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This weekend the world-wide smash hit production of JERSEY BOYS - The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons officially opens at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) on Sunday 15 July 2012.

The Bob Baker Marionette Theater and The Academy of Puppetry & Allied Arts will present "Bob Baker's Celebration & Preservation Extravaganza," on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Downtown Los Angeles.The event has been created to guarantee a future for The Bob Baker Marionette Theater.

Cinema at the Square returns to PlayhouseSquare for its fifteenth year of bringing classic films back to the BIG screen in Cleveland August 2-19.

Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J. Albert present Jitney, written by August Wilson and directed by Ron OJ Parson. Jitney will run September 6 - October 14, 2012 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. Press Opening is Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 8:00PM.

Victory Gardens opens its 2012-13 season with the Chicago Premiere of Equivocation, written by Bill Cane and directed by Sean Graney. The production runs September 14 - October 14, 2012 at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park. The Press Opening is Monday, September 24, 2012.

After the successes of their past several collection events, The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) has announced that they will hold another E-Waste Collection Event on Wednesday, July 18th in Father Duffy Square (46th & Broadway) from 11:00am to 1:00pm.

The second annual Araca Project will present six original shows August 1-September 29 at the American Theater of Actors (314 West 54th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues).

The New York Musical Theatre Festival has added a performance for Mitch Magonet and Joey Miller's RIO, directed by Scott Faris. RIO, will play from July 10 - 18, 2012.at St. Clements Church (423 W. 46th Street). RIO, is being produced by Pinny Gniwisch. The additional show will take place on Monday, July 16 at 1PM.

MUTEMATH have announced a headlining fall tour. The nationwide run kicks of September 13 in Phoenix, AZ and runs through October 25th.

Uptown Players, a professional theatre group located in the Uptown area of Dallas, has announced its programming for the 2nd annual Dallas Pride Performing Arts Festival. From September 6 - 15, 2012, Uptown Players will present a 10-day festival of plays, musicals and cabaret acts celebrating Dallas Gay Pride.

Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, presents the Tony Award-winning Broadway and West End smash hit THE 39 STEPS, opening July 12 at 8 p.m. and running through August 26. THE 39 STEPS stars Peter Simon Hilton as "Richard Hannay."

In keeping with the artistic mission statement, The American Repertory Theater of WNY is proud to present the Young Playwrights Festival at the Buffalo Canalside's Historical Ruins on July 16th-17th & July 23rd-24th, 2-5 pm.

Quotidian Theatre Company will continue its ongoing celebration of the works of playwrights Anton Chekhov and Brian Friel with a free reading of Friel's The Yalta Game, based on Chekhov's short story The Lady with the Lap Dog. The reading will be presented at Flashpoint's Mead Theatre Lab in Northwest DC on Monday, July 23 at 7:30pm.

Out of over 100 submissions, ten new plays will receive a staged reading at The Creek and Cave in Long Island City, NY. The Ladder series is scheduled to begin in July and continue into early October.

For the first time, Camp Kids 'N Comedy will open their Graduation Shows to the public for three shows, on July 20, August 3 and August 17 (all are Fridays), at 3:00 PM in Gotham Comedy club, 208 W 23 Street between 7th and 8th Avenues.

Broadway Theatre Project President and Artistic Director Debra McWaters announced today that on July 27th and July 28th the University of South Florida will host this year's Festival featuring four performances, including an intimate benefit concert from the legendary Ben Vereen.

The Geffen Playhouse's world premiere stage adaptation of The Exorcist features Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain in the iconic roles of Chris MacNeil and Father Merrin, respectively, as well as Broadway actor David Wilson Barnes as the troubled young priest Father Damien Karras, Tony Award nominee Harry Groener takes on the role of Chris' charismatic director Burke Dennings and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television graduate Emily Yetter plays the young Regan MacNeil.

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this year, NBA star-turned-entrepreneur Earvin 'Magic' Johnson has plans to bring SOUL TRAIN to Broadway as a musical.

Scroll down to watch ROCKY's star, Drew Sarich, sing along with heavyweight champion boxer Wladimir Klitschko in a new promo!

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, director Jon Favreau is among the top contenders to direct the JERSEY BOYS film, which is being adapted by RED playwright John Logan. Today, Deadline.com reports that Favreau has begun negotiations to close the deal.