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The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The New American Shakespeare Tavern presents The Merry Wives of Windsor, March 3-4, March 9-April 1, 2012. Join the cast and crew members for a lively Question and Answer session on Sunday March 11 after the show.

TV and film superstar William Shatner will appear on "The Colbert Report" tomorrow Wednesday February 29 on Comedy Central at 11:30 PM.

The Painted Bride Art Center presents the World Premiere of Ain Gordon and Nadine Patterson's Place Philadelphia in 2013. The three-time Obie Winner, Gordon, is presenting his one-woman show, In This Place… Thursday, March 8-Saturday, March 10 at 8 p.m. at the Painted Bride Arts Center, 230 Vine Street. Tickets cost $25 in advance, $30 day of show. Tickets are available online at www.paintedbride.org or by phone at 215-925-9914.

Summation Dance presents its Second Annual New York City Season featuring the World Premiere of Deep End, choreographed by Sumi Clements and produced by Taryn Vander Hoop, from Thursday - Saturday, March 8-10, 2012 at 7:30pm at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street, NYC. Tickets are $20 ($12 for students) and are available at www.smarttix.com or by phone at 212-868-4444.

Dallas Theater Center presents Tigers Be Still in the Studio Theatre at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center March 2 - May 13, 2012. Hal Brooks returns to DTC to direct the play, which stars DTC Brierley Resident Acting Company members Abbey Siegworth and Chamblee Ferguson.

American Heartland Theatre brings Oscar Wilde's farce The Importance of Being Earnest to Kansas City. A recent hit on Broadway, The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy of mistaken identities which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette. Dashing men-about-town John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff pursue fair ladies Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. Matters are complicated by the imaginary characters invented by both men to cover their on-the-sly activities - not to mention the disapproval of Gwendolen's mother, the formidable Lady Bracknell, played by Jim Korinke.

Asolo Repertory Theatre announces its final 2012 repertory production, Hamlet, Prince of Cuba, adapted and directed by Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards and featuring a Spanish translation by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz. Hamlet, Prince of Cuba will run March 23 through May 6 in the Mertz Theatre. Previews (in English) will begin March 21. Set in late 19th century Cuba, the show will have two performances in Spanish with English supertitles. Spanish performances will be May 3 at 8 p.m. and May 5 at 2 p.m. After concluding its run at Asolo Rep, the show will move to the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center where it will perform May 11-13. Hamlet, Prince of Cuba will feature guest artist Frankie J. Alvarez as Hamlet, Gisela Chipe (of Asolo Rep's Yentl) as Ophelia, Emilio Delgado as Claudius (known for his performance as Luis on Sesame Street), Mercedes Herrero as Gertrude and Andhy Mendez as Laertes.

Composer/lyricist Scott Evan Davis will appear with special guests for one show only at Don't Tell Mama on March 14 at 8pm. Davis will present the music from his recently released debut recording - Cautiously Optimistic: The Music of Scott Evan Davis (Sonic Landscapes Music). In addition to all the music from his recording, Davis will introduce the opening number from an original, commissioned musical he's writing for PS 94's autistic children's program. The song is titled "If the World Only Knew."

Florida Grand Opera (FGO) announces its 72nd continuous season of opera. With a classic selection of works as well as the return of company favorites in leading roles, the 2012-2013 productions include: Puccini's La boheme, Mozart's Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), Bellini's La sonnambula, and Verdi's La traviata.

Madame C. J. Walker will be among the inaugural class of ten famous Hoosiers to be honored with Legacy Awards on Friday, March 2nd at 10 a.m., at the intersection of Capital and Georgia Streets. Images and biographies of the historic figures-whose selection was announced by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard in December 2011- will be displayed on 6-foot-high columns along Georgia Street. Indianapolis Downtown Inc. (IDI) is coining Georgia Street as Indy's "newest and coolest" venue.

Singer/songwriter, The White Buffalo released his album Once Upon a Time in the West today via Unison Music Group. The White Buffalo is the apt alter-ego of Jake Smith, a southern California native who has been making waves with his powerful live performances. Already a fixture on west coast's live music scene, the buzz on The White Buffalo is spreading, thanks to the intensity of the band's shows, including a much-talked-about appearance at Bonnaroo this year.

Stageworks presents the American classic To Kill a Mockingbird, running from March 8-April 1, Thurs-Sat at 8PM and Sun at 3PM. March 8 is sold out.

North Coast Repertory Theatre and Miracosta College Theatre present Shakespeare's history play Henry IV, Part 1, directed by David Ellenstein featuring Andrew Barnicle as King Henry, Kevin Koppman-Gue as Prince Hal, Bernard X. Kopsho as Falstaff, Michael Phillip Thomas as Hotspur, Amber Bonasso as Lady Percy, John Herzog as Worchester, Jonathan McMurtry as Bardolph and John Tessmer as Northumberland. The cast also includes MiraCosta College theatre instructors Tracy Williams and Kelly Kissinger.

Some may know him as that guy playing the fiddle in the Geico commercial, but to country music fans worldwide he's the one and only Charlie Daniels. The Grammy Award winning Daniels will bring his brand of southern rock and country to the Union County Performing Arts Center stage for the first time on Friday, March 23rd.

Jeff Blanks, Matthew Trautwein and Matthias Young join forces as The Prestige and return to the Academy Theatre on March 10th at 7 pm. These men have been all around the South, both as solo acts and as members in other musical acts. Now see what happen when all three team up.

The Lincoln Center Vera List Art Project celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012. It was established in 1962 by philanthropists Vera and Albert List as a way to both support the visual arts and raise funds for Lincoln Center. Since the inception of the program, Lincoln Center has commissioned more than 125 major artists of the time to create works available for sale to the public.

Tony Award-winner Alice Ripley's new single, "Beautiful Eyes," is now available from iTunes and other digital music vendors, it was announced today. "Beautiful Eyes" is the first original song of Ms. Ripley's since the 2006 release of her band's album Outtasite, and follows her February 2011 cover set, Daily Practice.

Brian Stokes Mitchell returns to Los Angeles where it all started for him on March 9, 2012. Brian Stokes Mitchell's credits include work as an actor, singer, dancer, voice-over artist, author, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and record producer. He has enjoyed a career on Broadway, television and film, along with appearances in the great American concert halls. On Valentine's Day this year, he joined the national TV phenomenon of Glee (along with Jeff Goldblum) to play one of Rachel's (Lea Michele) two Dads.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts announces MARCH MADNESS with concerts from everything from ‘40s Big Bands to ‘50s smashes like Sha Na Na and Chubby Checker, ‘60s sensations Davy Jones and Dionne Warwick, and classic rock from The Eagles, Leon Russell and Michael Jackson!

Check out this video of rehearsals for THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, which is playing as part of a two-night benefit at Montclaire State University.