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lonesome road productions, in association with Jim Jensen and Lisselan Productions, announce the final week of Chicago performances for the critically-acclaimed hit, the Doyle & Debbie show, created by Bruce Arntson, and starring Bruce Arntson, Jenny Littleton and Matt Carlton. The show, playing at The Royal George Cabaret, will close May 27, 2012.

Actor, singer, and former teen idol Frankie Avalon will perform at the Gallo Center for the Arts on Saturday, June 9 at 8:00 PM for a special Graffiti Summer concert. Avalon had 31 charted Billboard U.S. singles from 1958 to late 1962, including "Venus", "Why", 'Just Ask Your Heart', 'I'll Wait For You", 'Bobby Sox to Stockings', and 'A Boy Without a Girl.'

The New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA), Chalmette Refining, L.L.C., and the St. Bernard Parish School Board invite the community to the 2012 Spring Performance, an Open House featuring the young dancers of the St. Bernard After-School Ballet Program. The free performance, to be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 6:00 p.m., will mark the culmination of 15 weeks of ballet instruction.

Julia Belanoff, the 17-year-old Bay Area soprano has been invited to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at AT&T Park, before the game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs on Sunday, June 3.

Loosely based upon the fear-mongering tale of Chicken Little, The Private Life of Chickens 'follows the lives of four, feisty fowls as they struggle with the end of the world. Narrated by a cocky British news anchor, the chickens go to great extremes to win this battle on the sky as fear and hysteria build. With a Julia Childs inspired cooking show, a drunken dance off, a hallucinogenic trip to the underworld, the mania unfolds as the chickens battle with an unknown foe in this hysterical adventure- served sunny-side up!'

Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, and featuring a score by Stephen Schwartz, Godspell boasts well-loved songs, led by the international hit, "Day By Day." This musical 'brings the parables of Jesus Christ and hearteningly to life. Godspell is a groundbreaking and unique reflection on the life of Jesus, with a message of kindness, tolerance and love.'

The Charlotte improvisational theatre group, the Chuckleheads, will present their Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza at the Ballantyne Arts Center, 11318 North Community House Rd on Saturday, June 9 at 8:00pm.

Directed by Sundance and Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Lee Hirsch, 'The Bully Project' is described as 'a beautifully cinematic, character-driven documentary. At its heart are those with huge stakes in this issue whose stories each represent a different facet of America's bullying crisis.'

Where will writers and performers Will Dunne, Tony Fitzpatrick, Julie Ganey, Robert Koon, Arlene Malinowski all be on Saturday, June 23 from 2 - 5pm?

Gotham Dance Festival returns for two weeks, presenting five programs that feature the work of more than ten choreographers, including a program celebrating the choreographic work of American women, both established and emerging talents. May 30 - June 10, 2012 at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, NYC. Tickets are $10-$39 and are available at 212-242-0800 or joyce.org.

MOTET is a new company founded by seasoned actors Victoria Barkoff and Jane Gilchrist. Their inaugural production is Jane Gilchrist's new play Out of the Fog, directed by Jacqueline van de Geer for the Montreal Fringe Festival, Venue 7- Bain St. Michel, from June 15-23.

Naked Girls Reading NYC presents BROS vs HOS. 'Hairy chests vs hairdos! Chauvinists vs suffragettes! Running with the bulls vs finding a room of one's own! Mary Wollestonecraft goes head-to-head with Iron John and Snow White takes on Stanley Kowalski in this literary grudge match for the ages.'

Cinderella will be presented by Tears of Joy Theatre at Center for Puppetry Arts.

Great Gatsby, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, stars DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway. Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Amitabh Bachchan and Elizabeth Debicki also star. The film will be shot in 3-D. Check out a first look below!

The timeless musical gets a new twist with original songs written by Bill Francoeur that provide a modern take on the classic tale.

On Friday, June 8, GODSPELL will play a special added matinee performance at 3 p.m.

The second annual 'Night of A Thousand Judys' - the Pride concert to benefit The Ali Forney Center - will take place at Playwrights Horizons on Monday, June 18.

Raymond J. Lee, rising Broadway actor, co-star of Broadway's Anything Goes and director of YouTube video "You Don't Know You're Beautiful" featuring the cast of Anything Goes, will host Making Books Sing's May 25th Education Celebration.

Dee Dee Bridgewater has received the Tony Award; London theater's West End equivalent, the Laurence Olivier Award; France's top honor, the Victoire de la Musique; and garnered three Grammy Awards, the most recent for Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee (2010). Ms. Bridgewater celebrates her birthday May 27th by bringing her band back to the Blue Note the following week for the first time since 2010, featuring Edsel Gomez (piano), Craig Handy (saxophone), Kenny Phelps (drums), and Kenny Davis (bass).

Up next in Oracle Productions' Public Access Theatre Season 2, Artistic Director Max Truax directs a world premiere adaptation of THE SANDMAN, based on the short story by E.T.A. Hoffman.Bob Fisher (Artistic Director of The Mammals) adapts.