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Stage and screen actor Denzel Washington, who received his first Tony award for FENCES, visited the cast and company of THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS on Tuesday, November 9, 2010. THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS began previews on October 7 at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street) and opened on October 31, 2010. THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS stars John Cullum as Interlocutor, Joshua Henry as Haywood Patterson, Colman Domingo as Mr. Bones, Forrest McClendon as Mr. Tambo, Sharon Washington as The Lady, Josh Breckenridge as Olen Montgomery, Derrick Cobey as Andy Wright, Jeremy Gumbs as Eugene Williams, Rodney Hicks as Clarence Norris, KendRick Jones as Willie Roberson, James T. Lane as Ozie Powell and Ruby Bates, Julius Thomas III as Roy Wright, and Christian Dante White as Charles Weems and Victoria Price. The production also features E. Clayton Cornelious, JC Montgomery, Clinton Roane and Cherene Snow.

Barry McGee's art buzzes with an infectious street vitality that celebrates the rich pageant of city living, while lambasting its ills, overstimulations, frustrations and addictions. His early years as a graffiti artist, tagging on the streets of San Francisco under such monikers as Ray Fong, Twist and Twisto, still nourish his drive to inscribe the blank face of modern life with the personal and the handmade.

Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde), John Arthur Greene (West Side Story), and Matt Doyle (Bye Bye Birdie) will join host Marti Gould Cummings for this year's 2nd Annual A Very MARY Holiday benefit on Monday, November 29 at Dixon Place at 8:00pm. The starry holiday benefit raises money and awareness for The Ali Forney Center and their programs. This year, A Very MARY Holiday will add a new element of the program, presenting the Broadway Speaks OUT! Hero Award to a member of the Broadway community who continues to be an incomparable and unwavering supporter of LGBT rights and the equality of all. Tony Award Winner and current star of Broadway's WOMEN ON THE VERGE, Laura Benanti (Gypsy, In the Next Room, Nine) has been chosen as this year's Broadway Speaks OUT! Hero Award Honoree, replacing actress Judith Light due to scheduling conflicts during the busy holiday season.

Untitled Theater Company #61 (UTC61) will host a benefit for the Free the Androids movement, a movement devoted to the plight of the enslaved androids on Mars, on Saturday, December 4, 2010. UTC61's production of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, a stage adaption of the Philip K Dick novel, which will run at 3-Legged Dog November 18 through December 12, was the inspiration for the fundraiser. Proceeds may also be used to help benefit the theater company.

The 2010-2011 National Tour of A CHORUS LINE had a very special audience member on Saturday, November 6: original star Donna McKechnie. McKechnie, who created the role of 'Cassie' in the original Broadway production, was in South Bend, IN for the weekend performing her acclaimed solo show 'My Musical Comedy Life.'

After a trip to Doha in Qatar last week, screen and stage actor Kevin Spacey has been inspired to head back to the Middle East to encourage the arts and to make live theatre more accessible. He plans to leave his post as artistic director at London's Old Vic theatre in 2015.

Chicago's cabaret singer Carla Gordon will visit Maxim's: The Nancy Goldberg International Center and Little Bucharest Bistro, for two show-stopping shows on Wednesday, November 10 and Friday, November 12.

The NY International Children's Film Festival presents three unbelievable true stories, Turtle: The Incredible Journey (in 3D), Make Believe and Racing Dreams, on Saturday, November 6, Sunday, November 7, Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14.

The historic Gem Theatre presents Plaid Tidings, a special holiday sequel to the critically acclaimed Forever Plaid. The Gem will feature 49 performances of Plaid Tidings, November 10 through December 31, 2010. Tickets are on sale now!

Senior Students at The Art Institute of Charlotte are casting for a Thesis Film this quarter (The Condition of Existence) and a Short film with Down Home Films (The Seventh Son). The students are holding auditions on Saturday, November 13 and Saturday, November 20.

The return of 'PERFECT HARMONY,' a hit of the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival and a 2008 sold-out summer run on Theatre Row is now back on track after a dispute between the theatre manager at 45 Bleecker Theatres (the show's recent home) and the space's landlord resulted in a closing of that complex on October 13. Theatre Row General Manager Erika Feldman came to the show's rescue and offered the production a new home - The Acorn Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues) in the Theatre Row complex. 'PERFECT HARMONY' is conceived and directed by Andrew Grosso, and written by Grosso and The Essentials. Performances resume at The Acorn on Thursday, October 21 and the official opening performance is set for Wednesday, October 27 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets for the Off Broadway run are available through Telecharge at 212-239-6200 or www.telecharge.com, and on sale through November 13, 2010. (The producers are planning to move the show to another space following this run at The Acorn.)

Four of musical theater's brightest talents offer behind-the-scenes tales and the magical music of a true legend in Broadway Up Close and Personal: A Tribute to Cy Coleman. Beloved songs from Cy Coleman's award-winning shows including Sweet Charity, City of Angels and The Will Rogers Follies and songs such as 'Witchcraft' and 'The Best is Yet to Come' will be performed at the Orange County Performing Arts Center December 9 - 12 in this heartfelt and personal tribute to the life and incredible work of this great American artist. The show features Tony-winning lyricist David Zippel, who collaborated with Coleman on City of Angels; Center favorite Jason Graae, whose special way around a song has taken him to the Metropolitan Opera, the Hollywood Bowl, Birdland and the Rainbow Room; Jenifer Lewis, who has starred in numerous Broadway productions as well as movies and television and the multi-talented Tami Tappan Damiano, who has appeared on stages all over the world.

Sir Colin Davis will lead the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 and Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, featuring Dorothea Röschmann in her Philharmonic debut, and tenor Ian Bostridge, Thursday, December 2, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, December 4, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m. This program is part of a season-long focus honoring the 150th anniversary of Mahler's birth and the 100th anniversary of his death and last season as music director of the Philharmonic. For more information, go to nyphil.org/mahler.

One of the best shows to go on tour in Ireland will make its way to Roscommon Arts Centre next Friday 12th November, featuring Frank McNamara and his talented family. Not unlike the Von Trapp Family, the hugely musically talented McNamara Family are touring the theatres of Ireland to great acclaim. Frank McNamara late of the Late Late Show and a world class pianist is performing with his children - Twins Frankie and Quincy (14) play guitar, piano and sing; JJ (11) who was featured on the Late Late Show with his father earlier this year, is a child prodigy pianist and plays a number of pieces with consummate ease, that most accomplished adult pianists would find difficult. Daughter Charlotte (9) will also sing.

Emmy nominee John Slattery (Mad Men, Rabbit Hole) will star opposite Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City, Rabbit Hole) in a one-night only play reading of the quirky comedy, Hate Mail, to benefit Opening Act, an innovative nonprofit that provides free after-school theater programs to New York City's most under-served public high schools. Nixon and Slattery reunite after their performances in the award-winning Broadway show, Rabbit Hole.

Performing Arts Fort Worth proudly welcomes Lyle Lovett and His Large Band back to Bass Performance Hall on Saturday and Sunday, November 13-14, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $44-$77 and are on sale NOW! A four-time Grammy®-winner, Lyle Lovett creates songs and albums that consistently incorporate nearly every faction of Texas music, from roadhouse country to front porch folk to Saturday night blues to Sunday morning gospel. Over the course of a career that has spanned more than two decades, he has not only built a foundation of unwaveringly loyal fans, he has been a major influence on the shape and sound of Texas music.

EarthCam, the world's premium webcam network, is proud to announce that a giant panda at Zoo Atlanta has given birth to her third cub, the only panda birth at a U.S. zoo so far this year. A live streaming webcam, EarthCam's exclusive 'PandaCam' is on line live daily from 10 am ET until 5 pm ET at the zoo's panda habitat.

Based on the timeless film, White Christmas, this heartwarming musical features seventeen of Irving Berlin's most beloved songs in historic Charles Town's Old Opera House throughout the month of December. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont ski lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil's former army commander. They arrive to find that it has not snowed all season and there is plenty of room at the Inn. In an effort to save the Inn and their former commander, Bob and Phil bring their entire show to the Inn for the Christmas holidays. The dazzling score features well known standards including Blue Skies, I Love A Piano, How Deep Is the Ocean and the perennial favorite, White Christmas.

The producers of London's DIRTY DANCING - The Classic Story on Stage, which has been playing at the Aldwych Theatre since 2006, have announced the show's first UK tour, due to high demand for performances in neighboring cities.

Dallas Theater Center and Goodman Theatre proudly present the world premiere of The Trinity River Plays, written by Oak Cliff native Regina Taylor, directed by Ethan McSweeny.