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The 19th annual San Francisco Fringe Festival, which closed its 12-day run on September 19, has announced the 14 winners in its various 'Best of the Fringe' Awards for 2010.

Broadway headliners are coming in droves to record the 2010 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, the annual holiday CD benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Featured voices include Bernadette Peters and the cast and orchestra from A Little Night Music, Kelsey Grammer, Douglas Hodge, Christine Andreas and the cast of Tony Award winning La Cage aux Folles; Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, from Next to Normal; plus the casts from Memphis, Wicked, Elf, and In the Heights. Jackie Hoffman and the cast of The Addams Family sing 'It's Chanukah,' a Jackie Hoffman/Lon Hoyt original song written during their time together at Hairspray.

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.

Uncalled For is infinitely pleased to present their first dramatic work, the Governor General award-winning Possible Worlds, written by Canadian playwright John Mighton and directed by Liz Valdez. Possible Worlds runs from October 13-24 at MainLine Theatre.

The 20th annual ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence ceremony was held on Monday, September 20th at the Tempe Center for the Arts. Almost fifty theater companies are members of the ariZoni's and are adjudicated each year, competing for best performance and production awards. These include best actors, actresses, directors, musical directors, choreographers, set, costume, lighting and sound designers and properties.

The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning® musical A CHORUS LINE comes to The Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend for a limited engagement November 5th through 6th. Tickets start at $27 and are available online at theaterleague.com, at The Morris box office or by calling 574.235.9190.

Tony Award-winning director Garry Hynes (THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE) will take part in a public interview as part of an all-day IRISH THEATRE SYMPOSIUM -- a series of conversations featuring renowned Irish playwrights, artistic directors and actors on topics including the arts, education, funding, the creative economy, tourism, new writing and classic themes -- on Saturday, September 25 at Glucksman Ireland House, NYU (1 Washington Mews, on 5th Avenue, between West 8th Street and Washington Square North) in Manhattan.

First Stage Children's Theater will hold auditions for its first-ever Glee Club on Saturday, October 30th, 2010. As part of its Theater Academy, First Stage will offer Glee Club on Saturday afternoons beginning in January of 2011 at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center. Following an audition process, students will learn to sing, dance and act in a high-energy musical moment. The inaugural class will culminate its experience with a performance this spring.

What do seduction and secrets, lies and lilies and mistresses and mayhem all have in common? They are all elements of Barter Theatre's upcoming mystery, 'Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily,' playing at Barter Theatre October 1 through November 13.

TPAC's Signature Series will open on Saturday, October 2, 2010 with the Tierney Sutton Band in Polk Theatre. During its 15 years together, the Tierney Sutton Band has received two Grammy Nominations for Best Vocal Jazz Album, consecutive nominations for Jazz Journalist Association Awards, recorded several CDs that made the #1 spot on jazz radio playlists, and garnered critical praise throughout the world.

On Monday, November 1, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Eastman School of Music - one of the nation's premier music institutions, named 'Hottest School for Music' by Newsweek - presents its esteemed contemporary chamber ensemble Eastman BroadBand in concert at Columbia University's Miller Theatre. Principal conductor Juan Trigos will lead the orchestra and special guests soprano Tony Arnold, pianist Cristina Valdes, guitarist Dieter Hennings, harpsichordist Josephine Gaffke, and percussionist Michael Burritt.

Decorative arts and design curator and historian Ronald T. Labaco has been appointed to the senior curatorial team at the Museum of Arts and Design, it was announced today by Holly Hotchner, the Museum's Nanette L. Laitman Director. Labaco has served as the Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the High Museum in Atlanta since 2007, and previously worked as an independent curator and as an Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He will assume his new position at MAD as the Marcia Docter Curator, established through the generosity of the Museum's Board Member Marcia Docter, on October 11, 2010. 'Ron brings an exciting new dimension and perspective to our distinguished curatorial team, which is led by our Chief Curator David R. McFadden and includes Dorothy Globus, Ursula Ilse-Neuman and Lowery Stokes Sims,' said Ms. Hotchner. 'With his background in global design and decorative arts, Ron will further enrich the postdisciplinary vision of MAD, as it explores materials and process across the realms of art, craft, and design.'

The City of Philadelphia along with legendary local radio personality Jerry Blavat will welcome the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award Winning Best Musical, JERSEY BOYS, to Philadelphia for an 11-week engagement at the Forrest Theatre beginning Sept. 30 to Dec. 12 with a block party celebration before the first performance. JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

REDCAT is proud to present the West Coast premiere of Tere O'Connor Dance's Wrought Iron Fog. Presented as part of REDCAT's Sharon Disney Lund Dance Series, performances will be held at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater on Thursday, October 14, 2010 and run through Sunday, October 17, 2010.

Due to an overwhelming audience response, sold-out performances, and critical acclaim, DONNIE AND THE MONSTERS has been extended for two additional performances at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Ave and Ave A) on Saturday, October 2 at 8pm and Sunday, October 3 at 7pm. Tickets ($18) are available by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444 or online at www.horseTRADE.info.

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) announces casting for a Developmental Lab of the jazz musical comedy Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda. Reservations for the free event are currently on wait-list only and can be made by visiting http://wcsworkshop.eventbrite.com.

Scott Thompson has joine dthe cast of Beauty and the Beast, The Savagely Silly Musical at the Egin Theatre.

According to a report by Variety, Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, and Elizabeth Moss are set to star in the upcoming indie comedy, Darling Companion. The film will be directed by Lawrence Kasdan, with a screenplay by him and Meg Kasdan. The movie is about a woman who is more affectionate towards her dog than her husband. Then, the husband loses the dog at their vacation home in the Rockies.

Tim Robbins' new play Break the Whip began performances at the Ivy Substation on September 2. The play revolves around struggles of the three cultures of the Jamestown Colony- English settlers, African slaves, and Powatan Indians. Charles McNulty recently reviewed the Actors' Gang production in the LA Times saying, 'It's safe to say that when Tim Robbins is in charge, there's never going to be a shortfall of political passion.'

Coal Creek Community Theater will open their final show of their 21st season on October 29th. I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick, directed by Nita Froelich, will run through November 13th at the Louisville Center for the Arts.