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Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

The cast of TROUBLE THE MUSICAL, a new rock musical being presented in the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival, will feature DANIEL QUADRINO (Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie), SARA KAPNER (Broadway's Hollywood Arms), JUSTIN STEIN (Camelot at Lincoln Center), MATTHEW J. RIORDAN (Smile: A New Rock Musical), DAVI SANTOS (ABC's Don't Trust The B- In Apartment 23), WESLEY TUNISON (Freckleface Strawberry), KATIE MACK (Theatre 202's Comedy of Errors) and ABBE TANENBAUM (Theatreworks/USA's If You Give A Mouse A Cookie…).

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre has kicked off its 10th anniversary season celebration by hitting a new record: 7,350 subscribers for its 2012/13 season.

Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), currently celebrating its Fifth Anniversary Season at the historic Theatre By The Sea, has announced the inaugural season for their new state-of-the-art theatre in Warwick.

The hit musical comedy, Nunsense, is coming to the Bickford Theatre's stage this summer, starring Gwendolyn F. Jones as Reverend Mother, with performances Thursday, July 19 through Sunday, August 12, 2012.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced that Tony Award winner Ben Vereen has been named the honorary chairman of the 2012 festival.

On June 20, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce (Fairfax Chamber) awarded Terrence D. Jones, President and CEO of Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, with the prestigious NOVAForward Award. Bestowed yearly upon a Northern Virginia influencer in honor of their commitment to advancing the region, Jones was recognized during a luncheon attended by 700 leaders of the corporate, nonprofit, and political community.

A giant, man-eating plant from outer space will invade the Whitefish Performing Arts Center when Alpine Theatre Project presents Little Shop of Horrors July 5 - 21 at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center in downtown Whitefish. The musical comedy runs Tuesdays - Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 6pm with a special Family Matinee at 2pm on July 21.

Casting has been announced for the NYMF production of SWING STATE which will star Morgan Weed (currently in RENT at New World Stages, Saved and Next to Normal Off-Broadway) and Jed Resnick (Avenue Q on Broadway and currently in the Off-Broadway cast at New World Stages) at the 45th St. Theatre Mainstage from July 20th-29th. Set in Ohio, SWING STATE follows the unpredictable relationship that develops between Kindergarten teacher and Born Again Christian Bonnie (Weed) and her chiropractor Neil (Resnick), a gay atheist who arrives in Ohio fresh from New York City.

On Tuesday, June 26, 2012, Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc) will present Our Ladies of Infamy and Grandeur by artist Graham Preston. The exhibition of five gilded paintings will honor the exploits, undertakings and legends of lost cultural heroines from the historical Five Points neighborhood.

Calling all super heroes! Super Grover needs your help, and it's Elmo and the Fabulous Five to the rescue when this fantastic musical production zooms into Hershey. Join Elmo, Zoe, Abby Cadabby, Telly Monster and Zoe's pet rock Rocco for Sesame Street Live "Elmo's Super Heroes" at Hershey Theatre from Friday, January 11 through Sunday, January 13. Tickets for all seven performances go on sale Wednesday, July 11.

Theatre Masters' president Julia Hansen announced today (Monday, June 25th) aspiring playwrights Carolyn Kras and Michael Mitnick as the sixth annual Theater Masters' Visionary Award winners.

Pianist Shai Wosner will play an all-Schubert program for his first solo recital at the Mostly Mozart Festival in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center on Friday, August 10 at 10:30 pm.

A rare collection of complete live recordings of classic American musical theater will be made available over the next four years to visitors at two major venues: Goodspeed Musicals' Scherer Library of Musical Theatre in East Haddam, Connecticut, and Cleveland Public Library in Cleveland, Ohio.

FST's 4th Annual Sarasota Improv Festival returns for two-nights of comedy with 10 Improv groups on July 20 and 21.

HardSparks, a New York City-based theater company, will present first in a series of site-specific performances of new plays to take place in Southampton. SparkHampton: The Wickapogue Plays will feature work by Crystal Skillman (Cut, Wild), J.Stephen Brantley (Eightythree Down, Blood Grass), and Daniel Talbott (Slipping, Yosemite), who will also direct the three pieces.

Sierra Repertory Theatre presents its first-ever production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic this summer. It plays June 29 through August 19 at SRT's historic Fallon House Theatre in Columbia. Sierra Rep Artistic Director Scott Viets directs the show. View photos below!

Georgia Shakespeare presents its first-ever play by the great Oscar Wilde with the truly fun farce The Importance of Being Earnest, July 5 - August 3 at the Conant Performing Arts Center on the campus of Oglethorpe University.

Riverfront Theater has announced the third performance in their inaugural summer series, Spirit of the Dance, playing for one week only, July 11 - 15. All performances will take place at the new Riverfront Theater, located at 650 W. Chicago Avenue, just east of Halsted Street. Tickets for Spirit of the Dance, priced $29-$55, are currently on sale and may be purchased online at www.RiverfrontTheater.com or Ticketmaster.com and by phone at888.556.9484. To learn more about Riverfront Theater, visit www.RiverfrontTheater.com.

Ballet West has been awarded a Fellowship Initiative grant from the New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of New York City Ballet, to support the development of new choreography in a studio setting. The choreographer will be Christopher Ruud.