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Maine State Music Theatre is looking for bright, energetic kids to perform in two special shows this season: ANNIE and THE WIZ. ANNIE needs girls to play Annie and her fellow orphans. Candidates must be between 6-15 years old and be able to act, sing, and dance. THE WIZ is searching for African American children. Candidates must be between 6-15 years old and be able to act, sing, and dance.

The first Socrates in the City event of 2011 will be a performance of the hit play FREUD'S LAST SESSION, by Mark St. Germain, this Sunday, February 13th at 7pm. There will be a pre-show reception at 6:15. As soon as this special evening was announced, all 145 tickets sold out within 24 hours. After Sunday's performance, Socrates in the City Founder Eric Metaxas will host a Q&A "talkback" with Mark St. Germain and the two stars of FREUD'S LAST SESSION, Mark H. Dold (C.S. Lewis) and Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud).

Irish Flautist Fiona Kelly, currently studying in the Juilliard School of Music, New York, has taken 2nd place in the 'Gheorghe Dima' International Music Competition in the Music Academy in ?Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The competition took place from February 7-11.

Buffalo native, Broadway actor and film star Stephen McKinley Henderson will be the guest of honor at a Saturday, April 30, 2011 special event hosted by Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP). The April 30th event, An Evening with Stephen McKinley Henderson, will feature an intimate look into Henderson's life and work. Henderson also will attend the RLTP Annual Spring Gala on Saturday, May 14, 2011.

One of the earliest operas, written in the 1640s, Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea, is to get a fresh treatment by Mark Ravenhill and Alex Silverman, with a new jazz-inspired orchestration, and featuring a cast of exciting singing talents. It will premiere as part of the Little Opera House's first ever repertory season, with 10 performances from Tuesday April 5 to Thursday May 19.

Legendary guitarist Earl Slick, best known for his spectacular guitar work on David Bowie's albums David Live (1974), Young Americans (1975) and Station To Station (1976), has officially joined the New York Dolls as their new guitarist on their forthcoming UK tour dates.

Newington is just about 118 miles from Times Square, the heart of Broadway! So, please join us on Saturday, March 12th, for "118 Miles Off Broadway" - an evening of classic showtunes, food & wine, raffle prizes and the area's best "grown-up" talent - all to benefit the Newington Children's Theatre Company, a non-profit organization. Featuring some of CT's best-known adult performers (and a few kids, too!), this fantastic event will be hosted by TV & Radio personality Jim Masters, of CPTV and WELI. We are also proud to announce our very special guests: Carolyn Kirsch, original cast member of Broadway's "A Chorus Line," and Michael Buckley, of "What the Buck?" and "Buck Hollywood."

The Vagabond Players continues the 2011 season with Arthur Miller's masterpiece, Death of a Salesman. The issues Miller and Willy Loman grappled with sixty years ago are still prevalent today. The production, directed by Michael B. Zemarel, opens February 25 and runs through March 27.

Previews begin Wednesday (2/16) at 7:00pm for the world premiere of White People, a comedy by Neil Cuthbert and Neil Cuthbert, directed by Michael Barakiva, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre for an opening Thursday, February 24, at 7:00pm and a run through Sunday, March 13.

The Canadian Opera Company has announced their performances and events for this May. That month will see new productions, concerts and discussions on famous operas. COC has also begun registration for its summer programs for children.

The Eastman School of Music will hold its' 6th Annual Women in Music Festival from March 21-25 in conjunction with Women's History Month. The mission of the festival is to promote and present the significant contributions of women in music through performance, education, and advocacy. The weeklong celebration includes concerts, master classes, lectures and presentations. Festival goers will have the opportunity to hear the work of some of music's notable composers such as Tania Leon and Lili Boulanger, as well as the world premiere of Exultet Terra, a commissioned piece by Eastman composer-in-residence Hilary Tann.

Jazz artist Jane Stuart will celebrate the release of her new CD, Don't Look Back, with two special concert performances at Miles Café on March 3rd at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Stuart will perform with her trio consisting of Rave Tesar (piano), MaryAnn McSweeney (bass) and Rick De Kovessey (drums).

Red Bull Theater will stage a concert reading of Caryl Church's Vinegar Tom on Monday, February 14 at 7:30pm. This event is directed by Wendy McClellan and features live music by Rona Figueroa and her band. The reading will be followed by a Bull Session discussion with Jean Howard.

Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, directed by Brooke Ciardelli, runs live on stage at the Briggs Opera House in White River Junction from February 16 - March 6, 2011. Performances are Tuesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5:00 p.m., except for the Opening Night performance on Friday, Feb. 18 at 7:00 p.m., with a 2:00 p.m. matinee on Thursday, Feb. 24.

The Village Voice, the nation's first and largest alternative weekly newspaper, announced the judges for the 56th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards. The Voice's chief theater critic, Michael Feingold, will again chair the Obie Awards committee. Joining him will be Voice critic Alexis Soloski and four guest judges: Critic Hilton Als of The New Yorker; playwright David Henry Hwang, a three-time Obie Award winner for his plays F.O.B., Golden Child, and Yellow Face; director Evan Yionoulis, an Obie award winner for her production of Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain; and critic Andy Propst, of TheaterMania AmericanTheaterWeb.com (and also a frequent Voice contributor), who will again serve as secretary to the committee.

The Poker Wagon, a new book by Ferris Brighton, has been released by RoseDog Books. The author has written many manuscripts led by visions and automatic writing during sleep. This is the first to be printed of many uniquely original books with a message that is indeed "new under the sun."

Staten Island's Art Lab is welcoming art work from children ages 3 - 18 to be displayed for our community to view and enjoy during the 7th Annual Kidz Open exhibition. Any young artist is welcome; you do not have to be a student at the Art Lab or in any art class at all.

2nd Story Theatre will host a casual conversation with Obie Award-winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo and Artistic Director Ed Shea on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM at 2nd Story, 28 Market Street, Warren, RI. The pair will talk about Becky Shaw, Ms. Gionfriddo's highly acclaimed play set in Providence, RI.

David Elzer & Peter Schneider, producers of the smash-hit, award-winning productions of The Marvelous Wonderettes and Life Could Be A Dream, present a world premiere musical, HAVING IT ALL, music by John Kavanaugh, book by David Goldsmith & Wendy Perelman, lyrics by David Goldsmith, conceived by Wendy Perelman, with musical direction by Greg Nabours and directed by Richard Israel. HAVING IT ALL will star Lindsey Alley, Kim Huber, Alet Taylor, Shannon Warne and Jennifer Leigh Warren. HAVING IT ALL will begin previews on Saturday, February 26 at 8pm and will open on Saturday, March 12 at 8pm and will run for eight weeks through Sunday, April 24 at the NoHo Arts Center in North Hollywood.

Top music industry professionals discuss the realities of the music business and careers in music with more than 700 Los Angeles area high school students at GRAMMY Career Day, a GRAMMY in the Schools® initiative of the GRAMMY Foundation with support from Best Buy. In addition, a significant milestone in support of the GRAMMY Foundation's education programs will be announced at the event, which will take place on Wednesday, February 9 at the University of Southern California.