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Les Misérables is the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around the globe and still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 27th year. Get a first look at the all-new poster, featuring Isabelle Allen as young Cosette, below!

Cornish College of the Arts welcomes Bill Irwin - the multi-faceted, Tony Award-winning actor, MacArthur Fellow, and star of stage and screen - as the special guest at the annual fundraiser to support the Cornish Scholarship Fund. Cornish Celebrates an Evening of the Arts will be held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, 1400 Sixth Avenue in Seattle on Sunday, November 18.

Today's announcement by Artistic Director Jackie Maxwell of the Shaw Festival's 2013 season introduces new and provocative conversations for its 52nd season. In a playbill rich with culture clashes, magical transformations and dazzling ideas, The Shaw continues its theatrical exploration of the mystery and beauty of contemporary life.

Houston Grand Opera announced today that the award-winning Broadway legend Tommy Tune and style icon Lynn Wyatt will join the cast of HGO's new production of Show Boat, January 18 - February 9, 2013.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has announced the winter/spring confirmed performances to take place at The Barns at Wolf Trap, the first scheduled for October 4 at 8 pm. This year's season features international stars from a wide array of musical backgrounds and genres, including classical, jazz, folk, bluegrass, pop, rock, world music, and more. The 56 shows booked thus far include seven Barns debuts, a list that is sure to grow as additional announcements are made throughout the fall. Tickets are currently on sale to the general public.

The Concerts for City Greens, the free outdoor series that brings the sounds of music to the heart of Midtown, hosts "A Giant, Wild Party," a musical tribute to the celebrated composer/lyricist/librettist Michael John LaChiusa, on Wednesday October 3 at 6:30pm at Tudor City Greens. (Rain date: Thursday October 4 at 6:30pm.) Feting the 2-time Emmy winner and 5-time Tony nominee, whose new musical "Giant," opens at the Public Theater this fall, will be the Broadway veterans D.C. Anderson ("Queen of the Mist," "Rebecca," "Phantom") and Leah Hocking ("Wild Party," "Billy Elliott," "Mama Mia," "Hairspray"); the cabaret legend and Broadway star KT Sullivan"; and the singer/songwriter and actress Katie Thompson (who is featured in LaChiusa's "Giant"). "A Giant, Wild Party" brings to a close The Concerts for City Greens' fifth annual season of free outdoor summer concerts.

After an 80-year absence from the stage, The ReGroup Theatre Company presents 1931- Claire & Paul Sifton's gritty tale of the Great Depression era at The Living Theatre, Oct 4-21st.

WAM Theatre announces the Special Events associated with their upcoming October 12-28 World Premiere production of The Old Mezzo by Berkshire based playwright Susan Dworkin presented at the Berkshire Museum. Talkbacks with the playwright as well as 2 for 1 deals with the Museum's Sunday Noon Opera and Ballet offerings in the Little Cinema plus 20% restaurant discounts for pre or post performance fare are all on offer.

Circle Theatre's 31st Season concludes with Ghost-Writer, the award-winning new drama by Michael Hollinger. This supernatural romance previews Thursday, October 11, at 7:30pm; Friday, October 12, at 8:00pm; and Saturday, October 13 (matinee), at 3:00pm. The production of?cially opens Saturday, October 13, at 8:00pm. The opening night performance will be followed by a post-show party with the cast and crew, sponsored by Oliver's Fine Foods and The Cupcakery.

Shakespeare's Globe in partnership with Arts Alliance Media will release three of its theatre productions to cinemas in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The Globe on Screen season will launch globally this fall and will include All's Well That Ends Well, Much Ado About Nothing, and Doctor Faustus.

The National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will play the Aronoff Center in Cincinnatias part of the 2013-2014 Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati season.

The Arts and Education Council has announced the associates and principals of Edward Jones have raised $673,382 through its 2012 Workplace Giving Campaign, PARTICIPATE - Keep Art Happening, to support arts and arts education organizations throughout the 16-county, bi-state St. Louis area. The campaign at Edward Jones is the largest and most successful Workplace Giving Campaign in A&E's history with 2,857 of the firm's associates and partners, representing 73% of its workforce, contributing to this year's effort.

Howard County's signature event, the Celebration of the Arts in Howard County gala, will be heldon Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center at Howard Community College.

Today, with musicals such as The Book of Mormon enjoying phenomenal box office success, revivals like The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess delighting new generations, and musical stage versions of popular films such as Once and Newsies dominating the Tony Awards, Broadway is proving yet again that its vitality and magic endure. Nominated for five 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards and winner of two, including Outstanding Nonfiction Series, THIRTEEN's landmark Broadway: The American Musical returns Sunday, October 7 at 10 p.m., and continues on six consecutive Sundays through November 11 (check local listings).

ETHEL, the acclaimed string quartet that Pitchfork.com described as "a necessary jet of cold water in the contemporary classical scene," will begin performing as resident ensemble at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Balcony Bar on Friday, October 5, 2012.

The York Theatre Company in association with Edward Negley, Neil Berg and Adam Friedson, will welcome James Moye (Dogfight, Million Dollar Quartet) to the cast of Closer Than Ever with Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Music by David Shire, filling in for George Dvorsky from September 25 - October 7, due to a prior commitment.

This rock opera based on the opera La Boheme, RENT tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. During the year, follow the group as they deal with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story.

Alan Raymond Fine will be performing his original contemporary classical piano composition 'Heaven & Earth' at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Vogel Hall (a 90 minute concert) on October 13, 2012 at 8:00 PM.

Broadway In Boston has announced that the highly anticipated Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons returns to the Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre for a limited five week engagement January 30-March 3, 2012 as part of the Lexus Broadway In Boston Series.

Imagination Stage's 2012 Gala, chaired by Hillary Baltimore, Siobhan Davenport, and Tammy McKnight, spotlights creativity and provides an occasion to celebrate and honor those who ignite young imaginations. This year's event honoree is Mario Bonds.