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Following sell-out seasons at the Sydney Opera House and Edinburgh Festival, and direct from a Broadway theatre season, Australia?s sensational Tom Tom Crew arrives in London with its super-charged collision of circus, heart pumping music and 21st Century spectacle.

A blockbuster lineup of Broadway?s most popular and critically acclaimed productions will visit the Queen City in 2009/10 as part of the N.C. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center?s Broadway Lights Series. The Center?s 2009/10 series includes four Tony Award winners for Broadway?s Best Musical, as well as a stunning new show direct from Israel. Many of the shows coming to Charlotte are among the most popular hits on Broadway today.

Producer Margaret South recently announced that 'Pay Attention: ADHD in Hollywood, On the Rocks with a Twist,' Frank South's story of a New York waiter and performance artist who is catapulted into fast track Hollywood TV writing unwittingly unleashing his Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Hypomania, Alcoholism, and Issues with Authority, will have its Mainland debut at The Other Space at Santa Monica Playhouse opening Saturday, May 2nd, 2009.

Playing to full houses thus far, Pulitzer-Prize winning Rabbit Hole, directed by Daniel Moore and featuring Ben Baker, Jennifer Massey, and Marta Rainer is a touching and fully realized family drama everyone can relate to. With an excellent supporting cast in Linda Beringer and Jacob Pennington, Rabbit Hole is brilliantly written, displaying intermittent flashes of the playwright's penchant for humor. Enter prepared for sadness, and leave uplifted and hopeful - for the characters, for accidents of fate, for the inifite possibilities in life.

Fountain Theatre wins at the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards.

Chicago Opera Theater opens their 2009 Spring Festival Season on April 18 with Mozart's La clemenza di Tito (through May 1) at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park. Absent from Chicago stages in more than a generation, La clemenza di Tito has made a resurgence in the rest of the world. Most notably in New York City last year?both at the Metropolitan Opera and at the Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival. The New York Times declared, 'Clemenza emerges as a musically ravishing and dramatically complex opera of great immediacy.'

Westport Country Playhouse announces the appointment of David Kennedy as associate artistic director. He will join recently appointed Mark Lamos, artistic director, and Michael Ross, managing director, in guiding programming and production for the historic theater now entering its 79th season.

March is Youth Art Month. Through an ongoing partnership between the Howard County Public School System and the Howard County Arts Council, the annual spring exhibit of student artwork opens on March 13 at the Howard County Center for the Arts in Ellicott City. This year's Youth Art Month exhibit titled Identity, features about 430 works by students grades K-12 and is on view in Gallery I. In Gallery II, work by Howard County Art Faculty is on display in Artist as Teacher: HCPSS Faculty Show. Both exhibits will be open from March 13 to April 24, 2009. A free public reception including, beverages and snacks, and a 2009 Visual and Performing Arts Summer Camp Preview, will be held on Friday, March 27, from 5-7 pm.

Go Comedy! Improv Theater recently announced the opening of its first original production, Missionary Accomplished: The Audacity of Hump, Thursday, March 19 @ 10pm. Tickets ($10) are available through the Go Comedy! Box office (248) 327-0575, or beginning at 7pm Thursday night.

Hackney Empire Theatre's Marie Lloyd Bar is pleased to announce a solo show of artworks by London based artist Maria Emilov on view from 18th March ? 31st March 2009. An opening reception will be held on Wednesday, 18th March from 6pm ? 9pm. The public is invited and all are welcome.

ReVision Theatre will be hosting Kingdom Anti-Gang Symposium on Thursday, March 19, 2009 from 7 - 9 pm at the VFW Theatre, 701 Lake Avenue, in Asbury Park, NJ. Kingdom, a Carlos Armesto-directed musical with books and lyrics by Aaron Jafferis and music by Ian Williams will be performed in conjunction with the symposium.

The Bach Festival Society closes its Season of Love and War with a romantic Spring program featuring a variety of works. The Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra will perform Carl Nielsen?s Hymnus Amoris and selections from Carl Orff?s Carmina Burana. The orchestra will also perform Sergei Rachmaninoff?s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Tchaikovsky?s Romeo and Juliet Overture. The two performances take place Saturday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m. in Knowles Memorial Chapel at Rollins College. Tickets range from $20 to $50, depending on seat location.

scheduled to begin previews Tuesday, March 17, and will now begin previews Thursday, March 19, at 7:30pm at The Duke on 42nd StreetSM, a New 42nd Street? project, 229 West 42nd Street.

Indiana University Professor Portia Maultsby was closely involved with the development of 'Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy,' a groundbreaking, two-week festival at Carnegie Hall celebrating African American culture.

More than 600 of Chicagoland?s young professionals will gather for a spectacular evening of cocktails, food, entertainment, a silent auction and raffle prizes at the Steppenwolf Auxiliary Council's seventh annual Red or White Ball on Friday, June 12, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. The premier event for Chicago?s most influential young philanthropists will be held at the unique eco-chic Salvage One, 1840 W. Hubbard Street.

The sensational Liza Minnelli returns! The singer, actor and showbiz phenomenon returns to Roy Thomson Hall on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 ? 26 years after a four-night run during the Hall?s inaugural season. Winner of an Academy Award in 1973 for her iconic role as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, she has also won 3 Tony Awards, 2 Golden Globes, an Emmy, a British Film Academy Award, and a Grammy Legend Award, one of the few artists who have won entertainment?s top six awards. As a recording artist, she has sold millions of records worldwide and three of her albums and one of her videos have been certified Gold by the RIAA. Her very first single, ?You Are For Loving,? sold a half million copies in 1963, leading to her signing with Capitol Records. She has also recorded for A&M, Columbia, Epic and Angel.

Center Repertory Company?s Artistic Director Michael Butler unveiled the company's 43rd subscription season. Running from September 3, 2009 to June 26, 2010, the season will be expanding Center Rep?s programming to include eight productions to be performed in all three theatres of the Lesher Center for the Arts. From the suspense of Agatha Christie to the music of Elvis Presley, Center Rep?s 09-10 season will delight audiences while also featuring the works of Caryl Churchill, No?l Coward, Reduced Shakespeare Company, Michael Frayn and five-time Emmy Award nominee Harold Gould. A variety of subscription packages, ranging from $128 to $522, can be purchased by calling 925-943-SHOW.

The following is the schedule for performances at Emelin. For a complete calendar of events, photos of recent performances, audio, video visit: Emelin.org.

Following the great success of the last season of Simon Amstell shows (10 dates sold out in 25 minutes!), Pleasance is pleased to announce his return for a work-in-progress performance. The host of Never Mind The Buzzcocks has catapulted in success due to his witty observations and intelligent comedy.

Bay Street Theatre is thrilled to announce the latest addition of theatrical workshops to their programming line-up. This new initiative represents Bay Street's deep commitment to developing new works, and to providing a home for participating artists to explore and expand their creative inspirations.