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John Waters' ultimate Baltimore musical - 'Hairspray'-comes to the CCBC Essex stage this weekend and runs through Aug. 7. Based on the 1988 New Line Cinema film classic written and directed by Waters, this delightfully campy homage to 1960's Baltimore will have you dancing in the aisles. The multiple Tony winner ran for more than six years on Broadway and now we've got it back in Baltimore!

The New Hapshire Theatre Project recently announced the productions which will be presented as part of their 2011-2012 season.

Single tickets for McCarter Theatre's 2011-2012 fall season will go on sale to the general public on Monday, August 1st for events from September through December.

Broadway Star Marc Kudisch (9 to 5, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Assassins) will offer a musical theatre master class on Monday, August 29th from 6:30 to 10:30pm at the Davenport Studio in Midtown Manhattan.

The Loring Theater has announced its upcoming events, including Stories of Glory and Minneapalooza.

Andrea Meislin Gallery is pleased to announce our participation in the second annual Chelsea Art Walk on Thursday, July 28th from 5 to 8 pm. We will be exhibiting the work of Ilit Azoulay who recently was announced as the winner of the Constantiner Photography Award from the Tel Aviv Museum. Azoulay's The Keys will only be on view at Andrea Meislin Gallery until August 12th, so come see it while we're open late!

New York City singer/songwriter Brian Mackey is proud to announce a special performance presented by M.E.A.N.Y. USA at Highline Ballroom on August 5th at 8PM. Currently touring to support the recent release of his Honest Love CD, Brian Mackey is a singer/songwriter with a modern rock edge. Joining Brian on the Highline Ballroom stage will be Machine Elves, ROMA, Hey Guy, Mister Gio and Four Trips Ahead. The Highline Ballroom is located at 431 West 16th Street in New York City.

Berkeley Rep (Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison Street @ Shattuck) will present Tony Taccone's RITA MORENO: LIFE WITHOUT MAKEUP, starring Rita Moreno with Ray Garcia and Salvatore Vassallo. The production features direction by David Galligan and choreography by Lee Martino and will run from September 2 through October 30, 2011.

Charlie Apicella and IRON CITY will release their new CD 'The Business' and will perform three upcoming tours to celebrate.

Closing out FST's summer season is an off-Broadway comedy you can believe in. Evan Smith's The Savannah Disputation gets its Florida premiere in FST's Keating Theatre, with performances beginning August 3. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org, by phone at (941) 366-9000 or by visiting the Box Office in downtown Sarasota.

Seven years ago, an unsuspecting New Jersey township, population 37,569, became the epicenter of the international avant-garde. The culprit is named Peak Performances. Refusing to rent celebrities or Hollywood names to sweeten the lure, Peak chose not to blink and to go hardcore. Peak Performances continues its radical mission this coming season when it brings some of the world's most original and challenging artists from across the globe to brighten the stage of Montclair State University's Alexander Kasser Theater, located at 1 Normal Avenue. Jedediah Wheeler is Peak's Artistic Director.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater announced today that they will kick off their 2011/2012 season with the F*!@cking Good Plays (festival, II) - seven (7) days of new play readings by ten (10) of today's hottest playwrights. The festival, to be presented at Rattlestick Theater (224 Waverly Place - off 7th Avenue South between West 11th & Perry Streets), will begin on Monday, August 1st and continue through Sunday, August 7th. Playwrights include: Trent Creswell, Jessica Dickey, Laura Eason, Kathryn Hathaway, Andrew Hinderaker, Bruce Kronenberg, James Lecesne, Florencia Lozano, Erica Schmidt, and Ken Urban. The readings will be directed by Jessica Blank, Denis Butkus, Evan Cabnet, Trip Cullman, Jill DeArmon, Michael Padden, Erica Schmidt, and Daniella Topol.

Marin Theatre Company presents SEVEN GUITARS by August Wilson and Directed by Kent Gash. SEVEN GUITARS features Shinelle Azoroh,* Charles Branklyn,* L. Peter Callender,* Margo Hall,* Omoze Idehenre,* Marc Damon Johnson,* and Tobie L. Windham.*

Russian-born Vasily Petrenko, the youngest Principal Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, comes to the Hollywood Bowl in two programs of classical concerts, Tuesday, July 26, and Thursday, July 28, at 8 p.m. He is joined in the Tuesday program by Russian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk, who made his Bowl debut last summer; this time performing Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. The program includes Antonín Dvo?ák's Carnival Overture and also includes Jean Sibelius' Second Symphony. Thursday's program features LA Phil Principal Concertmaster Martin Chalifour perfoming Sibelius' Violin Concerto. Also on the Thursday program are Dvo?ák's masterpiece, Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World,' and Mikhail Glinka's Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla.

The Off Broadway Theatre, celebrating 18 years of comedy and original parody, is pleased to announce the opening of ERIC JENSEN'S CHARLIE'S AUNT, which opens on Friday, July 29th, and runs to August 27th, 2011. Curtain opens at 7:30 PM. All seating is reserved.

The Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will partner for the first Music Appreciation Night at Turner Field when the Atlanta Braves take on the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, August 17, 2011. The game begins at 7:10 p.m. and tickets are available exclusively online at: braves.com/atlantasymphony.

Los Angeles and New York veteran stage actor Tim Cummings has released a book of collected stories entitled ORPHANS stories. The book, which contains a joyous superfluity of styles, forms, and themes, is available as both a digital and a print edition.

In THE STUDENT PRINCE, young love blossoms in Old Heidelberg as the betrothed heir to the throne goes off to university, only to fall for a beautiful waitress in the beer garden.

Italian bass-baritone Ildebrando D'Arcangelo returns to the start of his international career with his new Deutsche Grammophon recording of Mozart arias. He is joined by conductor Gianandrea Noseda and the Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino for a selection of both popular and rare opera and concert arias, available September 13th in advance of his performances at the LA Opera in Mozart's Così fan Tutte. Click here to learn more about the release.

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is thrilled to announce the second year of its wildly successful series, TRIBUTE FRIDAYS, featuring the most authentic tribute bands around paying homage this season to Journey, Bon Jovi, David Bowie, Queen, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones! Concert dates are Friday, August 26, 2011 at 8pm and Friday, September 9, 2011 at 8pm and Friday, September 16 at 8pm. The lobby bar will open for Happy Hour at 6:30pm.