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For seventeen years, Jet City Improv has been bringing its unique form of audience participation comedy to Seattle every Friday and Saturday night.

Holding It Down, the latest in the WaterWorks series at Harlem Stage, will play at The Gatehouse on February 10. Vijay Iyer (composer/pianist) and Mike Ladd (poet/performer) roll out a stunning new work with Iraq veteran/poet Maurice Decaul. Produced in collaboration with Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans of color, Holding It Down explores words and sounds that bespeak the dreams -- harrowing, surreal, mundane -- of a new generation of soldiers. Iyer and Ladd are joined by special guests Pamela Z, Guillermo E. Brown, Liberty Ellman, Okkyung Lee and Kassa Overall.

Sultry vocalist Norah Jones to make her unveiling at DPAC, the new Durham Performing Arts Center on Sunday, August 8, 2010.

Your favorite nuns are back in Westwego bringing you more heavenly hilarity through song and dance in NUNSENSATIONS! The Nunsense Vegas Revue by Dan Goggin. After last season's the hit production of NUNSENSE in October 2008, the Sisters return to the stage - this time in a flashy, fun Vegas-style musical! NUNSENSATIONS! takes the sisters on a brand new adventure when a parishioner volunteers to donate $10,000 to the sisters' school if they will perform in a club in Las Vegas. Mother Superior, once again played by Claire Conti, is hesistant to accept; however, after being convinced by the other sisters that 'what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas' she agrees. What follows is the most feather-filled, sequin-studded, fan dancing NUNSENSE show ever!

The Theatre School at DePaul University presents THE THREE MUSKETEERS, by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Ken Ludwig, and directed by Stephen James Anderson, as the final installment of the 2009-2010 New Directors Series.

The women of American Conservatory Theater perform Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues as part of the national V-Day celebration. All proceeds from the event, which is spearheaded and produced by members of the A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program, will go to La Casa de les Madres women's shelter in San Francisco and the V-Day organization. The cast features A.C.T. core acting company member René Augesen, A.C.T. Artistic Director Carey Perloff, and A.C.T. Conservatory Director Melissa Smith, joined by a selection of A.C.T. staff members, A.C.T. M.F.A. Program students, and Bay Area actresses.

Layon Gray's historical drama Black Angels Over Tuskegee will make its Off-Broadway premiere at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street (between Eighth & Ninth Ave.), beginning performances Friday, January 29th, with Opening Night set for February 15th.

The Kansas City Actors Theatre has scheduled an additional performance of Boston Marriage for tomorrow, Friday, January 29th.

Edward Albee's first play, first performed in 1960, is brought to DCAC for the first time by the provocative Theatre Du Jour.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is very pleased to announce the world-premiere production of Phil Geoffrey Bond's My Queer Youth, directed by Tony Award-winner, Michele Pawk. The solo performance piece, a humorous look at growing up queer amidst the cornfields of southern Indiana, will play the midtown venue for four performances only.

kef theatrical productions is thrilled to announce the upcoming two performance return of Michael Pesce's Old Fashioned Piano Party on Friday, February 19th at 8:00 and Sunday, February 21st at 7:00 PM in the Beechman Theater.

The Meeting* is a monthly comedy/variety show for homosexuals and their friends. A 'gay' romp through politics, sexual and otherwise, social news, music, skits, and other important life-changing information. Produced by Adam J. Rosen & Rudy Scala, The Meeting* returns to The Duplex Cabaret Theatre on February 8th at 9:30 pm with host Justin Sayre. Past "agenda items" have included the romantic saga of gay penguins at the Central Park Zoo, a nativity play celebrating the birth of Quentin Crisp, a guide to the so-called "gay panic" defense, and musical numbers with cabaret star Molly Pope. The February show will pay tribute to the life of Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis.

The Queen's Company, NYC's acclaimed all-female classical theater company, is proud to present a rare revival of Susanna Centlivre's luscious classic comedy of intrigue, The Wonder, directed by The Queen's Company Artistic Director Rebecca Patterson. The Wonder runs from February 26 - March 14, 2010 in a limited engagement at The Kirk Theater, located in the Theatre Row Complex at 410 West 42 Street between 9 & 10 Avenues in NYC. The play previews on February 26 for a February 27 opening.

Theatre stars Dee Hoty, Jenn Colella and Vince Gatton join the previously announced Amy Acker and Larry Pine in The Boomerang Theatre Company's reading of THE MONSTER TALES by Mary Jett Parsley Wrenn on February 1st, 2010. Cailin Heffernan will helm the event.

The Drilling Company, well known for short plays around common themes and free Shakespeare in the Parking Lot on the Lower East Side, begins 2010 with the American premiere of Bird Brain by Vern Theissen, a play for all audiences.

The MIT Musical Theatre Guild is now looking for a Producer for the Spring 2010 production of Evil Dead: The Musical, written by George Reinblatt, Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, and Melissa Morris, with music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris, and George Reinblatt.

CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION and Gexa Energy Broadway Across America-Houston have teamed up to offer one lucky dreamer the chance to 'Run away with Cirque Dreams' and perform in a feature role when the show performs at the Hobby Center February 23-March 7.

Different Stages continues its 2009-2010 season with 'Eurydice,' a dramatic comedy by Sarah Ruhl. The production's final performance is Saturday, January 30th at 8PM.

The Firehouse Theatre of Richmond, VA presents its eighth annual Festival of New American Plays, beginning tonight, 1/28, and has announced other upcoming events for the months of February and March.

Upcoming events for TCAN in Natick include Melissa Ferrick, Time Stands Still: Chris Smither at his best, Natalia Zuckerman and The Paper Raincoat, Jimmy Tingle, Walnut Hill presents The Brand New Kid: The Musical, Musical Theatre for February Vacation, and more.