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Marty Thomas presents DIVA is in search of a new diva! DIVA features some of New York cities most captivating female vocalists covering some of histories most over the top female icons. The show currently features talent from the both Broadway stage and the recording industry.

Following in the steps of this year's celebrities - among them Sutton Foster, Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs - to appear in lessons on the long-running children's show Sesame Street, today PBS announced the scheduled celebrities to appear in next season's episodes.

Seymoure Theater Company Presents Muldoon by Joe Dennison. The production is directed by Karen Land with lights by Kendra Richard and Alec Lawson, sound by Dave Keifaber, and stage management from Chelsea Bucklin.

Get ready to be transported to a magical, wonderful world as the summer season continues with the five-time Tony Award-winning musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, opening at Theatre By The Sea on August 17.

A glittering and intimate journey into the life of charismatic Leonard Bernstein kicks off the 2011 season at Copland House at Merestead on Saturday evening, September 17, 8pm with Late Night with Leonard Bernstein, a sold-out smash at Lincoln Center last year.

Charlotte Street Foundation is pleased to present The Fascinators: The Inaugural Charlotte Street Biennial of Regional BA/BFA/MA/MFA Candidates. This biennial is a new effort designed to showcase the work of outstanding artists emerging from colleges and universities within a 200 mile radius of Kansas City, and to connect these up-and-coming artists with Kansas City's arts community.

Hackmatack Playhouse will celebrate their 40th birthday with an evening of live music, good food and great comedy on Saturday, August 20, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The barn has been providing live, professional theater to the Seacoast area since 1972.

Luminous Modernism: Scandinavian Art Comes to America, 1912, an international loan exhibition of paintings by Edvard Munch, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Anders Zorn, and other Scandinavian pioneers of modernism, opens October 25, 2011, at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America. The exhibition, which remains on view through February 11, 2012, brings together approximately 50 works by leading late 19th- and early 20th-century Nordic artists from more than 20 public and private collections in Europe and America.

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced today that BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY, by Pearl Cleage, is set as the second production of the 2011 - 2012 season. Pasadena Playhouse Artistic Director Sheldon Epps is also confirmed to direct the production. BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY will replace the engagement of Pastoral which was to have starred Angela Bassett this fall. Performances begin November 1, 2011 and the production will play through November 27, 2011 at The Pasadena Playhouse (39 S. El Molino).

On Saturday, August 27, PCPA Theaterfest and the Solvang Centennial Committee will host the Opening Night Celebration benefit reception for the American Premiere of My Fairytale. Guests will have the exclusive opportunity to meet the show's creative team including Stephen Schwartz (composer), Philip LaZebnik (book), Flemming Enevold (creator), Scott Schwartz (director), and Mark Booher (PCPA Artistic Director), while enjoying premium local wines and appetizers created by Chef Bradley Ogden.

The Tribeca Film Festival announced today that the 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival will be held April 18 - April 29, 2012 in New York City. The Festival has announced a Call for Submissions for narrative and documentary features as well as for short film entries.

The Brighton Neighborhood Association and New York Arm Wrestling Association have joined forces to present the White Castle 29th Annual Brooklyn-Kingsboro Arm Wrestling Championships at the Brighton Jubilee Festival on Sunday, August 28 beginning 1:00 p.m. The event will be staged F/O 3264 Coney Island Ave.(off Brighton Beach Avenue and 11th Street), Brooklyn, NY 11235. The proud sponsor is White Castle.

DanceWorks, Toronto's longest-running contemporary dance series, is proud to present the world premiere of from thine eyes, co-produced by Signal Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts (NEPA). This dance-theatre work brings together two Aboriginal artists for the first time: Michael Greyeyes, Artistic Director of Signal Theatre (choreographer), and Yvette Nolan (writer), former Artistic Director of Native Earth.

On Friday, September 16, the Raincoats will kick off their North American tour at Warsaw concert hall in Brooklyn, New York. The Raincoats are an all female post-punk band ‘godmothers of grunge' from the United Kingdom, who got their start in 1977. Since then, they have recorded 5 albums, two EPs, numerous singles and have toured on hundreds of festivals and concerts over the past three decades.

Berkshire Playwrights Lab will present a staged reading of Matt Hoverman's 'The Glint' directed by Matthew Penn on Wednesday, August 10 at 7:30pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. The reading will feature actors Leslie Lyles, Kate MacCluggage, James Murtaugh, and Richard Poe. Admission is free, but reservations are suggested. For tickets, call 413.528.0100 or visit the Mahaiwe Box Office (14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, Mass.).

Theatre of NOTE continues the celebration of its 30th anniversary with the world premiere of WONDERLUST, written by Cody Henderson and directed by Amber Skalski.

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts welcomes two new members to the growing team of world-class professionals who are working to gear up for the opening of the performing arts center on March 10, 2012. New staff members include Krista Darnold and Andrea Jimenez.

The Broadway Experience returned for a fourth summer at The Manhattan Movement & Arts Center from July 25th - August 7th. With over 60 classes, workshops, lectures, and a performance based second week, TBE had some very special guest speakers this year, Chita Rivera and Bebe Neuwirth. Both spoke about their lives, careers, experience, and took the time to answer questions and offer advise and inspiration.

The Orange County Great Park's 2011 Flights and Sounds Summer Festival continues with its free to the public performances until September 3rd. The Festival, which began with Grammy Award winner Branford Marsalis, includes Grammy Award nominated Lucinda Williams (August 13) and closes with world renowned Preservation Hall Jazz Band (September 3).

In conjunction with the Bountiful Davis Art Center's 23rd Annual Summerfest International (Aug 4 - 6 at Bountiful City Park - 400 North 200 West) the Utah Cultural Celebration Center presents International folk musicians and dancers from five different countries. Come see authentic folk dance and listen to traditional music from Basque, Indonesia, Australia, Italy and Romania.