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Artistic Directors August Viverito and T L Kolman have announced the fourth offering of The Production Company's 2012 season: the Los Angeles premiere of Jamie Pachino's political fable THE RETURN TO MORALITY in a breathtaking staging by acclaimed director Mark L. Taylor and a brilliant production team including lighting design by Jeremy Pivnick and sound design by Lindsay Jones. This timely production will run August 3 through September 8, 2012 at The Lex Theatre, 6760 Lexington Ave., Hollywood, CA 90038.

Abingdon Theatre Company-which has produced 77 new American plays in its 20-year history celebrates-its 2012-2013 Season with the inaugural ABINGDON BAY RIDGE ONE-ACT FESTIVAL, an evening of three world-premiere short plays, commissioned by Abingdon Theatre Company, by Kevin Armento, Bo List, and Jen Silverman, on Saturday, August 25 at 7:00pm at Christ Church Bay Ridge (7301 Ridge Boulevard) in Brooklyn.

On August 4, 2012, in preparation for the West Indian-American Day Carnival, the Brooklyn Museum will celebrate Caribbean culture by showcasing performances that demonstrate the wide range of contemporary interpretations of traditional West Indian expressions. The Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturday attracts thousands of visitors to free art and entertainment programs each month. The August highlights include:

Disney On Ice presents Rockin' Ever After. This new ice spectacular will launch a North American tour performing in more than 70 cities beginning on August 31, 2012 in Lakeland, Fla. Tickets for all 2012 engagements will go on sale July 20, 2012.

In a panel discussion moderated by New York Post Chief Theater Critic Elisabeth Vincentelli, theater fans have a chance to relive moments from some of BAM Theater Company's 1970s productions with rare photos, footage, and testimony of those who were actually there. The talk occurs as part of BAM's 150th Anniversary celebration.

MYSO's flagship orchestra, the Senior Symphony, will perform tonight in the sold-out Gala Winners' Concert, the culminating event of the prestigious Summa Cum Laude International Youth Festival and Competition in Vienna, Austria. The event will be held at the Wien Konzerthaus, home of the Vienna Symphony.

As it approaches its three-decade mark, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Long Island's longest-running classical music festival, presents a 2012 season showcasing the mix of renowned and emerging artists performing classic and new music.

21 years since the release of their debut album Leisure in 1991 and due to popular demand, Blur?s body of work has been personally compiled by the band and gathered together in one box, due for release by Parlophone on 30th July 2012 (31st July in North America).

Continuing its 12-year relationship with Athol Fugard, The Fountain Theatre celebrates the master playwright's 80th birthday with the U.S. premiere of his newest play. Directed by Stephen Sachs and starring Morlan Higgins, Julanne Chidi Hill and Jacqueline Schultz, The Blue Iris opens at the Fountain on August 24, with low-priced previews beginning August 18.

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.

Comedienne, writer, actress and author Paula Poundstone returns with her stand-up act to The Orleans Showroom August 17 and 18.

Michael Martinez and Fred Coscia will present An Evening of Music and Comedy X at Don't Tell Mama on August 3, 2012.

Radio 1190 & Z2 Entertainment will present Ott. & The All Seeing I (Live Band) to the Boulder Theater on Saturday, October 13th, 2012. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, July 13th, 2012 at 10:00 am for $22.00 in advance and $15.00 day of show.

Z2 Entertainment will present Beth Orton at the Fox Theatre on Friday, October 12th. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 13th for $25.00

Join fabled Hollywood star Sally Kellerman and Emory's Department of Film and Media Studies for a screening of Robert Altman's 1970 classic anti-war film "M*A*S*H*", Sunday, July 29 at 10:15 a.m. at Atlanta's Landmark Midtown Art Theater. Following the screening, Kellerman will talk about the making of this groundbreaking film in a discussion moderated by Emory professor Eddy von Mueller. A VIP champagne brunch follows at Apres Diem.

Edmund Gaynes in association with Daryl Sledge/Mother's Boy LLC will present the Off-Broadway premiere of Rain Pryor's one-woman show, Fried Chicken and Latkes, beginning an open-ended engagement on Saturday July 21st at the Actors Temple Theater (339 West 47th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues). The show runs 70 minutes.

Horse Trade Theater Group has announced the following events for August.

Acting Without Boundaries (AWB) is taking its show on the road and heading to Philadelphia! On Sunday July 22, 2012 at 4 P.M., the AWB actors, all children, youth and young adults with physical disabilities, will revive Broadway's Rogers and Hammerstein with AWB Goes Broadway: Some Enchanted Evening at the Arden Theatre in Old City.

The Town Hall, New York's landmark theatre and concert venue continues the 6th Annual Summer Broadway Festival, with Broadway's Rising Stars on July 23rd at 8pm. Liz Callaway's new show, Even Stephen (with Jason Danieley, Joshua Henry and Norm Lewis) follows on July 30th, concluding The Summer Broadway Festival. The Summer Broadway Festival is created, hosted and written by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall. Tickets for Broadway's Rising Stars are $40, and tickets for Liz Callaway in Even Stephen are $55. Tickets are available through TicketMaster, (800) 982-2787 www.ticketmaster.com, or at The Town Hall Box Office (123 West 43d Street) between noon and 6pm (except Sundays) at 212-840-2824.

Neil Berg, creator and co-producer of 100 Years of Broadway, the #1 Broadway touring concert in the country, and the Night of Broadway Stars fundraisers for Covenant House (recently seen at NJPAC) is bringing his show to the Newark Bears Stadium on July 14th in support of Covenant House.