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LaMicro Theater, Puy Navarro and Francisco Reyes join forces for the first time to co-produce the US Premiere of Juan Mayorga's NOCTURNAL CREATURES. This is the second Mayorga play produced in New York, following the critical acclaim of Way to Heaven in 2009, which became a NY Times Critics' Pick, Backstage Critic's Pick and NYTheatre.com Reviewer's Pick. The show plays for a limited engagement from March 9th to March 17th, 2012 at the Directors Company, located at 311 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor, Suite 409.

Florida State Theatre will be moving 'Shake Rattle & Roll' into the Gompertz theatre to allow it a 2-week extension. It ends performances in the Cabaret on March 25, 2012, and will continue from March 27 - April 7 in the Gompertz.

pH Productions has announced their fifth annual Chicago Zombie Pub Crawl for Saturday, April 28 from 2:30 - 9 p.m. The even event once again takes place in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood.

Thiago Arancam wird in den Vorstellungen von 'Carmen' am 24. und 27. Februar sowie am 1. März 2012 den Don José anstelle von Massimo Giordano singen, der aufgrund eines doppelten Beinbruchs dazu gezwungen ist, seine Opern-Auftritte abzusagen. In der Titelpartie debütiert Elena Maximova an der Wiener Staatsoper. Rollendebüts im Haus am Ring geben KS Carlos Álvarez als Escamillo, Maija Kovalevska als Micaëla, Chen Reiss als Frasquita und Marco Caria als Morales. Yves Abel dirigiert erstmals 'Carmen' an der Wiener Staatsoper.

Coastal Disturbances by Tina Howe and directed by Jay Gilman will open tonight and run until March 4 at the Fells Point Corner Theatre.

Ventura's Rubicon Theatre Company is delighted to announce the next evening in their Broadway Cabaret Benefit Concert Series, Lillias White in MY GUY CY on February 27, 2012 at 7pm.

Octavarius has announced a one-night-only show 'Stars! Wars! The Musical' on Friday, March 9 at 8pm in the Mercury Theater. The musical tells the story of 'Star Wars: A New Hope' with original song and dance numbers, accompanied by a live band.

Producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that the award-winning musical MARY POPPINS will begin performances at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall in Nashville on Tuesday, March 20 for a limited engagement of one week through Sunday, March 25. Opening night is set for Tuesday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m.

The StAnza poetry festival will feature two poetry plays, KIND OF LARKIN starring David Hayman and A DRUNK WOMAN LOOKS AT A THISTLE starring Karen Dunbar. Both have been praised by critics after runs at the Edinburgh Fringe. The festival takes place at St Andrews from 14-18 March.

Glass Mind has announced a production of ADAPTING CINDERELLA at the LOF/t, 120 W. North Ave., from March 9-25.

Brat productions has announced A 24-Hour performance of THE BALD SOPRANO at 8pm on the 24th of Feburary at the Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancey Place.

Center Stage's production of RUMOURS by Neil Simon opens tonight at the Center Stage in Downtown Greenville. Sponsored by Pelham Architects, and directed by Myra Greene Shaffer, Rumors features Centre Stage favorites Richard Beveridge, Bryan Gallagher, Michele Labar, Paige ManWaring, Bruce Meahl, Tiffany Mortan, Peter Simms, Kelly Wallace and new comers Phyllis Jackson and Virgil Hobbs.

The Midwestern Theater Troupe has announced their production of The Frogs by Aristophanes, with original translation by Amy Page and featuring original music by The Calamities will perform February 16-18 and 23-25 at the Nightingale Theatre, 1416 East 4th Street.

Ian Somerhalder, passionate animal advocate and star of international hit TV series The Vampire Diaries, will receive the Wyler Award at The Humane Society of the United States' upcoming 26th Genesis Awards on Saturday, March 24, at The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills. One of the animal protection organization's highest honors, The Wyler Award is bestowed on a celebrity or public figure for raising awareness of animal issues via the media.

A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) have announced their mainstage season productions are now on sale to the general public for individual ticket purchases. The first two major productions of the season are First Date, a new musical co-produced with The 5th Avenue Theatre, followed by The Pitmen Painters, a regional premiere of the acclaimed London and Broadway play.

Christopher Morris of Toronto, a former member of the Blyth Festival Theatre company, is one of two winners of the Canada Council for the Arts 2012 John Hirsch Prize. Gaétan Paré of Montreal was the other recipient.

Holly Kendrick, Director and CEO of the National Student Drama Festival, is to join HighTide Festival Theatre as Executive Director in July 2012. Kendrick will join HighTide following the International Student Drama Festival (22-30th June 2012) and will then partner with Artistic Director Steven Atkinson to lead the company together as joint CEO.

Centaur Theatre, in co-production with Canadian Stage, has announced their upcoming production of The Game of Love and Chance, 18th-century romantic comedy by French playwright, Pierre de Marivaux will play March 6 - April 1, 2012.

For two nights only - Tuesday March 6 and Wednesday March 7, both at 7pm - Tanya Holt will reprise the critically acclaimed show she debuted at Urban Stages Winter Rhythms Festival in December. Her first nightclub act in five years, the newly titled "Forever Home," features music director Tracy Stark on piano, and Matt Wigton on bass. Lennie Watts, the Metropolitan Room's original talent booker and Holt's predecessor, directs.

Check out this new video of begind the scene of BRING IT ON. It features the creative team talking about the concept of the musical, the nature of cheerleading, and how they brought both to life on stage, plus plenty of clips of the show itself and rehearsal footage.