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For the fourth consecutive year the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University and the Johnny Mercer Foundation in New York will present ?A Celebration of Johnny Mercer.? The weeklong revelry will include workshops, lecture demonstrations and a closing concert featuring Broadway performers Liz Callaway and Capathia Jenkins and other guest artists.

Opening Friday, May 22 (preview Thursday, May 21) at 8:00 p.m. and performing through Sunday, June 6 at the 78th Street Theatre LAB, The Secretaries, originally written and performed by the award-winning New York theatre troupe The Five Lesbian Brothers, irreverently and unapologetically explores the ever-expanding human fascination with sex and violence, the journey from self-improvement to self-destruction and the question of what it means to be ?strong? women in a modern world. If Russ Mayer and John Carpenter were characters on ?The L Word,? had a baby and moved to Stepford, perhaps that child would dream up The Secretaries.

The world premiere of Damian Wampler?s soulful play Twin Towers will be presented as part of The Planet Connections Theater Festivity from June 12 through 28, 2009 at the Robert Moss Theater at 440 Studios (440 Lafayette). Proceeds from the play will benefit the non-profit organization ENACT, where actors use role-play and drama therapy techniques to help New York City students learn emotional and social skills.

Get out your dictionaries! Celebrating 35 years of producing award-winning musical theater in Chicagoland, The Marriott Theatre is thrilled to present this side-splitting production of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee previews May 13th, opens May 20th, and runs through July 19th at the Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive.

Farmington Players announce auditions for Mitch Albom's And The Winner Is. The show is directed Tim Timmer & Maureen Mansfield. Auditions will take place on Monday, June 1st, 2009 at 7pm at the Farmington Players Barn. Performances are set to take place on October 2,3,4,8,9,10,11, 15, 16, 17*.

The Tony Award®-winning Old Globe presents the world premier of Cornelia, by Mark Victor Olsen (Big Love), directed by Ethan McSweeny (In This Corner), to run in the Old Globe Theatre May 16 ? June 21. Melinda Page Hamilton, who will play ?Cornelia,? was in the Globe?s critically acclaimed productions of Bell, Book and Candle and All My Sons. Robert Foxworth is a television veteran but is perhaps best known for his role as ?Bernard Chenowith? on HBO?s Six Feet Under. Tickets are available by calling (619) 23-GLOBE, online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, or by visiting the Globe Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.

Previews are now underway at Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) for the New York premiere of Our House, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck (The Butterfly Collection and Bad Dates at Playwrights Horizons, Broadway's Mauritius, co-author of Omnium Gatherum). A scathing new comedy that shakes up Reality TV, Our House is the final production of the theater company's 2008/2009 Season.

Gallery Theater announces auditions for its production of Oliver! Auditions will be held at the theater, 210 NE Ford St, McMinnville, Oregon. Oliver! has music, lyrics, and book by Lionel Bart. It is directed by Phil Darling.

The Strand Theater invites you to its first annual Friends and Neighbors Festival! Its inaugural festival includes a variety of performers, playwrights, and comedians. Every week, for seven weeks, a new artist will take the stage for one weekend to showcase a new work. Artistic Director, Jayme Kilburn is ?very excited about this festival. Every new work we present is a new adventure.?

Broadway legend Barbara Cook will return to the New York Philharmonic for a one-night-only performance Saturday, May 30, at 8:00 p.m., conducted by her acclaimed music director, Lee Musiker. Ms. Cook plans to bring to the Avery Fisher Hall stage songs she has never before performed with the New York Philharmonic, such as Stephen Sondheim's 'Send in the Clowns' from A Little Night Music, selections from Meredith Wilson?s The Music Man, and Sondheim?s ?No One Is Alone? from Into the Woods.

Facing East by Carol Lynn Pearson is the powerful and poignant story of a Mormon couple dealing with the suicide of their gay son. ICT artistic director Shashin Desai directs Terry Davis, Daniel Kash and Christian Lebano in a four-week run, June 12 through July 5 at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. Low-priced previews begin June 9.

Unless you have been in Austria, Italy or Slovenia over the course of the last ten or eleven summers, attended the Life is Good festival in Boston, caught EY?S live broadcast on FOX 25 news, or heard one of the groups four professional CDs, you may not be familiar with ?Electric Youth?, a dynamic ensemble of talented young singers and dancers. Trained at FSPA, The School of the New England Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin and backed by an eight piece band of Boston?s finest musicians, Electric Youth will bring their live show to Mechanics Hall in Worcester in an effort to promote and inspire the performing arts among area youth. Electric Youth performances offer exciting family entertainment with an extensive repertoire of pop, rock and Broadway music staged and choreographed to entertain and delight audiences of all ages.

The Playmakers-Grove announces its 2009/10 season.

Othello Polynesia, a new take on the classic by the Black Friars is coming to Downstage in June. This tragic tale of revenge, betrayal, jealousy and love comes alive in modern-day Polynesia.

?Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as...as a Fiddler on the Roof,? announces Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka. So begins a tale of love and laughter, devotion and defiance, and changing traditions. The Tony Award® winning Fiddler on the Roof continues to capture the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal. This North American Tour offers audiences a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Jerome Robbins? original Broadway direction and choreography, complete with the star of the original West End production and the 1971 film, Chaim Topol. A Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation, it will play at San Diego Civic Theatre, July 14 ? 19, 2009.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, announces the cast of Franklin & Figaro, by Kristina Sutherland. The production, directed by the playwright, features Bob Atkinson, Tom Churchill, Ed Cornachio, Patricia Duff, Deana Duncan, David Gignac, Dave Mayer, L. Bennett Nolen, and Katie Woodzick.

Get ready, the ?Last of the Red Hot Mamas? is back!! Sophie Tucker, the brassy burlesque and vaudeville entertainer was a legend spanning most of the 20th century. Sunday, June 7, at 2:00 PM at the Skokie Theater, 7924 North Lincoln, (in Skokie- Admission is $25.00 at the door, $20 in advance, with discounts for groups of 10 or more. Order by calling 847-677-7761 or online at www.skokietheater.com.) Chicago cabaret comedy favorite Carla Gordon will salute the great Miss Tucker.

On May 30 & 31, Deep Dish Theater Company will present its annual Side Dish fundraising benefit. This year?s event will feature Deep Dish favorite Katja Hill performing her acclaimed one-woman show, Cornucopia of Me. Saturday evening will begin with a champagne reception at 7:30 p.m., followed by the show at 8 p.m. and a post-show reception; Sunday afternoon?s reception will begin at 1:30 p.m., with the performance time of 2 p.m.

4 Master classes in Okinawan dance with Master Choreographer, Sachiyo Ito will take place on July 7 - 28, 2009.

2009 Acting and writing workshop with Ernest Abuba runs June 3 ? July 2. Acting instruction focuses on scenes from Chekhov?s Three Sisters and The Seagull and Shakespeare?s Richard II and Richard III. Writing instruction includes one-on-one input and work-shopping with the class. This course is open to all actors, writers and solo performers, from beginners to the more experienced. Previous Pan Asian students have represented a wide diversity of cultures and backgrounds, and gone on to perform their works nationally and internationally, as well as in Pan Asian Rep showcases and other venues. Click here for details.