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New Line Cinema's film version of the smash hit Broadway musical 'Rock of Ages' has begun principal photography under the direction of Adam Shankman ('Hairspray'), and not everyone is thrilled about the big screen adaptation. According to Thewrap.com, Broadway producer Carl Levin from Eleven Entertainment claims that the movie owes him more than the $400,000 that was piad to him in producers' fees. Levin filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday, July 6.

BEN CAMERON (Wicked, Aida, Footloose) is the host and creator of BROADWAY SESSIONS at THE MIDTOWN THEATRE at the HA! Comedy Club (163 West 46th Street / Between 6th & 7th Avenues) every Thursday night at 11:00pm. Broadway Sessions is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week, and features musical director/composer Will Van Dyke (The Addams Family) on piano. In addition after the show we open the microphone up to anyone who wants to sing. Open mic from 12:00-2am.

Aurora Theatre Company opens its 20th anniversary season with renowned American playwright Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning brutal comedy of manners A DELICATE BALANCE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross helms a remarkable cast for A DELICATE BALANCE, including Aurora co-founder Ken Grantham and the company's first leading lady (Candida), Kimberly King. Jamie Jones makes her Aurora Theatre Company debut and Bay Area favorites Anne Darragh, Charles Dean, and Carrie Paff return to the Aurora stage, rounding out this spectacular ensemble.

On an isolated, magical island, Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan and self-taught sorcerer lives in banishment. For years, his only company has been his brave young daughter, an airy magical spirit and an enslaved monster. Despite the passage of time, Prospero hungers for revenge and the opportunity comes when a powerful storm shipwrecks his usurping brother, other nobles, and some very colorful characters on the island. Shakespeare's final and most personal play, The Tempest is a powerful and often funny story of love, forgiveness and redemption.

Chris Isaacson and Upright Cabaret proudly present the West Coast debut of Broadway diva and 'Saturday Night Live' alum Ana Gasteyer in Elegant Songs from a Handsome Woman in a limited engagement of three shows only, August 11-13, at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood. Showtime is 8:30pm, with dinner and drink service beginning at 7pm. Gasteyer brings her unique comic wit and style to the stage in her new classy, brassy and sassy club act, featuring Broadway ditties, beloved (if forgotten) standards, and movie melodies.

The Fabulous 50+ Players will be performing an Outreach program based on their show Fab 50's do the 60's at various Senior Centers throughout Howard County between November and December 2011.

The West Coast premiere of Good People by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire will open at the Geffen Playhouse in April of 2011 as part of the theater's 11/12 season. The 2010 Tony Award nominee for Best Play joins the following previously announced productions in the Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse: Pulitzer Prize nominee The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz, Tony Award nominee Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts, Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins featuring Kathleen Turner and the world premiere of The Exorcist by Edgar Award winner John Pielmeier.

For the first time under the 21-year leadership of Bonnie J. Monte, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present William Shakespeare's rarely produced work, Timon of Athens. Performances of Timon of Athens begin on July 6th and continue through July 24th at the Theatre's Main Stage - the intimate F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre. For tickets or for more information, call the box office at 973-408-5600 or visit www.ShakespeareNJ.org. Five-play, 4-play and 3-play discount ticket packages are also available. The F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre is located at 36 Madison Avenue (at Lancaster Road), in Madison.

Samuel L. Jackson will soon star as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. opposite Angela Bassett in the Broadway production of the new play, The Mountaintop, by Katori Hall directed by Tony Award-nominee Kenny Leon (Fences, A Raisin in the Sun). The Mountaintop will begin performances on September 22, 2011, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street), with an official opening on Thursday, October 13, 2011. In the video below, watch Jackson chat about taking on the role!

For one night only, Vaudezilla - one of the most prolific and successful burlesque troupes in Chicago - turns the reins over to one of its own, the Burlesque Powerhouse Jeez Loueez, to bring you the hottest night of the summer: 'Jeezy's Juke Joint: A Black Burly-Q Revue!' This jumpin', jivin', foot-stompin' revue features the finest brown strip teasers and variety entertainers this side of the Mississippi. Join Vaudezilla and your host, Jeez Loueez, as we pay homage to African-American burlesque and vaudeville with some of the best performers from around the country. Grab a drink, pull up a chair, and let loose at Jeezy's Juke Joint. You ain't never seen a show like this!

Alexander Sage Oyen is a new musical theatre composer/lyricist and performer. After selling out the Duplex in New York City, he's bringing his songs to Atlanta in a free concert at the Serenbe Playhouse on Friday July 8 at 8:30pm. You're invited to stop by to hear performances by Patrick Donohue, Laura Lee Gill, Renita James, Michael Kutner, Kyle Lacy and Christen Orr.

City Parks Foundation proudly brings the SummerStagedance program to Central Park on July 15-16. During these two days,SummerStagewill premiere a special commissioned work by celebrated dance company, Armitage Gone! Dance for a special FREE two-day performance. Opening for Armitage Gone! Dance will be up and coming choreographer, Darrell Grand Moultrie's new dance company, Dance Grand Moultrie.

The Ohio State University Arts and Humanities and University Libraries' Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute has announced that it will present the prestigious 2011 Margo Jones Award to Lincoln Center Theater dramaturg Anne Cattaneo. The award, which will be presented to Ms. Cattaneo in a ceremony in the Vivian Beaumont Theater lobby on Monday, July 11 beginning at 5:30, is given annually to a 'citizen-of-the-theatre who has demonstrated a significant impact, understanding and affirmation of the craft of playwriting, with a lifetime commitment to the encouragement of the living theatre everywhere.'

At Play presents the U.S. premiere of HERMAN KLINE'S MIDLIFE CRISIS - a new play by Josh Koenigsberg, whose play 'Al's Business Cards' was called 'a zippy new comedy' when it debuted in 2009 -- with previews starting August 7th prior to its official press opening on August 14th at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan. HERMAN KLINE'S MIDLIFE CRISIS is produced by Kelcie Beene and Anthony Francavilla.

NBC announced today the premieres of its new Fall 2011 primetime schedule, including the Laura Benanti led 'The Playboy Club.' The fall schedule begins Tuesday, September 13 with new episodes of 'Parenthood' -- following the final performance episode of 'America's Got Talent.'

Infinity Theatre Company continues to present the longest-running hits in New York City theatre history. 'Little Shop of Horrors', written by the team behind Disney's 'The Little Mermaid', 'Aladdin', and 'Beauty and the Beast', is a blend of Broadway musical magic and edgy satire, spoofing 1950's sci-fi movies. Songs from the rock score include 'Downtown,' 'Grow for Me,' 'Somewhere That's Green,' and 'Suddenly Seymour.'

The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents the Tony Award winning musical, 'Hairspray,' July 15-Aug. 7, 2011. Tickets may be purchased online, by phone at 515-277-6261 and at The Playhouse ticket office, 831 42nd St. 'Hairspray' is sponsored by Ruan Companies and Bankers Trust.

Zach Braff's new play, ALL NEW PEOPLE, is currently running at Second Stage Theatre, and the writer recently stopped by NBC's 'Talk Stoop' to chat about the show. Click below to check out the interview!

Acclaimed composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) presents an ecstatic fusion of music, art and movement in a new evening-length work Symphony for the Dance Floor. The last of a three-part series commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), following DBR's One Loss Plus (2007, Next Wave) and Darwin's Meditation for The People of Lincoln (2008, Next Wave), Symphony for the Dance Floor embarks on a four-city tour that revolves around its New York premiere at BAM's 2011 Next Wave Festival, October 13-15.

Internationally-acclaimed songstress KAREN MASON, who recently starred as the zany Queen of Hearts in 'Wonderland' at the Marquis Theatre, returns to Broadway on Tuesday, July 19th with a 7pm show at Iridium (1650 Broadway, at 51st Street).