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Connecticut residents have a unique opportunity to see two plays examining America's complex issues with race, produced by Long Wharf Theatre and Westport Country Playhouse, while paying one low price. Long Wharf Theatre and Westport Country Playhouse are offering an $80 ticket package for their respective productions: the 1959 classic A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and the 2012 Tony Award-winner it inspired, Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris.

The Hartt School's 11th Annual Fundraising Gala, Hartt's Got Talent, is set for Saturday, October 6, at the Hartford Marriott Downtown. Considered one of the most entertaining evenings around, this signature event will feature memorable dance and chamber music performances by Hartt students and faculty, fine dining, an array of tempting items in live and silent auctions, and After-Glow festivities for those who don't want the evening to end.

Arizona Theatre Company (ATC) has announced its second season of Cafe Bohemia, a unique play reading series featuring diverse new works from bold and inventive playwrights. Cafe Bohemia will kick off September 8, 2012, with all readings except for "War of the Worlds," taking place in The Temple Lounge at The Temple of Music and Art in Downtown Tucson.

Jeff Maess joins Center Productions after having been the Executive Director of the Pike Performing Arts Center in Indianapolis. While at Pike, Jeff was responsible for the management and operations of the Center's 1,400-seat proscenium theatre and 125-seat studio theatre, and the selection of programming for a subscription series of regional, national and international artists.

The creative team behind storytelling juggernaut The Moth will join with acclaimed raconteur Edgar Oliver this fall to present the world premiere of Helen & Edgar, a mesmerizing, hilarious and heartbreaking tale of Oliver and his sister Helen's strange childhood in Savannah, and their mother's struggle with madness.

Inspired by the popular novel, Aurora Swing Nights begins another season of concerts on Saturday, at 8:00 PM with a concert titled, 50 Shades of Swing.

Alice Ripley won a Tony Award for her leading role in the recent Pulitzer Prize winning musical Next to Normal, and was a Tony-nominee for Sideshow on Broadway. This Labor Day weekend, she joins the star-studded lineup of Broadway at The Art House in Provincetown, on Sept 1 & 2 for three shows only. Series host Seth Rudetsky joins her at piano. For tickets please visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 508-487-9222.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies comes Cape May Stage's fall production, "Time Stands Still", described as 'a moving and often hilarious story of relationships, mid-life crises, and the ties of friendship.' Directed by Artistic Director Roy Steinberg, this Tony-nominated play previews on Wednesday, September 12 and officially opens Thursday, September 13, running Wednesdays through Saturdays 8 p.m. with matinees on Sundays at 3 p.m. through October 13 at Cape May Stage's Robert Shackleton Playhouse.

A concert of the new musical "Damascus Square" will be performed at the United Nations on Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 5:30 pm.

The legendary 'Secret Agent Man' Johnny Rivers has confirmed his first New York City Concert in over 25 years, for September 28th at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill. The special event, JOHNNY RIVERS Comes Home - "A 70th Birthday Celebration," is a presentation of Hi-Fidelity Music and will feature an All-Star Band joining Rivers, including Will Lee, Jimmy Vivino and Rich Pagano from The Fab Faux.

Lifeline Theatre presents an adaptation of Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White, by Lifeline Theatre ensemble member Robert Kauzlaric (two-time Non-Equity Jeff Award-winning adaptor), and directed by Lifeline Theatre ensemble member Elise Kauzlaric (Non-Equity Jeff Award nominee for Director-Play).

Music Theatre of Connecticut School of the Performing Arts in Westport will conduct the College Bound in the Performing Arts Seminar, a crash course in performing arts degree programs for high school performers and their parents, on Saturday, September 15 at 10am in Westport.

Ira Glass is the award-winning host and producer of the syndicated radio program, This American Life. The show has won all of the major broadcasting awards and is often the most popular podcast in the country. It can be heard on 89.3 WFPL Saturday at noon and Sunday at 4pm.

The North Carolina Symphony honors an American original with its season-opening Pops Series concert, "The Music of Ray Charles," at downtown Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28-29, 8:00 p.m. Charles's protege, friend and fellow Georgia native Ellis Hall joins the orchestra and Symphony Resident Conductor William Henry Curry for an evening of R&B and soul classics.

On Saturday, September 15 at 8pm, The Fab Faux will perform at the Warner Theatre.

The Maltz Jupiter Theatrew will salute the USA by hosting the official North Palm Beach County viewing party, in partnership with the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the free, nonpartisan community event.

The award-winning Peccadillo Theater Company will present the New York City premiere of TEN CHIMNEYS, a new comedy by Jeffrey Hatcher, starring Byron Jennings as Alfred Lunt, Carolyn McCormick as Lynn Fontanne, Mariette Hartley as Lunt's mother Hattie and Michael McCarty as Sydney Greenstreet.

On Saturday, September 29 at 8pm, David Gray will perform at Torrington's Warner Theatre.

Saturday night, August 25, Paula Poundstone will perform at the Warner Theatre.

On September 25, 2012, ATMA Classique announces the release of Prima Donna, the latest recording by Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin