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The Little Aggies Theatre presents Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID JR. playing at The Albertville Fine Arts Center starting on June 1 at 7PM for 2 weeks through June 9, 2012. The musical is based on the 2008 Broadway production and the 1989 animated feature film. The cast contains approximately 75 students led by Kelleybrooke Brown, Director and Assisted by Lee White.

The Duke Ellington Center Big Band and the Bobby Sinabria Multiverse Big Band will perform a joint concert at the Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College in the Bronx on Friday, June 8, at 7:30 PM, featuring some of Duke Ellington's iconic works, as well as those of his greatest collaborators.

On Saturday, May 26 at 1pm, the Warner Theatre will present Verdi's La Traviata, an encore presentation from The Met: Live in HD.

View members of the cast at yesterday's Barnes & Noble cast recording performance and signing below!

Ford's Theatre Society will host its annual black-tie gala on Sunday, June 3, 2012, at Ford's Theatre (511 10th Street NW) followed by a seated dinner at the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum (750 Ninth Street NW). The evening will include the presentation of the Lincoln Medal to Morgan Freeman and Elie Wiesel, two individuals whose extraordinary character, accomplishments and life work reflect Lincoln's legacy of leadership, service, humanity, wisdom, eloquence and vision.

KPCC radio host and playwright/director Steve Julian's 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival play Altarcations is described as 'pulling from real life stories to reveal the alarmingly darker nature of the church, its hypocrisy in shielding abusive priests, and the wisdom of redemption. Do we really need to see the Catholic church's underbelly, especially when we're inundated by new stories of priest abuse?'

Georgia Shakespeare will present Illyria: a Twelfth Night Musical, on stage June 6 - August 5 at the Conant Performing Arts Center on the campus of Oglethorpe University. The show features music and lyrics by John R. Briggs, the creator of 2010's Shrew: the Musical.

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA), NYC's foremost progressive dance education and performance center, announces two June workshops aimed at providing dancers the opportunity to learn vibrant performance-enhancing tools.

UglyRhino Productions announces their 2012 Summer/Fall Season at The Brooklyn Lyceum (227 4th Avenue at Union Street, Brooklyn), which will include their ongoing monthly play series, TinyRhino: The Theatrical Drinking Game, their 2012 Micro-Season of new plays, live music, and parties in August, and their Warehouse of Horrors, which will incorporate six immersive stories paired with six specialty cocktails.

Windy City Gay Idol, now in its 10th year, is one step closer to crowning a Gay Idol. Don't miss the Semifinals on Saturday, June 2 at Sidetrack, 3349 N Halsted, with doors at 2 p.m., show at 3 p.m. The largest annual search for the best amateur gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered singers in the Chicago area continues, after ten preliminary events, with the top 23 finalists all competing for a spot in the Top Twelve at the Finals which will be held Saturday, June 16.

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Paul Simon's Graceland with the release of new commemorative editions of the enduring masterpiece which include the new Graceland documentary 'Under African Skies.' Graceland - 25th Anniversary editions will be available Tuesday, June 5.

Joe Bonamassa's brand new studio album "Driving Towards The Daylight" is the number 1 album in today's Official UK Midweek Album Chart.

Following an afternoon of open-call auditions for kids last month in which more than 500 kids (ages six to 16) were seen, the creative and producing team of GODSPELL selected five boys and five girls (plus one 'swing') to perform a special encore number at the curtain call on Tuesday, May 22. View the performance below!

Culver City Public Theatre (CCPT) announces its 14th season of summer shows in Dr. Paul Carlson Park for families and theatre fans of all ages. All performances are open to the public and free. Founded in 1998, CCPT (a donation and grant supported 501c3 non-profit) is a member of the American Association of Community Theatres (AACT).

Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons has announced participating artists for its annual Spring Gala on Monday evening, June 11 at the event space 583 Park Avenue.

Argentine producer and composer Victorio Menghi, today announced the release of his Tango Fussion CD to audiences in the United States.

In July and August, Bay City Players Stages of Discovery will hold a series of workshops focusing on some of the performance and technical aspects of theatre. Students will participate in activities that help to develop skills in theatre arts.

Theater Wit has announced a two-week extension of Tigers Be Still, described as 'a savagely funny dark comedy about a 20-something woman who stops being a total disaster and gets her life back on track.'

The Jewish Museum's SummerNights program returns, presenting live world music in a concert setting on three Thursdays in July. Each concert begins at 7:30 pm. Howard Fishman and Band kick off SummerNights on July 12 with a blend of jazz, soul, country, blues, gospel and experimental music.

Following the news that Regina Spektor's first-ever headline concert at the London Royal Albert Hall, sold out in just 24 hours, a small number of extra seats for the July 2nd concert have just been released. The tickets will go on sale from Friday May 25th at 9am.