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R&B soul singer, songwriter, and producer Eric Benét will release his fifth studio album, Lost in Time, on Reprise Records this November. Featuring duets with Faith Evans, Chrisette Michele, Ledisi, and the O'Jays' Eddie Levert, Lost In Time is at once a sumptuous homage to and an expansion of the sweet soul of the 1970's.

Revels Houston presents its 20th annual production of The Christmas Revels, this year focusing on the traditions and legends of the Celts. The Winter Solstice celebration will draw from songs, dance, poetry, myths, stories and games of the Celtic regions of Europe, including Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and England.

Gee's Bend depicts the turbulent history of African-Americans in the 20th century by focusing on a single family in the real community of Gee's Bend, AL, which is now famous for the beautiful quilts created by the women that grew up there. A moving tale of three generations of African-American women living in this isolated Alabama town chronicles the courage and resiliency of their life's journey. Gee's Bend highlights the life of Sadie Pettway, from her teenage years to her 70s, and the other women in her quilting circle. Their experiences inspired them to create magnificent quilts that were miraculous works of art, and inspired this haunting play filled with Gospel music that has swept the country. Likewise, it will stir North Coast Rep audiences long after the lights have faded.

Director Barbara Bentley is looking for four comedic actors for Grosse Pointe Theatre's production of Relatively Speaking, a witty, charming and beautifully constructed comedy of manners and mistaken identities from one of England 's most popular playwrights, Alan Ayckbourn, who considered it 'the best play I've written'.

The Collegiate Chorale presents Johannes Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC. The performance features Stephanie Blythe, Erin Morley, Eric Owens and the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Bagwell. Single tickets start at $25 and are available online at www.carnegiehall.org, by phone through Carnegie Charge at (212) 247-7800 or in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office.

The BodyCartography Project will present Symptom, a new dance work, in Minneapolis, Nov. 11-14, 2010, and in New York, Jan. 5-13, 2011.

Spotlighting several talented residents from local communities, The Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC)'s upcoming production of The Wedding Singer will be staged October 22 and 23 at 8 p.m. at the Franklin Country Club, 672 East Central Street in Franklin.

Broadway's Eric Jordan Young's debut album 'Once in a Lifetime' honoring the supreme entertainer, Sammy Davis, Jr by taking a new spin on classic hit songs from his catalog, officially launches tomorrow and can be ordered on his website www.ericjordanyoung.com.

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong ended his limited engagement as St. Jimmy in AMERICAN IDIOT on October 3 and surprised the audience with a special encore performance. Check out this video of Billie singing his own 'Goodbye New York' following his final bow at the St. James.

According to a recent tweet by BCEFA, the 2010 GYPSY OF THE YEAR competition will take place December 6th and 7th. The venue for the event has not yet been announced.

In a recent article in The New Yorker, Ben McGrath chatted with some of the creators of the upcoming Broadway production of CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, including the real Frank Abagnale, Jr. At a private preview for the show, Abagnale talked about his past, saying of his time spent in prison, 'I just look at those four to five years like I was somebody who did some crazy things as a kid, and that I lived in a great country with the opportunity to do something real positive.'

Check out this interview of Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and AMERICAN IDIOT director Michael Mayer with Jordan Roth, on September 19 as part of the Broadway Talks series.

'Submissions Only,' a new online television series, will premiere October 15th on YouTube featuring a slew of Broadway guest stars. 'Submissions Only' is about auditioning for theatre in New York City. It follows a group of friends as they navigate the trips and falls, callbacks and trainwrecks experienced while working in the business.

It is with great pride and excitement Yamaha Canada Music Ltd. unveils to the public the much-anticipated CFX concert grand, a state-of-the-art instrument nearly two decades in the making. To mark the inaugural performance on this magnificent piano, Yamaha presents Olga Kern in recital at Koerner Hall on Tuesday, November 16, at 8:00 PM.

'The Man Who Came to Dinner' at Chicago Street Theatre may very well fit the bill. Packed full of laughs and a large cast, this three-act play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart promises to be a crowd-pleaser.

TMP proudly presents the fifth season of The Tacoma Children's Musical Theater, promising to be bigger and better than ever before. Presented by TMP's regular adult performers, these fully-staged musicals based on classic children's literature are a great reason to make a family date and enjoy a trip to the theate.

Stephen Farber, one of the country's leading film critics and historians, will continue his film series Reel Talk with Stephen Farber at the Wadsworth Theatre for 12 Monday nights beginning September 20. Reel Talk with Stephen Farber is presented in partnership with RICHMARK Entertainment and Landmark Theatres.

For the first time in Ogunquit Playhouse history, the season has been extended past Columbus Day weekend to October 24. Now is the perfect time to see the multi Tony Award winning Broadway musical Chicago, which is receiving rave reviews from the press for its 'stellar casting,' 'sensational staging' and 'killer choreography.' This record-breaking smash hit stars Ogunquit favorite Sally Struthers, as Matron 'Mama' Morton, keeper of the jailhouse keys and George Dvorsky as the slick lawyer, Billy Flynn. Chicago also stars Broadway veteran Angie Schworer as housewife turned murderess Roxie Hart and Broadway's Rachelle Rak as the seductive night club singer and double murderess, Velma Kelly. Tony-Award winner Paul Kreppel also stars as Amos (aka Mr. Cellophane), Roxie's husband who agrees to take the blame for her violent crime.

The Hartt School, the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, is pleased to present An Evening with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on Thursday evening, October 14, 2010, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. Individual concert tickets are $30 and Series subscriptions are $100, with discounts on individual tickets and subscriptions for seniors, educators, University of Hartford alumni, students, and groups.

It was a battle that pitted the house of New Zealand's most prominent legal minds against a theatre show created by two young kiwis that borrowed an American story. In other words, APOLLO 13: Mission Control 1 Supreme Court 0; there should be a law against this kind of upset.