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"A TOUR DE FORCE...REALLY HIT HOME WITH THE AUDIENCE…I IMPLORE YOU TO WATCH THIS ACT AS SOON AS YOU CAN" - Salfordian Lee Martin for Gag Reflex is proud to present the debut full-length show from Gein's Family Giftshop. An hour of dark, absurd and fast paced sketches marrying the tragic with the riotous. This unique trio has rapidly (or should that be rabidly) become known for applying their very own warped world vision to the hilarious subject matter of abject misery and human tragedy.

St. Agatha's Convent Orphanage, the 1980s. Four orphans who have been allowed to grow up in the full freedom of their imaginations in a convent attic. Under the influence of Beatrice, a mysterious girl who appears in the attic, the children start to believe that their father is 80s TV detective Remington Steele; that he will one day return for them.

Due to its failure to keep up with rent payments for the past two years, Evanston's Next Theatre will be forced to relinquish its space in the Noyes Cultural Arts Center. Since the theatre is indebted for over $76,000, city officials will be holding a meeting today to 'authorize enforcement' of the collection of the deficit. The council will also discuss plans to decline renewal of the theatre lease when expires in May 2015.

This morning, The Collective announced that it will be the first Australian theatre company to put on a production of Jason Robert Brown's PARADE. The show will open on September 17th at fortyfivedownstairs in Melbourne.

WHAT: CPCC Summer Theatre is pleased to perform 'Over the River and Through the Woods' for July 5 - 12 in CPCC's Pease Auditorium. A delightful family comedy, 'Over the River and Through the Woods' is about four grandparents who will do whatever it takes to keep their only grandson from moving from New Jersey to Seattle to take a new job. Over a series of Sunday dinners, Nick's scheming grandparents pull out all the stops so he'll keep visiting them. This includes bringing to dinner the lovely, and single, Caitlin O'Hare.

Richard II by William Shakespeare, presented by Malachite Theatre Company, is playing at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch between Wed 2nd July and Sat 2nd Aug 2014. Richard II is a story of plotting, intrigue, betrayal and power. Shakespeare's lyric masterpiece, it is a unique production taking place in the stunning site-specific location of St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.

Gregory Maguire was just a kid when The Wizard of Oz film came out, but every year, he and his family would cuddle up in front of their black-and-white television to watch the annual television broadcast of their favorite musical movie. It wasn't until years later that that same enchanted, young boy would grow up to author the untold story of the witches of Oz: Wicked.

The Happy Belated Birthday to My Sister Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza Starring the Chuckleheads Comes to the Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216-A Westmoreland Road, Cornelius tonight, July 26 at 6p (family friendly) & 8pm.

Christopher Plummer, the Canadian actor who is most widely known for playing Captain Von Trapp in the movie version of The Sound of Music, told MetroFocus about his intention of bringing his self-assembled one-man show, A Word or Two, to New York in the near future.

This year the Showboat Circus is once again coming to Tribeca with old-time family entertainment aboard a century-old covered wooden barge. DeadPan Alley, starring Will Shaw, is a one-hour, one-man performance of physical comedy, verbal wit and expert skill. Audiences of all ages will be thrilled with astounding and hilarious displays of juggling and balance, fancy cowboy roping, flying boomerangs, rare and amazing spinning top manipulations, hat tricks, sight gags, audience participation and clowning steeped in the traditions of the great comedians from the silent film era to the present. DeadPan Alley also features serious (and not-so serious) musical presentations with the piano and harmonica. Will Shaw has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Sesame Street and was an instructor for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Clown College.

WHAT: CPCC Summer Theatre is pleased to perform 'Over the River and Through the Woods' for July 5 - 12 in CPCC's Pease Auditorium. A delightful family comedy, 'Over the River and Through the Woods' is about four grandparents who will do whatever it takes to keep their only grandson from moving from New Jersey to Seattle to take a new job. Over a series of Sunday dinners, Nick's scheming grandparents pull out all the stops so he'll keep visiting them. This includes bringing to dinner the lovely, and single, Caitlin O'Hare.

When Lindsay Lohan attended Jeremy Scott's Moschino fashion show on Monday, the press wondered if she'd flown to London just for the occasion. In response, the actress told The New York Times that she had already been there for several months, preparing for a potential appearance in the upcoming West End production of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow.

As previously reported, the Tony Awards Administration Committee determined that Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical Categories would be eliminated from the established list of competitive categories, beginning with the 2014-2015 season. The Tony Administration Committee may bestow a Special Tony Award to a production when it determines that extraordinary sound design has been achieved.

On June 15, Tony-winner Lea Salonga and Glee star Darren Criss sang 'A Whole New World' from Disney's Aladdin at After the Storm, a benefit concert for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts has announced additional programming for the inaugural 2014-2015 season. With a wide range of shows that include performances of theater, dance, popular music and family entertainment, the Dr. Phillips Center brings the best of national and international talent to Central Florida, which reflects the vision of Arts For Every Life.

Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc. (DSM) announced their 2014/2015 season of shows at Fair Park Thursday June 12. Heavy rain forecasts moved the 75-Year kickoff event from the Fair Park Band Shell where DSM first performed their shows to the nearby Centennial Building. DSM has been bringing the Best of Broadway to North Texas audiences with the finest in professional live theatrical entertainment since 1941.

Saturday June 7th was a spectacular day for Houston residents Brian Hampton and Keith Huckabay. The partners of 13 years, who consider NYC their second home, got married at Cop Cot in Central Park surrounded by family and friends. Some of these friends happened to double as Broadway stars, so the wedding was inevitably filled with singing, dancing, and showtunes.

Following critically-acclaimed, sell-out productions of The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream and A Christmas Carol in Middle Temple Hall, Antic Disposition will stage Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET in the ancient Temple Church from Saturday 30 August - Sunday 7 September.

A Facebook event organized by New Native Theatre founder Rhiana Yazzie calls all local residents to protest Minneapolis Musical Theatre's production of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON at New Century Theare tonight, opening night.

Appearing at The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, for one night only are four shows featuring dance, classical music, comedy and cabaret. Jaleo Flamenco return to Britain after three years with their latest new stage show A Compas. A fusion of heartwrenching vocals, explosive footwork and virtuoso guitar playing, some of Spain's finest award-winning artists combine their talents in this mesmerising tour de force. The show is in Canterbury on Monday (9 June).