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Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) will make its highly anticipated return to the New York stage at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, New York City on Wednesday, April 10, for six performances through April 14.

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents PTC@Play, a two-week festival of new work on February 18-March 3 at PTC's home at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets). The festival will feature staged readings of four new plays by both established and emerging playwrights, a new play with music in development starring Tony and Barrymore Award winner Forrest McClendon as African American vaudeville legend Bert Williams, and an evening of short plays, FuturePhilly@Play, by seven emerging playwrights. Each playwright will be in-residence at PTC for their reading, and every reading will conclude with a reception where audiences and artists can meet. All events are free with curtain time at 7:30 PM. A highlight of PTC@Play will be the February 18th announcement of the winner of the Terrence McNally New Play Award, a $10,000 cash prize given annually to recognize a new play that celebrates the transformative power of art.

First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83) presents the witty comedy JEEVES TAKES A BOW, previewing January 30; opening Saturday, February 2 at 8 p.m.; and running through March 3. Directed by Jeff Award nominee Alison C. Vesely (First Folio's A Moon for the Misbegotten), the cast of First Folio's 2009 production Jeeves in Bloom will reprise their roles in JEEVES TAKES A BOW, starring Jim McCance as "Jeeves" and Christian Gray (The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe and Romeo & Juliet at First Folio Theatre, The Glass Menagerie at Oak Park Festival Theatre) as "Bertie."

Park Square Theatre presents its annual production of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, based on one of the 20th Century's most inspiring and enduring narratives. The story comes to life in three weeks of student performances February 26 -March 22 at Park Square Theatre, 20 W. Seventh Place, Saint Paul.

The Warner Stage Company presents the Tony Award winning comedy musical mystery CURTAINS, January 26 - February 3 at the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.

The Palace Theatre has announced it is a recipient of a $5,000 grant award from the Arthur Getz Charitable Trust to provide Angel tickets to local schools. The Arthur Getz Charitable Trust, located in Manchester, NH, was created for special projects for tax exempt organizations. The latest gift to the Palace Theatre Trust will be used to provide several hundred free "Angel" tickets to local students to see productions at the Palace.

A sensation on Europe's festival circuit and an established favorite among its leading new-music bands, Enno Poppe (b. 1969) is one of Germany's most talked-about composers. The founder and conductor of Berlin's ensemble mosaik, Poppe is as inspired by his experience with and love of chamber ensembles as it is by his theoretical interest in the nearly infinite permutations possible with even the tiniest musical motives. The new piano-percussion ensemble Yarn/Wire joins returning favorites the JACK Quartet for this fascinating Portrait.

The America's Got Talent Live: All-Stars Tour has been indefinitely postponed, and the performance scheduled for the Palace Theatre on February 21 has been cancelled. Patrons who purchased tickets for that performance can return their tickets to the point of purchase for a refund.

Kathy Evans, Founder and Executive Director of the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, announced that applications are open to all musical theatre writers for eight retreats taking place in Summer 2013. Rhinebeck Writers Retreat provides a writing team with a weeklong residency to work on their musical in a private home near Rhinebeck, New York. There will be eight one-week retreats offered between June 22 and August 25th. Applications are due February 28 and the submission fee is $20. The submitted musical can be at any stage of development, as long as it has not been published or licensed. All information, guidelines, and online application can be found at www.rhinebeckwriters.org.

Hailing from Utah, The Piano Guys became an Internet sensation by way of their immensely successful series of strikingly original self-made music videos. They've made 35 since joining forces a little more than a year ago, including their most recent hit video, an innovative 10-handed version of One Direction's 'What Makes You Beautiful.' Newly signed to Sony Masterworks, ThePianoGuys recently released their self-titled major label debut.

Aurora Theatre continues the 2012-2013 Harvel Lab Series sponsored by Georgia Gwinnett College with enduring classic Master Harold… and the boys written by celebrated South African playwright Athol Fugard, from February 14 through March 3, 2013.

The Theatre Project is proud to announce Cold Reads, an Off-Broadway, new play development lab premiering at The Players Theatre this February. Cold Reads has been created to develop and promote contemporary Off-Broadway productions.

In recent years, Shadowbox Live has produced an array of award winning original musicals: 2008's Tabloid, the widely popular Back to the Garden from 2009, and last year's groundbreaking Burlesque de Voyage. This spring, Shadowbox Live is proud to announce another original premier, the musical Underland! And for the first time ever, audiences have an opportunity to have a direct hand in taking the production to the next level by supporting Underland on the website, Kickstarter.

The Palais Royale, South Bend, Indiana, is pleased to announce it has been selected as a 2013 reception and ceremony site winner in The Knot "Best of Weddings," a special section in The Knot magazine and on www.TheKnot.com Weddings from The Knot www.theknot.com, the number-one wedding resource that's most trusted by brides. The Palais Royale was also rated by brides as a 2011 The Knot "Best of Weddings" winner.

Violinist Jennifer Koh returns to the 92nd Street Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall on Saturday, March 2 at 8:00 p.m. to present part two of her acclaimed Bach and Beyond three recital series that pairs Bach's six Sonatas and Partitas with contemporary works. For this recital, Bach's Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 and Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 will be juxtaposed with Bartók's Sonata and the New York premiere of Phil Kline's Partita for Solo Violin, which is a 92nd Street Y co-commission. The Kline Partita received its world premiere at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto in November 2012. This is Ms. Koh's second Bach and Beyond performance at the 92nd Street Y. The first recital in the series took place in January 2011, with the third and final recital in the series to be performed in the 2014/15 season.

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced a one week extension for THE MADRID, the world premiere play by Liz Flahive (From Up Here, "Nurse Jackie"), directed by Leigh Silverman (In The Wake, Chinglish). Tickets for THE MADRID are now on sale through Sunday, April 21 with previews beginning Tuesday, February 5 for a Tuesday, February 26 opening at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

The Palace Theatre has announced it is a recipient of a $10,000 grant award from the Arthur Getz Charitable Trust that will contribute to the expense of re-rigging and upgrading the fly system. The Arthur Getz Charitable Trust, located in Manchester,NH, was created for special projects for tax exempt organizations. The latest gift to the Palace Theatre Trust will be used to support improvements to the fly system. Fly systems are fundamental for theatrical productions as they are used to raise and lower items on and off the stage. When the theatre opened nearly one hundred years ago, the manual counterweight fly system was the state-of-the art. The original fly system is still being used and for the safety of actors and staff, must be re-rigged to ensure its structural integrity.

NEEDTOBREATHE, who are currently in the studio working on their new album, will hit the road and give fans a chance to hear new songs for the first time in a live setting. The "Drive All Night Tour 2013" will be the band's only North American headline tour this year and will begin on April 2 in Memphis, TN at The Orpheum Theatre. The performance starts at 8:30 PM.

ONCE won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. The production was also named Best Musical by the New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critic Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards.

Stamford Center for the Arts is pleased to announce Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell as the featured artists for the Palace Theatre's 4th Annual Gala on June 21st. The event is made possible through the generous support of Presenting Sponsors Purdue Pharma and RFR Realty. Tickets go on sale to SCA members Friday, January 25th at 11:00am and on sale to the general public Friday, February 1st at 11:00am at www.SCAlive.org. Gala tickets may be purchased by calling the Development Office at 203-517-3426.