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Acclaimed director and choreographer Rob Ashford has joined The Old Vic as Associate Director.

After the success of Michael Frayn's Noises Off, his gripping cold war drama Democracy, opening 20 June, extends for a further two weeks until 28 July at the Old Vic Theatre.

Trevor Nunn will direct the Old Vic and Chichester Festival Theatre's production of KISS ME, KATE, with Music and lyrics by Cole Porter and Book by Sam and Bella Spewack, which is scheduled for London performances from the 20th of November and a Chichester premiere in June.

Sheridan Smith will star in the Old Vic's production of HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Brian Friel directed by Anna Mackmin. The show begins previews on the 5th of September and opens on the 12th for a run until the 10th of Novemeber.

The Old Vic today announced its programme through to spring 2013, which includes Brian Friel's adaptation of HEDDA GABLER starring Sheridan Smith, and KISS ME KATE directed by Trevor Nunn.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) will open a satellite location in downtown Hudson this coming September, bringing performing arts classes in music, dance and drama to the historic Odd Fellows Building, located at 14 Main Street. The Franklin School for the Performing Arts offers exceptional performing arts instruction and unparalleled performance opportunities. The school boasts a large faculty of Boston-area artists and an expansive roster of classes for all ages and levels. FSPA programs serve students pursuing music, dance or drama for college and career as well as those who enjoy the arts for recreation. Since 1985, FSPA has been breaking new ground with innovative programming in the performing arts, and FSPA Hudson represents the newest chapter in the school's 25+ year history.

The Little Music School (LMS) graduates 20 students on June 20 in a ceremony that celebrates the musical achievements and development of these youngest learners. LMS, an innovative program that teaches children as early as eighteen months to play the piano, was created in 2005 at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA). The 2012 LMS graduates are from Attleboro, Bellingham, Franklin, Hopedale, Medway, Mendon, Norfolk, North Attleboro, Raynham and Wrentham.

Electric Youth, a dynamic ensemble of talented, young singer-dancers trained at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA), departs on a three-week concert tour of Austria and Italy on June 15. Backed by an eight-piece band of Boston's finest musicians, Electric Youth offers high-powered family entertainment with an extensive range of contemporary pop, classic rock and Broadway hits. The ensemble performed a Bon Voyage Concert at Showcase Live on June 10 for an enthusiastic crowd, providing an exciting and energetic send-off for their European adventure.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST), Chicago Park District and The Boeing Company announced today plans to bring Shakespeare, FREE FOR ALL, to community parks across the City of Chicago this summer. From Portage Park to Humboldt Park and Austin to South Shore, this summer from July 29 to August 19, Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks will break down barriers to arts participation and give Chicagoans direct access to their City's cultural resources by bringing free Shakespeare performances into their neighborhoods.

Following critically acclaimed sell-out runs on Broadway and in the West End, Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer prize winning play, DRIVING MISS DAISY, starring Gwen Taylor as Daisy Werthan, Don Warrington as Hoke Coleburn and Ian Porter as Boolie Werthan will go on a national tour from 10 October 2012.

A simple love story between a librarian and a young English teacher is the excuse for a twenty minute jukebox opera, inflicted on unsuspecting Edinburgh library goers all this week. The show will be performed in various Edinburgh City Libraries and the Scottish Poetry Library until Saturday the 16th. The exact times and locations will be advertised on Twitter and Facebook a half-day before each performance.

Gladstone Parks & Recreation has announced "Touch and Go", a brand new music sensation, as part of the "June Tune Series" at the Gladstone Amphitheatre. They will perform on Tuesday, June 26th beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Celebrate the holidays with Buddy Valastro, star of TLC's "Cake Boss" and America's favorite baker, when he brings a special live holiday show for the entire family to the Palace Theatre on December 4. Sharing the holiday traditions and stories from his family at Carlo's Bakery, Buddy presents an all-new show full of holiday spirit and jingle bell rock. Demonstrating the techniques that have made him the most famous cake artist in the country, Buddy will share behind-the-scenes stories from his hit TV show, answer audience questions, and will bring several lucky members of the audience on stage for cupcake and cake decorating. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 15, at 10am.

From a special performance of Legally Blond to a foodie's tasting paradise and the chance to bid on trips from Maui to Manhattan, proceeds from Valley Youth Theatre's 14th annual fundraiser, The Most VYTal Event of the Season, will help fund important education and outreach programs and six mainstage productions for the 2012-13 season.

Neil Patrick Harris. Singing. Tony Awards recap. Need we say anything more? Check out the video below.

The Chicago Sinfonietta's final concert of the 2011-2012 season, titled Passion. Tragedy. Love., led by Music Director Mei-Ann Chen, continues to offer diversity in both musicians and musical styles with contemporary works, unique guest performers and a brand new orchestral arrangement of Leonard Bernstein's iconic musical West Side Story. The Chicago Sinfonietta presents Passion. Tragedy. Love. at the Wentz Concert Hall of North Central College in Naperville on Saturday, June 16 at 8 pm and at Orchestra Hall of Symphony Center in downtown Chicago on Monday, June 18 at 7:30 pm.

Art Gallery Tours New York have announced a Lower East Side art gallery walking tour for Saturday, June 23 at 1:00 PM - rain or shine. The tour will meet at 196 Bowery near Spring St. and cost $20.

Tickets are now on sale for the Woodbury Community Theatre's THE WIZARD OF OZ, which is set for the Loft Stage at East Ridge High School in Woodbury for July 13-21.

Bright Light Theatre Company's The 5th Floor will run for the first weekend of the SoLow Festival, opening on Friday June 15th at The Foremost Building, 525 South 4th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147. The story unfolds as you travel floor to floor; secrets are revealed as the doors open and close. The 5th Floor explores personal intimacy and public boundaries through interrupted events and snippets of half-revealed truths to create a fluid blend of solo and ensemble performance. Only 5 audience members at a time are led through a strangely familiar, yet twisted reality as criminals dash into stairwells, lovers are discovered, and a power-hungry lawyer receives an unexpected visitor. As Bright Light's 5 creator-performers escape down hallways and emerge from dark corners, you become part of the action itself!

The weather outside may be cold, but things are heating up inside The Court Theatre with Dave Armstrong's '100% pure NZ comedy' THE MOTOR CAMP, inspired by one of the great kiwi summer traditions. Based on a story by Danny Mulheron, THE MOTOR CAMP is directed by Tim Bartlett. The show ill be performed 23 June - 4 August 2012 at The Court Theatre, Bernard St, Addington.