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OPERA America, the national non-profit service organization for opera, is pleased to announce details of Opera Conference 2012: Creative Resurgence, to be held in Philadelphia, PA from June 13-16. Co-hosted by Opera Company of Philadelphia and in association with Opera Volunteers International, this largest annual gathering of opera professionals in North America will convene at venues along the Avenue of the Arts, in the heart of Center City. This marks the second time that the conference is being held in Philadelphia; the city previously hosted in 1997.

Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong made a surprise visit last night to the first national tour of Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT. Check out a snapshot below!

Lakeshore Records will release the People Like Us - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally and in stores on June 19, 2012. The recording features original score by Academy Award winning composer A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 HOURS) and the new song 'Dotted Line,' a collaboration between Rahman and Liz Phair.

Join Pittsburgh CLO for a free series of afternoons enjoying your favorite musical hits on the silver screen at Point Park University's George R. White Theater before the live productions open on the Benedum Center stage. This event is open to the public. In addition to a free film screening, participants will be entered into a drawing for Pittsburgh CLO prizes.

Z2 Entertainment will present Theophilus London at the Fox Theatre on Friday, August 25th. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, June 8th for $17.00 in advance and $20.00 day of show.

The Town Hall 's (123 West 43rd Street) Broadway By The Year's ® 12th season will conclude with The Broadway Musicals of 1987 on Monday, June 11th at 8PM. It was a year that brought us shows including Les Miserables, Starlight Express, Into the Woods, Stepping Out and Stardust. Produced By The Town Hall, The Broadway Musicals of 1987 is created, hosted and written for The Town Hall by Scott Siegel. Tickets are $55, $50 & $45 and are on sale through TicketMaster at 800-982-2787, www.ticketmaster.com or The Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6 PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824.

Following multiple successful engagements last year, The Temptations - Otis Williams, Bruce Williamson, Terry Weeks, Ron Tyson and Joe Herndon - will bring classic Motown back to The Orleans Showroom July 7 and 8.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport announces its next special event in their ongoing Broadway Concert Series on Saturday, June 23 at 8 PM.

Berkshire Playwrights Lab will present the Berkshire Playwrights Lab 5th Season Gala Celebration on June 9 at 7:30pm and staged readings of new plays on July 11, July 23, August 8, and August 22 at 7:30pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, Mass.).

As announced earlier in the season, Performance Network Theatre has been in the process of restructuring their non-profit organization to increase the support of their award-winning Artistic department, while creating greater capacity in Management. PNT is happy to announce the appointment of Erin Sabo as the Managing Director, allowing the theatre to adopt the dual management structure that is the industry standard for producing professional theatres, as well as expand its Artistic programs.

Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, June 8th, 2012 at 10:00 am for $25.00 - $40.00 for Reserved seating types and $47.50 for Gold Circle.

After each of the nine performances, cast members of Legally Blonde, The Musical made their way to the Palace Theatre lobby wielding pink buckets and pink ribbons to greet audience members and accept donations for the New Hampshire Breast Cancer Coalition (NHBCC). The cast members raised more than $3,000 for NHBCC, an organization which provides assistance to New Hampshire residents with breast cancer.

Z2 Entertainment will present Hot Rize at the Boulder Theater Friday, September 14th, 2012. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, June 8th , 2012 at 10:00 am for $30.00 - $40.00 for Reserved seating types and $50.00 for Gold Circle.

Outfest - the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing, showcasing and protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media - has announced its complete programming lineup for Outfest 2012: The 30th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.

97.3 KBCO & Z2 Entertainment will present Aaron Freeman: The Marvelous Clouds Tour at the Fox Theatre on Friday, November 2nd. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, June 8th for $22.00 in advance and $25.00 day of show.

A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK, a new musical which was a finalist in this year's prestigious Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater, is one of 10 musical plays being presented by the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival Next Link Project (NYMF), which starts on July 9th. The musical is based on the short story, 'A Letter To Harvey Milk' by Lesléa Newman.

The award-winning Emerging Artists Theatre will present the Off-Broadway premiere of The Sensational Josephine Baker.

Brooklyn based theatre collective The Artful Conspirators present Leaving IKEA: a play in two cantos directed by David A. Miller. The play, written by Monica Flory and Dano Madden, will receive its World Premiere June 7 to 24, 2012 at the Brooklyn Lyceum.

Teddy's Bar & Grill, the 125-year old Williamsburg institution, is ramping up its music offerings this summer, starting with the Jam the Country kick-off event from Wednesday, June 13th - Saturday, June 16th at 8:00 PM each night.

Direct from South Korea to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival comes the cooking show spectacular, Nanta, for a limited run, July 11-15. Tickets can be obtained by calling 800.841.4273, visiting on line at www.asf.net or at the ASF box office located at 1 Festival Drive in the heart of Montgomery's Blount Cultural Park.