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William H. and Karla Ahmanson recently hosted an event that gave attendees the opportunity to see the puppetry of WAR HORSE up close. They met the puppeteers and were able to ask them questions after seeing them in action. Mr. Ahmanson is the Center Theatre Group Board President.

NE Healing Arts COMPANY and Demos Bizar Entertainment present SPRING ALIVE! a world premiere concert starring Broadway performer and recording artist Spring Groove (Bway: Grease, Saturday Night Fever). Musical Director Alex Navarro leads a band, including musicians Greg Burrows, David Finch, Jordan Jancz, and Deepak Ramapriyan with singers Sherz Aletaha and Saum Eskandani. The dancers are Akil David, Jennifer Knox, Catherine Poppell and Richard Riaz Yoder. Performances for SPRING ALIVE! will be held from March 2-25, 2012 on Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm at Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie Street (between Delancey and Rivington) in Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Spottiswoode (sans Enemies) returns to the Lizard Lounge to play with his good friend Amy Correia Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012.

Clare Cook Dance Theater presents SHOW ME REAL, an evening-length dance theater piece that traces the experience of aspiring artists from the glamour and grit of the 1920s' Ziegfeld Follies culture to the concert dance stage of 2012. SHOW ME REAL views the lives of three real female modern dancers through the lens of a past era combining contemporary dance, original song, narrative, and video projection, revealing how much past is in our present. SHOW ME REAL is conceived and choreographed by Clare Cook with original music and lyrics by Amy Burgess, dramatic text and lyrics by Gena Oppenheim, lighting design by Mike Inwood, and costume design by Liam O'Brien.

Youth Works theater troupe presents The Adventures of Pinocchio and The Further Adventures of Pinocchio Puppet Show. Both are written by local playwright C. L. Johnson. The Adventures of Pinocchio is the classic story retold with the original Italian zest about learning and choosing between right and wrong! While The Further Adventures of Pinocchio follows Pinocchio as he battles for his freedom from the Puppet Maestro. Both performances take place in the Italian village of Collodi (an homage to the original Author of Pinocchio Carlo Collodi). The Adventures of Pinocchio perform March 9 - 25 and The Further Adventures of Pinocchio perform on Saturdays, March 10 - 31 in the McMillin Theater.

Phyllis Diller returns to 'The Bold & The Beautiful' soap opera with an appearance airing Wednesday - March 7th and Thursday - March 8th at 12:30 p.m.

Marxiano Productions Presents MODERN LUV March 15th, 16th, and 17th at Triple Door - 215 Union St. Seattle. Music & Lyrics by Mark Siano & Opal Peachey. Book by Jeanne Lee. Mark Siano & friends are returning to the Triple Door with an original musical comedy...then off to New York City to debut in Manhattan.

Literary Rock Stars Eleanor Henderson (profiled in this week's Book Section of the New York Times), Myfanwy Collins, and Suzzy Roche (formerly of The Roches) will be reading from new work and signing books at the Pen Parentis Literary Salon at 7pm on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 at the Gild Hall (a Thompson Hotel).

Today MTV premiers the first track off White Mystery's upcoming 7' release, 'People Power'!

Stepping Out With My Baby-The Songs of Irving Berlin will perform in Three Stages on March 17, 8 pm and March 18, 2 pm & 7 pm. Tickets are $39-$45; they are available online at www.threestages.net or from Three Stages Ticket Office at 916-608-6888 from 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Saturday, and two hours before show time. Three Stages is located on the west side of Folsom Lake College campus in Folsom, CA, facing East Bidwell Street.

Writers' Theatre continues its 20th Anniversary Season with The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead by Robert Hewett, directed by Joe Hanreddy. The production runs May 22 - July 29, 2012 at Writers' Theatre, 664 Vernon Avenue in Glencoe.

San Francisco Bay Area baritone Anders Froehlich is a risk-taker who gets a rush from the uncertainty of performing. Whether working on the classical stage or rock climbing on the edge of Matthes Crest Traverse in Yosemite National Park, Froehlich says it's the exhilaration and mental demands which form the bridge between his passion for performing and rock climbing. The Connecticut native completed a milestone 'free solo' rock climbing experience last summer. This spring Froehlich (a classically trained pianist, ballet dancer and baritone) stars as Don Giovanni in Mozart's opera about the seductive, arrogant nobleman. The Cinnabar Theater production of 'Don Giovanni' (presented in English) plays March 23 to April 15, 2012.

Idina Menzel performs 'Defying Gravity' from the Broadway smash 'Wicked' with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. Watch the clip below!

Theater Reconstruction Ensemble's world premiere THE THREE SEAGULLS, OR MASHAMASHAMASHA! by Jaclyn Backhaus, directed by John Kurzynowski will run at the HERE Arts Center (145 6th Ave) from March 1- March 10, 2012.

The Valley Performing Arts Center at California State University, Northridge unveiled its 2012-13 season today, highlighted by a diverse array of renowned international orchestras, innovative dance companies, emerging artists and legendary Broadway icons. The Valley Performing Arts Center's 2012-13 season, featuring more than 30 performances, kicks off on Sept. 13, with the Asphalt Orchestra, and runs through May 19, with opera soprano Deborah Voigt.

Opera San Jose continues its 28th season with Gounod's Romantic-era masterpiece, Faust. Inspired by Goethe's legendary story of the old scholar who sells his soul to the devil for eternal youth, Faust is one of the most performed operas of all time. Opera San Jose founding music director, David Rohrbaugh, conducts with stage direction by Brad Dalton, who recently directed Opera San Jose's company premiere of Mozart's Idomeneo. Faust will be sung in French with English supertitles. Eight performances are scheduled from April 21 through May 6 at the California Theatre, 345 South First Street in downtown San Jose. Tickets are on sale at the Opera San Jose Box Office, by phone at (408) 437-4450 or online at www.operasj.org. Faust is made possible, in part, by a Cultural Affairs Grant from the City of San Jose.

Tickets for the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park will be made available to the general public tomorrow, Saturday, March 3. Clybourne Park will open on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Thursday, April 19 (preview performances begin on March 26) for a limited 16-week engagement. Tickets can be purchased via telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200/(800) 432-7250.

Returning to the stage after three seasons of organizational restructuring, NuAFrikan Theatre celebrates its revival with the Jacob A. Weiser Playwright Award winning play Dream Deferred, written and directed by Marcus Dargan, opening on April 19, 2012 at the 133rd Street Arts Center.

Balagan Theatre has moved into its new home on Capitol Hill, presenting four productions in eight weeks, including the third installment of one-act comedy festival Death, Sex and the return engagement of Broadway (and Seattle) smash-hit musical Spring Awakening.

Three Roses Players and Venice Sky Productions are teaming up again to produce an evening of 7 original one act plays written by Emmy Award nominee and Heideman Award winner DALE GRIFFITHS STAMOS. Love Struck will play MAY 11-27, 2012 Fri 8PM Sat 8PM SUN 3PM and 7PM at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.