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The producers of the First National Tour of the new musical THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, announced today that single tickets for the Toronto engagement will go on sale Tuesday February 19. Tickets will be available in person only for the first two hours 9AM - 11AM at the Princess of Wales Theatre box office - 300 King Street West. Online and phone sales begin at 11AM. Tickets are available by visiting Mirvish.com, or by calling TicketKing at 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333. Tickets are limited to 8 tickets per order. Group orders of 20 or more may be placed by calling 416-593-4142 or 1-800-724-6420.

NYC Parks announces the completion of the restoration of the John Merven Carrere Memorial Stairs at Riverside Park, located at West 99th Street and Riverside Drive. The renovations were funded with capital allocations of $375,000 from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and $300,000 from Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer.

Music Director Robert Spano will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Brahms's Second Symphony and the Atlanta Symphony premiere of Respighi's Concerto in modo misolidio with Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen. The program will also include the Overture to Verdi's La forza del destino, led by guest conductor Alexandra Arrieche. The concerts will take place February 21-23 at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.

Next on stage as part of the Steppenwolf for Young Adults' (SYA) season is the world premiere of How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence by Miles Harvey. How Long Will I Cry? is directed by Edward Torres as part of the citywide, season-long Now Is The Time initiative with Chicago Public Library and other local cultural organizations. Public performances of How Long Will I Cry? are March 2, 4, 9, 18 and 23 in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre (1650 N Halsted St); the press performance is on March 4 at 7:30pm; tickets for public performances are available through Audience Services (1650 N Halsted St), 312-335-1650 and steppenwolf.org. School performances are Tuesday - Friday at 10am and are on sale now through SYA Education Assistant Lauren Sivak at 312-654-5643.

The Mesa Arts Center will be hosting Menopause: The Musical National Tour beginning on March 5 and running through March 17, 2013 in the Piper Repertory Theater. Tickets are available through the Mesa Arts Center Box Office at MesaArtsCenter.com or by calling 480-644-6500.

Staller Center's 2013 Gala will feature Tony Award winners Brian Stokes Mitchell and Laura Benanti singing Broadway songs and standards at Stony Brook University's Staller Center. The Gala takes place on Main Stage on Saturday, March 2 at 8:00 pm.

The New Jersey Repertory Company will present the World Premiere of 'Ants' by Romanian playwright, Saviana Stanescu, directed by Jeff Zinn.

The 3rd Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition moves on to its Semi-final round Saturday, March 2nd when 37 high school acts take the stage to select finalists who will compete at The Fabulous Fox on Friday, April 12 (a complete list of students/schools can be found here).

Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts 2013 installs GIANT TIME MACHINE in the Kimmel Center Plaza, marking the beginning of its transformation to a destination of arts activities for the month long city-wide event.

On March 2, Target First Saturday highlights the work of conceptual artist El Anatsui. In Gravity and Grace, Anatsui connects the histories of Africa, Europe, and the Americas through large-scale works of art that straddle the boundary between sculpture and painting. Target First Saturday events attract thousands of visitors to free art and entertainment programs each month.

Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced its 2013 Fundraiser, High Rollers' Masquerade Ball, on Saturday, March 16, from 8pm to 1am. The evening's main event will be a Poker Tournament brought to you by Dealer Dolls; guests will also enjoy an open bar and complimentary hors d'oeuvres, music, and other entertainment. Additionally, there will be games and a raffle, offering many opportunities to win valuable prizes.

The Denver Center Theatre Company's (DCTC) world premiere production of SENSE & SENSIBILITY THE MUSICAL, with book and lyrics by Jeffrey Haddow and music by Neal Hampton, will be staged by Director and Choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge, whose recent Broadway revival of Ragtime received seven Tony Award nominations. SENSE & SENSIBILITY THE MUSICAL will receive its world premiere production April 5 - May 26, 2013 in The Stage Theatre at the Denver Center for Performing Arts at 14th and Champa.

Signature Theatre has announced the next wave of upcoming supplemental programs, which allow more intimate and direct access to a playwright's vision and process. Unless noted, all supplemental programs are free and open to the general public.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, the musical, opens at the Village Players Playhouse on March 1.

Among other acknowledgements, Maya was awarded a Grammy certificate for her collaboration with Jamaican star, Stephen Marley; a Proclamation from Congress for co-producing Hope Night, a concert for domestic-abuse awareness; and the prestigious 'Top 40 Under 40' Award from The Network Journal for her business acumen, community work and work abroad. Maya mentors teenagers and is a motivational speaker on the subjects of artist entrepreneurism and achieving one's dreams. She was able to share this with the world on the popular reality show MTV's MADE by mentoring a teenager to her greater potential over the course of 5 weeks.

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF is pleased to bring William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus to Central Florida audiences. Directed by Orlando Shakes Artistic Director Jim Helsinger, Titus Andronicus opens March 29 and runs through April 28, 2013 at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center. Tickets, priced at $17-$40, are on sale now at (407) 447-1700 or http://orlandoshakes.org.

The Maverick Theater will present Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, winner of five Tony Awards - including Best Play - and eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, for the 1984 film adaptation. The Maverick first produced Amadeus in 2003.

Previews begin tonight, Friday, February 15 at 8PM for the Playwrights Horizons World Premiere of THE FLICK, a new play by Obie Award winner Annie Baker (Circle Mirror Transformation at PH, The Aliens, her recent adaptation of Uncle Vanya). Directed by Obie Award winner Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation, Kin and The Big Meal at PH; Seminar and Picnic on Broadway), the production has an Opening Night set for Tuesday, March 12 at 7PM and will play through Sunday, March 31 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street).

The Guthrie Theater's production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night moves into the final week of its acclaimed run, with the performance of Helen Carey as Mary Tyrone earning accolades for its complexity and sympathetic power. Carey, an actor with an illustrious career spanning a Tony Award nomination, pivotal roles in Guthrie productions, stage credits in New York and the U.K., as well as numerous film and television credits, was termed "superb" in her latest role by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

{Your Name Here} A Queer Theater Company is proud to present their second reading of The Click of the Lock, a new play by Justin Sayre (The Meeting*, Night of a Thousand Judys). The evening is co-produced by David Anzuelo and Artistic Director David Macke with special thanks to Labyrinth Theater Company. The cast will feature Brian Barefoot, Joe Beedles, Christian Coulson (Swan!!!, Harry Potter), Sean Dugan ('Smash,' Next Fall), Cole Escola (Logo TV's 'Jeffery & Cole Casserole'), Logan Ford, Randy Harrison (Silence! The Musical, Showtime's 'Queer as Folk'), Rob Maitner (Urinetown, NY Fringe Festival; Bistro Award for Fairy Tales at the WPA Theater), Allen McCullough and Chris Tyler. Mr. Sayre serves as Director. The show will be held at the Bank Street Theater (155 Bank Street in Manhattan) at 7:00 PM. Tickets, available to industry only, are available at tcotlreading@gmail.com.