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Recorded in Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring a superb ensemble of tango and jazz musicians, 'Tango Grill,' the new recording by Argentine-born, New York-based bassist Pablo Aslan, is a brilliant follow up to 'Buenos Aires Tango Standards' (Zoho Music, 2007). The bassist will perform in Jazz at Lincoln Center in a performance featuring Nicolas Ledesma and Abel Rogatini on piano, Pablo Agri on violin, Gustavo Bergalli on trumpet, Daniel Piazzolla on drums, and Michael Zisman and Raul Jaurena on bandoneon.

The Abbey Theatre is proud to present a major new production of William Shakespeare's psychological thriller MACBETH. This muscular new production of one of the most exciting of Shakespeare's plays, as well as being one of the darkest, will be directed by Jimmy Fay. MACBETH opens on Wednesday 7 April (previews from 30 March) and features leading Irish actors, Aidan Kelly and Eileen Walsh in the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Are you a star? Have you always wanted to jump on stage and act, sing, or dance your way to celebrity status? Bristol Riverside Theatre presents StarQuest 2010, a search for talent in Bucks County with the first place winner receiving a $5,000 cash prize. Entrants will compete in three categories: under 18; adult; and groups (3 or more performers).

The Strand Theater Company presents Baltimore Improv Group's First Day of Spring Spectacular on March 20 and Charmed, I'm Sure!, a one woman show by Onyi Okoli.

The Nexus Multicultural Arts Center has announced its upcoming events through April 16. They include Silk Road: 'Sounds of the Sufis' CD Launch, ThWack Percussion Ensemble, African Percussion, Matsuri Taiko Percussion, and A Burlesque Eggstravaganza by Peaches ‘n' Gin Burlesque.

On April 13, the Iridium Jazz Club will celebrate the release of Ooh La La Coq Tail, a new CD from the Phoebe Legere Quintet, with two sets by the artists.

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA announces its new exhibition DASH SHAW, MAKING THE ABYSS (DRAWINGS from BODYWORLD, BOTTOMLESS BELLY BUTTON, ANIMATIONS and COMIC SHORT STORIES) on view now through May 30.

RIVERDANCE, the thunderous celebration of Irish music, song and dance that has tapped its way onto the world stage thrilling millions of people around the globe, will play five Farewell Performances at PlayhouseSquare's State Theatre.

Ticket and scheduling information has been updated for the advanced screening of the CanyonBack Films' MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS, the documentary film centered around the 2008 FREDDY Awards.

Vermont and Vermonters are captured in 19 songs written by popular local musician Gene Childers. A hit when it played in Brandon last year, Town Hall Theater brings back this unique, home-grown revue.

Antony Walker will make his Met debut conducting Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice next season at the Met.

The American Museum of Natural History has announced its public events for the month of May.

Nickelodeon's Storytime Live! is coming to Columbus' Palace Theatre on June 16th and 17th.

To celebrate Ugly Duckling Presse and the launching of its new Emergency Performance series, the editors are hosting a bacchanalia to invoke the spirit of chaos necessary for such an ambitious project, and a wonderful collision of performers, audiences, and communities to begin the process of engagement which this new series will undertake.

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.

JACK KLEINSINGER presents Highlights In JAZZ, New York's Longest Running Jazz Concert Series. Two shows are left in the series: the Ben Webster & Lester Young Centennial Concert and the Highlights in Jazz Grand Finale.

New Exhibition room opens its second season with the world premiere of Candyland, a tall tale of job loss and recession woe, will run at Boston Playwrights' Theatre from July 29-August 14.

The NOKIA Theatre, located in Times Square, has announced the performers participating in the HSBC Jazz Festival. The Festival will take place on March 25, 27, & 28, 2010.

The Fox Theatre has announced that Charlie Wilson and Will Downing will perform on May 7th, 2010.

The Museum of Modern Art presents Picasso: Themes and Variations, an exhibition exploring Pablo Picasso's creative process through the medium of printmaking, from March 28 to September 6, 2010. It features approximately 100 works from the Museum's superlative collection of the artist's prints. The exhibition is organized by Deborah Wye, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chief Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books, The Museum of Modern Art.