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Bay Street Players will hold auditions for Dracula on July 18th & 19th at 7:30PM at 109 N. Bay Street, Eustis. No appointment is necessary. Artistic Director David Clevinger is looking for 6 males ages 20-60 and 2 females ages 20-30. Newcomers are welcome. Anyone not interested in performing onstage is invited to join our team of volunteers and to learn of backstage opportunities needed for this production.

Big Al's Comedy Club at The Orleans Hotel and Casino continues to bring the laughs with Kato Kaelin and The Hollywood Guest Stars - now through July 30, followed by The Queen of Tarts in August.

Don't Miss the Return of Free Movie Mondays

Arizona Theatre Company announces the selection of THE LAST RED BOOK by Tucson writer Michael Fenlason as the winner of the 2011 Arizona Playwriting Award. Fenlason will receive a cash award and ATC will hold a reading of his play. The runner up for the Award was NO ROOSTERS IN THE DESERT by Kara Hartzler. ATC's Arizona Playwriting Award is in its second year. It recognizes an outstanding work for the stage by an Arizona writer.

Eighteen of the theatre industry's highly regarded playwrights, theatrical agents and artistic directors will jury the 40 short plays featured in the 36th Annual SAMUEL FRENCH INC. OFF OFF BROADWAY SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL beginning July 19th at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street). Six winners will be chosen to have their plays licensed and published by Samuel French, Inc.

The church ladies are back in the basement and they're cooking up even more fun at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre this summer!

American Stage Theatre Company announced today that they will produce David Rambo's hit play about beloved advice columnist Ann Landers, THE LADY WITH ALL THE ANSWERS, staring Carolyn Michel, September 30 thru October 16 as a bonus production.

The Drama Desk and OBIE Award-winning Mint Theater Company re-introduced Teresa Deevy to the world in the summer of 2010 with the production of her brilliant play Wife To James Whelan. Mint's Deevy Project continues with Temporal Powers, beginning August 3rd and continuing through September 25th at the Mint's home in the heart of the theater district, 311 West 43rd Street. Opening Night will be Monday August 29th.

LINES by Terence Patrick Hughes (Finding the Rooster at 13th Street Rep) is a gripping new play about race and humanity set in a fictional yet familiar country where a line has been laid down, separating blacks and whites. The production will be directed by Horse Trade Theater Group Artistic Director Heidi Grumelot (Donnie and the Monsters; PunkRockLoveSong) and presented by Horse Trade Theatre in association with Ice & Fire Theatre of London.

Harry Hay organized America's first gay-rights group, the Mattachine Society, from his apartment in 1948 Silver Lake. This July, Celebration Theatre will present Hay Days, an unseen picture of gay life before Stonewall and Harvey Milk.

Red Branch Theatre Company, the professional theatre company in residence at Drama Learning Center, is pleased to announce their upcoming show in conjunction with the 30th Annual Baltimore Playwrights Festival. Web of Deceit, a new play by Colin Riley runs July 8-16.

Eight exceptional educators from schools and performing arts centers around the country will work one-on-one with Broadway greats including Kimberly Grigsby, Warren Carlyle, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul at the 2nd Annual BROADWAY WELCOMES AMERICA'S TEACHERS AT THE FREDDIE G THEATRE EXPERIENCE July 15th-17th in New York. Again this year's event has been underwritten by Freddie ('G') Gershon, Chairman and CEO of leading theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) and his wife Myrna Gershon. The weekend honors instructors and teachers who are working to make a difference for their students and communities through the process of staging musical theatre productions in their schools and educational theatre groups.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series is proud to present the American concert debut of Dutch performer Willemijn Verkaik, best known to theater lovers for originating the role of Elphaba in the German production of Wicked. This event will take place at Birdland on Monday, August 22 at 7pm. Verkaik, backed by a seven piece rhythm and string section, will sing the work of today's most celebrated composers and will be joined by two very special guest composers, Jason Robert Brown (Parade; Last Five Years) and Scott Alan (Dreaming Wide Awake; Home), who will accompany the singer on work from their songbooks. Other special guests will be announced in the coming weeks. This concert will mark Verkaik's American concert debut.

With the summer now in full swing and families on the lookout for activities to fill the hot summer evenings, The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre is announcing a 'Family Summer Savings' deal for its current production of the musical Hairspray. For Friday evening and Sunday matinee performances between July 15th and August 25th, with the purchase of 1 Regular Priced Adult ticket, the younger family members get a discount on their ticket prices. Tickets for children 12 and younger will then be $20 (regularly $32) and 13 to 17 year olds will be $25 (regularly $42).

Saturday July 16th at 10:30 PM nightlife star Marti Gould Cummings, composer Joey Conteras, and Broadway piano man Brad Gardner celebrate their birthdays at New World Stages.

We often mistake the tale of Rip Van Winkle for whimsical family fare. Rediscover the adult truths in Washington Irving's beloved classic, retold as RIP!, a haunting new musical odyssey about love, revolution...and what is possible. Book, music and lyrics by Dan Furman, with additional lyrics by Mary-Liz MacNamara. The show opens Friday July 22nd at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor, and runs through July 31st only. No snoozing - tickets are on sale now at www.midtownfestival.org

The cast of Tony Award-winning musical FELA!, which is coming to London's Sadler's Wells from 20 July - 28 August, has been invited to perform at a reception formembers of Britain's West African-origin community at St James's Palace.

Ice-T and wife Coco stopped by to check out ABSINTHE on Wednesday, July 6. After taking in the show, Ice-T and Coco hung out with the cast for photos. BroadwayWorld brings you photo coverage below.

Today, the Miss Universe Organization announced the hosts and judges line-up for the 2011 MISS TEEN USA® Competition on July 16, 2011 at Atlantis, Paradise Island Resort in The Bahamas. The pageant will be streamed LIVE at 8:00 PM ET on www.missteenusa.com by Ustream and NewTek, and on www.seventeen.com.

Hallmark announced today a multi-year deal, beginning with the 2011-2012 TV season, to premiere Hallmark Hall of Fame movies exclusively on the ABC Television Network with encore broadcasts a week later on Hallmark Channel.