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Tonight, October 4, 2010, the following people were honored with Barrymore Awards at the 16th Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony at the Walnut Street Theatre.

According to Access Hollywood, public funeral services were held today, October 4th to celebrate Tony Curtis' life. The funeral was followed by burial and a private reception on the Las Vegas Strip.

David Alpert and DiStar Productions/Justin Huebener are pleased to announce the third annual concert series of LIVING FOR TODAY, with musical direction by Michael Postic, and direction by David Alpert. LIVING FOR TODAY will play a one-night-only engagement at The Laurie Beechman Theatre (407 West 42nd St. NYC, NY 10036) on October 24, 2010 at 9:30PM.

Each year Kumu Kahua Theatre co-sponsors a playwriting contest with the University of Hawai'i at M?noa Theatre and Dance Department in its effort to bring new and exciting drama to the stage. Entries must be postmarked no later than Monday, January 3, 2011, to qualify.

Secret Order, a stimulating biomedical thriller, delves into the moral and ethical dilemmas involved in the high-stakes world of science. Playwright Robert Clyman (Tranced) invents a brilliant behind-the scenes exploration of the business of science. Clyman pits cancer researchers against each other as they race to be the first to trial, first to publish and first to find a cure. Directed by Chris Smith (A Christmas Story), Secret Order runs October 14 - November 7, 2010 at San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio in downtown San Jose. Press Opening Night is Wednesday, October 20 at 8:00 p.m.

Music Director Gustavo Dudamel begins the 2010/11 subscription series with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall, October 8 - 10, 2010, with three performances featuring pianist Emanuel Ax in a program that includes Weber's Der Freishütz Overture, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 and Schumann's Symphony No. 4. The following week, October 14 - 17, 2010, Dudamel leads the LA Phil in Messiaen's Turangalîla-symphonie featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Cynthia Millar, who performs on the ondes martenot, an electronic musical instrument invented in 1928, similar in sound to the Theremin. This marks the first time Turangalîla is performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

ProArts is proud to present 'The Emperor's New Clothes' as the premier production of its fall season of family friendly shows at the newly re-opened ProArts Playhouse in Kihei.

Pittsburgh CLO is pleased to announce the return of Pittsburgh native Tom Atkins as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Musical Christmas Carol. Mr. Atkins is perhaps best known for his numerous film and television credits as well as for starring as Art Rooney, Sr. in Pittsburgh Public Theater's production of The Chief and the new film version of The Chief.

Lantern Theater Company opens its 2010/11 season with a celebration of the influential work of Russian playwright, short-story writer, and physician Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) during the 150th anniversary year of his birth. The Lantern will present its first-ever production of a full-length Chekhov work with Uncle Vanya (Oct. 21 - Nov. 21), directed by the Lantern's Associate Artistic Director Kathryn MacMillan. The company will also present a weekend of special events with The Chekhov Festival from November 5 - 7.

Mainstreet Musicals and WBAI-Pacifica will present a benefit evening called MAKING WAVES on Monday, November 8th at The Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street featuring Hal Linden among others. This is Mainstreet Musical's launch event highlighting songs from musicals that have changed minds, turned corners, roused ire, and generally uplifted the human spirit. The benefit evening will include performances by HAL LINDEN, JILL EIKENBERRY, MICHAEL TUCKER, MARY TESTA, DEBORAH MONK, CASS MORGAN, JANE SUMMERHAYS, CHRIS SARANDON, TIM JEROME, WALTER CHARLES, CAROLE DEMAS, K.T. SULLIVAN, DE'ADRE AZIZA and the cast of HAIR among others. The benefit will be directed by Charles Repole. Mainstreet Musicals and WBAI-Pacifica are teaming up to develop a network of local theatre festivals around the country that will introduce award-winning new musicals into communities where they are absent or in short supply. Mainstreet Musicals is a spin off of National Music Theater Network/NYMF.

Cabrillo Music Theatre is thrilled to announce that legend of stage, screen and television, Shirley Jones, and Broadway star Patrick Cassidy will star in The CABRILLO 2010 HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR, directed by Cheryl Baxter at the 1,800-seat Fred Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks.

Elda Ferri and Allen Bain announced today the wrap of principal photography on Director Roberto Faenza's 'Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You' based on Peter Cameron's award-winning novel of the same name. Praised by critics and readers alike, Cameron's 2007 novel has been favorably compared to 'The Catcher in the Rye.'

Due to popular demand, a number of musicals at The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) have announced additional performances. The following extension performances have been added:

Legendary pianist Alfred Brendel visits downtown Los Angeles to deliver a lively lecture-demonstration discussing the ideas and inspiration that have made him one of the indisputable authorities on musical life today. Co-presented with the Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, Alfred Brendel: On Character In Music will take place at the REDCAT on October 28, 2010 at 8:30 p.m.

ATC proudly presents a limited engagement of ROMEO AND JULIET, the 'greatest love story ever told,' performed by two of America's premier classical theatre companies for a limited run, November 4-7 at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix and November 11-14 at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson. The New York Times says, 'ROMEO AND JULIET is a play of enormous, reckless passions - clans feud, friends quarrel, and lovers swoon. Here, those passions are met head-on, and with real skill.' The Minneapolis Examiner claims, 'This ROMEO AND JULIET transcends its classic status by portraying its fated lovers as two swept up in a romance that leads from the heart and not from the head. Whatever your age, it's safe to say this production will make you feel equally smitten.' This is a strictly limited engagement of this acclaimed national tour of William Shakespeare's richly poetic tragedy of young love.

On Saturday, October 9 from 5-7 p.m., the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum will host a free artist's reception for the opening of 'Presepio,' an exhibition of photographs by Anita Sanseverino. An award-winning photographer, lecturer and scholar of Italian history and culture, Sanseverino's passionate eye and studied knowledge of Italy uniquely capture the beauty, emotion and character of these elaborate Italian nativity scenes.

Aurora Theatre has assembled the best children's performers in the region, bringing them to Gwinnett County in order to give parents and their children a chance to experience their artistry in our amazing facility in downtown Lawrenceville.

The 2010 - 2011 National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING is coming to Memphis on Saturday, November 13th. The 8-time Tony Award winning Broadway musical featuring, 'The most gorgeous Broadway score this decade,' (Entertainment Weekly) will play the Orpheum Theatre for one performance only, during this limited engagement.

Daniel Radcliffe recently sat down with MTV to discuss his support of the LGTB community and the Trevor Project. Watch the interview below!

Jim Meadows is accustomed to treading the boards with the Bay Street Players. He has appeared onstage in productions ranging from the raucous 'Full Monty' to the classic 'Oklahoma.' This year, he adds Board President to the list of roles he's tackled for the theatre. 'I appreciate the trust the board has placed in me,' says Meadows. 'It's my job, as president, to continue the excellence we've achieved over the past 35 seasons.' Off-stage, Meadows is Senior Consulting Manager, Global Consulting Services at Convergys.