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Ground UP Productions has announced a series of FREE Master Classes as part of their residency at The Summit Playhouse. NYC's Ground UP Productions is presenting Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest at The Summit Playhouse (10 New England Avenue in Summit) from May 20 to June 5.

In the following clip, Michael Britten has a unique coping mechanism for his recent loss. Click below for the video.

Weekend movie box office estimates: May 13-May 15, 2011.

Ed Shea, Artistic Director, announced that 2nd Story Theatre will return to the historic Bristol Statehouse, 240 High Street, Bristol, RI for a production of Nuts by Tom Topor. Nuts will be directed by Mark Peckham.

Theater Works KIDS ALIVE program is proud to produce one of the finest operettas of all time!!! Young and older alike will love this youthful presentation of HMS PINAFORE! Come see kids of all ages portray the story of Ralph, a sailor aboard the ship HMS Pinafore, who falls in love with Captain Corcoran's daughter, Josephine, even though he is way below her rank - which Dick Deadeye, the surliest sailor on the Captain's ship, relishes in pointing out. Performing on Tuesday, May 17th and Monday, May 23rd at 7 p.m. tickets are only $5 at the door. A performance for Special Needs patrons will be held on Friday, May 20th at 10 a.m. and a donation of $2/person is requested.

We're mixing old and new for an exciting week of readings with our monthly Duke Ellington School showcase right in the middle! For advance tickets to the readings, click here. Pay What You Can tickets will be available at the door (Theater Alliance readings only. For Ellington tickets, please click on separate link below).

Actress Cheryl Huggins has joined the cast of 100 Saints You Should Know by Kate Fodor, it was announced today by Elephant co-artistic director David Fofi. Ms. Huggins replaces the previously announced Emma Jacobson-Sive, who has left the production due to a family emergency. Opening night, which had been set for Friday, May 20, will now be Friday, May 27, and 100 Saints You Should Know will play a limited engagement through June 26.

NBC has announced its fall scheduling, hoping to build its ratings, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Martha Lorin performed at Milford Theater last night. It was the first preview of their new show 'Love Me Or Leave Me - A Tribute to Ruth Etting' Directed by theater legend Larry Fuller. Written by Larry Fuller and Martha Lorin. Produced by Lampkin Music Group, Eric Bufano and Milford Theater.

In one of Jimmy Kimmel's recent shorts, he gave Oprah a great idea for a new Broadway show...EVERYBODY GETS A CAR!

The 6th Street Playhouse Fundraising Events Committee decided to postpone the 'Sing-A-Long Sound of Music' benefit event until sometime in fall 2011. The Box Office manager will be contacting those who purchased tickets.

The Dallas Opera Guild's 23rd Annual Vocal Competition for young opera singers concluded on a high-note this evening when ten outstanding finalists (with Texas connections) were awarded a total of $20,500 in prize monies. The historic evening marked the first time this much-anticipated spring musical event has graced the stage of the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Downtown Dallas.

WHAT?: 'Once Upon A Mattress', music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. Directed by Jon Reimer.

The Pittsburgh Improv Jam leaps into its second season at The Cabaret at Theater Square, thanks to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Every Thursday starting at 10:00pm, teams of skilled improv performers weave long-form comedy magic, often from just a single audience suggestion

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced award recipients in 3 of this year's 32 media categories at the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards presented nationally by RÖKK Vodka and locally by Southwest Airlines at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis on Saturday night. Additional awards were presented in New York on March 19, and in Los Angeles on April 10.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced award recipients in 3 of this year's 32 media categories at the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards presented nationally by RÖKK Vodka and locally by Southwest Airlines at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis on Saturday night. Additional awards were presented in New York on March 19, and in Los Angeles on April 10.

Kumu Kahua Theatre ends its 40th-anniversary season with a bang. Opening on May 26 is a new play from Edward Sakamoto, one of Hawai‘i's most notable-and recognizable-theater voices. He returns with It's All Relative, a humorous exploration of marriage, identity and fading dreams told through three generations of an O‘ahu family in 1995.

Signal Ensemble Theatre announces their 2011-2012, 9th anniversary season, continuing to perform in their own space, a permanent, leased venue in Chicago's North Center/Lincoln Square district. The group will also debut an initiative called The Ensemble Project, where Signal ensemble members can produce their own projects - including theatre, art, music, and other disciplines - at the Signal space, although not as an 'official' Signal production. The first Ensemble Project event will be Beckett's 'Krapp's Last Tape,' produced and directed by ensemble member Aaron Snook (see below).

WHAT: Signal Ensemble Theatre announces the fourth production in their 2010-2011, eighth anniversary season, the world premiere comedy 'Aces,' written by ensemble member and multiple Jeff award-winner Jon Steinhagen, and directed by Ronan Marra.

From May 20 -29, the CHAMPS Drama Academy will present Becoming Memories at the Avery Schreiber Theatre in the NoHo Arts District. The Drama Academy at CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts is a professional, conservatory-style training program for students passionate about the craft of acting.