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Last Update: 02/21/12

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NEW!! BRONX: Auditions for PROOF by David Auburn, Directed by Nina Gabriele-Cuva. SEEKING: (2Women + 2 Men) Friday, February 24th @ 7:30 p.m. & Saturday, February 25 @ 2:30 p.m. AT GRACE HALL, 116 CITY ISLAND AVENUE. Performance Dates Are: April 27(Fri), 28(Sat), May 3(Thurs), 4(Fri), 5(Sat) @ 8:00 p.m. & April 29(Sun) @ 3:00 p.m. For more info email: auditions@cityislandtheatergroup.com

LACONIA: The Winnipesaukee Playhouse is casting its 2012 Professional Summer Season. Seeking— Male 1 (20s-30s) and Male 2 (40+): energetic, comedic, to perform in History of America (Abridged), Epic Proportions, and Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap; 2 Females: 40s-50s, for Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Auditions will be held by appt. March 5-6 in Laconia, NH and March 8-9 in NYC. To schedule an audition appt., send hardcopy pix & resumes to Bryan Halperin, c/o The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, POB 5201, Laconia NH 03247, ATTN: Auditions. Please specify if you prefer to audition in NY or NH. Sides will be provided after confirmation is sent of an audition slot. Pay is $200/week, plus housing, gym membership & workman's comp. www.winniplayhouse.org 

Performances/Productions

BRONX: 3/2-10 - Five Women Wearing the Same Dress @ City Island Theater Group - tickets@cityislandtheatergroup.com

NEW!! LEWISTON: 8/9-17 - Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella @ Artpark, 450 South 4th St. - www.artpark.net

NEW!! MARLBORO: April 19 - Kate McGarry @ Falcon Arts Center

NEW!! NEW ROCHELLE: Renowned violinist Elmar Oliveira will perform Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64 when the Westchester Chamber Symphony presents an all-Mendelssohn program on Sat., May 5, 2012 at 8 p.m. at Iona College’s Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium. For more information or tickets, call (914) 654-4926, e-mail info@westchesterchambersymphony.org or log onto www.westchesterchambersymphony.org.

NYC: The 6th Annual CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE MARCH IS CABARET MONTH will be held on Wednesday, February 29th at 7:00 pm at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909 - www.westbankcafe.com). We will begin promotion MARCH IS CABARET MONTH after January 1st, 2012 - please don't start ordering tickets (or volunteering to perform) until our current CDs FOR THE HOLIDAYS promotion is over on December 31st. We will be reminding folks regularly (and some would say "relentlessly", of the time, date and place so that we can have a full house (100) again this time around. And this show is actually a fund raiser for CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE and the MARCH IS CABARET MONTH PROMOTION - no $10 tickets this time around. This is a big one - program booklet ads and all.

NYC: 3/6-4/1 - The Maids; 3/19 - The Balcony; 3/26 - The Screens @ Red Bull Theater, Theater at St. Clement's, 423 W. 46th St. - www.redbulltheater.com;  212.352.3101

NEW!! NYC: 3/7-11 - Rags (MMC Theatre); 4/19-21 - Dancers at Work in Great Hall (MMC Dance Dept.); 4/18-22 - A Midsummer Night's Dream (MMC Theatre); 5/3-12 - Spring Repertoire (MMC Dance Dept.) @ Theresa Lang Theatre, Marymount Manhattan College - (212) 517-0430; www.mmm.edu

NYC: Full Circle Theater Company Presents "Unlikely Allies," a Festival Of New One-Act Plays, March 11, 18, 25, and April 1, 4 PM @ Basement Theater at The Triple Crown, 330 7th Avenue (Between 28th & 29th Sts, NYC). $10 Cash At The Door. No Drink Minimum. $4 Domestic Drafts Before, During, and After The Show - www.fullcircletheatercompany.com

NEW!! NYC: 3/12 - Rich White: Von Trapped (or my 50 Plus Year Love/Hate Relationship with The Sound of Music @ The Duplex, 61 Christopher St. - (212) 255-5438; www.theduplex.com

NEW!! NYC: 3/18-4/15 - A Moon for the Misbegotten @ Pearl Theatre Co., NYC Center Stage II. Single tickets are currently on sale through NYCityCenter.org and CityTix® at 212-598-1212. Tickets are also available at the New York City Center box office (located on West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues).  www.pearltheatre.org

NYC: La MaMa in association with Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of Urban Odyssey, a dance puppet theatre piece conceived by Federico Restrepo and Denise Greber, designed, directed and choreographed by Federico Restrepo, with original music composed by Obie Award Winner Elizabeth Swados, and text by Elias Khoury. Loco7 is celebrating their 25th Anniversary season this year. Urban Odyssey, part of La MaMa’s 50th Anniversary season, runs Off-Broadway from March 22 – April 8, 2012 in a limited engagement at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue & the Bowery in New York City. Previews begin March 22 for a March 24 opening. Performances are Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:30pm. The Sunday, April 1 show will be streamed worldwide at 2:30pm at http://LaMaMa.org  and www.CultureHub.org.  Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for students/seniors and can be purchased online at http://LaMaMa.org,  in person at the box office or by calling 212-475-7710. The running time is 80 minutes with no intermission. The show’s appropriate for ages twelve and up. La MaMa is accessible from the F train to 2nd Ave. or the #6 train to Bleecker St. For more information visit www.Loco7.org.

NEW!! NYC: 4/18 - Kate McGarry @ Jazz Standard

NEW!! NYC: April 28, 2012 at 7pm - Bang on a Can 25th Birthday Concert | MIT’s Gamelan Galak Tika, Asphalt Orchestra, Bang on a Can All-Stars in Field Recordings, Alice Tully Hall | Lincoln Center. Information: http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/gp-1112-bang-on-a-can

NEW!! NYC: June 17, 2012 - Bang on a Can Marathon @ World Financial Center Winter Garden. Co-presented by the River to River Festival® and arts>World Financial Center

NEW!! NYC: FREUD'S LAST SESSION is produced Off-Broadway by Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Robert Stillman and Jack Thomas. The performance schedule is Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8pm; with matinees Wednesday at 2:30pm, Saturday at 2pm, and Sunday at 3pm. Running time is 79 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are $65 and are available at Telecharge.com 212-239-6200 or through www.FreudsLastSession.com.  A limited number of $21.50 Student Rush tickets (cash only, with valid student ID) are available at the box office beginning three hours prior to each performance.

NYC: Ongoing - Tony DeSare is featured at BEMELMAN'S BAR at the CARLYLE (35 East 76th Street - 212-744-1600 - www.thecarlyle.com/entertainment.cfm) every Sunday night from 9:00 pm to midnight. With a singing style that ranges from dreamy pop to boogie-woogie and R&B, Tony DeSare's interpretations of classic standards and sophisticated original compositions have earned him a reputation as one of the country's hottest young performers. Put in a class with Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, and Harry Connick, Jr., DeSare's versatility enables him to headline at major jazz rooms like Birdland and the Blue Note, post nightclubs like the Cafe Carlyle, or in major concert halls around the world. Call for cover/minimum information.

NYC: Ongoing - MIDTOWN JAZZ AT MIDDAY continues at ST. PETER'S CHURCH - LIVING ROOM (Lexington Avenue at 54th Street - www.saintpeters.org/jazz/midtownjazz.htm) every Wednesday. This long-running series was created by Edmund Anderson and is now produced by Ronny Whyte and Joan Uttal Anderson, Production Consultant. Performances are at 1:00 pm, $10 donation.

NYC: Ongoing - Dana Lorge hosts Wednesday Night at the Iguana every week at 8:00 pm at IGUANA'S VIP LOUNGE (240 West 54th Street, NYC - 212-765-5454 - http://www.iguananyc.com/ ). Each week this comedy and musical variety show will feature special guest stars. As with all live entertainment events, performers are subject to change without notice. There is a $12 cover, no minimum.

SARATOGA SPRINGS: 2/10-26 - And Then There Were None @ Homemade Theater, Spa Little Theater - www.homemadetheater.org; (518) 587-4427

SYRACUSE: The Atonement Stage will host a return performance of the smash hit The Wonderful Marvelettes by Rarely Done Productions. The musical, featuring a delightful collection of popular songs from the 50’s and 60’s, played to sold-out houses during their 2010-11 theater season. The February, 2012 production will be a combined fund-raiser event for both Appleseed and Rarely Done Productions, with one weekend of performances on the Atonement Stage, 116 West Glen Ave. (Feb. 16-18, at 8 PM), followed by a second at Jazz Central, Rarely Done’s home at 441 E. Washington Street (Feb. 23-25 at 8 PM and Feb. 26 at 7:30 PM). The Marvelous Wonderettes is directed by Dan Tursi and is a great show for the entire family to enjoy. The production will be a special treat for anyone who will appreciate the popular songs of the 50’s and 60’s as a trip down memory lane.  Contact the Rarely Done box office, (315) 546-3224, for reservations on either weekend, or you can purchase your ticket online at: www.rarelydone.org

Workshops/Classes

NYC: Eric Morris System Overview - Focus: Sense Memory. 1 Day Only, facilitated by Anthony Vincent Bova. February 25 @ Ionica Theatre, Times Square - www.BovaActorsWorkshop.com 

 

 
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