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THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY today announced the world premiere production of Gaspare Diblasi's 50 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT FRANK, directed by Jesse Marchese (assistant to the Artistic Director of Off-Broadway's award-winning Mint Theater Company). 50 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT FRANK will play a limited engagement at Theater for the New City , 155 1st Avenue (Between 9th and 10th Streets). New York, New York, 10003. Performances begin Saturday, September 1 and continue through Wednesday, September 5.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Brooklyn will present the world premiere of MISSIONARY IN MANHATTAN: A MORMON MUSICAL, a new musical comedy about the fundamentals of big hair, blind faith, and just how plural a marriage can get, August 23rd - September 9th at the Theater for The New City, (155 1st Avenue, NYC). The production is part of the Dream Up Festival: Theater For The New City's Summer Showcase.

International Fountain at Seattle Center 'takes on new dimensions as the sun sets on the first two weekends in August. The fountain's super shooting water sprays transform into sheets of mist to reveal brilliant movement and sound. The Fountain of Light series, a new venture for Seattle Center, re-imagines International Fountain, projecting video and film onto the fountain water, accompanied by music - all free to the public. Fridays feature short films and Saturdays bring in local artists to provide music and video content, add a beer garden and turn the fountain area into a dance party.'

Denver Center Theatre Academy (DCTA), the Denver Center Theatre Company's (DCTC) Education Department, has just announced that actor, director and master teacher Larry Hecht will join its staff as Head of Acting.

Jonah Bokaer, who began choreographing almost ten years ago, will return to Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival August 1-5 in the Doris Duke Theatre.

Whoopi Goldberg will return to Treasure Island, August 31 at 9 p.m.

Z2 Entertainment will present North Mississippi Allstars and Missing Cats featuring John "JoJo" Herman & Sherman Ewing at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, September 14th. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 27th for $22.00 in advance and $25.00 day of show.

Hit & Myth (H&M) and The Pumphouse Theatre present Evil Dead: The Musical, at The Pumphouse Theatre (2140 Pumphouse Avenue SW); performances begin August 14 and will now continue thru September 8. Tickets for already announced performances are currently on-sale in-person at The Pumphouse Theatre Box Office or phone at 403-263-0079 (10am-5pm; Monday thru Friday), or 24 hours/day at www.hitandmyth.com. Just released tickets for the additional dates go on sale tomorrow, Thursday, July 26th at 10am.

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds is a 1964 play written by Paul Zindel, a playwright and science teacher. Zindel received the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for the play.

The PINK FLOYD EXPERIENCE is described as 'much more than just a flawless recreation of the legendary songs that spanned decades in their appeal. PFX echoes everything that made Pink Floyd one of rock & roll's greatest icons. It's a celebration of the music, the themes and the innovation that this great band brought to fans around the world. It is Pink Floyd, up close and personal without losing the scope and power of their performance.'

Florida Grand Opera will celebrate the start of the 72nd opera season with its annual gala - "An Evening at the Cafe Momus". Held at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, this glamorous themed evening will follow the opening night performance of Puccini's La boheme on November 17, 2012, featuring opera stars Ailyn Perez and Arturo Chacon-Cruz.

Songwriters that will be featured include Goldrich and Heisler, Kerrigan and Lowdermilk, Georgia Stitt and Adam Gwon. Songs from such musicals as Grumpy Old Men, The Hudsucker Proxy and Dani Girl will be heard.

Louise K. Thomas has been named to the Board of Directors of Portland Ovations, the 80-plus year old not-for-profit performing arts organization in Portland, Maine.

South Bend Civic Theatre will present the Kids4Kids production of Sideways Stories from Wayside School August 17-26 in the Warner Studio Theatre.

Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne has added a string of Fall dates to his 2012 U.S. Acoustic Tour including a stop at South Bend's Morris Performing Arts Center on Thursday, October 25. Playing guitar and piano, Jackson will perform songs from his entire body of work, with varying set lists each night. Singer-songwriter and fiddle player Sara Watkins will open the Acoustic Tour as a special guest.

UglyRhino announces casting for their produtions of The Awakening and GLAMDROMEDA, which will take place this August at The Brooklyn Lyceum.

The Upper Darby Summer Stage Mainstage production takes place on August 3, 4, 10, 11 at Upper Darby Performing Arts Center.

The Naked Stage will present THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Jeffrey Hatcher from the story by Henry James.

In her third Feinstein's engagement, MAC & Bistro Award winner and Broadway's Raissa Katona Bennett (Christine in "Phantom of the Opera") celebrates the release of her latest CD, Another Kind of Light. The concert version of the album premieres Tuesday August 21 at 8pm, playing five shows through August 25.

Tickets are now on sale for The 16th annual New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), the largest multi-arts festival in North America, which runs August 10th - 26th, 2012.