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Nealshow Productions will present 'My Boy,' a world-premiere satirical dark comedy by Dave Satterwhite and Pat Radke. Full of bawdy humor and unexpected turns, 'My Boy' runs Friday, May 30, 2014 and Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 7:30 pm as well as Friday, June 13, 2014 at midnight. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at gorillatango.com/bucktown or by calling 773-598-4549.

MusicalFare Theatre presents the return engagement of the smash hit A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF LOUIS PRIMA to the Premier Center Cabaret at MusicalFare.

Greater Worcester Opera proudly presents this staged, costumed concert version of Mozart's gorgeous opera, performed in English translation. Our version unfolds this tale of romance, deception and happy endings with an unexpected twist, in a charming theatrical adaptation. Featuring two outstanding casts of singers and actors, Mozart's music will delight while we discover... 'how I met your mother!' (Suitable for all ages)

Cape Rep Theatre presents the delightful family musical, YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. Running at 10 am Mondays and Tuesdays, June 23 through August 26, tickets are $10.

Comedian and actor Brad Zimmerman has paid his dues. He waited tables for 29 years while chasing a career in acting and comedy, so waiting until his mid-50s to perform on stage seems so logical. Zimmerman will tell his hilarious, poignant and inspirational story 'My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy' comes to the Lyceum Theatre at Horton Plaza beginning tonight, May 28th. Opening night for the media is Thursday, May 29, 7 pm.

In conjunction with a unique conception of A Midsummer Night's Dream which opens at the The Court Theatre on 31 May, the Canterbury Museum is displaying a collection of traditional Chinese opera masks gifted to Canterbury in 1956 by The Chinese Classical Theatre Company.

The European premiere of Clay McLeod Chapman and Kyle Jarrow's indie rock musical Hostage Song opens at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of nine Sunday, Monday and Tuesday performances on Sunday, 22 June 2014 (Press Night: Monday, 23 June 2014 at 7.30pm).

One of the American theater's greatest musicals, West Side Story, opens the 2014 Season at the Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre onFriday, May 30. The production continues for two weekends through Sunday, June 8 with Friday, Saturday and Sunday performances at 7:30 pm.

The Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama presents Nickel Mines, an original work by Creator/Director/Choreographer and faculty member Andrew Palermo, as its final offering in a season which has focused on the theme of Justice/Exploration of Citizenship. A non-traditional musical combining spoken dialogue with interpretive movement and a powerful original score by composer Dan Dyer, Nickel Mines tells the story of a school shooting in the show's namesake Amish town, and investigates the ramifications of that event and the various responses it evoked.

The 2013-2014 BNY Mellon Grand Classics series penultimate weekend on June 6-8 brings Music Director Manfred Honeck back to Heinz Hall to conduct a split weekend of programming featuring Mahler's monumental Ninth Symphony, solos by Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley and the Pittsburgh premiere of contemporary composer James MacMillan's "Woman of the Apocalypse," and much more!

Ballets With a Twist will perform their program, 'Cocktail Hour,' at Union County Performing Arts Center's Hamilton Stage Friday, May 30th to Sunday, June 1st. This is a wonderful opportunity for metropolitan area audiences to enjoy this distinctively talented troupe.

Stapleton MCA and The Aurora Fox will present a fun, family-friendly musical - The Drowsy Chaperone Friday, June 6th and Saturday, June 7th at 7:00pm and Sunday, June 8th at 4:00pm as part of Stapleton's ongoing Theatre on the Green Series on the lawn at Founder's Green (just east of Quebec on 29th). Admission is free.

The New York Philharmonic will salute departing Principal Trumpet Philip Smith - who will step down from his position at the end of the 2013-14 season following 36 seasons of service - in A Celebration of Phil Smith, a concert featuring the New York Philharmonic Brass and Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Mr. Smith and Bramwell Tovey, July 5, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. The program will also include works that showcase brass: an arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's Procession of the Nobles; a Horn Quartet by Gershwin; Tomasi's Liturgical Fanfares; an arrangement of The Great Gate of Kiev from Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition; and Pollack's That's a Plenty, which the New York Philharmonic Principal Brass Quintet, of which Mr. Smith was a founding member, has frequently performed as an encore on the Orchestra's tours. Philharmonic musicians will introduce the works and speak about Mr. Smith.

The Boiler Room Theatre (BRT), Williamson County's original and longest-running professional theatre company opens its 14th season with the Tennessee premiere of BONNIE AND CLYDE the Musical running June 5th, 6th and 7th at Liberty Hall at The Factory at Franklin. BONNIE AND CLYDE is a thrilling and sexy musical with a non-traditional score, combining blues, gospel and rockabilly music.

Center Stage Opera concludes its 2013-14 season with one of the most beloved operas of all-time, Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The tragic, tender story of a Japanese girl and and an American naval officer is told through one of Puccini's most poignant, moving scores.

The Gateway will open their 65th season with "42nd Street" - led by three-­time Tony Award nominee Randy Skinner - May 21 to June 8 at Bellport's Gateway Playhouse.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present A Chorus Line, as the first of its three-show Summer Nutmeg Summer Series, June 5-14 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theater, Storrs. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama and nine-time Tony-Award winner, A Chorus Line will feature an outstanding cast of professional artists, alumni and current students.

IAN BELL's BROWN DERBY SERIES presents a special encore of R. Kelly's epic 'Hip-hOpera' TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET (Chapters 1-12) - LIVE!

The University of Washington School of Drama showcases the work of first year students in their Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) in the final show of their 2013-2014 season. Jean-Claude Grumberg's The Workroom is a stunning portrait of two male and six female laborers surviving in Paris after World War II. This challenging play presents the PATP students with an opportunity to broaden their dramatic acting skills as they relay the emotional story of eight survivors desperately trying to sew together the fragments of their severed post-war lives.

The Shakespeare Players program of the Rochester Community Players will present eleven performances of A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, July 5 to 19, 2014. Performances will be presented every night between July 5 and 19, except Mondays and Thursdays. All performance times are 8:00 PM. There is no admission charge for this FREE Shakespeare in the Park production (donations will be solicited).

Haunting melodies and sweet, euphonious voices combine to create a deeply moving, life-affirming evening of music, as Pacific Symphony dives into spiritual depths in preparation for Carl Orff's masterful oratorio, “Carmina Burana.” Weaving together lyrics that date back to the 12th and 13th centuries, “Carmina Burana” is brazen with its gleeful double entendre and is made even more decadent with the magnificent voices of soprano Cyndia Sieden, tenor Marc Molomot and baritone Michael Kelly joining the orchestra. Led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, the Symphony paves the way for Orff's masterful work by performing John Williams' “Exsultate Justi,” Lukas Foss' “Elegy for Anne Frank,” Charles Ives' “The Unanswered Question” and Kathy C. Bowen's “I Believe in God.” Pacific Chorale, led by Artistic Director John Alexander, lends its voices to enhance the majestic sounds, while Southern California Children's Chorus represents the voices of children during World War II.

Haunting melodies and sweet, euphonious voices combine to create a deeply moving, life-affirming evening of music, as Pacific Symphony dives into spiritual depths in preparation for Carl Orff's masterful oratorio, "Carmina Burana." Weaving together lyrics that date back to the 12th and 13th centuries, "Carmina Burana" is brazen with its gleeful double entendre and is made even more decadent with the magnificent voices of soprano Cyndia Sieden, tenor Marc Molomot and baritone Michael Kelly joining the orchestra. Led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, the Symphony paves the way for Orff's masterful work by performing John Williams' "Exsultate Justi," Lukas Foss' "Elegy for Anne Frank," Charles Ives' "The Unanswered Question" and Kathy C. Bowen's "I Believe in God." Pacific Chorale, led by Artistic Director John Alexander, lends its voices to enhance the majestic sounds, while Southern California Children's Chorus represents the voices of children during World War II.

Maestra Marin Alsop will lead the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and John Adams' On the Transmigration of Souls on Thursday, June 5 at 8 p.m., Friday, June 6 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 8 at 3 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and on Saturday, June 7 at 8 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore.

The Atlanta Fringe Festival is thrilled to announce the third annual edition of their locally-produced festival, bringing adventurous local, national and international artists together for a four-day celebration of live performances from across the theatrical spectrum. Building on its first two years, after which the Fringe was named the Best New Trend in the Arts by Creative Loafing's readers, 2014's festival will boast 20 productions from 11 states and Canada. This is the first year the upstart Fringe will host international artists, along with 12 Atlanta-based productions that will join them on the festival's stages. In addition to live performance, the Atlanta Fringe will host Fringe Radio, the only audio drama festival on the national Fringe network, with 23 performances available for free streaming via the Festival website. The live festival is set to take place June 5-8, 2014, at various locations in East Atlanta.

Due to unprecedented demand, a 5 week extension is announced today for the Headlong, Nottingham Playhouse and Almeida Theatre production of 1984, a critically acclaimed adaptation by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan.