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QPAC's Associate Director - Strategy Rebecca Lamoin, is one of ten international arts professionals who have been invited to participate in the 2012-14 DeVos Institute's Summer International Fellowship at the Kennedy Center. Ms Lamoin will be the first ever Australian involved in this prestigious program.

Bay Street Theatre will kick off the 2012 Comedy Club lineup with Ben Bailey, Monday, July 16 at 8pm and will continue on most Monday nights through August 27. Tickets are $60 for members and $67 nonmembers.

The family comedy My Uncle Rafael is set to open in theatres in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto and other major markets on September 21, 2012. The award-winning film stars Missi Pyle (The Artist, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory), John Michael Higgins (Yes Man, TVs "Happily Divorced"), Anthony Clark (Yes, Dear), Joe Lo Truglio (Role Models) and Rachel Blanchard (Road Trip).

When fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill comes marching into town, you know there's going to be trouble right here in River City. His goal is to con the good townspeople out of their money, but Marian the Librarian has other plans.

A "hilarious madcap farce," UNNECESSARY FARCE, staged by Saint Michael's Playhouse, July 5-14, in the McCarthy Arts Center: Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors--Go. Madcap hilarity ensues.

Tonight, Tuesday, June 26, Tony Award nominee Brian d'Arcy James launches his New York City solo concert debut with his show "Under The Influence" at 54 Below. New York knows him from Broadway's Time Stands Still, Next to Normal, Shrek, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Apple Tree, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Titanic, among others; television audiences know him from NBC's "Smash" and HBO's Game Change, but now 54 Below audiences will have a chance to see him in his brand new musical offering during its inaugural month.

This week's shows feature clarinetist and composer Paquito D'Rivera performing the music of celebrated Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla. The winner of nine GRAMMY Awards, D'Rivera is celebrated both for his artistry in Latin jazz and his achievements as a classical composer. He is also the first artist to win Latin GRAMMYs in both Classical and Latin Jazz categories - for Stravinsky's Historia del Soldado (2003) and Brazilian Dreams (2001). His numerous recordings include more than 30 solo albums.

Forum Theatre presents CHURCH by Young Jean Lee in the inaugural Over The Line Festival at Round House Silver Spring. Tickets are $15 for all performances ($10 for seniors, groups, and Round House subscribers; $10 for students and patrons under 30). To purchase, visit www.forum-theatre.org or call the Round House box office at 240-644-1100.

SALAMANDER STARTS OVER will premiere at NY International Fringe Festival. The words every teenage punk dreads: ALL-BOYS CATHOLIC SCHOOL. But this isn't your average preparatory education. Eccentric teachers. Militant coaches. Dance-fighting students. Add these with the love of a Cuban mother and see how Salamander Starts Over.

Save the date Sunday, July 22 for a special Sierra Rep celebration at the Columbia home of Carleton and Patty Penwell.

Z2 Entertainment will present Mourning America Tour Feat. Brother Ali with Blank Tape Beloved, Homeboy Sandman, DJ Sosa & The Reminders at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, October 13th. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, June 29th for $15.00 in advance and $18.00 day of show.

Manhattan Theatre Club has created a special short film in celebration of Lynne Meadow's 40th anniversary as the visionary and artistic leader of the organization. The film premiered on Monday, June 18 during a special tribute event honoring Meadow at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre - now view the video below!

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company received an impact grant of $70,000 from ArtsWave to support the company's efforts in bringing Shakespeare and the classics to life for the Greater Cincinnati community.

Due to an overwhelming response to their current production of Les Miserables (School Edition), Drama Learning Center's Teen Professional Company, TYA (Teaching Young Actors), announces that it will be extending its performance schedule for one more weekend from June 28-29 at Drama Learning Center in Columbia.

ANNIE, the new production of the classic Tony Award-winning musical, is now on sale. ANNIE, which features a Tony Award-winning score by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin and a Tony Award-winning book by Thomas Meehan, will be directed by three-time Tony Award-winner James Lapine and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Andy Blankenbuehler. The production begins previews on October 3 at the Palace Theatre (1567 Broadway at 47th Street). Opening night is Thursday, November 8.

The Manatee Players today announced a joint partnership with stage and screen actress Robin Givens to workshop a new play with music, JOY IN THE MORNING, written by Ms. Givens. The play, with cast coordination by Manatee Players' Producing Artistic Director Rick Kerby, will be work shopped and directed by Ms. Givens during the month of July at the Manatee Players. Performances at the Manatee Players will be held at 7:30 p.m. on August 2 and at 8 p.m. on August 3 as a benefit for the Manatee Players.

York Little Theatre will present Dan Goggin's zany, comedy musical Nunsense. Winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Off-Broadway Musical, Nunsense is the story of the five surviving Little Sisters of Hoboken, a one-time Missionary order that runs a leper colony on an island south of France.

Beck Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the extension of their regional premiere of the award-winning rock musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, through Sunday July 22, 2012 in the Studio Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sundays. There are no Sunday matinee performances for this production. Tickets are now on sale.

Georges is the suave owner of a glitzy drag club on the French Riviera. Partnered romantically with his high-strung star performer, Albin (who goes by the stage name Zaza), the pair live a charmed life-for better or worse. They get a bit of both when Georges' son, Jean-Michel, turns up engaged to the daughter of a conservative right-wing politician who's coming to dinner. Georges reluctantly agrees to masquerade as 'normal' when he meets the family of the bride-to-be. But Albin has other plans, with hilarious results.

The Opera House Players will continue its summer Cabaret series with THE POOR MAN'S CABARET, a musical revue featuring music from 'New Broadway' composers while still featuring great songs from yesteryear, on Friday, July 13 and Saturday, July 14 at 8pm and Sunday, July 15 at 2pm at the Broad Brook Opera House, 107 Main Street, Broad Brook, CT, 06016.