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Steppenwolf Theatre Company kicks off its 2011/12 season with Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park directed by ensemble member Amy Morton, playing September 8 - November 6, 2011 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St. Clybourne Park features ensemble member James Vincent Meredith with Karen Aldridge, Cliff Chamberlain, Stephanie Childers, Kirsten Fitzgerald, John Judd and Brendan Marshall-Rashid.

About Face Theatre presents AN EVENING WITH ABOUT FACE YOUTH THEATRE: A Benefit Performance and Reception on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 7 pm at The Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.in Chicago. Tickets cost $100 and are currently available at www.aboutfacetheatre.com.

Dallas Theater Center proudly presents The Wiz at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center July 8 - August 7. Dallas Theater Center Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty will direct the first-ever collaboration between Dallas Theater Center and Dallas Black Dance Theatre.

The CW announced today changes to their schedule. Please note the following schedule changes, which will remain in effect through the end of the summer.

Marquee Nightclub & Dayclub announce their upcoming July events.

The cast of GLEE is currently on their sophomore summer tour, which has taken them to multiple continents and a myriad of cities. After the tour is over, at least one Glee cast member has plans to go solo with an album release.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's successful career thus far includes Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Even among those hits, however, The Phantom of the Opera stands out as one of his most successful productions. Tonight, Piers Morgan interviews Webber on the origins of Phantom, its sequel Love Never Dies, and more. Get a sneak peek of the interview, which airs tonight at 9pm ET/PT, below!

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of this year's Tony for Best Musical, will present a free fan performance today at 2:00 PM. The entire theatre was offered to entrants of the BOOK OF MORMON lottery.

Last night's performance of SPIDER-MAN, TURN OFF THE DARK may have been a little too reminiscent of its early previews for some theatregoers. The intricate flying sequences, which led to delays and injuries in SPIDER-MAN's preview performances, were for the most part cancelled in last night's performance; the performance went on as scheduled, but reportedly a problem with the mechanism used to send the actors in flight through the Foxwoods was detected before the show.

Keys was recently honored with a wax figure at Times Square's Madame Tussauds, and she talked there about STICK FLY, New York City, and what it's like to become a part of Broadway.

Chris Rock, currently appearing on Broadway in THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT, will have little downtime after the production closes: the comedian and actor has signed onto the new Lionsgate film 'What to Expect When You're Expecting,' reports Deadline.

The Globe Guilders Fashion Show is one of the premier annual fashion events in San Diego, which benefits The Old Globe (www.theoldglobe.org), the sixth largest regional theatre in the country, and this year will feature Naeem Khan, one of the most sought-after fashion designers in the world.

Lesley Leighton, an established choral conductor and long-time singer with the Los Angeles Master Chorale who was appointed assistant conductor of the chorus a year ago, has been promoted to the newly-created post of Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) it was announced by LAMC Chair Mark Foster. Her three-year term begins July 2011 and continues through the 2013-14 Season.

The Global Health Initiative (GHI) at Chicago Lake Shore Medical Associates (CLSMA) will host its annual benefit dinner at The Peninsula Chicago on October 6, 2011 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event's keynote speaker, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and Robert F. Kennedy Award-winning author Tracy Kidder (Mountains Beyond Mountains, Strength in What Remains), will share a message on global health issues and sustainable philanthropy.

TACT/The Actors Company Theatre announced today that it has appointed Company Member and Associate Producer Jenn Thompson as new Co-Artistic Director. Simon Jones, Co-Artistic Director since 1999, is stepping down from the position after 12 years of service to TACT, although he will remain an involved Company Member.

The original Jersey Boy Frankie Valli will headline a one-night-only concert for his first-time-ever appearance at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. With his three-and-a-half-octave vocal range, over 100 million records sold and a multi-decade career, iconic Frankie Valli, along with his The Four Seasons, demonstrate why they are still the hottest ticket in town with a catalog of hits like: 'Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You,' 'Big Girls Don't Cry,' 'Rag Doll,' 'Grease,' 'Dawn,' 'Let's Hang On,' 'Sherry,' 'December 1963 (Oh What a Night)' and so many more.

Broadway veterans Luann Aronson, Dan Cooney, Bradley Dean and Kingsley Leggs will headline the first annual 'Gateway to the Future' benefit for the Performing Arts Center of Suffolk County on July 23 at 6pm at The Gateway Playhouse in Bellport.

OnQ Productions will launch its third official season of performances with a special participatory performance event in uptown Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, July 12 from noon - 2:00 p.m. The launch is accompanied by a special offer on season tickets, now available 2-1 at www.carolinatix.org.

The 2011-2012 Theatre Season begins at Eastpointe's Broadway Onstage Live Theatre when THE SEX MANIAC, a comedy by Dennis Wickline, opens on Friday, July 22. Running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Select Sundays at 2pm, this delightful comedy continues through Saturday, August 20.

Bustling with gamblers, gangsters and the 'dolls' who love them, the national tour of Guys and Dolls rolls the dice at Starlight Theatre for six performances on July 12-17. All shows start at 8 p.m. on Starlight's Jeannette and Jerome Cohen Community Stage.