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The Alliance Theatre will be presenting several events in the upcoming weeks, including: Twist and Midtown Block Party. Additional infortmation is listed below.

Grammy Award-winner Sarah McLachlan performs her new single 'Forgiveness' in the 'Life Unexpected' crossover episode with 'One Tree Hill,' which is currently filming in Vancouver. The episode will air Tuesday, October 12 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) on The CW. Also singing in the episode will be 'One Tree Hill' series star Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley) and recurring guest star Kate Voegele (Mia), along with Ben Lee and Rain Perry (singer/songwriter of the 'Life Unexpected' theme song).

The Westchester Broadway Theatre has recently announced that Xander Chauncey, Michelle Dawson, and Jennifer Babiak are are set for Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde. the production opens September 30 and runs through Feb. 12, 2011.

On September 7th, First Lady Michelle Obama will invite world renowned dance companies to perform at the Administration's first event celebrating dance. The White House Dance Series: A Tribute to Judith Jamison will honor Jamison for her outstanding career as an American dancer, choreographer, and Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for the past 20 years. The event, featuring American dance from ballet, modern and contemporary dance, hip hop and Broadway will be held in the White House's East Room at 5:00 PM and will be pooled press. The early evening event will feature performers by Billy from Billy Elliot the Musical, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Washington Ballet, Super Cr3w, and New York City Ballet. It will be directed by Damian Woetzel, former principal dancer at the New York City Ballet and member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

As reported previously, next month's Stand Up to Cancer TV special will feature several celebrity guests, including cancer survivors Christina Applegate and Maura Tierney. Accordig to Variety, an array of other Hollywood stars have signed on for the fundraiser, including: George Clooney, Gwyneth Paltrow, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Billy Joe Armstrong, and Renee Zellweger.

In step with the new slogan for Carpenter Square Theatre's 27th Season, 'Dramatically Different,' the theatre is pleased to announce a dramatically different location for the opening show.

Join us at The Legacy Theatre for some Branson and Las Vegas style entertainment on September 10 and 11. Enjoy oldies rock 'n' roll, country music, and music by The 'King!' Todd Allen puts of a great show by being the ultimate performer. He has won many awards and numerous talent contests all over the country! His good looks and charm along with his amazing voice, have made him a favorite among young and old alike. You'll sing, dance and laugh your way through his live stage show.

Following their stirring readings of John Howard Lawson's Success Story and The Sifton's '1931-', The Re:Group Theatre Company proudly concludes their summer reading series of 'Lost' Group Theatre plays with Sidney Kingsley's medical drama Men in White. This Pulitzer Prize winning play will be presented one night only, Monday September 13th, 2010 at 7 PM atThe Neighborhood Playhouse Theatre.

Uptown Players, a professional theater group located in the Uptown area of Dallas, has announced its 2011 season, which will feature the regional premieres of Young Man From Atlanta, The Temperamentals, and an exciting musical to be named later, as well as the musical comedy Victor/Victoria at the Kalita Humphreys Theater. Uptown Players will also present its annual fundraising performance - Broadway Our Way, which will be held in May this year.

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre's 38th season is filled with fabulous favorites and exciting new shows for a big and beautiful 2011! Amazing characters include lovely leading ladies like Hairspray's cheerful Tracy Turnblad, the spunky Annie Oakley, sentimental Cinderella and the always entertaining Church Basement Ladies. They keep the pace with Singin' In The Rain's dapper Don Lockwood and Wonderful Life's lovable George Bailey.

As The 5th Avenue prepares for the first show of its 2010-11 season, the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights (September 28-October 17), it announces several special events designed to enhance and support the performances, including a TV special on KCTS 9, a dedicated Spotlight Night, and a series of Show Talks during the production's run.

Al Green is set to perform at the B. B. King Bllues Club & Grille on September 2 at 8pm. for more information, visit: www.bbkingblues.com

Three Los Angeles-based dance companies come together in a show about breaking apart, each premiering an original work about 'Fracture,' accompanied by live and recorded music from members of String Theory. Produced by Jones Welsh, Fracture debuts Thursday, September 16 (one performance only), 8:30pm at the Ford Amphitheatre (pre-show/VIP reception at 7pm).

According to Variety, Broadway favorites Sutton Foster and Matthew Broderick are set to participate in an October reading of the Gershwin musical, Nice Work If You Can Get It. The reading will be headed by Kathleen Marshall, who was one of the producers who backed the show during its run in Boston in 2008.

According to the New York Times, Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Love Never Dies' might not be making an apearance in Broadway's Spring 2011 season after all. Though a spokesperson for the Phantom sequel claims that the show is still set to play at the Neil Simon Theatre with a date to be announced for the Spring, the paper reports that director Jack O'Brian and choreographer Jerry Mitchell have left the production to focus on 'Catch Me if You Can'.

Theater for the New City has announced that Keep Your Baggage With You (at all times), written by Jonathan Blitstein and directed by Daniel Talbott, will begin an extension of 10 performances starting Thursday September 16th at 7pm at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, between 9th and 10th Streets. Keep Your Baggage With You (at all times) was first presented as part of the Dream Up New Plays Festival in early August 2010.

The Tank presents 'MacGuffin' on Wednesday, September 1, 2010; 9:30pm at 354 W. 45th Street, New York, NY 10036. MacGuffin is Nash Bennett, Nick Carrillo, Patty Devery, Josh Hurley, Rebecca Vigil, and Tracy Mull.

American Bang released their self-titled major-label debut album for Reprise Records today, August 31st. To celebrate, iTunes selected them as 'Discovery Download' artist of the week. The album's debut single, 'Wild and Young,' is currently available as a free download on the iTunes Store along with the album being on sale for $7.99.

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt, Managing Director) is proud to announce a free, community event celebrating the opening of Hairspray at the Millburn Theater. Hairspray's Blowout Bash will take place on Main Street and Taylor Park in Downtown Millburn on Sunday, September 19th from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Hairspray's Blowout Bash will feature: rides, games, live entertainment, contests, give-a-ways, food, a special appearance from members of the Hairspray cast and more. Hairspray's Blowout Bash is a rain or shine event.

Andrus Nichols (who appeared this spring in 'The Libertine' in NYC with The Fools' Theatre, and last season as Electra in the We Players' production of 'Iphigenia & Other Daughters,' also on Alcatraz) is slated to play the title role of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet,' which will have a limited engagement on Alcatraz Island from October 2nd- November 21st 2010. This site-specific and ambulatory production, which will be directed by Ava Roy ('Macbeth' at Fort Point, 'The Tempest' on the Albany Bulb, 'Jabberwocky' at the Stanford Mausoleum), is being presented by We Players.