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The Whole Backstage Theatre in Guntersville, AL is happy to announce the cast for ?Arsenic and Old Lace? by Joseph Kesselring, set to take the stage this October. This play of hilarity and homicide tells the story of the wacky Brewster family members whose love for charity has taken an alarmingly murderous turn.

Olney Theatre Center?s 72nd season takes audiences from ancient Greece and a childhood home in Dublin to a British country estate and the Big Apple. Subscription Season 2010 offers three professional area premieres among its varied upcoming productions.

Some of the world?s most celebrated artists will take to the stage in the nation?s capital next week as part of the 2009 Washington International Piano Festival concert series.

Miller Theatre at Columbia University kicks off the 2009-2010 season with a new series: Wordless Music Meets Miller Festival.

The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center welcomes the Broadway smash hit The Color Purple, The Musical about Love, back to Charlotte for eight performances only, Aug. 25-30 at the Belk Theater.

Great Evenings in the Great Hall, The Cooper Union?s dynamic performance series celebrating the college?s 150th anniversary, continues this fall with appearances by Salman Rushdie, Tony Kushner, Adam Gopnik, Olympia Dukakis, Amy Goodman, Siri Hustvedt, Isaiah Sheffer, Maria Tucci, and Karen Finley. From September through January 2010, in six provocative and entertaining presentations, The Cooper Union will showcase the stirring words of the radicals and reformers who spurred change and propelled advancements in civil rights, the labor movement, education and the arts for the past century-and-a-half. Period music and historic artifacts will complement the fiery oratory and inspiring dialogue that have filled The Great Hall since 1859.

The final two performances of Squawk are set to take place at the Gremlin Theatre (2400 University Ave. W, St. Paul, MN 55114) on August 6th (8:30pm )and August 8th (1:00pm).

Katselas Theatre Company announces an eighth extension of the world production of Did You Do Your Homework?, written and performed by Aaron Braxton, directed by Kathleen Rubin. The production ) continues Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, until August 28 at the Beverly Hills Playhouse Research Space.

Harriman Productions presents Hint, a murderous new musical, as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. The show will be performed at the Minette Lane Theatre from August 14th -30th.

Auditions are August 8-9, at their new location at Charles Page High School Performing Arts Auditorium - Park and Adams Road (turn North at Adams Road exit). Although the website says they will cast 7 women, they will probably cast more than that. The script is not set in stone for 7, so roll on out and come audition with them! This first show, as always, will be our fundraiser show, so it should be a lot of fun and a real crowd pleaser.

Clark Youth Theatre holds auditions for ?As You Like It? by William Shakespeare. Auditions are Saturday, August 8th at 3 pm. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script and improvisation of scenes. All students 18 and younger are eligible to audition.

Monica Huggins Dance Theatre presents Project Alice, running August 7 & 8 at 8:00pm.

Sapulpa Community Theatre presents 'The Odd Couple (Female Version)', A remake of Neil Simon's long-running Broadway comedy, The Odd Couple centers around two divorced woman who live together, but can't stand each other's habits. Neil Simon's famous update of his contemporary classic starts with a group of women friends playing their regular game of Trivial Pursuit. This week, the coterie is meeting at the apartment of Olive Madison, a divorcee who freely admits to being a slob: 'I leave a mess when I read a book.' Late to arrive is Florence Unger, a stickler for detail who would try the patience of a saint, and who has unfortunately just become separated from her husband. As life would have it, the slob and the fuss-budget decide to room together -- with hilarious results! Within days, Florence's obsessive habits start taking their toll on Olive and their friends. The only remedy Olive can think of (a pair of brothers from Barcelona) disastrously backfires, and the two women are forced to agree on one thing -- even the best of friends sometimes make the worst of roommates. 'The Odd Couple' (Female Version) is directed by Harley Cartee and runs from August 7-9, 14-16. Dinner Theatre Tickets are $20.00.

John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea is set to be performed by The Michael Chekhov Studio New York. The show is directed by Lenard Petit. Danny and the Deep Blue Sea will be performed on Sunday, August 9th at 5:00pm at the Theater Barn (doors open at 4:00pm). An audience discussion will the August 9th performance.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts has planned its most ambitious exhibition schedule yet for 2010, with an entire year filled with magnificent art from acclaimed institutions from the U.S. and abroad, expected to draw crowds from around the region and beyond.

It?s said you can?t choose your family, but what if you could? The 2009 New York International Fringe Festival presents The Crow Mill, (www.TheCrowMill.com) a new play by Andrew Unterberg. The Crow Mill runs Thursday, August 20th at 9:30pm, Friday, August 21st at 4:15pm, Tuesday, August 25th at 2:30pm, Wednesday, August 26th at 12:45pm, and Saturday, August 29th at 7:45pm at The Cherry Pit (155 Bank Street between West Side Highway & Washington St.).

The creators of ?The Laramie Project,? the acclaimed play about the 1998 murder of a 21-year-old gay man, Matthew Shepard, are finishing work on an 80-minute epilogue to the original work that will be given its debut simultaneously at dozens of theaters across the United States on Oct. 12, the 11th anniversary of Mr. Shepard?s death.

Friends of Dorothy Productions proudly presents the Northern California premiere of The Green Room. A new backstage musical illustrating the journey of four best friends determined to make it out of the Green Room and onto the Broadway Stage. The show features music & lyrics by Chuck Pelletier and book by C. Stephen Foster and Rod Damer. Green Room has direction by Kevin Caravalho, musical direction by Jane Viemeister, and choreography by Terri Taylor. The show features the Songwriter's Guild of America's Award-Winning song 'It's All About Me'. Green Room runs from August 7th - August 29th.

The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis is proud to announce the opening of Sea Change, a new restaurant located on the first floor of the Guthrie. With a menu by Chef Tim McKee, winner of the 2009 James Beard Award for Best Chef Midwest, Sea Change features sustainable seafood, highlighting fisheries that use environmentally responsible methods of gathering and farming seafood. Chef McKee is one of the most recognized and respected chefs in the Upper Midwest. He has the unique distinction of having earned multiple four-star reviews from the Star Tribune for his restaurants, Solera and La Belle Vie. In addition, his talents have reaped well-earned praise from a wide range of regional and national food critics as well as his peers.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announces that Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz is directing the World Premiere of Citizen Ruth, a new musical based on the film by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, as part of the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.