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In the spirit of their motto of "Take Time to Be Kind", both Hard Rock Cafe locations in Las Vegas are continuing their year-long "Rock the Cause" philanthropic movement. The cafes will choose a specific cause each month and activate by doing volunteer work, raising funds or collecting items for different charitable organizations throughout Las Vegas and Southern Nevada.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, the glam rock cult classic with text by John Cameron Mitchell and music and lyrics by Stephen Trask will return to Boston for a strictly limited engagement this August. Performances will begin on Monday, August 13th at OBERON (2 Arrow St. Cambridge, MA 02138).

Atlas Genius - the Adelaide, Australia-based indie band that had sold more than 50,000 downloads of its breakout hit 'Trojans' before signing to Warner Bros. Records earlier this year - will kick off its first-ever U.S. tour on August 11 with a performance at CD101 Summerfest at LC Pavilion in Columbus, OH.

The final production in American Heartland Theatre's 25th anniversary season will be a Kansas City Premiere: BINGO! The Winning Musical, described as 'a splashy, zippy, and outrageously funny new musical' starring Debra Bluford, Jennifer Mays, Stasha Case, Jeanne Averill, Rick Williamson, and Emily Shackelford.

The Lark Play Development Center announced that Jackie Sibblies Drury will be the inaugural recipient of the Jerome New York Fellowship for 2012-2014. Lark's program is made possible by the New York City's Theatre Subdistrict Council and is the first Jerome Fellowship in New York City supported by the Minnesota-based Jerome Foundation.The Foundation has also supported several well-known fellowships at The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis.The fellowship is part of an ongoing, long-term plan by the Lark to implement a portfolio of fellowships and programs that provide economic stability for playwrights.

Pablo Heras-Casado will perform for the first time as Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) new Principal Conductor at the orchestra's birthplace and summer home Caramoor International Music Festival. On July 15, 2012 Heras-Casado will lead the orchestra in a program of Beethoven and Ravel with one of the world's most renowned pianists, Emanuel Ax.

Come join us once again for a mid-summer's evening at "Cocktails & Cabaret," a benefit for TheatreWorks New Milford's Building Fund. The event will be held on Saturday, August 4, with cocktails from 6:00 - 7:30PM at the home of Pat Catchpole - 13 Aspetuck Avenue, and the Cabaret curtain going up at 8:30PM at TheatreWorks.

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the cast for the next Roundabout Underground production Bad Jews, a new play by Joshua Elias Harmon, directed by Daniel Aukin, featuring Tracee Chimo (Daphna), Philip Ettinger (Jonah), Molly Ranson (Melody) & Michael Zegen (Liam).

Richmond CenterStage today announced the lineup for its second annual U.S. TRUST Life is a Cabaret! Series: A Celebration of the Great American Song Book, which will begin on October 18 with Virginia's own Desiree Roots.

"She Loves Me." $10. 7 pm, July 26-28, August 2-4, and August 9-11. West Park Band Shell, between Miller and Huron.734-276-2832. www.pennyseats.org

Sound Theatre Company brings award-winning playwright Tony Kushner's adaptation of THE ILLUSION to the Center Theatre this August. In Pierre Corneille's 17th century tale, a father seeks the dark arts of a magician in a cave to learn about the travails of his estranged son, when he is thrust into a fantastical journey that challenges his assumptions about love, life, and reality.

54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, has announced July events.

This July 4th, America's national Independence Day celebration kicks off our country's 236th birthday, as A CAPITOL FOURTH on PBS welcomes a brand new host, Emmy Award-winning television personality Tom Bergeron.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Hand2Mouth Theatre with the New York premiere of MY MIND IS LIKE AN OPEN MEADOW, written by Erin Leddy and directed by Jonathan Walters.

The Eye on India Festival returns to Chicago, July 12th to 22nd, 2012, with an incredible line-up of performers, internationally renowned writers and Bollywood.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company announced today the appointment of Ryan O'Steen as Technical Director and Production Coordinator of Aurora Theatre Company. O'Steen replaces Chris Killion, Aurora's first Technical Director and Production Coordinator at its current Addison Street space. Killion, an integral part of the company for 11 years, collaborated with the architects and builders on both the original Aurora Addison Street space, as well as the new Dashow Wing, in addition to constructing sets for 55 Aurora productions. O'Steen joins the company directly from Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

KGNU & Z2 Entertainment will present two nights of Dark Star Orchestra at the Boulder Theater on Friday, October 19th & Saturday, October 20th, 2012. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, July 6th , 2012 at 10:00 am for $25.00 in advance and $27.50 day of show.

The Guthrie Theater today announced additional details of its celebration of the multifaceted writer Christopher Hampton, which will inaugurate the theater's 50th season. In addition to the previously announced Tales from Hollywood on the Wurtele Thrust Stage and the world-premiere Appomattox on the McGuire Proscenium Stage, the celebration will also feature a production of Hampton's Embers in the Dowling Studio from October 9-27, 2012, directed by Joe Dowling.

After a sold out concert at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in March, The Tenors are excited to return to Las Vegas with a brand new show on August 5, 2012 at 2 p.m. The concert will be recorded in the breathtaking 2,050 seat Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center for an upcoming PBS special and live concert DVD. Tickets for this exciting performance by The Tenors go on sale Tuesday, July 3.

Z2 Entertainment will present The Gourds & James McMurtry at the Fox Theatre on Sunday, September 23rd. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, July 6th for $18.00 in advance and $21.00 day of show.