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Annie takes center stage in what's being described as 'a charming production of one of the world's best-loved musicals,' June 29-July 8 at the Benedum Center! Audiences of all ages will fall in love with little orphan Annie as she returns to the Pittsburgh CLO stage for the first time since 2003. Fan favorite Sally Struthers stars as the deliciously evil Miss Hannigan, along with a remarkable supporting cast of Pittsburgh CLO and Broadway veterans.

Playwrights Realm (www.playwrightsrealm.org), under the leadership of Artistic Director Katherine Kovner and Producing Director Renee Blinkwolt, announces PAGE ONE, a new program that significantly deepens the company's commitment to early-career playwrights. Ethan Lipton will be the inaugural recipient of the program.

Two Mamaroneck based theatres - one the oldest continuously operated theatre in Westchester, the Emelin Theatre, and the other the 4 year old Westchester Sandbox Theatre team up this summer. The Emelin Theatre will host the Sandbox Theatre's upcoming production of Smokey Joe's Cafe which will run June 29, 30 & July 1,6,7,8. Performances are Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm and Sunday afternoons at 3pm. All tickets are $28.

Now in its 29th year, the much anticipated Music from Angel Fire season will open Friday, Aug. 17 through Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012 with a total of 14 concerts featuring works from the Baroque to the Contemporary periods. Performances will take places in a number of Northern NM locations including Taos, Angel Fire, Raton, Eagle Nest, and Las Vegas.

Different Stages continues its 2011 - 2012 season with Is Life Worth Living? by Lennox Robinson. A traveling repertory troupe comes to a small village in Ireland and after a week or so of Ibsen, Chekhov, and Strindberg, the town is driven mad. Is Life Worth Living? is a gloriously goofy comedy that imagines the undesirable effects a steady diet of serious drama might have on the amiable residents of the provincial seaside town of Inish.

The SFArtsED Summer production of Oklahoma! on Monday, July 23, 2012 will be 'rousing, beautiful and everything this classical musical should be.' Accompanied by the 30-piece UC Berkeley Summer Symphony, the young performers, ranging in age from 9 to 19 will make this one of the can't-miss events of the summer. The show is at 7:30 p.m. at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St., San Francisco.

Seattle Center Festál: Festival Sundiata - African-American Festival, June 30 - July 1, 12 p.m. - 8 p.m., in the Armory/Center House and Fisher Pavilion, explores the cultural roots and contemporary influences of African-Americans in our region through live performances, cultural displays, hands-on activities, foods, fashion and worldy gifts.

At a May meeting of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, David C. Nichols was chosen as the Circle'spresident for a one-year term. Nichols, who writes for the L.A. Times and other local publications, had previously held that office from 2008 to 2010.

The Pearl Theatre Company today announced the directors of the shows comprising its 29th season, the first in its new, permanent home on West 42nd Street.

Sitcom star and comedian Billy Gardell, will perform at The Orleans Showroom July 27 and 28.

It'?s non-stop drama when 60 of America?s top high school musical theater performers arrive in New York City this summer for an intensive week of ?theatrical boot camp? as they vie for a shot at stage stardom in a national theater competition. The annual event is the subject of the new three-part primetime series, BROADWAY OR BUST, airing Sundays this fall, beginning September 9, 2012 on PBS (check local listings).

Black Milk, by the Russian playwright Vassily Sigarev (translation by Sasha Dugdale), will have its New York premiere Off-Broadway this summer from July 19 - August 4, 2012 in a production helmed by the acclaimed Venezuelan director Michel Hausmann at East 13th Street Theatre, 136 East 13th Street (home of Classic Stage Company).

Omaha Performing Arts presents Cox Music & Movies, featuring The Karate Kid and the retro pop ukulele sounds of Omaha band All Young Girls Are Machine Guns. This summer's first free Cox Music & Movies event will be held on Friday, June 22 in the Courtyard of the Holland Performing Arts Center. Music begins at 7:45 p.m. followed by the movie at dusk, or approximately 8:45 p.m.

This summer, audiences across North America will experience the magic of fire-breathing dragons that soar through arena skies in DREAMWORKS' HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON LIVE SPECTACULAR.

After a four month long nationwide search, Flying House Productions (FHP) has announced the appointment of Frank Stilwagner as its new Executive Director.

The 18th year of NXNE (North by Northeast) was the most successful festival yet after phenomenal growth - with more artists, more film premieres, more day parties and more fans than ever before.

Catherine Russell, who has starred in the Off Broadway thriller PERFECT CRIME for the past 25 years, received the Legend of Off Broadway Award at The Off Broadway Alliance's annual awards ceremony on June 19, 2012.

Local TV and radio legend Fritz the Nite Owl will host this year's "Fright Nite Friday" double feature at the CAPA Summer Movie Series. Patrons will have the chance to meet Fritz in the Ohio Theatre lobby for photos and autographs. He'll also introduce both films-Dracula's Daughter (1936) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)-as they make their Series premiere.

With the recent passing of Rodney King and in the 20th anniversary year of the Los Angeles riots, Great Performances brings Smith's dramatic work back to public television viewers across America when it presents an encore presentation of Marc Levin's film adaptation of Twilight: Los Angeles, Friday, June 29 at 10 p.m. ET (check local listings). The telecast follows the season premiere of the PBS Arts Summer Festival also hosted by Smith.

SoCal alt-rockers The Dirty Heads released their highly anticipated album Cabin By The Sea this week on Five Seven Music. The album, produced by Mario C. (Beastie Boys, Tone Loc) and Lewis Richards, melds the band's signature sound of hip hop, reggae and alternative rock with everyone's favorite season - summer!