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On April 11, for the first time ever, BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY will play at America's longest running professional theater, the Alhambra Theatre & Dining, giving the Jacksonville market a chance to learn about and celebrate the life of the man who changed music forever. Starring in the performance is Tod Meredith, a ten-time veteran of The Buddy Story, who has portrayed Buddy Holly across the United States.

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is proud to announce an all-star line-up of 7' and 12' vinyl releases created especially for Record Store Day 2012, celebrated at independent record stores worldwide on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

B. Someday Productions and Walking Fish Burlesque present a new comedy, THE END OF THE WORLD - A BURLESQUE COMEDY! By Emily Courier and directed by Stan Heleva. The show runs April 18 to 22, 2012 at Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia. Tickets are $18, and can be purchased online and at the door.

Next Theatre Company is proud to present the Midwest premiere of Amy Herzog's After the Revolution, directed by Kimberly Senior, April 5 - May 13, 2012, at Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes Street.

Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presents George Bernard Shaw's WIDOWERS' HOUSES - the play that started him on his epic playwriting journey - on Monday, April 23 at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan. The show is produced and directed by David Staller.

North/South Consonance, Inc. continues its 32nd consecutive season of free-admission concerts on Friday evening May 4, 2012 when mezzo-soprano Anna Tonna and pianist Max Lifchitz join forces for an evening of art songs by composers from México, the Caribbean and Latin America.

Alighiero Boetti: Game Plan marks the largest presentation of works by Alighiero Boetti (Italian, 1940-1994) in the United States to date. A full retrospective spanning the artist's entire career, the exhibition will be on view in two locations in the Museum from July 1 to October 1, 2012.

Josiah Theatre Works has announced the world premiere musical inspired by music legends Sam Cooke and Donny Hathaway, TRIBUTE (FORGET ME NOT), written and directed by Nickolas Long, III.

TITANIC TALES: STORIES OF COURAGE AND COWARDICE, a theater work commissioned by Lincoln Center, will have its world premiere on Thursday, April 12 at 8:30 p.m. the date on which, 100 years ago, the RMS Titanic was mid-voyage on the way to its fateful encounter with the iceberg that led to the ship's tragic loss on the night of April 15, 1912.

Libra 6 Productions, Inc. presents SILENCE an original play by Herand Markarian, directed by Kevin Thompson, starring Lorraine Serabian, beginning May 4th.

Debra Monk, Brandon Victor Dixon, Betsy Wolfe, et al. are set to appear in exclusive events this month at the Fifth Avenue Barnes & Noble.

Billy Jonas and His Band will perform at Symphony Space on Saturday, April 21st at 11 am in celebration of Earth Day. Ticket prices range from $11 to $20.

GRAMMY-Award winning saxophonist Bill Evans will return to the Blue Note from April 10 - 14 to mark the U.S. premiere of his new recording Dragonfly with his band Soulgrass and special guests.

Theatre Lawrence has announces its upcoming 2012-2013 season. The season includes 9 TO 5, the SOUND OF MUSIC, and more. Tickets will go on sale in May.

Cornish Dance Theater, the performing ensemble of the Dance Department at Cornish College of the Arts, is pleased to present its Spring 2012 Concert, with choreography by Rhonda Cinotto, Iyun Harrison, Cyrus Khambatta, José Limón, and Deborah Wolf.

On Monday, May 7, Women Behind Bars arrives at The New Group @ Theatre Row in a one-night-only benefit reading of the play by Tom Eyen. Directed by Scott Elliott, Women Behind Bars features: Charles Busch (The Matron), Janeane Garofalo (Louise), Nancy Giles (Jo-Jo), Josh Hamilton (the men), Natasha Lyonne (Cheri), Cynthia Nixon (Blanche), Rosie O'Donnell (Gloria), Rosie Perez (Guadalupe), Rhea Perlman (Granny, The Warden), Chloe Sevigny (Mary-Eleanor) and Jennifer Tilly (Ada).

REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL is pleased to announce the 2011 winner of the MetLife 'Nuestras Voces' National Playwriting Initiative: Vincent Toro's play 21. The awards ceremony will take place on July 13, 2012 at Repertorio's Gramercy Arts Theater located at 138 East 27th Street in Manhattan, NY in conjunction with the premiere of Probation (2010 Winner of Nuestras Voces). All three 2011 recipients will be present for the ceremony.

NBC has posted a video of backstage footage at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno featuring presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Megan Hilty (Smash).

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts presents RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH, created by Richard Maltby, Jr., conceived by William Meade. It features orchestrations by Steven Bishop and Jeff Lisenby and is directed by Jason Edwards. See performance highlights below!

New York Opera Exchange will be presenting a new production of Mozart's COSI FAN TUTTE that explores how modern technological innovations and current events affect relationships with others. The production will be directed by Cameron Marcotte. Performances begin April 26th, 2012 at The Church of the Covenant.