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The North Carolina Symphony, under the baton of Resident Conductor William Henry Curry, honors a pair of remarkable milestones late next month, as the orchestra's 80th Anniversary Season includes a concert to commemorate Beaufort County's 300th year. The free performance, held in Festival Park in Washington, N.C., on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m., features an energetic concert program inspired by Symphony milestones.

On June 8, 2012, Chicago Opera Theater (COT) was awarded a $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This grant will be used over the next three seasons under new COT General Director Andreas Mitisek to support works by American composers. Additionally, a portion of the grant is being used to create a cash reserve fund.

Lifeline Theatre will welcome WildClaw Theatre Artistic Director Aly Renee Amidei to its artistic ensemble.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 2012-2013 season with a performance by the The Shaolin Warriors on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 3pm. Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for children (ages 12 and under) and can be purchased by phone at 718-951-4500 (Tues-Sat, 1pm-6pm), or online at www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org.

Pregnancy Pact will be the final work in the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company's MainStage season.

The Big Apple Circus presents the World Premiere of LEGENDARIUM at the Dulles Town Center in Dulles, Virginia from Thursday, September 20 through Monday, October 8 (Columbus Day).

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel will welcome back legendary singer/songwriter Judy Collins for her sixth engagement at the iconic venue, Café Carlyle.

BODYART, a multimedia, nine-member modern dance theatre company, today announced its New York City season slated to premiere three works by the company's Founder/Artistic Director Leslie Scott. Heavily influenced by photography, painting, and artistic collaborations, Scott presents a program that combines live musical performances, one-of-a-kind video projections and exclusive pictures with movement.

The Museum of Modern Art presents the 27th annual New Photography exhibition, from October 3, 2012 through February 4, 2013, in The Robert and Joyce Menschel Gallery.

Bullet for Adolf, the new comedy by Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman, has extended its run at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). Originally scheduled to play its final performance on Sunday, September 9, the production will now play through Sunday, October 21.

Direct from Beijing, the National Circus of the People's Republic of China-one of the longest running and most distinguished circus troupes in China-brings their cast of acrobats, contortionists, and dancers to Stage One for three performances of Cirque Chinois, featuring many one-of-a-kind acts, such as Great Teeterboard, Grand Flying Trapeze, and more.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declared Tuesday, August 28, 2012 "Richard Tucker Day" in New York City, marking what would have been the legendary Brooklyn-born tenor's 99th birthday.

TheatreSquared's Season 7 launches with the epic-scale comedy Noises Off, Michael Frayn's fast-moving backstage farce, next week in downtown Fayetteville.

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust today announced that David Henry Hwang will receive the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award at the 5th Annual Steinberg Playwright "Mimi" Awards. The Mimi Awards promote theater as a vital part of our culture by nurturing American playwrights and encouraging the development and production of new American plays.

Hartford Stage has announced the cast of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman, music and lyrics by Steven Lutvak and directed by Hartford Stage's Darko Tresnjak.

Bryan Adams brings his solo-acoustic concert tour to Las Vegas at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts on October 15. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 24 at 10 am at thesmithcenter.com.

Z2 Entertainment will present Greensky Bluegrass at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, October 18th. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 24th for $13.00 in advance and $16.00 day of show.

The best-selling cookbook author and star of Food Network's Barefoot Contessa is coming to Hartford on Thursday, March 28, 2013, to The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on-sale Friday, August 24, at 10 a.m. at bushnell.org, (860) 987-5900, and at The Bushnell Box Office. Tickets start at $35.75 plus applicable service charges.

Fresh from its appearances at the Chicago Dancing Festival on August 25, Houston Ballet opens its 2012-13 season with artistic director Stanton Welch's signature work Madame Butterfly on a program with his one-act ballet Clear, set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) , running September 6 - 16.

Cellist Maya Beiser will see the New York premiere of her new production, ELSEWHERE, a "CelloOpera," in four performances from October 17 through 20 at 7:30pm, during the 2012 BAM Next Wave Festival in the inaugural season of the Fishman Space, part of BAM's new Richard B. Fischer Building which opens in September 2012 at 321 Ashland Place in Brooklyn. ELSEWHERE is produced by Beth Morrison Projects.