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Joining Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths as the ageing vaudevillian team Willie Clark and Al Lewis in Neil Simon's award-winning comedy The Sunshine Boys are Rebecca Blackstone (Miss MacKintosh), Nick Blakeley (Eddie), Peter Cadden (Voice of TV Director), Johnnie Fiori (Registered Nurse), Adam Levy (Ben Silverman) and William Maxwell (Patient). Check out the production photographs of the full cast in action below.

The Palace Theatre has announced it is a recipient of a pledge commitment for $10,000 per year over the next three years toward its Second Century Campaign designed to fund its capital campaign. The fund will be used for much needed theatre improvements and safety upgrades.

Ten schools across the nation have been selected for the second phase (Fall, 2012) of 'NBC's 'Smash': Make a Musical.' The philanthropic initiative, sponsored by NBC's hit musical drama series 'Smash' and administered by iTheatrics' Junior Theater Project, works with under-served schools across the country to stage their own productions and implement self-sustaining theater programs.

Gladstone Parks & Recreation will host the first performance in the "June Tune Series" on Tuesday, June 5th at the Gladstone Amphitheatre beginning at 7:30 p.m. The first performance of the group known as "Cherry Bomb" was so explosive they were asked to dazzle us again this year.

Art Gallery Tours New York has announced a Skyscrapers gallery tour in Midtown on May 19 at 1:00 PM. The tour will meet at 41 E. 57th St. at Madison Ave. (Fuller Building), and costs $20.

B. Someday Productions' will present the final show of its season, SUBURBAN MOTEL - two plays in repertory by Canadian playwright, 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 "scrappy" B. Someday theatre company has undertaken. Dates for the entire production run June 3-30, 2012.

The Whidbey Island Center for the Arts has announced four events for this coming summer including the play FROST NIXON by Peter Morgan.

Anne Berlin will present a staged reading of LA STREGA, directed by Noah Racey, as part of the 4th Annual Planet Connections Theatre Festivity where she is a returning artist. The Festivity will take place at 1pm on June 6 at The Theatres at 45 Bleecker in New York City.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling will open May 18-26 at The Wilton Playshop, 15 Lovers Lane, Wilton, CT. Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in modern-day Louisiana, Steel Magnolias is the story of a close-knit circle of friends who gather there. Filled with humor and heartbreak, these 'steel magnolias' make us laugh and cry as the realities of their lives in tiny Chiquapin Parish unfold.

C venues will operate the India Buildings on Victoria Street for this coming Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2012. One of Edinburgh's best-known A-listed buildings in the heart of the Old Town, India Buildings will operate under the festival name C nova.

Im Anschluss an die bejubelte gestrige Vorstellung von 'Arabella' * unter der Leitung von GMD Franz Welser-Möst und mit Emily Magee in der Titelpartie, Tomasz Konieczny als Mandryka, Genia Kühmeier als Zdenka, Michael Schade als Matteo * wurde auf offener Bühne die Ehrenmitgliedschaft der Wiener Staatsoper an das Staatsopernorchester bzw. die Wiener Philharmoniker verliehen.

KADM Productions has announced the West Coast premiere of The Inventor, The Escort, The Photographer, Her Boyfriend and His Girlfriend, Matt Morillo's raucous new sex comedy, for a limited engagement at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. There will be one preview performance on June 1, with opening night set for Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 8:00. The Inventor ... will play through July 8.

Emerging Artists Theater will make its third trip to the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival May 14-20 with the world premiere of Kathleen Warnock's "Outlook," directed by Mark Finley ("Penny Penniworth" Off-Broadway, "The Secretaries," NY Fringe).

BrightSide Theatre wraps up their inaugural season with, "My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra" conceived by David Grapes and Todd Olson and book by Todd Olson. Frank Sinatra is the icon of cool - from classic elegance to contemporary "fedora" hipster. "My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra" celebrates the pivotal moments of Sinatra's life which would solidify his legendary status. The show runs from Friday, June 15, 2012 8 p.m. (reception following) at the Theatre at MeileySwallow Hall, North Central College, 31 S. Ellsworth, Naperville, IL 60540 until Sunday, July 1, 2012. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m.

Previews for the World Premiere season of An Officer and a Gentleman commence at the Sydney Lyric Theatre tomorrow night, May 8, ahead of the Gala Opening Night on Friday May 18.

Under the new leadership of Bud Martin, the Delaware Theatre Company today announced its program up to Feburary 2013.

Chairman of the Board of Directors Michael Marquardt announced today that Bud Martin has been appointed Executive Director of the Delaware Theatre Company (DTC). "We're extremely excited about Bud joining the organization and look forward to working with him and the staff on an exciting 34th season. Bud has an impressive track record in both artistic and business leadership and has deep connections in the theatre community throughout the United States as well as internationally. We could not be more pleased that the Delaware Theatre Company will be his new artistic home, "said Mr. Marquardt.

The Endangered Species Project's May reading will be Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey. The play was last performed professionally in Seattle at the Bathhouse Theatre in 1985, and through the kind auspices of the Seattle Public Theatre, Juno returns to the Bathhouse there via ESP's May 21 reading.

Hundreds of Long Island and New York City mothers will gather at the first New York appearance by "Fifty Shades" author E.L. James who will be honored at a special pre-Mother's Day luncheon hosted by Divamoms founder Lyss Stern on Monday May 7, 2012 at 11:30 am at Carlyle on the Green in Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale, NY. The best-selling Fifty Shades erotic/romance stories is taking Long Island and the entire nation by storm and has become an international cultural phenomenon. This is the first New York metro-area stop of James' U.S. book tour which has been one of the most successful in history.

Olympia Entertainment has announced that the award-winning singer, songwriter and author Jimmy Buffett will take anchor just one mile off the Detroit River this summer for his debut performance at Comerica Park on Saturday, July 28 at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Detroit Tigers ballpark will host the largest single-night Buffett concert in Michigan history!