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fortyfivedownstairs has announced its upcoming productions and exhibitions through July.

Revisit one of the most-acclaimed musical productions of all time when Pittsburgh CLO kicks off the 64th Summer Season with its production of Oliver!, June 1-6 at the Benedum Center in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District.

The Jim Snidero Quartet is scheduled to perform at Greenwich Village's Smalls Jazz Club on June 4 and 5. Sets on Friday night are scheduled for 9:30 PM and 11 PM, and on Saturday for 10:30 PM and midnight.

The Roscommon Arts Centre has announced the highlights of its summer programming.

The Cornelia Street Cafe has announced its concerts and spoken word readings for tonight.

The New London Maritime Society will present 'Love Is' after the fireworks at Parade Parade in downtown New London this Saturday, June 5, at 9 PM.

Next To Normal's Brian d'Arcy James and South Pacific's Kelli O'Hara, who formerly costarred in Broadway's Sweet Smell of Success, are set to star in the Keen Company's world premiere reading of 'And Then I Wrote 'The Music Man' on June 16 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The reading, part of the company's 10th Annual Benefit, will be directed by Carl Forsman and will feature musical direction and accompaniment by Brian Cimmet.

This week on GLEE, everyone at McKinley High is in a funk, from Mr. Schuester finalizing his divorce to Kurt feeling so depressed he wore the same outfit twice in a week. I can sympathize with the characters' feelings; after last week's Gaga disaster, the show had put me into a mood most foul that seemed as if it could not be rectified. While ‘Funk' had some redeeming, even charming, moments, it did nothing to make up for the perplexing episode that preceded it and ultimately left much to be desired.

This coming June, Broadway veterans Nellie McKay, Alan Cumming, LaKisha Jones, Adam Pascal and Aaron Lazar will be headlining concerts at Feinstein's at Lowes Regency.

It has arrived, to the joy of Gleeks and Monsters alike - the long-awaited Lady Gaga week on GLEE. ‘Theatricality' opens with Tina and Mr. Schuester in the principal's office; Tina is told she must change her goth look in order to keep the school safe (and to allay Principal Figgin's fear of vampires). This, paired with the news that Vocal Adrenaline is attempting to tackle Lady Gaga in their repertoire, leads Will to give his own Gaga assignment about theatricality in performance.

Emmy, Golden Globe and two time Academy Award winner Michael Douglas will be celebrated at the Film Society's 37th Annual Chaplin Award Gala on the evening of Monday May 24th at Alice Tully Hall. The limited ticket event will be attended by many of Douglas's most celebrated collaborators and friends, such as Danny Devito, Erika Christiansen, Milos Forman, Curtis Hanson, Tobey Maguire, Barbara Walters, as well as Douglas's wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and his father, the legendary Kirk Douglas, with a special performance by Michael's longtime-friend singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett, plus film clips commemorating Douglas's lauded career.

The Peter Norton Symphony Space in Manhattan presents Lisle Atkinson's Neo Bass Ensemble on June 11. The ensemble features Lisle Atkinson (Founder/Principal Soloist), NEO-BASS ENSEMBLE (NBE) Core: An inner core 'bass choir '(*Lisle Atkinson, Founder, Karen Anduze Atkinson (Co-Founder), Phillip Wadkins, Darnell 'Jay' Starkes, Sam McPherson, Paul West), Marsha Perry Starkes (African perc/vocals, Janet Steele (vocs.), Richard Wyands (p), and Richard Allen (d). The event will also feature special guest bassists *Ron Carter, *Richard Davis, and *Michael Fleming Sam Gill. (*Original New York Bass Violin Choir Member).

Gorilla Repertory Theater Company, Inc presents William Shakespeare's classic comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, for a free limited run from June 10 through the 20 in Central Park. The show begins at 8 p.m. at Summit Rock in Central Park (near 83rd St and Central Park West) and as is the Gorilla Rep tradition since its inception in 1992, this performance will be mobile and interactive. Audiences are advised to wear sneakers and/or comfortable shoes.

Jacob's Pillow announces its 2010 full season calendar, including more than 200 free performances, talks, photography exhibits, tours, and events. Free event highlights include the Blake's Barn exhibit Lois Greenfield: Imagined Moments, featuring Greenfield's signature dance photography, and 'Let's Dance!' a new community event on July 4 with free dance classes and workshops for teens and adults. PillowTalks, held Thursdays at 5pm and Saturdays at 4pm, include Virginia Johnson, recently named Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem (June 24), choreographer/director Bill T. Jones (July 22), and the return of Pulitzer Prize winner Jules Feiffer (July 31). Inside/Out performance highlights include the all-female hip-hop group Decadancetheatre (July 7), the dancers of The School at Jacob's Pillow's first ever Tap Program (July 10), alumnus of The School at Jacob's Pillow and Artistic Director of his own ensemble, Avi Scher (July 23), and ¡Flamenco Revolución! (August 27).

Marge Champion, Sandy Duncan, Carol Lawrence, Rosie Perez, Roberta Flack, Charlotte d'Amboise and Sondra Lee are set to appear at the 28th Annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards. Perez and Flack will present Kenny Ortega, director and choreographer of High School Musical, with the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award.

According to Variety, Bette Midler and Pixie Lott are set to star in the upcoming film Sweet Baby Jesus, directed by Peter Hewitt. Sam Rockwell, currently starring on Broadway in A Behanding In Spokane, is rumored to be interested in the part of Lott's love interest, Joe, as reported by Deadline.com.

Tony-winner Christine Ebersole, Don Stephenson and Ciaran Sheehan are set to join Len Cariou, Melissa Errico and Jason Danieley in the Irish Repertory Theatre Annual Benefit Gala's concert performance of Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe's Brigadoon at Broadway's Shubert Theatre on Monday, June 14 at 7 PM. Ebersole will play Meg, Stephenson will play Jeff, and Sheehan Harry in the one-night-only event. Melissa Errico stars as Fiona, Danieley as Tommy, her love interest, and Cariou Mr. Lundie, the keeper of the town's secret.

USA Today's Martha T. Moore has published a piece discussing the effects that the cancellation of Law & Order will have on New York-based actors and actresses, many of whom appeared on the series while performing in plays on and off-Broadway, as well as on the economy of the city itself. The end of the long-running series will have an undoubtable impact on the New York theater community, as Moore discusses in her examination of the inevitable outcomes of the cancellation.

Nashville Opera and the city were the subject of an article from noted critic and arts writer Mark Thomas Ketterson in Opera News. The feature can be found in the June 2010 edition of Opera News Magazine.

It has been announced that baritone William Michals assumes the role of Emile de Becque in Lincoln Center Theater's Tony Award winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, for a five week period beginning Tuesday, June 1st through Sunday, July 4th. The production's current Emile de Becque, Tony Award winner Paulo Szot, leaves the musical on May 30 for an opera engagement in Europe. He returns to South Pacific on July 6, 2010 and will play the role through the end of the show's run on Broadway on August 22..