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Three Cornish College of the Arts students have been chosen to participate in the 2013 Region 7 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Seniors Michael Feldman and Ben Wippel have been nominated for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions for their work on The Mystery of Edwin Drood last spring, and Shades of Blue, a 10-minute play by junior Leila Jacobson was accepted for a staged reading in the festival.

For the 17th straight year, Great Music at St. Bart's will present organist William K. Trafka in an organ recital to usher in the New Year. The concert will take place on Monday, December 31 at 11 pm. Trafka, St. Bart's Organist and Director of Music since 1995, has performed this concert since New Year's Eve, 1996.

Sarah Brightman's highly anticipated 11th studio album "Dreamchaser" will now be released in North America in April 2013. This will coincide with the timing of her International album release plan that will run through Spring 2013. As a consequence, the North American tour dates will be moved to the fall of 2013.

The Music Institute of Chicago honors the extraordinary legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. at its ninth annual celebration of the legendary civil rights leader, featuring the renowned Brotherhood Chorale of the Apostolic Church of God. This year's program also will feature Music Institute of Chicago students who have received financial support through its William Warfield Memorial Scholarship Fund. This free concert takes place Sunday, January 20 at 5 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

Olney Theatre Center announces the second extension of its current production, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. The show, which opened on November 17, is now set to run through January 13, 2013. This extension features a number of family-friendly performance times. It has been extended due to the positive response it has garnered from audiences since its opening and the multitude of sold-out shows.

The call for applications is now open for the Neddy at Cornish. The application deadline is March 3, 2013. Application guidelines and the link to the application form are available at www.cornish.edu/neddy. Questions regarding theNeddy at Cornish program, may be directed to Ellen Ito, Neddy at Cornish Program Assistant at 206-726-5116 or email at eito@cornish.edu.

A brand-new theatrical sing-a-long event heads to the Wyvern in January, with a full-live band playing 70s disco music fronted by ex-boy band star and co-hosted by a 70s radio icon.

Raven Theatre's 30th season continues with Rebecca Gilman's dark drama, Boy Gets Girl. Two opening nights are scheduled for Sunday, January 20 at 7:00 p.m. and Monday, January 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark. Tickets and information are available at www.raventheatre.com or 773-338-2177.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company and WKNO public television/radio in Memphis, TN, are partnering January through May 2013 on a community-wide project to celebrate the works of Shakespeare and expose the community to his plays.

Composer/pianist Gregg Kallor will give a benefit concert on January 13, 2013, 7:30 p.m. at Culture Project Theater (45 Bleecker Street at Lafayette, New York City) to raise money for hurricane Sandy relief. Kallor, joined by guest musicians, will perform some of his latest music including "Short Stories" for violin and piano; the world premiere of Undercurrent, a new piece for cello and piano; and several pieces for piano, violin, cello, and clarinet. In addition, Kallor will perform excerpts from his nine-movement solo piano suite, "A Single Noon" - a musical tableau of life in New York City, told through composition and improvisation - that was premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2011.

MusicalFare Theatre, Western New York's most awarded and only professional musical theatre company, presents the 3rd production of its 2012-2013 subscription season, the Premiere Regional production of RENT. It's an all new look at Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical.

Palm Beach Dramaworks, West Palm Beach's multi-award winning professional theatre (201 Clematis Street), is delighted to announce the premiere of an exciting new venture, the Musical Theatre Masters Series. Modeled after PBD's very popular Master Playwrights Series, the new series will kick off on with four concert performances of Camelot, the final Broadway musical from the legendary writing team of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe on January 11 (8pm), January 12 (2pm and 8pm), and January 13 (2pm).

CENTERSTAGE Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE has just returned from London, where he was officially presented with his Order at of the British Empire by The Prince of Wales in an investiture at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, December 13.

The National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will play Las Vegas as part of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts 2013-14 Broadway Las Vegas Season in the summer of 2014.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and its artistic director, Bonnie J. Monte, have been awarded a $25,000 gift by The Geraldine R. Dodge foundation in honor of the retirement of the Foundation's longtime trustee, Dr. Barbara Knowles Debs. The surprise presentation was made by Dodge Foundation president and CEO Christopher J. Daggett at the Opening Night of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's Trelawny of the Wells - the final production of The Theatre's 50th Anniversary Season.

A&E Network introduces a proud native South Boston family that is battling the relentless gentrification of their neighborhood that's been overrun with yuppies, sushi restaurants and $5 cups of coffee. "Southie Rules" premieres Tuesday, January 29 at 10PM ET/PT on A&E.

The State Ballet Theatre of Russia - Cinderella comes to Jacksonville's Times-Union Center's Moran Theater for one performance only on Saturday, January 12th at 8PM!

Sheffield Theatres announces today the four young local boys cast as Nathan in the Company's world première production of Simon Beaufoy's The Full Monty, which opens at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield from Saturday 2 - Saturday 23 February 2013.

StarStruck Theatre presents the area premiere of Geoffrey Nauffts' award-winning play Next Fall. Directed by mARTie Award Winner Jennifer Jones, Next Fall will play a limited engagement January 18-20, 2013.

On August 4th, 2013, acclaimed Composer and Lyricist Scott Alan will return to London for his biggest concert yet at the IndigO2 Theatre Arena at the O2.