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The Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) World Premiere production of GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE, a new play by five-time Obie Award winner David Greenspan (author/performer of She Stoops to Comedy, performer in The Wax and director of Kate's Diary, all at PH; Coraline; Some Men; The Argument; The Myopia; The Boys in the Band) is set to open Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 PM at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street).

Based on the MGM Film Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed Directed and Choreographed by Richard Stafford Musical Direction by John Daniels Associate Director/Choreographer: Jonathan Stahl March 24 through June 12th, 2011.

Revolting Rhymes is a series of mini musicals based on the riotous and bizarre poetry of Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach and many other classic children's books. Dahl's famous poems take center stage as they are inventively staged with puppets, costumes and original music - taking you on a journey where everything familiar is rarely what it seems.

Leave your troubles outside for the 6th Street Playhouse production of 'Cabaret,' directed by David Lear, which runs April 15 to May 15, 2011. This production is for mature audiences.

Actors Laura Dern, Morgan Freeman and singer Natalie Maines will join host Sharon Stone in honoring Oscar®-winner Gregory Peck (1916 - 2003) at the First Day of Issue ceremony for the Gregory Peck Commemorative Stamp. Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the United States Postal Service, the ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 28, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Admission is free.

New Village Arts is proud to present the West Coast Premiere of Scott Hudson's two-hander SWEET STORM. Directed by Ensemble Member Daren Scott, SWEET STORM features Ensemble Member Adam Brick with Kelly Iversen as young newlyweds in 1960's Florida, spending their wedding night in a romantic treehouse built by Bo for his new wife Ruthie. SWEET STORM will be playing at New Village Arts Theatre (2787 State Street, Carlsbad Village) from April 20 - May 15, 2011. The official opening night is April 23 at 8 PM. Tickets can be purchased at www.NewVillageArts.org or by calling 760-433-3245.

Bay Street Players will hold auditions for the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie on April 18th & 19th at 7:30PM at 109 N. Bay Street, Eustis.

The New Group presents the first major New York revival of Wallace Shawn's Marie and Bruce in a limited Off-Broadway engagement through May 7. Directed by Scott Elliott, this production features Marisa Tomei as Marie and Frank Whaley as Bruce. Official Opening Night is set for Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00 PM at The New Group @ Theatre Row.

The BROADWAY BARES: SOLO STRIPS dancers featured Dave August (Naked Boys Singing!, Broadway Bares 10-20), Sandor DeGrazia (Broadway Bares 9, 10, 11, 13), Tony Guerrero (West Side Story international tour, Broadway Bares 19, 20), Tyrone Jackson (Memphis, Broadway Bares 19, 20), Andy Mills (Memphis), Brandon Rubendall (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Broadway Bares 20), Kellen Stancil (The Lion King), Charlie Sutton (Catch Me If You Can, Broadway Bares 16, 18, 20), Rickey Tripp (In the Heights, Broadway Bares 17, 18, 20) and Matthew Skrincosky (Broadway Bares 16-20). View highlights below!

he BROADWAY BARES: SOLO STRIPS dancers will feature Dave August (Naked Boys Singing!, Broadway Bares 10-20), Sandor DeGrazia (Broadway Bares 9, 10, 11, 13), Tony Guerrero (West Side Story international tour, Broadway Bares 19, 20), Tyrone Jackson (Memphis, Broadway Bares 19, 20), Andy Mills (Memphis), Brandon Rubendall (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Broadway Bares 20), Kellen Stancil (The Lion King), Charlie Sutton (Catch Me If You Can, Broadway Bares 16, 18, 20), Rickey Tripp (In the Heights, Broadway Bares 17, 18, 20) and Matthew Skrincosky (Broadway Bares 16-20). View Rubendall's dance below!

In celebration of the reopening of Rock of Ages at the Helen Hayes Theatre, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister was honored with a certificate naming him the show's worldwide ambassador during a celebration held at Bowlmor Lanes Times Square this past Friday. Snider, whose music is featured in the hit Broadway show (‘I Wanna Rock' and ‘We're Not Gonna Take It'), recently played the character of 'Dennis' for an 11 week run before the show went dark last fall in anticipation of its move to the Helen Hayes Theatre.

The New York Philharmonic will present Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking Company, with an all-star cast led by Neil Patrick Harris, on April 7-9, 2011. The award-winning musical will be produced and directed by Lonny Price, who directed and co-produced last season's SONDHEIM: The Birthday Concert!, and will be conducted by Sondheim specialist Paul Gemignani, with the original orchestrations for a 35-piece orchestra by Jonathan Tunick.

The American Songbook Project will launch a new program called 'The Art of Song Performance,' a workshop on July 10th-15th, 2011, in New York City. The summer intensive features classes in all styles of song performance, including Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and contemporary rock songs, taught by a host of luminaries from the theatre and cabaret community.

Stephen Colbert, who will next be seen in New York Philharmonic (April 7-9), stopped by The Jimmy Fallon Show to keep his word on a bargain he made with his fellow television host: in return for Fallon raising raise $26,000 for DonorsChoose.org, Colbert would perform the viral hit 'Friday'. View Colbert and Fallon performing the song below!

Judy Kent, currently represented on Broadway as a producer of Driving Miss Daisy, presents an invitation-only reading of Welcome to My Life, a new pop/rock musical with a book by Alicia Dempster and Bobby Cronin, music and lyrics by Bobby Cronin. The reading will take place on April 11, 2011 at 2pm.

John J Zullo Dance presents an evening of two works, including the World Premiere of How Brief Eternity, from April 28 - May 1, 2011 at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Streets), NYC. Performances are Thursday - Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $20 and are available online at www.theaterforthenewcity.net or by phone at 212-352-3101.

The AUDELCO and Obie Award-winning Billie Holiday Theatre concludes its 39th season and trilogy of new Jackie Alexander plays with the world premiere of The Right Reverend Dupree in Exile. The Equity production will begin previews April 29 and open May 12, running through June 26 at the 200-seat Billie Holiday Theatre, Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn.

Come join the celebrations in June, where once again Adelaide Festival Centre will be transformed into Cabaret mode and experience some of the best Cabaret at one of the world's most unique festivals for the genre.

For the second time in three years the Cape May Jazz Festival was awarded the Discover Jersey Arts 2010 People's Choice Award for Favorite Music Festival in New Jersey. Over 3,000 votes were cast in the category and The Cape May Jazz Festival received over 35% of the vote.

Marines Memorial Theatre hosts The Yale Glee Club in a Gala Benefit concert featuring special guest Darren Criss (Blaine Anderson on GLEE). Proceeds from this concert will benefit organizations combating bullying in schools.