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The Theatre Project, New York's 'Adventurous New Company,' is set to participate in a global benefit for the people of Japan. In conjunction with The Players Theatre and Literally Alive, The Theatre Project is proud to present SHINSAI: Theatre for Japan, Sunday, March 11 at 5 pm at The Players Theatre at 115 MacDougal Street. Tickets are $20.00 with all proceeds going to SHINSAI. For tickets and more information go to www.TheTheatreProject.org or call 212-475-1449.

Kritzerland at Sterling's presents The Ira Gershwin Album with Lyrics by Ira, Music by George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Burton Lane, Kurt Weill and other greats on Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm.

Dick Anthony Williams, a veteran actor perhaps best known for his role as Pretty Tony in "The Mack," died Thursday in Los Angeles, said his family and friends. The cause was not announced.

Lauren Ferebee is the featured playwright for On the Square Productions third reading in their Write Angle Series for their 2011-2012 season. The reading of Somewhere Safer will take place on Monday, February 27th at 8pm at The Bridge Theatre at Shetler Studios (244 W 54th St., 12th Floor) This event will serve as a fundraiser/benefit for the not for profit theatre company. Somewhere Safer marks the first piece to go through the company's Square One Writing Series dedicated to providing artists a place to create and develop new work.

Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell stopped by 'Meet The Press' for an interview with David Gregory while in Washington for the "Discover Ellington Festival." He discusses Duke Ellington, the artist who the festival honors, and the influence that jazz had on him.

Greenwich Playhouse presents THE DUCHESS OF MALFI by John Webster. The production is Directed by Bruce Jamieson; Produced by Alice de Sousa; and Presented by Galleon Theatre Company at its home the Greenwich Playhouse. THE DUCHESS OF MALFI runs 21st February - 18th March 2012, Tues-Sat at 7.30pm - Sun at 4pm.

Little Lady, directed by John Turner and created and performed by Sandrine Lafond, will play at the Red Room Theater (85 East 4th Street) as a part of this year's FRIGID New York festival.

Hugo took home the most awards of the night. The Sound Mixing team of Production Mixer John Midgley, Re-Recording Mixer Tom Fleischman, CAS and Scoring Mixer Simon Rhodes at the 48th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards. The family adventure won Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture, the evening's top honor. This is Midgley's first CAS Award. He was previously nominated for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. It is the second CAS Award for Fleischman in this category having previously won for The Aviator. He also won a second consecutive CAS Award for Boardwalk Empire, earlier in the evening. This is Rhodes first CAS Award as this is the first year Scoring Mixers have been included in the Awards.

Weingarten Brown LLP announced in a statement that 'defendants CBS Broadcasting, Inc., Tony Awards Productions, White Cherry Entertainment, Inc. and others involved in producing the 2009 Tony Awards, where Rock Star Bret Michaels sustained life-threatening head injuries, filed a Third Party Complaint in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against third-party Rock of Ages Broadway LLC.'

Producer John Frost announced the 24 local children who have been cast in the upcoming Brisbane production of the ever-popular Broadway musical Annie.

The Devil dreams of returning to heaven and to God's side. Title 66 Productions invites Montreal to attend the trial of the Devil, presented at Theatre Rouge in the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montreal from February 29th to March 4th. If he can prove that humanity is indeed culpable for many of his alleged crimes, he may return to paradise forever. From the creative mind of Clive Barker, master engineer of fantasy and horror, The History of the Devil tells the satiric tale of the Devil's trial at the hands of the human race, with whom he's shared the world for millennia.

Chris Colfer has written and will star in an upcoming film about a teen who gets 'Struck By Lightning.' Get an exclusive look at the film's first trailer below!

Broadway composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz went to see yesterday's matinee of Musical Theatre West's production MAN OF LA MANCHA. At the evening performance, Martha Wasserman (widow of Dale Wasserman) showed up with French actor David Serero, who is doing the role of Cervantes in the French production. See the photos below!

When Jim and Kay Thigpen announced at the beginning of their 27th Season that they would be officially retiring from Trustus Theatre - South Carolina's premiere professional theater which they co-founded in 1985 - the Trustus Board of Directors instantly formed a committee to fill their positions. In a meeting on Valentine's Day 2012 the Trustus Board of Directors officially announced that Larry Hembree will become the new Executive Director of the theatre with long-time Trustus Company Member and Associate Artistic Director Dewey Scott-Wiley taking the reigns as the new Artistic Director in the 28th season.

According to the Washington Post, actress Judi Dench said that she has been diagnosed with an eye condition called macular degeneration. The condition can cause blindness. The actress said that she already had bad vision and had difficulty reading scripts.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Sal Abbatiello of Fever Records, continues its 31st season with a celebration of 25 years of Freestyle music -- FOREVER FREESTYLE 6 -- on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 8pm. To Latino teenagers in the late '80s and early '90s, Freestyle, a hybrid of Hip Hop and disco, was known simply as 'Our Music.' This year's concert will feature Freestyle artists STEVIE B, CORINA, SAFIRE, CYNTHIA, NOEL, NAYOBE, CORO, FASCINATION, STRAFE and THE VARGAS BROTHERS. The concert will also feature DJ LUCHO and will be hosted by SPEEDY and SAL ABBATIELLO.

Theatre Artists Studio Presents Babe: An Olympian Musical March 16 - April 1, 2012. Book & Lyrics are by Carolyn Gage and Music is by Andrea Jill Higgins. It is directed by Christy Welty

MANSICAL will be performing in Donny's Skybox Theatre, 1608 N Wells St., 4th Floor every Sunday night at 8:00pm from March 4th - April 15th, 2012.

After selling out Aurora's 1,888-seat Paramount Theatre in record time, country music legend Willie Nelson has just added a second show at the Paramount, Wednesday, April 11 at 8 pm.

Shakespeare on the Sound presents ROMEO AND JULIET in Greenwich from June 26-July 8 and in Rowayton from July 18-29.