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Fred Barton returns to the Metropolitan Room on Sunday, March 11, at 7:00 PM with his show FRED BARTON PRESENTS - AND THINKS YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT! - in which he hosts, sings and plays with his 9-piece Broadway Band, bringing back classic Broadway show music, with some swing on the side. At each monthly performance, Fred features two of his favorite singers, with additional special guests.

Millennium Dance Studio, Inc., operator of the world-famous Millennium Dance Complex, announced today that it has formed a new subsidiary to develop franchised dance studios throughout the United States and eventually around the globe. Millennium Dance Franchising, LLC plans to sign agreements for 10 to 15 franchise units in its debut year. Ultimately, the company plans to have studios throughout the country and around the world, providing classes, lessons, studio rentals and parties with a focus on jazz, hip hop, tap, ballet and other forms of contemporary dance.

Bond Street Theatre returns to Afghanistan this month to help revitalize the theatrical arts and promote the use of theatre to bring information on health, civic rights, and other issues to areas of high illiteracy (90% for women, 63% for men, UN Report). In many areas, the company is preparing women to take the stage for the first time to reach all-female audiences.

Ballet Hispanico will honor Jody Gottfried Arnhold, visionary leader and dance educator, at the annual Spring Gala in The Plaza Hotel's Grand Ballroom on Monday, April 9, 2012. Cocktails begin at 7:00pm and dinner will commence at 7:45pm. Attire is black tie.

Tickets for the inaugural season of the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival are now on sale. Tickets can be purchased online, by calling 315-255-1785 or 800-457-8897, or in person at the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival winter offices in the Westminster Presbyterian Church located at 17 William St. 2nd Floor, Auburn, N.Y.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater presents theaterjam3, a one-day festival featuring the work of many of the company's favorite playwrights, actors and directors. The brainchild of playwright Dael Orlandersmith, the all day event will take place at the Rattlestick Theater (224 Waverly Place - off Seventh Avenue South between West 11th & Perry Streets) on Sunday, March 11th. Doors will open at 1:30pm.

Trustus Theatre is preparing to open one of their most ambitious projects in years as the Obie Award-winning and Tony Nominated Passing Strange comes to the Midlands. Local visual artists, singer-songwriters, dancers, and theater artists are coming together to make Trustus' production a celebration of the intensely active arts scene in Columbia. Passing Strange opens Friday March 23rd, 2012 at 8:00pm on the Trustus Main Stage. The show runs through April 14th, 2012.

Kellen Alexander and Seth Dodson (of sethandkellen) co-host this comedic mini-conference at the Hideout. In the style of TEDtalks the speakers aim not to shine light on new ideas but to present speeches, powerpoints, pie charts and crayon 'drarwings' on topics such as "How Skipping Breakfast can be Good for Hunger" and "I'm Stupid: And that is None of Your Business". Our mission is to take the tension out of pretension and have a good old fashioned laugh without having to really learn anything.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President of Waterkeeper Alliance, and Jeff Koons, Artist Chair hosted Art for Water, an auction benefiting Waterkeeper Alliance, the foremost organization in protecting and preserving clean, drinkable, fishable, and swimmable waterways worldwide, and celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act on Monday, March 5th, 2012 at the Matthew Marks Gallery in New York.

The Traverse is gearing up for a celebration of new writing in a nine-day festival to be held at the Theatre in April, curated by recently appointed Artistic Director, Orla O'Loughlin. Write Here will feature a variety of new work at different stages of development which give a look behind the scenes to the work of the Traverse literary team and playwrights in a series of readings, talks, workshops and performance. The festival will take place April 16th-24th.

For one night only, Vaudezilla - one of the most prolific and successful burlesque troupes in Chicago - turns the reins over to one of its own, the Burlesque Powerhouse Jeez Loueez, to bring you "Jeezy's Juke Joint: A Black Burly-Q Revue!"

Duke City Rep presents PHOENIX by Scott Organ and will be directed by Katie Becker. The production runs May 10th-20th.

Chrysalis, a one-act play by emerging playwright Susan Hodara, will be making its radio broadcast debut on Friday, March 9 at 7 p.m. on New York station WBAI (99.5 FM) as part of their celebration of International Working Women's Day (IWWD). The play is produced by Two From the Aisle Productions, LLC, a theatrical production company co-founded by Susan Hodara and her partner, and husband, Scott Rosenblum.

Downtown theater adventurers the New York Neo-Futurists are proud to present the world premiere the Nerdcore musical, YOU ARE IN AN OPEN FIELD, with book and lyrics by Kevin R. Free, Eevin Hartsough, Marta Rainer, and Adam Smith, music composed by Carl Riehl, and directed by Christopher Dippel. YOU ARE IN AN OPEN FIELD begins performances on Thursday, April 26 for a limited engagement through Saturday, May 19.

Next month on April 7th, The King of Boylesque and the first ever Mr. Exotic World TIGGER! will headline Gotham Burlesque's One Year Anniversary Celebration, with the production now offering audiences two shows in one night at 8pm and 10:30pm.

The New Repertory Theatre announces a one-week extension of the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs. Originally set to perform in the Black Box Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts through March 18, the New Repertory Theatre and Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater co-production now runs through March 25, 2012.

NEXT TO NORMAL is set to return to the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati for a limited engagement after a successful run earlier in the season. The limited engagement will run from June 15th-July 1st.

TIGERS BE STILL by Kim Rosenstock is set for the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park from March 17th through April 15th.

The Kavinoky Theatre is thrilled to present the four-week, limited engagement of TIME STANDS STILL from March 2 through March 27, 2012. The production, directed by Robert Waterhouse, features Kristen Tripp Kelley, Guy Balotine, Peter Palmisano and Chrissy Golab.

The Alleyway Theatre will present the Buffalo area premiere of VOICE LESSONS by Justin Tanner. The production will run from April 5th-21st.