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The Immediate Gratification Players improv group will perform at The Tank (354 W. 45th St, NYC) on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $10.

Eyal Vilner Big Band will perform at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Lincoln Center October 26-30, 2010. Fourteen of NYC's finest young musicians will perform new arrangements of jazz standards and originals.

Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Mary Hanafin, T.D. will officially open the 59th Wexford Festival Opera on Saturday, October 16 on Wexford's Quay front at 7pm, with the traditional spectacular fireworks display winding up the activities on the town at approximately 7:30pm, before all the attention turns to the opening night opera, the Italian lyric tragedy Virginia by Saverio Mercadante. Following the official launch on the quay, the Minister will also attend a ceremony in the Opera House to recognise the achievements of the Wexford Festival Foundation in raising over €5.3m in private donations towards the redevelopment costs of the new building, before attending the opening night opera at 8pm, which will be broadcast live on RTÉ Lyric FM.

Extant Arts presents GHOSTS, a retelling of Henrik Ibsen's groundbreaking drama through Nemonie Craven's bold and muscular new adaptation (commissioned especially for this production). Director Sophie Hunter leads a dynamic cast and an international award-winning creative team from the worlds of opera, Broadway, film, and installation art in transforming this 19th-century Norwegian classic into a timeless and searing piece of theatre. Performances begin November 5th at the Access Theater, located at 380 Broadway.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) is now accepting entries today, Wednesday, October 13, for its popular LIVEforFIVE online lottery for $5 tickets to the New York premiere of AFTER THE REVOLUTION, a new play by Amy Herzog.

American Repertory Theater will present THE BLUE FLOWER by Jim and Ruth Bauer at the Loeb Drama Center December 1, 2010 - January 8, 2011. The production will be directed by Will Pomerantz, with movement by Tom Nelis, and music direction by Mark Rubenstein.

FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP will host three 'Girls Night Out' performances on October 21, November 18 and December 16 at 8pm, at the Daryl Roth Theatre. In a unique twist, this GIRLS NIGHT OUT features the men of FUERZA BRUTA at the center of the action in one of the show's signature scenes - a mylar pool suspended just inches above the audience.

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City continues its 53rd season after a record-breaking run of Carmen with the Company debut of Norma. Norma is the quintessential bel canto opera showcasing brilliant vocal singing and is the first Bellini opera ever produced by the Company. The production features a renowned cast of singers and The Kansas City Symphony conducted by Lyric Opera Artistic Director Ward Holmquist. Norma opens on Novembers 6, 2010 in celebration of National Opera Week October 29 - November 7, 2010. This will be the Company's final season in the Lyric Theatre. Beginning in the fall of 2011, the Lyric Opera will perform at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

Matthews Playhouse has announced that all student and senior tickets for its production of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK are $6 per seat.

Am Sa 23. Oktober 2010 gibt es im Rahmen von Blätterwirbel 2010 im Landestheater Niederösterreich die Österreichische Erstaufführung von: DIE VIERTE SCHWESTER von Janusz G?owacki

Zombies invade the bucolic setting of Mayberry U.S.A. for the next live performance of Right Between the Ears. The nationally broadcast comedy show will present its first-ever Halloween show at Lawrence's Liberty Hall on Saturday, October 30 at 8:00pm.

MacGuffin comedy group will perform at The Tank (354 W. 45th St., NYC) on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $6.

Psychology student turned award winning entertainer, Simon Taylor will bring his solo stage show 'Pieces of Mind' to The Butterfly Club (204 Bank St, South Melbourne), November 16-20. All shows are at 9 p.m.

Tony-award winning star Donna McKechnie will join host Ken Kleiber for his 'Kentertainment Report', today, Wednesday October 13 at 12:15pm on Sirius 109/ XM 98. Ms. McKechnie will be speaking about her career and upcoming events, including 'Sondheim Unplugged' and 'My Musical Comedy Life', (both at the Laurie Beecham Theatre with the latter also at the Palais Royale in Indiana), and 'From Broadway With Love', a evening benefitting 'Animal Protection of New Mexico' which also features Kaye Ballard and Liliane Montevecchi.

the cell presents SOLO @ the cell - special solo performance series playing right in the heart of Chelsea for the month of October. Under the direction of Founding Artistic Director Nancy Manocherian and Artistic Director Kira Simring, the cell celebrates the works of nine different NYC solo artists, all with varying backgrounds, featuring both original pieces and unique adaptations.

B. Someday theatre company will have a happy hour fundraising event on Friday, October 22, 2010, 5-7:00pm at Chris' Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom Street, Philadelphia. The Happy Hour will include two Celebrity Bartenders: actor Brian Anthony Wison, star of HBO's The Wire, and many Philadelphia stage productions; and Annie A-Bomb, director and lead dancer with the Revival Burlesque Troupe.

On Tuesday 9 November 2010, 8pm pioneering ensemble Icebreaker and formidable pedal steel guitarist BJ Cole bring their critically acclaimed performance of Brian Eno's album APOLLO: ATMOSPHERES AND SOUNDTRACKS with Nasa footage to The National Concert Hall.

Pianist Isabelle O'Connell and Flutronix (flutists Nathalie Joachim and Allison Loggins-Hull) will perform as part of Music at First on Friday, November 5th, 2010 at 7:30pm. This new music series is held at First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, located at 124 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights. Tickets are $10 at the door. Contact musicatfirst@gmail.com for more info. Directions are at www.fpcbrooklyn.org.

Ruslan Biryukov, Producer of Positive Motions Concert Series announced today the slate for the Second Annual Season for Positive Motions Concert Series and the Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Mikael Avetisyan, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor. 2010 - 2011 Season Media Sponsors include: Armenian Media Network, including Horizon Armenian Television and Asbarez Newspaper, and Panorama Media Group.

Cinnabar Theater presents 'Dracula & The Medium,' a supernatural-double-bill-thriller of plays November 5-21 at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. on Sundays at the Cinnebar Theater (3333. Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma, CA).