Reynard Loki - Page 34

The Des Moines Playhouse celebrates summer with the family musical phenomenon, 'Disney's High School Musical 2,' July 17-Aug. 9. Tickets may be purchased at The Playhouse ticket office, by phone at 515-277-6261, and online at www.dmplayhouse.com. 'Disney's High School Musical 2' is sponsored by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa.

The Jamal Lullabies is a musical tribute and lament written and scored by Emily Conbere and directed by Paul Bargetto. In the piece four young, white women sing about Jamal, a beloved black student at their school who was killed at a gang shooting during a party. As the women unfold their stories it becomes clear that each of them loved him in profound ways that altered the course of their lives. The Jamal Lullabies is a potently ironic exploration of love and race in the popular cultural imagination. It stars Bekah Coulter, Debbie Friedman, Kristina Teschner, and Nicole Stefonek

The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities presents 'Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' running July 14 - August 9, 2009 in the Main Stage Theater.

A day-of-performance lottery for 20 orchestra seats will be held daily for Wicked, which will be performing July 1-26 at ASU Gammage. Each day, two and half hours prior to show time ? please visit asugammage.com for complete list of show times ?people who present themselves at the ASU Gammage Box Office will have their names placed in a lottery drum and then 30 minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Rodrigo y Gabriela on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Moore Theatre.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Psychedelic Furs & Happy Mondays on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Moore Theatre.

Please note that Musica Curiosa has been cancelled. Refunds are available at point of purchase.

The New York Philharmonic?s Performance History has gone online for the first time in the Orchestra?s 167-year history. The extensive database will be a resource for those wishing to conduct comprehensive searches or simply to discover interesting tidbits about the New York Philharmonic. The database, named in honor of Carlos Moseley, the Philharmonic?s Chairman Emeritus, can be found at nyphil.org/carlos.

Executive Producer Lou Spisto is thrilled to announce the addition of Robert Foxworth to the exclusive list of Old Globe Associate Artists. Foxworth is the 52nd artist named to the illustrious group that includes Paxton Whitehead, Marion Ross, A.R. Gurney and Richard Easton.

The course of true love never did run smooth, Lysander tells his distraught lover Hermia at the beginning of A Midsummer Night?s Dream. Mischief, mayhem, moonbeams, and magic potions abound as four young Athenian lovers encounter more than they imagined possible in one of Shakespeare?s best known romantic comedies.

Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Producing Director Richard M. Parison, Jr., announced today that Glynis Bell will star in the acclaimed Off-Broadway hit play Underneath the Lintel by Glen Berger. Lintel will run from July 8 through 26, 2009 at BSC?s Stage 2, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield, MA. Directed by Andrew Volkoff, Underneath the Lintel will have its press opening on Sunday, July 12 at 7:30pm.

America?s preeminent commissioning organization?has revolutionized the practice of music commissioning by reviving the role of the individual patron. An entire body of new musical work has been created, thanks to dozens of private citizens and music lovers across the country, who are often motivated by a desire to mark an occasion or honor a person.

Stageworks Theatre was named winner of the 2009 Tampa Bay Business Journal?s Arts & Culture Nonprofit of the Year Award at an event on Thursday, June 18th at the Embassy Suites Tampa Hotel at University of South Florida.

Common Ground Theatre (www.cgtheatre.com) is a performance and teaching space located in west Durham, offering performing arts and educational groups a flexible, well-equipped alternative space. The Theatre provides a convenient venue for Triangle audiences to experience the diversity of our area?s arts and educational offerings. All events listed will be held at Common Ground Theatre.

Silver Spring Stage presents Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, directed by Pauline Griller-Mitchell and produced by Richard Ley, the suspenseful mystery of guests trapped in a small hotel and a detective's search for a killer before the guests are all murdered. The Mousetrap will perform weekends June 26 to July 26 - note: no performances July 4th weekend.

There are many weird and wonderful turns on the road to Enlightenment, as Natalie Kim and Karen Fitzgerald discover in their comedic and offbeat solo shows, billed collectively as Yo Hot Mama(s)! Directed by Kenneth Heaton & Matthew Hoverman, the shows will be performed at the Jewel Box Theater, located at 312 West 36th Street, as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival, beginning on July 14th.

Theatre By The Sea owner and producer Bill Hanney, Producing Artistic Director Amiee Turner and Managing Producer Joel Kipper are proud to announce the 2009 summer schedule for Theatre By The Sea?s Children?s Festival. Performances will be held on Friday, July 10, July 24, July 31, August 7 and August 21 at 10:00 AM and 12 noon. Single tickets are $10 each with a three show package for $24. Discount rates are available for groups of 20 or more by calling (401) 782-3800 x18. Before or after the show families can enjoy cold drinks, pizza and cookies, which will be available for purchase at the gazebo.

Florida Studio Theatre announces workshops offered for the 2009 Sarasota Improv Festival. A two-day event, July 10th and 11th, the festival will highlight great improvisation companies from across the United States. The festival will also feature workshops on Saturday, July 11th. Each workshop will be taught by professional groups performing throughout the weekend.

Pittsburgh CLO?s is set to hold auditions for its production of Forever Plaid. Auditions are set for July 12th from 12:00pm - 8:00pm (by appointment). Auditions will be held at Pittsburg CLO Academy of Music Theater (Penn Avenue Place, 130 CLO Academy Way, 9th Floor, Downtown Pittsburgh).

The Philadelphia Orchestra Association has named Katherine Blodgett vice president for public relations and communications, it was announced today by Association Executive Director and CEO Frank Slattery.