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The Ensemble Theatre's Act One young professionals celebrate National Poetry Month with DRAMA-TRY: A Dramatic Night of Poetry, Saturday, April 21, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

terraNOVA COLLECTIVE and Producing Artistic Director, Jennifer Conley Darling, announced today that the 2012 soloNOVA Arts Festival, the award-winning and longest-running solo performance festival in New York City will play a three-week limited engagement at Off-Broadway's New Ohio Theatre.

Center Theatre Group has posted costume renderings from the upcoming production of FOLLIES on their Pinterest page. The production will star Victoria Clark (replacing Bernadette Peters), Jan Maxwell, Danny Burnstein, and Ron Raines.

Berkshire Theatre Group is proud to announce new programming for The Garage, located in the lobby of The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. The April lineup includes a variety of touring acts from around the country, ranging in genre from upbeat, high-energy funk, to grass-roots Americana.

Returning to the U.S. for a whirlwind April-May tour, Khaira Arby promises to mesmerize audiences with an intensity that flows from her home and from her unique spirit. Cities include Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, San Diego, SF Bay Area, and Toronto, as well as the Festival International in Lafayette, LA and the Joshua Tree Festival in Joshua Tree, CA.

Museum of the Moving Image and Ediad Productions, announced today a month-long retrospective from April 27 through May 27, 2012, of one of television's most talented and beloved married couples, legendary comedian Ernie Kovacs (www.erniekovacs.com) and Tony Award-winning entertainer Edie Adams (www.edieadams.com).

The Winthrop Playmakers present 15 MINUTES OF FAME: A SINGERS SHOWCASE for two nights with two separate groups of singers on April 6th & 7th.

Enjoy New Orleans-style music, dance, and food; learn about Creole language and culture; and explore traditional African costumes with the American Museum of Natural History during its Global Weekends: NEW ORLEANS: CULTURE REMIXED on Saturday, April 28, from 1 to 6 pm.

Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh's New 25th Anniversary Production of Les Miserables will go on sale Sunday, April 29 at 10 a.m. PST for the premiere of Orange County's engagement at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The all-new production of Les Miserables features glorious new staging and spectacular re-imagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo.

Subscriptions are now on sale for the Columbus Symphony's 2012-13 Masterworks and Pops seasons. Masterworks will continue to present eight concerts at the Ohio Theatre and four concerts at the Southern Theatre. All Pops concerts will remain at the Ohio Theatre.

Today, Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced that it is extending its latest show for two weeks. Originally scheduled to close on April 29, RED adds 12 performances due to popular demand and now runs through May 12.

I LEFT MY HEART...A SALUTE TO THE MUSIC OF TONY BENNETT, a musical by David Grapes and Todd Olson, will play Wesport's MTC MainStage from April 20 - May 6.

The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Patrick Willingham, Executive Director) will continue the 2011-2012 Public Forum season in May with THE CULTURE CAPITAL: IS NEW YORK CITY STILL A HOME FOR ARTISTS?

Zawe Ashton and Alex Beckett join Alison Steadman in Rose Theatre Kingston's revival of Michael Frayn's HERE from 19 April to 12 May. In an exciting change at the Rose, HERE will be performed on a new stage built out into the auditorium bringing the intimacy of Here even closer to the audience.

An innovative installation, featuring some of the most important objects in the Brooklyn Museum collection, has been developed to create new ways of looking at art and exploring the Museum by making connections between cultures as well as objects.

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks is a comedy about Lily Harrison (Phyllis Spear), who hires Michael Minetti (Larry Buzzeo) for private lessons in Tango, Swing, Modern, Foxtrot and Cha-Cha. Over the course of six weeks, this odd couple transforms their acrimony into a dance of intimacy as they learn to overcome their differences and create a poignant connection to each other.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) will present the premiere of Justin Sayre Is Alive and Well... Writing, an evening of short plays by the acclaimed comedian and writer Justin Sayre, directed by Ben Rimalower.

Internationally-renowned tenor Piotr Beczala wowed critics and Metropolitan Opera audiences, alike, Monday evening (March 26) with his first assumption of the role of the hapless and hopelessly romantic Chevalier des Grieux in Massenet's Manon. Mr. Beczala shares the stage with soprano Anna Netrebko as the work's seductive, eponymous heroine. This new production, directed by Laurent Pelly, receives eight subsequent performances (March 31e; April 3, 7m, 11, 14e, 17, 20 & 23) www.metoperafamily.org

The award-winning SUICIDE LETTER LOVE NOTE is a fresh, funny and irreverent look at the joys and agonies of first love, lost love, sex and comic books. It is the first play by comedian David Head. The production will play from April 24th-May 5th.

Breakin' Convention, the critically acclaimed international festival of hip hop dance theatre, returns to Birmingham Hippodrome with another line-up of jaw-dropping performances by companies from around the world.