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Off-Broadway's SILENCE! The Musical is set to resume performances tonight, July 18th at the brand new Elektra Theatre in the heart of Times Square, located at 673 Eighth Avenue (at 42nd St.).

Naked Girls Reading NYC presents MYTHS & LEGENDS.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has announced single ticket on sale dates for its 2012/13 10th Anniversary Season. Highlights of the season include a Kimberly-Clark Broadway Across America - Fox Cities Series featuring Blue Man Group, War Horse and a return engagement of Disney's The Lion King and a Boldt Arts Alive! Series presenting 14 titles such as Savion Glover's SoLe Sanctuary, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis and ScrapArtsMusic. For a full listing of events, visit foxcitiespac.com.

Theatre In The Park has announced that Executive and Artistic Director Ira David Wood III, best known and loved for portraying the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in his musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol, and his wife Ashley Mattox Wood are proud parents.

Due to excessive heat, our Free Shakespeare at the Highland Park Bowl production of Richard III is cancelled for this evening, Tuesday, July 17. We have three more performances scheduled: Tomorrow (Wednesday) July 18, Friday July 20 and Saturday July 21. All performances are at 8:00 PM at the Highland Bowl, 1200 South Avenue, Rochester NY.

Fountain Gallery, located at 702 Ninth Avenue and representing artists with mental illness, today announced the upcoming opening of Hot in Hell's Kitchen. This group exhibition will be on view from July 19 through September 12, 2012, with an Opening Reception on Thursday, July 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. Hot in Hell's Kitchen is curated by Carolina Penafiel, Director and founder of Local Project, a non-profit art space located in Long Island City, Queens, which since 2003 has provided a platform for emerging artists.

Kendra Stevens will bring her one-woman show, Compilation, back to Gorilla Tango Theatre (1919 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago IL 60647) for two performances. Compilation will have audiences digging out old mix tapes on Mondays, July 23 and 30 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $10; to purchase tickets visit www.gorillatango.com or call 773-598-4549.

The Washington Theatre community has joined forces to present the first annual Summer Hummer, a bawdy variety show benefiting Taking Care of Our Own, an initiative that assists DC-area theatre professionals & artists in personal emergency situations.

Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA), the company's professional training school, has announced its Fall 2012 schedule of classes now open for enrollment. ESPA will offer new classes including Comedy Writing, Advanced Libretto and Lyric Writing and Dialects 2: Russian. ESPA will also be offering two new workshops: Writing for TV: Making the Transition from Stage to Screen and The Pilot. Additionally, Tanya Barfield, whose show The Call is part of Primary Stages mainstage 2012-2013 season, will be teaching a special workshop, Finding Your First Draft.

48 solo singers are competing in the fifth annual "MetroStar Talent Challenge" at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street. The seven-week, jury-and audience-voted competition completes three weeks of trials next Monday July 23 (showtime at 7pm), after which the contest will announce the Top 18 contestants who will advance to the next round.

British comedy KISSING SID JAMES opens at the JERMYN STREET THEATRE from Monday 3 September for a limited four week run.

New York City native Lionel Shockness will appear Friday, July 20th for an evening of songs at legendary piano bar and restaurant Don't Tell Mama (on Restaurant Row) in Manhattan.

Smokey Robinson, "King of Motown," returns to the Hollywood Bowl stage for his orchestral debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Sarah Hicks, Friday and Saturday, July 20 and 21, at 8 pm. The multiple-award winning vocalist, whose music industry career has endured for more than half a century, last appeared at the Hollywood Bowl in 2010 as part of the Jazz at the Bowl series.

Bill Engvall, from The Blue Collar Comedy Tour, performs at The Colonial Theatre on Saturday, August 4 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. The thing that makes any entertainer successful is the ability to connect with an audience. Bill Engvall's talent for sharing the humor in everyday situations has made him one of the top comedians today and among the busiest. Sponsored by the Pittsfield Cooperative Bank.

Huntington Theatre Company and Dorchester's Codman Academy Charter Public School reunite for the seventh annual Huntington-Codman Summer Theatre Institute.

Nashville Symphony has been awarded grants from the Metro Nashville Arts Commission, the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. These funds will be used to sustain its commitment to enriching the community through music and arts education and to commissioning and recording new American repertoire.

Peter Asher, member of 60's British pop group Peter and Gordon and executive at Apple and Sony records brings his acclaimed show 'Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond' to the Capitol Center for the Arts' Spotlight Café on Friday, August 10 at 8pm.

Summer concerts continue at PlayhouseSquare this Thursday, July 19, with the Labatt Blue Light Lime Outdoor Concert Series. Starting at 5:00 p.m., E. 14th St. between Prospect Ave and Euclid Ave will host the free outdoor after-work concert and party featuring live music by the legendary Carlos Jones and the P.L.U.S. Band. Popular local food trucks Fired Up Taco Truck and Motor Mouth Food Truck will join the festivities on E. 14th St. to serve their delicious specialties.

Evidence, A Dance Company will host its 9th Annual "On Our Toes"… In The Hamptons Summer Benefit -- one of the premier cultural events of the Hamptons social season -- on Saturday, August 18, 2012, from 4 pm to 8 pm at the Hayground School in Bridgehampton. The contemporary dance company's mission is to promote understanding of the African Diaspora through music, movement and spoken word.

Forward Flux Productions officially announces the world premiere of its original play FriendAndy.com at the HERE Arts Center's Dorothy B. Williams Theater, as part of the 16th annual New York International Fringe Festival. Show dates are as follows: August 11th (1:00pm), 12th (3:00pm), 17th (4:45pm), 18th (8:30pm), 21st (10:00pm), and 22nd (8:15pm). Tickets go on sale Friday, July 20th.