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OpenStage Theatre's upcoming production of A PICASSO by Jeffrey Hatcher beings February 18 to March 20. The year is 1941. In the midst of the German occupation of France, Spanish expatriate Pablo Picasso is brought to a vault below the streets of Paris to identify three works of art the Nazis have recently 'acquired.' He is met by an enigmatic young German cultural attaché, Miss Fischer, who quickly becomes engaged in a deceptively simple duel of wits with the stubborn, inspired and arrogant Picasso.

Broadway Theatre League & Jerry Damson Automotive Group Present SPRING AWAKENING, one night only March 4, 8:00 pm at the Mark C. Smith Concert Hall at the VBC.

The Education Department at Blumenthal Performing Arts would like to announce two upcoming events especially designed for those in the Charlotte area considering an acting career. The Presenters are offering a special student rate of $20 for both events!

ACT-A Contemporary Theatre-skips into springtime with a fabulous musical, more new work from emerging artists, and some returning favorites. This month, ACT's Mainstage play series continues with ACT and The 5th Avenue Theatre's production of VANITIES: A NEW MUSICAL, the life-affirming journey of three women, three decades, and one friendship. The Central Heating Lab at ACT keeps things simmering with returning favorites, including the Young Playwrights Festival, the 2011 ACT New Play Award, and TheFilmSchool's popular Caught in the ACT. The Central Heating Lab at ACT also welcomes new theatre partners ReAct Theatre and Pratidhwani presenting Mother in Another Language by Taniya Hossain. Additionally, The Moisture Festival, Seattle's infamous springtime celebration of comedy, varietè and burlesque, returns to ACT for a fifth year!

After twenty-three years in the Carlyle Hotel, and having persevered against warehouse-bookstore and e-reader odds, Ursus Books is moving to a landmark location: 699 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, between 62nd and 63rd Streets.

First Stage Children's Theater's 17th annual Make Believe Ball will be held Saturday, March 12, 2011 from 5:30-10:30 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom at Hilton Milwaukee City Center, located at 509 W. Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee.

Southern-born Broadway veterans Tad Wilson and Jessica Phillips come together to explore their Tennessee roots in a concert of Today's Country Music on February 13 at 9:30 PM at The Triad Theatre on 158 West 72nd Street.

The Saint Sebastian Players' 30th Anniversary Season continues with Shaw's ARMS AND THE MAN, Feb. 18-Mar. 13.

Take a nostalgic musical trip back in time to meet the 'Wonderettes' at the CLO Cabaret this coming April! Tickets to the Pittsburgh premiere of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES will go on sale on Monday, February 14. Tickets start at $34.75 and can be purchased at CLOCabaret.com or by calling 412-456-6666. This musical comedy hit will entertain audiences April 28 through October 2.

AFTER TROY, a contemporary and witty retelling of Euripides' Women of Troy and Hecuba, by award-winning poet and playwright Glyn Maxwell, will have its world premiere on 2 March 2011 at the Oxford Playhouse, followed by an extended run at London's Shaw Theatre, with a press night on 18 March, prior to a UK tour.

The Governing Board and staff of the McLean Community Center wish you a Happy Valentine's Day! This year, instead of giving the usual gift of candy or flowers, consider giving a performance, trip or class.

Littlejohn Contemporary is pleased to present Work That Will Not Wait For You, an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Irish-born Timothy Hawkesworth. The exhibition is Hawkesworth's 7th solo show at Littlejohn Contemporary and will be on view at 529 West 20th Street in New York from February 16 through March 12, 2011.

Joe's Pub offers a variety of shows and musical guests for February and March.

Here we go again with another great winter dinner theatre show, sure to cure the winter blues! CAP presents PUT THE NUNS IN CHARGE, a hilarious comedy by Vicki Quade, featuring Breeda Kelly Miller of Manchester as Mother Superior. She's dealing with the audience at detention, covering the 7 Deadly Sins, in this audience participation show.

Premiere Stages, the professional theatre in residence at Kean University, announces two fun and engaging theatre camp sessions, the perfect summer arts activity for creative students. After successfully expanding Camp Premiere to offer two camps this past summer, Premiere has tailored this year's camps to focus on performance. Premiere is proud to offer collaborative environments that allow campers to experiment with different acting and storytelling techniques and learn first-hand from industry professionals.

Webster University's Conservatory of Theatre Arts presents ALMOST, MAINE by John Cariani. The production runs from Feb. 16-20 and Feb. 23-27, in the Emerson Studio Theatre, 130 Edgar Road.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will honor legendary playwright Edward Albee with the American Artist Award at the Arena Stage Benefit for Community Engagement Monday, March 14, 2011. An Evening with Edward Albee will include cocktails, a presentation and dinner at the Mead Center (1101 Sixth St., SW).

Gustavo Dudamel, the 'energetic ambassador for classical music' (Vanity Fair), returns with this all-new Deutsche Grammophon recording of symphonic works derived from Shakespeare as re-imagined in music by Tchaikovsky. Leading the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela for their sixth collaboration on the Yellow Label, this new recording will be available everywhere on March 8.

Cringe Humor Entertainment is pleased to announce today the production of Mike DeStefano's new one man show Drugs, Disease and Death: A Comedy. A finalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing and the critically acclaimed author of Bada Bing, Bada Buddha will debut with a preview week of shows on February 7, 2011 at the Producer's Club Theater in New York City.

Celebrate Valentine's Day at the Snapple Theater Center, where you can fall in love- or shoot your husband! The Snapple Theater Center is offering audience members the chance to celebrate by becoming part of the show.