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Theater For The New City has announced the American premiere production of Alberto Bassetti's TWO SISTERS, TWO BROTHERS, directed by Mark Schneider and Valentina Fratti. TWO SISTERS, TWO BROTHERS will play a limited engagement at Theater for the New City (155 First Avenue, btw. 9th/10th). Performances begin Thursday, June 7 and continue through Sunday, June 24. Opening Night is Saturday, June 9 (8 p.m.).

Pride Films & Plays has announced the launch of the third Great Gay Screenplay compeition. This contest seeks new screenplays that not only speak to the LGBT community, but are essential viewing for their friends, family, and co-workers.

Dating Depression and Dirtbags…A Love Story, written by and starring Elza Zagreda returns starting Wednesday, June 20th at Stage Left Studios. Joan Kane directs.

Legendary director Spike Lee looks set to direct Mike Tyson's one man show MIKE TYSON: UNDISPUTED TRUTH in a Broadway production this Summer, according to TMZ.com.

Virginia Rep Announces the opening of the Broadway hit, Spring Awakening, at the Sara Belle and Neil November Theatre, 114 West Broad Street, on June 15 and running through July 22. Winner of eight 2007 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Spring Awakening examines the unbridled energy that ignites the journey from youth to adulthood. Featuring a live band, on stage seating, and an outstanding young cast, Spring Awakening is the first production under the Virginia Rep name after the merger of Barksdale and Theatre IV.

Houseton Theater Academy launches with Theater in Motion: Theater for Teens, a Summer Academy Program. Theater in Motion will have 2 summer sessions in Chicago with plans to launch new programs for children and teens throughout the year.

WICA will host "POW" (Politics of War), an exhibit of works by local artists (listed below), with an art reception Friday, June 8, at 6:00 pm in the lobby. This fabulous art show serves as a prelude on the opening night of Frost/Nixon, by Peter Morgan, "POW" will remain in the WICA lobby until the end of June. The art show will relate thematically to the Vietnam era and how Richard Nixon impacted politics and society at every level.

Producers Debbie Bisno, Fox Theatricals and Paula Wagner announced today the Broadway Premiere of GRACE, the acclaimed American play by Award-winning writer Craig Wright (Mistakes Were Made, Recent Tragic Events, Lady; "Six Feet Under"). Grace will premiere in a strictly limited engagement beginning on Friday, September 14, 2012 at a Shubert Theater to be announced. Dexter Bullard (Tracy Letts' BUG) will direct the production, which will feature an all-star cast that includes Paul Rudd and Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon, with Kate Arrington and seven-time Emmy Award®-winner Edward Asner, who returns to Broadway for the first time in nearly 25 years. Opening Night is set for Thursday, October 4, 2012.

On June 16th Iron Age Theater and the NAACP Youth Council of Norristown will celebrate the freeing of the slaves in a theatrically dynamic way. The third annual Juneteenth event will take guests on a walking tour of downtown Norristown with a series of stops where professional actors from the region will present scenes, monologues or historical documents accenting the theme of freedom and slavery. Norristown celebrates Juneteenth as part of the towns year long bicentennial events.

Project Girl Performance Collective will debut TRAFFICKED, Created by Members of Project Girl Performance Collective and Directed by Ashley Marinaccio, for six performances between June 4 and June 23. The play tells the story of fifteen girls 'in the life'.

Woodhaven Productions will present 'Rue Royale', a play about a recent college graduate who returns home to New Orleans following news of her father's terminal illness, as part of the 10-day Los Angeles Fringe Festival, June 14 through 24, 2012.

The world premiere production of AMERICAN STARES by Tony Glazer, a dark comedy that exploring the emotions, intentions and actions of South Florida's disenfranchised lower class citizens, will play June 14 through July 22 at New Jersey Repertory Company located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch. Evan Bergman directs. Check out the production photographs below, which feature Summer Crockett Moore, Becca Ballenger, Trey Gibbons, LeeAnne Hutchison, Shane Patrick Kearns and Brad Holbrook.

Casa 0101 Theater will present the World Premiere of "Trio Los Machos," with songs made famous by the singing group, Trio Los Panchos, at the new Casa 0101 Theater, 2102 E. First Street (at Louis Street), Boyle Heights, CA 90033 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 5:00 p.m., June 8 - July 8, 2012.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its L.A. Premiere at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood for a limited 2 week engagement from June 5 - 17. Check out the trailer below featuring Douglas Sills as 'Gomez' and Sara Gettelfinger as 'Morticia'.

The final two plays of Downtown Art's 2010/11 Writers Project, 'The Plastic Couch' by Alyssa Burgos and 'Men who Call Themselves Artists' by India Kotiswill, be presented June 9 & 10 at 7:30pm.

Pumpkin Theatre has announced their 45th Anniversary Season: A Celebration of Imagination! The new season will celebrate creativity and imagination. Over the past 45 years, the name Pumpkin Theatre has become synonymous with quality, affordable theater experiences for families and school children, and a place to come together and enjoy the magic of theater.

59E59 Theaters has announced the 2012 line up for the 8th annual EAST TO EDINBURGH festival, beginning on Tuesday, July 10 for a limited engagement through Sunday, July 29. Each July, 59E59 Theaters hosts a plethora of innovative US productions en route to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world. Created as a way to help shows get on their feet before flying off to Scotland, EAST TO EDINBURGH simulates the same production constraints that all shows experience during the Festival, while giving them a clean, comfortable and nurturing space to fine-tune their productions. This whirlwind three-week festival, featuring 16 productions, reflects some of the most adventurous theater from NY and across the US.

B. Someday Productions' presents the final show of its season, SUBURBAN MOTEL - two plays in repertory by George F Walker. The plays, FEATURING LORETTA and THE END OF CIVILIZATION will play the entire month of June at Walking Fish Theatre. This is the most ambitious and largest production the B. Someday theatre company has undertaken.

The Summer Festival of Sacred Music at St. Bart's will launch its 18th season on Sunday, June 24 at 11 am. In recognition of New York City's observance of Gay Pride Sunday, this service of sacred music will feature works written by gay composers.

Das erste Solistenkonzert der neuen Spielzeit 2012/2013 der Wiener Staatsoper wird am 23. Oktober 2012 Jonas Kaufmann anstelle von Diana Damrau gestalten, die diesen Auftritt aufgrund ihrer Schwangerschaft absagen musste. Am Klavier: Helmut Deutsch.