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The Met Museum announces the following exhibitions.

Gruesome Playground Injuries is a darkly humorous drama. Two eight-year-olds' lives collide in the nurse's office: Doug rode his bike off the roof and Kayleen can't stop throwing up.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Executive Director Paul Nicholson has announced that he will retire in December 2012. The Board of Directors accepted his retirement plans at the board meeting today and has hired Greg Kandel of Management Consultants for the Arts, based in Stamford, Connecticut, to begin the search for a new executive director.

CAMP BROADWAY®, the award-winning theater arts education company, is now casting 120 performance-loving kids, ages 12-16, to perform the original number There's No Place Like Here live in the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade® in New York City on November 24, 2011.

For the thousands of homeowners, real-estate lovers, renovation aficionados and HGTV fans who can't wait until October 4 to pick up the premiere issue of HGTV Magazine, HGTV is offering exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the making of the magazine's first issue in HGTV: The Making of Our Magazine on Saturday, September 24 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

CLYBOURNE PARK is eyeing a Broadway transfer, according to The New York Times. The show will first play Center Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum, which announced its season in full today.

Life is good® today announced that musicians from the Boston Pops have signed on to play at the 2011 Life is good Festival. World-class musicians from the Pops' string and brass sections led by guest conductor Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) will join Brandi Carlile and The Levon Helm Band for portions of their individual sets on Sunday, September 25, 2011.

The exceptional and little-known works of wearable sculpture presented this fall in Picasso to Koons: Artist as Jeweler will reward viewers with new insights into the creative wellsprings of such artistic giants as Georges Braque, Max Ernst, Lucio Fontana, Louise Nevelson, Anthony Caro, Yoko Ono, and Anish Kapoor. Organized by the Museum of Arts and Design, in collaboration with guest curator Diane Venet, Picasso to Koons opens on September 20, 2011 and runs through January 8, 2012.

Tacoma Musical Playhouse will open its 2011-12 Mainstage season on September 23rd with the new musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel LITTLE WOMEN - following the imaginations and adventures of Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March as they grow up in Civil War America.

Filled with magic, mystery and live music, The Strange Tree Group brings Chicago's ghosts to life this Halloween season with The Spirit Play.

Broadway Grand Rapids today announced that all shows on the 2011-12 season will be on sale to the public on Sunday, September 18th at 9am. Shows going on sale include Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Million Dollar Quartet, RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles, Mary Poppins, The Addams Family and CATS. Presale tickets are available Monday, September 12 at 9am to members of the Broadway Grand Rapids eClub. To join the eClub and receive exclusive presale offers to upcoming shows visit BroadwayGrandRapids.com/eclub. Shows already on sale to the public include Come Fly Away, Under the Streetlamp and Les Misérables. Visit www.BroadwayGrandRapids.com for more information.

With the news today that Russell Crowe has joined the highly anticipated musical film adaptation of LES MISERABLES alongside Hugh Jackman, the question is what other high-profile stars could step into the movie.

According to The Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye, Tony Award winner Heather Headley will once again be headed back to the stage: this time, she'll be stepping into the shoes of Whitney Houston's role in THE BODYGUARD, which is being adapted for a West End theatre.

Collektor opens Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind in the Bullitt Cabaret space of ACT Theatre Thursday, September 8, 2011. This is the first production of the recently formed production company, Collektor, with Rob West serving as director and a talented cast of esteemed local designers and actors.

Four of today's most powerful plays, plus a world premiere musical and a timeless Beckett play have been scheduled for Center Theatre Group's 2012 season at the Mark Taper Forum, it was announced today by CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie.

Steve Turner Contemporary today announced the publication of its Los Angeles Artists Map showcasing the city's artistic landscape and the diverse locations of artist dwellings in LA. The map features twenty-five Angelino artist studios and over seventy-five artists.

Murray Guy today announced a fourth solo exhibition with Barbara Probst, featuring a wide variety of recent works. Join an opening reception with the artist on Thursday, 15 September, from 6 to 8pm.

Tony® Award nominee Cathy Rigby takes flight in an all new production of PETER PAN! Discover the magic all over again of this two time Emmy Award winning and two-time Tony® Award nominated production. PETER PAN returns to The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts November 22-27 as part of The Bushnell Broadway Series co-sponsored by Travelers and Webster Bank. Ticket prices begin at $17 and are currently on sale at The Bushnell Box Office, 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, online at www.bushnell.org or by calling (860) 987-5900. Discounts for groups of 10 or more are available by calling (860) 987-5959.

A popular staple of the Las Vegas entertainment experience, 'Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show" (www.sandysratpack.com) is hitting the road for a highly anticipated U.S. Theatre tour beginning this fall.

PCPA's 48th season includes a broad selection of brilliant literary masterpieces that will shake its audiences out of the ordinary. In addition to a season of comedies, musicals, and drama, two of the region's leading professional theatre companies will, for the first time, join forces to produce a sparkling new musical that will be presented in four Central Coast venues in 2012!