Dianne Dawson to Lead Manatee Players' EVITASeptember 17, 2012Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's EVITA opens at the Manatee Players on September 20 and runs through October 7. Performances are Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $26 including facility fee for adults, $15 including facility fee for teachers and $13 including facility fee for students. Tickets may be reserved by calling 748-5875 Monday - Friday from 9-5 and one hour before curtain on performance days or on the Manatee Players' website: www.manateeplayers.com. All performances are at 102 Old Main Street in downtown Bradenton.
LEGALLY BLONDE Kicks Off Garden Theatre 2012-2013 Live SeasonSeptember 17, 2012The Garden Theatre will kick off TheatreWorks Florida's production of the Central Florida Regional Premiere of Legally Blonde: The Musical, where Ivy League sorority girl Elle Woods and her blinged out pup Bruiser kick off the 2012-13 Season, October 5-28, 2012.
Horse Trade Theater Group Presents YOU ONLY PINCH TWICE, 10/25-27September 17, 2012Following its return this summer after a two-year absence, Pinchbottom hits the stage again in the fall with a revival of their unauthorized James Bond parody You Only Pinch Twice. The show debuts the weekend of the UK release of the new official Bond movie, Skyfall (October 26-28), giving American fans 'something with which to whet their appetite while waiting for the film to make its way to our shores.' Pinchbottom has presented the show in conjunction with the release of every Bond movie since 2006.
Blue Man Group Plays Chicago’s Briar Street Theatre With Hispanic Heritage Month Discounts, 9/15-10/15September 17, 2012The critically-acclaimed Blue Man Group is partnering with Telemundo Chicago to offer discounted tickets to performances at Chicago's Briar Street Theatre, 3133 N. Halsted. The discounted tickets are $44 each and will be available throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 - October 15, 2012. Restaurant El Nuevo Mexicano, located at 2914 N. Clark in Lakeview near the Briar Street Theatre, will offer 20% off of the entire bill to patrons that show a ticket stub and mention "Hispanic Heritage Month".

Montgomery Gentry and Bret Michaels to Close Indian Ranch SeasonSeptember 17, 2012Montgomery Gentry was formed in 1999 by Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, and released their debut album Tattoos & Scars the same year. The duo is known for its Southern rock influences, and has collaborated with Charlie Daniels, Toby Keith, Five for Fighting and members of The Allman Brothers Band. Montgomery Gentry released six studio albums for Columbia Records' Nashville division:Tattoos & Scars (1999), Carrying On (2001), My Town (2002), You Do Your Thing (2004), Some People Change (2006), and Back When I Knew It All (2008) and a Greatest Hits package. These albums have produced more than 20 chart singles for the duo on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the number 1 hits 'If You Ever Stop Loving Me', 'Something to Be Proud Of', 'Lucky Man', 'Back When I Knew It All' and 'Roll with Me'. Montgomery Gentry won both the Academy of Country Music Award and the Country Music Award for Duo of the Year in 2000, and they were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2009. Their most recent album, Rebels on the Run, was released in October of 2011 under the Average Joe's Record label.
WICKED Opens 10/10 in SeattleSeptember 17, 2012WICKED, one of the most anticipated musical productions of the 2012 - 2013 KeyBank Broadway at the Paramount series returns to Seattle on October 10. Tickets are available on-line at stgpresents.org, tickets.com, and select Ticketmaster locations. Tickets are also available by calling 877-STG-4TIX (784-4849) or in person at The Paramount Theatre Box Office (Monday through Friday, 10am to 6pm). There is an 8-ticket limit per patron.
Zappa Plays Zappa Comes to the Fox Theatre, 12/14September 17, 201297.3 KBCO & Z2 Entertainment will present Zappa Plays Zappa at the Fox Theatre on Friday, December 14th, 2012. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 21st for $35.00 in advance and $40.00 day of show.
OSL Announces New Artistic LeadershipSeptember 17, 2012The Co-Founder and former Chairman of IMG Artists Charles Hamlen will become Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) new Vice President for Artists & Programs, effective October 2012. In this role, Mr. Hamlen will plan repertoire and artistic collaborations for OSL's annual orchestra series at Carnegie Hall, chamber music series at The Morgan Library & Museum and Brooklyn Museum, summer residency at Caramoor International Music Festival, Subway Series, OSL@DMC and other special projects. Mr. Hamlen will follow Elizabeth Ostrow, the current Vice President, Artistic Planning, who has worked at OSL for the past 16 years.
Charlotte Shakespeare Opens OPUS, 10/10September 17, 2012Charlotte Shakespeare will present the regional premiere of Michael Hollinger's drama Opus, October 10-27, 2012, at the Duke Energy Theatre in Spirit Square. Tickets are $10-22 and are available from carolinatix.org or by calling 704-372-1000.
Ross Petty Productions Presents SNOW WHITE, 11/23-1/5September 17, 2012Ross Petty Productions' 17th annual holiday pantomime will be SNOW WHITE The Deliciously Dopey Family Musical. The production runs November 23, 2012 - January 5, 2013 at the historic Elgin Theatre.
Denver Center Theatre Company Will Present '8,' 10/15September 17, 2012Denver Center Theatre Company (DCTC), with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact, is proud to announce a one-night-only reading of "8," a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black. The reading is in partnership with One Colorado Education Fund, a statewide advocacy organization dedicated to securing and protecting equality and opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Coloradans and their families.
Texas Performing Arts Presents Grupo Corpo, 10/18-19September 17, 2012By popular demand, Texas Performing Arts presents the two-evening return of Brazil's world-renowned dance company, Grupo Corpo, October 18 & 19 at Bass Concert Hall. Patrons who witnessed their 2009 performance on the Bass Concert Hall stage can attest to the passion, beauty, and originality of this company.
Reverend Horton Heat Comes to the Fox Theatre in FebruarySeptember 17, 2012Channel 93.3 & Z2 Entertainment will present Reverend Horton Heat w/ Reno Divorce at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, February 2nd, 2013. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 21st for $9.33 in advance and $18.00 day of show.