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Bob Clyman's smart, funny new play raises difficult issues in the debate about raising exceptional children. Should parents or scientists determine the course of a child's education? And what is society's interest in the outcome? In between the laughs,it will make you think.

The International Youth Library in Munich has selected Donna Adomat, assistant professor in the department of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education in the Indiana University School of Education, for one of its dozen fellowship awards presented annually.

Building on its ratings successes and the pop culture following of its late night talk show, Bravo will premiere five consecutive nights of 'Watch What Happens: Live' for the first time ever and will launch its first New Year's Eve special. Beginning Sunday, December 12, 'Watch What Happens: Live' will air five original nights with a star-studded guest lineup including Anderson Cooper, Diane Von Furstenberg, Amy Sedaris and Denise Richards. Rounding out the year on December 31st, Bravo will air 'Watch What Happens Live: Andy's New Years Eve Party,' the network's first New Year's Eve special hosted by Andy Cohen live from the Bravo clubhouse. Party guests include Sandra Bernhard, Megan McCain, Housewives from coast to coast; special appearances by newsmakers of the year and performances from Jay Sean and Bravolebritie Kim Zolciak.

Hartt student Nelson Ebo, tenor, who studies with Hartt faculty member Wayne Rivera, has been invited by the Office of the United Nations to perform during a special event as part of Human Rights Day 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 10.

Building on its ratings successes and the pop culture following of its late night talk show, Bravo will premiere five consecutive nights of 'Watch What Happens: Live' for the first time ever and will launch its first New Year's Eve special. Beginning Sunday, December 12, 'Watch What Happens: Live' will air five original nights with a star-studded guest lineup including Anderson Cooper, Diane Von Furstenberg, Amy Sedaris and Denise Richards. Rounding out the year on December 31st, Bravo will air 'Watch What Happens Live: Andy's New Years Eve Party,' the network's first New Year's Eve special hosted by Andy Cohen live from the Bravo clubhouse. Party guests include Sandra Bernhard, Megan McCain, Housewives from coast to coast; special appearances by newsmakers of the year and performances from Jay Sean and Bravolebritie Kim Zolciak.

There's no doubt about it: Circle Players' Tim Larson is fearless. Perhaps no director in Nashville is more ambitious than Larson who, time after time, takes on the seemingly impossible and reimagines it as something well within the reach of his creative collective of actors, designers, technicians and musicians. Larson's staging of Titanic, a project he's taken on twice to great and justifiable acclaim, proves that even that musical is something which seasoned and capable community theater groups can tackle.

Opening just in time for the Halloween season, Circle Players continues its 2010-11 season with a production of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's rarely performed musical thriller Jekyll and Hyde, running October 15-31 at Donelson's Keeton Theatre. Jekyll and Hyde is described as 'an evocative tale of the epic battle between good and evil,' based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story about a brilliant doctor whose experiments with human personality create a murderous counterpart.

Following critically acclaimed performances of its production of Sarah Kane's devastating drama 4.48 Psychosis at the Barbican in March this year, TR Warszawa under their inspirational director Grzegorz Jarzyna will return this autumn to the Barbican and bite10 to present T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.

Opening just in time for the Halloween season, Circle Players continues its 2010-11 season with a production of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's rarely performed musical thriller Jekyll and Hyde, running October 15-31 at Donelson's Keeton Theatre. Jekyll and Hyde is described as 'an evocative tale of the epic battle between good and evil,' based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story about a brilliant doctor whose experiments with human personality create a murderous counterpart.

Acclaimed Polish theatre company Song of the Goat Theatre begins its first ever UK tour with a new production of Macbeth at the Point, Eastleigh on October 6th, 2010. The production will also tour to Birmingham, Cambridge, Manchester, London and Brighton.

Acclaimed Polish theatre company Song of the Goat Theatre begins its first ever UK tour with a new production of Macbeth at the Point, Eastleigh on October 6th, 2010. The production will also tour to Birmingham, Cambridge, Manchester, London and Brighton.

The Mexican Suitcase, a groundbreaking exhibition revealing the most famous group of recovered negatives of the twentieth century, will be on view at the International Center of Photography (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street) from September 24, 2010 through January 9, 2011. Considered lost since 1939, the so-called Mexican Suitcase is in fact three boxes containing 4,500 negatives documenting the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, Chim (David Seymour), and Gerda Taro. There are also several rolls of portraits of Capa and Taro by Fred Stein. Besides offering new images by these major photographers that provide a comprehensive overview of the war, the cache of negatives also includes previously unknown portraits of Ernest Hemingway, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Dolores Ibarruri (known as 'La Pasionaria').

Washington DC's Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced that they will present a revival of their recent production of TWELFTH NIGHT as part of their Free For All series, which features free performances of Shakespeare plays. The production will take place at Sindey Harman Hall, located at 610 F Street NW, and will run from August 19 to September 5.

Washington DC's Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced that they will present a revival of their recent production of TWELFTH NIGHT as part of their Free For All series, which features free performances of Shakespeare plays. The production will take place at Sindey Harman Hall, located at 610 F Street NW, and will run from August 19 to September 5.

The Mexican Suitcase, a groundbreaking exhibition revealing the most famous group of recovered negatives of the twentieth century, will be on view at the International Center of Photography (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street) from September 24, 2010 through January 9, 2011. Considered lost since 1939, the so-called Mexican Suitcase is in fact three boxes containing 4,500 negatives documenting the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, Chim (David Seymour), and Gerda Taro. There are also several rolls of portraits of Capa and Taro by Fred Stein. Besides offering new images by these major photographers that provide a comprehensive overview of the war, the cache of negatives also includes previously unknown portraits of Ernest Hemingway, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Dolores Ibarruri (known as 'La Pasionaria').

Following critically acclaimed performances of its production of Sarah Kane's devastating drama 4.48 Psychosis at the Barbican in March this year, TR Warszawa under their inspirational director Grzegorz Jarzyna will return this autumn to the Barbican and bite10 to present T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.

Washington DC's Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced that they will present a revival of their recent production of TWELFTH NIGHT as part of their Free For All series, which features free performances of Shakespeare plays. The production will take place at Sindey Harman Hall, located at 610 F Street NW, and will run from August 19 to September 5.

One of Poland's leading theatre companies Teatr Biuro Podró?y returns to the National Theatre with its most celebrated production - an electrifying and startling theatrical experience using fire, stilts and dramatic visual images to depict the terrible nature and impact of war.

One of Poland's leading theatre companies Teatr Biuro Podró?y returns to the National Theatre with its most celebrated production - an electrifying and startling theatrical experience using fire, stilts and dramatic visual images to depict the terrible nature and impact of war.

One of Poland's leading theatre companies Teatr Biuro Podró?y returns to the National Theatre with its most celebrated production - an electrifying and startling theatrical experience using fire, stilts and dramatic visual images to depict the terrible nature and impact of war.