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Cotuit Center for the Arts offers Art Week from August 24-28. The art camp meets daily from 10am-3pm and includes entertainment during the lunch hour. Students may register for the full week or have the option to attend half days; mornings from 10am-noon or afternoons from 1pm-3pm. CCftA instructor Michelle Law and friends lead students ages 7-10 through a week of workshops designed to encourage artistic expression and raise awareness of the many branches of art. Students are invited to explore the worlds of Fine Art, Music, and Theater as they create under the instruction of exceptional area artists and performers. Projects and themes vary by session.

The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, presents Michael Carbonaro in a program of wit, magic and comic absurdity called Phantazmic on August 28th and 29th at 10:30 PM... Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 3399.

The critically acclaimed rock musical, Rent, rocks the Pollard Theatre stage in October! Loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, La Bohème, Rent is a fantastic journey through love, art and life. You'll be transported to New York City's Lower East Side in the days of the thriving Bohemian East Village. Struggling to survive and create, we find a group of poor young artists living in the shadow of AIDS. Rent gained critical acclaim on Broadway and won a Tony Award for Best Musical. A worthy story told many times, Rent will rock its way into hearts and minds.

The Pollard Theatre in historic downtown Guthrie proudly presents Death of a Salesman running Friday, August 14, 2009 through Saturday, September 5, 2009.

Cirque du Soleil recently announced that it will hold the U.S. premiere of its latest big top touring production Ovo in San Francisco on Friday, November 27, 2009 and on Thursday, February 4, 2010 in San Jose. Proudly presented by iShares®, Ovo will perform for a limited engagement under the trademark blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) at the AT&T Park in San Francisco (corner of Third St. and Terry A. Francois Blvd) and at the Taylor Street Bridge in San Jose (corner of Taylor Street & Highway 87).

In 2009/10, 42nd Sreet Moon will begin a special series of ?Salon Evenings? at the Alcazar Theatre, intimate performances where Moon performers and special guest stars will celebrate in story and song the life and works of musical theatre composers and lyricists.

Rehearsals have been in full swing (pardon the pun) in NYC for the past two weeks. The entire cast and crew move into the Carousel House on the Boardwalk in Asbury Park next week. Most of the actors a excited to expose their full frontal profile and can't wait to show audiences their tanlines. The story of 6 unemployed steel workers who take it off, and I mean ALL off, for some attention from their loved ones, quick cash to pay their bills, and to finally prove to themselves that sexiness is not how you look but how you grind the goods.

This coming Monday August 10th the hit show ?The Temperamentals? by Jon Marans continues the hit Militant Mondays, a series of talk backs following the performance. Joe Masteroff, Marle Becker & Jon Marans will lead the lively discussion. It will be moderated by Stacy Shane. 'The Temperamentals' is Off Broadway at the TBG Theater, 312 West 36 Street 3rd Floor, NYC. MANunderdog and Daryl Roth are presenting the new American play. Thomas Jay Ryan plays Harry Hay and Michael Urie (TV?s ?Ugly Betty?) is Rudi Gernreich, with Tom Beckett, Matthew Schneck, and Sam Breslin Wright completing the cast. The acclaimed play is directed by Jonathan Silverstein. The event is 2hrs & 15 mins including intermission.

A matinee performance of 'A Ride With Bob' starring Asleep at the Wheel has just been added to the Spencer Theater's schedule. The performance is at 12 p.m. Sunday, August 16. Excellent seats (about 200) are still available to the 2 p.m. Saturday, August 15 and a hand-full of orchestra pit seats are also available to the 8 p.m. Thursday, August 13 and 8 p.m. Friday, August 14 performances as well.

Golden Apple Dinner Theatre recently announced its upcoming fall season. The season includes: Run For Your Wife, Caught in the Net, Sister's Christmas Catechism: the Mystery of the Magi's Gold, and The Musical Magic of Bill Hayes and Dick Hyman.

Desert Star puts a new spin on a tale that?s as old as time with the new production, ?Snooty and the Beast: A Twisted Fairy Tale.? Get ready to laugh happily every after beginning August 28th at Desert Star Playhouse.

Based on the short stories of Dave Eggers, Be the Dog celebrates and ridicules a world of complicated human relationships - through the eyes one simply exuberant dog.

Kirkland Arts Center is set to present its 2009 Members' Exhibit. Featuring painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, and photography, the Members' Exhibit demonstrates a diverse selection from some of our most talented members. The exhibit which is juried by Stefano Catalani and is curated by Bellevue Arts Museum is set to run from August 14 - September 5. An opening night reception will be held on August 13 from 6:00-8:30pm.

CUNY TV is set to broadcast an extended version of their interview with actresses Harriet Walter and Janet McTeer discussing Mary Stuart, the historical drama (closing on Broadway August 16th) about the struggle between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, two of the most formidable women of British history.

Gemini CollisionWorks and The Brick Theater, Inc. present The CollisionWorks, an annual presentation of theatre from Gemini CollisionWorks. The presentation includes 4 Shows designed and directed by Ian W. Hill and assisted by Berit Johnson.

Piper McKenzie presents the world premiere of Trav S.D.?s Willy Nilly, a Musical Exploitation of the Most Far Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.

Opening night for The Golden Gays is set for September 10th 2009 at the Cavern Club Theatre in Silver Lake. Produced by Los Angeles based writer John Trapper, this new work explores the world of four older gay men who are unhealthily obsessed with the famous foursome. Thanks to their equally dysfunctional therapist, they are able to explore their obsession through a novel new therapy. Through the process, they are also able to search their shallow souls for answers to other questions facing older gay men, the answers often coming in the form of a show tune from the decades familiar to thirty-somethings and above.

Following the great success of her spring engagement, dynamic singer Cindy Marchionda returns by very popular demand to The Laurie Beechman Theater for a four month series of Saturdays beginning August 15 and running also on September 5th, October 17th and November 21st with her sensational show, _'live at the beechman!'_ All shows are at 8:00. The Laurie Beechman Theater is located inside The West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues). A convenient parking lot is located on the block. There will be a $20 music charge and a $15 Food/Drink minimum. MAC members pay a $15 music charge. Reservations: (212) 695 6909.

Live at Seattle Center: Spotlight on Summer continues with an array of fun, free and affordable activities, Aug. 13 - 16, on Seattle Center campus. In addition to ongoing exhibits, performances and attractions at numerous campus destinations, the following is scheduled.

Operatic Heat presents Parsons Dance and the East Village Opera Company (EVOC) in Remember Me, a dance/rock opera to air on public television in August.