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The 2011 Festival of New American Musicals, a five-month musical theatre festival, will be held April 1 through August 28, 2011, throughout Southern California. Marcia Seligson, Bob Klein, and Linda Shusett are the Executive Producers of the annual festival, now in its fourth year. This year's Festival includes 16 world premieres, and an additional 10 west coast premieres.

The 2011 Festival of New American Musicals, a five-month musical theatre festival, will be held April 1 through August 28, 2011, throughout Southern California.

The 2011 Festival of New American Musicals, a five-month musical theatre festival, will be held April 1 through August 28, 2011, throughout Southern California. Marcia Seligson, Bob Klein, and Linda Shusett are the Executive Producers of the annual festival, now in its fourth year. This year's Festival includes 16 world premieres, and an additional 10 west coast premieres.

CENTERSTAGE announces today the lineup for its 49th Season, featuring a dizzying array of 11 events from a world-premiere adaptation to a classic romantic romp, from a fairy tale musical adventure to the darkly comedic bite of Mamet and McDonagh-along with a highly acclaimed new work and rounded out by three Cabarets and two Play Labs.

The students in the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program class of 2011 will launch their careers as professional actors with the M.F.A. Program Class of 2011 Showcase, presented in association with the Brown/Trinity Rep M.F.A. Acting & Directing Program. This spring, after completing three years of intensive actor training at A.C.T., the M.F.A. Program class of 2011 will graduate from the conservatory. The culmination of their studies at A.C.T. is a showcase production presented to professional theater and film directors, agents, and casting directors in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The showcase provides students with their first opportunity to exhibit their talents to industry professionals and to meet with agents and casting directors to discuss potential career opportunities. These invitation-only events will take place at these locations on the following dates:

'This is the perfect play to follow August: Osage County, where the family was totally dysfunctional and devoid of love. In King O' the Moon the family is also dysfunctional, but they love each other and want one another to be happy,' said Producing Artistic Director and the play's director, Robert Cacioppo. 'This is a really heartwarming play about a family in transition, and though it is a sequel, it definitely stands on its own.'

Purple Rep will present the revival of Mariah MacCarthy's sexual revolution, THE ALL-AMERICAN GENDERF*CK CABARET (which previously received a sold-out run at UNDER St. Marks in 2010), April 8-30 at The Paradise Factory (64 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery) running in rep with Larry Kunofsky's The Un-Marrying Project, as part of Purple Rep's inaugural project, Gay Plays for Straight People (and also gay people).

The 2011 theatre awards season is quickly approaching, and keeping track of all of the important dates for the many ceremonies and corresponding nominations is no easy feat. Stay up to date on all the need-to-know facts with Broadwayworld's Awards Season Calendar below!

A particularly bold 2011-2012 season of four major musicals and an imaginative drama was announced today for the Ahmanson Theatre by Michael Ritchie, Center Theatre Group Artistic Director.

Purple Rep will present the revival of Mariah MacCarthy's sexual revolution, THE ALL-AMERICAN GENDERF*CK CABARET (which previously received a sold-out run at UNDER St. Marks in 2010), April 8-30 at The Paradise Factory (64 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery) running in rep with Larry Kunofsky's The Un-Marrying Project, as part of Purple Rep's inaugural project, Gay Plays for Straight People (and also gay people).

American Stage Theatre Company announced Equity Performer and non-Equity auditions for its 2011-12 season on Monday, March 14 and Tuesday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the theatre.

American Stage Theatre Company announced Equity Performer and non-Equity auditions for its 2011-12 season on Monday, March 14 and Tuesday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the theatre.

American Stage Theatre Company announced Equity Performer and non-Equity auditions for its 2011-12 season on Monday, March 14 and Tuesday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the theatre.

In celebration of the Fisher Theatre's 50th anniversary, a solid gold line-up of six sensational shows will headline the 2011-2012 Broadway In Detroit Subscription Season. For subscription ticket information (renewals and new subscriptions) please visit www.BroadwayInDetroit.com or call the Fisher Theatre at (313) 872-1000, ext. 0.

The producers of the critically acclaimed AMERICAN IDIOT announced today that the GRAMMY® Award winning musical will launch a first national tour in the fall of 2011 in a city to be announced. Open call auditions, for all roles, will be held in Los Angeles, Toronto, Boston and Chicago this spring.

Broadway Across America - Boston is pleased to announce the upcoming 2011-2012 Broadway Season which will include eight theatrical productions at the Boston Opera House and Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre. 'International smash hits, screen sensations on stage, ground-breaking musicals and cherished Broadway favorites are what Boston audiences can look forward to,' said Rich Jaffe, Vice President of Broadway Across America - Boston. 'For over 20 years, we've been bringing the best of Broadway to Boston. We are thrilled to continue our tradition of lighting up Boston theatres with world class Broadway entertainment.'

Producing Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside of American Blues Theater (ABT), Chicago's second oldest Equity ensemble, proudly announces the Ensemble's 26th season.

The producers of the critically acclaimed AMERICAN IDIOT announced today that the GRAMMY® Award winning musical will launch a first national tour in the fall of 2011 in a city to be announced. Open call auditions, for all roles, will be held in Los Angeles, Toronto, Boston and Chicago this spring.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, which explores the best of the golden age of musical standards through to the best in current songwriting, will bring to the stage some of today's most gifted interpreters of song.

American Stage Theatre Company's Education Department recently announced the classes for 2011. They will include beginner and advanced acting for teens, adult acting, playwriting for adults and children and the Mainstage lecture series.

Based on Green Day's groundbreaking rock opera American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong and the band collaborate with one of the theatre's most acclaimed creative teams, led by the Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer, Pulitzer Prize and two-time Tony Award-winning composer and orchestrator Tom Kitt, and Olivier Award-winning choreographer Steven Hoggett, to bring this explosive, iconic album to the stage. Beginning in the fall, AMERICAN IDIOT, which opened on Broadway in April 2010 and has been playing the St. James Theatre since, will be brought to venues around the country.

The students in the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Program class of 2011 will launch their careers as professional actors with the M.F.A. Program Class of 2011 Showcase, presented in association with the Brown/Trinity Rep M.F.A. Acting & Directing Program. This spring, after completing three years of intensive actor training at A.C.T., the M.F.A. Program class of 2011 will graduate from the conservatory. The culmination of their studies at A.C.T. is a showcase production presented to professional theater and film directors, agents, and casting directors in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The showcase provides students with their first opportunity to exhibit their talents to industry professionals and to meet with agents and casting directors to discuss potential career opportunities. These invitation-only events will take place at these locations on the following dates:

FRIGID New York is a Fringe Festival located in the heart of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The selection process is part first- come, first- serve, and part lottery. FRIGID New York returns 100% of the box office revenue to the participating company. FRIGID New York offers 30 production slots no longer than 60 minutes in length: 10 shows each in The Kraine Theater, The Red Room, and UNDER St. Marks.

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Voice of the Wetlands All Stars Ft. Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne, Cyril Neville, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Jumpin Johnny Samsone & Waylon Thibodeaux at the Boulder Theater on Thursday February 3rd.

STAGES ST. LOUIS, the region's foremost not-for-profit musical theatre company will celebrate its' 25th Anniversary Season in 2011 and will be holding local auditions for St. Louis talent January 23, 26, 27, 28 and 29.