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Dreamlight Theatre Co. will kick off its 2010 Bright Lights series with WORKS IN PROGRESS: The Songs of Burkell & Loesel on Monday, March 1st at 7:00pm. The event will feature Broadway's Liz Callaway (Cats, Baby, Miss Saigon, Merrily We Roll Along), Jennifer DiNoia (Wicked), Liz McCartney (South Pacific, Mama Mia, Thoroughly Modern Millie), and Doug Kreeger (Les Miserables, Rooms). Accompanists will be Allison Seidner (cello) and Andy Jones (percussion).

London's Finborough Theatre will present THREE SEAGULLS, three staged readings complementing the London premiere production of The Notebook of Trigorin. The three works scheduled for readings are THE SEAGULL, HIS GREATNESS, and PIETA.

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, one of the country's leading theatres in the creation of new stage works, will produce the world premieres of Nobody and The Fall of the House this spring. Produced in a series called Provocative Premieres, Nobody will run March 12-28 and The Fall of the House will run April 9-25. Both plays have been developed through ASF's prestigious Southern Writers' Project new play development program. The Provocative Premieres are suggestive, stimulating and extreme, promising to take audiences to the edge.

As a student at Middlebury College in the 1980's, Bill Burden was a busy guy. He sang in the choir and the Dissipated 8 while starring in concerts and musicals. He was by general agreement the best male voice on campus, but his career path pointed to international finance, and singing just wasn't part of his long-term plans.

Wing-It Productions in collaboration with Youth Theater Northwest is proud to present Adventure Playhouse - a fun, interactive play for children.

Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Avenue, is proud present the world premiere of Jade Heart, the spellbinding new play by Senior Network Playwright Will Cooper.. The production, previewing April 22, opening April 30 and running through May 30, will be directed by Chicago Dramatists' Artistic Director Russ Tutterow.

Calling all poets, astronomers, physicists, actors, musicians and philosophers! Award-winning theatre company Orfeo Group is once again hosting Bill Barclay's not-to-be-missed lecture on Tuesday evening, March 2nd at 7:30pm. MUSE ON FIRE, Barclay's unique 90 minute talk, will take place on the set of Orfeo Group's currently running production of THE ISLAND OF SLAVES, for which Barclay also created the sound design, at the Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. Singers from the Tanglewood Festival Chorus will join Barclay and Orfeo Group actors to tackle questions such as: Why do you love the music that you love? Why is there no known culture that lacks music? Is music a universal language? Does ‘The Music of the Spheres' actually exist? From acoustics to astronomy, Kepler to Cleopatra, Bill Barclay will use the science and philosophy of ancient beliefs in planetary harmony to bring together musics from around the globe. Learn how Shakespeare and the Elizabethan view of the cosmos have inspired the long-lasting view of music as the perfect metaphor for the order of the Universe - and how modern science from cosmology to string theory reveals to us its deepest resonances.

The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's Rosenthal Next Generation Theatre Series continues with unique comedy, larger-than-life puppets and a combination of dance, theatre and music to transport you to another world while teaching valuable life lessons.

Please be advised that the 1:30pm and 7:30pm performances of Lost in Yonkers at Paper Mill Playhouse on Thursday, February 25th are cancelled due to inclement weather. Lost in Yonkers ticket holders can call the Paper Mill Playhouse Box Office at 973-376-4343 to reschedule into another performance.

The Dvorak American Heritage Association presents An Evening Of Jazz With George Mraz & Friends at the Bohemian National Hall on Friday, February 26th at 7:30pm.

Celebrating 30 memorable years as an anchor institution in the Little Tokyo community, the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center will present its 30th Anniversary Gala on Tuesday, March 30th, marking a significant milestone for the JACCC in cultural arts programming and commitment to community. The Gala, presented at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre, will include a concert featuring four preeminent musical artists, and is a fundraiser supporting the entire lineup of JACCC 30th Anniversary Season programs and activities. The Gala concert begins at 7 pm and features taiko legend Kenny Endo; jazz piano virtuoso Keiko Matsui; five-time Grammy winner Daniel Ho; and Japanese music superstar Jero, who has reinvented and revitalized the Japanese folk ballads known as enka.

Due to the weather, 'The South Jersey Experience: Civil War Biographies,' that was supposed to take place in Salem, NJ on Thursday, Feb. 25, has been postponed until Thursday, March 4. The time is still 7:00pm, but because there has been so much interest in these panel discussions, the location has been changed to a larger venue: St. John's Episcopal Church, 76 Market St., Salem, NJ. The date for the Cape May presentation is still Thursday, March 25 at 7:00pm, and is slated for the Cape May Historical Society Museum, but a larger venue may have to be used. For updates on 'The South Jersey Experience,' contact the event's organizer, Tom Sims, Executive Director of The Cape May Film Society, 609-884-6700 or visit www.capemayfilm.org.

The 39th annual edition of New Directors/New Films, the longstanding collaboration between The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art dedicated to the discovery of new work by emerging filmmakers, will screen 38 films, at both venues, from March 24 through April 4, 2010. The 2010 slate includes a wide variety of films from 20 countries, including 27 feature films and 11 shorts, with numerous appearances and introductions by filmmakers.

The Alpine Theatre Project has announced its summer season, which will feature Barrymore, Hair and Hammerstein's A Grand Night For Singing.

Lisa Goldman will direct Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's new play Behud in a co-production with the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and Soho Theatre, London. In this world premiere, award-winning playwright Bhatti carves a dramatic narrative from behind the scenes of her controversial play Behzti.

40 Theatre Companies have been chosen by lottery for 19th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival. Performers are coming from the U.S., Canada, England...and Mauritius!!!

The Magic Castle offers yet another great Broadway star to the stage of Cabaret at the Castle with Lee Roy Reams. The man who columnist Liz Smith called 'Broadway's Darling' and the New York Times hailed as 'Broadway's song and dance man nonpareil' is scheduled to appear for one night only. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Sealed With A Wish Foundation, Inc.

On February 28th at 8pm, HA Comedy Club will present BUZZED, featuring members of the cast of Broadway's Hair. Part post-show party, part cabaret performance, BUZZED is a one night only event featuring Broadway's hottest talent singing the music of the musical theater's rising composers, Sam Carner & Derek Gregor.

Made Event presents the return of one the UK's finest, D. Ramirez along with Basic NYC's own Sleepy & Boo at Cielo on Thursday, February 25th, 2010.

The Highline Ballroom has announced its upcoming concerts for the week of 3/8. They include: UNISEX SALON with Tina Brown, CINDY BLACKMAN'S ANOTHER LIFETIME, THE MOTH GRANDSLAM XV, AN EVENING WITH KELLER WILLIAMS, and JOE HURLEY'S 11TH ANNUAL ALL-STAR IRISH ROCK REVUE.