Tony Award winner MEL BROOKS and three-time Tony Award winner THOMAS MEEHAN, Music & Lyrics by BROOKS, and Direction and Choreography by five-time Tony Award winner SUSAN STROMAN, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN makes its Sarasota Premiere Thurs. and Fri. March 22 & 23, 2012 @ 8 PM at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

Passage Theatre as part of its popular Solo Flights Festival will present Beyond Words, written and performed by Bill Bowers, for two performances on Thursday, March 22 at 8pm and Sunday, March 23 at 3pm. All tickets $20.

'Monk' star Tony Shalhoub and his wife actress Brooke Adams made a special trip into New York to catch a preview of NAACP Image Award winner Kenyetta Lethridge's social drama 'Innocent Flesh' at the Off-Broadway Actors Temple Theater. The piece focuses on teen sex slave trafficking as told through the eyes of four young girls.

Second Thought Theatre and Aviation Cinemas, Inc. (Operating Company at the Texas Theatre) proudly announce the second show in STT's 2012 season: a night of theater and film -The Midwest Trilogy by Eric Steele.

Diane von Furstenberg announces the recipients of The Third Annual DVF Awards, honoring five women who have demonstrated leadership, strength and courage in their respective fields. The awards will be presented in a ceremony on the evening of Friday, March 9th during Newsweek & The Daily Beast's Women in the World Summit held March 8-10 at Lincoln Center.