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Life of Riley looks backwards, forwards and, now and then, sideways with wry comic affection on the lives we lived or might have lived.

MadLab Theatre & Gallery will present Theatre Roulette 2011 at 8:00, May 5th-May 28th, Thursday though Saturdays at MadLab Theatre & Gallery, 227 N. 3rd St. Columbus. All 10 shows will be presented on the final day of the festival, May 28th beginning at 2 pm. Tickets cost $12, $8 Students/Seniors, $6 Members. Call 614-221-5418 or visit www.madlab.net.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) will present NEO7, a benefit concert celebrating New, Emerging, Outstanding musical theatre writers, on Monday, May 16 at its home at the Theatre at Saint Peter's. Following the 7:30 PM performance (featuring the voices of many of today's top musical theatre talent), there will be a champagne and dessert reception to end the evening.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that Cirque Éloize iD has teamed up with Funemployed Chicago to create an innovative, urban, hip-hop style web video called "The Commute." "The Commute" features Cirque Éloize iD bike trial champion, Thibaut Philippe, performing remarkable bicycle stunts in front of Chicago's favorite and most notable landmarks in a hilarious and mind-blowing web video. View the video below!

On Monday, June 13, cast and crew members from the Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier® Award winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS will perform a special one night only cabaret performance titled Cabaret at the Corner of College and Broadway.

After successful performances in New Orleans and New York's Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, pianist/composer Gregg Kallor announces his upcoming engagements. Kallor will bring his unconventional blend of classical works, improvisation, and his own unique music to New Orleans, Chicago, Connecticut and Massachusetts in the summer of 2011.

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces the World Premiere of The Outgoing Tide, by Bruce Graham, directed by BJ Jones. The cast features John Mahoney, Rondi Reed and Thomas J. Cox. The Outgoing Tide runs May 12-June 19, 2011 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie. The press opening is Saturday May 21, 2011.

New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is pleased to announce The World Goes ‘Round, the award-winning musical revue of Kander and Ebb, as its 2011 Summer Show. The World Goes ‘Round begins performances on July 10 and runs through July 31, 2011. The press opening will be held on Monday, July 11, 2011 at 7:30pm.

Two small town twenty-somethings - one a party girl, the other a homebody - find their roles reversing after they move to L.A. and meet a smooth-talking local. Atwater Village Theatre (AVT) artistic directors Gates McFadden of Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA and Tim Wright of Circle X Theatre Co. are thrilled to announce the world premiere production of Between Us Chickens by Sofia Alvarez.

'Soundtrack for a Revolution' and 'Every Little Step' will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 29th annual 'Contemporary Documentaries' series on Wednesday, May 11, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free

The Araca Group announces the return of AracaWorks, a week-long series of play readings celebrating new work for the theatre.

· E! garners its most-watched Friday in network history with its historic Royal Wedding coverage, averaging 477,000 Households in Total Day.

Hillbarn Theatre is pleased to present The Drowsy Chaperone May 5th through 29th. For information, call 650.349.6411 or visit www.HillbarnTheatre.org.

Have you ever wanted to just 'chuck it' and escape from work... or home... and just cut loose? Experience the fun of ditching your duties for a day of excitement, hilarity, close calls, near misses and finally, a happy ending.

Grosse Pointe's comedy tradition is returning for one night only May 14 at 8 p.m. The show features satire on Grosse Pointe life and pop culture. It was written by eight Grosse Pointe South students.

Founded at Indiana University in the fall of 1996, Straight No Chaser's goal was to expand the boundaries of the traditional college a cappella group. From the start, they viewed themselves more like a local band that just happened to use their voices as their instruments.

Blue Spruce Theatre will be collaborating with performer/choreographer Kira Cowan (photo attached) to offer a unique 2-session dance audition seminar, specially crafted for musical theater and dance performers. Sessions run Saturday May 21 and May 28 from 12-2p

Though the megahit musical TV show GLEE may not be everyone's favorite show, words used to describe it don't usually include 'nightmare', 'propaganda', and 'horror'. Those words are exactly the ones that radio host Glenn Beck chose to describe the show.

GLEE's 'Born This Way' episode, which aired on Tuesday, featured songs by superstar Lady Gaga, although the episode didn't focuse exclusively on her music. Instead, the installment, which was inspired by Gaga's latest anthem, revolved around self-acceptance. Not everyone approved of the episode or its underlying message, however.

When greedy developers want to spoil a magical part of the desert, cowboys and fairies have to band together to stop them. This is the story that will be developed with the help of children ages four to eight on the stage with our Active Imagination Theatre at Beowulf Alley Theatre each weekend through May 29, 2011 at 12 noon.