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Applications are now available for the 2012 Pittsburgh CLO Summer Internship Program. The Summer Internship Program runs approximately 10 weeks beginning in mid-May to early August, depending upon the internship being applied for, and affords students 18 years of age and older the opportunity to work one-on-one with musical theater industry professionals.

An evening with the world-famous Harlem Gospel Choir is an extraordinary experience of foot-stomping, hand-clapping blues, jazz, and gospel. A renowned assembly of the finest gospel singers and musicians from the churches of Harlem, New York, the Choir is one of the pre-eminent congregations of spiritual voices in the world today.

Alumnae theatre will present celebrated Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen's haunting translation of Euripides' classic tragedy The Trojan Women, last performed by the company in the 1992/3 season, starting January 20th.

On January 7th, 2012 from 10am-2pm, TADA! Youth Theater is celebrating the New Year by hosting a FREE Open House for interested musical theater students to learn more about the programs offered. Students will participate in age-appropriate mini sample classes followed by Q&A sessions with TADA! Teaching Artists and administrators.

Everywhere Theatre Group aims to explore the place of theater in our ever rapid, technology-obsessed society in this funny, touching and wildly theatrical tribute to the art form. In this fusion of parody, the avant-garde, and real-life stories, a young and broke theater company attempts to make a play about mutant flying snakes that are accidentally released from the headquarters of CIA-enlisted scientists Dr. Inis Goodheart and Dr. Frank Sheckles, in hopes of high box offices sales. Under the setting of earth under attack, violent chaos ensues and government officials send Four Universally Combative Killers (a.k.a THE FUCKERS) to the rescue. Packed with dance, extremely cheap special effects and stunning video design, as this tongue-in-cheek science fiction parody aims to wildly entertain while daring to ask the question: Why are we still making theater?

South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) announces its theatre line-up for spring 2012. The line-up includes a Cabaret from Tony nominee Tom Wopat as well as an onstage reunion of RENT original cast members Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) has announced two ensembles for musicians of all ages, Saturday Sessions and Percussion Ensemble. These sessions are scheduled to begin January 7th and will meet throughout the winter and spring seasons.

Performing their 2012 in-concert debut, Electric Youth (EY) 2012 will take the stage at Showcase Live, Patriot Place, on Sunday, February 12 at 6:00 p.m. For the Showcase Live performance on February 12th, doors will open at 4:30 p.m. and a full dinner menu will be available. Tickets can be purchased at the main office of Franklin School for the Performing Arts, 38 Main Street, by phone at (508) 528-8668, in person at the Showcase Live Box Office or through Ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices are $28.00 for floor seats and $18.00 for loge seats; premium seating and reservations for large parties are available. This Valentine's Weekend show offers a great evening of family entertainment with music appealing to all ages.

PUNK YANKEES is a provocative and entertaining dance theater work that combines live performance, video, and the internet to unpack ideas about authenticity, originality, and the ownership of dance in the digital age. The Chicago-based dance theater company, Lucky Plush Productions, is led by Artistic Director Julia Rhoads, who teams up with music sampling artist Stefen Robinson (Yea Big) and media artists John Boesche and Julie Ballard.

Crisistown: A Choose Your Own Adventure Comedy, an original hour-long sketch show from Stone Cold Fox, the first-ever weekend sketch house team at New York's Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, will debut at 7:30pm on Friday, January 13th.

Center Stage Theatre is seeking three men, ages 25 to 55, and five women, ages 25 to 75, for the Tony Award-nominated romantic comedy ENCHANTED APRIL by Matthew Barber from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim.

HERE proudly presents Chimera, a HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) production, as part of the 2012 Under The Radar Festival. Created by Suli Holum (co-creator, performer) and Deborah Stein (co-creator, writer), Chimera is a multimedia theatrical work integrating sophisticated video into a dramatic story. This production plays January 5 - 28 in the Dorothy B. Williams Theatre at HERE (145 Sixth Avenue) as a featured presentation within HERE's 2011-12 Season. Official Opening Night is set for Sunday, January 8 at 7:00pm.

To kick off the New Year, actor Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel attended the Strip's favorite show ABSINTHE on January 1, 2012 to enjoy the raucous comedy from The Gazillionaire, Penny Pibbets and the rest of the eccentric gang.

We're very excited to announce that in January we move to Sterling's at Vitello's in Studio City - on Sundays! We love doing shows at the Gardenia (all sixteen of them), but Wednesdays at 9pm have been difficult for people - at Sterling's we're on Sunday and at 7pm.

The Un-Common Theatre Company is thrilled to announce January auditions for their Spring production of 'And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank' by award-winning playwright James Still. Un-Common is looking for young performers who are interested in enhancing their acting skills and want to be part of a ground breaking and powerful production. This production will be performed at the Orpheum Theatre in Foxboro, MA on April 13-15, 2012.

The Bang on a Can All-Stars have recorded their first studio album in five years, for release on Bang on a Can's Cantaloupe Music in 2012. The album, Big Beautiful Dark and Scary, is also the first to include the All-Stars' current line-up: Ashley Bathgate, cello; Robert Black, bass; Vicky Chow, piano; David Cossin, percussion; Mark Stewart, electric guitar; and Evan Ziporyn, clarinets. In celebration of its 25th birthday, Bang on a Can is giving a very special gift to the public. The complete, double album is available to download for free during the first 25 days of January (through January 25) from www.bangonacan25.org. In exchange, listeners need only share a memory, thought, or story of Bang on a Can from the last 25 years, to be displayed online. The result will be a scrapbook of memories not just from those closest to the organization, but from the many people worldwide that Bang on a Can has touched over the years. And those new to Bang on a Can can still get the free download.

STOPPED BRIDGE OF DREAMS, the newest work from the Obie Award-winning and MacArthur Fellow writer, director, multi-media innovator and long-time La MaMa artist John Jesurun. STOPPED BRIDGE OF DREAMS marks Mr. Jesurun's return to La MaMa for the first time in a decade. The production performs at the Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 E. 4 St.), with a press opening set for Sunday, January 22. Heading the cast of STOPPED BRIDGE OF DREAMS is the celebrated downtown actress Black-Eyed Susan.

Opus is the uniquely fascinating story about a world-class string quartet. The musical ensemble is in the midst of a bitter clash of wills between the two leaders of the group-one the artistic genius, the other, the business guru. One stays as the group leader and ousts the other. The replacement is a young woman, fresh out of school, and the evolution of the group takes several unexpected turns en route to a riveting conclusion. Featuring a bedrock of compelling 'family' dynamics, Opus is a gripping piece of drama punctuated by a brilliant musical score. It was one of the most produced plays in the U.S. in 2009, and Redtwist has the Chicago premiere.

ImprovBoston has set its sights on one of pop culture's biggest targets in the new year. Starting Friday, January 6 at 10 p.m. the comedy spot will run, My Dark Love: An Improvised Teen Gothic Romance! for seven weeks throughout January and February. My Dark Love as an improvised satire of Stephenie Meyer's beloved and hated Twilight Saga. It runs every Friday at 10 p.m. Tickets cost $16, $12 for students with ID. ImprovBoston is at 40 Prospect Street. Tickets are available online at www.improvboston.com or by phone at 617.576.1253.

Der Soldat Beckmann kehrt aus dem Krieg zurück nach Hamburg, in die Stadt, die einst sein Zuhause gewesen war. Doch für ihn ist hier kein Platz mehr. Fremder Mann im Ehebett, fremde Menschen im Elternhaus. Kein Heim mehr. Er wandert wie im Fieber durch die Straßen eines verlorenen Gestern und bleibt doch im Dazwischen stecken: zwischen Leben und Tod, Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, Traum und Realität. Eigentlich will er einfach nur wieder einmal schlafen, endlich wieder schlafen. Doch er kann nicht. Denn nachts kommen die Bilder. Gepeinigt vom immer gleichen Traum, sucht er voll Verzweiflung nach einem Ort, wo all das aufhört.