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The comedy SORDID LIVES will be staged October 15 - November 6 at the Bricktown Hotel and Convention Center, which is located at 2001 E. Reno at the intersection of Reno and Martin Luther King. The venue has easy highway access. Theatergoers may exit I-40 at Eastern/M.L. King and proceed north on M.L. King. The Bricktown Hotel and Convention Center is the first business on the east side of the street. LEADING LADIES will be staged in a section of the hotel's Grand Ballroom. Full bar services will be available for patrons to enjoy prior to the performance and at intermission.

West End star Julie Atherton will be joined by close friend and former S Club 7 band member Jon Lee on Friday 8 October 2010 at Manchester's prestigious Band on the Wall. Lee will sing a duet with Atherton from Jason Robert Brown's The Last 5 Years, a musical in which she has previously starred twice in London's West End. Having met when Lee was starring in the popular musical Les Misérables, the pair have been friends ever since. The evening will showcase Julie's eagerly anticipated second album No Space for Air with her first ever Northern solo engagement. The Preston born musical theatre star will appear at Manchester's prestigious Band on the Wall for one night only on Friday 8 October 2010.

Das Theater Basel ist zum wiederholten Mal 'Opernhaus des Jahres'. Das ergab die Kritikerumfrage im Jahrbuch der 'Opernwelt', das heute erscheint. Befragt wurden fünfzig Opernkritiker aus aller Welt. Damit geht der Titel 'Operhaus des Jahres' zum zweiten Mal in Folge an das grösste Dreispartenhaus der Schweiz.

DiverseWorks presents two events this fall, Ameriville and the ARTernative Festival, both on Saturday, October 2.

Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center's Encore Players kicks off their fall 2010 Season with Working, The Musical. Directed by Jonathan Gonzalez and sponsored by Jason's Deli, the show opens this weekend October 1, 2 & 3 and next weekend October 8, 9 & 10. All shows begin at 8:00pm, except for Sunday's which are matinees beginning at 2:00pm.

The City of Philadelphia along with legendary local radio personality Jerry Blavat and The Greater Philadelphia Traditions Fund, will welcome the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award Winning Best Musical, JERSEY BOYS, to Philadelphia for an 11-week engagement at the Forrest Theatre beginning Sept. 30 to Dec. 12 with a block party celebration on Tuesday, Oct. 5 (rescheduled due to rain from Sept. 30). JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

Choreographer Larry Keigwin and KEIGWIN + COMPANY will be performing on October 6 and 7 at New York City Center's Fall for Dance Festival as part of a 2010-11 season filled with premieres, commissions and special events. The season began in August, when Keigwin was named the first artist in residence of the Vail International Dance Festival and will continue through March with the world premiere of the new evening-length work Dark Habits, during the company's week-long engagement at The Joyce Theatre in March.

The New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of New York City Ballet, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with three performances at Miller Theatre at Columbia University on Friday, November 5 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, November 6 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

To celebrate its inaugural fall season at Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet will present a special one-time-only gala performance on Thursday, October 7 at the David H. Koch Theater. The highlight of the evening is the New York premiere of a new ballet by NYCB Principal Dancer Benjamin Millepied set to a commissioned score from Pulitzer-Prize winning composer David Lang. The program will also include George Balanchine's Tarantella and an excerpt from Western Symphony, as well as Jerome Robbins' I'm Old Fashioned.

Crown Center is anticipating a full line-up of events and shows for the 2010 - 2011 season. Located in the heart of downtown Kansas City, Crown Center is often called a city within a city, offering fine hotels, entertainment, dining, shopping, offices and residential living, and attracting more than five million visitors each year. It all surrounds the worldwide headquarters of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

The improv comedy trouple, The Chuckleheads, celebrate their third birthday in style, with a 'Happy Birthday To Us III Comedy Improv Variety Extravaganza' on Saturday, October 16. Part of the Actor's Crib, The Chuckleheads get their jollies by playing games, bustin' rhymes and getting laughs.

WaterTower Theatre (WTT) has announced the election of Derek Blount as President of the Board of Directors. The other Board Officers are Vice President, John Ackley, Secretary, Buddy Frazer and Treasurer, Katie Myatt. WaterTower Theatre also welcomes the appointment of three new Board members: Ben Cunningham, President and CEO, Liberty Capital Bank, Jeanne Hooker, Manager, Public Affairs, Atmos Energy and Alan Hunn, General Counsel, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation.

Common Ground Threatre and Ghost & Spice Productions presents Six Degrees of Separation, a play written by John Guare and directed by Rachel Klem, throughout the month of October. A young African American man claiming to be Sidney Poitier's son cons an Upper East Side couple. He sets in motion a series of events that will alter the course of their lives forever. Inspired by a true story, the play is both a laugh-out-loud comedy and a biting social commentary about the separation between the ‘haves and the ‘have-nots. Winner of the 1993 New York Critic's Circle Award.

The Cell Theatre presents SOLO @ the cell, a special solo performance series playing right in the heart of Chelsea for the month of October. Under the direction of Founding Artistic Director Nancy Manocherian and Artistic Director Kira Simring, the cell celebrates the works of nine different NYC solo artists, all with varying backgrounds, featuring both original pieces and unique adaptations.

The Drama Desk-nominated Off-Broadway hit John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean has partnered with Early Stages, an organization in New York City that fosters literacy through the arts, to create a unique program to give third graders in three New York City public school classrooms (PS 15 Red Hook, Brooklyn; PS 19 Corona, Queens; PS 203 Bayside, Queens) the chance to shine on the Off-Broadway stage.

Zarin Mehta, President and Executive Director of the New York Philharmonic,will step down upon the expiration of his current contract, August 31, 2012, after 12 years of leadership, and shortly before his 74th birthday.

The American Jazz Repertory Orchestra with Guest Soloist Claire Daly and the Berkshires Jazz Youth Orchestra will be coming to the Colonial Theatre on October 16 at 8PM. Tickets are $25 and $15 and can be purchased in person at the Colonial Ticket Office at 111 South Street Monday-Friday 10AM-5PM, performance Saturdays 10AM-2PM, by calling (413) 997-4444 or online at www.thecolonialtheatre.org.

The University of Montana School of Theatre & Dance is pleased to announce the return of its popular one-day-only Costume Closeout Sale, just in time for Halloween. This sale will provide endless opportunities to find the perfect Halloween costume and, possibly, a rare chance to add some unusual accessories to your daily ensembles.

Famed actor, dancer and Extra! host Mario Lopez will appear on Long Island this Saturday, October 2 at 11:00 PM. The TV, film and Broadway star will be showing his moves at the dance club GLO, which is located at 737 Merrick Ave. in Westbury, NY.

Jefferson Performing Arts Society's (JPAS) 15th Annual Pasta & Puccini Gala will be held on Friday, October 29, 2010 at InterContinental New Orleans, 444 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Doors will open at 6:30PM. Gala patrons will enjoy an evening of world class entertainment, delicious food donated by a wide array of local restaurants and caterers and exciting auctions to the music of the great Giacomo Puccini. Proceeds from this annual fundraiser will benefit the Jefferson Performing Arts Society's annual theatrical productions and arts outreach programming that annually enrich and serve over 20,000 arts patrons and reach over 10,000 youth throughout five parishes in Southern Louisiana.