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Sufjan Stevens is set to hit the road for an extensive North American tour in fall 2010. The performances will feature fully realized versions of the songs initially debuted during a late 2009 tour of small clubs in which Stevens workshopped several works-in-progress.

Artistic Director. Producer. Director. Actress. Lauren Kennedy (SPAMALOT, SUNSET BOULEVARD, LES MISERABLES) just about does it all when it comes to theatre; especially with her own company Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy. This year is no different at The Kennedy Theatre in Raleigh, NC. Kennedy will make a return to the stage as 'Emma' in Tell Me on a Sunday. The show will not only hit the Raleigh stage but also play a limited engagement at the new Lauren Kennedy and Alan Campbell Theatre at Barton College in Wilson, NC, which officially opened last September.

Berkeley's Aurora Theatre Company announces the directors for the company's sixth Global Age Project (GAP) festival of new works: Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director chose Allen McKelvey, M. Graham Smith, Jonathan Spector, and Tracy Ward to sit on this year's GAP Director's Council. Over the next several weeks, the directors, along with Ross, will select finalists from an international pool of play submissions dealing with global age concerns. Four plays will be chosen to be presented as staged readings during the GAP festival, scheduled for February of 2011. The GAP festival will coincide with the company's fully-staged World Premiere of 2010 GAP finalist Allison Moore's new comedy, COLLAPSE, the second main stage production to develop from the GAP.

Katselas Theatre Company extends ENGAGEMENT, a World Premiere dramatic comedy written and directed by Allen Barton and produced by Gary Grossman. Performances will continue Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 7PM, until September 19.

Teen Actors Gang @ the Gorilla is still accepting applications for the fall semester, starting Sunday August 22.

LION KING's Selloane and performance artist Joseph Keckler both hold CD Release parties at Joe's Pub.

Playwrights Horizons is now accepting 'LIVEforFIVE' lottery entries for $5 tickets to the first preview of Edward Albee's ME, MYSELF & I, directed by Emily Mann, at the Playwrights Horizons website.

FULLY COMMITTED by Becky Mode, has been extended through August 29th, with Wednesdays added.

Red Tape Theatre presents the World Premiere of OBSCURA: A VOYEURISTIC LOVE STORY by Jennifer Barclay.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS will play only 24 performances between December 11 and December 30. Tickets are on sale now exclusively to Berkeley Rep's subscribers and donors. Seats go on sale to the general public later this fall.

OLD HICKORY is a story about a man with a little problem - two really -a fearsome ex-wife who won't leave him alone and a knife . . . and he's been having these thoughts. Set today in the mountains of West Virginia, Old Hickory is a ‘hillbilly gothic' comedy about one man's journey to his moment of decision, with his trusty knife (and the guidance of a mountain shaman named Catfish).

The Met Opera's Free Summer HD Festival lights up the newly redesigned Lincoln Center Plaza, Saturday, August 28 - Monday, September 6, 2010.

Chris Massey's Nue Jazz Project with Special Guest Wayne Escoffery plays The Iridium NYC on August 14 11:55pm-1:15am. The Iridium is located at 1650 Broadway 51st. St.

It can be a game, a friendly duel. It's a dialogue, where it's just as important to listen modestly as to make a bold statement. It can be made of wood, ice, stone. The answer to this riddle: a Basque percussion instrument, the txalaparta, wooden planks laid over trestles and struck with sticks held vertically. It resonates in the hands of Oreka Tx, an ensemble whose album, Nömadak Tx (on World Village), finds them exploring new voices and connections for this ancient and once endangered instrument. American audiences in cities like Minneapolis, San Francisco, Washington and Chicago will get a unique chance to experience these worldly experimenters in September 2010.

Thursday, August 12th at 8p.m. see a free sneak preview of the new documentary 'Teenage Paparazzo' by Entourage star, Adrian Grenier. Producer Evan Ferrante will be in attendance at Ballard Park to answer questions after the film. Register for tickets here.

Highline Ballroom announces upcoming show for the week of August 16-22.

Eric Rosen, artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, has announced that a new production of the musical Saved, directed by Gary Griffin (THE COLOR PURPLE-Broadway and national tour, PACIFIC OVERTURES--London), will open the Rep's 2010-11 season.

Small business entrepreneurs, Sandra Finkelstein (Soul Coach and Esthetician) and Suzanne Briggs (Spa Director), are bringing a feeling of Wellness and Beauty to Birmingham's Rail District located in The District Lofts. They have recently opened a Beauty & Wellness Spa in Metro Detroit.

Stoneham Theatre is pleased to announce the creation of the Salter HealthCare Senior Matinee Club, in part made possible through a generous contribution from Salter HealthCare Services. Salter HealthCare Services (www.salterhealthcare.com) was founded by Gershon Salter in 1956. Today they remain family owned and operated with Aberjona, Winchester and Woburn Rehabilitation and Nursing Centers.

Beginning with the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2010/11 season, four conductors will participate in the Dudamel Fellowship Program. Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, together with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, created the Dudamel Fellowship Program (in 2009) to provide a unique opportunity for promising young conductors from around the world to develop their craft and enrich their musical experience through personal mentorship and participation in the LA Phil's orchestral, education and community programs.