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Silhouette Stages, a non-profit community theater group in Howard County, today announced its spring production, Stephen Sondheim's Company, nominated for fourteen Tony Awards. Company is 'a meditation on modern couples seen through the story of Bobby, a single man seeking love, his three gal pals, and the good and crazy married couples who are his best friends.'

Spring is in the air, which means it must be time for the box office to re-open at Theatre By The Sea! Beginning on Monday, May 7 at 10:00 am, patrons may purchase tickets to any or all of the following productions scheduled for the 2012 Summer Season.

Monday night, at the National Corporate Theatre Fund's (NCTF) 2012 Annual Chairman's Awards Gala at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, NCTF launched its "Impact Creativity" campaign - a $5 million fundraising effort to support theatre education programs in 19 American cities impacting more than 500,000 youth - with a launch gift of $200,000 from Ernst & Young LLP and its partners and principals.

Arena Stage today announced an addition to the 2012/13 season, Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, starring the iconic stage and screen actress Kathleen Turner as the feisty, unforgettable political journalist.

Children's book illustrators, Broadway performers and composers come together to present selections from Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project, a two-CD set and children's book on May 21 at Barnes & Noble on 86th & Lexington Ave.

Like Clockwork: The 52nd Street Project's Party Time Benefit is set for this Monday, May 7, hosted by Tony Award nominee Bobby Cannavale at Ars Nova. The benefit will feature songs with lyrics by Project kids, set to music and performed by professional artists.

Actors' Playhouse Musical Theatre for Young Audiences will present Peter Rabbit and the Garden of Doom as the winner of the 17th Annual National Children's Theatre Festival (NCTF). A brand new children's musical chosen from Actors' Playhouse's National Call to Competition, Peter Rabbit and the Garden of Doom is playing now through May 26 at the Miracle Theatre.

The Boiler Room Theatre (BRT), Williamson County's original and longest-running professional theatre company, will next present Next to Normal. This, the third offering of the BRT's 12th Season, opens May 25th and runs through June 16th at the theatre's iconic namesake venue in the historic Factory at Franklin, 230 Franklin Rd., Building Six, in Franklin, Tenn. for a run through May 5.

Singer and Songwriter Tyler Hilton brings his acoustic pop rock music to the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip Saturday, June 2nd.

Broadway musicals are the heart of the American Theatre and The Wetumpka Depot Players have performed many of the best in their 32 year history. Come enjoy the creme de la creme with Broadway Our Way - a musical review of the best from Broadway performed by a troupe of many of the River Region's most talented actors.

In an election year, it is important for all U.S. citizens to do their patriotic duty. For that reason, The Brick is extending its annual Summer Theme Festival Series with DEMOCRACY, a summer theater festival of the people, by the people, and for the people.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center's board of directors will welcome several new leaders while saying thank you to a number of retiring board members, many of whom have served multiple volunteer terms with the nonprofit organization. Travis Andersen, Joyce Bytof, John Krause and Angelo Ninivaggi will fill vacancies created by retiring board members Richard Bergstrom, Linda Kennedy, Dr. John Toussaint and Steve Tyink.

The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University will once again produce a weeklong songwriting intensive for emerging songwriters and writing teams, 18-30 led by award-winning master teachers Andrew Lippa, Craig Carnelia and Lari White.

Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment and Image Nation Abu Dhabi will finance and co-produce the Arctic adventure MIDNIGHT SUN. Directed by Hugh Hudson (CHARIOTS OF FIRE, GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES), the film is from a script by Hudson and Bart Gavigan. Jake Eberts (DANCES WITH WOLVES, GANDHI) and Brando Quilici (Iceman Autopsy)will produce alongside Hyde Park Entertainment's Ashok Amritraj (GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D).

FOOLS has an eager young teacher, a beautiful - but dimwitted - girl, several kooky villagers, and an ancient curse. This comic fable 'takes the audience to Kulyenchikov, a Ukrainian town plagued by a scorned lover's curse. Leon, the unknowing hero, answers an ad requesting a teacher, only to discover that the entire town is under a 200-year-old curse of chronic stupidity. He learns that he has exactly 24 hours to break the curse or else he will become a fool himself. Faced with this dilemma, a hysterical tale of stupidity, love, and human nature unfolds in quintessential Simon style. Fun for the whole family!'

Tanya Saracho's JEFF-Recommended ENFRASCADA (A Hoodoo Comedy of Jarring Proportions) has been extended one week at 16th Street Theater, 6420 16th Street in Berwyn, playing now thru May 19.

Kykuit, the six-story stone house and rolling hilltop estate that served as home to four generations of Rockefellers, is open to visitors beginning Saturday, May 5, through Sunday, Nov. 4. Tours are available daily throughout the season except Tuesdays.

Museum of the Moving Image will present a unique interactive installation by acclaimed Montréal filmmaker Caroline Martel. On view from May 17 through August 12, 2012, the installation Industry/Cinema is a split-screen work that juxtaposes images from industrial films and popular films made between 1896 and 1991. With specialized dual-channel headphones, visitors are able to toggle between the soundtracks, creating an ever-changing interplay between sound and image as they take an illuminating journey through film history.

Roxy Regional School of the Arts students explore the ups and downs of growing up in the high-energy musical '13,' opening Friday, May 11, at 6pm in the Roxy's TheOtherSpace.

The Ensemble Theatre Artistic Director, Eileen J. Morris, today announced the theatre's 2012-2013 season including a variety of comedies, dramas, classic, and musical productions.