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Paul Garman, Executive Director/Producer, along with Michael Betts and David Lamoureux, producers of the REINER READING SERIES, are proud to announce the 2012-2013 season at the University Theatre on the campus of California State Long Beach.

Cleveland School of Dance, the official school of the Cleveland Ballet, will hold a fundraiser, Friday, October 26th, to benefit future events and performances. The school, helmed by Artistic Director and former Cleveland San Jose Ballet Principal Dancer, Gladisa Guadalupe, will also begin classes September 4th, at their new location in Bedford Heights, OH.

Broadway-bound professional dance troupe Rhythmic Circus comes to Salt Lake Community College on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. The group will perform 'Feet Don't Fail Me Now' at 7:00 p.m. in the Alder Amphitheater on the College's Taylorsville Redwood Campus.

The comedians of Mystery Science Theater 3000 are coming back to select movie theaters nationwide, as they take on another awesomely bad piece of cinema with RiffTrax Live: BIRDEMIC on Thursday, October 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT (and tape delayed 7:00 p.m. MT / 8:00 p.m. PT). Audiences will enjoy the wise-cracking commentary of Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of RiffTrax.com, while being treated to the all around horribleness of this so-bad-it's-good modern 'thriller' - just in time for Halloween.

East Jefferson General Hospital Broadway in New Orleans today announced the premiere New Orleans engagement of Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of Les Miserables, playing at the Mahalia Jackson Theater, October 30 - November 4, 2012. Tickets will go on sale to the public Friday, August 24, at 11 a.m.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County marks its 2012-2013 Box Office Opening on September 7 and 8 with more than 40 new shows on sale to the public for the first time, including Les Miserables, Flamenco Festival Miami, Boston Pops, Savion Glover and more! The event-filled weekend also marks the launch of the Center's new interactive Choose-Your-Own-Seat Program, which allows website users to view and select from available seats in the price points and location of their preference.

This September, Bard College will launch a residency and commissioning program for the performing arts, Live Arts Bard (LAB). LAB is a partnership between the Theater and Performance Program and the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, and will be run under the leadership of Gideon Lester, the college's new Director of Theater Programs.

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects has been selected to design a major performing arts center in Salt Lake City, Utah, that local officials envision as the region's premier entertainment venue. Working with HKS Architects' Salt Lake City office, PCPA will lead the design of the Utah Performing Arts Center on the city's Main Street, where it will anchor a vibrant arts district.

VH1 has announced the newest artist line-up of its critically-acclaimed original music franchise 'VH1 Storytellers.'

Billie Roe was named of the 2012 MetroStar Talent Challenge last night at the Metropolitan Room.

Following their sell-out successes H.M.S. Pinafore and The Mikado, Charles Court Opera unveils a new production of Gilbert & Sullivan's comedy, The Pirates of Penzance, in a co-production with the King's Head Theatre.

The Jeff Awards Committee today announced 197 nominations in 34 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions, which opened between August 1, 2011, and July 31, 2012. The Jeff Awards judges attended opening nights of 118 Equity productions offered by 55 producing organizations. From these openings, 96 productions were 'Jeff Recommended,' which made them eligible for award nominations.

Billy Pacholski will present 'Assassins,' music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, at the Viaduct Theatre in Chicago, 3111 N. Western Ave. Oct. 10 - Nov. 10. "Assassins," directed by Pacholski, with music direction by Robert Ollis, begins previews Oct. 10; press opening is Oct. 12; the show runs through Nov. 10. For more information visit Assassins-Chicago.com.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has announced the following upcoming events.

In the Blue Man Group show, three enigmatic bald and blue characters take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theater, percussive music, art, science and vaudeville.

Dick Van Dyke, beloved actor, singer, dancer, writer and comedian, will receive SAG-AFTRA's highest honor - the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.

Z2 Entertainment will present Signal Path at the Fox Theatre on Friday, September 28th. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 24th for $12.00 in advance and $15.00 day of show.

Guests at the Hobby Center's Theater District Open House this Sunday, from noon - 4 p.m., can enjoy a sneak peek of Gexa Energy Broadway at the Hobby Center's highly anticipated 2012 - 2013 season and take advantage of exclusive offers.

In his new book Film After Film: Or, What Became of 21st Century Cinema? (2012, Verso), critic J. Hoberman suggests that the advent of digital technology has led to the displacement of the medium of film-and the very relationship between movies and reality. In conjunction with the publication of this new collection, Museum of the Moving Image will present Film After Film, an exhibition and screening series inspired by the book. The exhibit launches on August 25, 2012, with Pat O'Neill's Decay of Fiction, Chris Marker's Immemory, and Joe Swanberg's LOLin the Museum's Bartos Screening Room and gallery area, and expands on September 15 with the film series and the installation of Phil Solomon's monumental new work American Falls (2010) in the third-floor gallery.

Porchlight Music Theatre launches its 18th season with the Chicago premiere of A Class Act, September 1 - October 7, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. A Class Act's music and lyrics are by Edward Kleban and the book is by Linda Kline and Lonny Price.