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Outside In, Melanie Fischer's installation of fabric flowers and foliage, transforms the Arsenal Gallery into a textile wonderland. Using synthetic materials, such as Astroturf and printed fabric, Fischer creates a fanciful retreat, crafting a tactile experience that is becoming increasingly lost in our virtual world. For six weeks, an animated Central Park will slip into the Arsenal building for this playful illusion.

Bret Primack, aka the Jazz Video Guy, makes his performance debut at the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival this weekend with two screenings of his popular documentary and performance films. The festival, being held this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Hilton Hotel in Rockville, Maryland, is produced by Washington D.C.'s Jazz Academy and in addition to Bret's work, features such artists as Mulgrew Miller, Bobby Watson, Lewis Nash and Festival Director, saxman Paul Carr.

The Strand Theater is committed to producing plays by obscure, unknown, and unpublished playwrights. This season, obscurity comes in the form of two living dolls and one young woman trapped in the shadow of her mother's photographic images in The Lacy Project by playwright Alena Smith. The Lacy Project was selected from a group of thirty new plays submitted to the Strand for possible production.

Join us for a debutante ball done up DiverseWorks style. Darling debs feel free to abandon those pearls and white dresses' - prim and proper won't fly here. And gents, come in tux and tails or a fabulous gown if you prefer, because anything goes at a DW Gala. Join the DW crew as we flaunt our wild side and give a big bow for this year's honorees.

On Saturday, September 5 at 2 pm, John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molskey (in her Tanglewood debut) will tape their popular radio program, 'Radio Deluxe,' at the festival for later broadcast on more than 60 stations nation-wide.

Beloved around the world and celebrating more than 50 years in entertainment, The Osmonds - brothers Wayne, Merrill, Jay and Jimmy - return to perform at the Suncoast Showroom, March 27 and 28.

CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION and Gexa Energy Broadway Across America-Houston have teamed up to make one aspiring local performer's dream come true. On Saturday, February 6, local Houston contestants auditioned to 'Run Away with Cirque Dreams' during an open casting call held at the Houston Galleria Mall. Today, Neil Goldberg, the shows creator and director, surprised Kyle Cragle of Missouri City, Texas during a school assembly at Westbury Christian School, announcing he has been chosen to perform with CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION when the show plays at the Hobby Center in Houston, TX February 23rd - March 7th, 2010.

Elegance and gorgeous music have a new home as Bay Area Cabaret moves into its new venue - The Empire Ballroom at San Francisco's iconic Sir Francis Drake Hotel (450 Powell Street off Union Square). Fresh off its sold-out Valentine's Day performance by Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, Bay Area Cabaret continues its sixth season of seasoned Broadway, pop and jazz vocalists on Sunday, March 28th when Broadway star Karen Mason (Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, Sunset Blvd) performs a new program of showstoppers and pop originals. Next up on Friday, April 16th is The Rose songwriter Amanda McBroom, performing a tribute to her songwriting inspiration Jacques Brel. The season closes with Grey Gardens star Christine Ebersole in a recent award-winning Carlyle program with Michael Feinstein's accompanist John Oddo leading a four-piece band on Sunday, April 25th.

Harlequin Productions presents an Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Event at Lucky Eagle Casino on March 26th and 27th at 7pm.

BROADWAY BY THE BAY (BBBay), the Peninsula's premiere musical theatre company, kicks off its 45th season with DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, the musical comedy hitrunningTuesday, April 1 through Sunday, April 18 at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center (600 N. Delaware Ave., San Mateo).

Peter Nero and the Philly Pops is thrilled to bring back the incomparable Jack Jones. With his effortlessly engaging wit and a vocal style that stands alone, Jack Jones has been hailed by the New York Times as 'arguably the most technically accomplished male pop singer.' With an uncanny ability to make the largest halls feel intimate, he is the very definition of a complete and total entertainer. Join Peter Nero and Jack Jones for a special program of sentimental songs from the heart.

The Belcourt Theatre is hosting Oscar Night America®, featuring the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. The benefit is being held to support the theatre itself on Sunday, March 7th at 7PM. For tickets or more information, visit www.belcourt.org.

If you would like to learn more about the opportunities available at the Holmdel Theatre Company, please come to our Parent's Open House on Wednesday, February 17 at 7:00pm at the Duncan Smith Theater (on the grounds of the high school). Tour the theater, meet some of our artists and staff, ask questions and discover the world of possibility that awaits!

The best and brightest high school theatre groups will perform at Midland Center for the Arts during the Michigan Interscholastic Forensics Association (MIFA) High School State One-Act Competition on February 19 - 10:00 am to 8:30 pm; and February 20 - 9:00 am to 5:30 pm. Thirteen high schools from across the state will compete during the two-day competition. To reach the state level, theatre students must first vie in district and regional MIFA competitions.

Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters is slated to appear on ABC's The View on Friday, February 19th. Peters (and her dog) will appear on the show's second annual Mutt Show to promote pet adoption, as well as discuss her second children's book titled 'Stella is a Star!'. Proceeds from the book will go to Broadway Barks, the organization she co-founded with Mary Tyler Moore that finds homes for shelter animals with the help of Broadway stars.

Canada's CityTv is reporting that the documentary 'Hot Toxic Love: The Making of The Toxic Avenger Musical' will have its premiere on March 7th at 10PM. The documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Toronto production from auditions to opening night from the perspective of the cast and crew.

In conjunction with the New York premiere production of The Hidden Sky, Prospect Theater Company will host an afternoon symposium featuring scholars and artists, including the show's creators. The discussion will focus on the relationship between mathematics and music, the historical conflict between science and religion, and other ideas explored in this new musical.

Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director / Melissa Huber, Managing Director) presents SNAPSHOTS, a series of seven new ten-minute musicals, as part of their Winter 2010 Dark Nights Series at the West End Theatre in the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew.

One In The Spirit returns for CIAA weekend at Story Slam! Arts Center for two shows only - Friday, February 26th and Saturday, February 27th at 7:30pm.

Actor Nora Armani and cellist David Bakamjian lead a cultural journey through the spirit of Armenia in the company of poets, composers, folk songs, and sacred chants in English and Armenian. This presentation premiered to a sold-out audience in the Met Museum's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium in 2007.Actor Nora Armani and cellist David Bakamjian lead a cultural journey through the spirit of Armenia in the company of poets, composers, folk songs, and sacred chants in English and Armenian. This presentation premiered to a sold-out audience in the Met Museum's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium in 2007.