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McKenzie Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Jean Lowe. This is the San Diego-based artist's fourth show at the gallery; it will open on Thursday, February 11th with a reception for the artist from 6 to 8 p.m., and run through Saturday, March 20th, 2010.

Actors' Playhouse and Lexus of Kendall are set to present the 19th Annual Reach for the Stars Gala Auction at the Miracle Theatre on Saturday, April 17th.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage will be honored with the Nelson A. Rockefeller Award March 15th for her contribution to performing arts. The award will be presented by Purchase College School of the Arts Gala at the Hudson Theatre. Choreographer Paul Taylor will be honored for his contribution to the arts as well

Tony Award-Winner Lea Salonga has joined the line up for BROADWAY BACKWARDS 5, an annual benefit concert presented by Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. BROADWAY BACKWARDS 5 is a one night only event and will hit the stage at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Monday, February 22nd at 8pm.

MAMMA MIA! will close on February 7th at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans.

Stephen Massicotte's MARY'S WEDDING will hit the Portland Stage beginning April 6th and run through April 25th.

MASTER HAROLD...AND THE BOYS, a play by Athol Fugard, will play at the Portland Stage beginning March 2nd and run through the 21st.

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT is set to play at the Wichita Theatre Performing Arts Center beginning February 19th. The production will run through March 6th.

The Conejo Childrens Theatre in Thousand Oaks, CA, produce by special arrangement with MTI, will present SEUSSICAL JR. from March 13th through the 21st. The production will be directed by Arryck Adams.

The Music Theatre of Wichita will present SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE from June 23rd to 27th as part of its 2010 Broadway Season.

Crusin' Oldies Concerts will present TICKET TO RIDE: A Live Beatles Tribute on Saturday, February 6th at 7:30pm at the Janet and Ray Scherr Forum Theatre in Sherman Oaks, California.

GYPSY will play at the Music Theatre of Wichita from June 9th through the 13th as part of its 2010 Broadway season.

According to Variety, Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa are set to write a musical adaptation of American Psycho based on the 1991 Bret Easton Ellis novel. Sheik is set to write the music and lyrics and Aguirre-Sacasa will pen the book.

Casper's Stage III Community Theatre has announced the complete cast for its upcoming production of RADIUM GIRLS. Performances will run from March 5th through March 20th.

Broadway star and American Idol-winner Fantasia Barrino is set to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Wednesday, February 3rd.

The final performance in the 2010 Festival of New American Plays will be held at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Firehouse Theatre, 1609 W. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia.

When young whites embrace rap and hip-hop culture, is it an example of America moving toward being a colorblind society. Or is it just another case of cultural theft and mockery?

Publick Theatre Boston presents Joe Orton's timeless, dark comedy Entertaining Mr. Sloane March 11 through April 3, 2010 at the Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street in Boston's South End. Performances are Wednesdays at 7:30pm, Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm and Sundays at 3:00pm. Tickets: $33.00 - $37.50. (SPECIAL PERFORMANCE NOTES: Preview Performances March 11 -14 - All Tickets $20. Press Performance is Sunday March 14 at 3pm. Pay What You Can performance is Saturday March 20 at 3pm.) For tickets contact the BostonTheatreScene.com box office at (617) 933-8600 or order online at www.bostontheatrescene.com.

The Theatre and Interpretation Center (TIC) at Northwestern University will present three productions in its new Masters-in-the-Making series staged by the theatre directors of tomorrow. The winter plays, part of TIC's 2009-10 mainstage season, represent the final thesis productions of third-year students in the Northwestern School of Communication's MFA Directing Program.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner (portrayed by Richard Scharine) is the dean of Western writers. Wallace Thurman (portrayed by Carleton Bluford) was a young, gay black man at the heart of the Harlem Renaissance. Both called Salt Lake City home.