CCCT to Kick Off Season With KISS ME KATE, 9/7-23August 15, 2012The Board of CCCT kicks off its season with the hit musical 'Kiss Me Kate', running 7-23 September. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew' and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi. A secondary romance concerns Lois Lane, the actress playing Bianca, and her gambler boyfriend, Bill, who runs afoul with some gangsters. Lots of fun and songs by Cole Porter. Show times are 8.00pm on Fridays/Saturdays and 2.30pm on Sundays.
Amphibian Announces Grand Opening of Berlene T. and Jarrell R. Milburn Theatre, 10/20August 15, 2012Amphibian Stage Productions today announced that the grand opening of its new home at 120 South Main Street will take place on Saturday, October 20, 2012. The property will house the professional theatre company's offices and a flexible black box performance space, the Berlene T. and Jarrell R. Milburn Theatre, named for two of Amphibian's generous supporters.
WQXR Broadcasts James Gaffigan Conducting the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, 8/20August 15, 2012On Monday, April 20 at 1:30 pm ET, WQXR (105.9 FM and wqxr.org) will broadcast live from the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, conductor James Gaffigan leading the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra in a program that features the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's complete work Nahe Fern with baritone soloist Hans Christoph Begemann and Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 with Helene Grimaud.
Museum of the Moving Image Announces 'Looking for Love' ExhibitionAugust 15, 2012With a distinctly personal voice in independent cinema, filmmaker Ira Sachs explores the universal themes of love and desire, beginning with his touching debut The Delta to his forthcoming feature Keep the Lights On. From August 25 through September 4, 2012, Museum of the Moving Image will present Looking for Love: The Films of Ira Sachs, the first comprehensive New York retrospective of Sachs's work that includes all of his feature films and a selection of short films, each followed by a Pinewood Dialogue with Sachs in person. The series culminates on Tuesday, September 4, with a preview screening of his latest feature Keep the Lights On.
The Arvada Center Presents DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, 9/11-30August 15, 2012The award winning Arvada Center will open its 2012- 2013 season with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels directed by Rod A. Lansberry on September 11 running through September 30 in the Main Stage Theater. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is written by Jeffrey Lane with music and lyrics by David Yazbek. Performances are Tuesday - Saturday at 7:30 pm, Wednesday at 1pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Preview performances are September 7 - 9. Moderated talkbacks with the cast are offered on Friday, September 21 after 7:30 pm show and Wednesday, September 26 after 1:00 pm show. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.arvadacenter.org or call 720-898-7200.
Judith Light Set to Narrate SCROOGE & MARLEY FilmAugust 15, 2012SAM I Am Films, producers of 'Scrooge & Marley,' a modern-day variation on Charles Dickens' classic holiday story, 'A Christmas Carol,' has announced that acclaimed Tony Award-winning actress Judith Light will be the film's narrator.
Red Tape Theatre Presents THE SKRIKER, 9/13-10/20August 15, 2012Red Tape Theatre presents THE SKRIKER, a fairytale by Caryl Churchill, directed by Eric Hoff, director of The Inconvenience's critically-acclaimed production of Hit the Wal), performed promenade style September 13 - October 20, 2012 at Red Tape Theatre, 621 W. Belmont, Chicago. Tickets are available online at www.redtapetheatre.org or at the Red Tape Box Office. The press performance is Monday, September 17 at 8 pm.
Composer Michele Brourman Comes to Palm Desert's Newman Theater, 8/26August 15, 2012The Sundays In Summer Cabaret Concert Series at the Arthur Newman Theater continues on August 26th with singer/songwriter and winner of the Johnny Mercer Songwriting Award, Michele Brourman. Ms. Brourman has written numerous contemporary standards that have been recorded by Michael Feinstein, Olivia Newton-John, Cleo Laine, Margaret Whiting, Rita Coolidge, Donny Osmond, and Sheena Easton. For the cabaret-set, her songs have been recorded by and performed by some of the best in that genre including Heather MaCrae, Karen Mason, Sharon McKnight, Sally Mayes, Billy Stritch, and her frequent collaborator Amanda McBroom.
Heartless Bastards Play the Fox Theatre, 10/17August 15, 2012Z2 Entertainment will present Heartless Bastards at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, October 17th. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 17th for $17.00 in advance and $20.00 day of show.
Ars Nova to Present CHRYSALIS Reading, 8/20August 15, 2012Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of: CHRYSALIS by Joshua Allen, directed by Hal Brooks. The cast includes Sami Gayle, Dan McCabe, Colby Minifie and Danielle Skraastad.
The New Theatre Project Announces Changes for Season 3August 15, 2012The New Theatre Project is gearing up for a major change. In the aptly named Season 3: Reinvention, TNTP introduces new staff members, new branding, a new website, a new mission statement, a new free theater program, and an entirely new season of work.
Luis Carreon Plays Mary's Attic, 8/29August 15, 2012Luis Carreon, a Chicago-based magician, has announced a one-night-only performance of his original solo show, Bending Minds and Bending Dreams, at Mary's Attic in Andersonville.

OPERA America to Open the National Opera Center in SeptemberAugust 15, 2012OPERA America, the national nonprofit service organization for opera in the U.S. and Canada, will open the field's custom-designed NATIONAL OPERA CENTER, employing urban repurposed architecture in the heart of New York City. The National Opera Center opens for business on September 4, with the official ribbon cutting taking place on September 28. The National Opera Center of OPERA America provides an array of essential facilities and services to the opera industry that have been sorely needed and never before available under a single roof. Encompassing 25,000 square feet on two floors of a former fur factory on Seventh Avenue at 29th Street, this $14 million project of OPERA America ($6 million for construction, $6 million for operating endowment and $2 million in relocation costs from Washington, D.C. to NYC) will serve as the heart of an industry that is widely disbursed, yet inherently collaborative. OPERA America's National Opera Center is the first-ever such facility built specifically for opera rehearsals, auditions and meetings. The creation of this facility was an innovative, dynamic and comprehensive response to the lack of appropriate spaces for these activities in New York City. It is truly a convening hub, a place to audition, a place to rehearse, a place to perform, a place to unite. Andrew Berman Architect designed the center, with acoustics by Robert R. Mahoney & Associates.
Nicole Moudaber Announces 'The Journey Begins' EP, North American Tour DatesAugust 15, 2012Fresh of her BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix debut, Nicole Moudaber is preparing to release a new EP, in collaboration with Victor Calderone, on the renowned Swedish Drumcode imprint. The 'Journey Begins' EP will be available worldwide on August 20th. Moudaber is also currently touring, throughout Europe and North America beginning in mid-September