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The Pennington Players have "Magic to Do" as they present the Tony Award-winning musical PIPPIN at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre. Performances are Fridays, Sept. 7 and 14 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Sept. 8 and 15 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, Sept. 9 and 16 at 2 p.m.

The Houston Chamber Choir opens its 17th season with Soul Music of Tchaikovsky, Tavener and Gorecki, Tuesday, September 18, 7:30 pm at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (1111 St. Joseph Parkway, Houston, TX 77002.) The Chamber Choir presents an evening of music of the Russian Orthodox Church with Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Liturgy of St. John Chyrsostom at the centerpiece -- a work seldom, if ever, heard in Houston.

Bayside! The UnMusical!, the hilarious, unauthorized, and critically acclaimed musical parody of TV's Saved by the Bell, is back by popular demand for a limited run at East Village's Kraine Theatre starting Sept 18th through October 10th.

Prize-winning songwriter. Harry Blake, and the frighteningly tonsilled. Alice Keedwell present HOUSE OF BLAKEWELL, a riotous evening of outrageously topical, eighty-three percent original songs. Performances run at 7:15 pm on Sunday August 26th , Monday, August 27th, and Sunday, September 2nd at the King's Head Theatre.

Jeffery Roberson, aka drag superstar Varla Jean Merman, will return to New York this fall in the title role of Menotti's musical thriller THE MEDIUM at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, directed by Donna Drake, running from Oct. 25th - Nov. 11th.

Texas country favorite Wade Bowen will hit the Joe's Pub stage at 7:30pm Wednesday, August 22, to celebrate his major-label debut and his transition from regional success to national prominence.

Award-winning entertainer Mr Simon Taylor performs 1 MAN DEBATE, a brand new comedy show that redefines manhood. Come to Rue Bebelons in the CBD and witness the new dawn of man, running from September 26th to October 14th.

Little Radical Theatrics of Armonk, NY brings Stephen Sondheim to the forefront once again with its summer offering of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, running from August 23rd to August 26th.

Sean Hegarty and Tom 'The Bear' O'Mahony deliver a one-hour stand-up comedy show capable of making it onto any paid festival programme. The show runs through August 26th at 3:45 pm at Captain Taylor's Coffee House.

Disney's THE LION KING is celebrating its third smash engagement in Houston, which concluded on Sunday, August 12 presented by Broadway Across America and the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. The triumphant five-week return grossed over $7.2 million at the box office and entertained more than 100,000 patrons during 40 performances.

The final production in Chichester's Festival 2012 features acclaimed actors Anna Chancellor and Toby Stephens in the play widely considered to be Noel Coward's masterpiece.