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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returns to Jorgensen this season to perform the first of four in its 40th anniversary commissioned works, Earth Echoes by Pulitzer Prize nominee Augusta Read Thomas, in a Connecticut premiere that will include Metropolitan Opera stars Sasha Cooke and Nathan Gunn. The concert, fresh from its Carnegie Hall debut the night before, will be performed Friday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m., preceded by a concert talk by UConn music historian Glenn Stanley at 6:45 p.m.

CONNED, a new show featuring the world's most famous con artists, will perform for a two week engagement starting Thursday, January 17 through Sunday, January 27 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at Detroit's City Theatre; located inside Hockeytown Cafe at 2301 Woodward Avenue. CONNED is part of the Fifth Third Bank Fox Theatre Series.

On October 7, 2012 at 2:45 in the afternoon at Christ and St. Stephen's Church, internationally renowned tenor Francisco Casanova will present Tutto Verdi, a concert of ensembles from the operas of Giuseppe Verdi.

UK artists, Morning Parade, are have announced live dates as special guests ofSmashing Pumpkins this October/November. This news comes hot on the heels of their network TV debut on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno which kicked off of an extensive tour with The Wombats.

Following weeks of heavy competition and performances on NBC's #1 hit television show America's Got Talent, this season's winner Olate Dogs and other top performers, along with fan-favorite special guests, will perform together live in a one-of-a-kind production exclusively at The Palazzo Theatre in Las Vegas.

The Baltimore Symphony Associates host their annual holiday fundraiser, Symphony Homes for the Holidays, November 29 through December 1, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. The tour of elegantly decorated private residences will take place in Monkton, Md., starting at The Monkton Mill located at 2019 Monkton Rd., Monkton, Md. 21111.

The Alliance Theatre has announced that its world premiere What I Learned in Paris has been extended. The romantic comedy by Pearl Cleage, which was originally scheduled to close on September 30 will receive 4 additional performances - Thursday, October 4, 7:30p; Friday, October 5, 8:00pm; and Saturday, October 6, 2:30p & 8:00p.

This October, the world's first 24-hour, all-animation cable network will celebrate its first 20 years by hosting CARTOON NETWORK'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, described as 'an on-air and online birthday tribute created especially for kids and kids-at-heart who've grown up with the wildly fun and outrageous network since its launch in 1992. Launching on Oct. 1, 1992 within just two million U.S. homes, Cartoon Network has since grown to become the #1 television network among boys 6-11, and is currently seen in over 175 countries and in more than 360 million households worldwide.'

A major influence on many of today's musicians, Neil Sedaka is best known for his major hit song "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" which is listed as one of the 50 most-played songs of the 20th century. Set at a Catskills resort in 1960, this endearing story presents most of Neil Sedaka's most popular songs spun together in a light-hearted tale of mistaken identity, friendship and love.

Black Country Communion, the Anglo-American rock band comprising Glenn Hughes (vocals, bass), Joe Bonamassa (guitar, vocals), Jason Bonham (drums) and Derek Sherinian (keyboards), have announced their only concert of 2013 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Saturday 5th January 2013. The concert is significant, as it is based in the heart of the Black Country, where both Glenn Hughes and Jason Bonham grew up as kids.

The Media Theatre, Delaware County's only professional music theatre, welcomes two new staff members to its management team for the 2012-13 season.

CAMP BROADWAY®, the award-winning theater arts education and audience development company, is now accepting enrollment for 100 Broadway-loving adults ( ages 21+) to perform a musical theater mash-up of Broadway's cult classics with an original number honoring The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Carrie: The Musical. The parade will be televised live on NY1 and WPIX on Halloween, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 beginning at 7:30 pm.

Award-winning blues rock star and guitar hero Joe Bonamassa will return to Detroit's Fox Theatre for an intimate "Evening with" performance on Friday, May 3 at 8 p.m. The one-night-only show is in support of his brand new solo album, Driving Towards The Daylight, which made its debut at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart, the eighth time a Bonamassa album has debuted at #1.

The California Womens Conference has announced the additions of Oscar De La Hoya, Marianne Williamson, Deepak's daughter Mallika Chopra as well as Chris and Heidi Powell to an already impressive, record breaking roster of speakers and panelists on September 23rd & 24th at the Long Beach Convention Center.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center announced today that Donna Walker-Kuhne has joined its senior management staff as Vice President, Marketing. Acknowledged as the nation's "foremost expert on audience diversification" by the Arts & Business Council, Ms. Walker-Kuhne is an accomplished arts administrator and adult educator who has devoted her professional career to increasing the accessibility and connection to the arts by the nation's rapidly growing multicultural population. She has begun her tenure at NJPAC on a part-time basis, coming aboard full-time in November.

B. Someday Productions presents the first annual FUNDRAISER for its Barrymore Award-winning theatre outreach program, OF MYTHIC PROPORTIONS on Saturday, September 29, 2012, 6:00 - 10:00pm. The fundraiser will take place near the theatre at Michael's Decorators, 2210 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown. Cost for the fundraiser is $25.00, which will include finger food from French-inspired restaurant, The Pickled Heron, craft beers craft beers from Malt House, LTD, St Benjamin Micro-Brewery, homebrewer Joe McAteer, and more.

Ivan Vasiliev, principal dancer with the Mikhailovksy Ballet, has been named a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, effective immediately, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. He is scheduled to perform during the 2013 Metropolitan Opera House season and on ABT's national and international tours.

Award-winning square product theatre presents the Regional Premiere of 44 Plays for 44 Presidents, in conjunction with the 44 Plays for 44 Presidents National Festival.

Theatre Harrisburg opens its 87th season with a production of the hilarious comedy LEADING LADIES at the Krevsky Production Center. Opening Friday, September 14, other performances are scheduled for September 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23. Show times are Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. All tickets are priced at $25 except Wednesday, September 19 when all seats are only $15. Tickets may be purchased by visiting or calling the Whitaker Center box office at (717) 214-ARTS. This production is sponsored by L.B. Smith Ford Lincoln.

Twins Paul and Robbie Rescigno produce and star in their original musical comedy variety show The Rescignos at the American Theater of Actors (314 W. 54th Street NYC) September 19-29 as a part of the second annual Araca Project.