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Today, 20 May 2012, the National Theatre's award-winning production of One Man, Two Guvnors releases over 100, 000 new tickets for sale in the West End, taking bookings at the Theatre Royal Haymarket to 12 January 2013. Earlier this week Richard Bean's award-wining adaptation, based on Carlo Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters, triumphed on Broadway in Nicholas Hytner's five star production.

This May, Southern Rep will presents two shows at the Contemporary Arts Center: the final production of their 2011-2012 25th Anniversary Season, SHIRLEY VALENTINE by Willy Russell, a one-woman play starring Ricky Graham; and ACADEMY SRT Children's Theatre Series THE VELVETEEN RABBIT, story by Margery Williams, play by Thomas W. Olsen, directed by Ann Mahoney Kadar. Recently displaced from their home of 20 years at Canal Place, they have received support from the Contemporary Arts Center's Performance Support Program.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company have announced their season line up for 2012-13, featuring a variety of Shakespeare plays and literary adaptations as well as THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. On tour 2012-13 will be Two Hour's Traffic's productions of THE TEMPEST and MACBETH, beginning August 5.

The Genesis Repertory company is expanding to utilize two theaters - their studio theater at Bay 44th, which has become an Equity Showcase 99-seat theater when needed; and now a 650-seat theater on 27th Avenue with it's own entrance, private bathrooms, dressing areas, and kitchen/concession to be renovated to accommodate full-scale musical and contract productions.

Kimora Lee Simmons will be honored by East West Players at the 46th Anniversary Visionary Awards taking place on April 30th, 2012 at the Universal Hilton. As a fashion and entertainment leader of Korean, Japanese and African American ancestry, she has raised the visibility of Asian Pacific Americans as trendsetters on a global scale.

Argosy Productions and Shine Performing Arts in partnership with Valencia College are joining forces to produce and present the musical stage work Requiem for a Young Man on Thursday, May 10 at 7:30 PM and Friday, May 11 at 7:30 PM at Valencia Community College, East Campus, Performing Arts Center.

Tickets are now on sale for the Brunton Theatre's music and children's theatre programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012, which includes the return of Alex Hodgson for Sunday Nicht Live.

THE ELEPHANT IN MY CLOSET comes to South Carolina for one night only at 8pm on April 24th at Centre Stage, 501 River Street, Greenville, SC. The show, which contains adult language, was Written by David Lee Nelson and Created with Adam Knight.

City Parks Foundation and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation today announced the winners of the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater performing arts grant, a one-time $25,000 award intended to attract premier arts presenters to produce works at the recently constructed Richard Rodgers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park in historic Harlem.

Imagination Stage is extending its popular production of Rapunzel by a week. Rapunzel now runs in Imagination Stage's Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Theatre through May 26.

Having played to audiences around the world, Donka makes its UK premiere 2-8 June as part of Southbank Centre's Festival of the World with MasterCard with its dazzling aerial acrobatics, multi-media illusion and circus magic. Created by the award-winning Daniele Finzi Pasca, who wrote and directed Cirque du Soleil's acclaimed Corteo as well the Broadway hit Rain, Donka offers an intoxicating marriage of wit and wonder, surrealism and pure escapism.

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts is proud to announce the world premiere of Life Of The Party, a light opera for dark times. Following the huge success of last year's production of Kismet, director Paul Lincoln and the LaGuardia High School Opera Workshop tackle this completely original work, written and composed by Tony Award nominees Laurence O'Keefe (Legally Blonde, Bat Boy) and Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde, Pirates!). The show plays a strictly limited run, with performances May 3rd, 4th and 5th at 7:30pm and May 6th at 2:00pm.

Artist-entrepreneur Suzana Stankovic will present the talk Producing Your Own Show: Owning Your Voice & Manifesting Your Vision, a special talk for artists of all disciplines and backgrounds, on May 6, 2012 - 3:00-7:00pm followed by a Q&A at Vlada Lounge in New York City.

Actors' Theatre of Columbus will be transforming German Village's Schiller Park into Sherwood Forest for its Annual Tent Dinner on Thursday evening, May 24th. In the offing is the world premiere of Robin Hood, of English folklore fame, which was written for Actors' Theatre by local playwright Philip J. Hickman.

Actors' Theatre of Columbus will present a steady line up of comedy, drama, and adventure for their 31st season, including Goldoni's THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS and THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (ABRIGED) This year, for the first time ever, Actors' Theatre will perform in two different locations.

Mad Horse Theatre Company will close its 26th season with Annie Baker's comedy Circle Mirror Transformation, winner of the 2010 Obie Award for Best New American Play. Circle Mirror Transformation runs May 3 - 20 at Lucid Stage, Portland.

The Australian National Theatre will host a variety of events this June including Chabad Youth/Ohel Davorah, and the National Theatre Ballet School.

On the heels of their 2011 Best Production Awards sweep for Small Engine Repair (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, LA Weekly, Ovation, and Garland Awards), Rogue Machine have announcesd the first production of their new season. Seen for the first time on the West Coast, Mark Roberts' Where The Great Ones Run, will include an award winning cast of actors led by Jeff Kober from May 26 at Rogue Machine, 5041 Pico Blvd., LA, CA 90019.

Stray Cat Theatre will host Tony Tripoli in Dirty, Sexy, Funny for two nights only this Friday April 27 and April 28 at 8pm at the Tempe Performing Arts Center, 132 E 6th Street.

The University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance has added two performances to their run of The Cripple of Inishmaan. The new added performance dates are Tuesday April, 24 at 8 p.m. and Wednesday April, 25 at 8 p.m at 133 CWM Center, Houston, Texas 77204-4016.