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Blue Coyote Theater Group has announced the World Premiere of CONEY, written by David Johnston and directed by Gary Shrader.

On Friday, August 3, the hottest new musical KINKY BOOTS is giving away ice cream, courtesy of Chicago's newest ice cream bike, Chi-Scream. The cyclist will make stops throughout the city beginning at 10 a.m. at the Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe. Follow @BroadwayChicago on Twitter to learn the bike whereabouts and stop by to get a free ice cream sandwich. Quantities are limited, so don't wait.

On August 26th a benefit concert entitled Cancer's Expensive! will be held at the Laurie Beechman Theatre to help benefit Hairspray star Carly Jibson's mother, who is suffering from stage four lung and bone cancer. Renee Zimmerman is 55 years old and has no health insurance.

Sarasota favorite The Venturas will play the Van Wezel's free summer festival series-FridayFest on Friday, August 10th from 5pm- 9pm. The Venturas will be doing some of their best Jazz, Latin and Blues renditions, right here on the Sarasota Bayfront.

For a rockin' hot evening of fun, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (CDT) presents a new fall concert offering with POWER BALLADZ playing on The Fireside stage for a limited two-night engagement on Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29.

New for the 2012/13 season, Nashville Symphony has arranged for FREE parking in Lot R at LP Field. Shuttles will be provided to and from Lot R for just $3 per person roundtrip. This shuttle service will be available for all concerts, starting in September 2012

Public Theater Executive Director Patrick Willingham announced last night from the Delacorte Theater stage that the Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust has generously donated $4 million to The Public Theater to support free Shakespeare in the Park and the capital campaign for the revitalization of its landmark Astor Place building, which includes five theaters and Joe's Pub. Members of the Spitzer family were in the audience on Wednesday evening to enjoy the free Shakespeare in the Park production of Into the Woods. The Spitzers' first gift to the theater will be gratefully acknowledged with a plaque at the Delacorte Theater.

Award-winning PBS writer/performer Slash Coleman and internationally renowned Indian musician Kumar Das will present the world premiere ofThe Shalom Bombay Show beginning on August 28, 2012 with five shows running through September 2, 2012 at Theatre for The New City. The production is being presented as part of the 2012 Dream Up Festival. The third annual theatre festival takes place from August 19 - September 9 in New York City's East Village and consists of 25 theatrical world premiers including drama, poetry, music, and dance.

Music Director Grant Llewellyn and the North Carolina Symphony salutes the end of summer and kicks off the orchestra's 80th Anniversary Season with "Pops in the City," a free outdoor concert in the heart of downtown Raleigh. The performance, held in Raleigh Amphitheater on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m., honors the orchestra's 80 years of service to the people of North Carolina with an energetic concert program inspired by Symphony milestones.

Tonner Doll Company plans to release their very first Broadway collection: The Memphis Collection. Inspired by the 2010 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Memphis, this collection will feature the fashions straight from the stage.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced today that it will grow its Artistic Family to 19 Associate Artists. This new creative initiative will 'build upon the indelible legacy of The Rep's Acting Company, expanding to include directors, writers, designers and musicians and actors, all of whom will be called Milwaukee Repertory Theater Associate Artists.'

Giving back is an integral part of Variations, A Dancer's Studio director and co-founder Erin Lopez's heart and soul. And so on August 13, Variations, A Dancer's Studio, based in Huntington, Long Island, is hosting "Broadway Celebrates Variations," a star-ridden benefit performance at The Paramount in Huntington. The purpose is to raise money to establish a scholarship fund for talented, financially needy area dance students, not unlike the Queens-born Erin Lopez once was herself.

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) will present the world-renowned Ariel String Quartet as part of its 2012-13 concert season, with an inaugural concert scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 11 in the intimate Robert J. Werner Recital Hall.

On August 1st, 2012, sixty plus independent theater companies and venues will unite to create a new funding source for independent theater in New York City. Flagship venues such as the CSV Cultural Center, Dixon Place, HERE, Horse Trade Theater Group, The Irondale Center, The Living Theater, The New Ohio Theatre, and Performance Space 122 will join emerging and established companies including Agony Productions, The Amoralists, Blue Coyote Theater Group, Caps Lock Theatre, The Civilians, Clancy Productions, Decades Out, Deconstructive Theatre Project, Ego Actus, Elephant Run District, ETdC Projects' Lab, Flux Theatre Ensemble, Gemini CollisionWorks, Inverse Theater, Jewish Plays Project, John Montgomery Theatre Company, Mabou Mines, Mind the Gap Theatre, The Nerve Tank, New Georges, New York Neo-Futurists, No. 11 Productions, Parallel Exit, The Present Company, Purple Rep, Rabbit Hole Ensemble, Rising Phoenix Rep, Sinking Ship Productions, Small Pond Entertainment, Sponsored by Nobody, Stolen Chair Theater Company, Surf Reality, terraNOVA Collective, Theatre Askew, Untitled Theater Company #61, Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company, and Wreckio Ensemble in the new Fund, all donating a nickel per ticket sold this year.

Jamie Bernstein, daughter of Leonard Bernstein, brings We are Women: A Bernstein Cabaret to The Colonial Theatre August 9-12. Sponsored by Stuart M. Fischman Esq. and Lee Bank.

Canal Park Playhouse and The TRUF today announced the return of SARAZAD AND THE MONSTER-KING, a re-imagining of the story of Scheherazade or The 1001 Arabian Nights, written by E. J. C. Calvert and directed by Justin Lauro.

Theater Latté Da announced today that a season of fourmusicals and the launch of a major new work development program will comprise its 15th Anniversary Season.

Single tickets for Long Wharf Theatre's 2012-13 season will go on sale Wednesday, August 1.

Exit 12 Dance Company, a contemporary dance company founded by United States Marine Corps Sergeant Roman Baca upon his return from Iraq, will be honored at the Downtown Dance Festival Performance on August 18, 2012 at 8pm at Dance New Amsterdam. The troupe will dedicate their performances in Battery Dance Company's (BDC) week-long festival in downtown New York City to Lieutenant Colonel Mark Weber, an inspiring Minnesota National Guard Army officer with stage IV cancer.

Granada, in cooperation with Family Theatre at The Grove, is proud to present Disney's CINDERELLA KIDS. Opening on Saturday, August 11th, performances are scheduled each Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. through August 19th.