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Contemporary classical ensemble Musiqa, winner of the 2013 Chamber Music America/American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music, presents the electric, eclectic Word Play, the group's final Downtown Series performance of the season, on April 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hobby Center's Zilkha Hall. The concert features the world premiere of a one-act play by 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn prizewinner Jennifer Haley, with incidental music by Musiqa Artistic Director Anthony Brandt.

Following its UK premiere in London's West End, in August 2012, Nickelodeon, Life Like Touring and Daniel Sparrow & Mike Walsh Productions present the National UK Tour of Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer LIVE! Search for the City of Lost Toys.

The smash hit musical JERSEY BOYS reaches a very special landmark this month, when it will be celebrating its fifth London birthday at the Prince Edward Theatre on Tuesday 26 March, having opened in London in 2008. JERSEY BOYS has now been seen by over 4 million people worldwide and is firmly established as one of the West End's longest running and most popular shows.

Herbert Fox has announced March 2013 dates for his continuing series of successful Fashion Shows and Showcases for emerging and established designers on Friday evenings at The Empire Hotel Rooftop. Herbert Fox has also announced openings for emerging designers to show their fashions at his events this Spring at The Empire Hotel Rooftop.

The curtain will rise on Eugene Ionesco's absurdist classic Exit the Kingwhen Palm Beach Dramamworks resumes its 2012-13 season on Friday, March 29 (8PM) at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre (201 Clematis Street).

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre will present Disney's fantastical adventure "Oz The Great and Powerful" in spectacular Disney Digital 3D and Dolby Atmos, it was announced today by Lylle Breier, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Special Events for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Kids and families can bizz, bop, bleep and bang in The Famous Spiegeltent with thelive radio play Super Speed Sound Shed. Part of the lineup for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and playing in The Famous Spiegeltent on Arts Centre Melbourne's Forecourt from Wednesday 3 - Sunday 7 April, Super Speedy Sound Shed is a live radio play adventure where the audience and performers create and explore the crazy world of sound effects.

Americana music artist Sugarman, will be releasing his second album 'After The Blackout', a collection of well-crafted songs that reflects Noah Sugarman's heart and soul from his past and rumination. Sugarman's debut release on the Unison Music Label in 2009 'Art Of Starting A Fire' received rave reviews from fans and music critics alike. 'After The Blackout' is scheduled for release on March 12, 2013 in the US and a heavy touring schedule will begin March 8th that will take Noah and his band throughout markets in the Mid-West, South, and parts of the Eastern territories of the US. A European tour is also in the works to coincide with the Euro release.

Artists Rep and Profile Theatre announce that Profile will make Artists Repertory Theatre their new home. Profile will produce and rehearse their next season at Artists Rep, beginning in January with their 2014 Sam Shepard Season. This June, Profile will move their business office from their current location at the Theater! Theatre! Building in SE Portland, to offices on the east side of the Artists Rep campus.

Conceived from the creative mind of LA Culture Clash's Herbert Siguenza, A WEEKEND WITH PABLO PICASSO plays The Ricketson Theatre March 22 - April 28. Drawing on the writings of iconic artist Pablo Picasso, Siguenza creates a spirited celebration of the prolific artist's life, featuring a sparkling portrayal-and live, onstage painting. Tickets may be purchased now, by calling 303.893.4100 or visiting www.denvercenter.org.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with popular puppeteers Stephen & Teresa Gashler as they present fairy tales straight from Ireland as part of SCERA's monthly puppet show series on Saturday, March 16 @ 11am.

Culture Project's Women Center Stage presents the Off-Broadway premiere of the acclaimed Shaheed: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto written and performed by Anna Khaja and directed by Heather de Michele. Performances begin this Friday, March 8, 2013 at Culture Project at 45 Bleecker Street (at Lafayette Street).

Twenty-three students from the 71 semi-finalists that competed last weekend have advanced to the State Finals of the national Poetry Out Loud (POL) spoken word competition, to be held this Sunday, March 10. The competition will begin at 9:30am at the Old South Meeting House (301 Washington Street, Boston), site of the historic meeting of colonists that led to the Boston Tea Party and a continued haven of free speech today. The competition is free and open to the public.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that the NYTW production of the New York premiere of Belleville, written by Amy Herzog and directed by Anne Kauffman, will extend for two weeks through Sunday, April 14, following rave reviews and sold-out houses. Belleville (originally scheduled to close March 31) plays at NYTW, 79 East 4 Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue.

After an intense semi-final round of competition, the Metropolitan Opera today announced the names of ten finalists who will sing on the Met stage in the 2013 National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert on Sunday, March 10 at 3:00 p.m., with the MET Orchestra conducted by Marco Armiliato. The auditions, which are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year, have been an important stepping stone in the career of many of the opera world's leading artists. 20 gifted young singers from around the country arrived in New York on Thursday afternoon to prepare for today's semi-final round, in which they sang on the Met stage for the first time in their careers before a panel of judges. After deliberations, the panel has narrowed the field to ten singers who will move to the final phase of the competition.

The Elks Theatre will present Grease 'Sing Along Edition' starring none other than goody two-shoes Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) and bad boy greaser Danny (John Travolta) as they sing, dance, and fall in love all over again in this toe-tapping adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. For this special screening audiences are encouraged to grab their friends, dress up, and do what they have always wanted to do: Sing Along. Grease will screen all-weekend March 8th thru 10th and will coincide with the Middletown Area High School's and Elizabethtown High School's stage adaptation being performed the previous weekend. A special discount will be provided for students who attend the screenings with school IDs.

The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, has named Nan Barnett as the new Executive Director.

The West Coast premiere of "Tribes" opens Sunday, March 10 at 7 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. The Barrow Street Theatre production of Nina Raine's penetrating new comic drama about belonging, family and the value of communication continues through April 14, 2013. (Preview performances began on February 27.)

The beloved children's classic and highly-revered ballet, "Cinderella," is given a whole new, whimsical look with life-size puppets helping to tell the famous tale set to Serge Prokofiev's timeless music for Pacific Symphony's next Family Musical Mornings concert, presented by Farmers &Merchants Bank.

Following Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic's successful world premiere of LA Phil Creative Chair John Adams' The Gospel According to the Other Mary last season, they present the oratorio in a theatrical setting at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Thursday and Friday, March 7 and 8, at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, March 10, at 2 pm. Once again the Los Angeles Master Chorale and six soloists: mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor, contralto Tamara Mumford, tenor Russell Thomas and countertenors Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings and Nathan Medley, return for Adams' large-scale LA Phil-commissioned work. The production also features dancers Michael Schumacher, Anani Sanouvi and Troy Ogilvie. Iconoclastic director Peter Sellars oversees the world premiere staging of the work. The project will then be taken on tour with its European premiere during the orchestra's international residency at the Barbican London, and continuing performances in Lucerne and Paris, followed by the East Coast premiere at Avery Fisher Hall in New York.