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On April 24, Malcom Gets, Ann Crumb, Darius De Haas, and many more will be fetured in Harbor Lights' production of Stephen Schwartz- Making Music. The show will be presented at 8 PM at the St. George Theater in Staten Island.

On May 22, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor, John Lithgow returns to Cleveland for a special one day only performance to benefit Great Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) - the classic theater company that his father, Arthur Lithgow, helped to found nearly fifty years ago.

The 5th Annual Kevin Kline Award Ceremony, held on Monday, March 22 at 7pm at the Loretto-Hilton Theater honored excellence in professional theatre in St. Louis. Recipients included: Jason Cannon (Doubt), John Contini (Barrymore), Neva Rae Powers (Souvenir), Jerry Russo (Glengarry Glen Ross), Cathy Simpson (A Song for Coretta), and Kirsten Wylder (Wonder of the World).

Tony Kushner's Angels in America has evolved from a play to a film, a TV series and now an opera. Making its UK debut, composer Péter Eötvös sates, 'In the opera version, I put less emphasis on the political line than Kushner...I rather focus on the passionate relationships, on the highly dramatic suspense of the wonderful text, on the permanently uncertain state of the visions.'

Following Sunday night's Olivier Awards, a rush of Tweets wondered if Spring Awakening might be revived due to its success. Its two Welsh leads, Aneurin Barnard and Iwan Rheon, received a double win as Best Actor in a Musical and Best Supporting Performance in a Musical respectively. While the show recieved penty of critical plaudits, the musical failed to survive longer than five weeks in the West End after its transfer from its sold-out Lyric Hammersmith run. Could a West End revival really be in the works, or is this just wishful thinking?

'Dancing with the Stars' kicked off its 10th season last night on ABC with 11 stars hoping to make a big impression from the get go. While tabloid queen Kate Gosselin vowed to prove to her children that she could dance, Kate and partner Tony Dovolani fell short of perfect with a score of only 16 from the judges.

Aspen's acclaimed Theater Masters will present its fourth annual 'Take 10,' an evening of ten nine 10-minute plays from aspiring playwrights across the country as part of its National MFA Playwrights competition on April 6th - 9th at Off-Broadway's Walkerspace (46 Walker Street). Distinguished Playwright Lanford Wilson, Theater Masters' Associate Director Pesha Rudnick and I read over 100 scripts submitted from ten of the top graduate playwriting programs to find these remarkable plays from some of the finest young playwrights this country is developing' said Julia Hansen, Theater Masters founder/Artistic Director - and former President of New York's Drama League. 'In many ways, how I started the Drama League's 'Director's Project' is how I am now developing new playwrights and giving them their first chance to have their work receive a New York premiere.'

The Southern Theater will be presenting Accordo on April 19 at 8pm sponsored by The Red Stag Supperclub. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling the box office at 612.340.1725. For more information, visit: www.southerntheater.org.

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, will present a panel discussion on Fundraising for Independent Artists, part of its Making Connections series, on Wednesday, March 24 at 6:00 p.m.

For one weekend only, March 25 - 28, Atlanta Ballet presents the U.S. premiere of James Kudelka's 'Four Seasons' at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, featuring special performances by Atlanta Ballet's artistic director emeritus Robert Barnett and current artistic director John McFall.

Now through April 4, Wilton's Music all will be presenting A Sentimental Journey- the story of Doris Day. Shows run from Tuesday - Saturday at 7:30 with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30. Tickets cost £23.50 and there is a 10% discount for groups over 10. There will also be delicious food served in the bar from 6:30. For tickets, visit: http://www.wiltons.org.uk/.

NewMusicalTheatre.com, the first website ever exclusively devoted to selling sheet music by musical theater writers, launches Georgia Stitt's sheet music catalogue today. Over the course of the next several weeks and leading up to an April launch concert, NewMusicalTheatre.com will be adding a new writer to the site every Friday.

Cornelia Street Cafe has announced their schedule of events for this weekend. Located between West 4th and Bleeker Streets, Cornelia Street Cafe was from the beginning an artists' café. Within a month there were poetry readings and music performances; and then a tiny play written for the café; and fiction writers; and Eskimo poetry; and puppeteers; and a living portrait of James Joyce; and the Four Quartets and the entire Iliad; and mime shows on the street outside the café; and comedians; and fairy tales and storytellers and Punch and Judy shows.

Beginning March 18, Barefoot Theatre Company will be presenting the Australian premier of Lebensraum. Written by Israel Horovitz, the production will run through March 31 DownStairs at the Maj, His Majesty's Theatre 825 Hay St. For tickets, visit www.hismajestystheatre.com.au. With direction by Lawrie Cullen-Tait, the cast features Vivienne Garrett, Brendan Hanson and Craig Williams.

According to EW.com, Broadway veteran Ty Burrell and his wife Holly have adopted a baby girl.

New York Theatre Barn presents Bailey Hanks and Briana Carlson-Goodman in Speargrove Presents- a new musical based on actual events. With direction by Joe Barros & Laura Brandel the production will celebrate New York Theatre Barn's 3rd Anniversary with this special one-night only benefit. Speargrove Presents will take place on April 5 at 8 PM at the Julia Miles Theatre. Speargrove Presents is the product of UNTITLED 4: Project Collaboration.

According to Variety, the Denver Center Theater Company's 2010-2011 season will include two world premieres written by Ken Weitzman and Michele Lowe: The Catch and Map of Heaven. Both plays had readings in February as a part of DCTC's Colorado New Play Summit.

A staged reading of Dutchess featuring Mary Bacon, John Daggett, Francesca Faridany, Delphi Harrington, David Landon, Alex Morf, Alexander Sovronsky, Elliot Villar, and Nick Westrate will take place at the Theater at St. Clement's on Monday, March 22 at 7:30pm.

According to the LA Times, The Pasadena Playhouse, which closed its doors on February 7 due to financial troubles, is in the process of making decisions regarding their future legal scenario. Aiming to eventually return to the boards, Pasadena Playhouse is currently $2 million in debt.

On Sunday, March 28, Ann Harada, Raymond J. Lee, Deborah Lew, Jose Llana, Ann Sanders, and Christine Toy Johnson, will celebrate the DVD release of 'Transcending - The Wat Misaka Story' with a benefiit concert for the film. The event will take place at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at 9:30pm.