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The Drama Studio announces Teen Summer Stock Musical auditions for Godspell. Auditions are set to take place on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 6:30 PM.

Sally Kellerman, who has of the most recognizable voices in film and television, will appear at the Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko Monday, June 29 at 8 PM with a show of jazz and standards. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through ticketweb.com or at 866 468 3399.

Launched in 2006, the Edgerton Foundation New American Play Awards have a growing track record for success, with 24 out of 46 plays living on in subsequent productions, many of which are nominated for prestigious awards. ?That?s a remarkable outcome,? said Teresa Eyring, Executive Director of Theatre Communications Group (TCG). ?Dr. Brad Edgerton and his wife Louise are clearly making a contribution to play development that has an impact on the continuing life of new plays.?

The Flea Theater (Jim Simpson, Artistic Director; Carol Ostrow, Producing Director) presents a Frances Black Production: Even Maybe Tammy (Or, a Cockamamie Bucket of Ruckus, conceived and directed by Christopher Bayes, written by Christopher Bayes and The Company, music by Alex Knox with Barret O?Brien, lyrics by Christopher Bayes and The Company, lighting design by Adrian Rooney, June 3-13 at The Flea Theater (41 White Street, New York, NY).

The Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival has been rebranded as the Philadelphia QFest to celebrate 15 years of bringing the best in new queer cinema from around the world to Philadelphia! In addition to the fresh new name, QFest has been reinvigorated with new venues and a new outlook. QFest will continue its longstanding commitment to screening the year?s best LGBT films during a nearly two week run, this July 9th thru the July 20th.

Just in time for Gay Pride Month, 92YTribeca presents Queer/Art/Film, a new series of all things hybrid and poly-sexual. Curated by Butt Magazine contributing editor Adam Baran and filmmaker Ira Sachs, the series invites some of the most exciting, innovative (and homosexual) artists from the dance/performance/film/visual and literary arts to present and discuss their favorite films, in rare prints, on the big screen.

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre?s Guild, founded seven years ago, announces a pledge of $21,200 to the Theatre?s Conservatory of Performing Arts (COPA). This pledge donation is made with a purpose to underwrite an extensive ?wish list? for the Theatre. Some of the items are a digital sound board, a major piece of theatrical equipment that will be used in all productions, two stage platforms, custom cabinets for the hearing-impaired assistive devices and plants for the lobby. In addition the pledge donation will also fund a COPA production. The Guild presented the check to Tricia Trimble, the Theatre's Managing Director on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

Step right up! There's a new sideshow in town. Sideshow Spontanial will be rolling into Brunswick this July for four shows only. Come visit a place where stories bubble on twilight's brew and eager Impro Melbourne Rookies flex their impro muscles.

On Sunday, May 17th, Mintyfresh Comedy presented the first annual 'Miss Fag Hag Pageant' as a benefit for the Hetrick-Martin Institute, home of the Harvey Milk School. The show was a huge success and played to a packed house full of Broadway, television, radio and comedy stars.

Sports aren?t the only way to stay in shape this summer! The Off Broadway Troupers? summer productions have some great roles for boys.

Cape Rep Theatre begins its 2009 Daytime Children?s Shows with the beloved Pitter Patter Puppets and the Aherns and Flaherty Musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson story The Emperor?s New Clothes.

In March of 2010, Stageworks Theatre will debut its long-awaited permanent home in the Channel District with the highly acclaimed classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. After long deliberation, it was decided that To Kill a Mockingbird is the play that clearly reflects the message of diversity and social injustice that Stageworks Theatre has been promoting throughout our 27-year history.

Goodman Theatre proudly concludes its 2008/2009 season with José Rivera's newest play, Boleros for the Disenchanted, 'an epic study of wedded life that is simply?and not so simply?marvelous' (Variety). A true love story inspired by Rivera's parents' courtship and eventual migration from Puerto Rico to Alabama, Boleros for the Disenchanted makes its Chicago premiere directed by Henry Godinez?the Goodman's Resident Artistic Associate who was named 2008 Latino of the Year by the Chicago Latino Network. Chicago actors Elizabeth Ledo and Sandra Marquez command the stage in the role of Flora, based on Rivera's mother, at various points in her life. Godinez's cast also includes Liza Fernandez, Joe Minoso, Rene Rivera and Felix Solis. Boleros for the Disenchanted is performed in English in the Albert Theatre June 20 ? July 26, 2009. Tickets are $25 ? $70. A complete performance schedule including dates, times and ticket prices appears at the end of this release. Meet the playwright and director at a free post-performance discussion on Thursday, June 25, moderated by Myrna Salazar of the International Latino Cultural Center. Tickets and information: 312.443.3800 or GoodmanTheatre.org. The Chicago Community Trust is the Major Production Sponsor.

August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma will launch its national tour in Denver, running July 24 through August 8 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Single tickets go on sale Sunday, May 31 at www.denvercenter.org or by phone and walk-up Monday, June 1 at 10am.

South Coast Repertory will present The Brand New Kid, a musical lesson in tolerance and acceptance, adapted from Emmy Award-winning author Katie Couric's book, as part of its Theatre for Young Audience (TYA) series. Directed by Shelley Butler, with book by Melanie Marnich, music by Michael Friedman and lyrics by both, The Brand New Kid will run May 29 through June 14 on the Julianne Argyros Stage. Low-priced previews are available May 29 - June 5. Opening day is June 6. Press performance is May 31 at 2:00 p.m. All children who attend the 11:00 a.m. Target Family Performance on Saturday, June 6 will receive a free gift. Tickets to The Brand New Kid may be purchased online at www.scr.org, by phone at (714) 708-5555 or in person at the SCR box office.

Tickets are still available for Sunday's performance of Children at 3PM. The Symposium begins immediately after the performance at 4:30PM.*

Spotlighters Theatre's Young Actors Academy will close registration for the 2009 Academy on June 14, 2009.

The following is the Maxwell C King Center's July and August line up.

A melodrama no more, /The Drunkard /is given a new lease on life by The Vagabond Players this month.

Grammy Nominated Ottmar Liebert returns The Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, on June 25 for a full weekend of concerts. Tickets are $40-$42.50 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 3399.