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To open our 2012-13 Black Box season, The Country Playhouse pre¬sents Mr. Marmalade by Noah Haidle, for three weekends only, August 10 - 25. Performances are on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, with Sunday matinees on August 12 and 19 at 2:00 pm, plus a weeknight show on Thursday, August 23, at 7:30 pm.

One21 Collective is proud to present Men To Be Feared as part of the 16th annual New York International Fringe Festival, August 10-26, 2012. Written by Rebecca Jane Stokes and directed by Sherri Eden Barber, the production will premiere at the Connelly Theater.

An aging rockabilly one-time star plots his comeback in an original work by Maryland playwright Mark Scharf (pictured below, left) in the Theatrical Mining Company's (TMC) presentation of "Hired Gun," part of the 2012 Baltimore Playwrights Festival. Scharf's plays have appeared across the USA and internationally, garnering numerous awards.

The Sound of the Baskervilles-the Seattle-based scion society of The Baker Street Irregulars-will hold its "The Anatomy of the World of Sherlock Holmes" conference during the first-ever world-wide Sherlock Holmes Week on Sunday, August 5, 2012. Panel and round-table discussions will take place beginning at 2:00 p.m. at T.S. McHugh's Public House, 21 Mercer Street, Seattle. Members of the SOBs, as well as special guest speakers from Seattle's theatre and martial arts communities, will lead panels and workshops in the life and legacy of the Great Detective.

Solo performer Arlene Malinowski completes her trilogy with All Kinds of Crazy playing August 9 - 18, 2012 at 16th Street Theater, 6420 16th Street in Berwyn, with a press opening of Thursday, August 9 at 7:30 PM. Will Rogers (Associate Producer of Victory Gardens) directs. All Kinds of Crazy is part of 16th Street's Words in Motion which began with Julie Ganey's Love Thy Neighbor...Till It Hurts followed by Tony Fitzpatrick's Nickel History: The Nation of Heat (performing thru Aug 5 at Steppenwolf Garage).

Legendary Greek composer Vangelis and the cast of the West End stage production of Chariots of Fire celebrated the arrival of the Olympic torch in the West End yesterday, Thursday 26 July 2012.

The Gary-The Olivia Performing Arts Center will present "South Pacific," the award-winning Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on James Michener's Pulitzer Prize winning book, "Tales of the South Pacific," in six performances over the first three weekends in August.

With fourteen studio albums under their belt, Grammy-winning folk-rock duo Indigo Girls are known for their beautifully crafted songs that revel in spirited simplicity. Alternating richly textured storytelling with moody ruminations on modern-world worries, their most recent album Beauty Queen Sister, reveals a fierce longing for a more idyllic existence while still celebrating the extraordinary in everyday living. Thanks to its graceful mix of openhearted songwriting and lush, intricate arrangements-not to mention powerful performances by the band and their brigade of guest musicians-Beauty Queen Sister ultimately allows the listener to slip into the sort of dreamy serenity that Amy Ray and Emily Saliers sing of striving for.

Best known as a recording artist, Helen Reddy had more than a dozen Top 40 hits in the United States. Helen Reddy comes to The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. on Aug 10th. She will also play The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, Calif. on Aug 11th, 2012.

Mezzo-soprano Natalie Bancroft is a distinguished female singer who imbues her vocals with dramatic force. The Italian classical & jazz pianist Raimondo Campisi is an unruly artist with communicable joie de vivre. Together they make music - beautiful music - stuff from the soul.

What if a gay woman, gay man, and straight woman had equal stage time to muse on sex, identity, and dating? Fed up with the predominantly straight-white-male perspectives on life and sex, Veronica Elizabeth, Kenny Neal, and Alyssa Wolff dreamed up the Gay/Straight Alliance: an LGBT-friendly comedy show that breaks down barriers, exposing the fact that basically, we're all awful, regardless of orientation.

Rio's artists have been making, creating and occupying London for a month. For three extraordinary days at the beginning of August they'll come together to present and perform in London's most exciting new gallery/club/performance venue: v22 at the Biscuit Factory in Bermondsey for the FREE Rio Occupation London Festival Finale.

A rising star in the US cabaret scene, David Meulemans makes his debut in the UK with an evening of new songs by British composer David Kent.

Steve Tiplady the genius behind Jabberwocky brings his incredible one man show, Pinocchio, to the Rose Theatre Kingston from Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 August.

Live Performance Australia (LPA) today announced that a List of Nominations in each of the 41 categories for the Helpmann Awards® will be announced in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, concurrently, on Monday 6 August at 6pm at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Arts Centre, Melbourne and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), Brisbane.

Raven Theatre investigates the Chicago immigration experience with the latest installment of their workshop series, Mother's House by Steven Peterson.

NYC-ARTS provides arts lovers in the tri-state area with an all-access pass to the New York City area's myriad cultural offerings: from music and dance concerts, to the theater, museums and galleries-from the classic to the contemporary.

Lincoln Center Out of Doors, which runs from July 25 to August 12, will feature 100 free performances across the plazas of Lincoln Center.

Darren Carter and Nick Griffin will be appearing at the Side Splitters Comedy Club in Tampa, FL.

She will Rock. Heads will Roll. Bow down Los Angeles. THE BITCH IS BACK!