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STOMP, the international sensation, is making its triumphant return to Orange County at Segerstrom Center for the Arts October 9-14.

Revolve Productions will present "PIECES" by Chris Phillips at the 16th New York International Fringe Festival this August. The new play is directed by Brian Zimmer and will be performing at the historic Cherry Lane Theatre in the Village at 38 Commerce Street, NYC.

SHALOM DAMMIT! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon, begins performances this Tuesday, July 31 at 7pm, at midtown Manhattan's Roy Arias Theater Center.

NETworks Presentations, LLC and Blue Man Productions are pleased to announce a new theatrical touring production of Blue Man Group will visit the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center from October 9-14, 2012.

he American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) has announced additional casting information for David Adjmi's new play, Marie Antoinette, directed by Rebecca Taichman, with choreography by Karole Armitage, in a co-production with Yale Repertory Theatre. Marie Antoinette begins previews on Saturday, September 1, and runs through Saturday, September 29, with press opening on Friday, September 7 at 7:30pm.

Philadelphia native and acclaimed singer Melody Gardot returns to Philadelphia to make her debut at the Merriam Theater on Saturday, September 29 with a performance of works from her third album release, The Absence.

From OBIE Award-winning company The Builders Association and director Marianne Weems comes House / Divided, described as 'a high-tech hymn to America's dispossessed. Alternating between vignettes from John Steinbeck's Depression-era novel The Grapes of Wrath and stories of contemporary foreclosure and eviction, the work revolves around onstage remnants of an actual foreclosed home as it is inhabited, abandoned, repurposed, collateralized, securitized, and ultimately destroyed. On multiple screens and on stage, stirring personal testimonials contrast with a digital vision of our highly automated, mediated global market system, creating a distinctly 21st-century portrait of human struggle in the face of an uncertain financial future.'

Get ready to shake things up with the ALL SHOOK UP, featuring 25 of Elvis Presley's greatest hits and starring "Three's Company" star, Joyce DeWitt. ALL SHOOK UP takes the stage at North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) from Tuesday, August 14, through Sunday, August 26. Press night is scheduled for Wednesday, August 15 at 7:30pm.

Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, known for producing acclaimed, innovative and classic musicals and comedies, announces its 2013-2014 season including three major regional premieres. The Tony Award-winning classic OLIVER! previews April 4, opens Thursday, April 11 at 8 p.m. and runs through June 2.

Today's announcement by the Central City Development Unit (CCDU) is clear recognition of the importance of the role the arts sector will play in the future of the city.

Lantern Theater Company will open its 2012/13 season with a pair of plays by David Ives: The Liar, an adaptation of the French comedy classic by Pierre Corneille, and a limited return engagement of New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656, which last fall played to sold out houses and was extended twice to meet demand, quickly becoming the best-selling production in the Lantern's history.

Steppenwolf for Young Adults' 2012/13 season kicks off with The Book Thief, based on the novel by Markus Zusak, adapted by Heidi Stillman and directed by Hallie Gordon in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre (1650 N Halsted St). Presented as part of the citywide Now Is The Time initiative, and in partnership with Chicago Public Library's One Book, One Chicago program, The Book Thief features ensemble member Francis Guinan with Patrick Andrews, Amy J. Carle, Rob Fagin, Rae Gray, Dennis William Grimes, Nikki Klix, Ian Knox, Anthony-Jon LeSage, Clancy McCartney, Andy Monson, Mark Ulrich and Nicole Wiesner. The Book Thief runs October 16 - November 9, 2012 in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre (1650 N Halsted St); the press performance is on October 21 at 3pm. Matinees Tuesday through Friday are reserved for school groups only, with Saturday and Sunday performances available to the public. Single tickets and tickets for school groups are currently on sale.

Broadway In Chicago has announced Starvox Entertainment and Potted Productions' hit off-Broadway show, Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff, will play Chicago at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 East Chestnut) beginning Nov. 13, 2012.

No sooner had the curtain gone down on the final moments of Ivoryton's smash hit HAIRSPRAY, than Neal Mayer was dropping Wilbur's Hawaiian shirts in the laundry basket and doffing the rags and tatters of that lovable villain, Fagin. In just 10 short days, OLIVER! will open and the transformation will be complete - goodbye Baltimore and hello London!

The 2012 Atlanta Opera Ball: A Night in Seville, a fundraiser supporting and sustaining the exceptional artistic quality of The Atlanta Opera, will be held on Saturday, September 15 at the St. Regis Atlanta in Buckhead.

HOW WE ARE CONNECTED - The Caribbean August 4th, 2012, 6pm, Brooklyn Museum, Main Auditorium, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY.

By any definition, Ann Arbor resident, author, theatre professional, teacher, lecturer, mother and wife, Jacqui Robbins is a veritable renaissance woman, and this summer has been no exception. A founding board member of Ann Arbor's Penny Seats theatre group, Robbins just directed her third production with the troupe - the musical 'She Loves Me' - which opened to capacity crowds at the West Park Band Shell this past weekend. Robbins also has two successful children's books in print 'The New Girl...and Me' and 'Two of a Kind," and she has just had a poem published in the compilation 'Dare to Dream...Change the World."

For the first time in Melbourne, fortyfivedownstairs and New Zealand's national M?ori theatre company Taki Rua partner to present the Australian premiere of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton - described as 'a poignant story about a New Zealand man who returns from the Vietnam War struggling with his culture and history.'

This fall, Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum selling and critically acclaimed entertainer Anthony Hamilton will headline the Back To Love Tour, where 'his legions of fans across the country will have the opportunity to see him perform his timeless brand of music, including the latest hits from his fourth studio album of the same name.' Anthony will bring along special guest, Grammy winner Estelle, and R&B newcomer, Antoine Dunn.

Root rocker and author Steve Earle will read from his new novel I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive at Prairie Lights on Tuesday, August 7 at 4pm, with a book signing and Q&A following. The reading is free and open to the public. An accomplished musician, Steve Earle will also perform at The Englert Theatre later that evening.