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One part vivid imagination, two parts carnival and a shot of old world burlesque mixed with a Heavy Dash of decadence and you have ABSINTHE, a unique show that premiered Strip-side on Friday, April 1. This new production by internationally renowned Spiegelworld, Base Entertainment and Jess Ravich makes its vibrant debut at the Roman Plaza at Caesars Palace. Jenna Jameson and UFC Fighter, the "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz stopped by to check out ABSINTHE on Wednesday, Aug. 24. After taking in the show, Jameson and Ortiz, both friends of ABSINTHE's darling Angel Porrino, hung out with the cast after the show for photos.

The cast of the long-running, smash hit Million Dollar Quartet, Chicago's beloved musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together legendary rock ‘n' roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, and throngs of excited music-lovers will rock the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park with a free concert on Tuesday, August 30 at 6:30 p.m.

Rod McKuen fans are in for a rare treat on Monday, October 17, 2011, when Mr. McKuen will appear in An Evening with Rod McKuen and Friends at the Pico Playhouse, 10508 Pico Blvd, in West Los Angeles, for an evening of song and chat. Mr. McKuen will be joined by highly-acclaimed soprano Karen Benjamin, ASCAP Award Honoree Alan Chapman, and Tony Award Nominee Brian Lane Green. The show will be under the direction of well-known musical theatre director, David Galligan and produced by Lynn E. Miller.

Performance Network Theatre is seeking one apprentice for their one-year Theatre Apprentice Program. Hard-working college graduates interested in launching a professional career at a nationally respected, professional Equity theatre are invited to apply. The available positions will start immediately and applications will be accepted until the position has been filled.

Four of the six recipients of the 2011 Indiana Governor's Arts Awards are affiliated with Indiana University.

Forty seven years ago, The Beatles kicked-off their first ever U.S. tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. John, George, Paul and Ringo return to the City by the Bay for five performances only - October 28 - 31 - in 4 Lads from Liverpool - A Tribute to The Beatles at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St., 2nd floor). Tickets range in price from $35 to $75 and go on-sale tomorrow, Friday, August 26, at noon at the Marines' Memorial Theatre box office, by phone at 415-771-6900 and online at marinesmemorialtheatre.com.

Carmen, Bizet's fiery tale of passion and jealousy, runs from October 15 through 29, 2011. Bernard Uzan directs Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili in her Seattle Opera debut as the seductive Carmen, with Joseph Calleja as Don José, the soldier tormented by his love for her.

Due to the expected landfall of Hurricane Irene in New England this weekend, the Travis Tritt concert scheduled at Indian Ranch this Sunday, August 28 has been cancelled.

The most rousing version of 'Goodnight Irene' to be sung during Hurricane Irene will be in the final performances of 'Ain't Nothin' But The Blues,' presented through Sunday, August 29 at Aaron Davis Hall by New Haarlem Arts Theatre (www.newhaarlemartstheatre.org).

Cameron Mackintosh and Broadway Grand Rapids today announced that the hugely acclaimed new 25th anniversary production of the World's Longest-Running Musical, Les Misérables, will premiere at DeVos Performance Hall on Tuesday, November 29 through Sunday, December 4, 2011. The production features glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. For more information on the production and for a video preview, please visit www.LesMis.com.

THE FANTASTICKS tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play The Romancers (Les Romanesques) by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into falling in love by pretending to feud and erecting a wall between their houses. The fathers then hire traveling actors to stage a mock abduction, so that Matt can heroically seem to save Luisa, settling the supposed feud and securing their fathers' blessings (which of course the young lovers have really had all along).

The Building Stage, now in its 7th year creating original works of theater, launches its first ever four-show season with its original adaptation of MOBY-DICK, performing September 15 to October 30 at The Building Stage, 412 N. Carpenter Street in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. Monday, September 19 at 7:30pm.

In an interview with the Associated Press today, Barbra Streisand revealed that she's looking forward to several new projects that are in the works.

Drama Desk Nominated Neo-Burlesque Cabaret-Rockstar, MINQ VAADKA, returns to the stage with a new mind-bending live show from director Chantel Pascente.

THE WIZ, which debuted on Broadway in 1975, won seven Tony Awards including Best Musical and was produced in 1978 by Motown/Universal as a film starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor.

Knife Edge Productions, in association with Swinestars Productions, proudly present a revival of Stephen Belber's acclaimed play, Tape, directed by Sam Helfrich. Tape runs from September 9 - 24, 2011 in a limited engagement at the June Havoc Theatre in the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, located at 312 West 36th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues in New York City. Previews begin September 9 for a September 13 opening.

'HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel' tells the largely-unknown story of how President Harry S. Truman's friendship with his former business partner, Eddie Jacobson, leads to the creation of Israel in 1948.

Award Winning playwright, filmmaker and author David E. Talbert brings his newest stage production 'What My Husband Doesn't Know' to the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Sunday, October 23rd for two performances at 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Television's most popular housemates will take their trademark family dysfunction and humor from 'Jerzdays' to Sunday, as MTV today announced that its hit series 'Jersey Shore' will air on a special night and time, Sunday, August 28 at 7:00 p.m.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will be presented for one day only at Miami's Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, 174 East Flagler Street, on Saturday, November 12 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.