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EORGE M! tells the life story of George M. Cohan, a giant of the American Musical Theater who gave us such songs asYankee Doodle Dandy, Over There, You're A Grand Old Flag, and Give My Regards to Broadway. The show follows him over a 60-year period period from the late 1880s until 1937. The story begins with his childhood in Rhode Island on the vaudeville circuit with his parents and sister as 'The Four Cohans,' continuing to New York, where he starts his 25-year absolute reign of the Broadway stage.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) will welcome legendary Broadway songwriter and lyricist John Kander (Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman), five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman (The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Contact) and book writer David Thompson (Steel Pier, Chicago) for a one-night only conversation with A.C.T. Artistic Director Carey Perloff on Monday, June 18, at 6:30 p.m.

Music-Theatre Group held a special interview with Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner, moderated by Thomas Schumacher (Producer and President, Disney Theatrical Group) on June 7th at the Dimenna Center for Classical Music (450 W. 37th Street between 9th and 10th) at 7:30 p.m.

Mad Cow Theatre today announced the cast for The Pitmen Painters, by Lee Hall, inspired by a book by William Feaver.

Ars Nova has announced the following events for ths week of June 11th to 16th.

A Streetcar Named Desire stops at THEATER TALK for Tony Awards weekend, with stars Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker, joined by producer Stephen C. Byrd, discussing the historic Broadway production with series co-hosts Michael Riedel of the New York Post and executive producer Susan Haskins. Also on board in a separate interview is comedian-character actor-writer Rob Bartlett, most recently seen in the revival of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Unfortunately, TBS Just For Laughs has announced that the performances of Mike Birbiglia's critically acclaimed one-man-show, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, originally scheduled to take place June 12-16 at Victory Gardens Theatre as part of the TBS Just For Laughs Chicago festival, have been postponed due to technical production issues. TBS Just For Laughs will present the engagement at Victory Gardens Thursday - Monday, October 25-29, instead. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.

The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts is has announced the tenth annual concert of the Ensign-Darling Vocal Fellowship will be held at The Bushnell's Belding Theater on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public.

The Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) is going global as it gears up for its 13th festival October 10-14.

In observance of the Independence Day weekend, the Summer Festival of Sacred Music at St. Bart's continues with music by American Composers on Sunday July 1 at 11 am.

Zum zweiten Mal gestaltet die Ballettschule der Wiener Staatsoper im A1 Kinderopernzelt auf der Dachterrasse der Wiener Staatsoper ab 17. Juni 2012 Tanzdemonstrationen, in denen alle Studierenden in verschiedenen Fächern des Unterrichtsprogramms zu sehen sind. Die Vormittagsvorstellungen bestreiten die Schülerinnen und Schüler der Oberstufe, die Nachmittagsvorstellungen sind der Unterstufe vorbehalten.

At the opening performance of Cortland Repertory Theatre's 2012 season on Wednesday, June 6, Producing Artistic Director Kerby Thompson announced the start of the public community phase of their capital campaign to complete the new "CRT Downtown" facility.

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood will perform Tuesday, June 26 at 7:30 pm at The Colonial Theatre with openers Sarah Lee and Johnny.

In conjunction with the Huntington Theatre Company's production of Noel Coward's sparkling comedy Private Lives, The Boston Globe's "Miss Conduct" columnist Robin Abrahams will discuss the psychological underpinnings of the zaniness depicted in the play at the post-show Humanities Forum on Sunday, June 10 immediately following the 2pm performance.

Tony Award-winning actress, singer, and songwriter Idina Menzel, star of Broadway's Wicked and the original stage production of Rent, will perform her brand new live show with the Columbus Symphony on Saturday, June 23, as part of the 2012 Nationwide Insurance Picnic with the Pops season.

Jake Kolesar, a fifteen-year-old ninth-grade student at Walnut Hills High School, was selected as the winner of a $500 award at the Cincinnati Arts Association's inaugural Overture Awards Next Pop Star competition at the Aronoff Center on Saturday, June 2. A talented guitarist and singer-songwriter, Jake played and sang one of his original songs - Floating - during the competition.

Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films, Old Vic Productions and NETworks Presentations, LLC bring the multi-award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center from June 19 to June 24.

The Hollywood Fringe Festival (www.hollywoodfringe.org), described as the 'biggest arts festival in the West', will present over 200 productions of theatre, dance, comedy, music, cabaret, film, workshops, and events at 54 performance spaces in central Hollywood throughout the month of June, beginning with Previews running June 7th through June 12th (the festival runs through June 24th).

Comedienne/Actress Susie Essman's Catskills Benefit Comedy Concert set for August 25th at the Belleayre Music Festival, shares the message that the region is 'open for business' and remains an arts and cultural hub for tourists and residents (having rebounded after last year's Hurricane Irene last year) it was announced today at a press conference hosted by comedy impresario Caroline Hirsch of the world renowned Caroline's on Broadway.

Neil Coppen's (2011 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner) play, directed by Karen Logan, follows the story of Nomvula, a spirited child with a revolutionary heart born into a country with a cruel and silent dictatorship. Tin Bucket Drum weaves together elements of magical realism, shadow puppetry, Kabuki theatre and live percussion while offering a fresh twist to the traditional conventions of African storytelling.