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David Garrison, is set to star in the Theatre Zone's production of The Beast of Broadway, about Broadway's most famous producer, David Merrick. The production gives the audience a behind the scenes look at the very intense and inventive mind of the producer of such Broadway hits as: Gypsy, Hello, Dolly, Mack & Mabel, Oliver, 42nd Street, and many more.

My Big Gay Italian Wedding, a new comedy Anthony J. Wilkinson, directed by Teresa A. Cicala, will open Off-Broadway at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street (between Eighth & Ninth Avenues), beginning an open-ended ‘engagement' on May 5th, with an opening set for May 22nd

Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Co-Founder and Executive Director) and INTAR (Eduardo Machado, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director) will present Havana Journal, 2004, a new play by Eduardo Machado, directed by Stefanie Sertich, beginning performances Friday, March 26th and continuing through April 18th only, at Theater for the New City, 155 1st Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets. Opening Night is set for Saturday April 3rd.

Dusk Rings a Bell, written by Stephen Belber will be performed at Atlantic Stage 2 as Atlantic Theater Company's final production of the season. The play will be directed by Sam Gold and will run May 19-June 20. Performances take place Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30 PM and Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 PM.

MotorCity Casino Hotel has announced that Tim Allen will be performing at Sound Board on Thursday April 8 and Friday April 9 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $45.00 and go on sale March 2, 2010 at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available through the MotorCity Casino Hotel Box Office Friday-Sunday. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced its 2010-2011 theater programming. The season will feature: a Center-produced revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies; ON THE FRINGE: Eye on Edinburgh featuring new work by artists emerging from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 11 and 12, directed by Peter Brook; Chekhov International Theatre Festival's Three Sisters and Twelfth Night; DRUID's The Cripple of Inishmaan; and Penumbra Theatre Company's new production I Wish You Love, as part of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays. Barbara Cook's Spotlight will bring six theater cabaret performers in its fourth season, and audiences will delight in touring productions of Hair, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, Wicked, and Next to Normal. The 2010-2011 season is as follows:

BAM has announced plans to create a BAM Hamm Archive Center, set to begin construction in 2011. The center will house BAM's archival holdings, including: programs, photographs, brochures, etc. It will be located on the ground floor of the Forté building in Brooklyn, and has been made possible by a gift from Charles J. Hamm and his wife Irene F. Hamm.

Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre will be collaborating with other local theatre companies to present a production of the new musical Vanities as well as the tour of the Tony Award winning Next to Normal.

As announced by Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser, Follies, the Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman musical, will be included in their 2010-2011 season. The production will be directed by Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director of The Signature Theatre, and choreographed by Warren Carlyle of Finian's Rainbow. Casting has not yet been announced, and additional production details are expected to be announced shortly.

Bebe Neuwirth, currently starring on as Morticia in Broadway's soon-to-open The Addams Family, will be Master of Ceremonies for the Broadway Association's Annual Award Luncheon. The event will take place on Thursday, March 25 at the Marriott Marquis. Honorees include: The Actors Fund, Dennis Swanson, and Richard Basini.

Broadway veteran Reba McEntire has been nominated for an Academy of Country Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year, along with Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and Lee Ann Womack. McEntire will also be hosting the awards ceremony on April 18 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The event will be broadcasted live on CBS.

Legendary funnyman Mel Brooks is set to be a featured guest at the TCM Classic Film Festival in April. As part of the festivities, TCM will partner with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as they honor Brooks with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which marks its 50th anniversary this year. Brooks will also introduce a festival screening of his first feature film, The Producers (1968), which earned Brooks an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

On March 5th, Blue Suede Shoes: the 75th Anniversary Double Elvis Extravaganza, will play at the Parker Playhouse in Ft. Lauderdale. The event will feature Elvis impersonators Mike Albert and Scott Bruce. Together, these two dynamos make the 'king' come alive again, in an exciting multi-generational concert. Tickets are $29-$39 and can be purchased at http://parkerplayhouse.com.

Beginning February 26th, Fort Lauderdale Children's Theatre will be presenting 42nd Street at the Fort Lauderdale Main Library Theatre on Andrews Ave. Performances last through March 6th, and take place Fridays at 7:30PM and Saturdays at 2PM and 7:30PM. For tickets, call the box office at 954-763-6701 or visit http://www.flct.org/index.html.

The Circle Theatre will be starting the New Year with the regional premier of the comedy Escanaba In Da Moonlight. Directed by Kevin Ehrhart, Escanaba will be staged in the lower level of Central Presbyterian Church, running now through Saturday, March 13th. Doors open at 6:30PM with dinner served at 7:00pm and performances starting at 8:00PM. The show runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Department of Theatre presents Moisés Kaufman's Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, directed by Dr. Amy Lane. Previews run Feb. 24-25 with performances on Feb. 26-27 and March 3-6 in the UNO Theatre inside the Weber Fine Arts Building on the UNO campus.

The Play That Changed My Life contributing playwrights, including Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife), David Ives (Venus in Fur), Diana Son (Stop Kiss) book editor Ben Hodges and Howard Sherman, Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing were at a book signing at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes and Noble Wednesday, February 24th. The event was moderated by Howard Sherman, about the American Theatre Wing's new book, The Play That Changed My Life: America's Foremost Playwrights on the Plays that Influenced Them.

This Saint Patrick's Day, prepare to dance a jig in the aisles after hearing the side-splitting stories from the funniest Irish comedians on 'Irish Eyes Are Laughing'. On this particular evening of Irish debauchery, Andrew Maxwell and honorary Irishman Patrice Oneal will share their not-so-lucky stories. Currently preparing for his extensive tour of the UK, Maxwell is frequently featured on the BBC and recently won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show. Oneal is the star of his own HBO Special and was a frequent guest on Comedy Central's 'Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn' and NBC's 'The Office.'

On Thursday, February 11, 2010, the Bach Festival Society, in partnership with the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens and Crealdé School of Art, announced the winners of the Spirit of Bach Festival Photography Exhibit. Spirit of Bach Festival Photography exhibit features the photos of eight local photographers who were given access to photograph the choir and orchestra during the Spring of 2009. The exhibit, including the winning photos, will be on display at the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens through April 25, 2010. Standard Museum admission fees apply.

The McLean Community Center of McLean Virginia has announced its events for the upcoming week. Events include: