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The Tona B. Dahlquist Casting Group will be holding casting calls for 2 Projects this Sunday.

Hordes of high school students are sure to get a thrill when a Broadway groom and a furry little teacher take the stage at the California Theatre this Monday. Happy Mahaney, starring as the hunky 'Sky' in MAMMA MIA! at Broadway San Jose, is joining forces with 'Kate Monster,' the plucky puppet heroine from AVENUE Q, to host San Jose Stage Company's 2011 Top Honor Awards, a celebration of excellence in high school musical theatre in the Bay Area.

Let the spelling begin! H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S is how many critics describe the Tony Award® winning musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which opened the 78th season at Theatre By The Sea on June 1.

The Drama League's monthly Coffee Club was held on Thursday at The Palace Theater, currently home to the blockbuster musical, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT. The event was hosted by Drama League Board Member, Bonnie Comley & Stewart F. Lane (co-owner of The Palace Theater) and moderated by Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director of The Drama League.

Triple Tony Award winner Carol Channing was one of several Hollywood community leaders who was honored at a luncheon fundraiser for the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Community Foundation, according to Patch.com.

Corporal Burt Richards, member of Actor Equity and Screen Actors Guild for 40 years, has been selected from hundred of submissions from Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties, to receive an award at the 10th Annual Community Courage Awards Luncheon in the Education category. The Awards Luncheon will be held Wednesday, June 22 at 11:30 a.m. at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.

July 6th - August 6th on the Time Warner Cable Stage at MusicalFare Theatre.

The Ogonquit season opens when 'Sesame Street meets South Park' in the Tony Award Best Musical of the Year, smash-hit, Avenue Q. This delightful parody that dares to ask the question, 'What do you do with a B.A. in English?' is on stage through June 18.

Our next production will be Terra Nova by Ted Tally.

Bringing Voices to Light A Benefit Concert to Support Global Internet Access will be presented at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Monday, June 13th at 7PM, featuring Alex Brightman, Adam Halpin, Nadine Malouf, Megan Reinking, A.J. Shively.The evening will feature the original music and lyrics of David Levinson (Les Enfants de Paris, Bàthory, NYMF Next Link Finalist 2009 ) along with some of Broadway's rising talents to sing on behalf of human rights and global digital access.

Dominic West, star of hit US drama 'The Wire,' takes on the iconic title role of the rapier-tongued lecturer in a major new revival of Simon Gray's BUTLEY. The play premiered in 1971 in Harold Pinter's award-winning production starring Alan Bates at London's Criterion Theatre. Forty years on, West takes the lead in this razor sharp and darkly comic assault on the soft underbelly of academia.

Jai Ho! Jai Ho! It's off to work we go! blue13 dance company (blue13), the Southland's leading Bollywood dance ensemble, under the direction of Achinta S. McDaniel, returns this summer to the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East, Hollywood, CA 90068, for the company's fourth appearance.

Apple Holler's Red Barn Dinner Theatre is proud to present, HEAVEN'S GOT TALENT, an original musical comedy complete with nostalgic performances by singers, actors and comedians from the past. Opening June 22, 2011 and running through August 25, 2011, Heaven's Got Talent is certain to give guests an 'out of this world' dinner theatre experience.

Actor George Takei, who has been a major force in advocacy of LGBT civil rights and gay rights issues, has taken a stand against the state of Tennessee's 'Don't say Gay Law' which prohibits discussion or even acknowledgement of the existence of homosexuality in the classrooms of schools in Tennessee. In response to the absurdity of this law, Mr. Takei has developed a brilliant and original alternative. 'If you need to say the word gay, simply just say ‘takei' instead', says the popular television and film actor. Takei released a PSA to this effect that has been a hit on YouTube soon to hit 1 million hits! The video was picked up by TV anchor Rachel Maddow and featured on her show in 'The Best Thing in the World Today' segment.

ASMAC's June 15th luncheon will feature an informal discussion with Questions and Answers about orchestrating for Broadway -- with two talented individuals both up for Tony Awards this year.

The Drama Desk Awards ceremony was hosted by Harvey Fierstein on May 23 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan Center. This year, for the first time, a 90-minute Highlights Special of the Drama Desk Awards Ceremony will be televised nationally on OVATION, the national cable network dedicated to presenting creative arts programming to national TV audiences. The ceremony will be given two primetime broadcasts plus four other airings between June 4 and June 19, 2011.

The Developmental Lab Production of NOW.HERE.THIS. - the newest work from the creators and cast of the legendary musical [title of show], will begin performances on Saturday, June 4 at the Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street), with a special performance to benefit the non-profit theatre company on Sunday, June 19th at 7:00pm.

Sir Ari Gold has released his newest single, the second from his new CD 'Between The Spirit and the Flesh' which just dropped last week. This is SPARKLE featuring the legendary Sarah Dash. Ari is headlining the first ever Lower East Side Gay Festival in NYC on Saturday, June 4th kicking off Gay Pride Month.

New York Comedy Club

Westchester's John Treacy Egan, from the cast of Broadway's Sister Act, and Brad Oscar, Tony nominee for The Producers and currently in The Addams Family, will host an evening of song and tribute to honor Westchester theatrical director and composer George Puello.