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Elements Theatre Company of Orleans, Mass., will explore the ways in which our culture and relationships have changed over the past 30 years by presenting and discussing A. R. Gurney's Pulitzer-nominated play, The Dining Room, at Nyack College (Nyack and Manhattan campuses) March 4-7, 2013. As part of its annual educational tour, Elements will perform Gurney's comedy of upper-middle class American manners plus conduct talk-backs, workshops, and a panel discussion designed to examine the relevance of theater and art in today's society.

Curtain Call Performing Arts will present Live with the Shawn Megofna Band, the second concert as part of CCPA's Unplugged Concert Series. The Shawn Megofna Band (TSMB) is composed of talented, fun, and energetic individuals from the Bay Area. TSMB fuses island, reggae, acoustic, and rock genres into one complete sound, and will perform covers and original works, while also raising funds for two deserving Bay Area organizations; San Leandro Relay For Life (2/22) and the Bay Area Fight Academy (2/23).

Philadelphia Young Playwrights leads a charge of high school, university, emerging and professional artists in the development and presentation of Time Machine, a performance installation co-produced with the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts 2013 (PIFA) and the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at the University of the Arts (UArts). Performances take place April 23-26 as part of PIFA in the Kimmel Center Innovation Studio.

Theatre Kavanah, a Burlington-based company devoted to exploring the intricacies of the Jewish experience, will bring a staged reading of Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok's The Chosen to Town Hall Theater on Thursday, March 7th.

Carolines on Broadway, “America's Premier Comedy Nightclub,” announces its all-star line-up of talent for the month of March 2013, highlighted by headliners Faizon Love, from BET's “The Real Husbands of Hollywood” and the films “Friday” and “Elf,” February 28 – March 3; Darrell Hammond, from NBC's “Saturday Night Live” on March 8 and 9; Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher, from E! Entertainment Television's “Chelsea Lately,” March 15 – 17; Steve-O, host of Tru TV's “Killer Karaoke” and from MTV's “Jackass,” March 21 – 24; and Nick DiPaolo, from his Showtime special “Raw Nerve,” March 28 – 30.

97.3 KBCO & Z2 Entertainment will present Toots and The Maytals at the Fox Theatre on Monday, April 1st. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 22nd for $28.00 in advance and $30.00 day of show.

A Red Orchid Theatre announces new performance dates for its hit Chicago Premiere production of Annie Baker's The Aliens, directed by Shade Murray. Due to high ticket demand, the production is now extended through Saturday, March 16, 2013 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells. Tickets for the two-week extension are now on sale through the box office, (312) 943-8722 and www.aredorchidtheatre.org.

Good Theater has announced the New England premiere of Amy Herzog's award winning 4000 MILES playing March 6 - 30. Performances will be at Good Theater's home, the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. For tickets go to the Good Theater website www.goodtheater.com or call the box office at 207-885-5883.

Nestled in the heart of Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood sits one of the city's most impressive homes - a grand display of French architecture constructed by William T. Baker, one of America's most famed residential designers. The French-inspired home will be this year's project house for the 43rd Annual Atlanta Symphony Associates' Decorators' Show House & Gardens April 20 - May 12, 2013. Proceeds from the event will support the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and its education and community engagement programs.

The Wagner College Theatre will present the hit comedy, "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress," March 5-10 in its Stage One studio theater. This outrageously funny and touching celebration of the female spirit was written in 1993 by Alan Ball, the award-winning creator of the movie, "American Beauty," and the HBO series, "Six Feet Under."

On March 1 and 2, Music Director Hans Graf and the Houston Symphony will perform Alban Berg's expressionist opera, Wozzeck, in concert at Jones Hall.

Page 73 Productions, which is currently accepting applications on its website (www.page73.org/apply) for three of its signature development programs: the P73 Playwriting Fellowship, the Interstate 73 writers group, and the Page 73 Summer Residency at Yale, will host an information session with its Executive Director Liz Jones and its Associate Director Michael Walkup for interested applicants on Thursday, March 21st at 7pm at the Manhattan Theatre Club Rehearsal Studios (311 West 43rd Street, 8th Floor). Reservations are required; please email info@page73.org to inquire about a reservation.

On Saturday, March 9, noted arranger and producer, Fred Barton, whose work is heard regularly in concert halls around the country, is celebrating composer Jule Styne on the Schimmel stage. With the scores of such Broadway classics as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Peter Pan, Bells Are Ringing, Gypsy and Funny Girl to his credit, composer Jule Styne ranks as one of the undisputed architects of the American musical theater. In addition to his legendary work in the theater Styne has also made Academy Award-winning contributions to the American Hollywood songbook writing songs for films such as Anchors Aweigh,Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Funny Girl, Funny Lady and Three Coins in a Fountain.

The Handel and Haydn Society (H&H) and Artistic Director Harry Christophers announce the 2013–2014 Season, its 199th since the founding of the ensemble in 1815, featuring the Period Instrument Orchestra and Chorus performing works from the Baroque and Classical eras. The 2013–2014 Season continues H&H's exploration of historically significant works introduced and premiered in the US by the Handel and Haydn Society as part of the preparations for the Bicentennial celebrations in 2015. The cornerstone of the upcoming season is Handel's Samson, premiered in America by H&H in 1845.

The Warner Stage Company Season presents the final weekend of MOON OVER BUFFALO, Friday, Feb.22 at 8pm, Saturday, Feb 23 at 8pm and Sunday, February 24 at 2pm in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.

Set in the 1930's, the drama unfolds around William Haines, the silent screen star who was fired by Louis B Mayer of MGM Studios because he was gay and refused to marry a woman and give up his life-long partner, Jimmy Shields. Scroll below for a first look at the cast in action!

Previews for FLIRTATION, the third play in Marvell Rep's 'Desire and Delusion' winter repertory project, begin tonight at TBG Theatre. The romantic drama by Arthur Schnitzler - the same source material that inspired Max Ophuls' film version, LIEBELEI, which screens at Film Forum in early March - is part of Marvell Rep's three-show repertory exploring the themes of 'desire and delusion' in fin de siecle Vienna. FLIRTATION runs in repertory with NIGHT GAMES, a world premiere based on a Schnitzler novella, and SECRETS, a play about the relationship between Jung and Freud, who called Schnitzler his 'psychic twin,' through March 17. The official opening is Monday, February 25, at 8 p.m. Lenny Leibowitz, Marvell Rep's artistic director, directed the production using the translation by Carl R. Mueller.

Naked Girls Reading presents tales of the Big Apple at Naked Girls Reading NEW YORK STORIES: the 'hit nude literary salon celebrates The Capital Of The World with stories of the streets, legends of the Empire City, and the poetry, prose and history of downtown, uptown, and everything in between.'

The 2013/2014 KeyBank Broadway at The Paramount Season will bring another year of unforgettable entertainment to The Paramount Theatre, with a roster of Broadway blockbusters and some venerable favorites. The 2013/2014 Season starts with the magical and enchanting THE WIZARD OF OZ, followed by PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, the joyously fun show featuring a trio of friends on a journey in search of love and friendship.

The cast of Off-Broadway's newest hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER appeared this morning on Fox 5 TV's "Good Day New York." Check out the video below!