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Written by well known local playwright, Rob Parnell, Kool Kafe is a fun musical/ comedy set in the sizzling 1970s.

When Mark Taylor needed funds to complete his third CD, he turned to an unconventional source. friends, family and fans. Working with the fan-funding website RocketHub.com, Mark's project raised enough money to cover duplication and design costs. Taylor will present the results of this unusual collaboration at the CD release party for At What Age May 29th at Cornelia St. Cafe.

If you're 14-22 years old, it's time to swing your weave and strut your stuff! ClimACTS Evolution's feature performers from Vogue Evolution will dance all the way from NYC's vogue scene and MTV's America's Best Dance Crew to walk the runway with Boston's own LGBT and allied youth!

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust proudly announces the 2011 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival music schedule that will take place June 3-12, 2011. All headline concerts are presented on the Dollar Bank Stage at Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh. The free live music series, a 52-year Pittsburgh tradition, is sponsored by Dollar Bank.

Professional dance reality shows like Dancing With the Stars are inspiring housewives and couples around the world to learn Latin dance as a hobby, exercise program or fun activity to do with their spouse. Needless to say, love and appreciation for Latin dance has become mainstream over the last few years. Instructional dance production company, Tezoro Productions LIVE, has caught on to this consumer trend and recently released a five-part DVD and online video Latin Dance series with esteemed talented Film and Broadway star, Luis Salgado.

Lapis Luna brings you the captivating jazz of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s with a classical glittering sound. Standards, enchanting ballads, obscure swing-era gems, and vintage melodies the way they were meant to be heard: vibrant, funny, romantic, and cool.

Weekend movie box office estimates: April 15-April 17, 2011.

Actress Penelope Cruz is looking forward to landing a role in a movie musical, according to dailstar.co.uk.

This musical-comedy gem has been delighting audiences since it set attendance records on Broadway in 1956. Based on George Bernard Shaw's classic play, this musical tells the story of the sassy Eliza Doolittle, who while trying to earn a meager living selling flowers on the streets of London has her life turned upside down when she bumps into the arrogant professor of phonetics, Henry Higgins.

The First Presbyterian Church of Cape May will be East Lynne Theater Company's honoree on Thursday, May 19 at the South Jersey Cultural Alliance's (SJCA) 16th Annual Paul Aiken Encore Awards Dinner at Bally's in Atlantic City. East Lynne is a proud member of SJCA, and this event offers the opportunity for members to recognize those who graciously support arts organizations in eight South Jersey counties. This year, thirty awards are expected to be bestowed, including the Alliance's own 2011 Lillian Levy Standing Ovation Award to NJN and a Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Marc Mappen, who was formerly a dean at Rutgers University and recently retired as executive director of the New Jersey Historical Commission.

On Saturday, April 16th, 25 metro area high schools continued their journey toward scholarships, prizes and money for their performing arts programs by competing at the St. Louis Teen Talent Showcase Semifinals. Area performing arts professionals judged the groups and narrowed them down to 12 that will move on to the finals on Friday, May 6th at 8pm at The Fabulous Fox Theatre (list of schools attached). The final competition is a Broadway style show and FREE to the public. Tickets are available at no charge at The Fox box office and through Metrotix (via phone and online)

Show at Barre welcomes Wayne Brady, star of Broadway's Chicago, RENT at the Hollywood Bowl, and most notably TV's Whose Line is It Anyway? and The Wayne Brady Show. Brady will be debuting his brand new cabaret concert with Show at Barre for two nights only, Sunday, April 17 and Monday, April 18, with musical direction by Ben Toth.

Financial woes have taken their toll on the Tony-winning Intiman Theatre, which will cancel the rest of its season and lay off all of its employees, according to the Seattle Times. Intiman's board made the decision Saturday morning.

Matthew Sheridan's new play SMALL TALK willl be performed Sunday, May 1st at 8PM in the 15 Minute Play Festival at the American Globe Theatre (145 West 46th Street).

The Lost Treasures Collection, a new series of rarely performed musical gems presented in concert/cabaret version on Lakewood Theatre Company's Side Door stage, presents its third and final offering this season with the musical Greenwillow. Food, wine and other beverages will be available for purchase before and during the show.

Splash's Musical Mondays is proud to present a very special edition of 'Curtain Call' with Broadway star Leslie Kritzer. On April 25th, directly following the video clip extravaganza, host Emily McNamara welcomes Leslie back to bring the screens to the stage with a full set of live Broadway tunes!

In A N O N Y M O U S, renowned artist Jaume Plensa presents works on paper and sculpture, using his signature multidisciplinary approach and interest in the collective experiences and memories across cultures and time. The exhibition at Galerie Lelong coincides with the presentation of Plensa's monumental sculpture Echo, opening May 5 at New York's Madison Square Park. In Echo and the works featured in A N O N Y M O U S, Plensa conveys notions of the individual and humanity as both distinctive and universal. A N O N Y M O U S opens at Galerie Lelong on Friday, May 6 from 6 to 8 pm, and the artist will be present.

Musical Theatre West's Footlighters Guild announced the winners of their annual Footlighters Scholarship competition. Each year the Musical Theatre West Footlighters present five $1,000 scholarships to high school students in the Los Angeles County and Orange County school districts.

WONDERLAND. A New Alice. A New Musical will open on Broadway today, April 17.

Lookingglass Theatre Company proudly announces its 2010-2011 season, featuring three new productions by Ensemble Members Laura Eason and David Kersnar and Northwestern University's Amanda Dehnert. Lookingglass' 23rd season features PETER PAN, ETHAN FROME, and THE LAST ACT OF LILKA KADISON.