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Tomorrow, October 5, Allan Harris will appear at Rue 57. Rue 57 is located at 60 West 57th Street (corner of Avenue of Americas) New York, NY 10019-3953. For tickets or more information, call (212) 307-5656 or visit http://www.rue57.com. There is no music charge but there is $15 minimum at tables. Harris will play from 8pm - 11:30pm.

The University of Montana School of Theatre & Dance is pleased to offer HAIR, the original rock musical. HAIR runs in the Montana Theatre of the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center on campus October 19-23 and 26-30 at 7:30 p.m.

Two Brooklyn opera companies, American Opera Projects (AOP) and Opera On Tap (OOT), will present the sixth installment of their 'Opera Grows in Brooklyn' series, a 90-minute evening of opera scenes and songs. The evening will feature OPERA ELVIS: A LAMENT FOR THE KING a classical take on the works of Elvis Presley; scenes from HENRY'S WIFE by composer Randall Eng and ROSENKRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, based on the play by Tom Stoppard and adapted as an opera by composer/librettist Herschel Garfein; and 'A Poem Written For the Concrete Beneath the Bridge' by Caleb Burhans. The show will be held on Monday, October 18 at 8pm at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood. Tickets are $20 ($15 for students/seniors) in advance at www.galapagosartspace.com and $25 at the door.

Smiling Rhino Theatre announces auditions for the musical BLUES CLUES LIVE, November 8 and 11, 2010 from 7:30-9:00 pm.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Stephen Adly Guirgis' THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, Oct. 28 - Nov. 7, in the Studio Theatre on the Storrs campus. For tickets and information, call 860-486-4226 or visit www.crt.uconn.edu.

Actors' Equity Association announced today that Charles Randolph-Wright is the recipient of the 2010 Paul Robeson Award. Created in 1974, the Award recognizes a person who best exemplifies the principles by which Mr. Robeson lived. The award will be presented to Mr. Randolph-Wright at the October 8, 2010 General Membership meeting at the Union's headquarters in New York City.

Nightlife sensation, and co-founder of Broadway Speaks Out! , Marti Gould Cummings hosts his new show GLITTER AND BE GAY TUESDAYS WITH MARTI at the Upper East Side's Evolve Bar Tuesday, October 5th at 10:30pm.

Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex is pleased to annouce the addition of Paula Wagener as Executive Figure Skating Director. In this new position, Ms. Wagener will continue to reside in Albany, NY, while remotely overseeing the strategic direction and overall operations of the facilities Learn to Skate and Figure Skating Programs.

'I am a border-ruffian from the State of Missouri. I am a Connecticut Yankee by adoption. In me, you have Missouri morals and Connecticut culture. This is the combination which makes the perfect man.' Mark Twain said this tongue-in-cheek, but it appears to have been the formula for a complicated life that included an impressive body of literature.

Legendary singer-songwriter Barry Manilow's non-profit organization, the Manilow Music Project, will put tens of thousands of dollars of musical instruments into the hands of fifteen Clark County School District middle schools and high schools at a celebratory delivery and distribution event on Thursday, October 7th, 2010 at Valley High School in Clark County, Nevada. Reinvigorating the school system's music program at a critical time of need, and credited with putting instruments in the hands of 600 students who would otherwise be unable to participate; this is the single largest donation of its kind in Clark County history for a music program.

East West Players (EWP), the nation's premier Asian American theatre, continues its 45th Anniversary season, themed Shake It Up, with the Pulitzer Prize-winning play CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley. This production will be directed by Leslie Ishii. The cast of the production includes Maya Erskine, Kimiko Gelman, Elizabeth Liang, Hiwa Bourne, Tim Chiou, and Jason Sino. In CRIMES OF THE HEART we meet three delightfully dysfunctional sisters: Babe has just shot her husband, Meg is fresh from the loony bin, and Lenny celebrates her birthday alone by sticking a candle in a cookie. This Southern classic with an Asian American cast will be an unforgettable night of laughter and tears in East West Players style.

The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical theatre star Sutton Foster will perform her one-woman cabaret 'An Evening with Sutton Foster' on Monday, November 15, 2010 at 7:30pm at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA as a benefit for the Huntington Theatre Company. Tickets for An Evening with Sutton Foster begin at $150. The performance will be preceded by intimate pre-show dinners at South End restaurants and private homes, and will be followed by a VIP Post-Show Cast Party with Sutton and Friends. Tickets for the pre-show dinner and the performance cost $250; tickets for all three events are $350. Proceeds from the events will benefit the Huntington's world-class productions and award-winning youth, education, and community programs.

Liberty Performing Arts Theatre in Liberty, MO presents a lineup of coming events including: GOSPEL JAZZ FEST Presented by H.I.C.M. Friday-Saturday, Oct 15-15, 2010 at 6:00pm VIP tickets are $50 at the Door or $40 in advance and regular tickets are $30 at the door or @25 in advance.

CATCO (Columbus, OH), in association with Andy Sandberg (HAIR), presents the world premiere of the musical, THE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA, with book and lyrics by Tony Nominee Bill Russell (SIDE SHOW) and music by Drama Desk Nominee Peter Melnick (ADRIFT IN MACAO) under the direction of Andy Sandberg, with choreography by Tony Award nominee AC Ciulla (FOOTLOOSE), music supervision by Fred Lassen and music direction by Andrew Resnick. The four-member cast features Natalie Venetia Belcon as Phyllis, Katy Blake as Pam, John Bolton as Ernie, and Teddy Toye as Jimmy.

Georgia Shakespeare announces a special One-Day Sale Friday, October 1, 2010. Every seat at every performance of THE ODYSSEY: A JOURNEY HOME (excluding student matinees) is available for 20% off. To get this discount, tickets must be purchased on Friday either by phone (404-264-0020) or online (www.gashakespeare.org). NOTE: Discount applies to tickets to The Odyssey only. It is not applicable to subscriptions or other shows or events available for purchase on the website.

American Stage Theatre Company has announced that they have hired Jamie Cataldo as the theatre's new director of development. Cataldo takes over the department from Angela Bond, who was with the theatre for slightly less than two years.

The Alexandra Grimal Quartet plays tonight, 9/29, at 8:30 PM at the Cornelia Street Café. The Café is located at 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York.

The Fourth Arts Block in Manhattan jump-started this year's fall season with the FAB! Festival & Block Party showing off some of the best in East Village music, theater, and dance.

The Queens Players presents THEATRE DU GRAND-GUIGNOL: TALES OF HORROR AND FEAR October 14-17, 20-24, and 27-31 at 8PM with a matinee October 30 at 3:30PM. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.thequeensplayers.com or call 718-392-0722. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door.

The White Plains Performing Arts Center presents a world premiere production of WALLENBERG: A NEW MUSICAL DRAMA from October 28th - November 21st, 2010, with a special performance on Tuesday, November 9th at 8pm, in honor of Kristallnacht. All performances will take place at the White Plains Performing Arts Center, 11 City Place, White Plains, New York.