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A new book, "MARILYN MONROE: MY LITTLE SECRET" by Tony Jerris, explores Marilyn Monroe's relationship with her fan club president.

This June, three British talents bring one of the world's most beloved duos to Hollywood. Renowned Brit actors JOHN MAWSON and MARIO VERNAZZA, team up with the directing talents of one of London's most beloved theatre practitioners, AMIR KORANGY, head of acting at the prestigious Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London for 14 years, to present THE SECRET OF SHERLOCK HOLMES on Sat June 9th, 4:00pm (Preview), Thu June 14th 10:00pm, Sat June 16th 4:00pm, Thu June 21st 7:00pm, Sat June 23rd 7:00pm and Sun June 24th 2:30pm at Theatre Asylum, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles 90038.

Sideshow Theatre Company delves into the reality and fantasy of one of America's most notorious serial killers, in the world premiere of Chicago playwright Calamity West's The Gacy Play. Developed with Sideshow over two and a half years, West's play looks under the floorboards of a nondescript suburban home, and reveals the many ghosts hiding underneath. The Gacy Play opens June 28 and runs through July 29, performing at Theater Wit at 1229 W Belmont Ave.

The last production of the American Repertory Theater of WNY 2011-12 season features the annual Local Playwrights One-Act Showcase, on May 24 to June 2 at Buffalo East, 1410 Main Street, Buffalo. The showcase has been a highlight of ART's programming for a majority of this young theater's history and reflects the creative side of ART's mission to support a new generation of American playwrights and to utilize unknown or unproven talent.

The Outfit Theatre Company presents The Factory Floor season of COURSE RELATED COSTS, a new pitch-black comedy written by ensemble member Colin Garlick and directed by ensemble member Pete Coates from Tuesday 29th May - Saturday 2nd June at The Basement Studio, Lower Greys Ave, Auckland CBD.

The acclaimed London revival of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, staged to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth, opens tonight in the Westn End after a successful run at the Landor Theatre in south London.

As part of the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre's Summer Season, acclaimed US playwright Joshua Conkel makes his UK debut with the world premiere of the darkly comic The Sluts of Sutton Drive, opening at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited run of six Sunday and Monday performances from Sunday, 24 June 2012 to the 9th of July.

The Wild Project will host Colt Coeur's RECALL from June 8 to July 7, 2012, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt. The cast are Katya Campbell, Owen Campbell, Jordyn DiNatale, Caleb Scott, and Colleen Werthmann.

Elements Theatre Company is showcasing A. R. Gurney's Pulitzer-nominated play, The Dining Room, a window into a vanishing class of society from the 1930s to the 1980s. The production runs May 19-27, 2012 at Elements Theatre, Paraclete House, Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA.

Zurückgekehrt von seiner repräsentativen Japan-Tournee, tanzt das Wiener Staatsballett vom 23. Mai bis 7. Juni in zum Teil neuen Besetzungen fünf Vorstellungen des Ballettklassikers 'Don Quixote' in der weltberühmten Fassung von Rudolf Nurejew.

"Art Gallery Tours New York' has announced a Soho Art Gallery Tour for Saturday, June 2 at 1:00 PM, meeting at 31 Mercer St. near Grand St. The tour costs $20.

Dress Circle have announced that on Saturday 21st July 2012 from 12pm -1pm, they will be joined by Dominic McHugh to sign copies of his new book 'Loverly: The Life and Times of My Fair Lady' - a behind the scenes look at My Fair Lady.

The Lyric Hammersmith is collaborating with Latitude festival, Greenwich+Docklands International Festival and Watford Palace Theatre to bring a series of spectacular outdoor performances to Lyric Square from the 12th of June to 5th of July, thanks to the generous support of HammersmithLondon.

LISA MAXWELL has joined the cast of the West End premiere of CHICKEN, a dark and devilish comedy -which opens at the Trafalgar Studio 2 from Monday 25 June 2012.

Complimentary backstage tours, 20-minute Talkback sessions and Green Show activities will highlight some of the festivities surrounding this year's Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' production of "Othello," which opens this week at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park. Performances are scheduled nightly at 8 p.m. May 25-June 17 (excluding Tuesdays).

Robin Gibb, the 62 year-old disco legend who sold more than 200 million records during his lifetime, passed away on Sunday after a long battle cancer.

Two political candidates out to get each other...sound familiar? No, not in DC or NY, but right in Pembroke Pines at the Pembroke Pines Theater of the Performing Arts (pptopa) production of the current Broadway hit, Gore Vidal's 'THE BEST MAN'. Coming July 20-22, July 27-29, August 3-5, & August 10-11; Fri/Sat at 8 PM & Sat/Sun at 2 PM.

The National Board of Directors of the newly formed SAG-AFTRA met for the first time over May 19 and 20, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. SAG-AFTRA represents more than 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals.

Circle Theatre are adding additional Thursday performances on June 14, 21 & 28 at 8pm, Friday July 6 and Saturday July 7 at 8pm, and Sunday July 8 at 3pm to their run of ALMOST AN EVENING by Ethan Coen, one of the Academy Award winning Coen Brothers.

The Ocean Professional Theatre Company will present MAN OF LAMANCHA on 6/19-7/8 at the Bengal Theatre, 180 Bengal Blvd, Barnegat, NJ 08005 to open their Premiere Summer Season. The production will star John Davidson as Don Quixote with Broadway Producer and actress Heather Provost as Aldonza.