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This summer, TheatreWorks New Milford is proud to showcase the riveting, Tony Award-winning drama, Doubt: A Parable, by John Patrick Shanley.

Cape Playhouse invites you to to partake in a Musical Cocktail Party with such guests as George Gershwin, Claude Debussy, the fiery Cuban Ernesto Lecuona, American adventurer Louis Moreau Gottschalk, and Johann Strauss, the 'Waltz King' among others. The event will take place on Sunday, July 12 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25 & $20. Call 877.385.3911 or visit www.capeplayhouse.com to get more information.

Ford's Theatre Society and the National Park Service announced that the Ford's Theatre Museum will reopen to the public on July 15, 2009. Located below the newly restored Ford?s Theatre (511 10th Street NW), the Museum uses 21st-century technology to transport visitors to 19th-century Washington. The museum?s remarkable collection of historic artifacts are supplemented with a variety of narrative devices?environmental recreations, videos and three-dimensional figures, bringing to light Abraham Lincoln?s presidency and life in Washington, D.C.

On Monday, June 29, Goodman Theatre Outgoing Board Chairman Shawn M. Donnelley and Artistic Director Robert Falls were honored with stars bearing their names as part of the Goodman's 'Walkway of Stars.' The stars were presented in appreciation and gratitude for their achievements and service to the theater, and commemorated Donnelley's leadership gift of $1 million to Goodman Theatre's endowment. A ribbon cutting and unveiling of the two stars followed brief remarks by Executive Director Roche Schulfer during an afternoon ceremony on the theater's black granite entryway beneath the 73-foot Goodman marquee at 170 North Dearborn Street. Present were members of the Goodman's Board of Trustees as well as friends of the theater, including: Chairman-Elect Patricia Cox; Goodman Resident Artistic Associate Henry Godinez; Academy Award-nominated playwright José Rivera; Goodman Trustees Sherry Barrat of Northern Trust, Ruth Ann Gillis of Exelon Corporation, Vikki Hood of Kirkland & Ellis; Goodman Scenemakers Council members Shannon Kinsella and Cheryl McPhilimy; Premiere Society Donors Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett; and classics scholar Dr. Christopher Kelly, Donnelley's husband.

Olympia Theatre announces its upcoming events.

There?s not a seat to be had through July 27th, so Portland Center Stage is once again extending Storm Large?s Crazy Enough through August 16th.

The Human Race Theatre Company will present three new shows during a Musical Theatre Workshop/Weekend July 17-19?staged readings of The Trimble Wars, mayhem behind the scene of a soap opera, and right next to me, about the distances between people, as well as Superpowerless, a full production of a show created by area teens under the aegis of The Lovewell Project. The Trimble Wars and right next to me will be at the Caryl D. Philips Creativity Center, 115 N. Jefferson, and the Lovewell show at The Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main.

Everyman Theatre and Urbanite invite you to toast the new season. Join them in celebration of our 2009-2010 season. This free event will be taking place on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 from 6 - 8 p.m..

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is looking for tap-dancers who sing between the ages of 16 and 96 for 2 of its professional productions! All auditioners must not be members of Actors? Equity Association and must supply their own tap-shoes.

The new musical Girls Vs Boys, a developmental production of the American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University (AMTP) and The House Theatre of Chicago, begins performances Friday, July 10, in the Hal and Martha Hyer Wallis Theater on Northwestern University's Evanston campus.

Rev your Vespa engine and take a trip back to sixties Britain at the height of the Mod era. Experience the iconic rock opera Quadrophenia in a new stage adaption of the legendary double album by the Who. Follow Jimmy, a hedonistic, style conscious young mod, as he embarks on a life changing journey from London to Brighton searching for a place to belong and a girl to love. Music, lyrics, and concept are by Pete Townsend.

Executive Producer Ron Iannone is excited to announce the West Virginia Public Theatre debut of the global musical phenomenon Disney?s High School Musical live on the stage of the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre in the WVU Creative Arts Center from July 8th through July 12th and July 15th through July 19th. This hit movie-turned-musical is a modern Romeo and Juliet story about two high school juniors from rival cliques: Troy Bolton, captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez, a beautiful and shy transfer student who excels in math and science. Together, they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical, and as a result, divide the school. Despite other students' attempts to thwart their dreams, Troy and Gabriella resist peer pressure and rivalry, inspiring others along the way not to 'stick with the status quo.'

Long Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Ray Cullom, presents My Mother?s Italian, My Father?s Jewish and I?m in Therapy, written and performed by Steve Solomon, from Aug. 5-9 and 19-30 on the Mainstage.

Actors Theatre Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein announce the limited-run engagement of Greater Tuna by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard. The production will run in the Bingham Theatre, November 17 - December 13, 2009.

Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans are proud to announce the 2009-2010 Northlight Season, which includes Roger Bean?s pop musical, The Marvelous Wonderettes; Stephen Temperley?s comedic musical tribute, Souvenir; Clifford Odets? Depression-era classic Awake & Sing! directed by Amy Morton and featuring Rondi Reed and Mike Nussbaum; Hugh Leonard?s Irish drama, A Life directed by BJ Jones, starring John Mahoney; and the world premier Low Down Dirty Blues, by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman.

Jersey Boys, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning international hit musical, opened ?down under? to critical acclaim at The Princess Theatre in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday, July 4th.

Mary Stuart stars Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter appeared on PBS?s ?The Charlie Rose Show? on Wednesday, July 1. The interview can be viewed on www.charlierose.com or by clicking on the following link: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/10437.

The annual summer collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the award-winning New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT) undertakes its most ambitious production yet with a retelling of Stephen Sondheim?s macabre, Tony Award-winning musical thriller, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In this Summer Musical Program, talented young actors and musicians from across the state learn what it takes to mount a Broadway-level production, from acting, singing and dancing to playing in the orchestra and behind the scenes work, all at no cost to them.

New Hampshire Theatre Project will hold open auditions for their 2009-2010 professional productions of Edward Albee's Seascape, directed by Blair Hundertmark, and Aristophanes' Lysistrata, adapted and directed by Genevieve Aichele & Meghann Beauchamp.

The road to Valhalla is paved with more than gods, heroes, and rings. This summer Seattle Opera is giving you a peek into the massive preparations a production of the Ring requires, in a series of 10-minute behind-the-scenes videos, called The Road to Valhalla. The first video, released on the website last week, features Speight Jenkins' conversations with several artists?including Janice Baird (Brünnhilde), Greer Grimsley (Wotan), and director Stephen Wadsworth, among others?plus a glimpse at the artists in rehearsal. Four additional segments will be released this summer, delving into costume creation, sets and props, special effects, and the orchestra and chorus. Check back each Tuesday through August 4 for future installments.