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Trap Door Theatre in concert with the Cultural Services of the French Consulate in Chicago, The Alliance Française de Washington, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta, the France-Atlanta festival, and CulturesFrance, and with the support of Etant donnes from FACE--French American Fund for the Performing Arts--is proud to present Me Too, I Am Catherine Deneuve. Additional support provided by France Chicago Center, Franke Institute for the Humanities, Norman Wait Harris Memorial Fund, Théâtre du Rond-Point/Paris in the USA, as well as the University of Chicago's Office of the Deputy Provost for the Arts, Office of the Dean of the College, and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.

After record-breaking off-Broadway, Los Angeles, Chicago, Florida and Toronto runs, Bryan Fogel, the co-creator and star of JEWTOPIA, finally makes his Charlotte stage debut alongside Jeremy Rishe (his co-star in Jewtopia) with WORLD OF JEWTOPIA. The hilarious and irreverent duo perform at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center's Booth Playhouse beginning Friday, October 1-3 before heading back to Broadway in the fall 2011. Tickets for WORLD OF JEWTOPIA are now on sale.

Andrea Bocelli will be returning to the U.S. for a special concert tour kicking off Thursday, December 2nd at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden. The six-city engagement comes on the heels of a CD/DVD deluxe package release of My Christmas, available everywhere November 9th on Sugar/Decca. The deluxe package will include 2009's double-platinum CD smash, My Christmas, along with the PBS live DVD concert of the same name filmed with multiple Grammy-winning producer David Foster.

Olympia Entertainment is proud to announce that THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, will play Detroit's Fox Theatre on Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 for three performances only.

The McLean Community Center (MCC) is commemorating its thirty fifth year of serving residents of Small District One A-Dranesville with a month-long celebration. The highlight of the month will be a 35th Anniversary Gala to be held at 8 pm. on Saturday, Oct. 16, featuring a performance by award-winning actor John Lithgow in the Alden Theatre, which will be followed by a reception. The Center is located at 1234 Ingleside Avenue.

FANTASY, the Strip's most exciting adult revue, just got even hotter with the introduction of powerhouse vocalist and exotic beauty, Lorena Peril. In celebration of its 11th anniversary, FANTASY at Luxor reveals 17 high-energy scenes, brand new choreography, special guest performers and a singing starlet that will keep the temperature rising in Las Vegas.

Bay Street Theatre is pleased to bring back MY SON THE WAITER: A JEWISH TRAGEDY to the Mainstage in Sag Harbor on Saturday, October 9 at 8 pm. The hysterical comedy sold out four shows this summer as part of the BAY STREET @ THE PARRISH series in Southampton. The show is written and performed by Brad Zimmerman and will performed for one night only. Tickets are $35. Call the box office at 631-725-9500 or log on to www.baystreet.org.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced the start of its Open Submission Process for projects to be considered for development during the 2011 National Playwrights Conference. Plays from applicants for the National Playwrights Conference will be accepted from Monday, September 20 through Friday, October 22, 2010. Early submissions are strongly encouraged.

To overcome the challenges of a struggling economy, theater professionals need to strengthen their skills in order to bring their projects to fruition. To this end, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents a powerful full-day TRU Boot Camp to help theater professionals (and others) shape up their ideas and turn them into reality: PITCHING & PRESENTATION SKILLS, A One-Day Workshop for Producers, Writers and Anyone with an Idea to Sell! taught by a lineup of experts including marketing professional Sharon Albert, Ph.D. and presentation coach Gillien Goll. The workshop takes place on Sunday, September 26, 2010 from 10am-6pm at The Players Theatre, Room 3C, 115 MacDougal Street (below W. 3rd Street), NYC. Workshop fee is $150 ($25 off for members of TRU). Early bird registrants save $25 and pay $125 if they sign up by 9/17.

Brava Theater is proud to present the West Coast Premiere of Reluctant, created and performed by Joel Israel with music landscape designed by Mark Valadez. Singaporean New York based director Meiyin Wang takes on this multi-disciplinary work. Part radio play, part thriller, Reluctant runs October 23 through November 13, 2010 (press opening, Monday, October 25) at Brava Theater in San Francisco's historic Mission District. For tickets ($15-35) and information, the public can call the Brava box office at 415-647-2822 or visit www.brava.org.

Acclaimed violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter returns to recording chamber music after two highly successful albums devoted primarily to concertos (Mendelssohn and Bach & Gubaidulina) and also returns to Brahms, a composer who has meant much to her over the years. Mutter is joined by longtime partner Lambert Orkis with whom she previously recorded the complete Beethoven sonatas, and the two reveal the musical benefits of frequent collaboration. This new recording will be available October 12, 2010 in both CD and DVD formats.

Best-selling rock band Goo Goo Dolls reaffirm their position as one of America's most beloved rock bands with the Top 10 debut of their new studio album Something For The Rest Of Us. Released on August 31st, Something for the Rest of Us debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart last week. In conjunction with its release, the band performed their current single, 'Home,' on NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on September 1st.

The Meyer Rossabi Band brings it's hard rocking electric blues to New York City with a special performance at 'Take Back New York' at Sullivan Hall on Thursday, September 23rd. The Meyer Rossabi Band will feature guitarist Meyer Rossabi, Frankie Cheez on bass, and drummer Paul Kane. This special live performance will feature songs from Rossabi's CD Just A Little Taste of the Blues, as well as tracks from Rossabi's upcoming release, Blues Is The Color.

Ensemble du Monde, led by Marlon Daniel, celebrates the opening of its 2010/11 season on Saturday October 2, 2010 at 8:00 pm in Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufmann Center for the Arts. This first concert of the year, entitled 'Night Prayers', features clarinet virtuoso Julian Milkis as soloist and renowned musicologist and author Solomon Volkov as guest host. The program will feature Schoeck's Sommernacht, Op. 58, Mendelssohn's Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra, Mozart's Concerto for Clarinet in A Major, K. 622, and the American Premiere of composer Giya Kancheli's sublime new work Night Prayers for Clarinet, Strings, and Tape.

Dicapo Opera Theatre presents the Ted Rosenthal Trio in celebration of their new CD release 'Impromptu' on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 4 pm.

Bris Productions is thrilled to announce that that the return of JEWTOPIA, written by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson and directed for the first time by it's co-writer and original star Bryan Fogel, is EXTENDING through Sunday, November 14 at the Greenway Court Theatre, 544 N. Fairfax Ave. in West Hollywood!

Hedgerow Theatre launches its 88th season Sept. 22-Oct. 10 with an adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's stunning novel An American Tragedy portraying true events about one of the most infamous murders of the century. Dreiser's masterpiece is being presented in cooperation with The University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton Esherick Museum, as part of a major symposium, THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN, held this fall at the University of Pennsylvania.

Providence Hollander, one of the pivotal performers in Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris that became Ohio's longest running musical production, passed away in Cleveland September 10th at 84.

The Open Fist Theatre Company announces that the Critically-Acclaimed, World Premiere of A WOLF INSIDE THE FENCE, written by Joseph Fisher and directed by Benjamin Burdick, as part if its second FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS, will be EXTENDING through Saturday, October 9th! Extension dates begin Friday, September 24th at the Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.

The Towne Street Theatre has extended its play submission call for their 4th Annual Ten Minute Play Festival. Towne Street is seeking plays relevant to the festival's theme, 'The Black Experience' - Colored, Negro, Black, African-American; a collection of our stories.